#but fucking hell this game is amazing

[latin-dr-robotnik]

Honolulu City Lights [Full Spec Edition] - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)

We can all agree Yakuza + City Pop = best combination ever, right?

#yakuza #like a dragon #like a dragon infinite wealth #video game music #i don't know about the story i'm still in chapter 5 after 30 hours #but fucking hell this game is amazing #they really struck gold improving the turn-based formula #y7 played very well all things considered but this is something else #and there's so much to do i'm having so much fun taking my time with it #but this song... holy shit this song #i've been obsessed with Honolulu City Lights since last year's demo #this is hands down my favorite song of 2024 #city pop is such a vibe #gaming #music

[samarecharm]

i love makoto so much but fanon does her so much better (the good parts of the fandom) because in the game her character is so lack luster. they butchered her confidant it is so borning and not even about her. they made her a cop. A COP. they pushed this "canon waifu" role onto her (before sumire came along and did it Even Worse). and it SUCKS because SHE IS SO MUCH MORE!!! SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER!!!! SHE COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!!! the way i feel about canon makoto is the same way i feel about the canon ryuji events post komoshida where he's horribly mistreated and used purely as comic relief: i ignore them <3 my game now <3 never happened <3 my ocs <3

You are so right. I generally apply this to all characters in p5 bc the game does such a shit job of staying consistent with character arcs and personalities. Theres a desperate need to throw in perverse jokes at the expense of female characters and a need to show that the police (as a whole) are reliable people who are not influenced by things like money and power; only the BAD cops do that. Not to mention this obvious fatphobia and homophobia but i feel likes thats a given.

But back to Makoto. Shes a victim of bad writing just like everyone else. Ryuji during the kamoshida arc was fighting with self loathing and genuine anxiety, and aside from the like. One comment on Panthers outfit in the metaverse, hes more than well behaved. All of that is shelved as soon as Kamoshida is gone and replaced with him being weird comic relief (and the focus of alot of sexual jokes that were nonexistent in the beginning of the game). Anns arc about self love and empowerment is completely dropped as soon as the nasty bad guy is put away (so that its good to be weird about her w the Good Guys). Makoto loses her a chunk of her personality to be the mature waifu which is INSANE to me bc shes like. Not okay or normal at all 😭😭😭 she THINKS shes responsible and so does everyone else on her team, but its an act! She doesnt know shit! And she doesnt know that she doesnt know shit bc shes respectful and adults dont care about anything as long as u respect them!

Its very telling that for literally every single thief (and goro), you can see the exact moment the writers gave up on adding anything of worth to their characters outside of the social links. Its like they didnt know what to even do w the characters at their disposal after their main arcs were complete. No mention of friends hanging out without you, no mention of having group hangouts. Everyone is treated as a core, important member of the friend group DURING their arc, but outside of it, they are acquaintances at best. Theres nothing in the game that convinces you that these guys are legitimately friends who care for each other and do Friend Things. And i describe it like that bc there IS a game that treats them all as friends, and its strikers! Strikers/Scramble genuinely feels like the game p5 wanted to be; a road trip w your team where they stay up at night talking to each other and hanging out and doing things together that dont necessarily include you, the player. Its refreshing and lovely but it sucks that u get that kind of attention to detail in a ‘spinoff’ title

#chattin #i hesitate to use spinoff bc its a pretty big game #and theres an amazing plot with wonderful characterization #and their handling of jails and jail owners is LEAGUES better than the bs they tried to make up w palace users #and all the thieves feel like family. and not in the annoying fandom way; like #were family in the same way a family is forged and tended to. i love you. no one is left behind. no one is made to feel inferior another #its really good and honestly if u want more interactions between everyone i really recommend a playthrough #but yeah #p5 sucks #i love it but i love the version of it i made in my head LMAO #maybe p5r did a better job w the dialogue and some questionable scenes #(i wouldnt know. i didnt play it lol) #so maybe thats what people need to be using as a point of reference #but i only plyed p5 so this is what i have; a group of people who show up for meetings and then go about their life #and that kinda sucks. why make this wholly unique experience in which these teens can only relate to each other #make them bonded over their shared experience w this unbelievable world #and then not only make them NOT interact; but have the end be ‘okay by akira.’ and leave it at that #they just. didnt know what to do w anyone #they needed their girls to be waifubait and the boys to be an afterthought #they needed a buffet of older woman for pathetic men to fuck through their self insert #and they needed a story convoluted enough to keep people stuck trying to figure it out themselves #its bad. its so bad. its so fucking bad. but i have to be here. WE have to be here. #bc who else is going to take these characters out of hell and treat them right ??!!!

