#<- proposed ship name voted on by a discord server

[belfry-ghost]

not enough people considering the possibilities here

[loreweaver-universe]

And that’s the episode.

I HAVE VERY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

On the one hand, a very large portion of the episode was extremely painful to watch.  We’re talking, like, The New Lars levels of painful.  I hated it while I was watching it.  Watching my favorite ship get risked in a very in-universe stupid way was painful to watch.  Like The New Lars, it was even in-character for Steven to do this, which is honestly...I’m not sure it’s worse than something like House Guest where Greg went OOC for the whole episode, but it certainly didn’t help.

Unlike, The New Lars, however...

The ending of this episode was great.

Connie gets it.  Connie understands.  Connie got scared and shocked, but instead of that harming the relationship, she reached out and told him she does love him but the time just isn’t now.  This is the most on-screen affirmation of their love for one another we’ve ever had, and after that terrible moment where I watched the shock cross her face, it just all fell into place, and from then on everything was great about the episode.  A perfect wind-down from the tension, a positive affirmation of their love, and one perfect final laugh to let all the lingering badness dissipate.

I’m really torn on how to rate this episode.  I really think from an objective standpoint it was quite good, but it was also very painful to sit through.  If I could split it up between pre-proposal and post-proposal...I almost would.  As it stands, though, I think that because of the painful, long windup before that perfect throw, Together Forever comes in at my new #9 for Season 6 (between Bluebird and Guidance) and my new #79 overall (between, fittingly, Together Alone and Guidance.)  It was really, REALLY hard to rank, and even now I’m not sure I put it in the right place, but I think that’s where I’m going to settle with it.

Up next for the liveblog is going to be the next episode of Steven Universe, Growing Pains.  We’ll be doing that on Monday.  Up next for streaming...well, I finished the Black Eagles campaign of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, so it’s back to other games.  I think tomorrow I’m going to be streaming some Godhome attempts in Hollow Knight, with perhaps a Steel Soul attempt or two sprinkled in.  You can see all of the Fire Emblem and Hollow Knight streams I’ve done by clicking either of those game names.  See you there!

Before I go, though:

It feels wrong to say this, when everybody else is being sent home from work and worrying about their livelihoods, but I’m kind of just treading water myself.  I make a little over $600 a month from this blog, and between rent, bills, and medicine, that runs out in a hurry.  I have not been able to save up any money, even now that I have food stamps and Mainecare, and it’s getting to the point where I’m worried about my future if something serious goes wrong.  If you can afford it, I’d really, really appreciate it if you could drop me a few dollars a month over at my Patreon.  Anything you can pledge helps me out.  There’s a lot fo you who read my blog on the regular; I don’t know how many are active accounts post-purge, but the blog has about 4500 followers.  If even a fraction of you pledged a dollar per liveblog, it’d give me some breathing room to work with.  Whatever you decide to do, if you decide to pledge, donate, or even just continue reading and watching my content, I appreciate each and every one of you.  I’m so glad I can make a living entertaining people, and I hope to be able to afford to do so for a long time to come.  Thank you.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I recently completed a blind playthrough of Hollow Knight on Twitch!  You can watch all the Hollow Knight streams I’ve uploaded to Youtube by clicking here, or watch me stream other games live at my Twitch channel!

I recently completed a blind playthrough of Steven Universe: Save the Light on Twitch!  You can watch all the Steven Universe streams that I’ve uploaded to Youtube by clicking here!

If you’d like to help me pay my rent, buy me some food, or help with my bills and medicine, please use my direct donation link!  If you’d like to support me per liveblog completed every month, please pledge to my Patreon! Becoming a patron not only allows you to vote on what shows I do whenever I choose a new one, but also grants access to the community Minecraft server to $5 patrons or higher!

You should also go pledge to Gio’s Patreon–our Discord server maintenance tech, creator of Rubybot, and community Minecraft server overlord deserves far more than I can afford to pledge to him by myself.

If you’d like more of me and my content:

My Episode Lists master page, where you can find every show and liveblog I’ve done!

My Discord server, where you can come hang out with me and other fans, check out member liveblogs, and join community gaming guilds!

My Twitch channel, where I stream variety games every so often!

My Youtube channel, where you can check out past streams!

My ask blog, where you can send me questions and comments!

My Twitter, where I make announcements about liveblogs and streams!

It’s your kindness and support that lets me do this stuff, and I wouldn’t be where I am without all of you to do it for.  Thank you all so much for your support, and for tuning in every episode!

OTHER PEOPLE YOU MAY ENJOY:

I may have been one of the earlier Steven Universe liveblogs, but a whole community of livebloggers has sprung up over the last three years!   I linked to a bunch individually for a few wrap-ups, but honestly, this end-slate is already eight billion miles long, so I’m just gonna link to my links page.  Click here if you want recommendations of other livebloggers, or other neat people, or webcomics and podcasts that I recommend.

[ss-endurance-fans]

Updated Event Information Master Post

Endurance Week 2019 is officially a month away, so here is an updated master post with all pertinent information enclosed!

What is S.S. Endurance?

It’s the name for the ship between Lara Croft and Samantha Nishimura. It’s also a joke, the S.S. stands for Same Sex and Endurance is the name of the ship Lara sailed on in the 2013 game. Another common name for the ship is Salara.

Who are the admins?

Currently, the admins are @lexcroftmanor and @cardiaceyes. If you have any questions or suggestions, or if you post art during the event that hasn’t gotten reblogged, feel free to message either of them directly or send a message to this page (@ss-endurance-week)!

When/where will the event take place?

Endurance Week 2019 will start on Thursday, February 14th, 2019 (Lara’s birthday AND Valentine’s Day!) and end on Thursday, February 21st, 2019.

Due to (nonsensical) changes made by tumblr’s staff in December, we have opted to move the event to our discord server, which you can join by following this link. Everybody is welcome to join, even those who aren’t actively producing content for the event. If you have a passion for Lara and her aodrkable, camera-wielding girlfriend, you should definitely join the server! Outside of Endurance Week, we plan to utilize it as a general Salara server where shippers from all over can connect with each other. Neat, huh?

What forms of art are accepted?

Everything! Writing, 3D renders, animation, video editing, hand-drawn art, digitally drawn art, whatever your gay hearts desire! The more art, the better!

What are the tags going to be?

Even though we are officially hosting the event on discord, we would be more than happy to reblog any Endurance Week posts you guys make on here. The tags are borrowed from the previous version of Endurance Week run by sniperct and are as follows:

#endurance week

#endurance week 2019

#day (#); (prompt name)

Prompts?

These are the prompts for Endurance Week, as determined by a community vote:

Thursday, Feb. 14: Birthday (in honor of Lara’s birthday being the 14th)

Friday, Feb. 15: Travel

Saturday, Feb. 16: Domestic Life

Sunday, Feb. 17: Nightmares

Monday, Feb. 18: Work and Pleasure

Tuesday, Feb. 19: Kissing

Wednesday, Feb. 20: Reunion

Thursday, Feb 21 (BONUS DAY!): Marriage Proposal

Good luck to everybody participating! We can’t wait to see what awesome content you produce! :) And don’t forget, everybody is welcome to join the discord server, even spectators! Let’s make this year’s Endurance Week a great one!