Hello Everyone

This is the first post on The ZaxiBlog. My name is Zach, but if you're reading this first post then you probably already knew that because you probably know me from YouTube or another platform. I made this blog because my main passion is not what you would think it is. It's not YouTube. It's not Minecraft. It's not even doing nothing. No, its writing.

Writing is something I've always enjoyed. From the time I learned how to hold a pencil, I loved it. As soon as I learned how to type, I started writing on the computer. My first story that I ever wrote by myself was a play. If I remember correctly, it started off as some kind of fanfiction of a TV show I really liked at the time. Keep in mind, I was like five so it probably wasn't a good show. It then evolved into a more original story, but it had some kind of knock-off Power Rangers in it and it just didn't make any sense.

Nowadays, I actually have published several stories on my Wattpad, and written a series for YouTube called The Baby Bros Zombie Survival Guide, which in my eyes was a success. The Wattpad stuff, not so much. The first two stories did relatively well, but that's because they were fanfics for yet another terrible show. Albeit, a terrible show that I loved at the time and still go back to every now and then, but still, terrible. The other two, better, original stories didn't do very well. I planned it to be a trilogy, but I haven't even started on the third book's first draft and with the open-ended ending of the second, I don't even know if I need to continue. I probably will eventually, but as of right now I'm focusing on other projects.

Regardless, I absolutely love writing, and as such I will be posting on here about that mostly. I will also be posting reviews of movies and shows that I watch, video games that I play, and books that I read. I am currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series. I have been watching the series' TV adaptation, Game of Thrones, for a while now. I am currently on Season 3, Episode 3. The first season of the show adapts material from the first book, which as I stated, I am currently reading.

The thing about GoT is that I don't what to have a favorite character. The reason for that is because the show (and I assume the books) tend to kill off major characters every couple of episodes to make room for new ones. I don't want to have a favorite character out of fear that I pick that character as my favorite, and they die in the very next episode.

I have watched many TV shows since the start of the pandemic. The most major one that I watched over those long years that I only just finished back in August was The Walking Dead. That one was so long, it took me two and a half years to watch. I know that some people can finish it in a couple of weeks, but I don't binge shows like most people. I watch an episode every day, if I'm in the mood for it. TWD was one of the best shows that I have ever watched. Key word is "was", because it absolutely sucked for the last three seasons. I have read the whole comic series, and I'll tell you, its way better than the show. Rick is a better character in the show, but he left in Season 9, Episode 5. This, along with Carl's and Glenn's deaths in Seasons 8 and 7 respectively, was the start of the show's downfall. Then along came the Whisperers, and their leader with the obviously-fake Southern accent, as well as her country-singing second-in command. After that, the worst story arc the show ever had, even worse than the Whisperers: the Commonwealth.

Oh Jesus, the Commonwealth. That part of the show sucked so bad that I wanted to quit so. Many. Times. When they were initially introduced, it seemed to just be one person, but then when they arrived where they would meet that one person, the Commonwealth showed its true nature: a whole army of freakin' Stormtroopers. Then it continued on and on and on. For twenty. Four. Episodes. More than that, because part of it happened during Seasons 9 and 10, but it took full force in the final season. The whole world had fallen apart, and this network of communities with a central government is still functional? And they haven't had a war or anything? I don't understand how Robert Kirkman thought that was a good idea to put in the comics, and why the show's writers thought it would be a good idea to adapt it. At least Kirkman did a better job with it in the comics. The show's version sucked.

Speaking of Kirkman, I've recently been watching the show based on one of his other comic series, Invincible. It's a really good superhero show and I enjoy it a lot. I'm only on Episode 3 of Season 1, so no spoilers, but it's really good so far. I've also been playing the game Spider-Man 2. That game is very good so far, but I am stuck at the first Kraven base, so no spoilers there either. I will say though, it is SO obvious that Harry is going to be Venom. I know the game has been out for a month, and its kind of on me for not finishing the story yet, but still, it's been obvious since the end-credits of the first game. I've also been playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but not as much.

A game that I couldn't really get into was The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This was incredibly shocking to me because I loved Breath of the Wild, but couldn't get past the tutorial for its sequel. I think the reason might have something to do with the fact that I spent years getting super close to 100%ing BOTW (not the DLC but the main game), but since I was starting fresh with similar gameplay and graphics, it just felt like incredibly long DLC that I didn't need to play. It really wasn't good that I had to spend $70 on TOTK. There's a chance it could win Game of the Year. I might pick it back up and try to beat it if it does. But I don't know.

That's pretty much all that I wanted to write about for this post. I'm not sure how long it will be before I post again; could be a few days or a week or a month or longer. I'm not very good with posting schedules. But that's all for this post. Have a nice day, I guess? I don't know how to end a blog.