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Update time! - part 2 The good news. Parts arrived friday. Perfect condition, undamaged packaging. Perfecto Some bad news. - BIOS still not updated for the new CPU - Had to leave it at a computer Service & Repair shop to have them update it. Brand new CPU, just out of the packaging and already in a place you don't want new stuff to be in.....................(I've had the worst experience with computer shops. Like twice! Nothing beats having all of your new hardware swapped with older 30%-life-left stuff) - Seriously I'm so traumatized, I'm shaking like a nervous chihuahua. More good news. They'll call me in an about 3 hours with an update. If the BIOS update works, I'll be up and running with -hopefully- an update this Saturday. I said, hopefully! Bad news. - the shaking is getting out of hand and I can't really function or think right now... Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes. I never knew just how much it affected me. Now I know...

Update time!

The good news. My parts should be arriving today or tomorrow. The bad news. THEY'RE NOT HERE YET! - How 'bout now? No? How 'bout now? No seriously. I'm looking for ways to update my BIOS for the new Ryzen, because I keep reading I need an older cpu to update it for the new Ryzen. But I don't have an old amd cpu. How the effffffff doesn't my motherboard come with a FlashDrive option? - Oh, it does, ma'am, you just have to access the UEFI with an old cpu and THEN use the USB flashdrive... How is that productive? 6 USB 3.2 -slots and you're telling me my motherboard isn't smart enough to read a flashdrive update without a cpu?

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Bad news and a set-back :(

Hey there LOO-fans, I've just posted an update, so if you haven't seen that, go check it out. This message comes after that. I've been holding out for a miracle this passed week, bugged my IT-guy, tested on other motherboards etc, but it seems hope is lost. My computer's CPU is kaput. Shit always happens right after a comic update. Last time too when my SSD-crashed. It was always right after I posted. Anywho... Bet you're wondering how, right? Even my IT-guy was baffled. I think I got scammed when I built my PC. They installed a used one and gave me another's box, to make me think it was new... anyway! It's a Ryzen model and all I'm able to find here (ready-buyable) is Intel. So I'll have to order one in. That said, I don't know when I'll be up and running again, because I don't know how long it'll take to get here... Harddrives are fine, so I didn't lose anything. The other pages still need some pictures taken and editing, so I need the game for that... ugh. I don't know. I just hate this, okay. I'll write to you guys again if I have an update. Love VO

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Chapter 6 - ( 8 / 16 )

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------------- A/N: Oh, for the love of...!

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Only Day you can reblog this

HAPPY 20 YEARS SIMS 2!!!

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Chapter 6 - ( 7 / 16 )

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Chapter 6 - ( 6 / 16 )

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Bridgerton S3 Review

Dearest gentle reader, I am disappointed, sadly.

And as I respect your opinion, so too, shall you respect mine. I'm not here to bash on #Polin fans and the fact that they enjoyed it, but what -was- season 3 of Bridgerton truly?

I love the Mondriches, but do they really need so much screen-time? What did their own ball add to the story exactly? Had the same feeling about the Dankworth-Finch ball at the end, but at least that one proved its necessity as -the reveal all- ball. Because there was of course no Duke of Hastings (Simon) to host it, so they improvised.

This season had too many stories going on at the same time which were all fighting for the spotlight when it should've focused on #Polin, cause that is what was advertised/hyped. It did not deliver…

Season 1 - Daphne and Simon They had the most screen-time and all other stories got a little bit of shine. But even then some of those had either Daphne or Simon in the picture/background. (Marina-Colin, with Daphne as chaperone is one of the examples) None of the other stories distracted from the main focus.

Season 2 - Kanthony Same here. While there was a lot going on in this season with Anthony courting Edwina and going all the way to the alter with her (creative license, since it didn't happen in the book) and then on the other hand we were seeing the other side with his having the thickest desire and longing for Kate. You could cut that shit with a knife, I tell you. But no side stories were overpowering. It was 90% lead character -stuff. Season 3 - Benedict---, I mean #Polin -minus the actual #Polin Were their (the directors/screenwriters) initial thoughts that we've been seeing them for 2 seasons, so we don't have to pay that much attention to the leads? Wrong! That was friendship, this is love, longing and passion. So much new ground to explore for these two. Little scenes like dancing in the church, stealing loving glances is cute and all, but we got nothing more than that. Nothing memorable.

No wait, we got carriage frolicking in part 1 and a mirror first time in part 2. You're right, I apologize. Anything else? Name any other thing you remember from this whole season. I'll wait, seriously.

Did maybe the night scene come up in your memories? Where they had an angry make out and he once again let his hand venture below? I felt the anger/passion in the coming together and pushing her against the shop, sure. The quick flash of him reaching between her thighs was more of a recycled scene from episode 4 or even from S03 Kanthony. I mean honestly. Was there really even a chance he'd take her in the streets? It felt unnecessary and forced. The dialogue was good and would've been better at their home where it's believable they could enter an intimate scene that -could- be finished if they so wanted it. Or not if his anger won over his desire. Did I mention they were both drinking before they met? I didn't say drunk, I said drinking.

I guess they improvised the whole Mme Delacroix scene (before the angry make out) with her offering advice and booze just to give Pen a reason to drink and coincidentally be in Colin's path for the scene? Wasted screen-time. Do I also need a drink to feel the -love- this season?

