Checking in

[ehyde]

Despite an assortment of kids and adults sick with a bad cold, I managed to make four pies for pi day: pumpkin chiffon (this has meringue mixed in with the pumpkin mixture to make it fluffier, it's the only pumpkin pie I ever make), cherry (we had frozen cherry pie filling already, so this one was easy), chocolate (it's just pudding in a graham cracker crust), and for the first time, lemon meringue. The lemon meringue turned out pretty good except that the meringue topping shrank and pulled away from the crust, so it ended up like a fluffy island on a yellow lake. Still tasted good!

We've now watched up to episode 36 of Guardian. The ancient past episodes were very fun! I'm a little worried about watching the final few episodes because I know it's not going to end well. I'm in theory still reading Record of the Missing Sect Master but tbh I'm considering dropping it. It's very slow moving and feels like at least half (this is an exaggeration) the content is other characters reacting to the couple-ness of the main couple, which. I guess is a trope that some people like (a lot of people like, judging by some of the fanfic out there) but it is not my thing at all. Also it's doing this thing where it feels like at this point, both the mains are on the same page re. a lot of the hidden information, but the author's still holding it back from the reader just ...because? I think if you want to a dramatic reveal later on some things need to be a mystery to the characters who care about it, too. Anyway. A lot of the mysteries and secret identities and such, which should be right up my alley, feel more artificial here than they have in other books. So I should probably just drop it and read something I'll enjoy, instead.

I did manage to work on some projects, too! I modeled/printed some attachments to help build a sewing frame, as well as an adjustable hole-punching template! I even worked on some actual books too. And I got my assignment for this year's cnovel bookbinding exchange, which. I am going to have so much fun with this.

Comments

[umadoshi]

Pumpkin chiffon sounds so good.

We've now watched up to episode 36 of Guardian.

You're so close!!!

[trobadora]

We've now watched up to episode 36 of Guardian.

Yay! So glad you got to the time loop! It's such a delight.

And FWIW, there's so much fantastic stuff in the final episodes! I honestly love it to pieces, but then the entire ending reads very hopeful to me, despite everything. :)

[shadaras]

I personally felt that people hyped up the OMG BAD ENDING of Guardian more than it deserved, but I have a fairly thick skin when it comes to that. Personal reactions obviously vary (there is a reason that the Guardian fandom's single-fandom exchange explicitly asks "how do you feel about the show's ending?" as part of matching people), but I think that going into it with the knowledge that there's a bunch of different reactions and that the fandom is very "take what you like and leave the rest" about the ending in particular is helpful.

[china_shop]

The adjustable hole-punching template is so cool! What a great use of 3D printing. :D

I hope you enjoy the rest of Guardian, and look forward to your reactions, whatever you think/feel! :-) I remember I slowed down a lot towards the end because I really really didn't want it to be over.

[facethestrange]

This fanart originally gave me the strength to watch the ending of Guardian, lol, I'm not even exaggerating. ♡ (If you already know that it doesn't end well, it shouldn't be too spoilery? But it is full of spoilers, so you can also look at it for some consolation after you finished watching. :))

Also I didn't know that you made the Tiniest Heipaoishi book before you finished watching the show, that's so cool! :D