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This is the place where I will regularly write down my thoughts and the things that have happened throughout my day and such. See it as a digital err public diary :)

29-05-26 20:14 Sofia the First: Royal Magic review (first 8 episodes): So it's been almost 11 years since I got into Sofia the First, and if you've known me for a while, you'll know that this show means so much to me. So obviously I had high hopes for this reboot, and I'll try not to let my own sentimentalness get in the way but no promises hehe. So all in all I liked the first 8 episodes. It still has the same vibes in terms of writing, but the visual style has changed a lot (more than people realize). In the first show - particularly the first movie and first season, the show had tried to adapt itself from a cheaper 3D animation style while holding onto traditional animation especially from the Disney renessance era. At first glance this makes it look very cheap and flimsy, but when you really take in the backgrounds and effects, it actually gives off a very original and nostalgic disney vibe. It took me a bit to get used to but I ended up falling in love with this style, so it was a shame the style changed the further the show went on. Now... with Royal Magic, the show has taken on a very modern style, it reminds me of the new MLP show. I like that it feels fresh and new, but sadly it feels very unoriginal to the initial style of the first show. A lot of aspects of this new style is very nice to look at and feels high quality, but the translation of putting the old characters into this new style has gotten backlash from fans (understandably so). I don't hate this new style but my biggest critque lies within the saturation of the colors. Kids nowadays have the attentionspan of goldfish, we know that, but I was still hoping for a show that didnt feel like constant visual overstimulation. The writing has luckily not been as drastically changed, but I notice the shortening of the episodes plays a part in this. Before this we would get a 23~ minute long episode with deep storytelling and character development, now we are getting 2 episodes in one, making them much much shorter. This ties back into the concept of the newer generation of audience being much more used to shortterm attentionspan shows with a lot of overstimulating visuals. Sadly, the show lost a piece of it's soul by diving into this shorter and more visually intense type storytelling. This isnt to say that its all bad, A lot of the characters remain the same beloved versions of themselves, such as our man Cedric! His design was hard to get used to at first but now it has grown on me - of course it'll never beat that good old villain design from the first one, but this will do. He has kept his quirks despite having a very different role now - the same goes for Miss Nettle. This show, like many other reboots, feed off of nostalgia and the succeses of their forecommers, so it's no surprise that they basically ereased the happenings on the last two seasons of the original show as most viewers would only remember the first seasons anyway. The last seasons of the original was experimental as stated by the creator, but they were still important if you ask me! With that being said, they werent perfect, and they introduced way too much at once, which is most likely also why Royal Magic refuses to acknowledge the majority of these events. One in particular is Sofia meeting the unicorn Skye (i think that was his name ? lol), he replaced Minimus with a more modern and improved design, (hey, perfect for marketing!) and needless to say, the older fans had trouble getting used to this new character, and now we are seeing the same pattern again... Wildfire is Sofias new horse and her design is an eyesore and recipe for visual overclutter. Her character is interesting and I think her dynamic will be great for sofia but sadly the visuals are just too much. Back to the writing, so the episodes are interesting, it's nice to see more aspects of what the characters are up to now and how theyve grown, but the episodes are also very repetitive... over and over again the plotlines were about jealousy adn trying to one-up others or impress others. This is shown in the first episode and again with Sofias classmate trying to impress Cedric, again with Amber trying to one-up Sofia's magic skills out of jealous, again with the dragon episode, again with the Wildfire episode... it's veeeery repetetive sadly, but I have hopes of more diversity in writing in the later episodes. I'd like to talk about Sofia's new school and new classmates. I love seeing something new happening in regards to this, as The Royal Academy was a building stone for the first show, but also it was starting to grow a little old seeing the same characters over and over again in the school, so a change of enviroment was really nice actually. I'm also very happy about Sofia picking a school related to magic instead of ruling. She loves magic and she hasnt showed interest in being the one in the spotlight like Amber has. Let's talk about Pepper now, so Pepper is the new familiar in the show, he's absolute PR and merch bait. This is shown as to how Clover was the first merch baited character, made into countless plushies and toys. This is fine, but it shows again how this new generation of audience simply need more over-the-top stuff than the last. Pepper has a visually cluttered design and a very hyper personality. His unicorn horn and saturated markings make for a unique but overcluttered character. I dont mind the new sidekick but I need to get used to all this visual overstimulating designs. Sofia's amulet dropping new abilities liek breadcrums is uh, its something. And for old fans it can be confusing as it no longer requires Sofia to do good deed to earn them! I know the episodes don't have enough time to dive into her discorving these abilities more naturally, so I don't have much feedback in response to this, but it sadly just felt forced and confusing. The new classmates are interesting, I especially look forward to seeing more of Zarya and her brother as their dynamic is unique to what we've seen prior in the old show. Having two former villians work at the new school is very intersting to me, I just hope that new viewers can enjoy them and understand them like those of us who watched the first show. In conclusion I like Royal Magic, and watching it made me feel genuine happiness and im going to hold onto that emotion for as long as I can, aswell as appreciate seeing my favorite characters back in the spotlight again despite it being very different. I hope to see more diverse stories in the next episodes and of course a little less constant overstimulation would nice... Perhaps it's time for me to adapt to whats new aswell. At the end of the day, this show is made for a newer generation, and despite the fanservice given s far to us old viewers, it's important to make room for what can keep the show alive from now and into the future. Anyway, I'm sure no one is gonna read all that, but if you did, thank u :) also bring back Greylock 2026!!!!!!

