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#loz:totk

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nope

#half of me using ascend is to scope out and ultimately bail lmao #loz:totk #art

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i havent dont anywhere near a full playthrough of totk before finishing it so its possible im just missing fragments of lore mentioned somewhere i havent checked yet.....but anyways the original calamity story is still confusing for me to fit within totk esp with the ancient hero SO i imagine that was purposeful and probably going to be the plot (at least in part) of a dlc should we get one.....

#if im wrong i dont wanna kno ! i dont want it explained to me !!! i wanna stumble upon it like you could in botw :') #jules talks

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spirit of the hero

#loz:totk #art #totk spoilers

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he’s a silly boy

#loz:totk #art

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ohhhh he’s such a twink

#to be honest forgot abt this cunt until my replay #loz:ss #art

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It still feels like horses are my only friends in this vast empty world of Hyrule

#loz:botw #loz:totk #art

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lord of what? what property does he own? does he have tenants?

#also so so obsessed w the way link just stands in the back like ‘um. ok. 👍’ #jules talks #jules plays ss

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groose is a cardigan and scarf wearer btw

#jules talks #jules plays ss

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cant relate to ppl who hate fi at ALL this was so immeasurably funny of her to say right after gaepora gives his expository lore speech.

#she has a sense of humour ! #jules talks #jules plays ss

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FORGOT how funny this trio was . literally he asked for no pickles

#jules talks #jules plays ss

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spent a whole week trying to get my wii back in working order bcs i think if i try to replay botw rn ill cry

#also sry in advance if i decide to be annoying abt my skyward sword replay. #jules talks

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totk zelink on the brain...

#loz:totk #art #totk spoilers

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#loz:totk #totk spoilers

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thinkin about the chosen one story told from the pov of the person standing next to them again. thinkin about the one who has to stand by and watch the chosen one become a weapon, a sacrifice, an offering to the machinations of plot and can do nothing but make sure they’re fed and rested and soothe them when they wake up screaming from nightmares. thinkin about the fierce devotion that has to exist to follow someone to the end of the world just so they don’t have to die alone. thinkin about the terror they’d feel every step of the journey knowing it’s not their place to change how the story plays out. thinkin thinkin thinkin.

#sorry but literally. pre-calamity zelink.

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i rly loved totk don’t get me wrong but ! imagine if the story rly set the stakes and actually committed to them, gave u the chance to actually connect with the sages - ancient ones too - only for it to be taken away to rly cement the gravity of the upheaval. pushing even further, if the roles were reversed and it was zelda on the current end trying to keep what remains of hyrule safe while link fulfills a prophecy as the first hero back in ancient times . . . just a balance of storylines and zelinks’ character arcs between botw and totk. a proper second chance for both of them that doesn’t necessarily prove their fates (and their abuser, in zelda’s case) right . . . yknow?

#but! i do get why it had to be the way it was for playability reasons n i did enjoy the game ! #but story wise. kinda shoddy even for nintendo :’) but wtv doesn’t matter #one thing i rly loved abt botw that totk didn’t quite do is not like . spoonfeed you lore #and how it let you connect with people you very much knew were already dead and gone. #but the implied hope of potential new champions doesn’t force an ending either #so i think totk rly misses that mark. in terms of connection to the past. it’s hard to fight for it if it doesn’t feel all that important #or personal aside from zelda being involved . whereas botw felt like a fight for hyrule as much as for zelda and for links personhood. yknow #jules talks #totk spoilers #ig?

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no bcs i do think totk would have had a more interesting ending if nintendo knew how to commit to their own stakes, especially when it comes to links arm. i think it could have been such a nuanced and thought provoking finish to a game that is essentially about second chances with link losing raurus arm and not magically getting his own back. the implications on choice and loss. the implications on his purpose as a hero, a fighter, with his good arm gone and no longer able to wield a sword (at least, in a way he usually did). the implications on disability and what that even means or looks like in a post-totk hyrule still grappling with the calamity , the upheaval, and the surely longterm effects of the gloom sickness.

#my feelings on this and the dragon tears quest are similar but way too complicated to even try to talk abt just. cmon! commit to the stakes! #jules talks #totk spoilers