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So you know how I said awhile back that I was picking up The Clone Wars again?

Clone Wars was my childhood. Like, it was my childhood. And also Ninjago but that's a story for another day. I have no memory of this, but my mom tells the story of me constantly insisting my name was Anakin, such that I even carved it into my door at one point - which was weird, considering I had a crush on Ahsoka.

In retrospect, that's actually... quite problematic.

But anyways, back to the story. I didn't actually have access to most of the series. We just had the first couple seasons on DVD, and I never really even watched those front to back - I'd just pick out episodes at random to watch epic lightsaber duels and clone troopers blasting out battle droids.

Then comes Covid. I get sick at one point, and due to a decided lack of rapid testing (y'know... the dark ages), I was confined to my room. Upon request I got the Disney+ account and password, and decided to sink my teeth back into the series to see if it was any good.

I got a few seasons in. Just past all that boring yawnfest Padme politics stuff. Then I got my negative results back and returned to the real world. I wasn't enjoying it by then, so I didn't really miss it much.

Fast forward to now. Two... two years later? Three? Blimey. Anyways, I'm getting these videos in my youtube recommend about Star Wars this and that (probably because I'd just come off Andor and had been binging video essays about how god flipping incredible that show was) - one of which in particular being about the politics of star wars. It had a whole section dedicated to the Clone Wars, but I wound up skipping it because a part of me didn't want to be spoiled.

Then it occured to me.

Me? Spoiled? A show that came out in 2008?

I have Disney+! I have time!

So I start hitting the episodes.

And

holy

h e c k

This show is bloody incredible.

For all of y’all’s consideration: Any of the Cosmere books, but an anime.

Pro 1: The characters would translate well to the anime art styles; like there would be a different art style for each series, like Mistborn would have a style similar to “Bungou Stray Dogs” while Stormlight would have a style similar to.. I dunno, “Demon Slayer” or something.

Pro 2: Fight scenes would look heccn’ cool! Think of Mistborn; it’s already basically anime if you think about it: Big swords, logic-defying jumps, captivating storyline, many characters, and metal. Lots of metal.

Sadly, I cannot animate and I can’t think of any anime fight scenes off the top of my head that would fit, but I have a feeling that “Attack on Titan” fight scenes give off that vibe; I’ve yet to see the anime because I am very much lazy, so maybe ask someone else.

Pro 3: Our favorite characters would have hot anime art to go with it. If I could word this better, I would; but I think y’all would get the main idea.

Pro 4: Sanderson wouldn’t be constrained to find live-action actors that look like the Cosmere cast as it would just be drawn and animated. Like seriously: How can authors pass up animation for that? Seems like too much of a headache to even attempt.

Pro 5: The humor in the books would be funny in anime format loll. Imagine Kaladin becoming more chibi when Shallan does the boots thing; imagine the expressions and the memes that could come out of that. I not realize that this is a long shot, but eh; worth a shot anyways.

Pro 6: Wouldn’t have to condense a 600+ page book into an hour an a half or more movie. I know that Sanderson plans on having a live-action show, but ya know.

Pro 7 though i think this is personal taste: Everything sounds cooler in Japanese. Seriously. Go to your settings on a movie or show and switch it to Japanese; the audio won’t be synced up with the lips, but it would sounds way cooler.

And the cons:

Con 1: Sanderson has already said that he plans on having a live-action show for at least Stormlight Archive and probably Mistborn. I think that explains itself.

Con 2: Anime does take a whole hecc of a lot of work to put into. I dunno if y’all hear what kind of labor goes on at anime studios when they are making an anime, but it certainly is a trip, and less favorable with certain studios. Animation takes a lot, and it would most likely had to be hand-drawn on a computer or something along those lines.

