Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

why are decisions so hard???

What do youse all think?

hmmm.... There's a kickstarter on for an 18xx boardgame at the moment, and I'm conflicted.

On one hand, I really like 18xx games.

On the other hand, I already have 4 of them, 3 of which haven't been played yet.

On the third hand, the game looks really interesting!

On the fourth hand, I maybe should be saving my money for other things?

I'm really not sure...

zing zong

Good afternoon, lofty softies!

snooze time ✨

I should play... video glames...

I was watching a twitch stream just now, and then suddenly someone gave 150,000 bits.

150 THOUSAND. That's like $1,500 in real money...

hai!

ok snooze time!!!!

everyone go to sleep now!!!!!!

*pulls a blanket up over the timeline, nestles in*

zoinks, snoob!

Finally, there's season 4. Season 4 goes back to the 13 episodes structure, and there were clearly some production issues behind the scenes.

But! It feels kinda like a mixture of Season 2 and Season 3. Most of the heavy story-arc stuff happens in the first 3 episodes (which I won't spoil), and then the remaining 10 episodes are basically about the various consequences of the first 3 eps.

And the finale works really well as an ending for the entire series, it's lovely.

Season 3 is divided into two halves of 10 episodes each (rather than just one bundle of 13 episodes), with each half getting its own season arc.

Season 3 goes super-hard into its arcs, and I think it works really well for 2 reasons:

1) it's focused on an investigation into a weird holographic map they found - which suits the show much better than season 1's comic-book-villains.
2) The arcs are spread across just 10 episodes each, so it feels more like an ongoing drama.

Season 2 is where the show really comes into its own, and I think the big reason is that the season arc is really subtle (it's 99% just foreshadowing), and the show has time to focus on character and theme development.

Plus, they had a bigger budget, so they made more sets (the first season was mostly done in front of green screen, but imo the show works best with sets which mix real and CGI elements - it gives the series a unique fantasy realism style)

(cont)

Sanctuary is a monster-of-the-week show about the people who protect the monsters, and I think Season 2 is the best introduction to that.

Season 1 doesn't work for me because it focuses too much on the Cabal, a group of monster collectors who want to use monsters for evil.
It feels like the show is playing with its formula ("what if there was an evil version of the sanctuary") before it's even established it.

(cont)