#liveblogging the patreon chronicle

[completeoveranalysis]

WHAT DID HE SAY?

WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.

My wild hopes are that he said "Play dead", but also like... if this really is an act? HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THAT HARD.

HE WENT REALLY REALLY HARD.

THERE WERE STABBINGS AND EVERYTHING.

Is it plausible that he just almost killed his whole family to convince Evil Wolverine that he still didn't have a soul, or am I just desperately hoping?

I have no idea!

But until then, thank you everyone for all the wild March 15 energy we've brought to a day that is definitely actually March 16 and/or March 17.

It's close enough.

And thank you extra to all my wonderful Patrons! <3

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Until next time uh... let's all be wary of Tumblr memes.

You just never know.

#Spiders georg could be anywhere we just dont know #liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblog: END #Vol 208 #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #put down that scalene triangle!! #(god how long have I been on this website)

[natalieironside]

Hey everybody if you enjoyed watching me liveblog my slog through Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I wrote down some of my thoughts and you can read them a week in advance for the low low price of one American dollar.

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Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire from the Age of the Antonines is, in no uncertain terms, the longest book I have ever read. It encompasses the 1st through 16th centuries of the common era, totalling roughly 1.8 million words and requiring approximately six days of my one human life to listen to the entire book on tape. To use one ignoble comparison, it’s more than twice the length of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. This terrible fault is not helped by the fact that Gibbon was a most economical writer; every page is packed with detail and every one of the 1.8 million words seems to be in the right place.

Walter Bagehot relates in an anecdote that the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Gibbon’s fellow member of Parliament, once in a session of Parliament compared the British Empire’s deplorable treatment of the Indian subcontinent to the lupine behavior of sundry Roman emperors one might read about in “the luminous pages of Gibbon”; Gibbon, a man of many contradictions, was a staunch supporter of Indian independence, and was moved by Sheridan’s compliment, though Sheridan would later clarify that he’d misspoken, having meant to say voluminous.

Between its size and its scope, any attempt to reflect upon the luminous pages is necessarily a voluminous undertaking, and a comprehensive analysis is utterly out of the question; one might as well try to chronicle the decline and fall of the Roman empire from the age of the Antonines (absurd, I know). . . .

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#patreon posts #natalie reads

[snails-in-spaceships]

Literally going 'off the rails'

I have just remembered that paradise chronicles is a Patreon only so I'll keep the liveblogging to a minimum from here,,,

#jrwilb #chatty snails #jrwi paradise chronicles

[completeoveranalysis]

WELL I GUESS THAT'S THAT FOR THIS INSTALLMENT OF TSUBASA: ACID TOKYO CHRONICLES

This is leaving me drowning in so many thoughts. Even like... the end of X/1999 that we never got to see, can you imagine if it was going to end with like... a future shot of a desert? With maybe a small town of people surviving despite it all? Some compromise between Kamui and Fuuma's fates that wiped it all out but left a small portion of humanity behind that would have grown into the peaceful and happy people that are the Clow Kingdom in the future? Is this some small preservation of the ideas that Clamp never got to publish or am I reaching too far?

EITHER WAY IT'S MAGNIFICENT AND I'M HAVING THE BEST TIME

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE TO WITNESS MY SUFFERING AS WE DESCEND INTO ACID TOKYO: THE PLACE YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE

And! Extra special thanks to everyone who supports me on Patreon! You keep me going even when it turns out WE WERE IN ACID TOKYO ALL ALONG

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WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HECK COULD BE NEXT BUT IT SURE WILL BE HAPPENING IN TOKYO!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!

#ACID TOKYO ACID TOKYO #You know what I really do need to go see that government building one day #For this specifically #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 212 #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #It was always the same reservoir oh my god oh my god #SYAORAN DIED IN THAT WATER KIND OF

[completeoveranalysis]

EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATED IN THE CLUB TONIGHT

How are there still 22 chapters to go.

I am very glad there are still 22 chapters to go but how are there still so many chapters to go.

Time to spend every waking moment thinking about this until the next liveblog.

BUT SUFFERING ASIDE thank you so much for all your comments and replies! They were devastating and wonderful and I am having a wonderful terrible time.

And! Thank you to everyone who supports me over on Patreon! IT GETS ME THROUGH CLONE DEATH THAT'S FOR SURE:

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UNTIL NEXT TIME, TREASURE THE TIME YOU GET WITH YOUR CLONES.

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN THE METAPHORICAL LOOP WILL CLOSE AND HE WILL SHATTER IN YOUR ARMS.

;_;

#H E L P #Oh my goddddddddddd #I am going to have no coherent thoughts for hours #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblog: END #Vol 210 #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #;____;

[completeoveranalysis]

WELL KYLE?

NOW WHO HAS NO TIME TO LISTEN TO WOMEN TALKING TO PHANTOMS??

It seems your schedule has cleared up! You should have much more time for this now.