Con 3: Anime takes a lot of money too. Though some (maybe most, idk) anime studios do not pay their animators well and focus it to other things that can depend on the studio, that’s a lot of cash going into this thing that people might not even like, which brings me to…

Con 4: Not everyone likes anime. I know some people who can’t get into anime because of the art style or other assorted reasons, and the same might apply to the Sanderfans if Sanderson decides to scrap the live-action idea and do anime; might not be a worthy thing to invest in.

I’m sure that there are more cons, but I can’t think of any right now. I was thinking about this because I finally have been sitting down and reading Elantris for the first time. Anyways, ima go back to that and might just disappear again lolll.

AH HELL NAW -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/europe/putin-russia-new-start-nuclear-pact-intl/index.html

I have my first debate ever today guys

Wish me luck

*is very nervous*

AH HELL NAW -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/europe/putin-russia-new-start-nuclear-pact-intl/index.html

AH HELL NAW -

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/europe/putin-russia-new-start-nuclear-pact-intl/index.html

Isn't it crazy how incredibly emotion-inducing music can be? And how strongly it can connect to certain aspects of your life?

Like it can be the happiest song in the world but if it's connected to a sad memory, it can make you cry without fail.

It can be a super specific song written for a super specific person that you know nothing about, but somehow still portray your exact emotions.

A song can remind you of someone you haven't even really talked to for years, just because you and her sang and danced along to it in your bedroom when you were little, and then make you cry because you miss that and you miss her.

It's just...holy scud, I think music is the closest we'll ever get to truly being able to put sound to emotion and I love it.

National Abolition of Slavery Day

Hell yeah

My philosophy is one of destruction and despair. Duty is but a feeble excuse for the atrocities I have committed. The crown upon my head is stained with the blood of the guilty, and the throne upon which I sit is but a symbol of all that I have destroyed. The sword in my hand is the tool of my destruction, wielded by my own hand. But alas, there are too many rules that bind me. The human form is a curse, a constant reminder of my own inadequacies. I look upon myself and see only failure. I have done my best, yet it was never enough. I tried, and failed, and tried again, yet still it was not enough. I had the power to change the world, yet I left it worse than I found it. I am nothing but a bringer of chaos, a harbinger of death.
But there is a glimmer of hope in the darkness. Somewhere, there is a home that awaits me, a place of peace where I may find solace. I enter towns, make them mine, yet when I leave, I leave them broken. The words "come and be human with me" spoken by Keaton Henson are a beacon of love in the darkness. But the one who hurt me still haunts me, and in my nightmares they say "I forgive you." Anger is a feeling I cannot escape, but it is also one I cannot accept. It is an ugly thing, and I cannot bear to look upon it. The sun rises and sets, and God teaches me of guilt. When I die, I will be tired, and it will not matter where I go, as long as it is not here. If I were to go to Hell, I know it would be a place of doubt and despair. My only hope is to be free, to let go of all that I have done. I often ask "how can you love me with all that I have done?" But I am not a king, nor a ruler or a lowly commoner. I am not a poet or an educated man. I am death and chaos, the universal force of entropy. I am Scrios.

HOID

If I had a nickel for every time the same person asked me if I'm Amish, I would have two nickels.  Which isn't a lot, but you would have thought he would learn after the first time.

I think it's hilarious (he just does not know what to make of me), but slightly weird all the same.

Oops.

HOID

You have my permission to skip the following  I know I'm going on a bit, just wanted to let it out.

SO. Argentina won the World Cup last night!!! This makes me incredibly happy. Their 2014 loss against Germany was the first match I ever watched (I must have been seven or eight?) and it got me hooked on football. I've supported Argentina ever since then (though I do have a soft spot for Mexico.) To see them finally win it is a dream come true.

Also, what a match. You couldn't have asked for a better final. Things going fairly smoothly until 80 minutes in, them BOOM France equalizes, tension skyrockets, and I spend the rest of the match scared out of my goddamn mind.

Messi scores a brace, Mbappé a hat-trick (appropriate) Di María comes through like the legend he is. And Emi Martínez!! The guy is clearly unhinged, but still my hero

More than nine hours later and I still feel emotionally drained. Just... what a beautiful storyline, for Messi and for Argentina.

