me, thinking that i have at least a base level understanding of botw: :)
blue, about to write a 1,000+ word essay that is going to completely revamp my understanding of the game and interpretation of its events: bada bing bada boom
i dont know how you do it. i am incredibly impressed and using all of this for fic inspiration. keep writing
every time someone asks me how i do this shit i have to regrettably inform them that the real genuine answer is that i am fucking insane. my 2 passions in life are writing and video games and the place where the 2 converge fascinates me to no end and i am that special kind of crazy that is capable of latching onto something and not thinking about anything else for 10 years. so. the only thing i have cared about deeply for the last several years of my life has been the way video games are written and constructed. and zelda is one of the most interestingly constructed franchises i have found to date. these games are just like. the absolute perfect story for my brain to work with and i truly do not know who i would be without them. and i am genuinely incredibly grateful that ive been able to build a platform where people like. CARE about what i have to say and take the time to ask me to think about the games because like. i would be doing it ANYWAY but knowing that there are people who actually read my analysis and appreciate the amount of thought i put into this stuff makes me really happy lol
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if you're walking at 5mph, but your feet are on sideways, and the sky turns green at 2:53, and Keanu Reeves has been sent to Neptune, what's your favorite video game
i cant walk 5mph in the first place, im only 5'4 and i have to walk like marvin the fucking martian everywhere i go
if my feet were on sideways i would still manage to get my shoes on wrong because i cant tell my left from my right
if the sky turns green that means every single car on the road is allowed to go at the same time
keanu reeves cant be sent to neptune with an expired passport
my favorite videogame MIGHT be professor layton and the diabolical box just because ive never been able to get over the ending, but mario galaxy and deltarune also come to mind
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I just... love how Tatara is emotional and Houji is rational.
Like in their fight it was clear that they are the polar opposite Tatara was losing his mind and Houji was calm and composured. Houji even told Tatara that "intense emotions cloud one's judgment" like emotion is his weakness and rationality is the key for winning.
Then later on Houji was killed because he was too rational. He did the thing he was ordered to do, instead of the thing his heart truly wanted.
As a high-ranked member of CCG, he prioritized the rules, he considered how Takizawa killed people, he obeyed the orders, thus ignoring the fact that he cared about Takizawa or Takizawa cared about him. He put the well-being of an organisation, or of the society before the feelings of an individual, which is Takizawa and himself. Because he trusted reason and logic.
There are better way to handle that situation and Houji just went with the most straightforward way: ignoring Takizawa's old self (which he knew that was definitely still there) and assigning him as Owl [SS+ Ghoul], just like what's in the files of CCG. Because that's more convenient to him. He was not killing an old subordinate. He was exterminating a ghoul and it helped him control his useless emotions easier. But if he follows those emotions, like Akira did, things might not end up that ugly, for both him and Takizawa.
My personal reflection under the cut
Alright this seems to be obvious and I'm just repeating what's in the canon but growing up, I've always been told to be rational. That I shouldn't cry, or be angry, or be depress. This created a habit of me dismissing my own feelings, that they are invalid and stupid and I should act more like an adult not a crybaby for the longest time. I still have that habit now actually, and I didn't even realize that it was a bad one until my friends told me.
I never knew that being emotional can be good. I was told to always follow the rules like a machine, and emotions will just get in my way. But TG, and many other medias show me that sometimes follow my heart is actually the best answer. And Im grateful for that
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