[akimojo]

people love to use ffxiii’s messy development as a reason to completely shit on the game but honestly the fact they managed to sneak in so many little details in the gameplay in a way that reflects the characters and story despite all the miscommunication between the dev sections is just impressive to me

#was xiii horribly planned out and missed out on a lot of important feedback because of the poor time management? absolutely #does that mean you cant be impressed with what the game achieved regardless of whether you liked it or not? fuck no #also the fact theres next to no bugs (not counting the pc port because... yeah) is amazing all things considered #and the graphics still hold up to this day #the linearity is everyones main issue with the game but look at x dude #x was linear as hell too but it makes sense bc yuna had a pilgrimage to follow #just as how it makes sense for the xiii cast to not have time to stop and explore cocoon while they were being hunted by the government #thats why you have so much more freedom to explore when youre on pulse #theres not even anything objectively wrong with having a game be linear in the first place #and the people complaining about the story being ''incoherent'' are just... wrong? #they give you enough hints within the dialogue to piece the story together yourself while also not leaning on exposition dumps to tell it #and if you cant do that then the datalogs are right THERE #games have relied on ''notes'' to tell parts of their story for ages now and i dont understand why its suddenly bad when xiii does it #i dont like sitting through exposition dumps and i like being able to analyse and theorize about a plot WHILE im experiencing it #and a lot of other people feel the same way so its not an objectively bad aspect of the game's storytelling #you just need to pay attention and be patient and wait for the story to unfold #i went off the rails but ANYWAY #aki stfu #final fantasy xiii

[wormshirt]

The Doctor needs one of those classes they give to expecting/hopeful parents but for humans. Get their ass enrolled in a parenting course. And everytime they get a new companion he has to retake the course.

#doctor who #dw #the doctor #inspired by the deleted scene of her just pushing amy out of the tardis doors into space #while amy was having an anxiety attack. YOU CANNOT DO THAT! #they have access to all of time and space the doctor has to be able to find a human parenting/caretaker course #bonus points if he ends up taking one for human children. #imgine youre travelling with the doctor and he leaves and comes back one day and says they enrolled themself in a human management course #and youre like 'oh thank god finally' #and then she just starts bubble wrapping the entire tardis and locking off entire rooms and giving you coloring sheets and stim toys #when you get bored #and starts taking you to like. fucking parks to play with other humans. #and starts carrying like fucking snacks like lunchables and shit everywhere and giving them to you at regular intervals #and you're like 'hey what the fuck.' #and you ask them what the hell they're doing and you find out they were learning to care for human TODDLERS. #and you're like. jesus fucking christ. explains so much. mildly disconcerting how much stayed the same though. #and so obviously you ask 'do you see me as a child?' and the doctor is like. ah. interesting question. #you know what else is interesting. OOOOOOO TELETUBBIES LETS LOOK AT THE TELETUBBIES OOOOOO EDUCATIONAL GAMES OOOO!!!! #LOOK AT THE SMALL HUMAN ON THE SCREEN WHICH PAIR OF SHOES MATCHES THE DRESS??? CHOOSE FAST!!!!!! #this could also open the door for an amazing bit though #where you start doing all of the same things back to the doctor and it works even better on them than it did you. #turn their ass into an ipad kid. they start arguing too much put his ass on minecraft pocket edition. #she just sits there for 1-3 hours. dead silence. you walk over like. 'hey. um. you good.' #no answer. you look ove rher shoulder. she has recreated ancient rome in minecraft in exact replica and is the reigning emperor. #they are roleplaying the roman senate with sheep and villagers. okay. can you please save the world now. please. #this is not to infantilize the doctor. he is old as shit. they are an adult. but by god can they be easily entertained. #not to mention that a key factor of the doctor IS their eternal childishness. #but they ARE a fully grown adult. beyond that even. ancient 'were you alive to see the dinosaurs grandpa?' ass motherfucker. #they are just also a masive loser. who would love minecraft pocket edition and lunchables. probably. who doesn't though. #bangers

