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346 | my birthday, kpop demon hunter, & anime thoughts
Friday, 27 February 2026 10:49 am► Yesterday was my birthday! I have a soft spot for Thursdays, despite its location within the standard work week—enough so that I actually briefly considered going with “thursday” as a username before settling on “straightforwardly” /lore drop—so it always feels weirdly fitting when my birthday lands on a Thursday. Anyways—I had a pretty great day. Lots of good food, plenty of fun special drinks, good weather, and wandering around my favorite town to visit for a day trip.
Then I went to my mom’s place for cake and tea and presents, and we ended up watching KPop Demon Hunters together—second watch for me, first time for her. That was not at all planned, and in fact I had no plans to rewatch that movie in general. But somehow we got on the topic of kpop while we were eating cake together (she knows nothing about kpop, so I was telling her about what little I do know), which got me thinking about that movie (which she’d also never heard of), and then it occurred to me: my mom might actually really like it? ( more thoughts, including spoilers, beneath the cut )
► Unrelated to the above, but I posted that Lia/Emer ficlet I was talking about in my previous entry. It’s a small thing, but I mention it because—unless I missed something while scrolling through my works page—I believe it’s actually the first fic I’ve posted to AO3 outside of the context of a fandom event since like… summer of 2024 or so. Here’s hoping for more of that energy coming from me in the future, since that is literally one of my goals for this year <3
► Since talking in my previous post about my sudden desire to tackle my crunchyroll watchlist before my subscription runs out, I decided to make a spreadsheet for myself to motivate me and track my progress! Because that is the kind of person I am. ( self-indulgent spreadsheet-related rambling beneath the cut )
After that, I checked out The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, and I’m about two episodes into it so far. And so far, I’m liking it! I do have some qualms—( beneath the cut )
Then I went to my mom’s place for cake and tea and presents, and we ended up watching KPop Demon Hunters together—second watch for me, first time for her. That was not at all planned, and in fact I had no plans to rewatch that movie in general. But somehow we got on the topic of kpop while we were eating cake together (she knows nothing about kpop, so I was telling her about what little I do know), which got me thinking about that movie (which she’d also never heard of), and then it occurred to me: my mom might actually really like it? ( more thoughts, including spoilers, beneath the cut )
► Unrelated to the above, but I posted that Lia/Emer ficlet I was talking about in my previous entry. It’s a small thing, but I mention it because—unless I missed something while scrolling through my works page—I believe it’s actually the first fic I’ve posted to AO3 outside of the context of a fandom event since like… summer of 2024 or so. Here’s hoping for more of that energy coming from me in the future, since that is literally one of my goals for this year <3
► Since talking in my previous post about my sudden desire to tackle my crunchyroll watchlist before my subscription runs out, I decided to make a spreadsheet for myself to motivate me and track my progress! Because that is the kind of person I am. ( self-indulgent spreadsheet-related rambling beneath the cut )
After that, I checked out The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies, and I’m about two episodes into it so far. And so far, I’m liking it! I do have some qualms—( beneath the cut )