:D 

And yet, somehow, I can’t believe they kind of make me feel things for Kyle Rondart. I can't believe I'm kind of into the tragic figure of Kyle Rondart. I can't believe I could be tempted into writing fanfiction about this.

I can’t believe they did this to me in five pages or less. 

BUT ALL THAT ASIDE, thank you for celebrating this (almost) Clamp Day with me! WHAT A DAY?? IN TEARS for half of it and then A GIFT for me personally?? Thank you Clamp. You never cease to amaze me.

And thank you even more to all the people who support me over on Patreon! It makes more difference than I can ever really say. 

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Honestly the THINGS we are put through in this arc.

What could possibly be left.

HOW IS THERE STILL AN ENTIRE EVIL WOLVERINE TO DEAL WITH.

But until next time, be careful of surprise Kyle Rondarts hiding in places you might not expect! You just never know!

#He could be anywhere apparently! #Do… do you think they ever explain who he was? #Or do we just have to fill it in ourselves? #BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY WILL #I WILL DO THAT HAPPILY #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblog: END #Vol 211 #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Happy Kyle Rondart Death Day! #I have no time to listen to women talking to phantoms! #THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT LISTEN TO WOMEN KYLE

[completeoveranalysis]

WELL WE'RE QUICKLY SPEEDING FROM BAD TO WORSE, but in the meantime we sure can try to accurately count just how many worlds they really did go to.

It is... very up in the air.

But still! Huge thank you to everyone reading this shorter chapter with me, and extra thank you to my supporters over on patreon! They help me keep this going and it's always greatly appreciated!

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Until next time HELP ME COUNT TO 14 PLEASE IT'S SO DIFFICULT.

#Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Vol 213 #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Because like IS Yuuko's store the same world that becomes Acid Tokyo #Or is that actually a separate dimension altogether #I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY DARK #IF xxxHolic TURNED INTO ACID TOKYO #BUT ALSO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH CLAMP SCHOOL DETECTIVES DIDN'T IT? #I HAVE MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS

[completeoveranalysis]

SO WE’RE FINALLY GETTING SOME ANSWERS NOW HUH?

I’m so excited, so enthralled, so overcome with emotion over the tiny Watanuki who wasn’t supposed to exist at all, BUT HE’S HERE NOW AND HE’S OURS

This will probably be my last blog of the year, but I’m so pumped to know that in the new year there’s only about 31 chapters left to go. That’s doable! We can manage that! Probably!

But am I ready for it???

Until then thank you to everyone reading this! IT HAS BEEN SUCH A WILD LIVEBLOG EXPERIENCE?? Thank you for all your comments and messages, it has really made my entire day.

And thank you extra to all the lovely patrons who have helped me get this far. It has been a rough year, but with their help I’m still able to keep this going. So thank you more than I can say <3

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If you're having a holiday break I hope it's a happy and safe time for you! Take care of yourselves and I'll see you all in 2024! <3

#Liveblog announcement tag #Liveblog: END #liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 202 #2023 OVER #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #TIME TO THINK ABOUT NOTHING BUT WATANUKI FOR DAYS ON END #THE PERFECT HOLIDAY

[completeoveranalysis]

Poll Time

A heads up for everyone! I've just put up a poll over on my Patreon to see what we should do next: continue with Tsubasa or switch over to xxxHolic for a while.

You can read a bit more detail on the post itself. Also the post should be public, so anyone and everyone is welcome to vote!

Let me know what you'd prefer!

#If the results are inconclusive Patrons get final say #But if the Patrons are equally split then the public vote will greatly help #Either way the more votes the better #So thank you to anyone who helps out with this decision! #If you can't see the post that's an error - let me know #Liveblog announcement tag #Polls #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle

[completeoveranalysis]

WHAT A CHAPTER!

I think that's my favourite thing we've seen in quite a long time? Which is a hard thing to achieve because this is Tsubasa, it's all fantastic, BUT THIS?

Just a whole chapter of the battle husbands being together and ALL THAT MEANS as the swirling undercurrent of the entire series.

I'M IN LOVE WITH IT ALL.

And on top of all that, thank you for all the comments and messages about all of this! IT'S BEEN WILD. IT'S BEEN MY FAVOURITE. You all make this even better than it ever could be otherwise and I'm incredibly thankful - and even more so to my patrons who help me make this happen! It's a rough world out there, so I have nothing but eternal gratitude for those supporting me on Patreon and giving me the space to do this in the first place.

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You are all the best!

See you all again next time for more GAY FLIRTING LIKE WE DESERVE!

#If you see Evil Wolverine feel free to insult him #for gay rights! #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 206 #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Oh I am SO glad I did that second one #CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

[completeoveranalysis]

TIME FOR SOME TERRIBLE THINGS TO HAPPEN - EVENTUALLY!

It seems that we have taken the final step into the Climax of Tsubasa.

I'm sure it'll be fine!

