this was a cool experience (that im not quite done with, im partway into NG+ and im gonna do that at least twice, and then do at least one more proper run alongside bloodborne). basically had my hand held thru the entire thing, so i didn't have to suffer quite so much frustration doing things like finding bonfires and navigating the more painful areas (depths etc).
having other humans witness and acknowledge the fact that i actually learn and improve at things pretty quickly has been incredibly validating. weirdly enough, the people in my life i most associated with dark souls before this were the people who consistently made me feel stupid the most severely and often (notably, called me an idiot a lot, although one of them stopped when asked). i didn't realize that til i started writing this paragraph, but being pretty goddamn proficient in the game those people like so much is kinda vindicating/cathartic.
She is frankly underselling in this post how good she got at it, and how quickly. I've shepherded a number of people through a number of these games, and I don't think I've seen anyone go from "getting ground into paste" to "walking all over the boss" so quickly, so reliably.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
i would like to echo the sentiment that bed of chaos is a bad fight that sucks
