ramblearama.

bad brain day, so i will be brief.

• have managed to work on fic for the first time in months and months. unfortunately what i need to do is revision, which i have always struggled with, but i'll do my best because i really want this fic done and out already. i wrote the first draft in 2023 and it's been languishing since... i gotta just get it done. (it is the endwalker installment of my wolgraha fic series.)
• started trails in the sky the 3rd, but haven't gotten very far in yet.
• no progress on site stuff yet. maybe this week? we'll see.

onwards.

i guess it's not really a liveblog since i'm writing this after the fact. whatever.

anyway, i've finished trails sc! took about 55 hours; thank god for the turbo button during some of the more tedious parts. a spoiler-free review is below, followed by indepth talk on chapter 8 and the final chapter.

Lives up to its predecessor in terms of scope of world and story, but gets bogged down by so-so villains in sharp contrast to the excellent character writing of the main party. The majority of the game retreads areas from FC, though the new dungeons are a joy to explore. Worth it for Estelle and her story, but some patience is required to tolerate the parts in between.

( spoiler talk )

on to 3rd! i think i'll start it tonight, but i may not get further for a few days. also, now that i've finished SC, i'm looking forward to the FC remake even more... there were some callbacks in SC to stuff i'd really quite forgotten in FC, and it'd be nice to revisit. the new graphics are truly gorgeous; i saw a gifset today and just about cried seeing kloe in motion. THAT'S MY GIRL.