THAT JESTER HAT, HUH?

Last night in our JJBA watch, we reached the Doppio vs Risotto Nero fight. Also the following episode where Abbacchio died, which was touching. A nice send off. Lots of screaming from Narancia, which I did not expect, but should've. He's a young kid, very open about his feelings, so a death would hit him this hard.

But so that Risotto Nero fight. Yeah. I don't know what to think about Doppio. I'm really, really, really hoping this isn't a dissociative identity disorder as part of the villain persona thing--DID has had so many poor representation and use in media, I don't want this to be another bad instance.
Right now I'm interpreting the Boss as Doppio's stand that's grown a super strong separate ego, but then I keep thinking about how his mom was pregnant with Doppio for two whole years (wtf????), so maybe something else is going on? Hoping, praying, etc. From a young age the Boss was able to take over Doppio, so I'm just at a loss.
I love the use of their 10-second future sight in the back of Doppio's fringe. That was some beautiful art.
( Risotto thoughts + much the same as my other posts detailing my frustrations )

A NEGATIVE NANCY BEGONE

my most recent posts have been pretty...down in the dumps lately. skimming them, most of them are negative, due mainly to dissatisfaction with what i'm reading. it happens, but it's motivating me to take a breather and delve into my TBR or even return back to ORV or AA.

my sister is playing the first Ace Attorney game and is on the Will Powers case, which i love! all the cases in the first game are so fun, even if they drag sometimes. Will Powers is a favorite minor character of mine too. he looks like a human lion and i want to pet his hair. he's wholesome, and he also introduces the Steel Samurai franchise within the AA franchise, so that's a BIG plus.

makes me want to reread one of the first AA fics that pulled me into the ao3 side of AA. if you haven't read it, i highly recommend!
selected conversations from the magisteel discord server by lowbatteryhealth

i need to pick 1 book and stick with it till the end. right now i have my fingers in quite a few books that i haven't finished! so many, goodness.

so here's the ones at the top of the list, top priority:
(1) Autobiography in Red, by Anne Carson (50% complete)
(2) Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett (2% complete)
(3) Iliad, by Homer (2% complete) (honestly i got the itch to read this only yesterday, so maybe i shouldn't focus on this) (i've had my bookmark in Book 13 for 4 years now! i have to start from the beginning)
(4) Sleep Donation, by Karen Russell (10% complete)
(5) Petty Treason, by Victoria Goddard (45% complete) (super need to finish this, it's not that long)
(6) extra chapters of SVSSS, by MXTX

i should roll a dice and choose one, shouldn't i?
i need to finish DGS 1 as well, looooong sigh. it's good, but i just forget about it!

in other news, ORV women's week is coming up on orvtwt, which i'm stoked for. i want to write something for one of the days, but i'm not sure if it'll be up to par with the other writers out there. that shouldn't be plaguing my mind and i keep pinching myself that it's just for fun! i just get nervous and in my head too much.
ORV Big Bang has been going on for the past two weeks, i've barely been reading any of the fics, but so many look so good! the art has been lovely too.

skimming back through this post, i realize...
i'm overwhelmed by choices on what to read and have ended up doing nothing instead. welp. what can you do.