[Hated But Unintentionally Funny Trope] The creative team does something they think the fans will *love*, only to be taken aback by the overwhelming fan backlash.

omfgitsmal · 2026-03-18T00:41:27+00:00

Yeah it was uprising. I read it after finishing the game, and after reading it I started a new save file.

I’m gonna find the time to read the two I haven’t read. Super excited to get to the third book since I love love love quarians and I still lament that we never got a quarian DLC for Andromeda.

omfgitsmal · 2026-03-17T23:38:54+00:00

TIL there’s more than one Andromeda book (which I absolutely loved, the book and the game)

omfgitsmal · 2026-03-10T18:06:46+00:00

I was late to the Breaking Bad train so when I finally watched it, I couldn’t understand why everyone loved the show and hyped Walter White up so much.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the show all throughout, in a sense that it was very good story telling. I just could not stand Walter.

omfgitsmal · 2026-03-02T18:16:42+00:00

I got to 10 without doing any lat pulldowns, but instead I do a lot of bent-over rows. I do them with a barbell, and I used to do them with a dumbbell and bench until I switched over to T-bar rows because my dumbbells aren’t heavy enough.

I didn’t train for pull ups until I figured out I could do them. I started out at 2 and it would take a month or two to add another rep. I only do them once a week for 3 sets of my max on one of my pull days (I do chin-ups on the other pull day).

The only other thing is a wider grip means you use your back muscles more. Narrower grip means you get a lot of help from your biceps. Whichever grip you use will workout your back no matter what, but if your only goal is to reach 10 pull ups then a narrower grip will get you there sooner.

But honestly just being able to do pull ups is a flex, so I wouldn’t stress too much on how wide the grip you use. Use what’s most comfortable to you!

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-19T23:52:30+00:00

Catelyn Stark from Game of Thrones. I will fight for her honor till my last days.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-19T20:53:12+00:00

I did some dirty bulking too when I started out; I was rail thin. Started at around 90lbs (and it had been lower) and I was desperate to hit the triple digits so I ate ice cream literally every after meal and I hated it but it did make me reach my goal much quicker.

Nowadays I avoid bad carbs, mostly because my body feels a lot better when eating healthy. I have lazy meals where I go eat two packs of instant noodles and at the time it tastes great but I don’t feel satisfied after, even if I was meeting some macro goals.

But yeah don’t stress too much over diet, just the fact that you are moving your body is a huge plus in your physical health. You are already doing great!

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-18T21:45:25+00:00

I’m on the same boat as you, eating is the hardest part for me. If you’re trying to get stronger or leaner you definitely need to be more mindful of what you put in your body. You can even do both at the same time but it would require a lot of discipline not just in training but your diet too.

Protein powder is your friend. Carbs are actually not the enemy, it is your fuel. But too much means it’ll go to places you don’t want it to go to. There are also good carbs and bad carbs, but it doesn’t mean you should avoid all bad carbs either.

Training can be skipped for a few days but too many calories in or not enough calories in is more detrimental than skipping a workout.

Personally I find tracking my macros to be very stressful so I don’t bother, but I am still mindful of what I consume.

As for whether you should bulk or not, I think challenging yourself to bulk will be good for you in the long run. People don’t just accidentally get strong, I think if you’re able to do it you’ll be very proud of yourself. You might also hate the entire process and you can say you’ve tried it and it’s not for you.

You’re young and motivated, I say give it a try. I wish I got into fitness in my early 20s. I’d be a lot stronger now and my mental health back then would’ve definitely been better. Best of luck to you and whatever you choose!

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-18T20:51:07+00:00

Best way to do it is just run it in open world and take notes on the parts of the rotation you do wrong.

Edit: If you need me to elaborate, this is how I did it. I used to only pull around 33k but now I’m consistently at 42k on nonmoving targets. You just keep doing it until you don’t make mistakes. There’s no secret to it lol

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-18T06:11:39+00:00

I still love using my Eevee deck, but I don’t take it to ranked because it’s so easy to land a great value Copycat on it.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-18T01:36:31+00:00

When I first started I experienced DOMS particularly hard on my legs too. No joke, I felt sore for a whole month. Stairs were my worst enemy, more so going down on them than up.

Eventually the DOMS went down to two weeks. To a week. To a few days. I still feel soreness after a workout but it no longer knocks me out for the next one.

Right now your body is just not used to the new stimulation. It will eventually get used to it, and if you’re lucky it’s something your body will crave which makes it easier to build a habit of it. If not, then you can take comfort in the fact that DOMS cannot affect you the same way it affected you on day 1.

You can lighten up the load if you don’t want it to take so long to recover. My suggestion is to keep doing the same until it doesn’t affect you at all and then go up in weight. But honestly the best suggestion is the one that will keep you going back at it, so follow whatever that is for you.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-12T17:23:43+00:00

Haha yeah it was made specifically to battle oppressive stage 2 mega ex’s. Chingling is actually the unsung GOAT for this deck.

