i think the reason why im so drawn to spirit tracks and pkmn scarvi is that having the legendary/princess as a companion rather than a goal that marks the games completion makes me feel satisfied the way i would after helping a friend
my brother always teases me about how I still havent finished botw after almost 7 years bc "id rather be out picking flowers" which i wont say is untrue. and yes i know Zeldas been holding off ganon for 100 years, yes i can get some sort of idea what her relationship with link was like by recalling memories and going through her diary. ive always loved botw for its unique storytelling and setting which makes it stand out, because it lets you get to know who you're saving.
but because theyre memories, it only works if theres something for the player to investigate that already happened. its retroactive (but effective nonetheless)
on the other hand, spirit tracks does something similar but instead of having the player try to piece together memories and interpret them as a spectator, you actually have an opportunity to get to know zelda yourself by talking to her and working together. besides making it a gameplay mechanic, giving the player control over how they interact with zelda makes it so much more personable.
and I find that making the goal feel personal instead of an obligation gives me more of a reason to work towards it. I know what kind of person botw zelda was but as the player, shes still very much a stranger to me. but spirit tracks zelda? thats my friend!!!! she invited me to go to the beach after we get her body back!!! i dont want to whip her to make her move faster thats mean :(
you know how hostage negotiators are trained to introduce themselves and get to know the person theyre negotiating with because its harder to hurt someone when you know what their favorite food is? its kinda like that, because it feels like im helping a friend than being told or led to do smth
and although i havent played scarvi myself, i feel an attachment to koraidon and miraidon even just watching playthrough clips because its like!! thats my weird scaly dog!! it loves sandwiches and we're friends!!! you know!!!!!!
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me: there's cinnamon in the tea? ugh I don't like cinnamon in tea.
"you're so picky. you have to go to an unfamiliar house, so what're you gonna do if your mother-in-law likes cinnamon in tea? don't have such preferences. it's not attractive on a girl 😄"
yeah I'm busting my ass off and greying my hair and losing weight at an unhealthy rate for my degree so that a lady who I have never met in my life can dictate my life choices before I even meet her. okay.
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You can save one character (from any media you like) from their canonical fate. Who do you pick and what fate would you rewrite for them?
"padme died of a broken heart" george lucas im gonna kill you for this one
i recently read the padme trilogy which made me absolutely Insane. i think padme should be presumed dead, then take her twins, ask Yané and Saché (two of her ex handmaidens, one of whom works in the Naboo government and one of whom takes charge as a foster parent, they are married and in lesbians together <3) to raise Luke and Leia because she currently Is Not In The Space To Do So, and then join up with Sabé (ex handmaiden, the one who was her shadow and filled in for her the most, they are truly So much homoeroticism and tragedy) and her lover Tonra to work on freeing slaves from Tattooine, which is what her original goal had been but was stifled by trying to go through governmental channels !
and then fraught polycule of Padmé Sabé Tonra as they Do the work except Padmé has been in the senate all these years, learning each other and what has changed and what has stayed the same, watching her children grow up as their Aunt Padmé, beginning to shift into resistance and rebellion work as the empire spreads but not doing it from inside the senate but instead from on the ground with other people
this would throw the original trilogy fully out of whack but shhhhh this is my padme survives and experiences life and polyamory au-
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WAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!! THEY MADE IT UNREBLOGGABLE!!!!!!!!!!!! but anyway heres the post i thought it was sweet cuz its gotten to the point where i involuntarily scoff whenever someone mentions being gay is about dressing flashy or weird and how its like the Universal Gay Experience
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if i got a nickel every time my mother makes a rude comment about the fact that i have body hair and then gets mad at me when i tell her she’s being rude and to stop, id be richer than elon fucking musk
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retrospectively maybe a big autism moment was when I guess I said I didn't feel an obligation to take care of my parents when they got to That Age because children have no obligations to their parents but that I would do it because I love/care for them etc . (NOT out of the blue we were on the topic) and they keep bringing it up (jokingly, like they do get it) but what was I supposed to say man. like ok dad, like many children I will act only because I feel I owe you for bringing me into the world ? secretly resenting you as a perceived burden? is it not better to know you've done a good enough job as a parent that I care ? hmmmm.
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