Watched The Batman.

Did not like.

It was certainly unconventional. Needs an hour chopped off.  There is just so much exposition happening, it somehow makes Batman seem like a ‘Good Listener’ boyfriend, instead of the violent maniac that he’s supposed to be coming off as. Police bad! Let’s just go ahead and spend 3hrs focused on the police mob as a living ocean. Like, it’s poignant, I guess? But it’s also 3hrs of poignancy that never seems to get to its point. Which maybe was the point?  Giaccino’s score is well crafted but also seems kinda one-note? Well, four notes, actually. But all based around a Nirvana track that they play twice.

Point being, it was not a fun experience despite the Internet insistence that it was a game changer.

Bringing Grogu back wasn’t half as bad as having him n Luke do ‘recovered-memories’ hypnosis therapy. Absolutely zero of Luke’s dialog sounds like it is coming from an irritating kid who just killed his father (other than perhaps his left field question about Yoda’s vernacular), but instead sounds like he’s been possessed by Mace Windu and has decided that his trouble was he wasn’t pious enough. I can’t imagine Han & Leia could stand to be around him for more than 30 seconds at a time.

Is it weird that they’re building the hut which will be the birthplace of Kyle Ren?

No don’t look at that it’s totally normal

Got started on AO3, and once I was hooked I needed a way to get keep intaking in the car.  These are fantastic!

Hahhahahhahahaha

Very cool! So many times writers respond to the How-can-I-write-a-book-too question with "Just write",  which is good advice for procrastination but isn't very interesting (to be fair, it isn't an interesting question to ask, usually). This is MUCH more thorough and interesting than "Just write".

Followup: once you're finished outlining, did you proceed to write through the outline in a linear or non-linear fashion for those ten-minute sprints?

Also: link?

Why... is it black on black? Wouldn't it be easier to reshoot?

**nods**