[beegswaz]

oh hey its That one guy uhhhhh,...... i Think his name is uhh. i forgot

ok last Of the pwp sprites i Technically completed everyone + Fazie so i think thats A win

#rad1oart #playtime with percy #id post it On the discord but there is a mass influx of Support for the team + the game (GOOD!!!! YOU GUYS DID FUCKING AMAZING!) #(ACTUALLY ONE OF MY TOP FEW FANGAMES THAT SHIT IS FUN AS HELL AND! IT LOOKS GREAT! ITS SO SILLY!) #(unfortunately it Lives in my mind with means ill Have to kill your fazie sorry :() #(ok seriously though. props to you And the entire god damn team for pwp) #i just Did not wish To post over the support with. sprites. of All things.

[astronomodome]

Every roblox rp game gets to have one design element that is absolutely amazing which is very upsetting because. It’s a Roblox rp game

#shoutout to this one warrior cats rp game with the most ethereal amazing score I’ve heard in a long time. like what the hell this fucks #astro speaks

[forcedhesitation]

i'm going to complain for two seconds here, because people on twitch are pissing me off. I get people are fans of other games. I am too! Even if I can only play a few, I watch full gameplay of many games. that being said- I do not think it's fair to say that it's an unfortunate thing for it to be likely that bg3 will sweep the awards tomorrow. you're gonna tell me it honestly doesn't deserve to win most of the categories it's been nominated for? have you actually sat down and watched gameplay?? because the suggestion that it shouldn't win goty, or awards for narrative, direction, score, art, or performance is beyond ridiculous to me. pull your head out of nintendo's ass for just a moment and I think you will see that sometimes other games win because they are simply BETTER.

#bg3 #thoughts about media #as I said before. I do not care that much about awards when it comes to literally anything. #but I'm not going to pretend that people arguing that this game doesn't merit the praise it's getting doesn't piss me right the hell off. #it's like when people say “dbd is a dead game. who the fuck even plays it?” #as if dbd didn't have HUGE licensed chapters this year and is the only asymm horror that KEEPS its numbers. #like it or not. bg3 was fucking groundbreaking as a game. #“t0tk better win for score!” “arachnidguy 2 better win for voice acting!” wrong and wrong. sorry to you. but wrong. #ugh literally I'm just. I had to hear that “SPMN2 should win voice acting bc of peter's venom voice” #sorry mr. streamer guy. I do like you. I do. but that is a Terrible take. #IT'S REALLY NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE. ESPECIALLY NOT COMPARED TO BG3's VOICE ACTING OVERALL. #if we want to do “this game deserves to win for one performance alone” #there are MULTIPLE characters in bg3 that deserve that honour. and we don't even have to look at fandom darling astarion. #the rest of the companions are all beautifully voiced. the chosen three are AMAZING. RAPHAEL!!!!!! #and please if bg3 loses the category for score. I will actually be SHOCKED. no other game put out as incredible of a soundtrack. #not even HALF as good. be serious.

[slymanner]

No but can we get a fucking shout-out for scott pilgrim takes off MUSIC ITS SO GOOD GUYS IM SO HAPPY THEY GOT ANAMANAGUCHI BACK FOR THE SHOW THIS WAS SO SMART

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim vs the world #scott pilgrim takes off #like guys. #guys #gals. #they/thems. #everybody. #can we all agree this ost fucks so so hard #LIKE THERES SO MANY GOOD CHOICES IN HERE #i feel fine??? orange shirt??? AMAZING sex bob-omb songs #walk home??? criminally fucking short so so good #blame it on the goose??? fits the mood and tone so fucking well and the little electric piano notes ourghhhhhhhh #i will remember you??? very good and fucking funny as hell for the scene itself NSNSNSNS #meeting ramona??? absolutely beautiful. fits the first meeting thing so so well....sounds like a game cutscene song its so GOOD DUDE. #KNIVES AND KIM DAWGGGGDGDTDGDGDGD OURHFHFHFHFHFHFHF #THE BEST ONE. #IT'S SO SO GOOOOOOD #the fact they put sm emotion and feeling into that track like. i felt every single beat in it 🥹💙 #THEY USED A ACTUALLY SCOTT PILGRIM GAME MUSIC TRACK ONCE IN THE FINAL BATTLE FUCKING THANK U. THANK U SM. #AND THEY HAVE MARIO KART SOUNDING TRACKS AND A SONG THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUCKING EARTHBOUND DAWG. #its so good. #guys this ost is everything. #its one od my favorite show ost's ever. #pleaseeeee listen to it

[high-voltage-rat]

Vyvanse is such a silly little drug. I get up at 11, take it at noon, what's a normal sleep phase I don't know her.