In the meantime, thank you for reading along! As always your comments and messages are my absolutely highlight through all of this, and thank you extra to everyone who supports me on Patreon as well! It's the main reason I've had the time to keep doing this, so thank you all for getting me this far <3

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Coconi! Thank you for joining!

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See you all next time when *checks notes* everything gets terrible probably! Until then maybe just check whose blood your wearing before attending your next social occasion. It sends some very interesting messages.

#THE SYAORANS ARE BACK IN BUSINESS #Mostly the blood business #But still the Business!! #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 204 #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle

[completeoveranalysis]

WHAT A CHAPTER.

PERFECT 10/10 NO NOTES.

COMPLETE EMOTIONAL ARCS ALL AROUND.

I'm so excited and/or terrified of whatever will happen next time.

Until then, thank you for all your notes and comments about this, and thank you endlessly for everyone who supports me over on Patreon. It ensures that this gets to happen, and I can never thank you enough <3

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See you all next time, where we will probably see *checks notes* horrible things!

JUST THE WAY WE WANT IT!

#liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblog: END #Vol 203 #OOF #OOOOF #THis chapter #Really did round everything off with the perfect emotional note #COULDN'T DO THIS BETTER #THE CORE OF EVERYTHING IS RIGHT HERE #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle

[completeoveranalysis]

WELL

I’m SHOCKED

I’m MAD

I’m SHAKEN

And worst of all I now have to WAIT! EVIL WOLVERINE’S REIGN OF TERROR NEVER ENDS!

We have like thirty chapters left to run this man over. That’s enough time surely. I HAVE MY DRIVER’S LICENCE LET’S GO.

But until I can pull that off, thank you for everyone who suffered with me this time around! WHAT A CHAPTER. 

And thank you extra to all my wonderful patrons! WE ARE GETTING THROUGH DECEMBER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER! <3

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UNTIL WE CAN FIND EVIL WOLVERINE WANDERING THE STREETS, I HOPE ALL YOUR BIRTHDAYS GO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS ONE DID!

#Like i’ve had some bad birthdays #But I WILL admit #I’ll never been skewered by an evil magicians curse trap mid sentence #All in order to psychologically torture the people who care about me #Until they are willing to hop in a lava lamp to save me #So you win this round Sakura! #: c #Liveblog: END #Vol 200 #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Thirty two chapters to go #Gosh that sounds like hardly any #Less than two hundred that’s for sure

[completeoveranalysis]

WELL I ARGUABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN WHEN I STARTED THESE CHAPTERS, BUT I HAVE READ THEM ALL THE SAME!

Cardcaptor Parents Canon?

Fujitaka and Nadeshiko alive and well in Clow Kingdom History?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TIMELINE??

These questions and more, bouncing around my head endlessly until the next liveblog!

But until then, thank you for all the comments! It's been a DELIGHT seeing all your reactions as I get increasingly more and more concerned about the state of time and space.

And EXTRA thank you to my patrons! This would be INFINITELY harder to pull off without them, and I am continuously lucky to have them on my side. <3

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And now I will sit here consumed with absolute confusion until next time. Take care until then!

Be very careful with your timeline when considering your own time travel adventures! Apparently Things Can Happen.

#Things may or may not include Sudden Clow Reed #The most dangerous of all travel scenarios #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 190 #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #... WHAT DID I JUST READ #AHHHHH

[completeoveranalysis]

Well we're one chapter away from the big 200! Tune in next time for *checks notes* SUFFERING.

Followed by, probably, more suffering!

Just the way we like it!

But until then huge thank you to all my supporters here and on Patreon, who actually make my suffering much much less than it would be otherwise!

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Until then, watch out for repeated time loop events! And then also watch out for repeated time loop events!

#And then after that? Probably watch out for repeated time loop events! #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #Vol 199 #Big 200 here we come!

[completeoveranalysis]

OH

Well! I suppose that's the end of the volume AND the omnibus. What math does that mean...

Volume 24 is over. There are only two Omnibuses left: Omnubus 9 (Volumes 25-27) and Omnibus 10 (Volume 28).

I desperately want to look closer to see if that's correct and that Volume 28 is an entire omnibus all on its own, but I will be good and not actually check this at all. I will not even look at the cover, just in case!

BUT WOW where does that leave us? The end of Tsubasa is almost within reach, and here we are, making half-baked guesses about confusing hints that are slowly building up to something mysterious!

I'M SURE IT'S ALL FINE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!

And speaking of fine, thank you to all my wonderful patrons! It's a continuous joy to have your support as we head closer and closer to this finale and I can never thank you enough.

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I'm looking forward to next time, when we will have the treat of opening the SECOND TO LAST Omnibus this series has to offer.

And in the meantime pay close attention to your moon! If it looks different from normal - don't worry about it! It's for someone with a higher pay grade to sort out.

#Though I WOULD love to be paid that much #The responsibility? not worth it #liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Vol 191 #Liveblog: END #Liveblogging the reservoir patreon #Liveblogging the patreon chronicle #How much do you get paid for fixing the moon?