#branches babbles

[babblingbranches]

At the risk of being beset by a bunch of BotW players who vehemently disagree, I’m gonna come out with a bit of a hot take…

I… actually like the weapon durability system.

No, really.

I actually like having weapons that eventually break (with some exceptions, but I’ll get to that later). That said, I’m also well aware that has more to do with how I like to play games. Namely that, I like resource management and strategizing. 

With a weapon that doesn’t break, every battle is a war of attrition of wailing on the enemy with whatever deals the most damage. However, with breakable weapons, you have to think more about what weapons you use and where. Like sure, you could use a royal guard claymore to take out a lizalfos in a couple swings, buuut you’re in need of a lynel hoof; so you would rather save your harder hitting weapons for that future battle. 

It also encourages the player to make use of the game environment. It was rather kind of the developers after all to put these conveniently placed boulders on top of a hill leading to an enemy camp. It’d be a shame not to use them. Whatever little bit it takes to whittle down the enemies before the player has to go in with their finite amount of weapons.

Additionally, it allows for a wider variety of weapons with different properties. Instead of one bow that never breaks, the player can use a sniper bow or a three shot bow. You could use a sledgehammer, or use a giant boomerang or giant, glowing chainsaw. If weapons didn’t break, there wouldn’t be as wide a variety of weapons as there are, because that would clog up inventory space fast.

The only exceptions I don’t really like this for are the champion weapons and the Hylian shield. Yeah, I know they can be replaced with the right materials, but then it’s just a replica of the weapon, not the same weapon once held by your comrades who fell in battle 100 years ago. Kinda feels a little awkward slinking back to whatever settlement that weapon was from and going “Heeey, so I was kinda sorta fighting with a moblin with the weapon of great emotional and cultural importance to your people, as well as one of the last few reminders of your beloved Lady Mipha, when I sorta accidentally broke it over its head. You’re not too mad at me, are you Muzu?”

Same thing goes for the Hylian shield. Sure, you can buy a replica, but you had to earn that shield by fighting a stalnox. On top of that, you only get one chance to get a Hylian shield with a modifier on it. Once that breaks, only standard Hylian shields are available.

This would’ve been an easy fix, though. Just have the respective blacksmiths be able to repair the weapon in addition to replacing it. It would still cost resources (maybe even money because there isn’t a whole lot to spend rupees on in the late game), but then there’s at least the chance of them being used instead of hanging on Link’s weapons display, collecting dust in a house he’s barely in.

[sandflakedraws]

For trolls request, either Floyd interacting with Veneer, OR Reigan Troll-Sona (love your art!)

hilariously ... i actually had one of these on hand from when i first watched TBT mnbdkjnkdjb.

behold! Reigen, the sweatiest troll this side of Pop Village.

i also. had drawn this one.

[thebeeshaveknees]

All the brothers have unique names for Branch since he's the babiest brother, Branch cannot fight this

[twistedappletree]

as much as i love everyone’s long ass hair in mdzs i’m constantly paranoid it’s gonna get pulled during a fight or get caught on a tree branch while they’re flying through the air or get shredded by the claws of the damned while falling into an endless abyss, as danmei boys usually do

[txmxkis]

last post for the night and then I'll shut up but i will be posting the thing i've been writing tomorrowwwww

[comet-frog]

im doin a perspective shot and everything im so fucked gamers askljdhaskj

[alaskan-wallflower]

does anyone know which branch of judaism kyle follows? like was it ever said or referenced? genuine question.

[queenpanpan]

He can have…a little murder…as a treat…

[g4yr4t]

accidentally ordered spicy drunken noodles instead of mild so... we'll see how that goes.

[babblingbranches]

Me, trying to get back home after a month of being out of state, and the flight from one city to another to catch a connection flight gets delayed due to engine trouble. Which ultimately leads to me having to be driven to that city so I didn’t miss the flight, but it would’ve been a tight deadline to reach it, so I call to see if I could get switched to a later flight. Except, the original flight ended up getting delayed too, so I call again to see if I can be switched back to that flight. Except, according to the answering machine, I was still on the original flight, and as it turned out, I ended up booked on two flights, so it looked like I continue as planned with the original flight. Except the original flight was delayed to the point that is was later than the second flight I booked and eventually even canceled, so it looks like I had to take the second flight, which itself also got delayed. I finally reach the airport in the other city, and I go up to the lady at the check in desk to figure out what the hell flight I’m on.

The Lady: Ok, what time is your flight?

Me: Gosh, I’d sure like to know myself.

[sandflakedraws]

You made the unexpected turn into Trolls and i decided it looked interested and followed you! Still haven’t actually watched anything, just kinda immersed myself in the fandom.

the trolls world is just ripe for nonsensical world building, amvs (we callin them fancams now? i'm not sure), and lore mechanics... and then shockingly, trauma dives.

like! because of the kind of media it's in, there are some horrific and tragic implications that are only glanced at, simply left untethered. there's not enough time to cover 2 decades of trauma in an hour thirty minutes for little timmy. But I Have The Time. I will sit with those implications.

and then!!

they get to have their cake and eat it too because of that very same media.

of course they're going to be dancing and singing with the people who only seconds ago tried to eat them! that's just what you do!

of course they're going to tell the people torturing them to death that they deserve to be treated with kindness! everybody does!

the picture it paints for me is of these like. incredibly anxious little trolls, with a whole culture around an almost toxic kind of positivity with very big troubles, and even bigger hearts. and that's like. joey kryptonite. they almost got me back in the first film, but i was mostly satisfied with the character arcs. so i didn't feel the need to break out the fandom playdough.

and then the third one came in with a steel chair like 'hey what if branch was just one part of an entire tragic family. what if they ALL had decades of trauma because of a bad decision they made as teenagers, which permanently skewed the trajectory of their lives. what if they needed some space to define themselves outside of their Band Titles (and by proxy their role in the family) and were then punished for that decision by the narrative, denying them the chance to reunite again. what if a promise sat forcefully broken for just as long and yet the bond didn't disintegrate. what if the love was still there.'

and i never stood a chance

[ghostsinthecellar]

neighbor's pond has been low since The Incident and he's been working on one of the edges, trying to shore it up, and it finally worked and the pond filled back up yesterday during the rain. today, low again. so he borrowed the digger he used to originally make the pond and it working on that one specific spot again. anyway. just watched him fight with a dangling branch that the digging arm was getting caught up on, turn the whole machine around, and then get basically smacked in the face with the branch when it followed him. he climbed out of the machine pulled the branch down and pitched it into the woods it was very funny

[paleinc]

arryn zech's great in hsr so far

[teeniestjojokitten]

eyeing up the posts in my drafts for different fandoms.... teehee.

[vagueiish]

.....even though i v much do want to go back to writing and doing things with my boy, i also don't want to go through the effort of retooling him and figuring him out if his basic character just straight up sucks. and idk how to tell if he genuinely is a shit character or if i'm just wearing my 'everything i create is garbage' glasses

[pufffinn]

so embarrassing to have 40+ pieces of trolls art and not be able to post any of them cause. IT’S ALL OCS. my bad