I was in middle school in my gym class and we were told we would go outside on the field today. It was the end of the year so our gym class had finished the whole curriculum for the year. We had a choice of playing football, soccer, four-square or just walking around the field talking with friends. Me and my friend, for the sake of privacy I will call her Jessie, we picked walking. Only about 20 other kids out of about 80 picked walking, me and Jessie being 2 of them. We were walking around as normal and on 2 of the sides of the field it is just woods for miles back. We live in northern New Jersey, in Appalachia so we knew what lurked in the those woods. We were taught what to do at a very young age. Unlike many of my supernatural encounters, this one I had a friend by my side. Me and Jessie have been friends all year so we had gotten to know each other pretty well. And me and her were obsessed with talking about Appalachia folklore and supernatural creatures so we knew what signs to looks for. Anyways, we were walking as normal and then by the third time around the field on the woods side we started hearing the leaves crunching. At first we thought, it must had been a deer or maybe a fox, we never thought it would be more than that but it was. Where the woods cuts of theres a hill, not very tall but still a hill. So we started hearing birds chirping, but they didn't sound right. It sounded like a computer was trying to make birds sound but just wasn't getting the sound right. We were now a little confused and mildly disturbed but we just kept walking. The gym period is 50 minutes so we had at least another 30 minutes left we we sucked it up and kept on walking. But when we went by the woods again we heard the "bird" again but this time louder and more demanding kind of. Me and Jessie then were skeptical about this whole situation but we just kept walking. Then about 20 seconds later we heard footsteps in the woods again this time much closer and faster. Now, when you're in Appalachia and a supernatural creature is stalking you the best thing to do is to walk fast away, but not too fast. But we panicked and ended up running. It didn't catch us when we ran so we got less worried and kept walking. We didn't want to tell other students or the teachers since they obviously wouldn't believe us. But we were still very freaked out but like I said we kept walking. But at this point me being the curious person I am I tried to look into the woods, bad decision. The bird noises were now crazy loud almost like a bird in distress. Now we knew it had to be one of the many crypt-ids that roamed Appalachia. We narrowed the list to, The Rake, Skin-walkers, or the Windy Boi. But we still weren't sure. At this point there is about 5-10 minutes left in gym and this would be our last lap until we went inside. This time we heard the bird noises and footsteps and we saw a huge dark figure that looked like a tree just standing there. It was not there before. Before me or my friend could even think we just ran, we knew it was bad to run but not worse than what that thing would have done to us. We left school haunted from this encounter. The moment we got home we FaceTimed and talked about it until we found out what crypt-id it was. We researched for at least an hour until we found out it was the Windy Boi. I have had more encounters like this but this one haunts me all the time. And sometimes I still feel like it's watching me.

In New Jersey I was in an auto accident. In NJ you CAN elect health insurance to be primary over PIP.
Hospital is refusing to acknowledge this and is treating Auto as primary with this quote
“Per New Jersey law, we must bill your auto insurance before billing your medical insurance, even if you chose your medical insurance as primary for auto accidents.”
I can find no such law. My health paid them as primary and the auto paid as secondary. In their accounting system they are treating it in reverse because its allowing them to keep more cash ( my health has excellent rates with them).
No matter who is primary I will pay next to nothing, but I feel like their being shady in how their doing this. What can i do? Or should I just not do much and just pay my balance?

My 13th birthday was the worse day of my life. It started off with me just being excited about it the whole week and counting down the days. Friday was the day and I was so excited. My dad,who was married to a different woman and living in New Jersey,sent me money and again apologized for not being there to spend it with me. Okay,that’s alright. I took a really great shower,put on my new shoes and my new clothes,put on the nicest jewelry,smelt extremely good and had my skin glowing. I have never felt more excited for a day even tho I spending the day at school. I rushed to the van that picks me up for school. I got to school early and had to stand outside the gate that lets us in,there was really nobody else there yet except and the other kid that got dropped off with me. 20 minutes later,a few of my friends came and realized that it’s my birthday. More came and after they realized it was my birthday,you know what they did? They all gathered around me and started giving me birthday punches. the punches quickly turned into me getting beat up against the gate by at least 7-10 people,I was on the ground and got pulled from them by 2 of my other friends. I was crying and smiling through the tears,I thought I was crying because it was so cold outside but no,I was crying because of how they were waiting to do this but I let it go because I didn’t want it to ruin my day,okay that’s alright. I was a bit sore since that morning til lunch time,I was sitting next to my best friend and putting my head down til other people came and heard it was my birthday. Guess what? I got beat up again by even more people. They even started recording me when I was crying and begging them to stop. I kept saying stop and they kept punching me. My other friend was defending me and pulling me away and took me to the bathroom. I started bawling my eyes out and stayed in there the rest of the lunch time,other girls came to console me and help but I was so upset and tired. some of the girls went to confront the people who beat me up and their excuse was that I was a violent person in general and give the worse birthday punches. What? I give soft birthday punches and half the time none at all. Sure me and my friends play fought and I used to fight a lot last year but I have changed and just had problems. I was nicer to everyone this year and gave so much things to people and apologized for my behavior last year,knowing how bad and horrible I was. But even the some of the people who beat me up didn’t even know me and just wanted to have fun. I was sore the rest of the day and crying,I just wanted to go home. When I got home,the door was open for me with my stepdad smiling at me. I immediately broke down and dropped my bag and my stepdad said it wasn’t good I was crying on the day I was so excited for and reminding everyone about with a smile on my face. the rest of the day I was so dull and unhappy and just went to sleep. I have never hated a day more then my 13th birthday. When I remember it,I just burst into tears because I never knew what I did to deserve that to happen. I just wanted to enjoy the day I was so excited for and instead of ending that day in a smile,it ended in tears.

After finishing the game and doing a good ~80% of the content Im left with some thoughts.
While i think this game IS an upgrade over BoTW in a good amount of ways i definitely think that it seems to trip over itself again in some other important ways too - in this I would say the main issues are Combat uniqueness, The Main Story Path/Dungeons, and Unique side content. These are pillars i would say would be some of (if not the most) important in a game like Tears and while Tears does improve on those pillars in some ways i feel it doesnt seem like they did enough to truly improve or address criticisms and break the boundaries over the first game. This post is mostly my thoughts/critiques and is not meant as me bashing the game, i truly did enjoy the experience but id be lying if i said i wasnt dissapointed in some areas.
This sequel is largely a retreading of the first games format, albeit in a new/fresh way, which is commendable that they were able to capture BoTW in a new way and "for the most part" deliver in making it feel fresh and fun, but it also feels like they focused TOO much on expanding the game outward (with the half-baked sky islands and underground and the numerous caves/shrines) instead of "imo" the better route which would be expanding the game in-ward with deeper questlines/progression/rewards/challenges/character moments. I think where ToTK fails is in trying to appeal way too broadly to the general playerbase, they lost out on really improving on and pushing past the criticisms of the past game, instead they just gave us more things to do but largely approached in the same way as BoTW with really simple repetition and not enough unique areas/puzzles or rewards, with too much focus on building when it can largely be ignored in favor of simple designs or autobuilds. While these certain things do shake up the formula, im still left with thinking alot of the other pillars of the game suffered for it.

