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valkryorI'm trying to work out where January went. It was here just a minute ago and then *poof*.
The most remarkable thing that happened was this: the on-going D&D game that I was in finished. We got to the end, had a bit of a "what happens next", mostly births and deaths (there were tears!), some speculation on what the kobolds are going to get into and up to over the centuries and that was that. Thenclawfoot and I went into some detail about those intervening years between campaign's end and character death over email.
The thread was the equivalent of getting curb-stomped in the feels, yo. We didn't gloss over the deaths of beloved characters, we killed them. Because I was crying so often, the tops of my cheeks were red and raw. But it was a good pain. Now that it's truly over, I feel a little like I am adrift at sea, my little raft lost far from shore. Instead of Good Book Hangover, I have Satisfying Conclusion of a Game Hangover. This one cut a little deeper and I was a lot more invested in this character than any of my others, so it makes sense that I'm grieving the loss.
And, because we finished up a long term game, we are starting on some palate cleansers and have chosen Wanderhome as the first one. It's very soft and gentle and just the thing after a very dark and hard campaign. We did some world building and character creation yesterday, and will start playing next session.
Short reads for a short month! I've started in on my graphic novels that have been languishing in my physical TBR. With luck, I can get through all of them this month. I should be able to, but life doesn't often go smooth. In any case, even some of them read is some that weren't read before, so I'll call it a win either way.
I loves me some comics, and have for a long time. I don't buy them like I used to, and I certainly don't read them like I used to. February seemed as good a month as any to try to get through what I have here.
The most remarkable thing that happened was this: the on-going D&D game that I was in finished. We got to the end, had a bit of a "what happens next", mostly births and deaths (there were tears!), some speculation on what the kobolds are going to get into and up to over the centuries and that was that. Then
clawfoot and I went into some detail about those intervening years between campaign's end and character death over email. The thread was the equivalent of getting curb-stomped in the feels, yo. We didn't gloss over the deaths of beloved characters, we killed them. Because I was crying so often, the tops of my cheeks were red and raw. But it was a good pain. Now that it's truly over, I feel a little like I am adrift at sea, my little raft lost far from shore. Instead of Good Book Hangover, I have Satisfying Conclusion of a Game Hangover. This one cut a little deeper and I was a lot more invested in this character than any of my others, so it makes sense that I'm grieving the loss.
And, because we finished up a long term game, we are starting on some palate cleansers and have chosen Wanderhome as the first one. It's very soft and gentle and just the thing after a very dark and hard campaign. We did some world building and character creation yesterday, and will start playing next session.
Short reads for a short month! I've started in on my graphic novels that have been languishing in my physical TBR. With luck, I can get through all of them this month. I should be able to, but life doesn't often go smooth. In any case, even some of them read is some that weren't read before, so I'll call it a win either way.
I loves me some comics, and have for a long time. I don't buy them like I used to, and I certainly don't read them like I used to. February seemed as good a month as any to try to get through what I have here.
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Date: 2023-02-06 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-06 06:51 pm (UTC)This campaign was almost 5 years. In comparison, the other two were shorter, both about 4 years. It does amaze me what a difference that year made for the immersion. I was invested in first two campaigns, wrote fic/porn for both, but THIS one? Easily double the output of the previous campaigns COMBINED.
I have to say that the amount of writing/world building that went into this last game is probably what makes it so hard to leave.
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Date: 2023-02-07 01:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-07 02:31 am (UTC)I think I'm still getting used to the idea that we're done and it's over. There's also the writing that we're doing, but it feels, I dunno, more surreal right now.