#and the worst part is

[mintharabaenrelore]

You know what makes me sad?

When you first meet Orin, you must make an insight check to see that Minthara is afraid, despite her protestations to the contrary.

The persuasion check telling her it's alright to be afraid is 15. It's that difficult to convince her it isn't bad to be frightened- and what conclusion does that bring her to? That being afraid places her in greater danger.

And then Minthara says, "If you sense my fear, be sure that she does too. It is her greatest weapon."

Here- especially here- her upbringing in drow society really shows.

[ganondoodle]

even if i didnt love botw as much as i do, totk drives me nuts bc, similarly to pokemon, this series is so SO SO full of potential, they have so many games they can pull from, theres so many themes, characters and worldbuilding thats just left to rot, you dont need to connect anything with a chain to old titles, you dont need to bring back any things that already had their ending, but PLEASE harness at least a fraction of all this!!!! and they just refuse to do it beyond shallow references

totk jsut drives it all home to me, bc this isnt just the next game in the franchise, but a DIRECT SEQUEL no 10 years apart from botw, yet they cant even, they REFUSE to even keep the continuity with its OWN lore it established in botw together, and that, i think, is what truly makes me so insane (derogatory) about totk

it PROVES they do not care, they dont care to build on anything of the lore of old titles beyond references in form of amiibos or whatever, they dont even care to make a sequel to their most successful game in the franchise coherent with its own lore

botw established a captivating detailed world full of potential, while lacking in active storytelling, it had environmental storytelling, characters and ideas that were the perfect ground to build on-

and then they do away with it bc idk .. they want you to build mechs and make videos of it that go viral and thats all they care about or something

shiekah tech? forget that existed character being the character you know? act as if you are seeing them for the first time just like they are lame story? dont think about that just be distracted by the epic presentation of it lore the previous title established? forget that, all that matters is what is here and now beloved character from old games beign brought back? hes a new guy and has no background and no lore and just sits waiting for you at the end to have a flashy fight with references from old titles and their lore? just here for nostalgie bait, dont you remember? you LOVE this series, now give me 70 bucks for a glorified DLC that ruins what you loved about the series and makes you realize that nothign matters and nothing is interesting anymore

you are supposed to take it all at face value, to not think about anything, to see a character say something and just go with it, and forget it the second its over, be distracted by good music and pretty visuals, but dont think about, dont think about anything but what is directly said to you like you have no critical thinking skills, forget there was a game before this one, only the one you play matters, empty your skull and dont let yourself feel anything but what the game tells you to feel

if they dont even care to make the sequel to their most successful game actually build on the previous title, dont even care to keep their continuity of two games supposedly directly happening one after the other in tact- maybe they never cared, and all the meaning we thought we saw them build into their games was all accidental and meaningless

and that is absolutely soul crushing for fans like me to discover

its a game. its not a story, its not a world, its not themes, its not characters, its not lore. its a product made to make you pay money, not to make you think about anything.

[hi-im-dazey]

Me, in my own voice, under my breath, while knitting, in plain view of Partner :

one...two...three...two together... one

Partner:

Hey did you see this!!! LOOK!! LOOK AT IT!!!

Me, in my Mom's voice, LOUDLY:

TWO....THREE....FOUR....TWO TOGETHER...YARN OVER

Partner:

Oh sorry; you're knitting.

[more-than-tender-curiosity]

Nick: im poor…

[has a maid, a two-bedroom house on the water, state of the art appliances, a dad who’s paying for A YEAR OF HIS LIFE, went to the same college and was in the same senior society as the guy he’s always calling rich, a well-established family business to inherit]

Nick: …compared to these guys

[apollos-boyfriend]

cpurpled’s role as a weapon genuinely haunts me btw. so little people ever regarded him as anything else. manberg, the eggpire, quackity, dream, punz, hell, even the audience only sought him out when they needed a weapon. when a job needed to be done. they never cared about him as a person. so few people ever sought him out for anything other than their own gain, and he ended up pushing away the ones that didn’t. the violence of the many led him to isolating himself from the only people who actually showed him kindness

[creechur-docx]

**major he who drowned the world spoilers**

Okay I’m still an incoherent rambling mess rn but oh my god. Oh my fucking god. The way Esen (literally) haunts the narrative, but only because Ouyang and Baoxiang think he is. The way Esen’s ghost never showed itself to Baoxiang, as in the way Baoxiang couldn’t reconcile himself to the whole truth of Esen- the clumsy kindness and attempts at understanding and the solidity of brother, side by side with all the oblivious cruelty; two inextricable facets of the same person. The way Esen both dead and alive was a mirror for Ouyang and Baoxiang to see the parts of themselves they hated most, the way he never knew it. The way they loved him at the end, but killed him anyway because they couldn’t bear it. The way they used their memories of him as knives to twist into themselves, deeper and deeper until the end, as both punishment and justification for betraying him. Oughhhhhhhhhhh

[morepopcornplease]

No word yet exists for the sorrow of being unable to find that 1 shippy amv from ~15 years ago

[honeymochibubbletea]

Guys… Twitter here in Brazil is literally dead right now… so can any of you guys keep me updated on Fluffpillow’s posts about Phantasmo?

@malin5520

@cabasasa

I’m posting this because i know some Phantasmo posts are not posted here on Tumblr sooo…

[wicked-jade]

[green-cargaytions]

forever excruciatingly embarrassed about one (1) fact, and that is that my band director knows that the band meme page is run by me

[deprivedmusicaljunkie]

I will come through with a better video later, I'm literally outside running errands right now but HERE!! SOMEONE NEW!!

i hate him i hate him i hate him so much i hate his guts whejbandjkwifiriIJWJRJAKCJWKKFKWKFNSNCKWKIFJSNWKFKDOKF

HE PLAYED SOMEONE NEW ON NIGHT THREE???? IS HE AWARE THAT THE #1 SOMEONE NEW STAN HAD TICKETS FOR TUESDAY, NOT FRIDAY????

how am i supposed to go on after this. i missed it by ONE NIGHT. ONE NIGHT!!!!!!!

[resident-quilt]

She grabbed a crab and decided to bite it.

[annamaryllis]

the difference between pjo and hoo is like the difference between the hunger games and divergent

[itsyagurlchip]

i like how the internet lets us use our voice. but, its like the world isn't even listening sometimes.

we reach out, only to get ignored. lots of things cant change because of this, and its disheartening.

[fandomfloozy]

Creds to leighgames on nexusmods

I'm fucking unwell, I hope you're proud 🥰

[hilarioushilarity]

all of you said that Simon's outfit for Wille's birthday was terrible but no gif or impassioned text post could've prepared me for just how bad it is