• First up about the story I definitely just hoped they wouldve tried to approach the main path in a new (maybe more linear way) instead of repeating the 4 champion slog with weak mini-dungeons/temples and actually give us fun moments that build with all the characters along the path that lead to these big sprawling multiple-sectioned dungeons. Have the geoglyphs sectioned and lead to another chronologically along the main quest (seriously why did they think having the glyphs be aimless like BotW helped in any way to the story is just crazy). Have the Sages react dynamically based on your progress giving them atleast a couple lines interacting with eachother. To say the characters are milquetoast at best is an understatement, their designs and motivations are good they just needed to give them more outside of the obvious "gotta help muh boi Link save da worl after he helps me do this fetch quest wow the ganon flashback story is so interesting the 4th time seeing it!" Also whats the point of having them leave behind their spirit when you couldve easily just had them accompany you in the same way, then you could have cool dialogue back in their towns where they react to the next thing you accomplished together and the journey wouldve felt much more alive with all your sage buddies with you irl.
  
• The way they handled Ganons effect on Hyrule was not the way they made the trailers out to be and this is where i think the Story hurts the most. There couldve been so much more agency and urgency if Ganons powethreat was on display while Link was knocked out in the beginning, show that time jump with peoples lives being truly affected by the Malice/Gloom, have not only the effects on display for the Sage quests but have the Malice gloom be affecting larger areas of people outside of these aswell with our mission to cleanse these areas too, Like i felt the most bad for the Koroks they pretty much lost their whole souls while the Deku Tree was infected, in contrast you got the Rito just being too cold and the Gorons being addicted to Crack Rocks. Like i get it the game needs to keep some levity to not make this 50-60 hour journey seem so bleak, Like its cool to see the resilience of Hyrule but why should i really care about saving anything when it seems like people are getting by just fine outside of the main path with people looking for mushroom drip and Mr. Tarrey-fan holding signs at every road. I also think the whole Zelda-puppet thing plays out really goofy for Ganons standards. Its such a cop-out and plays out like the writers couldnt come up with a way to give Link motivation outside of Zelda being stuck in the past and the twist doesnt hit because likely youve already seen atleast one of the glyphs that allude to whats really going on after a few hours. Idk i just think back to Twilight Princess and how they set that tone that "yeah everyones just dead pretty much you better get your ass in gear Link" obviously they want to appeal to the general audience but didnt all the marketing and tone-setting make this game out to be about the true Ganondorf coming back to wreck shit with his army and Links the only one that can come back and save them? the only thing he wrecked is peoples image of Zelda will all little trolling they did. All Links mostly there for is to have the Sages realize simple tasks that help them and then off to kill Ganon again. Granted i love the climax portion of the story but it couldve hit so much more with just a bit better worldbuilding/writing.
  
• With the Sky/Depths/caves it feels like they had to come up with so much more filler with them just largely being empty areas with simple puzzles and minimal non-challenging combat (minus a couple of the depth arenas i guess?) Im not sure why they couldnt come up with actually hard enemy encounters with variety (like why arent there any gibdo spawns or boss type enemies littered in the camps in the depths? why are the big Ruin areas just devoid of enemies/constructs?) but just enemy variety in general is improved but still lacking, it pretty much feels just the same as BotW of just either Bokoblin spam (and no attaching backpacks to them isnt variety) and the occasional Lizals/boring Yiga ambush, and idk if its just me but the White enemies are just a pain to churn through in this game, towards the end i just avoided fighting them because they have way too much health to warrant 1-2full fused weapons. While the Boss enemies again just get relegated to their "arenas" with no other mobs to atleast add fodder (and the Boss Bokoblin just feels like a fat Moblin but atleast w/ a unique rally move) And we also downgraded the "army" encounters with just a bunch of Bokos/lizals and a Boss Boko in every-one, wheres Ganons army of lynel/Hinox/skelly squads?
  
• They also needed to put more time into deepening our customization of Link the hero, maybe with unlockable Combat gimmicks like past Zelda's, like wouldnt it be awesome if you could take off half of a fused weapon and Dual Wield it for like double swings/unique charged moves (also why is the sword the only weapon with a stick-movement quick tech?) Like fusing is a fun tool but doesnt it just feel like a bandaid gimmick fix for the people that hated weapon breaking? And instead we got left with goofy muddy weapons/horns stuck onto eachother that clip way into the ground hurting immersion? Just give us some sort of crafting/upgrade system or cultivate Rocktorocks through a quest or Something that isnt obscure and left into the "either fuse your weapon and do mental gymnastics on the durability and lose the cool cosmetic sheaths or suffer goofy big stick to actually put up a fight." There just shouldve been more to play around with. The progression boils down to just "pick up more things to stick on the stick" its fun for a while, but it started to lose its charm quick for me.
  
• Cosmetic QoL things like Transmog(seriously the Armor system has no right being this bad/tedious)/Hairstyle barberemoving or adding Armor pieces/more dyes through Cece (like really my only rewards for a long quest chain that changes Hateno is a goofy Hat/overpriced armor and the one option of taking the hood off?). I also think of character-building stuff like actual Dialogue options for side-quests to choose rewards or atleast personality showing from Link from time to time past the "he likes food" trope, like i know Link is a blank-slate character but man they dont really give you alot to work with in 2 full 50 hour games.
  

ToTK stumbles to bring compelling advances in these pivotal aspects that almost any sequel or other open world games would bring and that largely is probably due to the scope of the systems they put the most work into with "Ultrahand" and how much scaling back they mustve had to do with being locked to the underperforming Switch
I think Im just left with this game wishing it harkened back and embraced somewhat more to the classic design of Zelda of building this Vibe and story for this version of Link and the games progression relying more on his development as the Hero and overcoming great challenges/threats rather than "funny Link build Car for Koroks and watches Zeldas home videos with no emotion along w/ his Side characters that also get 1 quest of character development" If just a bit more focus went into some of the stuff i mentioned this game couldve been truly a great achievement in gaming, but what it delivered to me was really just "Breath of the Wild but a bit better this time and with building" which is still a great game, but it couldve been so much grander.

