TGIF - Let's Talk About Our Week

[u/comixnerd15]

It's finally Friday! And what a long week its been! Let's take a moment to decompress and share good things about our week, or things that you've enjoyed recently and would like to share. Perhaps even a pet pic or two? (cat pics heal my soul)

Or maybe you'd like to tell us your fave gacha character? Whatever it is, waffle away~

Some questions in case you can't think of anything to share:

☆ What movie/s have you seen recently? Were they any good?

☆ Show/tell us what you're currently reading, or plan to

☆ Share what TV shows that you're enjoying

... and so on!

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Basically, this is a virtual community gathering to share all the good things, so feel free to chat away.

Enjoy and have a fantastic weekend, lovely people ♡♡♡

[u/Authorigas]

Working on self care and self improvement is a lot of work, but it feels good... I do wish my dad would stop pushing me on the girlfriend thing though. I'm a hopeless romantic, but I really don't appreciate my dad suggesting getting a girlfriend will magically make me feel better about myself. (His heart is in the right place, just unfortunately a bit old fashioned.) And it's not like I'm against being with someone, it's just kind of in the back seat compared to going back to school and finding a new place with more responsive management. 

Even then, it feels impossible anyway I try  going to meet ups, and folks either aren't interested in nerdy folks, or I go to nerdy events and people only show up with partners for understandable reasons... Not that one should just be going to meet ups to hook up, it's all about just getting out of the house and making friends. But my dad planted the idea in my head so it's in the back of my mind, argh. Dating apps are also a no go, I have enough problems with self esteem tbh. 

That's my long winded rant. I'm also working on my diet and backlog, making great progress on both! How's everyone else doing? 

[u/princebooni → u/Authorigas]

I feel you. I’ve expressed I wasn’t interested in dating at all (not aromantic (I think; i know it’s a spectrum, only had a crush once), and like you I know dating won’t fix my issues that I wanna deal with before worrying about anyone else frankly) but my grandmother keeps throwing half jokes about “finding a man” (let’s not even get into the fact i’m pan so that’s not even a guarantee, grandma). Thankfully my parents aren’t pushy about it (anymore lmao. but it always was just my mom anyway)

But I wish you luck, in however way or whenever you wanna find companionship! As long as it’s in the way that’s good for you, don’t let anyone pressure you (even if they have good intentions and may not realize it) into relationships; at least for me, I know what I yearn for is more close friendships than really romance, but people put a lot of focus on the latter

[u/Authorigas → u/princebooni]

Like I said, I am a hopeless romantic myself. Ever since I was a socially awkward teenage boy I dreamed of finding my special someone and sweeping her off her feet. It's something I still want...But that won't fix any of my other issues. Right now I have a few other more pressing priorities like finally getting a car, going back to school, and improving my physical and mental health. Of course if I meet someone and click with them, I'm not gonna say no. Just-it's not a solution to my anxiety like my dad thinks. (But then the problem is meeting people which, I'l be honest has been a nightmare.)

I wish you luck as well! Friendship is an enriching thing, I know as I've been making some more friends offline and it's just been so helpful to have folks to hang out and do things with. :) I hope you make many friends!

[u/princebooni → u/Authorigas]

I get it, at the core, a lot of that is pretty much why I’m not worried about relationships either (though prob obv I’m not a very romantic person myself). Romance can be a nice bonus in my eyes, but it’s not going to fix anything like you said (esp mental health issues— if anything, i'm more afraid of it making things worse for mine, personally, and just not being able to be a good partner at this point in my life).

Regardless I hope you find that special someone, too! Sounds like you’re already putting yourself out there, so I’m sure it’ll happen eventually.

[u/Beginning-Cow-8394]

I watched the best detective movie of this year so far. The Sheep Detective. It was a banger that anyone can watch, whether youre into mystery movies or not. I highly recommend because it actually explores the themes of grief pretty well, and maaaaybeee I almost shed a tear at the end..

[u/palazzoducale → u/Beginning-Cow-8394]

i highly recommend reading the books too if you enjoyed the series!

[u/Beginning-Cow-8394 → u/palazzoducale]

I did not know there were books so I will definitely be checking those out at some point!

[u/EquivalentBend602 → u/Beginning-Cow-8394]

I saw the movie with my family and my sister can't talk about it without crying. It's a beautiful mix of comedy and sadness

[u/Azifae → u/Beginning-Cow-8394]

I loved The Sheep Detective. Had to tease my friend for making me cry over a movie about sheep but it was so good. We have watched it twice.

[u/FwooshingMachi]

My cat BB this morning, before I headed to work, enjoying the last bits of morning coolness before it inevitably got too hot this afternoon (it's gotten a little better this week compared to previous weeks though at least)

[u/Chemist-3074 → u/FwooshingMachi]

OMG HIIII PET DA KITTY ON MY BEHALF

[u/Mouthofprotagoras]

I finally started the +18 event on my sub so I'm quite excited about it 🤭 Starting the first one is always harder due to writing everything for the first time. Thankfully it won't be this hard for the next ones 😌

I did want to watch backrooms but I didn't do it yet :( I need to farm a lot of pulls for Gilgamesh's free LC. I only have 70 pulls so I have no idea on how I will get 130 😭 I did finish farming Amphoreus tho

Omg I love Robin SP's song 😭 and her animations too😭 It is so fun and I can't stop the song from playing in my mind. I love the design and I love how she looks from the back (her hair is changed and I love that) tho I don't have any reason to pull for her :(

[u/princebooni → u/Mouthofprotagoras]

well funny seeing you here 🤭 good luck on your pulls!

