ignore how crunchy this is i tried SO hard to get it to look decent im sorry </3
anyway my little goodbye and thank you to @kisser-of-jrwi-characters for running such an amazing tournament!! this was a horrible experience and i would never go through it again thank you so much fr dude :D
Bonus: WIP, and Hat, as modeled by my trusty assistant Yorick
all of this is handspun; the grey is "Polarfuch"/fine icelandic wool, the colors are superfine merino.
I honestly don't particularly enjoy crochet, but it feels good to have made a piece of clothing, however small, from scratch. Might try to add fingerless gloves, but I don't think I have enough yarn left.
/EDIT: slightly more info - the yarn's all spun worsted and as a 3-ply; the Icelandic was plied from singles, the Merino was chain-plied because I only had 10 grams per color. It's stuff meant for wet-felting, very fine and quite expensive, but it was still cheaper than paying for shipping, and the colors are really nice too. The "Polarfuchs" on the other hand is quite cheap, and something I intend to work with a lot more because it's just such a nice, rustic option. Spinning took me a couple of days, plus two or three more for crocheting. The hat is worked as a rectangle in back-loop only single crochets and sewn/cinched at the top. Could've turned out a bit longer tbh, but that's the risk of following standard patterns I guess.
broooo not my ex making posts abt how hard it is to come to terms with being conventionally attractive while having low self-esteem issues and how wild it is to get compliments randomly on their appearance when they go out and how they're worried that their new transmasc boytoy is only into them bc they're hot -_- i'm tired... meanwhile i'm just seen as a gremlin now that i'm not hyperfem... they truly have the biggest issues in the world lol
also they were like "omg turns out i'm not ace i just needed a bf lol" and i'm like yeah. i know. you've been lusting after male characters for years. you were horny as fuck just not for me bc i didn't transition. you only made moves on me when you were bored, lonely or drunk. i always asked if that was the case and you were like no baby it's just your insecurities i don't need you to transition uwu. for 5 years. my trust issues are thru the roof now yayyyyy /dies
ok updated 1st day impressions (pc): i gotta say that the performance issues of dda2 really are noticeable, for someone who meets the recommended specs it kinda ruins my full enjoyment of the game. i wouldn't mind lower fps overall if it was stable, unfortunately, its quite frequent for me to get 10fps drops in the wilderness and even 20+ in the villages. and I haven't even been to the city yet (I'm so afraid to go there actually lmao).
however, the game itself is incredibly good. it really feels like a dragons dogma game to me. the vibes are here. ddda is so incredibly important to me and this game really matches that feeling of nostalgia. its like. i know this game, you know? it feels like home to me. i really, really hope they will improve the performance issues because I spent half my play-time just trying to fiddle with the settings without any real effect. its currently the only thing that keeps me from fully enjoying the game.
Those were the big things, but I--OH MY GOD WAIT! Also, the way The Last Wish very plainly but not obnoxiously talked about toxic masculinity and how it’s good and okay to be vulnerable with other people and ask for help and be scared. Like! Oh My God!