First part, Colin helping and chasing Pen. Second part, let's ignore and distance myself from her. They really stretched out Colin's pulling back from her because of the whole Whistledown thing, when they could've done fast forwards, saying things like 'Colin, it's been weeks. Or it's been so long, can we get passed this' just to show the time frame. But instead we get long minutes of silence and ignoring each other. Filming Colin from the back, zooming in. Then from the front zooming in. Then him watching her leave the house, slowly getting up from sleeping on the sofa, walking towards his desk. Lifting and opening and reading her old letters. Do you have any idea how long that feels? When she exited the bedroom and delivered her dialogue he could've already been behind his desk. Did we see Simon (S01E02) walk into the room, open his father's desk, take out the unopened letters etc.? No, the flashback ends with him already seated and holding the letters. Same thing could've been done here.

Oh, let's not forget side character-stuff. Let's talk more about that.

Again, I cannot stress it enough. Mondriches. Duke of Kent stuff and moving up, is fine. Seeing them struggle constantly onscreen is not. Wasted screen-time. You can easily have us hear about that in conversation. How miserable and sad he is because he had to close the bar when he became part of the ton. So many ways to handle that. Moving to part 2. Why did we have to get the whole preparation for their ball? What did it add to the story exactly? Just let everyone arrive at the ball and let that be the first we all see of the decorations. Did we see Lady Danbury prepare for the huge conservatory ball in S2? Lady Trowbridge's ball in S1? All of Her Majesty's balls? No, so it was wasted screen-time.

Francesca's story was sweet, bless her, but also unnecessary detailed. Was it the autism angle they were trying to push forward? I'm all for it, but only when you have a series with more than 8 episodes. (God, I miss 22 episode series) Because she is still a side character in #Polin's book, no matter which way you turn it. At Francesca's wedding we had the whole vows scene and everything and the two LEADS!!!! were stealing glances at each other while standing behind the whole ass family. You're the leads, act like it! It felt like S1 and S2 with them being in the background.

We all know Bridgerton's known for taking liberties with the wardrobe. The tailored waists for Pen enhance her body beautifully, but Cressida's wardrobe is bordering… scratch that! has taken a 250 MPH free-fall, into ridiculousness. I also absolutely did not care for -seeing- the reasons behind Cressida claiming to be Whistledown. Should've just kept her as a bitch. That's what we enjoyed about her. Fine, you decided on that development for her character, so here's an idea. She was so chummy with Eloise. Could've just had her tell Eloise that she was being pressured by her parents to marry and then being send to the country to live with a horrid aunt. Wasted screen-time. You only have 8 episodes to work with for crying out loud.

And then there's the side character of all side-characters. Benedict. Didn't they make the very -deliberate- decision to push back Benedict and Sophie's story in favor of #Polin as S3? To then give me so much useless Bentilly sexy time; Time that could've easily been given to #Polin things. If you can make up stories about him being confused as to his sexuality, you can just as easily come up with new, none book, stories for the actual leads. Could've left everything they forced on us about Benedict for his actual season. What's gonna be left for his own season? Wasted screen-time. Should've made him absent, continue the art-school in the background, anything. I mean, an extended honeymoon for Kanthony instead of a forced story to have them onscreen. Do the bloody same for Benedict and focus on #Polin. Every time we saw Benedict, he was playing twister with Tilly and later with what's his name (don't even care) It's not relevant, it's wasted screen-time.

I'm gonna end my review (rant!) with one last thing.

Shallow kisses. Heck it's acting, so you don't have to shove your tongue down your co-actor's throat, but keep your lips open and hollow out your mouth to at least make us think you're playing tongue-twister. As soon as their lips touched, they closed their mouths and it became a fervent peck-fest. Like kissing air and practicing in front of a mirror. Yes, they look good kissing each other, but the kissing itself was bleh.

First kiss in part 1 was going the right direction and was pretty believable, but after that… shallow as f*ck. And to think they were supposed to be increasing in passion after that first kiss. All of them were closed-mouth pecks, I'm sorry. Was it the height-difference that didn't allow them to actually suck each other's face off? ---------------

I will not do a TL;DR, because if you skip this review/rant, you will not have missed anything. Have a great day people.

Yours truly, Venin Orchid (aka Lady Regency-nerd) PS: did anyone notice the nice touch at the end? The Whistledown Silhouetted lady on the top of the page had been changed to look more like Penelope. You're welcome <3

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Because Killer Instinct, that's why. I always picked Orchid (and won against my cousins) Simple: She is Black Orchid and I'm Venin Orchid (Venin = French for Venom) Plus it made for a killer-gamer name even if I don't do Online-games as much...

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Chapter 5 - ( 28 / 32 )

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Chapter 5 - ( 22 / 32 )

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-------- A/N: How the heck did I miss updating yesterday? After another fun family day, it only just occurred to me that today is Sunday and all I had on my mind is that tomorrow is the start of a new work-week. Completely missing out on the fact that before Sunday comes Update-day! I'm so scatter-brained these days I'm so sorry guys. Also, now I'm curious what Regina means and I -want- her to be serious now XD

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@timberllania will you look at this!!!!! I'm done... I'm sticking with what I have... (sheesh)

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L0L MAX

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*Straining*

Whenever I see the 'boop' next to a name... I HAVE TO PRESS IT! *BOOP*