#is it offensive to say I like botw more than totk?

[bellwethers]

Zelda.

[themself]

you know you can just be a hater without being dishonest about it. just say "i hate Nintendo games I think they suck shit" and I'll respect you more than saying "Nintendo rushes to put out games that turn into low quality garbage" "Nintendo games are all Objectively Bad and people only like them because of nostalgia" "Nintendo FORCED monolithsoft to crunch and put our Xenoblade earlier to dodge bad press from Nintendo of America's working conditions." like these are objectively just not true.

Nintendo is literally known in the industry for spending extra time on videogames because they can. they spent an entire year prototyping for super Mario wonder. and they spent years just doing polish for botw totk. Nintendo doesn't make Pokemon. it's a different studio and they literally don't even own all of the Pokemon company.

you are not the arbiter of what is objectively good and bad either. people complain(ed) about the game design of Nintendo games literally all the fucking time. why would breath of the wild, a completely new direction for the Zelda series, be liked "only because of nostalgia" when skyward sword was critiqued endlessly in these circles? when if you literally ever talk about a paper Mario game people will just complain at you?

the last one is the most offensive to me because you're just fucking lying and using a real studios reputation to act like youre making some big revelation about working conditions that has zero basis in fact, monolithsoft has been considered a good place to work by many there and nintendo probably does not give a shit about their mistreatment of western employees to decide ah yes crunching this other studio we do business with in Japan will solve this problem, for reasons

like bro just say I hate Nintendo and I won't play their games. I will respect you so much more

[marshmallowloves]

Spoilers for TotK 👀

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I've thought about how Sepria would fit into the story of TotK, given what happened to Master Kohga in BotW. I know it's kind of long fjsgfh but I like what I came up with for this~

When Kohga is defeated by Link and falls down the pit, Sepria is crushed. Kohga had become her rock since she joined, and all of her effort was for his sake, not just as her leader but as her close confidant. Some believe he is dead, that even someone like Master Kohga couldn't survive such a fall, but continue their work in his honor. Others believe he's alive, and work diligently in anticipation of his inevitable return. Nobody actively searches for him though - the ones who think he's alive figure he's strong and smart enough to return when he's needed, and the ones who think he's dead, well...they're not about to risk their lives searching for a corpse.

...except for Sepria. She spends many sleepless nights by the pit, trying to figure out how to safely search for Kohga, and she becomes increasingly doubtful that he's alive... that is, until the Yiga Clan starts to discover the Zonai devices after the Upheaval. Immediately, she dedicates her time to learning how they work, and builds herself a vehicle to travel below the surface. Most of the clan discourage her, saying it's a stupid idea, it'll never work, she doesn't know what's down there, it could really be bottomless... but she's determined, and it pays off.

She successfully reaches the Depths and touches ground, and by light of a torch, she comes across something completely unexpected... a piece of stone carved with a message, in Master Kohga's handwriting, explaining where he's currently camping while he figures out how to get back up to the Surface. She almost can't believe it, but she doesn't hesitate - she navigates the darkness all the way to the Abandoned Central Mine, and when Kohga turns to chew out whoever the hell is intruding on this place he totally claimed for himself, he sees none other than his favorite scout standing before him. After a moment of initial shock he nearly explodes in excitement that somebody finally came looking for him - and that it's Sepria, to boot! Since nobody's around he doesn't care about appearances, so he scoops her up in a big bear hug, and then they think of where to go from here.

They're able to travel back and forth between the surface and the Depths by way of the Zonai devices they find. By Sepria finding Kohga, she's essentially the one who gets the other Yiga Clan members to start setting up and exploring the Depths, though of course Kohga is the one who plans to use the mines for Ganon's return.

She is still first and foremost a scout, but Master Kohga decided that she would pretty much be his scout - when he needs to be present for a mission he specifically brings her, and sometimes he'll send a team for reconnaissance that she leads. She was assigned to be a scout because she's not really built for fighting - she's quick and quiet, but also a bit small and lean. But after they began working in the Depths, Kohga made it a point to teach her more offensive tactics. Between him and the Blademasters, she learned to use that quickness in fights, and to use her opponents' weight against them.

Except for a few instances where he sends her on recon to the mines that you aren't required to visit for the story, she travels with Kohga most of the time as protection and support. She would be fooled by Link's Yiga disguise, as she herself kind of breaks the uniformity of the Clan with her appearance and figures there may be some exceptions... but Kohga has told her in great detail what the little twerp looks and acts like, so she knows what to look for.

...I haven't thought about what she'd do after the whole Yiga side adventure is finished, but...I imagine it'll be pretty similar gkshgf.