seriously, though, this multifandom multishipping card game masterpiece has been a labour of love spanning a good few months and SO many lists. also a lot of secrecy since it was a birthday gift for my partner.
i've never had anything i made printed and so real and official-feeling to hold in my hands like this before and it's just so cool?? it's so cool to have my own card game just here in my hands like what??? i'm a maker and crafter, i should be used to enjoying the products of my labour but this hits different.
i'm just so fucking proud of it and so stoked to finally play around with it for writing games and prompts and character exploration and who knows what else we'll invent with 240 characters spanning 9 fandoms.
i got a few of my more complicated image elements from free png sites (because i really didn't want this to take an additional year to complete and the point is to be a playable game for us, not a professional commission) but for someone who is not an artist i did hand- and mouse-render an intense amount of stuff and i learned a LOT and i'm so glad i'm finished and i already want to do it again but more. send help.
oh and my favourite bit is the top of the box which turned out better than i hoped:
forever grateful to ke naiyu for this iconic moment
i didn't know ke naiyu was in blood of youth!!! only two eps in but there are a lot of fight scenes and the cgi is surprisingly passable?? i hear it's pretty fast-paced and the characters are likeable so far... will i finally be able to get into a new drama....
However, Wen-gongzi, I don't know what's going on with you. A girl only gets married once in her lifetime. I really can't understand why you prepared the wedding in such a rush?