u/Pixel_Python

Just had myself a Buldak carbonara (one of their milder flavors, listed as around 2400shu) and I was legitimately uncomfortable; I finished the bowl but my tongue was in pain for a few minutes after and I was hiccupping my way through. This is not a new occurrence with them, I've had other flavors at a friend's request and they're just as bad if not worse.

The strange thing is though, I've handled spicier things way better. I'm obviously not very acquainted with super spicy stuff, but I handle fresh jalapenos full rib/seed easy, I've tried up to habaneros, which are admittedly the hottest I'll eat and finish. Still, a famously mild Buldak makes me feel like a white man from Idaho who breaks a sweat from Frank's Red Hot.

I've always joked that I'm better with natural heat than artificial heat you'd find in an instant ramen, but is that true? Is there something to do with the sauce or source of the heat that makes it less manageable than something like real serrano peppers?

For starters, I'm doing a little side project for myself to do more traditional pen & ink drawings, being a physical recreation of the Hollow Knight Hunter's Journal; for those who haven't played the game, it's essentially a beastiary with a picture and lore tidbits, so I've handdrawn the creatures and handwritten the facts on each page. This project will probably take me a while longer, but I've recently finished the game's sequel and have been looking into doing similar for its own Hunter's Journal for the future.

Still, I've got one massive problem: there's a LOT of entries, 237 to be exact, and the majority of sketchbooks I'm finding cap out at about 160 pages. There's almost guaranteed to be more too, so I'm guessing that by the end of Silksong's major updates, there might be up to 300.

So, in short, do y'all know of any good sketchbooks (preferably bound in a leather or faux leather and in red) that have around 300 pages? I might be better off looking for journals or diaries in all honesty, but y'all know they don't always have the right paper for art.

Thx in advance!

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Maniac is definitely one of my favorite songs on the OST, and DAD's cover of it is far better than the original in my opinion, but I'm confused why it was chosen as Hemlock's song.

For Rori, Prophet, and Dex all have original songs that touch on them as characters, both in genre and in lyrics. Hemlock has a song like that, being Authority, where he sings in full punk british-ness and it's an amazing song. Still, for his level we get an American synth-pop song where he doesn't even sound like himself. What's even stranger to me is that there is a "punk" version but only in Infinite Disco. IDK how it feels for y'all, but it'd be like if Final Countdown was the song chosen for Dex's level instead of Echolokators.

While I have followed this game for a while from the occasional Insta reel, it hasn't been that closely, so does anyone know why the devs chose Maniac over Authority for Hemlock's fight?

I’ve known Aurebesh for about 3 years now, but never really bothered with Mando’a as it’s not very distinct looking to me. Still, for whatever reason I want to learn the alphabet for it too, and I just wanted to know how many of y’all just know Aurebesh or learned Mando’a too.

Apparently there’s also a functional-enough language from Mando’a too, but that’s a *bit* much for me; I’d be impressed if anyone here knows that lol