The only good thing about this run is that it was the first I've completed on the GB player as opposed to an emulator. First attempt BK skip, but other than that, run was garbage - got to Castor Wilds with 1/2 heart and took an intentional death; forgot to trigger the return of the books; softlocked in ToD; 1 ink octorok; failed the first DHC door clip an impossibly high number of times (how does that even happen?).
Nowhere to go but up from here.