Just figured I put these down in writing. You can find the stone tables in the sky [Islands that look like flowers, some you need to zoom in to see.)
I'm putting down both how they're written and Wortsworth's own translation:

1. Account of a Celebration

"So swete the song of kyng Rauru ond so grete the beaute of his susteres daunce, that wer min eies ond eres captif. Ond so hende quen Sonias gasen on us alle so felt y min herte als captif fallen. Seruantes lyf, tho moche laboursum, han moche jolitee as welle. Longe be the lyf of the roial familie y love so."
Wortsworth's Take:
"This is an account of a party from those days. It says King Rauru and his older sister sang and danced together while Queen Sonia looked on. We think of royalty austere and reserved, but these nobles amused themselves with song and dance. But what a vivid recounting of a scene never before related in any history book...The descriptions of their personalities and expressions made this ancient past feel alive again. This stone tablet is a first-class find. Well done, dear Chamberlain in leaving behind this account for us."

1. The Strong Queen and the Receptive King

"Sonia, quen to Hyrule's kyng bi birthe Hylian preesterresse, hirself yborn of londe, nat of skie aboven. Speken she with open herte, eornest to alle, euen even to the Zonais kyng. This kyng ythinke it gode aventure so to lerne of the londes folke. To sen his hed ybent to listenen is swich plesaunce."
Wortsworth Take:
"This one looks to be about Queen Sonia. it claims that Sonia was a priestess before marrying Rauru. Despite his status as Zonai, a people popularly thought to be gods, she would counsel him without any trepidation. Moreover, Rauru heeded this counsel. This account gives us firsthand knowledge of the nature of Queen Sonia and King Rauru's relationship."

1. The Harmonious Couple

"Oft wys Rauru, kyng of kene blade, weyve his werk real in favor of the hunte. Ond oft queynte Sonia, quene of kene insight, seke out him and repaire this kyng to kyngly besynesse. in hir sapience semes she divin, that she cunne him ever finde and for hes folly semes him the mor humain. Ond the kyng? O, he laughe, Nat him hir equal for hir wit, he kunne. Ond the quen, she laughe to, als even she scolden."
Wortswoth's Take"
"This is a tale of King Rauru. Apparently, he would vacate his offical business from time to time in order to go out hunting. I had the impression he was a stricter, more serious king, but I guess he had a lighter side as well. However, Queen Sonia was always a step ahead. She would put a stop to King Rauru's hunts and bring him back. We rarely get a glimpse into the down-to-earth side of royalty i this way. It's an important find, to be sure."

1. A Pilgrimage of Light

"The kyng was late y-come this aven, so maked the quene to sharen tales of hir lond, of shirines al grene yglouen. Of erli daies sinnes Hyrules funding have diverse monstres hir reaume biseged ond assayllede. Uncesinge in striffe, thei broughte to despeir folkes lyfen. Kyng ond quen ysete thamselue to bringen scurge to ende. With might of light od pouere, driven abak ybeen, ond the roial couple made thes shirines to selen hem awei. These holi selen ben yclept Shirines of Light. Gret kyng, grete quen, y thank ye. Ye foughte whan y wer maiden-child, that y kude pes toknouen."
Wortsworth Take:
"The subject here is the actions of King Rauru and Queen Sonia undertook not long after Hyrule's founding. With the kingdom established, they were worried for their people, so they set out to eradicate the monsters troubling them. They created structures called Shrines of Light to seal the monsters away so that they could never be revived. There's more here about light...and tie too...The sense I get is that the to of them may have had supernatural powers. Though it's part of ancient history, it's a feat those of us living today should still be grateful for. Truly an important discovery."

1. The Researcher Mineru

"Queynte Mineru, the kynges elder suster, falles so dep in hir bokes swich that she oft foryetes to eten. In min wieried wei don I what much I con, but y fer haven that it ben litel avail. Of late treteth she of 'contructes,' thinges did she make with hir hondes as vessel for spirit whan bodi-lich failen. So seyde she, micht she liven longe, in spiret yhused within this construct.' Though Mineru ne semes to holden ani deceyte,,,Bi my feith, y kan nat als trouthe thes wordes bileven."
Wortsworth's Take:
"Here, we learn a bit about Mineru. It says that she neglected to eat or sleep while making something called a...construct? It was part of her research into a means of returning to life as a spirit possessing a new body, should her original one die. To you or I, this sounds less like history ad more like some sort of ghost story. But remember who we're dealing with. They may have had unfathomable powers that made such things possible. The revelation that Mineru was a fellow researcher makes her feel like a kindred spirit to me, and yet...The chamberlain who inscribed these tablets treats Mineru with such care and kindness that it warms my heart.

1. The Foreign Princess

"Ful fyn is the weder this morn, ond have y audience with theos princes seyd ben kin bi fer distaunt yeres to quene Sonia. Bi gras has she bee given a name most swete, of Zelda she been yclept. In certain folk stered suspecioun, for straunge wer hir garnementes ond sodein wer her aparaunce. Yet wolde hir contenonce ond bering maked proof of hir right blod and bond to quene Sonia. Als be Zelda to remainen for a wile with us, y wil mi-self als hochmayde offre ekein hir servis."
Wortswoth's Take:
"This is another fascinating entry. If my translation is correct, the Zelda described here is Sonia's distant relative. According to this, she arrived in Hyrule unexpectedly from another kingdom. It seems she was a beautiful princess. Her strange clothing perplexed the people of Hyrule, and many were suspicious of her at first. But this Zelda had such an undeniable air of nobility that those who doubted she was of royal birth were soon silenced. Note how clearly this convey's the writer's feelings regarding Zelda. Once it was clear Zelda would be staying, she applied to be chamberlain to the princess. That suggests real admiration."

1. The Free-Spirited Zelda

"Princesse Zelda recent comes to sen Mineru, the kynges older suster. I co eck, for hir to seruen. Todai cam hit ipassen that Mineru sheued to Zelda construct althergrettest y hav ysen. Zelda, she much desired on hit to riden, ond ne conne nat y seien coust hir stoppen. Though I dyde protesten. Loudli. Neuer the lesse she made to sitten heighe upon the constructes sculdres ond to riden like an hors, al ful of grace. Min lausion, so graunt alredy, dyde grouen al the mor."
Wortswoth's Take:
The subject here Zelda and Mineru. Zelda apparently visited Mineru often to assist with her research. I have no idea what kind of thing this 'construct' that allowed people to ride it was. But Zelda rode it so well that our author the chamberlain was again impressed by her skill at everything she tried. That's the long and short of it here. But more than the narrative, what strikes me is the back and forth between the chamberlain and Zelda. The chamberlain tried to warm Zelda of the danger, but Zelda pushed past her and rode the construct anyway. It's short, but so evocative of both the level of technology found in this era and the character of their visitor Zelda. The 'treasure' found in these stone tablets is the pearls of wisdom and nuggets of personality contained within."

