Tiredness & more Hollow Knight
Jan. 30th, 2022 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI'd like another two days of weekend, please. Yesterday was, uh, kind of a wasted day (the bad cycle of "I don't feel like I have the energy to get myself some food, etc. etc." - hadn't had one of those in a while), and today was busy, and I would like to sleep for ten hours. Maybe I will actually manage to go to sleep early, instead of maaybe going to bed early and then spending more time on the tiny internet. Last week at work was very busy and next week will be very busy and the week after that will be very busy, with plenty of unpleasant meetings coming up, and I found out I failed my last exam (as I mostly expected) so spring will be even busier. I don't even really want to take a vacation because then it'll be even worse when I get back.
Meh, I'm whining again. At least I got cake for my birthday, that was nice, and some pretty flowers and other nice things.
I also played more Hollow Knight. …maybe I should look for HK icons.
On Monday I finally defeated Troupe Master Grimm! With Unbreakable Heart, Lifeblood Core, and Shaman Stone – that last one was a bad choice as I did not hit him with a spell even once, too busy healing whenever possible, but tbh I thought I was still in the practice stages and was surprised when I managed to beat him already, I had only made it to the third pufferfish stage once before. I had even forgotten to fill up on Soul before the fight. That was fun, probably among my favorite boss fights.
And then I banished the troupe – almost on accident, really. I checked out the first of the new flames, found the fight annoying, and decided to check out the one in the Distant Village because it seemed like a nicer fight than among spikes or bees, and I had heard I would meet Brumm there later. Instead I only met Brumm, who gave me a flame without a fight and asked if I would help him banish the troupe. I went to meet him and thought that he would discuss his plan, but instead he started the banishment immediately, and, uh, it would have felt awkward to leave at that point ^^ So the troupe is banished now, "Nymm" is the new town musician of Dirtmouth, and I don't have to fight Nightmare King Grimm (though that probably would have been a fun fight too.) I'm just glad I upgraded Fragile Heart and Fragile Strength before the Divine left. Not Fragile Greed, but I don't think I need much geo for anything anymore.
Since Wednesday I've been practicing the fight against the Radiance (and the Hollow Knight, technically, but that one is going pretty well by now.) It, uh, still requires some more practice. I usually die in the stage with the spikes on the floor – I made it to the platform fight stage only once. The fight is not not fun, but until now every time a fight vexed me I could go back and either do other things first or get stronger, and I can't do that for this one. I mean I could do the Trial of the Fool or start the Pantheons but story-wise I really want to do the Radiance next. I've decided to do about half an hour of practice a day, that helps me improve without getting too frustrated. I am getting better, so fingers crossed I'll defeat her soon.
In the meantime I've been watching some Hollow Knight videos on Youtube, now that I'm less afraid of being spoiled (though I am still skipping some things I haven't done yet), and am thinking way too much about the story. What's the timeline – how long ago was the Hollow Knight imprisoned, and how long ago did the White Lady bind herself, and how long ago did the Pale King vanish? (And how long do these bugs live…) What exactly did the Pale King mean by "no mind to think, no will to break" – at first I thought it was what he wanted the vessels to be like, but actually it doesn't make sense that the vessel should be mindless, there's even a lore tablet addressed to the Hollow Knight in the Black Egg Temple (that one gave me many feelings.)
I've barely checked out any fics yet, and of those none really grabbed me yet, but maybe that was just bad luck. I did have one idea I wanted to write (a very angsty one), but I still have to iron out some of the details, i.e. probably make some decisions in the absence of actual canon information.
Meh, I'm whining again. At least I got cake for my birthday, that was nice, and some pretty flowers and other nice things.
I also played more Hollow Knight. …maybe I should look for HK icons.
On Monday I finally defeated Troupe Master Grimm! With Unbreakable Heart, Lifeblood Core, and Shaman Stone – that last one was a bad choice as I did not hit him with a spell even once, too busy healing whenever possible, but tbh I thought I was still in the practice stages and was surprised when I managed to beat him already, I had only made it to the third pufferfish stage once before. I had even forgotten to fill up on Soul before the fight. That was fun, probably among my favorite boss fights.
And then I banished the troupe – almost on accident, really. I checked out the first of the new flames, found the fight annoying, and decided to check out the one in the Distant Village because it seemed like a nicer fight than among spikes or bees, and I had heard I would meet Brumm there later. Instead I only met Brumm, who gave me a flame without a fight and asked if I would help him banish the troupe. I went to meet him and thought that he would discuss his plan, but instead he started the banishment immediately, and, uh, it would have felt awkward to leave at that point ^^ So the troupe is banished now, "Nymm" is the new town musician of Dirtmouth, and I don't have to fight Nightmare King Grimm (though that probably would have been a fun fight too.) I'm just glad I upgraded Fragile Heart and Fragile Strength before the Divine left. Not Fragile Greed, but I don't think I need much geo for anything anymore.
Since Wednesday I've been practicing the fight against the Radiance (and the Hollow Knight, technically, but that one is going pretty well by now.) It, uh, still requires some more practice. I usually die in the stage with the spikes on the floor – I made it to the platform fight stage only once. The fight is not not fun, but until now every time a fight vexed me I could go back and either do other things first or get stronger, and I can't do that for this one. I mean I could do the Trial of the Fool or start the Pantheons but story-wise I really want to do the Radiance next. I've decided to do about half an hour of practice a day, that helps me improve without getting too frustrated. I am getting better, so fingers crossed I'll defeat her soon.
In the meantime I've been watching some Hollow Knight videos on Youtube, now that I'm less afraid of being spoiled (though I am still skipping some things I haven't done yet), and am thinking way too much about the story. What's the timeline – how long ago was the Hollow Knight imprisoned, and how long ago did the White Lady bind herself, and how long ago did the Pale King vanish? (And how long do these bugs live…) What exactly did the Pale King mean by "no mind to think, no will to break" – at first I thought it was what he wanted the vessels to be like, but actually it doesn't make sense that the vessel should be mindless, there's even a lore tablet addressed to the Hollow Knight in the Black Egg Temple (that one gave me many feelings.)
I've barely checked out any fics yet, and of those none really grabbed me yet, but maybe that was just bad luck. I did have one idea I wanted to write (a very angsty one), but I still have to iron out some of the details, i.e. probably make some decisions in the absence of actual canon information.
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Date: 2022-01-30 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-31 08:32 pm (UTC)A while ago I had Mondays off because of classes in the afternoon so I had basically a 2.5 days weekend and even that was very nice.
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Date: 2022-01-31 02:51 pm (UTC)(This is an ongoing life goal of mine. I'm... not there yet, but I'm working on it).
Cake does make many shitty things better; I hope the actual birthday was okay at least?
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Date: 2022-01-31 08:34 pm (UTC)The actual birthday was fine. No celebration on the day because covid, but I usually don't have a big celebration anyway. I didn't even manage to hold to my plan of not doing any overtime on my birthday ^^
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Date: 2022-02-01 01:43 am (UTC)Ah, I dont celebrate either, although i do take the day off if I can. To help with birthday working; I'm doing sweet FA that day. Do you at least get good overtime money?
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