the doctor kicking & screaming & losing his shit because he was so desperate for donna's comfort he believed the no-thing donna was real….... that was very delicious to me personally
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when shadow says to nine that "it was all about power", he says it like he's familiar with that motivation, like it was once shadow's goal as well, that he too had been reprimanded with the same accusation. and we know in the games that shadow has sought power! whether it be a "jewel containing the ultimate power", or destroying the earth, or black doom weaponizing his grief, confusion, and rage for conquest.
shadow's insistence on nine's villainy and his eagerness to be the one responsible for nine's defeat - all directed at a character he barely knows - switches from somewhat disproportionate to entirely justified when you realize shadow does in fact know nine, nearly as well as he knows himself. because nine IS shadow - a shadow without support, a shadow alone and discarded by everyone, a shadow whose maria came back only to dash his own hopes and dreams apart.
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There’s def a lot I wish to be in Tears of the Kingdom, especially things like regional/diverse enemies. But the thing I really wish to see is Link express negative emotions. And not just “he’s angry at fighting enemies” but rather he’s angry and tired and upset and confused at his situation. He has followed orders from the king the moment he touched the master sword as a CHILD. We don’t even know if he truly got to be a child because his whole life has been about duty. And I’m pretty sure in this timeline he was descended from the Hylian knights so who knows how long he’s been training to just be a standard knight before the master sword.
Link SHOULD be angry that he’s stuck in this cycle of rebirth. Even when he died, the fall of Hyrule was blamed on him and he didn’t even get to stay dead. He was woken up and had to finish his duties while also being constantly reminded that his death is what lead Hyrule to look like is does. He should be angry, angry at Ganon and Demise and at the Hylian Royalty for forcing him into this situation over and over and over.
And this is exactly why I hope TOTK is similar to Majora’s Mask. Not because Majora’s Mask was scary. But because it dealt with the grief and isolation and depression Link had to face after going through an incredible traumatic journey, and then losing all of his friends as a result. Most notably losing the ONE friend who was with him the entire time. Who completely understood everything Link went through because she experienced the same thing. And she was the entire reason Majora’s Mask even happened in the first place, because Link was desperately searching for Navi because he was scared to be alone. I want TOTK to explore these hard and brutal emotions for both Link and Zelda. I want them both to be scared, angry, and distraught. I want them to cry over themselves and be selfish. I want them to do something impactful that isn’t for the sake of Hyrule. I hope there’s conflict with the Goddess Hylia. I hope they reject her outstretched hand after she has burdened two children to sacrifice themselves for the good of Hyrule.
I want there to be a good resolution to TOTK. I want both Link and Zelda to choose their own path even if that means leaving Hyrule. But I want the path to resolution to be painful and really explore Link’s true emotions. He is stoic and mute because he is burdened with the weight of the world. What good is a knight who talks when he is judged based on his actions and ability to use a sword.
With Zelda’s warning that she thinks that even Link can’t succeed, I hope we do see helplessness in Link. Again to Majora’s Mask we did get to see Link helpless. He was transformed into a small Deku Scrub with no weapons, no horse, and was an outlier in a town filled with humans. But he learned to work through that helplessness. He embraced the spirit who had to give his life for Link to look the way he does and figure out new ways to fight and communicate. He later became grateful for the Zora and Goron who let him use their spirits to aide his journey. He was able to confront Majora’s because he was never truly alone. Everyone he’s ever met has given him strength even if they aren’t with him presently.
And that’s what I hope to see in Link in TOTK. A helplessness due to his isolated burden, faced against something he could never win against alone. And thankfully we did get that to an extent in BOTW with the champions and even Zelda. But even then, fighting the divine beasts was optional. Link in a sense could have faced Ganon alone. Hell people even fight Ganon with no clothes and only carrying sticks.
No, I want Link, even in the most powerful armor with the most powerful weapon, to be helpless. And I want him to be angry about it. And upset. And hurt. Because he has earned the right to express every painful emotion for his circumstance and he deserves to be able to express his frustration. It is okay if he isn’t the hero.
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If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.
Oscar Wilde, "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young"
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Ame: I gotta know that you know! And that it bothers you even just a little bit.
Fox: What bothers me?
Ame: What other people think of you!
Fox: Nah. If they can't catch me, they can think whatever they want about me.
Ame: And if they can catch you?
Fox: *chuckes* I'm in trouble.
Ame: Yeah. Imagine that they can ALWAYS catch you, and then how would you live your life? Would you always be doing what you wanted to do?
Fox: *deep inhale* Yeah. Because if I stop trying to do what I wanna to do, then they've already caught me.
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Imagine one of them asking Alastor where he even lived before he joined the hotel and with the truth serum he is forced to say, quite bluntly, "Nowhere, my dear!"
At first, they think it's just Alastor being avoidant again or somehow tricking the serum into letting him tell a half truth. That he really means "nowhere you should worry about." But then the signs click. The same suit every day, the odor he had when he first joined the hotel, the wrinkled state of his clothes as though he had slept in them the one time they managed to catch him on a day he was late for his broadcast and he had to rush, the fact he had reacted so negatively to Sir Pentious tearing even a small piece of his suit, his insistence on staying IN the hotel despite the fact a business partner wouldn't actually have to stay in their partnered business in most cases
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DEAN LOVED HIM BACK!!! CAS KNEW DEAN LOVED HIM BACK!!! AND THEY STILL COULDN’T HAVE EACH OTHER!!! Dean can’t reciproca—[gunshot][gunshot][gunshot] SHUT THE FUCK UP. He heard his prayer HE HEARD HIS PRAYER. HE FELT HIS LONGING. HIS DESIRE. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY IT. HE KNEW THE TRUTH. But it was too late then…The prophecy was self-fulfilled.
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Gabriel's worst nightmare scenario
"I wept. I wept a lot, Nathan. And I had this idea that I’d go and find your body and hold it to mine and not let it go, ever. I would stay with you, starve, but at least I’d die holding you. That’s all I thought was left to me.”
Half Wilde
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