1. The Latest Trend

"Faciou nou favereth garnementes adourned with muscheron patrons, ond fer ond wid beon thei wern. This tast for muscheron com of the casteles seamestre, who sogte to seuen clethes for princesse Zelda to plesen. This facioun, Zelda telled to the seamestre, waere in hir treu hom wel loved. in hir time werd everichon patrons of bright hewes, in the shap of mucheron. Anou our hende seamestre set herte on these patrons copien, which sele to main happi persoune. Y seche after som for min on but ne coude nat an on yfinden."
Wortsworth's Take:
"Here we learn something about the fashion trends of that era. The story's catalyst is their Zelda tellng a tailor about the mushroom-patterned outfits becoming popular in her homeland. Intrigued, the tailor fashioned some clothing in that vein, and it caught on in ancient Hyrule. Do you know Cece from Hatenon Village? Imagine the look on her face if she were to find out! They say that trends go in cycles, but...I didn't expect mushroom patterns to have been in fashion so long ago! One last thing about the chamberlain...Her interests in fashion shows there was more to her than devoted service. She was just like anyone else in the kingdom."

1. An Ancient Ghost Story

"Of late have y herd it told a straunge ladi walkes around the castel in the derk of night. She ond princess Zelda semes ala twinnes two, but this on nadda ne light in hir eien--or als a ded thing than not. When She is asked about thes walkes, princesse Zelda of that ben no-thing remembren. What monstre, or spirit of darknesse, be this visioun? So afeard y am of min imagaenninges that I con nat slepen."
Wortsworth's Take:
This one is an ancient ghost story. My understanding of ancient Hyulean isn't perfect, but I know a ghost story when I see one. It's a firsthand account of a ghostly or maybe corpse-like woman who appeared each night looking just like their Zelda. No matter the era, it seems, people can't resist sharing a good ghost story. A bit like how there have been eyewitness accounts of our Princess Zelda in the newspaper, even though she's missing...Could our Zelda be a ghost too? No...of course not."

1. For the Hero's Sake

"Sith hire founding has Hyrule swich hardshippe ysene, but that is onli smale moment of time. Mineru, the kynges elder suster, seyes of this kyngdom that hit ne mot nat awaren aye be ycaccht, nat evenforth fer futur. Princesse Zelda tells hire that this futur be wrat alredi, that a champion bith form t he skie comen. Bitwee the two, thei imaked to finden a wei this champion in that distaunt time to helpen. Her min treuthe, sogte thei to up-reisen the Temple of Time, into the skie to warden hit onyenes ivil. Al dyden so in fer distauntdai, our kingdo mighte b e safed. In min herte y woot y helpen mot, ond y asked of Mineru, canst yow devyse the menes to upreisen in the skie thaes stane. Min wordes iseie nat enow, but thei thaes memorie safen, of the roial familie, heigh in the skie for that future time."
Wortswoth's Take
That one is all about the feats Zelda performed for the sake of the hero. The details are unclear, but essentially, the chamberlain trusted in Mineru and Zelda's predictions and wanted to help. She put forth the suggestion that could make her stone tablets float in the sky. Which I take it are the very tablets you foud, Link? But it doesn't end there. If my translation is correct, it suggests that their Zelda worked with Mineru to raise the Temple of Time into the sky! The idea of the Temple of Time--a grand edifice built in that ancient era--being lifted to the skies to await a hero...Althought given the appearance of the sky islands after the Upheavel, perhaps it's not so far-fetched as it seems. What must it have been life for the chamberlain to live through such miraculous times?"

1. The Day the Land Rose

"Swich wondrous sight y hav behelden that ne con hit nat justli be described. The Termple of Time y sawe, ond al londe yheld it, reise to the skie, both ferful ond majestatic. As princesse Zelda itold mi, in fer distaunt future comes a champion to that place, the hope that Hyrule safen. For that champion be hit that y thes grete stane inscriben. The kygnes elder suster, Mineru, sendes nou thes stane to the skie, that the champioun mount hem ireden."
Wortswoth's Take:
"This is an eyewitness account of the day the Temple of Time floated into the sky. It's a landmark discovery for the history of Hyrule. It may be one of the tip 10 most important discoveries of all time! Even among all the breathtaking displays of power, we knew of from the era, to raise the land and its buildings into the sky...That was a feat impressive even to those accustomed to wonders. Yon can tell as much from this account. Zelda predicted that a hero would appear in the land they raised into the sky and that he would save Hyrule. The chamberlain took this on faith and wanted to know how she could help. So she inscribed these records on the stone tablets that Mineru set into the sky. Give me a moment. I need to view these accounts as a historian and not get so swept up in personal sentiments...

1. A Parting Resolve

"Rauru, Hyrules kyng. Sonia, hir quen. His elder suster Mineru. Ond eek princesse Zelda. Al whom y served, ond loved. al whom thurghgon. Alon kerv y thes wordes yoin this stan. This stand, ond all thritene, serven als roial families recorde, min werk final, ful-wroht for al age. Mani the mark made bi thes much biloved peples--som eth-sene, som unsene. Whan y make remembraunce of hir markes, fele y flaume of hope, though ful small, within mi. Hit be als though thes markes som graunt design describen. I ne con nat met princesse Zelda hir love for hir londe. What mor than, ask y, can y, do for Hyrules peples. Let min lyf lede mi fro hennes-forth an answere ful-worthi to this questioun.'
Wortsworth's Take:
It seems this is the last of the records. The royals whom the chamberlain served so faithfully were gone, one by one...It's heartrending to read. Her pain comes across so clearly in her words. What's less clear from these entries is the cause of all these partings...Well, each new mystery is an opportunity to do more research. If I keep digging, someday I'll unravel it."
I'm curious who this chamberlain was, considering they took care of the royal family could it haven been a Sheikah of those times? Just speculating of course.