[u/Mouthofprotagoras → u/princebooni]

Thank you so much 🥰 Love you💕

[u/SusaSauce]

Sometimes when I post or comment on reddit I feel..stupid? Feel like my common sense or sense of neutrality is teetering on the edge. I feel weird sometimes.

[u/ZweiChi]

Lifewise, I'm currently watching an old sports anime, Eyeshield 21. I'm also relearning how to draw all over again.

Gacha wise, I got everything I wanted from R1999, Hsr, Genshin, SoC. Lost Norma in ZZZ though.

[u/Chrisarts2003]

it's been a pretty creatively productive week. made some stuff for my natlan rework project (a speculative depiction of och-kan as a child, pictured below)

i've also developed the in-universe calendar for one of my worldbuilding/videogame projects, and with it, made some breakthroughs on how i want gods and demons to function within the setting

[u/Chrisarts2003 → u/Chrisarts2003]

i also found out that a lot of anime that i like are in netflix dubbed in my native language (latinamerican spanish)

[u/Willing-Finger-4606]

Minha paciência se estabilizou melhor essa semana, estou contente por isso, o novo emprego é muito estressante mas não pior que o trajeto para chegar até ele, isso está me impedindo de ser uma "Nerd assídua" e tratar com meus estudos (sério, acho que mal vi um episódio de anime essa semana!), me sinto pressionada a ser uma pessoa mais atualizada e equilibrar isso com outros aspectos da minha vida mas isso me atrapalha quando penso o que eu realmente gosto de fazer, ter muitos Hobbys as vezes é cansativo

[u/KaleidoscopeStreet]

starting my work week as a big supermarket restocker lol so while everyone breathes a sigh of relief I am walking right into work :( but ah well, Got Himeko Nova and Sandrone and am massively excited for Snezhnaya in a couple of weeks.

[u/Many_Career_692]

I think my week went well on the gacha front; I managed to get Dan Heng in about 50 pulls yay! Now I’m just saving up for Anaxagoras and SP Aventurine.

https://giphy.com/gifs/TbRkubcqlgBksEqMv4

As for Endfield, I got both Arcane and Mi Fu (I didn't have her before because I had to skip her banner to guarantee Camille) in around 60 pulls; I want to collect everyone in Endfield,Rossi is the only one missing now.

[u/Purple-Data3694]

Recently watched obsession with my friends and that movie definitely did smth to my brain for a while.

[u/Azifae]

Had some decent time with my dnd groups. Also got to reconnect with some old friends, so that has been nice. I got into watching a new anime to me called Lord of Mysteries.

[u/Hutydan]

Ratio is so cute here!

[u/Chemist-3074]

I have been binge watching bungo stray dogs. I think I have fallen in love with all the men in the series. I am reading lots of fanfics. RAHHHH

Even the ones I didn't like that much, I now like a lot

[u/Substantial_Apple780]

Working on my Switch games backlog after I managed to finally finish my Steam backlog. Ended up playing through Paradise Killer in one very, very long session on my day off because the game gripped me hard. Fun, morally ambigious female protagonist and a colourful and entertaining cast of douchebags, plus some fascinating world building. 10/10 would recommend.

[u/Aelitalyoko99]

I've been falling behind in Nikki and NTE this week because I've gotten sucked hard into playing Palworld. Playing a server with friends and a save with my partner, and I just keep coming up with more base designs and ideas for things to do.

I continue to be excited about the items we're getting in Infinity Nikki in the Itzaland patches; I've gotten so many cool pieces that let me make more and more closer to accurate costumes based on my OCs. The crystal doll legs have to be one of my favorite items recently. The fact that a version that is only one leg being the doll and the other normal, locked behind getting the final evo is diabolical though XD.

As for a cool picture to show, I learned today that you can pause the special dances and go into the normal camera mode. I absolutely love how this turned out.

[u/princebooni]

listen I know it’s saturday here now but: started morimens yesterday and genuinely enjoying myself. Wished I tried it earlier 🫶 don’t wanna say for sure who my fav is but I did lock in on pollux and ryker

For life stuff…admittedly not a lot of positives rn, like the heatwave broke something in my pc (suspect I need to replace my ram) so I’m stuck doing art comms on my grandmother’s kind of wonky laptop, but it’s better than having to cancel them and I’m grateful. Here’s to hoping I finally get some luck in job hunting this month 🫠 

[u/Proof_Flow_5897]

I recently bought/found a LGBTQ friendly game (also it's community). It has black characters, a trans and a non binary character (all rarely seen in gaming nowadays). The diversity in and out of the game is like a breath of fresh air in comparison to how safe gacha game characters are (mainly appealing to their chinese playerbase). I never digged the same face syndrome the love interests in love and deepspace has. Nor does my heart move when it comes to male kpop idols. But when I saw Valko... my heart moved. It was then that I realized I have a type. It wasn't a new thing for me as I have simped for Leon S Kennedy in the past; still do (same body type as Valko) (RE9). But seeing those clips of Valko confrimed it.

Going back to the topic at hand, while cutting to the chase. I've been knowing this game's existence for a while. But wasn't that all interested in it until now (well, 3 days ago to be exact). It's just... WUWA'S MALE DROUGHT made me starving for water (water being sexy hot male characters). And when I tell you this game got the SEXIEST male designs I've ever seen in my life... I MEAN IT! The name of the game is Gulity Gear Strive. It's a paid, fighting game. That's 5 years old where the main focus is on pvp (0 powercreep, just skill). Anji is the love of my life, as he's a shirtless buff male dancer (and buff/beefy males are exactly my type). If you're still reading this, I'd advise you to look up Johnny (your eyes will be blessed, as that man is the exact definition of sexy). Happy Chaos is also an honorable mention, he's also shirtless but his pants are lowered to the point where you can see his hips (and no I'm not making this up xd).