#I just think TOTK is trying to rely more on past Zelda tropes (including ones present in BOTW) than telling it's own story ig?

[fire-plays-totk]

Not sure if it's just something I dislike from a storytelling perspective or if it's just something I find deeply tragic about TOTK, but isn't it fucked how the same misfortunes tend to follow Link and Zelda? TOTK Link is gravely injured and gets stuck in a stasis to heal him before he wakes up weakened and confused, with the weight of the world on his shoulders again. TOTK Zelda is stuck trying to figure out some way to help and ultimately comes to the conclusion she must sacrifice herself. Like we've done this before??

Except in BOTW everything feels like a direct consequence of the reincarnation cycle. How Link was forced into knighthood as a child and how Zelda is expected to harness her sealing power only because of her bloodline. Hell, even how Ganon has warped into this terrifying force of nature and lost any shred of humanity. Everything is a result of thousands of years of the same song and dance over the triforce and it directly impacts these three characters arguably much more than their predecessors. So I guess it's a little lame that TOTK's reason for all the same things happening again is kinda just "Shit sucks I guess. Boom. Time travel."

#tears of the kingdom #totk #totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom spoilers #This is a little rambly and doesn't have a cohesive point but I just need to ramble #I just think TOTK is trying to rely more on past Zelda tropes (including ones present in BOTW) than telling it's own story ig? #Like BOTW was incredibly solid thematically and it will make me feel things for years. TOTK... less so #It's almost as if it's lacking a true sense of identity. Which is hard when you're a sequel but certainly possible #In a way I really wish they had just... made an entirely different game in BOTW's engine rather than a direct sequel at times