January 3rd & 4th, 2026 - It's all art

// January 3rd, 2026 // - It's All Art

They got rid of my favourite scene in the book. When Annabeth and Percy are escaping the Sirens and they kiss underwater. I guess it wasn't needed I was just excited... I dunno. I still think they've been doing a good job this season of adapting the book. I actually really enjoyed this episode. I only worry that by the time we get to the 3rd season these people will be adults.

Fallout Season 2 has been no lesser than its predecessor. With every new episode, every new minute of content I am reminded of how well crafted this show is. The character work is so beautifully done. We are constantly pushing these people (Lucy, The Ghoul, and Maximus) to theiur limits. Relentlessly testing how far their morals will take them. This newest episode in particular had me tearing at the eyes more than once. We let Lucy take a back seat and look at The Ghoul and Maximus. We go back and forth between Cooper's old life pre war and his new existence as The Ghoul. Seeing his old friend Charlie give a speech on what it took to save Cooper, seeing how it reflects directly to how The Ghoul saves Lucy? God it was such a well done sequence. And to see him doubt himself? We watch as walls falter but not fall. As for Maximus, he is mistreated by his superiors early on in the episode only to be given solace and comfort in the very person he’d potentially be going to war with. Xander promises that cooler heads can prevail and the pair go an adventure to hopefully bond and discuss plans. When Maximus sees how married Xander is to the doctrine of the Brotherhood, how he’s willing to kill children for it; Maximus brings the hammer down and refuses to let it happen. I also believe that the show balances humour and high stakes so~ well. We are just given a horrific delivery of pushing the plot forward and are immediately eased by the familiarity of Thaddeus and Maximus. I love this show.

I would say my only hold up about this season is my unsureness on where we stand on the fates of Fallout 4 and New Vegas. I don’t hold that against the show. It’s on me completely. Having not finished New Vegas I don’t have all the pieces of this puzzle, and I assume as the season progresses the show itself will lend pieces to me to complete the picture.

Stranger Things 5! I was ready to say that I didn’t care, I wasn’t really paying attention to it all because I had Fallout playing on the side. In truth I had to keep pausing fallout because I found the last episode to be so intriguing. I love these characters but god there’s way too many. I dunno about all the Sci Fi stuff, all the fake outs. I think I just watched to enjoy, not to critique. There were really deep lows this season, this episode too. I put them out of my mind and just tried to let the epilogue to this adventure do its thing. I cried, I teared up, I wept. I hate to see these guys go, regardless of how good or bad this ish was. I had a good time.

The rest of the day was Fallout 4, AND! Continuing Call of The Night.

// January 4th, 2026 //

We are 4 days into this new year and I feel the same. I felt a little guilty for it but then I realized that I was thinking about it wrong. This isn't when I change, I change in August. The year is not the new me, everyday is. If I feel the same right now that's because nothing has forced me to change, to adapt. I'm sure something will, it always does.