MIAMI

• Nicole Martin Is Summer Ready in Cheeky String Bikini (Nicole Martin Instagram/Bravo)

NEW JERSEY

• Teresa Giudice Apologizes to Andy Cohen After WWHL Appearance (Namaste B$tches podcast/Heavy)
• Teresa Giudice Shows Support For Ex-Husband Joe's New Business (Teresa Giudice Instagram/Bravo)

BEVERLY HILLS

• Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave Shares Update Following Recent Melanoma Scare (Teddi Mellencamp Instagram/Bravo)
• Check Out Lisa Rinna's Best Swimsuit Styles (Bravo Style & Living)

BRAVO

• Scheana Shay on What Producers Said About Pump Rules Reunion Bombshell, Why Raquel Will Quit Show, Plus She Addresses Raquel Pregnancy Rumors (The Kyle & Jackie O Show/Reality Blurb)
• Lala Kent shows off her plump pout after getting her filler touched up and claps back at critics: 'What my face is poked with does not affect you' (Lala Kent Instagram/Bravo)
• Vanderpump Rules Stars Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney Are Opening Sandwich Shop in West Hollywood (WEHO TIMES)
• VPR Alum Jax Taylor ‘Didn’t Like’ Lisa Vanderpump’s Behavior at the Season 10 Reunion (Scheananigans podcast/Heavy)
• Derek Hough: "Ariana's perfect for 'DWTS'... story fits show's formula" (TMZ exclusive)

LAGOS

• Deola Art Alade wins first AMVCA for 'The Real Housewives of Lagos' (pulse.ng)

Links to this week's episode discussion posts:

• VPR S10E16 🍸
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Additional details

If you're looking for additional details about the event, check these sources first:

• Wiki
• Datamine

Equipment

Normal Mode

For players still trying to establish their fleets, this is useful gear you can find in the Normal mode maps. Avoid farming for placeholder gear; only use it if you get it by coincidence and badly need something in the slot.

Name	Location	Information
Naval Camouflage	T1	Good transitional evasion auxiliary for cruisers. Identical to the Hydraulic Steering Gear; only equip one.
533mm Triple Homing Torpedo Mount	T2	Decent placeholder homing torpedoes. Has as much damage per torpedo as the gold Quadruple version, but has one less torpedo and slightly better reload.
Twin 203mm (3rd Year Type)	T2	Transitional CA HE gun, most effective against Light and Medium armor enemies
T2 (purple) Twin 105mm AA (SK C/33)	T2	Not terrible as a placeholder AA gun. Compared to the Quadruple 40mm Pom-Pom (4-2 AA gun), it has a little bit better damage and much better range, but its reload is significantly higher. Prefer on your higher AA ships to capitalize on the higher damage.
Hydraulic Steering Gear	T2	Good transitional evasion auxiliary for cruisers. Identical to the Naval Camoflauge; only equip one.
Single 102mm AA (QF Mark V)	T3	Not terrible as a placeholder AA gun. Compared to the Quadruple 40mm Pom-Pom (4-2 AA gun), it has less damage and comparable reload, but much higher range. Prefer on low AA ships to minimize low damage impact.
Triple 152mm (6"/47 Mk 16)	T3	Decent placeholder as a secondary gun on battleships for interception.
Fire Extinguisher	SP1	Reduces burn damage. Especially useful on BBs and DDs in maps with enemies (especially enemy BBs) shooting a lot of HE ammo. Can also be used as a placeholder HP auxiliary on vanguard ships.
Twin 150mm (TbtsK C/36)	T4	Great transitional CL gun. Primarily used in a CL main gun slot. It can work as a battleship secondary, but its narrow spread won't hit multiple suicide boats side by side.
Fuel Filter	T5	Placeholder auxiliary for small amount of HP and EVA. Better than an empty slot.
Anti-Torpedo Bulge	T5	Primarily a placeholder auxiliary for HP. Has the same HP as the Fuel Filter but trades EVA for torpedo damage reduction. Better than an empty slot, and has some niche uses against torpedo focused enemies and in exercises.
Triple 406mm (16"/45 Mk 6)	T5	Better known as the "Triple 406mm Mk 6," aside from a rainbow gun that's event locked, this is the best HE battleship gun for raw shelling damage in the game. Which makes this an end game piece. Use this gun when you're targeting a light armor enemy or for mixed/general content and your battleship doesn't have an on-fire skill that needs to be triggered often. Check the ECTL's gear recommendation if you're not sure whether your battleship has a skill like that.
T2 (purple) 533mm Quadruple Homing Torpedo Mount	T5	Can be used as a placeholder torpedo. Trades damage and slower reload for an additional torpedo compared to the Triple version.
Repair Toolkit	T6	End game HP auxiliary for vanguard ships. Only outclassed by single copy gear. You can never have too many of these.
Fire Control Radar	T6	Good transitional auxiliary for battleships/battlescruisers. Boosts FP and accuracy.
Triple 283mm (SK C/28)	Technically a large cruiser gun, but some heavy cruisers can equip it. It fires shells with an arcing pattern, which bypasses shields.

Hard Mode

For players in the mid-game getting ready to head into end-game territory, this is good gear you can find in Hard mode.

Name	Location	Information
Twin 150mm (TbtsK C/36)	HT4	Great transitional CL gun. Primarily used as in a CL main gun slot. It can work as a battleship secondary, but its narrow spread won't hit multiple suicide boats side by side.
Triple 406mm (16"/45 Mk 6)	HT5	Better known as the "Triple 406mm Mk 6," aside from a rainbow gun that's event locked, this is the best HE battleship gun for raw shelling damage in the game. Which makes this an end game piece. Use this gun when you're targeting a light armor enemy or for mixed/general content and your battleship doesn't have an on-fire skill that needs to be triggered often. Check the ECTL's gear recommendation if you're not sure whether your battleship has a skill like that.
533mm Quadruple Homing Torpedo Mount	HT5	One of the best torpedoes in the game, assuming you're not playing on manual. They have the same damage as the Quintuple rainbow version, but they trade one less torpedo for better reload, which can actually be an advantage if the screen isn't covered in enemies.
Twin 406mm (SK C/34 Prototype)	HT6	The best low reload HE battleship gun in the game, making it end game like the Triple 406mm Mk 6. Like the Mk 6, use this gun for targeting light armor enemies or mixed/general content, but use it when your ship has an on-fire skill you want to trigger as often as possible. Compared to the Mk 6, it trades raw shelling damage for barrage damage or other skill effects, which is a good trade off if the ship has a strong barrage with high activation rate. Check the ECTL's gear recommendation if you're not sure whether your battleship has a skill like that.
Repair Toolkit	HT6	End game HP auxiliary for vanguard ships. Only outclassed by single copy gear. You can never have too many of these.
Fire Control Radar	HT6	Good transitional auxiliary for battleships/battlescruisers. Boosts FP and accuracy.

The transitional and end game pieces from Normal mode are still useful for you while you build up end game gear, but skip the placeholder gear unless you're absolutely desperate for some reason. Do consider that farming Hard mode will net you a good number of tech boxes, so you may not need to farm design drops for transitional gear.

