The Pokemon obsession is Real, folks

Take a wild, random stab in the dark and guess what I've been doing this week.
Uh-huh. Playing Pokemon Scarlet/Violet.

And I might've gotten a little.... invested on the way.

 

 I am honestly shocked how quickly I became obsessed with this game, considering I was intensely indifferent to it's announcement, video game trailers, and eventual release into the wide world. Yet I have been consumed in my new adventures with my little singing fire crocodile and have woken up early and gone to bed late almost every night because I've been playing this game so much.
I need to sleep for a thousand years, but that can wait until I've finished the game. XD

"What do you mean tomatoes aren't supposed to stab you like this"

Howdy everyone! Nice to see you all here again this week.
I could talk about  a few things I did during the last few days, but honestly the most interesting thing I did was finding out I've been allergic to tomatoes for most of my life and didn't realize it until someone said "and if you ever eat something that makes your mouth numb or tingly, it's probably an allergic reaction!" XD

Okay, so 'allergy' is probably an overreaction XD I don't get sick when I eat tomatoes, and the worst thing that happens to me is my tongue feels like a pincushion, but I'm still amused that it took me this long to figure out I had an allergy to one of my favorite savory fruits

And to make things even better, I made a quick comic about this truly riveting and exciting discovery (and I'm not even being sarcastic about it! XD)

I'm now hyper aware of this new thing that's in my life, but I expect the novelty will wear off after a little while.
Until then I'm still chuckling at myself because good grief it's very funny learning this kind of thing about yourself, and it WOULD take me this long to figure out something so obvious and I love it

Baltering

 *Deep and intense sigh of relief* glad that week I had was better than the last one. Still feeling anxiety and tiredness, but the anxiety is the normal cycle I'm used to and the tiredness is deserved because I've been drawing a lot (and enjoying every second of it too)

Joy's doing better too.
Can't believe they were falling apart not even 2 weeks ago... memory is fickle, but good thing I've made records, so maybe I can use my new experiences as fun anecdotes one day.

 

Anyway!  Even if these are just sketches, they made me really happy to draw and I'm actually proud of how fluid they feel to me.
The simple colors and shading pleases me a lot too- low effort, but I kinda dig it honestly <3

Hope you guys are doing well on whatever end your on. I'll see you again next week, and I wish you the best on whatever quest and trivial trials you're on.

Assuaging the Unyielding

 Cool. That was a week I just went through.
Somehow I got through it all though, and I'm... actually kinda glad all of the bad stuff happened to me. Well, not bad per se. Just super uncomfortable and I wanted it to stop. But there was a lot of good things that came from the uncomfortable feelings, and I'm grateful for them all.
okay, maybe not all of them, but hey! Character development is character development, amiright? I can't be fussy how I grow as a person XD

 Or, I guess I should say I shouldn't be fussy how my Joy gets character development. But it's more or less the same thing in the long run.
My stubbornness to be cheerful and look at everything in the best possible light can be admirable, but when I'm ignoring reality and pretending I'm not dying on the inside it becomes a destructive habit I don't have the strength to break. Or something like that, anyway.
This isn't a new problem for me, but it's one I think I'm finally coming to terms with.

I'll watch with interest and see how I (and my emotions) keep developing.