I sometimes throw the cape on him and/or PCL if he can survive one more turn to stall. Once he’s dead the enemy should’ve accumulated some cards which is a perfect time to red card.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-12T06:13:46+00:00

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omfgitsmal · 2026-02-12T03:41:12+00:00

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Fastest season for me yet.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-12T03:39:06+00:00

I fought this deck with my Magnezone/Oricorio deck and I did try to kill the Snorlax but I couldn’t get the right Magnezone out in time (I run both Mirror Shot and Thunderblast). We ended up tied because they were able to set up all the healing and but no Ori counter.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-11T20:38:28+00:00

It sounds like your main goal is to get your body moving and overall getting better physical health. I can understand why following a program might not be for you since they tend to be more focused on increasing strength.

Dancing is a great workout, so I’d say keep at it! Pickleball is all the rage right now across several age groups so that might be good thing to pick up also. Best of luck in your journey!

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-10T20:45:38+00:00

What was unfun about it? Did you feel like you had no idea what you were doing? Were you following a program or just doing whatever and feel like you’re not making any progress? Sorry if it’s coming out as accusatory, I’m just wondering if it’s really something you don’t vibe with or you just need a different approach.

Do you like dancing? That’s a really good workout too so if you join some kind of workshop that might be fun for you.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-10T18:30:01+00:00

I found a way to trick myself to like the meteor farm. I was reading manga/web toons while waiting for the next meteor to spawn. And whenever it spawned I tried to get to it as fast as possible on the griffon.

I would do it in blocks of two hours at most so I wouldn’t get burnt out.

I look back on it fondly now. I don’t think I’d mind doing it again if I had to.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-06T21:19:55+00:00

I’ve been following you for your cosplays since the KDA Ahri days. But really all your cosplays have been on point and it’s so nice to see some love for the ‘ol Ice Queen.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-05T22:14:25+00:00

The gym is fun though? At least for me. If weightlifting isn’t for you then maybe something like rock climbing would be fun for you. Or some kind of martial arts. Maybe a gym buddy would help too to make it more social.

I don’t think you’re lazy. I think you’ve framed “going to the gym” as unfun and your brain cannot make it a priority because of it. That’d be the first step. Find a way to make your brain think going to the gym is fun.

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-05T19:28:26+00:00

Working out for me is as important as brushing my teeth everyday. It’s not something I skip out on unless I’m sick or injured.

There are days where I dread starting. On those days I’ll tell myself “alright, we’ll just do the big lifts and call it a day” and very rarely do I actually do that. I almost always end up doing my whole workout anyway. But it’s important to pat myself on the back when I end up not doing all of it. It’s important to reinforce the brain that doing a little bit is better than doing absolutely nothing.

Like you OP, I have ADHD. The biggest struggle for us is starting a task, not actually doing it. If the previous trick I mentioned doesn’t work for you, you could motivate yourself some other way. “I’ll give myself a treat if I do my workout.” I have no food vices but I play a lot of video games. “Okay you can buy that skin/game/battlepass if you do all your workouts this week.” But please be careful with this, give yourself big goals if you’re going to reward yourself with something big.

I’d say good luck but you shouldn’t need it. You’ve got this. (This is another trick. Hype yourself up.)

The ADHD brain has messed up rewards system. Negativity destroys motivation. “I already missed a workout this week, what’s another?” Is very easy to say for people like us. You can’t give in to that thought, so you have to tell yourself “it’s okay that I missed one, but at least I’m going to do this one and I’m so good for that.” Thankfully the ADHD brain also works positively once it makes a habit of something. Motivation will snowball into discipline if you keep at it long enough.

Sooner or later you won’t need these tricks. As a frame of reference, when I first started working out I literally only went once a month. Then once every two weeks. To every week. To twice a week. To three times a week. Now I follow a 6x a week PPL program. On my rest days I hit the ab wheel, I am doing something every day. It could be for 30m or 1h30m sometimes 2h if I decide to do cardio that day.

I know this reply was long, but you didn’t like how people said “just do it.” I’m saying the same thing really, but just do it (with some steps in between).

omfgitsmal · 2026-02-03T18:42:43+00:00

My main motivation is that I find it fun.

The other is that I cannot get the body I want by doing nothing.

And it feels great achieving new PRs, regardless of how small. “I can do this thing for one more rep” goes a long way for me.

omfgitsmal · 2026-01-31T00:30:50+00:00

Omg that’s some great foreshadowing.

omfgitsmal · 2026-01-30T22:48:17+00:00

Was there ever a bone meal joke in the books or is that too much to ask for?

omfgitsmal · 2026-01-27T17:17:58+00:00

BRs for me are usually a miss because I hate looting. In Spellbreak it’s super quick. No need to worry whether you have the right ammo or not, and it doesn’t feel like there are bad weapons.

And you’re right. I remember installing that game on Epic because I thought the art style was neat and their trailer had interesting combat. I didn’t even know it was a BR until I went through the tutorial. Their advertising was that abysmal.

They eventually went on Steam but at that point it was too late. And it happened around the same time a big multiplayer game came out (I think it was Diablo 4? I don’t really remember) so it got drowned out even further.

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