The first hour passes and I'm like "dude nothings happening except me getting sweaty and my heart's going a bit faster" and then I blink and it's another 2 hours later and I've just blitzed doing every chore available to me, organized all my shit for the day, read through 500 tumblr posts, watched some random-ass YouTube clips, and made myself food I don't want to eat because my appetite is suppressed but I know food consumption is a task. It's like all of my ADHD bullshit for the entire day happens at light speed over a few hours.

Then I sit down and can do The Big Task of the day for 5 hours or more and, unlike with a hyperfocus, can remain focused on it even after taking breaks to go do other stuff.

Then the end of the day hits and I'm tired and need to go to sleep but I still feel the Productivity Need so for some reason I watch 50 more "Educational" YouTube videos until it subsides and then finally fall asleep at 2am.

Like. Does it cure my ADHD? Absolutely not. Does it make me less chaotic? No. But does it allow me to consistently channel my ADHD energy productively? Oh, yeah. I'm not 100% sure that's what my doctors were going for when they prescribed it, but I gotta be honest I kinda love it.

#not video games #late nights with ali #nd blogging #actuallyADHD #I'm pretty sure my docs were intending for a bit more... how you say... stability? #but a lot of my ADHD traits don't go away. just the most important one- activation-based executive dysfunction #And honestly without that I think I like the way I function with the rest? usually anyway #If I'm in control of it. I love my hyperfocus. I love my bouncing around chaotically. I love being impulsively spontaneous #don't get me wrong. there are days where I do hate my adhd. when the emotional regulation problems kick in it's hell. #rejection sensitive dysphoria is a bitch. I can forget self care in lieu of 'more important' things. my working memory can fuck me over. #but in comparison to how I lived before medication? it's amazing. and I've learned to be fond of aspects of my disorder #and to live with the ones that are inconvenient. it's so nice honestly #I could do without the sweating and appetite suppression. but it is SO worth it to like my own mind again. #before I was diagnosed I knew I had it. so my only options were self medicating with caffiene and developing an anxiety disorder. #the thing that bypasses the dopamine-based activation is adrenaline-based activation #so I literally just. got so anxious about stuff I needed to do that it would trigger the adrenaline activation where dopamine failed me #I don't think I actually 100% KNEW that's what I was doing per se. but I do think some of my anxiety came from intentional doom spiralling #anyway moral of the story. Vyvanse helps with ADHD is some truly strange ways but at the end of the day it's a fucking miracle #New River Pharmaceuticals developers of lisdexamfetamine I am kissing you on the mouth

[carbkaiju]

I wanna say it The music in DD2 is such a downgrade :\

And the game has the same composer as the first. so what happened? The music all has the same melody and sounds like it's being piped in from another room underground. The equalizing is very muted, I strongly guess the reason is to make the music more streamer friendly so it's easier for people to talk over the game.

The music from the Warrens AND the Cove still shake my damn heart, it's incredible stuff! Each zone in DD1 has a unique melody and instrumentation, it goes above and beyond to build atmosphere.

I was disappointed to find the last confession boss has the same music as fighting The Heart. Really. I wanted to feel the horror of fighting this monstrosity - instead I was given trodden ground.