Shop

Fairey Firefly (1771 NAS): Not an essential grab. This dive bomber has inferior damage to the purple Helldiver. Reload is very slightly longer than the various Susei models but damage is a little better, so it can be used for precision synchronization or for slightly better damage when the timing still works.

Notable Drop Ships

U-556 META (T6 and HT6, boss only): How could you turn down a free gold sub? She doesn't even require gold Bulins. Her META Crystals in the event shop for limit breaking are cheap (2000 event points) compared to normal ship copies (typically 8000), and it looks like they'll even be permanently available in the new META Shop. Only downside: like all METAs, you can't retire her.
U-556 (T5 and HT5): Another free sub. She's a wolf pack sub, meaning she buffs herself when there are other Iron Blood subs in her fleet. Unfortunately, U-556 META doesn't count as an Iron Blood ship to activate it.
Edinburgh (T2 and HT2): More for collection than anything. The only place she's reliably available is from Requisition, which is random enough that you'd rather not go dipping into it if you don't have to.
Nelson (T3 and HT3): Nelson used to be a very bad ship once you got past the very early game. Now she has a shiny new retrofit that makes her decent when it's finished. She's available from several chapter maps as well, but if you're in dire need of a BB, she is here, too.
Gneisenau (T4 and HT4): Very bad ship. But she is one of the few permanently available main fleet Iron Blood ships, which is particularly useful for developing Friedrich der Große and Ägir. Don't use when actually trying to challenge new content, but can be used to limit break for tech points and for grinding EXP for Combat Data Collection. She's only available via the War Archives normally.
Deutschland (T4 and HT4): Decent damage oriented heavy cruiser. Like Gneisenau, she's more noteworthy for being a source of Iron Blood tech points. She's normally only available in the War Archives or the Heavy pool.

Other Notes and Advice

Building for Bismark Zwei

• After 200 builds in the event banner, you can get a guaranteed copy of Bismark Zwei (regardless of whether you got one). This is colloquially known as "pity." It is not advised to keep building for an extra copy once you have her unless it's a trivial number of builds to get there (such as 10 or less); you can use rainbow Bulins from the event point rewards, cruiser missions, and the Prototype Shop for one month's worth of Specialized Prototype Cores to limit break her.
• There is no confirmed time frame for New Jersey's rerun. It's possible she could rerun as early as the day after this event ends or as late as a couple months from now. Consider your priorities when deciding how many cubes to spend going for Bismark Zwei.
• Bismark Zwei has not been ranked by ECTL yet, but it is highly likely she will be comparable to other construction only UR battleships like New Jersey, Friedrich der Große, and Ulrich von Hutten.

Jade

The datamine labels Jade as collection only, but this evaluation is geared toward veteran players with a good collection of ships in their dock. (It's not wrong; it's just geared toward a different audience.) Wait for ECTL ranking to determine if she is worth using for you personally.

Hi everyone! Ever since my last publication on why I didn't like BOTW (link here: https://www.reddit.com/truezelda/comments/13ej8ai/i_didnt_like_botw_and_i_hope_totk_will_solve_the/) I have since received messages asking me what I thought about the sequel and whether or not it fixed the issues I had with BOTW.
For me BOTW was a 7/10 (good game with issues). I am now 50 hours in TOTK and I feel like it is a solid 8/10 (very good game with some issues). I would like to start with reviewing the flaws I perceived in BOTW and how TOTK has changed that. But first a little disclaimer. Obviously there will be a lot of spoilers ahead so don't read this post unless you have finished the main story. Besides, I don't know what may be your sensibility towards spoilers so I won't hide anything. Read this critic at your own risks.
In my point of view, BOTW had 4 main flaws: the lack of stories, the lack of diversity, the lack of challenges and an overpraised originality.
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1) Stories in TOTK
In terms of stories this is where TOTK clearly shines above BOTW in my opinion. Personally I love the main story so far. Ganondorf has never been so epic and the master sword's obtaining may be the best iteration of the whole series. The only aspect where TOTK underperforms compared to BOTW is with the champion cut scenes after the boss fights. It was a mere copy-paste with no personality when BOTW was highlighting the relationship Link had with each champion and their own regrets.
In terms of side quests TOTK clearly blows BOTW away. The secondary characters react to their environment being destroyed or restored. They also have much more appropriate rewards. Saving Lurelin village actually gives you the eternal gratitude of its inhabitants (free salt baths, let's go!!) . When you save the Rito Village they actually put themselves back to work in order to rebuild what has been damaged. Even the Gerudos make an exception on their ancestral no-voe rule for the guy who saved them from destruction. Hell even the Hylians are now actively fighting monsters! And you unlock the great fairies with a whole quest instead of a bunch of rupees, etc.
So yes, if you are like me waiting for some interesting interactions with NPCs, I feel like TOTK fully remedied this problem.
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2) Diversity in TOTK
BOTW had the weakest catalog of enemies. Even a game like Ocarina of Time which was released in1996 had roughly 2x more enemies. In this category I feel like TOTK improved on this issue but doesn't fully solve it. Yes, the enemies can craft vehicles just like Link. Yes there are flying creatures now, cave-dwelling creatures, mobile Goblin bases and Gleoks. But it still lacks some regional specific monsters. I was actually very happy to see the Gibdos in the desert as this is the kind of interesting and localized enemy I wanted to see. But unfortunately all the other enemies, including the new ones, are declined in difficulty/elemental patterns just as before.
The quests are only slightly more diverse than BOTW. Their real strength is not in their diversity but in the contexts that motivate them. Yes, most of TOTK's quests can basically be summed up as "go there and find this". But the motivations are numerous: some traveler(s) who didn't make it to the stable, some odd local story to investigate, a person who needs medical help, etc. Addison's quest is still unnecessarily repetitive and the Koroks are back to annoy us though.
In terms of shrines diversity it's the same formula as BOTW. It neither adds nor removes anything. However, to me TOTK's shrines feel overall more interesting than BOTW's but we'll talk about this in the next section.
Finally the bosses in TOTK have much more personality than in BOTW. Better even, you can refight them in the depths!
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3) Challenges in TOTK
Overall TOTK feels harder than BOTW. Even with 20 hearts I still encounter some new declination of an enemy which destroys me in 2 or 3 hits. Also, now that they have removed the bomb runes my resources feel much more valuable and I clearly think twice before using a flower bomb or anything else on an enemy. Furthermore, the fuse power clearly incites you to build more powerful weapon to fight enemies which would have been considered as bullet sponges before.
In terms of dungeons and shrines there is a lot that I could say. I could actually write a full other post to talk about this. I will try to remain as concise and as on point as possible.
Let's start with the shrines. Overall I feel like the shrines in TOTK require more creativity and skills than in BOTW. Building contraptions help a lot in this regard, you have to be more observant of your surroundings. There are also more shrines where you are strip naked and have to find solutions to fight powerful enemies.
Some shrines however remain trivially easy but hey... It's a game meant for an incredibly broad audience. I can't even imagine for a new gamer or a kid how complex some shrines or quest hints may feel. Looking backward the riddles of TOTK require much more imagination and thoughts than most of the riddles of Zelda Ocarina of Time (yes I am criticizing my baby here). I remember being in a shrine with a spinning gear, two sliding platforms and two cylindric bars. My initial thought was to glue the cylindric bars together and stick them to the spinning gear so that it would push the sliding platforms all the way up. But instead I had jammed the whole mechanism, closed a door behind me and I was almost afraid I had soft locked myself. The solution was actually to stick one cylindric bar to the large sliding platform and the other one to the spinning gear. I remember when I was 6 years old, playing OoT and being stuck in Jabu Jabu's mouth because I didn't think about bringing a box and putting it on a button to keep it activated...
For the dungeons I also feel like there has been improvements. Accessing the dungeons are overall a much more epic journey with several quests to solve before. However, TOTK's dungeons themselves suffer the same flaws than BOTW's ones:

1. TOTK's dungeons are linear. Let's think about the way the old dungeons used to be designed. The old dungeons were usually solved by the players with a depth first search. You enter the dungeon and you have several paths you can follow. You start with one path, go as far as you can and find yourself stuck at some point. You backtrack and explore a second path where you may or may not find an object that will help you progress in the previous path. This object was usually a small key or a new tool for Link. In BOTW/TOTK there is almost no backtracking (besides the goron dungeon). There is an unordered sequence of paths that you can take with each path leading to straight to a part of the solution.
2. This point derives from the first one. Why would backtracking be even an interesting thing for a dungeon? Because it gives a feeling of solving an overall puzzle. The paths feel more intertwined, there are dependencies between the rooms. Solving the overall puzzle is what some players are looking for. It is what motivates them into solving all the intermediate puzzles. These players then feel rewarded by the boss fight.
3. Another flaw sticks the nail in the coffin of the new dungeons for me: as soon as I am starting to have fun the problem is over. This is true for almost every dungeon/shrine I encounter. Yes I had some "Eureka" moments which filled my brain with Dopamine and some narcissism (better be self-aware right?). But almost every time I had this "Eureka" moment the whole thing was over. My hypothesis is that because of the broad audience and the increase in the puzzle's creativity they don't want to take the risk frustrate the new players. But for a 25 years gamer of course it falls short.

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4) Originality in TOTK
There isn't much to say here. TOTK is basically an improved formula of BOTW. Magnesis is now Ultra-Hand, Stasis is now more or less recall with more complex vectors, the bombs have been scraped off (they made the game trivially easy anyway) and the useless cryosis has disappeared. By the way, I heard a Youtuber saying that the attachment points displayed with a dotted lines were a genius idea. I mean come on... Has he played Kerbal Space Program?
With the depths TOTK seems to get some inspiration from the dark souls series. Maybe more specifically lost Izalith from DS1? At least for the goron part of the depths.
What Nintendo is clearly good at is keeping track of what systems major games have implemented and bring them to life in a coherent way into Zelda's universe.
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To conclude, TOTK clearly shines with its new more sensible side quests and even its main quest as far as I am concerned. It improves the initial formula by bringing more creativity in the puzzles you solve and more value to the resources you gather. I am now motivated to explore the inhabited parts of the game because I know that there will be an interesting quest to do. However, it also misses some occasions to make this game a 9/10 (excellent game with minor issues). Namely, there could have been more localized enemies and there could have been more optional dungeons with more intertwined paths and longer sequences of puzzles. I feel like the Zonai tech was the occasion to bring back this mechanic of finding a new tool/blueprint of a tool that unlocks some problems of the other rooms (they more or less did it with the mirrors in the Gerudo temple). Finally, I didn't mention it in the points above but I find the fuse power to be a bit tedious to use. Despite these flaws I am enjoying TOTK much more than I did with BOTW.

Well I am trying my luck here probably looking for a genuine connection with someone who can relate to my hobbies and interests. My name is Chris, from the philippines. I'm a classic smart, ambivert girl who likes anime, gaming , food and arts.
I have been gaming a lot on my switch to entertain myself so I am kinda looking into meeting possible playmates
I do also some mmorpg games on my spare time but mostly i do rpg games on my laptop like old playstation games since i missed them a lot. I also just started gaming in pc mostly just mmorpg like Lost Ark or Mir4. I am no good at FPS games cause they trigger my vertigo and it usually makes me sick after gaming for 30 mins. At times catch up on my JRPGS while being idle at work currently finishing Tales of Vesperia.
I also know mobile legends, LOL and other games like genshin ( though i stopped early).
Looking for friends who can play with or someone to bond with to maybe lesser the time i overthink. Feel burned about life as I have been doing intensive parental caregiving the past months.
I am also an anime fan and a former cosplayer and a roleplayer. Also I am into movies a lot and watch almost everything on netflix. Maybe we can movie marathon or what or watch anime ( I am a 90's kid who really watched a lot of animes). I love horror movies but I am a coward so if I movie with you expect shrills and screaming from me .
I am also into fan fiction writing in archive of our own which i have a few works with thousands of reads. Maybe we can discuss about relevant topics about writing or so I don't know but i am no expert.
I just really hope to speak to someone of different culture or learn about their lives or talk to someone casually. I feel so overwhelmed by worldly probs and I do want a friend that keeps me sane and in check while i face everyday to live and breathe one more day.
Right now i am not looking for any relationship as I want to build myself up and be okay again. Well normally people think I got my shit together at my age now but right now i'm burned out. I have quit several of my hobbies due to my past relationships. Currently bombarded on caregiving. Even though I have struggles I do just want a company and I don't need of saving on my problems. The savior complex of some does stress me and i dont like being dictated on what i should do and what.
Being cooped up at home tremendously gets mundane and I am hoping to meet people to share interest in or at least exchange relevant topics about life.
Also I draw digitally and try to do fan arts for Bts the korean group since I am a fan of it.
I am into photography, doll photography and food photography and love to dress up and make up. Also I am into culinary and love cooking. I binged a lot on baking shows and cooking competition shows like top chef or master chef. I love taking food pics of what I cook so pls feel free we can be chef mates and share recipes and such and also i am into baking I love to eat and taste different cuisines so a food buddy is preferred.
Anyways a friend who is into my interest I would love to speak and bond with.
People say I am a good listener maybe i can help too and give advices though I am not in the proper mental state to help with people under going immense stuff but I'll do my best to listen and advice as much as I can. They say I have great empathy and mindfulness of others and I am quite apologetic when I reply late.
I am normally awake in EST time american since my work is based in New Jersey. Americans or people in western countries works better for me since I sleep opposite of asians.
I am just a cute filipina who is a closet otaku looking for friends. i have a good sense humor and talk ample a lot and just chat literally almost about everything. But please do make efforts to converse and not let me do the talking it's really hard sometimes if communication is forced. If I offended you and you don't wanna be friends anymore that's fine just tell and I'll back off rather than being ignored intentionally. No drama promise .
Please do not come into my dms with the intent to sexualize me ...i have enough trauma from a sexual assault years ago...so pls if you have ill intentions.. do not dm me. I am not applying for any girlfriend position or be your future waifu. So please do not ask me sexual questions or any sexual preferences. At any point I am sexualized without consent I would block immediately. Again i am not looking for boyfriends or spouse for now nor I am looking for hook ups so stay away from me.
If you wanna see how i look check I can send pics. I am not a catfish yes I look 20's and i don't know why. Dont bother asking my snap i wont migrate there for you to validate my identity. I am not hooking up.
I am 5'3 1/2 yes I am small, my body type i am more on a curvy side for now and I am working out and dieting. I gained weight due to depression and anxiety from my sick ex . I am tan as you expect from filipinas and short hair, doe eyes and cute.
To be honest im scared partially with my post but either way. I just wanna feel a bit myself and meet pepple and I do want genuine friendly connection with someone. If you also do not like the fact I am living in asia and makes a big fuss i live far away...sorry I am not the girl for you.
So if you have reached this point I have a pending question
What is your favorite anime/game/ movie ? and why?. Send that to me when you mssg me here and I will entertain your pm. If someone doesnt follow this sorry i wont entertain. Since I believe good reading and following directions means a good intent towards someone.
This is a test someone reads my post and with the intent you really wanted to get to know me. Yeah I might sound demanding a bit but i really get a lot of mssgs and some are just after sex and such and really I am not for that at this point. Thank you for reading.