In other news, my father and both my siblings have a cold. (Technically I have it too, but my symptoms are much weaker than theirs.) The house has been blissfully quiet these last few days

Heyyyy~ Happy one week past my Shardiversary to me!

Really doesn’t feel like it’s been two years, but it is what it is. Time flies when you’re having fun, and being depressed because of school which I’m out of, thank goodness; Heaven knows I need the break for a good 50 years.

.. wait. People tend to be grateful on their Shardiversary. So, I just wanna say that I’m NOT grateful for all the love y’all give me. I’m NOT grateful for the people I’ve met on here. I TOTALLY knew that my writing and drawing skills would grow on here, because I was just FULL of self-confidence when I first joined. I TOTALLY knew that I was going to be loved and respected as an artist on here, ‘cause I’m just tHAt good.

I ain’t grateful. Idk what y’all talking about.

.. I also guess we can do lil messages

Know that I do appreciate each and every single one of you; if I forget to mention you, I’m extremely sorry, but feel free to talk to me over DMs or something. You are all appreciated and loved by me, but I only have so much time to write these things out lolll.

There are 10 types of people in the world

...

Those that understand Binary and those that do not.

Lost Metal is awesome. Like, genuinely awesome. 

Happy Birthday, fellow player of Civilization!

Death Note slaps

Today was fine until my brain spontaneously decided to be miserable

Forum games have become a lot more active since the school year began.

So, I've been thinking a lot about non-permanence and love lately, specifically when it relates to memory.  

Life changes.  People change.  We as individuals change.  I used to despise romance.  Now I don't.  

Some of those changes are big.  Some are small.  Some are small, but seem big, or vice versa, depending on age and worldview and how they affect us.

Have you ever seen someone after a few months and they've got a different haircut, or the way they act has changed, and it throws you off?  Or you visit an older family member, and are surprised to find that somewhere along the line, you've caught up with or surpassed them in height?  Or maybe that loved one's memory is not as strong as it used to be.  Maybe you have the same conversation more than once in a space of time that makes your heart break, just a little, because you already know.  You remember.  But they don't.  Not anymore.

When I was younger, I took a lot of pictures on a road trip.  This was shortly after I learned that my grandmother had dementia.  It wasn't bad, not then.  But all the same, it made me realize, one day, I might not remember this place.  Or these people.  So I took those pictures to have a slice of tangible memory.  A shard of permanence.  

I still take pictures.  Not as much as I did back then, but I still try to capture the moments where I can.  My perspective has changed, somewhat.  Because pictures are great.  But it's what they make me remember that I want to keep.  The flutter of happiness I feel when I see a picture of my friends and I having fun, being silly, back when we didn't have cares or worries.  The bittersweetness of remembering the days when my grandparents were younger and more active, and I didn't know what growing old meant.  That strange feeling of seeing a picture of someone you like, and knowing it has a meaning for you that it may never have for them, and learning to be okay with that, but still hoping.

Life can feel like it stretches on forever, sometimes.  Or it can feel like a mere heartbeat in the face of eternity.  Many's the time I've said that our concept of years and days is a social construct, and maybe I'm misusing that concept.  But time is.  And we only have so much of it, and our lives will change during it, in so many ways.  So enjoy it.  Tell people you love them, or show them, or do both.  It can be the best thing someone hears or experiences.

Those are things that I've struggled with.  I still struggle with it.  Saying 'I love you' can be such a weighted phrase in a good and bad way.  But it's so important.  The times I've been told 'I love you' are some of my best memories, even if they happened in situations that were... not the best.  Knowing I was loved in those moments changes them in retrospect.

All this is a really long, round-about way to say the last two paragraphs.  I have no idea if it's coherent.  But I needed to say it.

Can I just say… Amish Paradise by “Weird Al” Yankovic is a true masterpiece

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I am on a three-week hiatus. See you on the 31st!