#darkest dungeon #the weald is like the weakest track but the ambience is solid #i care a lot about music and sound design in games #it deserves as much budget and attention as every other aspect of the game #chatwood did an amazing job with the first one how does the sequel cut corners so hard #they also reuse the warrens music but tone it down #a personal crime because the warrens SLAPS #THE PERCUSSION IN THE COVE IS SO CRAZY YALL #THE DUKE OF SOUL IS BACK THERE BANGIN ON EMPTY SHELLS AND CRAB HUSKS HOW THE FUCK DID YOU CAPTURE THAT #the shroud is yoho pirate music we've all heard before like #dont get me started on the tangle or the sprawl #im sorry if i sound like such a hater truly its the opposite #and Town in Chaos #good lord #ive never felt so determined to protect my heroes #strings as your forefront instrument is tried and true but tired #i want music and instruments that make me think HOW the HELL did they make that sound

[azoraahai]

shadow & bone 🤝 game of thrones having showrunners that ruin intricate storylines that MAKE SENSE and SUPPORT THE THEME and MORAL OF THE STORY for shock value when all of source material is there

#shadow and bone #sab #game of thrones #got #asoiaf #sab spoilers #im actually rlly fucking pissed #its so bad but its like not even comical #sure it had AMAZING moments but at the cost of everything else??? yea hell fucking no #i love the crows i rlly do bUT THIS IS SHADOW AND BONE #THIS SEASON SHOULD'VE FOLLOWED BOOK 2 #NOT CRAM 5 OTHER BOOKS AS WELL #ITS SO DUMB #god im so fucking mad i rlly was so fucking excited #and now im just looking at a dumpster fire of a mess #joey talks

[monty-glasses-roxy]

On another note, it's actually kinda hard to draw references for all the guys I wanna draw references for because of the simple fact the vast majority of my drawing ability is hyperfocused on quadruped animals.

If you're a visual artist of any kind and you see this post, I am challenging you to go and draw something you've never drawn before right now. Like if you draw humans, go draw some hamsters and if you draw dogs go draw some chickens or something. If you've never drawn horses much before go draw some of them and try your best not to make them look like a dog with a funny face. Go have fun with that right now

#pop rox talks #obviously this is an optional thing lmao #nothing humbles you more than laughing at your fucked up little guys #I'm messing with this post but if anyone actually does this... can I see? #and yeah horses are really funny they're naturally just Like That whadda hell #anyway anyone wanna collab a roxy and cassie piece with me so I dont have to draw cassie /j #anywhey wait #wait a sec I used to do commissions when I was in sixth form (for in-game money not actual money) #most of those were furries #how did I do that wait god damn was I any good at it then did I just Forget how to do it #wouldn't be the first time ngl #I know I wasn't as good then and I've definitely improved in some aspects but #did I do this okay???? did I???? well shit guess who's going through their old artwork!!! #I love that actually it's very fun and feels amazing to see where you came from #but also maddening cause sometimes you look at it and go 'wait how did I do that????' and you have NO IDEA how you did it #like!!! I used to be able to paint digitally!!! me!!! painting digitally!!!! #I could do that!!!! can I do it now? NO!!! I have NO IDEA how I did that!!! #I mean I could if I put the time in to figure it out again but I just!!! picked it up!!!! back then!!! like magic!!!! #how the FUCK did I do that???? #anyway that's it that's the post bye

[achillean-knight]

Oh yeah

I played Undertale for the first time

And I've known if it literally since it's first release (thanks to my brother), but never watched anything about it BC there was sorta a bad stigma around the time with the fandom that made me literally run in the other direction

BUT HOLY SHIT? Y'all I SLEPT on this game for 8 whole ass years wtf

#also I tend to try games if a character interests me #it was no doubt that Mettaton was the one who dragged me into wanting to play the game #got a lil teeny brainrot over it 👉👈 and will probably do Mettaton fanart #so expect that #also i went feral at the final fantasy 6 reference in the game #that was a shock. #oh yeah i did the true pacifist run apparently so BSVSVS #IT HURT ME SM #THIS GAME HURTSSSS #i love it to bits... #i really slept on this huh #ALSO THE MUSIC MUNCH MUNCH MUCH #THE CHARACTERSSS 🤌🤌🤌🤌 #ITS SO FUCKING GOID #I played it with my bestie whoes a massive as hell UT fan #and without her i dont think i would have had such an amazing first experience #so im grateful for her :')

[badolmen]

Supermassive games made something that was almost perfect and then decided to make several much worse things before reeling it back to something decent that makes the same damn mistake the first game made without any of the first game’s charm and cleverness to make up for it. Like you’ve had the time to figure out this professional video game thing maybe you should start acting like it lol