Well I am trying my luck here probably looking for a genuine connection with someone who can relate to my hobbies and interests. My name is Chris, from the philippines. I'm a classic smart, ambivert girl who likes anime, gaming , food and arts.
I have been gaming a lot on my switch to entertain myself so I am kinda looking into meeting possible playmates
I do also some mmorpg games on my spare time but mostly i do rpg games on my laptop like old playstation games since i missed them a lot. I also just started gaming in pc mostly just mmorpg like Lost Ark or Mir4. I am no good at FPS games cause they trigger my vertigo and it usually makes me sick after gaming for 30 mins. At times catch up on my JRPGS while being idle at work currently finishing Tales of Vesperia.
I also know mobile legends, LOL and other games like genshin ( though i stopped early).
Looking for friends who can play with or someone to bond with to maybe lesser the time i overthink. Feel burned about life as I have been doing intensive parental caregiving the past months.
I am also an anime fan and a former cosplayer and a roleplayer. Also I am into movies a lot and watch almost everything on netflix. Maybe we can movie marathon or what or watch anime ( I am a 90's kid who really watched a lot of animes). I love horror movies but I am a coward so if I movie with you expect shrills and screaming from me .
I am also into fan fiction writing in archive of our own which i have a few works with thousands of reads. Maybe we can discuss about relevant topics about writing or so I don't know but i am no expert.
I just really hope to speak to someone of different culture or learn about their lives or talk to someone casually. I feel so overwhelmed by worldly probs and I do want a friend that keeps me sane and in check while i face everyday to live and breathe one more day.
Right now i am not looking for any relationship as I want to build myself up and be okay again. Well normally people think I got my shit together at my age now but right now i'm burned out. I have quit several of my hobbies due to my past relationships. Currently bombarded on caregiving. Even though I have struggles I do just want a company and I don't need of saving on my problems. The savior complex of some does stress me and i dont like being dictated on what i should do and what.
Being cooped up at home tremendously gets mundane and I am hoping to meet people to share interest in or at least exchange relevant topics about life.
Also I draw digitally and try to do fan arts for Bts the korean group since I am a fan of it.
I am into photography, doll photography and food photography and love to dress up and make up. Also I am into culinary and love cooking. I binged a lot on baking shows and cooking competition shows like top chef or master chef. I love taking food pics of what I cook so pls feel free we can be chef mates and share recipes and such and also i am into baking I love to eat and taste different cuisines so a food buddy is preferred.
Anyways a friend who is into my interest I would love to speak and bond with.
People say I am a good listener maybe i can help too and give advices though I am not in the proper mental state to help with people under going immense stuff but I'll do my best to listen and advice as much as I can. They say I have great empathy and mindfulness of others and I am quite apologetic when I reply late.
I am normally awake in EST time american since my work is based in New Jersey. Americans or people in western countries works better for me since I sleep opposite of asians.
I am just a cute filipina who is a closet otaku looking for friends. i have a good sense humor and talk ample a lot and just chat literally almost about everything. But please do make efforts to converse and not let me do the talking it's really hard sometimes if communication is forced. If I offended you and you don't wanna be friends anymore that's fine just tell and I'll back off rather than being ignored intentionally. No drama promise .
Please do not come into my dms with the intent to sexualize me ...i have enough trauma from a sexual assault years ago...so pls if you have ill intentions.. do not dm me. I am not applying for any girlfriend position or be your future waifu. So please do not ask me sexual questions or any sexual preferences. At any point I am sexualized without consent I would block immediately. Again i am not looking for boyfriends or spouse for now nor I am looking for hook ups so stay away from me.
If you wanna see how i look check I can send pics. I am not a catfish yes I look 20's and i don't know why. Dont bother asking my snap i wont migrate there for you to validate my identity. I am not hooking up.
I am 5'3 1/2 yes I am small, my body type i am more on a curvy side for now and I am working out and dieting. I gained weight due to depression and anxiety from my sick ex . I am tan as you expect from filipinas and short hair, doe eyes and cute.
To be honest im scared partially with my post but either way. I just wanna feel a bit myself and meet pepple and I do want genuine friendly connection with someone. If you also do not like the fact I am living in asia and makes a big fuss i live far away...sorry I am not the girl for you.
So if you have reached this point I have a pending question
What is your favorite anime/game/ movie ? and why?. Send that to me when you mssg me here and I will entertain your pm. If someone doesnt follow this sorry i wont entertain. Since I believe good reading and following directions means a good intent towards someone.
This is a test someone reads my post and with the intent you really wanted to get to know me. Yeah I might sound demanding a bit but i really get a lot of mssgs and some are just after sex and such and really I am not for that at this point. Thank you for reading.

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