06-05-26 08:48 Yesterday i bought some CDs, I dont even have a CD player but I put one on my wishlist for my birthday. If I don't get it, I'll save up for myself. I've been going back to physical media more and more. fk this digital culture, let's be free and be able to own our media again!!!!

13-01-26 10:10 Bein more emotionally intellegent than everyone else is exhausting. idc, call me arrogant, but i know how to talk to others in a proper manner if i have aproblem with them.

19-11-25 13:29 Fav videogames!! 1. Team Fortress 2 - 2. Dead by Daylight 3. SSX Tricky 4. Sly Cooper 2 - 5.Friends vs. Friends 6. The Sims 2 - 7. SSX 3 - 8. Sly Cooper Thieves in Time 9. GTA V 10. Overwatch

17-11-25 14:00 Fav animals! 1.Rats 2.Clouded leopard 3.Possum 4.Goat 5.Sheep 6.Raccoon 7.Fruit bats 8.Cow 9.skunk 10.Spotted hyena

17-11-25 12:47 Top 11 fav pokemon bc why not 1. Ratatta 2. Meowscarada 3. Meowth 4. Sneasel 5. Croconaw 6. Sandshrew 7. Skiddo 8.Poochyena 9. Arbok 10. Hounddoom 11.Cubone

03-03-25 23:11 I've made the decision to give up on my studies. Nothing is going my way at all with anything in life and i see no point in trying to achieve something unachieveable. Im going to bullshit my way through my classes with little to no effort. as long as im there i can get my diploma and move on with my shitty life. who cares if i dont even pass? Right now this is my only option. Everything is going wrong and im so sick of trying to fix my life. it wont get fixed. im just going to let it all pass by me. once im done with my school i can atleast say i tried, even if it was only for a short time. Its no use anyway, i know i'll fail and i know i dont have any options. I just want a normal life where i dont have to resort to giving up on my future education just to get by. I wouldnt even wish my life upon my worst enemy.

01-03-25 21:36 Today I did something very difficult. I let go of someone I love. I didn't have to let go but i chose to. Sometimes you have to let go in order to move on and make room for new things in your life. I will take the good experiences ive had with this person and keep them close to heart. I will leave the less good experiences behind me. It's time for me to give myself the love and attention i've needed.

