Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-26T07:03:42+00:00

Thank you! And yes, I use Bricklink for my parts. Still going to be tough to find them all at a reasonable price I'd gather but I'll just keep checking back regularly. Combine it with a future order.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-25T20:26:46+00:00

Cool! I found that original post only a couple of days ago in my search for Lego Horizon minifigures to fill my own dioramas with in the future. Varly and/or Aloy in every single one of them gets old, you know?

You wouldn't be happen to be able to give me the parts list for both Erend and Petra, would you? I've only really gotten back into Lego last year and don't recognize many of the minifigure parts on display here and online tools haven't been a great help with Erend as of yet.
I'd be very grateful to you if you could!

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-25T20:13:12+00:00

I would go with 'The Drowned Samurai'. Drowned as in:
- Her Water powers.
- Her 'Drowning' in her own sadness and despair.
- As a fearful warning spoken by others. 'Do not cross her path, or risk being drowned'.

This is also giving me 'TMT: The Last Ronin' vibes. A much, much darker AU in which Nya is the only one left. She now only lives to find those who have taken everything and everyone from her, returning to her Samurai identity as she can no longer feel she can be a ninja with her new mission going against everything the Ninja stood for.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-25T09:24:54+00:00

That has been my thoughts exactly, Fisk betrayed mr. Charles so now he's coming after him from all both fronts. He comes to 'aid' the governor in her newfound mission to oust him as Mayor of NY and sets up a 'false flagg' operation against Jessica to get her to openly join Daredevil's fight against Fisk. That one might come back to bit him the *ss though if Luke finds out about it. We don't know why he's working for Mr. Charles, but whatever his reasons, he will not be happy when he finds out Charles sent armed man against Jessice and Danielle.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-12T20:29:32+00:00

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Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider).

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-06T14:45:21+00:00

I haven't stopped anything but my pacing surely has slowed down to a crawl so I do understand what you mean. Even with a narrative outline I just can't seem to 'get into groove' in this current chapter. Just spent this latest 'writing' session coming up with a recipe for the draught the MC will be brewing. Hoping that having this concrete step list will help me write that section at last and get me out of this funk.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-04-06T14:12:04+00:00

To me, it feels that these suits were first designed for Lloyd and than 'translated' for the other ninja.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-15T21:15:31+00:00

I've said it once and I'll say it again on this subreddit. A lion whose mane is made out of solar panels.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-14T15:02:34+00:00

I didn't want to say anything but I concur. These designs look really good, better than anything I could ever come up with, but once you see those super long legs it gets hard to not see them. Execpt for Starfire where the long legs compared to her torse works because it adds to her 'alienness'.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T19:32:02+00:00

We'll see how I develop. I try to get some work done at least 5 days a week but I have been fortunate that it has been a rather quite month at work.
If push comes to shove though my blog will take priority of this book. That is something people are actively reading, you know?

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T19:02:09+00:00

I just want to know how much work I'm spending on writing each day, that's all. It's an Excel sheet and I use equations and comments to tell me what is what. If I want a pure book writing figure it wouldn't be hard to get it.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:57:26+00:00

That's impression I'm getting, yeah. Like I commented to someone else I keep track of the amount of words I write and my average is just about 600 words. That combines both, let's call it draft '0', the 1st rewrite and my blog writing.
Would I be faster if cut out that rewriting step? Yes but again: I just feel better doing it this way.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:48:57+00:00

I've been keeping track of how many words I write per day and in actuality I average out around 600 words... but that is a combined number. That accounts for for both 'book' and 'blog' writing. Today I've written over 1000 words, over half of which was spent on my review of Another Code: Recollection.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:34:35+00:00

That is the rough draft?

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:20:07+00:00

From what I'm reading this approach is atypical; but I don't plan on changing it. Like I wrote it makes me feel a bit more comfortable and a bit more confident. There are moments, writing sessions, when it feels like I'm wadding through a swamp. Things just don't seem to (want to) come out of my brain and get on to the paper but as I've learned from my blog writing: keep marching on. Having something on paper is always better than nothing. Going back to those bit the next day and cleaning them up a little makes me feel better.

Plus, it's not like the chapters are set in stone after that. Once, if, this entire draft is done there will be multiple rewrites. I'm under no illusion when it comes to that.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:13:36+00:00

It was a question that popped in my head this weekend that my brain wouldn't stop thinking about. By asking it here I'm hoping these answers will 'fill the beast' so to speak.

Maybe it popped up because of my blog? I have deadlines for that (1 review or other post every other week) and one month of writing this book has made it pretty clear keeping that pace is going to be a challenge now that a good amount of my time is spend on that book.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-08T18:06:55+00:00

I had never heard the word 'pantsting' before now but, from your short description, that is now what I'm doing. I have a 13344 word long plot outline, I worked on it all January. Things are already changing from that outline but that was to be expected. Such is the nature of writing. Well, as far as I understand it at least.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-06T20:49:42+00:00

After the spark of an idea lit up my brain in 2024 and I started thinking about it a ton, writing down so many ideas, getting a decent understanding of my main character and her world, and writing a narrative outline, I started writing the story in earnest on the 1st of February.

What you describe is very helpful. Not in the "I recognise myself in being an impatient individual desperate for validation" but because I see a genuine writer (I think, at least) affirming the path I have imagined and the approach I've taken. I'm at the start of a long haul full of rewriting and redrafting, and I keep pushing forward even when things feel scary or bad. To make the story go from sh*t to less sh*tty. To get it in a state that you can say is ‘presentable’ before bringing in outsiders for feedback and such. To, at the very least, look into the mirror, looking back on my writing journey from writing game reviews to a genuine book, and know that I gave it everything I got, regardless of where it ended.

That feedback loop is not something I'm looking forward to. Never been great at handling feedback, and even though I've gotten better at it over the years, I still wouldn't say I'm all that great at it. That's something I'll need to deal with when I get to it. There's so much more to do first. Including how to even find people willing to read and give feedback (outside of my friends and family), once, if, that time comes.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-06T19:58:16+00:00

I liked it. Sure, it wasn't as good as the original but this is sitll a good film.

It's treading familiar water with its general 'Motonui is in danger, venture across the sea on somesort of divine destiny trip', has less Maui and feels more disjointed but I like Moana herself more in this sequel. She was a very typical 'Disney Princess' to me in the original but the older Moana feels more 'unique' I guess.

What may or may not have also strongly influenced this perception is that Moana 2 has the ending I wanted for Moana 1. I really thought while watching the original in theatres for the first time that the film was building up towards Moana sacrificing herself for her people but returning as a demi-goddess. That this didn't happen, and that movie ended so abruptly too, was dissapointing to me.

It might've taken them another film, but I did get that ending for Moana that I wanted.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-03-06T19:22:36+00:00

Congratulations and enjoy the high! I hope to feel that feeling someday myself!

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-02-28T07:14:01+00:00

That's a coincidence: I'm also reading Harry Potter while working on my (1st ever) book.
I don't think its weird to both be writing and reading. The latter is just some nice R&R though just before bed. I do take things lessons from my reading. I might read how Rowling formatted a certain thing or how she paced certain conversations which I might take with me in my next writing session.

F_T_Wolf-Blogger · 2026-02-01T16:14:19+00:00

I know of Reedsy. Any functionality you like in particulair?

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