Coelacanth

It stopped being a story with unpredictability and actual stakes. There was a time I felt like anyone was at risk, even "main characters", and it was awesome. It just turned into more of a Sunday morning cartoon - which is fine - it's just not for me.

I also got sick and tired of them doing the "guess who's back from the dead?" plotline a bazillion times.

I played for a while and enjoyed it, but eventually it became clear the developers were taking both the story and the gameplay in directions I didn't like.

Heavensward was a great story, Stormblood patch quests were amazing. Shadowbringers had its very high peaks of course but even there they had started doing things in the story I hated.

Oh wow, that's super interesting!

They had the pieces on the board to make a fine story I think, it just seems like there were multiple cliques within the writing team and they couldn't agree on a vision so the narrative gets pulled in different directions.

If Brad Pitt could have gotten over himself and not demanded to be the underdog hero who gets the girl and wins the race we might have gotten something actually interesting.

I've been actively working on trying to appreciate it over the last few years and there are things I can appreciate. I enjoy swimming but I will not set foot in a public pool so that is a point in favour of the summer. There is a secluded cliff coast near where I live where I can swim by myself.

I hate bright light and summer has that in abundance, and I also hate being sweaty and sticky and during summer I have an even harder time being out in public as dealing with everything is so much harder when all you can think about is the sweat drops dripping down every surface and crevice of your body.

I'd watch it.

"Coming this fall: ten billionaires are locked in a house with a murderous psychopath. Who will be the first victim, and who make it to the end? Use your phone to vote each week on what weapons the murderer will have access to! Introducing: Bigger Brother! Only on cable!"

Lost a lot of love for him for that, and also for whining about not getting away with the penalty after the race. You'd expect Oscar of all people to be chill about these things and just take it on the chin, maybe say a dryly funny quip (remember "move of a world champion, that"?).

I guess the championship battle is actually getting to him.

I always think of another New Math.

Interesting. I don't know that this particular solution seems great but English is a complete mess when it comes to knowing the pronunciation of a word from reading it alone for sure.

On a related note I wish we had a c/madlads around these parts.

MBS: "I am the Senate"