Update: blooming!

I made a post about this before towards the end of march. This was gifted to me by my parents who didn't know the plant was painted so I spent a lot of time trying to get it off (and yes I guess I wasn't gentle enough which I do feel bad about but the paint just refused to come off so I had no other choice hence the cracks in the last image) and it's grown quite a lot. I'll admit I haven't been paying much attention to it because I've been busy so I hadn't noticed the way they had bent over and almost broke so I fixed it with the sticks, i used tape because I didn't really have anything else plus they were so fragile I don't know how I would use rubber bands if I had any so I used some tape which is probably not the best solution but it's all I had. I'm planning to repot and change the soil because it's weirdly spongy I don't really know much about plant care but I don't think that's very suitable for a succulent. The African spear at the back yellowed a couple days after I removed the paint and dried up but idk why it was just one and not all of them but ok lol. Anyway please leave some care tips or thoughts if you have any i'd appreciate it 🙂