Monthly Archives: September 2018

Poll Time

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Why doesn’t tumblr have inline polls? Anyway my question to anyone who cares is about what I should do with this blog. For full details on what’s behind this question, check under the cut 🙂

Should I?

a) Create a new sideblog dedicated to writing
b) you guys don’t mind if I blog about writing a lot more on here

The pro of a new sideblog is it can be a proper writeblr and I might find new writing friends. The con is another blog to manage and I’m a bit pants at keeping multiple things going.

The pro of keeping it here is that then everything is just in one place. The con is not being able to network as a writeblr and also it might annoy you guys. Although I do promise that I would tag for blocking purposes.

What do you guys think?

I’ve been thinking – dangerous I know 🙂

When I first joined tumblr back in May 2016 I didn’t reblog gifsets very much as I don’t think I understood how tumblr worked that well. I thought if I saw it on my dash a lot that reblogging was pointless/potentially annoying, as it would just repeat again. I also apologised when I started reblogging more than 3 things a day as I was concerned about spamming /facepalm

These days I like reblogging gifsets because a) shiny, b) it showcases stuff I love and I like showing what I love. I’ve made posts bemoaning lack of gifsets for certain things because dammit I want that content on my dash hehe.

BUT (and here’s where the thinking comes in)

Reblogging all those gifsets ties me in pretty firmly with fandom. Now I consider myself embedded in the rumbelle fandom and I never want to leave. I don’t really know where the fandom is for anything else very much (I equate knowing fandom with knowing people in the fandom) but I do as I said reblog a lot of shiny gifsets.

There is one person I follow, and I’ve completely forgotten how come I came to follow them oops, but they are a writeblr. Now I had to look this up as I didn’t really understand that tumblr can be different things (apparently fitblr’s exist too! learn something new everyday heh) but they are writing dedicated blogs.

Now I’ve been in a writing slump/pit of despair for getting on for two years. My lack of updates and poor neglected WIP’s testify to that. Given my shame I’ve mostly been quiet on the writing front. Sort of a “if I don’t talk about it, I won’t draw attention to it” kinda deal. Sometimes I’ll say stuff but not often (the amount of written and deleted posts is staggering).

So my thought is maybe, just maybe, I’ll get my enthusiasm back if I pretend to be enthusiastic. Sort of a ‘fake it until you make it’ kinda deal. If I re-immerse myself in the writing world again, I’ll start to pick it up, rather than just ignoring it and letting time slip through my fingers like water.

Yeah so that’s what is going through my mind.

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I decided to do some writing

My brain on the other hand decided it would rather panic about writing, not writing, the future or lack of etc.

I would panic less, if I did more, so this is sooooo the opposite of helpful /facepalm

Ooops it’s been nearly six months

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I’ve had a funny relationship with time lately, in that it seems to be disappearing far more rapidly than ever before. I have no clue how it got to be September 2018. I swear it was 2016 last time I checked.

Anyway, the new expansion Battle for Azeroth has been out getting on for a month now (4 weeks at 11pm UK time tonight). What do I think? Well … I’m still not max level.

There is so much story and I’m playing Horde and Alliance at the same time. My main, my beloved Alliance paladin is currently 116 and just started the second zone in Kul Tiras. My Horde Demon Hunter is 114 I think? and just started the second zone in Zuldazar. That makes two zones completed, Drustvar and Nazmir. I also did the end dungeons for both of them.

I haven’t started the war campaign. I have the quest to choose the foothold but I wasn’t sure whether I was supposed to be max level or not. I’m guessing not because I got the quest at level 110 but I’d rather focus on one part of the story at a time anyway. I’m also going after all the rares and treasure boxes that pop up. My theory is that we’ll be max level for a couple of years, so there’s no rush to get there.

I’ve been doing other stuff in game too. I finally got my Bone White Raptor and Spectral Porpette from the Isle of Giants. I also took my level 90 Horde Paladin to the Argent Tournament to get the Horde pets. My Void Elf Priest is level 75 and when I’m online, there’s an invasion, and I feel like it, I’m taking my Death Knight to level 110.

Like I said we’ll be level 120 for a couple of years. However, it’s more than that. The content will only be new and shiny once, so I’d quite like to savour it and make it last. One of the last things I liked when I resubbed … wow a year ago now, is that there was a lot of variety to the game again. I’d like to keep it that way.

Given that I’ve barely scratched the surface and haven’t hit 120 it’s hard to render a verdict. However, I know that world quests are still a thing (yay!) and the fact that I’m still levelling says a lot about the depth of the game. I really do love all the voice acting and sometimes I’m blown away by the visuals. The zones are pretty and the animations of the mobs are top notch.

Also I haven’t yet encountered any problems related to the squish and my paladin, demon hunter and shadow priest still feel the same (phew!). I don’t know about my kitty druid or outlaw rogue yet as I haven’t touched them. One thing at a time.

So thumbs up for now!

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The thing that I love the most about having lots of story ideas … is the fizzing potential. I read over the list and it’s like hugging a warm drink, these are mine and they sound awesome.

The thing that I hate the most about having lots of story ideas … is the complete indecision about what to work on which often leads to me working on nothing, feeling like I’ll never get anything finished as the mountain is just too big and that all the shiny potential disappears the second I attempt to put words on a page.

Can’t live with it BUT definitely can’t live without it. #hookedforlife

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I got to put the heating on today 🙂 🙂 🙂

*cross fingers* summer won’t make a comeback. I am soooooo ready for blanket weather.

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Did crafting things on vacation. Had a go at some glass painting. It’s really hard. Tried replicating the RAC logo from Killjoys on a coaster. It’s absolute crap but maybe recognisable? Idk heh 🙂

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Well I’m back from my trip to Devon. 8 hour car journey to get home yesterday *dies* honestly it’s weird being an adult. I felt like throwing a tantrum because I! wanted! to! be! home! already! but I also knew it was pointless because we haven’t invented teleportation yet, so we’d get home when we got home and there was nothing I could do to hurry it up.

I owe @ripperblackstaff a couple of prompts *hugs* I worked out what I was doing for them while I was away but didn’t have a chance to do any actual writing. The car journey to get there last Sunday provided me with sufficient thinking time at least 🙂

2 weeks on monday until I’m back at uni. Let’s see what I can do in that time shall we?