#anyway. rant over

[insomniacblonde]

people are hating on klck so hard and she’s totally wrong but like yall forget she’s literally a child of course she’s going to be wrong.

imagine you are a teenager (famous for being the time where people are desperately trying to be different and special for the sake of having an identity) and your parents are normal like accounting people and you go to the Aguefort Adventuring Academy (made for the Specialest Kids) and in your freshman year these six kids who are respectively the son of the richest most insane dude within 1000 square miles, a tiefling girl whose dad is an archdevil, kid whose dad was killed by a dragon and has a biological link to most of the mysteries he solves, the literal Elven Oracle, Chosen One of a god (and one pretty much normal guy, but look at the rest of the roster). of course you think theyre set up for success, because you are woefully mundane and they so clearly have everything figured out. theyre apparently so strong they fight a dragon at 15 years old (which the principal brought himself back from the dead for? because he also COMMITTED MURDER-SUICIDE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SO THAT TWO OF THEM COULD LIVE???) while the rest of the freshmen stay in the far-haven woods. your adventuring party, the high-five heroes, is nice, and Lucy Frostblade is your best friend- she seems to think of you as one-in-a-billion, which you tell yourself is true. still, you see cracks- oisin and ivy would pick each other over the party any day, ruben votes against you because he knows youre upset about it, and mary ann is. there. then on your first real adventure out in the mountains, you are given a chaperone because you apparently can't handle yourselves- and you die anyway. rage brings you and most of your party back. lucy, however, stays dead, and you cant help but wonder if you simply werent special enough for her to get up again.

#anyway. rant over #fhjy #d20 #d20 fhjy #kipperlilly copperkettle #dimension 20 #dimension 20 fhjy #fhjy spoilers

[blueskittlesart]

I know you're not fond of Twilight Princess, but what would you think if they brought back worldbuilding elements from it (the Twilight world and Midna, mainly) to a newer game? I'm not familiar enough with the series to know a whole lot, but that stuff at least seems really neat to me from my secondhand knowledge, but if Twilight Princess was as bad as you say... I would love to see them revisit it somehow with the BotW/TotK continuity.

i have this. thing about twilight princess. we know this. but genuinely even looking at the lore from an objective standpoint i think trying to pull any of it into other games is a bad decision at best and actively detrimental to the new game in question at worst. there are two main reasons for this:

the first is that mainline, non-sequel zelda games have a general rule about standing alone. in order for the games to remain accessible to players of all ages and backgrounds, every original (non-sequel) zelda title has to be able to function as an introduction to the franchise, meaning any lore required to understand the story must be exposited WITHIN the story of that game. the few lore-points that HAVE been adapted from other games (sacred realm, oot ganondorf, talking sword) are generic enough that they can be explained briefly within the story without taking too much time away from the player's journey. while those of us who ARE versed in the lore might have a deeper understanding of the overarching implications of these elements, NOT understanding the history behind them isn't going to impede your understanding or enjoyment of the game. for example, this is likely the practical reason why fi was never named or appeared in botw beyond her generic sound effect and the glowing of the sword, because even players who don't KNOW fi are able to tell from context that the sword is magical and is speaking. not knowing who fi is doesn't impede your ability to understand how and why the sword is speaking, given the rest of the context of botw's story. the two elements of tp that you mentioned, the twilight realm and midna, are VERY difficult from a writer's standpoint to work into a game without requiring the player to understand the plot of twilight princess. neither element easily fits into a new cycle's story without requiring a ton of expositional explanation which will inevitably take players out of the story, and relying on convoluted lore that new players won't even be familiar with to drive your story just sets you up for failure.

the second reason is that, from a writer's standpoint, neither midna nor the twilight realm were well-written enough in TP to be compelling. lmao. If you're going to adapt world-altering lore like the twilight realm into consistent canon, you need to have a firm grasp on the implications of adapting it. even the writers of TP had no fucking clue what the twilight realm was or where it came from or how it tied into the existing world of hyrule at all. literally the first sentence on the zelda wiki for twilight realm history is "The Twilight Realm's full history is incomplete." adding something like a new dimension to your consistent canon is world-altering. when you do something like that, it HAS to be thought-out and for good reason, or you're just confusing your audience unnecessarily. IF the twilight realm was to be brought back, it would HAVE to be with explicit knowledge of of how it effects the narrative and theming of the story its being written into, something that wasn't even present in the game where it was introduced. the same goes for midna; if you bring her back, she needs a reason to be there. she needs narrative weight and thematic consistency with the entire rest of the game, things that were barely present in her original story. ripping these elements out of their own game and tossing them into another only makes them more likely to feel out-of-place and confusing to players. And to be completely honest, almost anything that writers wanted to accomplish with the twilight realm could be done just as easily utilizing the sacred realm, an element which is already in consistent canon and is much easier to write into a given story than something as mysterious and confusing as the twilight realm. with midna, almost anything that she would accomplish could be accomplished by a game-specific guide character, which is already staple of loz anyway. using a game-specific guide character would also remove any potential confusion for new players who lack the context of midna's past appearances. the only reason you might NEED midna as a character is if you ALSO have the twilight realm and specifically require a twili guide character to explain it, but. for all the reasons stated above. you shouldn't have the twilight realm. lol

#tp critical #like. i know we all love the overarching lore and are obsessed with consistent canon and game callbacks #but if the game can't stand on its own it cant stand period. consistent canon is less important than a legible standalone game #ive said this before but i NEED you guys to remember that up until skyward sword there WAS no consistent canon. #for almost 25 years the zelda devs were making standalone games tied together by a few consistent elements of gameplay #and then AFTER they made 25 years worth of games they sat down and connected them all. #thinking about how the game fits into the overarching lore isn't usually a priority for these devs. and i don't really think it SHOULD be #their priority is telling a good story and giving players a good gameplay experience. #where it fits into the overarching lore can be figured out after the fact the same way it was for every game pre sksw. #pulling WHOLE GAME-SPECIFIC CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS into a new game makes little to no sense. that's not really what the games are about #anyway. rant over

[high-qualitymoron]

sina toki ala toki kepeken toki pona? pona la, mi mute li ken toki mute kepeken ni :]

a... mi ken toki kepeken toki pona. taso la mi pona ala. mi wile kama pona!

(my attempt at a translation under the cut)

Ask: "Can you speak using toki pona? On good days, many of us can talk a lot using this :]"

Answer: "Oh... I can talk with toki pona. It's just that I'm not good. I want to get better!"

#toki pona #sorry if the translation is bad :( i tried my best #pona la is hard to translate. its literally just like “with good context” #I think “on good days” works fine though?? #anyway. rant over

[knifeslidez]

if i see one more person misinterpret a character i'm going to autism blast us all into the sun

#this is specifically about bg3 but is widely applicable #no gale isnt a ''i miss my ex🥺'' character. mystra fuckin preyed on and exploited him #and astarion isn't just a ''red flag'' his story is a representation of sa trauma #honestly all of the characters are so well written and carry their heavy topics so well #but yall are just letting that arrow sail right over your heads #anyway. rant over #ghoul groans

[dudefrommywesterns]

i love bill but that movie is so unfunny, horrifically paced, and a hate crime against dean

#typewriter dings #the directors of that's my boy and 3 ring circus must have been fighting for who hates dean more #because he's barely in either. his songs are bad (3 ring circus) or rushed (that's my boy). and his characters are treated very badly and #we're supposed to just be chill with that #the kicker is: 3 ring circus IS funny #it's just that almost none of the comedy has dean there #it's the jerry show. so much so paramount cut dean out for a 1970s rerelease #CUT HIM OUT #why didn't you just spit in his face #anyway. rant over #i ship in these movies to improve them #justice for pete and bill

[poprockspillage]

can i be so real for a moment. what is with the resurgence of saying i’m gonna kms at small inconveniences. i hate it actually

#suicide tw #poprock txt #i knowwwwww people don’t think it’s not that serious #but i thought we realized back in like 2014 that it’s not that funny #when i see those i kinda just think about the time a girl in my class in middle school was like #haha i’m gonna kms if i don’t do well on this test #and i was like. ahaha yeah <- guy who has been on and off suicidal #i am not immune to making jokes about it and i’m not proud of it but i remembered that it actually feels really shitty #to see other people do it so i stopped #anyway. rant over

[reddbuster]

I'm probably preaching to the choir here but people who rate other people's appearances are the worst kind of human ever

#I was just looking up why dark circles get so much worse when you're sick because I have a cold and I look like I have 2 black eyes and was. #kinda concerned. not even kidding when I say i look like a sickly victorian boy right now #anyway I saw the link pop up to an old post on reddit where a girl was asking if she was ugly (which is already heartbreaking) #and made the mistake of clicking on it because I hate myself apparently #anyway. She was rlly cute and pretty of course and it broke my heart that she was subjecting herself to REDDIT of all places #and of course all the reddit dudebros called her ugly and told her to lose weight and that she had too much acne and I wanted to kill them #i still do actually!!! I hate redditors and I hate men!!!! i want to explode them with my mind!!!!! #not literally ofc but i dont have the energy to add 200 caveats to everything i say so tumblr users dont willfully misinterpret it #anyway. rant over #red talks

[modelewis]

I already put out all my emotional little tweets for the night, so here’s where I’m at. I’m furious with the FIA for their blatant breach of safety that could have killed multiple people, including people who knew and loved Jules Bianchi, who died under identical circumstances in 2014 (and look how much we’ve learned since then…). I’m furious with the commentators and pundits who not only excused the FIA of any wrongdoing, but blamed Pierre Gasly for nearly dying and invoked Jules’s name in vain while proving they don’t care for driver safety. I’m furious that all of that will be overshadowed now with the WDC kerfuffle. I’m sorry for Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, whose races shouldn’t have ended like that, and for Charles Leclerc, who didn’t need to be subjected to a repeat of 2014 when Jules was his godfather and friend. And I’m happy for Nicholas Latifi getting his first points of the year, because he really needed a fucking win. Whew. That’s it.

#cw death mention #cw accident mention #anyway. rant over #jules bianchi #pierre gasly #more but I’m too tired to tag #f1 #formula 1

[starplatinumnun]

people act so shocked when i say i want to study the Quran. what do you people think a religious studies degree is...

#IT IRRITATES ME TO NO END #i'm not going to bible college!!! i hate those pretentious assholes #anyway. rant over #nunnie.txt #personal #delete later?

[dizzysinner]

get those stupid FUCKING buttons OUT OF MY NOTIFICATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW WHO MY MUTUALS ARE!!!!!!!! this stupid mobile app is barely functional can staff stop making it worse

#can't fix the bot problem can't add a flashing warning option can't stop the blatant transmisogyny can't quit with the awful ad campaigns #can't listen to their userbase and understand No One Wants Tumblr Live or the twitter-esque desktop interface #can! and will! clutter everything and make everything hard to see and overstimulating and stupid #i hate it i hate it i hate it #👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 #i was considering going ad free for a while but there's no fucking way i'm giving them money now #these recent changes have been Awful #anyway. rant over #i hate it here #staff u suck #addendum: i don't know how long this mobile update has been out. but i strongly dislike it. if that wasn't clear

[fruit-teeth]

I wanna make it clear that I think being child free is totally fine but if your response to someone grieving about their fertility problems is “you should just become child free!!”…that’s actually very tone deaf and I would highly suggest just Being Kind

#like. okay be child free but. #when someone is openly emotional over not being able to conceive #that is NOT the time #literally just be nice and keep your thoughts to yourself maybe? #I might have fertility problems in the future due to my thyroid issues #and i DO want to have kids #so I would really prefer it if ppl didn’t say stuff like this #anyway. rant over #just me things #text post

[asiancatboy]

"i'm only going out for a short time so it doesn't matter" "i already got covid so it doesn't matter" "nobody is wearing a mask so what's the point" "covid is basically just a cold now" the point is you guys are so individualistic and cowardly and just because YOU might not get gravely ill if you contract covid doesn't mean you can pretend everyone else in the world is the same

#this genuinely rly upsets me like #the way most western countries can't do the bare minimum to look out for each other and those most vulnerable #like ok you want equality you want capitalism gone you want food poverty to end you want better support and community #you want a fight and a riot but you can't even commit to the BARE MINIMUM #like ik. ik. a mask isn't the best or only prevention. at this point it's the principle #it's a FLIMSY SHEET OF FABRIC. unless you have a medical condition that prevents you from wearing one why is it so difficult to do so #anyway. rant over #7

[keflibunni]

*through gritted teeth* i have to make bad art before i can make good art i have to make bad art before i can make good art i have to make bad art before i can-

#having a crisis about my abilities as an artist but not having the will or energy to do anything about it 😔 #sometimes i feel like my art is only ever going to be mediocre at best and i wasted my time getting a degree in art #but such is life i guess #anyway. rant over #kefli.text

[jfleamont]

why does tumblr keep unfollowing blogs I really like on my behalf ugh

#tumblr you're making me look bad #I sat there like an idiot and went 'um. wonder why I don't see that blog anymore' #and then I go check and it's sooo embarrassing to have to follow them again #and I'm like 'I swear you've done nothing wrong you're great actually and I'm not unfollowing people for no reason' #anyway. rant over #jfleamont rambles

[aro-as-in-straight-as-a]

...

#yall i am going to kill my coworker istg #have you ever been like 'oh i would KILL a man for some ice cream rn but i have work >:(' #only for someone to be like 'oh i took off work today but have fun at that meeting for me' #and then they text you MID MEETING with a picture of them eating ice cream asking how the meeting's going #MURDER. MURDER IS IMMINENT. #details changed for privacy reasons but i am going to [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] -- #and she has no clue. no idea how fucking shitty she's being and i have no idea how to break the news to her #that i want to break her nose #cuz she followed it up with a 'oh yeah and could u pick me up some ice cream after work cuz i'm out and don't have gas thnx byeeeee' #again. details changed. but what the actual fuck am i supposed to do with that. #gang there isn't a court that would charge me for my actions in response to this #anyway. rant over

[goldenpinof]

if there will be a makeup segment who do you think he could ask for it?

#i would have said zoe #but she's busy with ottie so who then? #who is or was in london or near by for the last 2-4 month? #i mean they can always have louise #but that's not really special since she and phil collabbed not long ago #i mean Anthony was in london #did mykie come with him?? #because if yes then she is the answer #if no then idk #only dnp all by themselves #bry won't do it #sophie and pj have other job with this series #unless they can multitask #i can't think of any other old gang member who could be a special guest for us #anyway. rant over #dd #abigail was brought to my attention