#ra speaks #personal #sorry I’ve been in an until dawn mood lately and it’s like. gosh they were so close to making a game I could unironically say was amazing #their major flaw was the appropriation of Native American culture (like they could have been generic cannibal monsters you didn’t have to #call them that to make them scary that monster design was on point) #and then. in the quarry. which I dare to say is a decent sequel to until dawn. #MAKES THE SAME DAMN MISTAKE OF STEREOTYPING OOOO SPOOKY ROMANI TAROT MAGIC #like bruh do you. do you even call up somebody from the demographics you’re representing #and be like hey is this fucked up or nah? #like you’re a professional studio that’s a real thing you can do #and I don’t like the new cut scenes in until dawn they were PART of the story not some separate entity from it #anyways rant abt the bad stuff over gosh until dawn had such a fantastic story. the reveal and the twist are unparalleled. #literally my only issue is the monster cultural aspect like that’s such a solid game and story #and I guess the treatment of josh as a character but tbh the story of it seems fairly logical #these people got my sisters killed. I’m going to scare the hell out of them as revenge. no one will get physically hurt. #like yeah I would do that too dude. especially if I had a family background in film and practical effects. #and tbf his friends react pretty realistically for kids not knowing how to handle their friend having #a legitimate mental health crisis that stems from undiagnosed and erroneously medicated psychosis/schizophrenia #in addition to being hunted by literal monsters #the quarry was fun and campy the way until dawn was but there was no iconic bait and switch and also an antagonist uses the g slur so like #sorry it’s objectively not as good of a story

[thebleedingeffect]

i am so SO excited you're playing skyward sword. skwsd is my absolute fav zelda game, and i love skysd link so much, he is my little guy, my dude, the love of my life. how are you liking it? how far are you?

I'm enjoying skyward sword immensely!! Admittedly, at first I was little hesitant to get super into the game pass the intro forest temple because of how decisive this game seems to be. People seemed to either hate or be neutral to this game but I decided to play it anyway cause I do love loz and it seemed fun!! But I'm genuinely happy that I decided to play it anyway despite what the louder part of the loz community has said cause I'm truly enjoying myself a bunch.

The npcs are super animated and I love how much personality they have, even the rude ones, it just makes me happy to see how animated and diverse in personality that skyloft is! I love the little remlits and just how damn cute they are <33 I legit refuse to hurt them or throw them off cliffs they're so so cute I adore them!! Another thing that I like is that the game gives you a bunch of incentive to help fellow npcs and it gives you great rewards for doing so. It makes me actually want to look around skyloft and talk to people which is even better cause it gives me more opportunities to learn of the npcs!

I also fucking LOVE the dowsing feature, it's genuinely so great and helps me out a bunch in wanting to find objects naturally and not wanting to resort to guides. It's just nice cause I can stay in the game and find stuff at my own pace :]

ANOTHER THING!! I love how fucking COLORFUL everything is!! I am playing the HD version on the switch so I know the graphics are improved but even still! The environments and dungeons are all so pretty to look at and I llooovveedddd the ancient cistern :DDD also going back to skyward sword made me remember how much I love classic dungeon crawlers and how much I missed them in botw/totk </333 the puzzles are also very fun and are well-designed so that's a massive plus.

And uh... I've made it to the part where sksw Zelda meets with sksw Link after he managed to get all of the goddesses flames and tells him the whole deal. I genuinely did not expect for that entire scene to hit me as hard as it did but I'm really happy I managed to avoid spoilers for this long cause holy shit, holy shit. That entire conversation is so expertly written and I love how it characterizes the both of them, how they were both forced to grow up out of desperation. sksw Zelda telling Link that she was so sorry that she used him and his devotion to her?? That she knew that he would chase after her no matter what and she couldn't stay or tell him anything because the world needed a hero? That she was so sorry but she had to do it because it wasn't just them anymore, they had grown up and now the responsibility of the world was on their shoulders.

The little line of her saying that she would've been so happy to just with him on Skyloft for all their days and that she holds those memories so dear to her is just an absolute gut punch. It's so expertly written cause I feel like it would've been so easy to make her into a selfish, cruel character thanks to this conversation, but it's so wonderfully done that I fully understand why she did it. It's a case of fate demanding the worse of choices into their hands and they can do absolutely nothing about it because for as much as they love each other- neither of them could sit back and watch the world suffer. Of course, what she did wasn't good but that's the point! She hates herself for having to lie and cause him pain, for dragging him into this because she could see no other to ever be her hero.