24-01-25 11:27 So, i got more classes now and honestly it's a lot. Like a lot. I'm so stressed and I got way more to worry about outside of school too. I am the best in my class, yet I treat myself like I'm the worst. I always try to be the best at everything, but the truth is, wven if i was the best at everything in the whole world, I'd probably still see myself as the worst. For our assignment, my teacher asked to use mine as an example for the rest of the class, yet now that I'm sitting and needing to write a new assignment, I feel utterly stupid. I cannot think clearly. My brain fog is gettign worse and i dont remember the last night i had slet more than 6 hours. This stress is keeping me up and I know I am my own worst enemy. As I'm sitting in class feeling this way, I feel a fear creeping in on me, a deja vu of sorts. What if this is going to be just like in high school where i was too stressed and depressed to get any school work done? I have to pull myself together. I am not becoming like that again, I am simply... burned out. I never had thought of that. The past year I had done everything to be perfect and now that more responsibilities are pilling up, isnt it only human to see that my performance has waves? I am human, and that's okay. I deserve to go easy on myself even if it's the first time in my life i'm doing that. I want to be the best, but first, I must allow myself to be burned out. This is not a permanent state, it is a human state.

12-09-24 13:03 I had promised myself I no longer would be late for class. I was gonna be there on time. But then after rushing to my bike, I had forgotten my battery. My electric bike is hella heavy without the help of a battery, but I had no time to go back and get it. I rushed to class, and I have not strained my muscles this hard in forever. Running up stairs right after, did not help my situation. And of course, I still arrive late. I decided to just embrace my lateness by heading to the bathroom to do some stretches. If im gonna strain my muscles and be late anyways then i might aswell try to be less aching for tomorrow. My legs feel like rubber and I'm annoyed at myself for ruining my attendance even more.

29-08-24 18:21 Well, I suppose it was bound to happen. For the first time in my life, I have gotten corona. Sucks. I had started to come to the belief that I was unable to catch it, actually. Turns out my germophobia was the one that had saved me all along. Well until now. Due to the improvement of my mental health, I had gotten a bit less uptight about my phobia and maybe that was it. Either way, this fever is hitting hard. I havent had such a big fever before, at least not one i can remember. I'm mostly upset about not being able to attend class. I think I legally could go if I wanted to, but I wouldnt dream of exposing my classmates. I'll wait till im healthy again, but goddamn, it sucks. I already have bad attendance, and despite me being really good at the subject, hence not minding skipping the lecturing part of my classes, I still really want to keep up with the topics and homework. Either way, I'm trying my best to rest, just kidding im not, because I have a hard time resting. It's hard to sleep when my body hurts so much and I dont like doing nothing. I need to be occupied constantly otherwise my brain starts to think too much. I know that sounds a little silly, but honestly I just don't like being alone with my thoughts, I tend to stress out about everything I need to get done and my anxiety also starts overthinking stupid stuff. So I do my best to constantly stay distracted, but that's so hard when I can't even do anything. My body is so tired and aching. I cannot speak due to my throat being hoarse.

19-08-24 19:08 God, I can't believe I made this blog over 2 years ago. I felt like it was time to start a bit fresh. I still want to talk about my feelings, thoughts and experiences on here, but I feel like I want to turn this into a more broad blog. Example, reviews, stories, headcanons etc. Feels nice to start fresh, doesnt it?

17-06-22 15:43 So Hi, I guess I might try to blog a bit, I've never done that before, and it's not really like I care about anyone reading it, I just think it might be a nice way to keep track of my life lmao. I'd rather do it here than on Tumblr where randos can reblog ur posts, if I ever happen to blog about anything personal, y'know? So anyways today, I'm a little down bc I was gonna go to a concert with my brother but I'm still sick. I should take it easy, I haven't been doing that lately.

16-06-22 anyways and Here is a picture of my cat :).

Here he is: