deerna | recap | may 2022

warning: might contain spoilers (namely: stranger things, hollow knight)

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turns out that set it up is a romcom with rights. special mention to downtown abbey II: a new era because it's the first time i went to the movies in forever and it was good but strange.
eurovision was fun but i wasn't too hyped for it, despite it being in italy. i liked ukraine's entry, but i preferred france's fulenn and moldova's trenulețul. on the other hand, our diodato, måneskin and mika did some great live performances ♥
putting a dent in my to-read list: we read 2/3 books of simon snow and it was an amazing time, especially wayward son because vampires, obviously. dracula daily is still going strong. the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires was a surprisingly heavy read; well done, absolutely fucking terrifying because of the realistic element rather than the supernatural one. i made an attempt with camere separate but i couldn't; i'm sorry because it's queer and italian and god knows how rare that is, but i think i had my fill of sad gay stories.
finally watched ted lasso and tumblr didn't like: it was really a good time, even if i don't give a shit about soccer. stranger things is back; i like the new guy and im lowkey shipping him with steve ~~and billy, who is perfectly fine and alive in my dreams~~
finished hollow knight: i had to cheat in order to finish it but i don't regret it. i'll never be happy again after learning the whole story, and after the final battle against the hollow knight (i've been listening to the ost obsessively, too). ao3 has little, precious fic, and that's how im surviving.

WRITING

i haven't posted anything, but i did some impressive progress on the infamoous ace geralt fic. i finally finished part 1 and part 2, and im putting a dent in part 3. hopefully by the end of june it'll be done. (i know i said it was going to be done by the end of may but eh. that didn't happen clearly. im also glad i finally started working on the novelization of the dnd campaign, dunya. it's a little unnerving, because im writing an original character on top of characters that belong to friends, but i'm having a grand time so far.

ART+CRAFT

the craft part was pretty much a complete failure, because i didn't get shit done, but on the art side i'm keeping up with the weekly digital drawing. i finally found a way to keep it consistent. i don't know if it'll work with the next set of subjects (flowers) but im gonna keep experimenting. i also practiced watercolor a little, taking advantage of movie nights with friends. i'm pretty proud of it.