The tragic thing is that I very much doubt it was ever in sksw Zelda's control, I think that sksw Link was always meant to be the hero and fate has a heavy hand in this game. Her motivations sort of remind me of oot Zelda's actually, blaming herself for circumstances out of her control, having to constantly stay out of reach, and having to grow up so fast. Both of them had to be the lights on the horizon that directed their heroes, but always just out of reach because he's the hero and she's the goddess, it's always so much bigger than either of them.

I've only gotten this far yet but god, GOD! This isn't even half my thoughts about the entire deal but Zelda constantly going back and forth from referring to herself with Zelda and Hylia?? Ouch??? The sudden instability of your own image... of feeling like everything you've ever known has been predestined... do you hate yourself for your past actions in another life? Do you hate her-you- for this inevitable fate that you and your hero are doomed to for reasons that you'll always blame yourself for? Does she hate herself even more that Link did exactly that, run after her, prove Hylia-herself- right? Does she feel responsible for all the physical, emotional, and mentall pain that Link has grown through in order to become the hero that the world needs? For forcing him to grow up with her when all they ever wanted was to be together and be torn apart at every single point?

Do NOT get me started on sksw Link oh my ggogoodosso ad dwshdi HELP! He's so fucking TRAGIC and PAINFUL TO EVEN THINK ABOUT! How every single person he meets he always tells them that he's looking for someone and he always seems to be in a hurry because he can't be late, not again. The sheer desperation, the unapologetic love, the personality, the inherent sacrificial nature, always looking into the past while running after Zelda- HELP ME!!! But I think one of the most painful parts to me... is that I really don't think Link blames Zelda at all, for any of it. How painful of a thought is it that I think he'd be perfectly open splitting himself on the master sword for her and he wouldn't blame her on his last breath? Would she believe him? Would she believe that she singlehandedly orchestrated the death of her hero after putting him through so much pain?

Another thing is that he isolates himself, he helps people whenever he can but there's so much guilt and isolation swirling around in him as well as the crushing weight of his destiny that he just realized. One key theme I find in the game is that early on it's stated that Link is different, from everything from the knight's academy, to Impa telling him only he can do it, to Groose trying and failing to be that hero. It doesn't feel like a blessing, it feels like a destiny he could've never avoided and he was always going to be the hero who's blood was split to protect others. Link was always going to be the one who ends up alone while everyone else stays in the past, together but eternally waiting for him- or moreso, waiting for the hero that he's forced to become. It genuinely makes me so sad that he only had Fi for the longest time but even then... she's not much more than a guide, at least at first. I really don't feel like he'd be comfortable or even believe that Fi would understand, not when she's under even stricter instructions than him.

So yeah uhhhhhhhh you could say I'm enjoying the game a bunch!! I'm waiting to finish the game before talking a BUNCH about it on the dash and flooding my blog with sksw reblogs but I'm enjoying myself so much!! Also I just missed the triforce so so much- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I RESENTED THE SECRET STONES FOR TAKING MY BABYGIRL THE TRIFORCE AWAY??? I literally do not care about the secret stones, bring back the triforce I love her so so soooooo much and every single time I see any sort of triforce imagery I start crying and throwing up !

#IM NORMALLLLLL IM NROAML!!! #im not even done with this game yet. and im already like this . okay. #GHIRAHIM is also so fucking funny he's a gen amazing villain I love his shit so much #he's both threatening and funny as hell. maybe they should've done that with kohga- *GETS SHOT* #yeah I like skyward sword. ignore how I'm shaking #thebleedingeffect talks #echo talks loz

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I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE. SERIOUSLY, IM AT MY LIMIT, I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MANY FIXATIONS AT ONCE

#glitch productions #the amazing digital circus #tadc pomni #tadc caine #WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS IT SO GOOD #I HATE THIS MY BRAIN MIGHT ACTUALLY COMBUST WITH ALL THE SHIT THIS SHOWED #THIS SHOW IS GONNA OVERSTIMULATE ME TO HELL I DONT CARE ANYMORE. #gamings personal opinions/hottakes #ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THAT TAG #Youtube