#i'm just being super particular about the versions of songs i wanna use and they're either only on spotify or youtube 😭

[flowerakatsuka]

would it be insane to share a character playlist through google slides....

[only-by-the-stars]

TotK is so frustrating because there are genuinely several things I would love to incorporate into fics (mostly items, but also some NPCs and a handful of concepts and little areas), but Unfortunately the Plot. if it was just mediocre, that'd be one thing, but it's so disconnected from BOTW and so disjointed from itself that I'm at a loss for how I'd even begin to salvage it without doing something else that barely resembles it. at that point I might as well come up with my own plot, you know?

what I'm gonna end up doing is just... taking all those little scraps and working them into various AUs. like the Adventure Time one, for instance. that one's the most ripe, I think, for a lot of this.

hmm. gonna make a list, I think, under a cut.

first of all, let's not lie to ourselves: 'secret passageway under the castle that contains long-concealed/sealed Horrors' is a banger of a concept. unfortunately. unfortunately this was not executed as well as it could've been. I would love to do something neat with this sometime. I think it would fit especially well in the AT AU as stated. perhaps even with a take on those nuclear warnings.

Penn was a genuinely entertaining new NPC and I enjoyed the Lucky Clover Gazette chain of sidequests for the most part. like, could've done without the stuff setting up Zelda as being omni-talented and so super special (it really flattens her character, you know? such amateurish writing), but the concept of investigating rumors for a newspaper was fun. also the All-Clucking Cucco one was hilarious.

the Stable Trotters were so charming! I really liked this sidequest chain too.

the Stormwind Ark was actually kinda cool too, gave me Skies of Arcadia vibes. I wonder if I could do anything with it...

I want to stress, before I go any further, that if you've read or are planning to read my fic Song of a Champion... Yunobo using the Boulder Breaker and Riju using scimitars are things I had planned before the trailer revealing this was a thing in TotK. it is yet another entertaining instance of me predicting/guessing things correctly. xD

if I ever do anything with a version of the Depths, they're gonna have more, well, depth. they should've had settlements, or at least the ruins of them, or... something, you know? love the concept, meh on the execution. :/

same with the sky islands. and the explanation for the Great Sky Island in that one sidequest there was... really not satisfying, sadly. deffo something I could toy with and improve on.

Hyrulean pizza. 'nuff said. I applaud wholeheartedly the decision to give us cheese and tomatoes and let us make one of the greatest culinary creations known to mankind.

I'm iffy on the mushroom fashion/additions to Hateno, but I like the idea of Cece opening a shop in Hateno and selling some of those new outfits I like. I especially liked the sets based on the three dragons, this would be a neat way to get them on Link in that SoaC follow-up I wanna do. especially because Mipha NEEDS to see him in the slutty ones

if I ever do a version of the episode Wizards Only, Fools for the AT AU, the Depths outfit would make a neat disguise to get Link in.

obviously I plan to have AT Link lose his arm. obviously.

the wells and caves were pretty fun. though I do wish there'd been something genuinely creepy at the bottom of at least one well...

the Desert Rift is something that I would love to put into the desert area in the AT AU, it has tons of potential. I definitely have Ideas.

I really want to have Mipha and Link go to the salt spa in Lurelin as a couples' thing. it's a small thing, but I think it'd be cute.

I do actually enjoy weapon fusion and I think those magic rods/staves in particular would be a neat addition to some AUs.

almost every enemy was a great addition to the roster (I say almost because THOSE ARE NOT PROPER GIBDOS I AM STILL MAD ABOUT THIS). hopefully the next game will have even more things to fight (I especially want ReDeads and ACTUAL Poes back).

speaking of Poes, I just. sigh. so many interesting things that could've been done there, that just... weren't. at bare minimum, if they were adamant about making them a form of currency, it would've been more fun to bring back the Poe Collector than have those statues. I want to work him into the AT AU (and I have ideas that kinda meld how Poes worked in past games with this one, I just need to sit and nail them down).

back on foodstuffs, I liked all the new ingredients. I already worked golden apples into Under a Strange Moon, and I'd love to find uses for the elemental fruits somewhere too. stambulbs and sundelions are neat too, as are the new pumpkin, the oil, and the mushroom and fish that make you glow.

on the less edible side, puffshrooms and especially muddle buds were a LOT of fun to play with.

on the "dubiously edible" side (because you can turn these into elixirs but not straight up FOOD), I really like the design of the deep fireflies. the sticky frogs and lizards were also really handy!

brightbloom seeds/flowers could be neat to use too...

that's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I'm forgetting something

[changguscomet]

HELLO RAN!!!!!! It's your Fantasy Friend (who is LOVING your new layout, I squealed over it for a good 5 minutes!!!) I saw the Tarot website, IT'S SO COOL!!!! I also used papago (thank you papago) 😭😭 I might have spent a little too much time on the Tarot website (also I just accidentally typed Tarot as Tator ........ Tator website 😂🤡🤡)

Minhyuk is very good to be whipped for yes yes!! BTOB are vocal kings, you won't regret it 🥺 Extraordinary You was SO GOOD and if you're looking for something sweet and romance-y, definitely give it a try! AND PLEASE I just started singing Signal and doing the dance 😂😂😂

If you leave some stores a note, they might just send you the version you want! I think the FNC global store also allows you to choose the album version but I might be wrong 🤔 I also thought the song in the bg of the Tarot website was Tear Drop!!! I think you're right though!!!!!

TBZ 98 line are so precious 😭😭 I too am a '98 baby so I relate to them a lot haha, they're all adorable!! And thank you for the luck! Tear Drop cookies would be AMAZING 😭😳😳 or even the diamond one, that would be super cool!! They're going to turn out amazing, I just know it 🥺

Fantasy Friend Festival is coming to an end soon but we are now friends for life!!!!!!!! I cannot wait to talk more with you, getting to know you has been absolutely lovely and I look forward to being your friend off anonymous :D (and please don't be sorry for late responses, I'm sending you lots of love 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

omg thank you !! moot and I wanted to do matching layouts so hers is chani - she created the headers and everything too, she's so talented wtf 🥺 maybe one day you and I will have matching layouts too 👀 I wanna go back on it now omg - I read tarot myself so it’s been super cool to see them incorporate it into the comeback (tater website 😭 they should do a potato concept next, I would love that)

I also really like eunkwang though - I feel like our personalities are similar 🥰🥰 okay awesome !! I started watching dokgobin is updating yesterday (my other fantasy friend suggested it) but it’s only a web drama so I’ll get through it quickly and then watch extraordinary you after 🤩 omg yes signal is iconic, I love the choreo

I didn’t even know FNC had a global store 😳 I checked it and it said random too, but you have a point about leaving a note 👀 I found some canadian GOs too but they’ve all already closed 😭 I meant to buy the most recent victon album so maybe this is a sign I should order that + this sf9 one at the same time 😌 I also can’t believe the comeback is tomorrow wtf where did the time go 😳😳😳

oh my gosh y’all are babies (I say even though I’m only a year older than you 🤡) aww thank you for your support 🥺 I’ll have to see if there are any particular images in the mv or anything I can use, cause I’ll need some kind of reference picture (preferably one I can trace cause I can’t draw to save my life 👉👈)

ALREADY ??? I totally forgot what day this is ending omg I have no sense of time anymore 😪 I’m so touched 🥺 I’m excited to be your friend off anon too uwu and I’m glad you don’t totally hate me 🥰🥰 (thank u for ur understanding - I hope you had/are having a lovely day 💗💗💗)