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The Rise of Skywalker Bad... and Other Xmas Tales
So I was going to do my usual Pre- and Post-Viewing posts for The Rise of Skywalker, especially considering I'd gone through the trouble of rewatching all the movies in the days leading up to seeing it, but honestly that whole day and the whole experience was so unpleasant that I didn't really have the energy to put out any sort of well thought out reaction or analysis.
But yeah, long story short I didn't like the movie. I had heard rumblings a couple of days before after the UK premiere, so I'd mentally prepared myself by constructing the worst possible version of what could happen in my head, and the final product didn't hit my three big "I'm completely bailing on this franchise" sticking points, but I'd hardly call that a victory since aside from that the film completely destroyed many thematic elements of the last two films and breaks the lore in a way that makes me wary about consuming extended universe content at all going forward.
That's. Not. Good.
The US premiere also happened to fall on the day a bunch of other stuff in my life came to a head in an extremely not fun way, so I've basically spent the past week using Xmas as an excuse to binge eat, drink, and basically wallow while all the parts of my life aside from work slowly unraveled. It's only last night that I've really been able to pull myself out that funk and while I'm more or less back in the right headspace to actually be productive.
I have partially finished drafts of Xmas fics that I originally wanted to finish and edit last weekend, but because I basically couldn't do anything that didn't happen. I'm still really fond of them though and it is still "the season" so I'm gonna try to get at least a couple of them done and posted by the end of New Years'. Aside from needing to binge the new season of You and just general life maintenance I don't have much going on so I feel like that's doable.
Xmas itself was mostly okay. I passed out ridiculously early that night and slept so long and so soundly that I had to take off work yesterday last minute (thankfully that's like one of two days I could really get away with that). I think that in particular has gone a long way into making me feel more refreshed. I'm going to a concert on Sunday, and I don't have any immediate plans for January so I'm hoping I can use that month to kind of sort out a lot of life stuff I've been putting off for the last few months and go into the new decade on a stronger note.
Also: Doctor Who returns on January 1st! Even if it's the same level of quality as last season it'll still be a big pick-me-up that I desperately need, so I'm super excited for it. And then once the season wraps I'm diving headfirst into the Fourth Doctor era!
But yeah, long story short I didn't like the movie. I had heard rumblings a couple of days before after the UK premiere, so I'd mentally prepared myself by constructing the worst possible version of what could happen in my head, and the final product didn't hit my three big "I'm completely bailing on this franchise" sticking points, but I'd hardly call that a victory since aside from that the film completely destroyed many thematic elements of the last two films and breaks the lore in a way that makes me wary about consuming extended universe content at all going forward.
That's. Not. Good.
The US premiere also happened to fall on the day a bunch of other stuff in my life came to a head in an extremely not fun way, so I've basically spent the past week using Xmas as an excuse to binge eat, drink, and basically wallow while all the parts of my life aside from work slowly unraveled. It's only last night that I've really been able to pull myself out that funk and while I'm more or less back in the right headspace to actually be productive.
I have partially finished drafts of Xmas fics that I originally wanted to finish and edit last weekend, but because I basically couldn't do anything that didn't happen. I'm still really fond of them though and it is still "the season" so I'm gonna try to get at least a couple of them done and posted by the end of New Years'. Aside from needing to binge the new season of You and just general life maintenance I don't have much going on so I feel like that's doable.
Xmas itself was mostly okay. I passed out ridiculously early that night and slept so long and so soundly that I had to take off work yesterday last minute (thankfully that's like one of two days I could really get away with that). I think that in particular has gone a long way into making me feel more refreshed. I'm going to a concert on Sunday, and I don't have any immediate plans for January so I'm hoping I can use that month to kind of sort out a lot of life stuff I've been putting off for the last few months and go into the new decade on a stronger note.
Also: Doctor Who returns on January 1st! Even if it's the same level of quality as last season it'll still be a big pick-me-up that I desperately need, so I'm super excited for it. And then once the season wraps I'm diving headfirst into the Fourth Doctor era!