I don't even have it in me to re-bitch from chat. At this point, I'd support even literal anarchists, libertarians, and nazis if it'd mean I only have to do a tenth of this paperwork. Bargaining stage, hooooo!

Anyway. There's an idea we play Pendragon RPG sometime after the New Year's, and... man, the mechanics of this game look bitchin', but I just don't give a toss about who wants to duel and/or bone whom with Picts and Saxons in the background. It should appeal to my Crusader Kings-attuned brain, but there's the rub: I like CK2 because there's freedom and challenge comes from that freedom. If I want to conquer Europe as Taoist Hans and introduce bakagaijins to Confucianism and tea, then I absolutely fucking can (try to) do just that. Hell, I even acquired Carolingian and Attila's bloodline along the way while one of my distant relatives converted to Catholicism out of spite, lived 89 years, and crusaded against me twice, spawning a saintly bloodline in the process. It was a wild ride that could have gone wrong at any point, but it didn't despite the overwhelming odds and everyone hating you for being a foreign infidel.

In Pendragon, I can't shake off the feeling you're free to do your little thing, but they're inconsequential because the Legends have to go along the predestined historical way (aka railroading)... and that's just not why I play RPGs? Maybe I'm missing something and it'll turn out awesome, but dang, I'd like to like this game more but currently just don't see how I could.

EDIT/Addendum: Otherwise, gonna binge the last season of Lower Decks this weekend. Looks promising. Gf can't stand Shatner's liberal understanding of diction, but maybe I can get her into DS9 next.