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forelevensesI've skipped a few days because I felt like I've been doing the exact same things for the past few days that I didn't think it was worth an entry, but some things did happen here and there and I did wanna share!
Ok, so on Sunday (I'm like sure it was Sunday the days are starting to blend in lmao) Bean and I played lotro and we visited Yondershire! LET ME TELL YOU, YONDERSHIRE IS GORGEOUS !! I will start bugging the lotro devs to revamp the original shire because between The Shire and Yondershire, Yondershire felt way more lived in and thought out than The Shire and I don't get why?? Like, we visited some NPC's smial and it had way more detail and was finished as opposed to Bag End. You would think the home that belonged to the main character of the story you're making an mmo out of would have its interior all finished but nope! Even the taverns were way more livelier than The Shire ones. We visited like two taverns and those two places were PACKED with hobbits, it was wild! Like I was taken aback when I loaded into the first one, I have never seen a shire tavern that busy before! Granted they are NPCs, but it really does add to the atmosphere, like it's so sad to see The Ivy Bush and The Green Dragon be so empty with like a handful of NPCs here and there. And no tavern was alike either! I believe the first one we visited was in Tighfield and it was a rather cozy establishment but when we went over to Gamwich, the tavern had a hunter/game vibe to it! I thought it was very thoughtful and now it makes me wonder how Long Cleeve's inns and taverns look like! ALSO GAMWICH IS NOW MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE GAME NEXT TO EVENDIM, IT IS SUCH A GORGEOUS LITTLE VILLAGE!! It's situated right under like a forest canopy with all the trees towering over the smials and we came during the night, so the lighting made it absolutely dreamy! It was so much fun coming up with cute head canons with Bean about the area and how frodo and sam would fit into it! I'm itching to get back on to lotro soon because I gotta see how the rest of the area looks like!
Work is work, as usual but! we did get a new store manager this week. I only had the chance to talk to him like once so far, but he seems ok? I've been hearing lots of conflicting stories about him from some co-workers who did work with him at different stores but I think it's still too early for me to decide if I like him or not. For the most part, he seems chill and has a hand-crushing handshake lmaoo. OH, and today specifically, a regular at the store (and probably one of the handful of regulars that I actually enjoy) is apparently moving away and today she stopped by and gave me a going away present: a scented candle and a little bag of chocolates! I thought it was really sweet and she said she was gonna miss me the most and like I almost sobbed on the spot lmaoo (not really but I thought it was sweet!).
Currently, I'm working on a little ficlet for tolkientober because I've had like zero energy this week (most of it is because of work but also I haven't really been taking good care of myself lately but it's been getting better) to work on the main fic I'm working on. I think it's funny that whenever I have these sorts of days, I tend to gravitate towards samfrosie LMAO. And I mean, why not? They're the embodiment of coziness and I just wish I have what they haveee 😭 Since I'm talking about writing, nanowrimo has been more and more on my mind now that it's getting closer and I think I might just end up doing it lol. NOT THE FULL 50k BUT LIKE 30k AT MOST 😭 I do have one fic idea that I have sitting there for like months and I was gonna just make it a one-shot, but I think this would be a perfect one to expand out to novella-length for nano. Even if I don't end up finishing nano, I'm proud of myself regardless. As of right now, I have published 7.4k words on ao3 this year and while that may not sound like a lot, from going from absolute zero this time last year to now is like a major improvement. I'm happy that I'm writing for myself now I can only hope my writing will improve back to what it was when I used to write fic super regularly 🙏
I'm very chatty today but yeah, that's been the past few days!
-miki
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Date: 2022-10-05 12:41 pm (UTC)I did start writing that gamwich fic, It seems like its going well so far ! I'm working off the concept that this is Frodo and Sam's first courting trip as a couple (original I know) but its pretty early on in their relationship, theyve only been together a few months!
Also if you ever find yourself in some sort of samfrosie situation.... lmk I want IN (insert that one meme thats like "im joinin someone else's relationship.... scooch over i love y'all")
I hope your manager is nice and that you have a good day Miki !!!
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Date: 2022-10-05 11:52 pm (UTC)ALSO IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR MY HEALTH THAT YOU SEND OVER THAT GAMWICH FIC WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE AHHHHHHH I'm glad to hear it's going great, I just know it's gonna be so fucking cute !! 😭 💕 I will offer the samfrosie smut in return because Oh Boy ™️ did I make some progress on that last night LMAO
Yeah I hope he's chill but managers are always a toss-up so hopefully he's not an asshole down the line. I hope you have a good day too (or evening lol) bean!! mwah !! <3
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Date: 2022-10-06 12:35 am (UTC)also i have never seen a samfrodo hanahaki disease au you should absolutely do it !!!! I will be sending you that Gamwich fic when its got some more meat on its bones, I'm actually gonna try and work on it more tonight ! :) and def keep me posted on that samfrosie nsfw because.... i need them............. they mean so much to me........ in the words of the early 2000s frodo fans... they are LUSH!!!
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Date: 2022-10-06 05:35 am (UTC)I'm still trying to decide who would be the one to catch it (I've been leaning towards frodo because the concept of coughing up flowers over your gardener is 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽) but I'm sure I'll figure it out once I actually outline lmaoo. OH YEAH IM DEF SENDING IT OVER ONCE I EAT DINNER THEY ARE VERY LUSH INDEED <33
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