Surviving the Felon: Week of 03/29/2025
Well its been another long exhausting week. But I’m still surviving The Felon. And I hope you are too. I’m falling into the doomscroll trap again which has at times left me tired, angry, and exhausted. But when I’m like that, I don’t actually have the energy to do the things I enjoy. And the fact that the things taking joy away distract from the things that do is what makes them so horrible.
But as usual, despair and that lack of energy only benefits The Felon. The Nazi and his buddies are trying their best to control discourse and are even extending their rotten flesh into the liberal arts. Which is why we must continue to create, smile, laugh, and enjoy the little things. They add up to a better world. One which they can’t control.
We can’t let them control our day to day lives. Those little things that bring us joy belong to us just as every moment should be ours to dictate. Don’t give that energy to big news companies and social media that make all their money from misery and distraction. Focus your time on things that make the world more bearable.
The Bad
Well, I spent a lot of time looking at the bad this week. Makes me almost not want to write about it. Alas, wounds only fester when ignored. Best to talk about the things that are scaring us at this point. Because its been a little less than three months into what’s normally four years. And The Felon’s strategy of flooding the zone does not help matters.
I want to talk about a few issues that I think are key, but there are plenty more things happening. The first one of course is the one that at least for this week is taking the meme world by storm. The Couch Humper and several other cronies have been using insecure chats. More power to the news for actually reporting on this. The fact that this was all caught by accident is a testament to how some people just need to be in the right place at the right time to do good.
Social Security, Medicare, and the Department of Education are all being gutted and this is going to cause a lot of problems. I’m not expert enough to even began to describe the more long reaching issues, but short term, lots of people will get sick and hurt more often, and our education will sink even further into the mud. The brain drain effect is already in swing and those with talent are fleeing the USA.
While the news tries to control what we are worried about, don’t forget to learn more Heritage Foundation, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin. These are our real enemies, alongside The Window Shover of course.
The Good
Well, the band aid is ripped off and the pain is starting to heal. Let’s focus on healing for a moment. By talking about that reporter again. They were accidentally invited to group chat with powerful and dangerous people. And they not only told the truth, but did it in such a way that put these fools on blast. It goes to show that standing up to evil and revealing what its up to is heroic and when given the chance to do so, we should do what we can.
Protests are happening all over the world, and the protest that shocked me the most by far was the one in Gaza demanding that Hamas stop well… everything that it is doing. I won’t dip too long into the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Even talking about it is stressful. But these protesters are extremely brave. To stand up against a government that has been in power your entire life and has no problem killing those who question it takes a level of courage that I still feel lacking in.
And look at that. A small glimpse into a world that has not gone completely insane. Don’t let powerful organizations tell you otherwise. The people we all see as dangerous in other nations and even nearer to home have more in common with you and me than we do with The Felon and his cronies. People banding together all over the world is what these people fear. And anything they fear is worth looking into, especially when that happens to involve solidarity and a more open and kind world.
Video Games
Well lets turn to what I have been up to for a moment. I finally finished my replay of Metaphor ReFantazio. Unfortunately, I made a mistake during the playthrough and missed one achievement. The Platinum is still out of my grasp and so I am taking a break from the game. Switching over to Eldin Ring is probably not the best game to use as a comfort game in the meantime. But I’ll be getting even more good by making this brash choice.
Well I did something brave in Helldivers 2 this week. I started playing games with random people. Normally I try to avoid doing this out of fear. I used to get flamed a lot in team games when I played poorly and so I just avoided doing that for the longest time. But Helldivers 2 and its surprisingly not toxic community is helping me overcome this fear.
Speaking of toxic situations, I will not be talking about the Voice Actor situation involving Genshin Impact. Instead, I want to celebrate that against the odds and a whole lot of statistics, I managed to summon Mizuki from the standard banner just as planned. And the new region is out with plenty for me to explore and let Genshin Impact be a comfort game again until I fully explore the map and wait for the next time they release one.
I played a lot more Civilization 7 this week. And as I start to understand the game systems better, I’m enjoying playing it more and more. There are still quite a few bugs, and I can’t recommend the game to people on the fence about it just yet. But I think over time as the problems are fixed, there is some high quality gameplay to be had.
Pokémon Go
This has been a week of catching lots of bugs in Pokémon Go. No not glitches actual bug type Pokémon. For the week we have to catch 150 of them. I have till the end of today to complete my part of that task. I’m close but not quite there yet. Hopefully I’ll catch enough in time.
I did get to explore a park this week. And next week I’ll be checking out a trail. The trails are my favorite thing to do for my travel blog. But the parks help break things up and give me chances to go explore on days where I don’t have as much free time. Rushing down a trail is counter intuitive for me.
Its been a rough week for me in PvP. But its part of the learning experience. Not to mention, losing is part of getting better. Instead of getting upset when I lose, I need to be better about looking into how I played and how I can improve. That applies to more than just video games.
Anime and Shows
I’m behind on both Dr. Stone and Solo Leveling this week. Most of my focus was on getting past all the negative stuff in the news. Its a prime example of why avoiding negative energy and living a life that makes you smile is so important. I did get through Re:Zero though and am eager for more. Its a shame that such a high quality show takes so long to have more. But high quality content requires times. And I’ll wait as long as I need to.
I did watch more One Piece though. And I’m finally nearing the end of Enies Lobby. I know its sad how slowly I have been working my way through the show, but as this current Anime Season comes to an end, I’ll have more time to devote to the show.
Season 3 of Wheel of Time continues to take my attention past the spectacular episode the week before. I have high hopes that they can continue with the show and not have it stopped abruptly like so many other fantasy shows. These things are long form stories that cannot be only partially adapted. They need a full story and time to tell them.
Dungeons & Dragons
Not only did I run both segments of my Centrum Glacies Campaign this week. I ran them back to back and almost risked tiring myself out mentally after a long week. But I made it through, and I wrote both adventures down so that I have them saved on my blog. At the time I was tired, but now I feel even more accomplished.
My players complimented me this week too. They have really enjoyed the effort I put in to run a Feywild segment. In the past I have avoided using Fae in my stories and have mentioned that several times on this website and in past editions of this very blog. Now that I have put in the time to do them right, I am confident that I can incorporate Fairies into future stories.
Writing and Editing
I had an extremely productive writing week. Not only did I go much farther through editing Earth Everafter, but I wrote four different blog posts this week. Two of them on the same day. Had to match the two DnD sessions with two back to back write ups. Its what they deserved after how great I felt about the content.
Anyway, I’m reaching the end of what my editor took a look at all the way back in December. It’s been a long time since I had work for him. That is gonna change very soon. Especially since I made so many changes per his comments that there is an entire new chapter in the book that I need him to look at.
Reading
I’m almost to the end of the Hell Train Arc of Tower of God. And before I go into season 3, I intend to finish the last two deluxe editions of Berserk. I took some time off from it, but its time to get back and complete what Miura wrote before he died. What better way to honor such a talented writer and illustrator but to focus time on enjoying it?
After I finish Berserk and Tower of God, I’ll need some more stories to read while waiting for more of both. I’m looking into reading God of High School. Another Korean Comic that had a not so good Anime adaptation but allegedly is really good. Tower of God has me excited for what other stories I might discover.
For years now I have had friends recommend His Dark Materials to me. I know that series has been banned due to people upset at the depictions of religion within. Given my own stories will likely upset those same people, I have always meant to have read those books. And I might be doing just that in the near future.
Wrap Up
By my next post, it will be April. I intend to find at least one thing each day that brings me joy. Even if that joy feels fleeting, I will look for at and make use of it. That is what we have to do. Fascism tries to grind us down and leave us weak enough to not resist. And resist we must. But to do that, we need our bodies and minds to healthy. And that starts with happiness, light, love, and a reason for being.
Each day I am finding things to look forward to. When I was younger I would let Depression dictate my mood for days on end. And although I battle that part of my mind every day, alongside Anxiety too, I have not let them beat me thus far. If I can beat the thoughts in my head, I can outlast The Felon. And you can too.
The Nazi will lose everything. The higher someone is in the world, the harder and more painful their fall when at last their negative actions come knocking with consequence leading the charge. The Couch Humper is still a problem, but he lacks the charisma and power of some of the others around him. So like any twig, the right breeze will blow him away.
It might seem like these horrible excuses for humans have everything, but know that we have something they can never have. We enjoy little day to day interactions as well as art, drama, and poetry. We are capable of so much love and it is weaponized by those who only know fear so that we cannot have what they lack. Remember that you fears are genuine, but this wickedness will not last forever.
The Felon is weak and we are strong. Our joy and kindness will drive out this darkness. We will Survive the Felon. Together.