#she and gale....i legit did not expect them as a couple

[littlegalerion]

"Power means nothing to me- you mean everything to me."

Harvest Moon realized in that moment she didn't want power- Gale was perfect the way he is, more than perfect for her. Maybe...she doesn't need to change either.

[nannycanes]

I just beat BOTW and I’m gonna yell about it for a minute here we go spoilers ahoy.

Overall, I think it deserved like a 9, perhaps 9.5, but then again I tend to give a lotta unloved games some rather high ratings so idk how much merit my input has (after all I love the hell outta Spirit Tracks and like 95% of the Zelda fandom seems to hate that game.) The gameplay mechanics are amazing, and in my personal experience I was finding decent weapons faster than I was breaking them, so I never had to worry about running into a camp with something like a badly damaged boko club or something to that effect lol.

The tilt puzzle in Myahm Agana in Hateno Village can suck an egg but otherwise I loved the shrine puzzles. For the beasts themselves I went Rudania>Medoh>Ruta>Naboris but if I were to replay I’d just do Vah Ruta first and get it out of the way (and get my free ‘fairy’ lol)

Pretty sure people clicked this to see opinions on specific characters though and that’s what I really wanted to talk about so, in no particular order, my thoughts on:

Sidon: This character was so corny I referred to him as the Ham and Cheese sandwich during my entire Vah Ruta playthrough (which I did 3rd) I get why people like him (conventional attraction and ??british?? accent are big factors I think) but honestly the first time I heard him I thought his accent was Jamaican and tbh that would’ve been more interesting. That or the Skid McMarx voice Game Grumps gave him)

Mipha: uuuuuugh shut up please. Her VA was obviously straining very hard to sound super soft and feminine, esp right before shooting at Ganon. As a person she’s alright but I gotta wonder why she’s totally ok with her relationship with Link consisting of just her running around healing him every time he does something stupid. What’d he do for her? What’s the relationship like outside of her healing? Kudos for Link actually getting engaged (by choice unlike OOT lol) but I’m scratching my head over his choice, there’s lacking context I think.

Revali: What a dickhead, I’m glad he and his terrible bird puns are dead. Kudos to the VA for getting his smugness in every single little line, including the one where he tells you the Revali’s Gale power is charged up again. The writers knew exactly what they were going for with him and fuckin’ nailed it.

Teba: Aka the bird whose name is never remembered. I think he suffered from the rushed writing of the entire Rito segment because it seems the only investment he has in taking down Vah Medoh is that the village chief/elder told him to. Felt kinda flat, but very determined at least.

Urbosa: my favorite champion because she was confident without being downright arrogant, it strongly felt like she knew exactly what she was capable of and likely took a long time to get there. She definitely cared about Zelda, and I bet out of all the champions, she was likely closest to her. It felt more like a personal relationship than professional.

Riju: Surprisingly mature for a kid, I gotta wonder why they didn’t think to just pad the inside of the thunder helm to keep it from slipping lol. She wasn’t a bad character in any way, but at the same time she didn’t stick out beyond being a good basic lead-up to Vah Naboris. Also someone on tungle dot hell is overly-obsessed with sand seal puns and mentioned her room being packed with seal dolls, so naturally I went in to investigate and damn those things’re bigger than she is.

Daruk: second-favorite champion, I love how he’s all about big displays (Zelda coronating Link, his enthusiasm with Vah Rudania, major gestures, etc) His voice acting was good and his characterization was as well, but despite his clearly honest concerns for Zelda in the flashbacks, it still sorta felt more like a business-based relationship than personal. Makes me wonder how much any of the champions actually hung out with Zelda.

Yunobo: MY BOY. MY SON. Would’ve been ‘crush’ but his title is ‘goron youth’ and I’m not about that in the slightest so SON IT IS. A lot of people complain about his voice acting, but I think his voice fits him perfectly. Sure, a couple of lines were a little weird (idk if they had to do his tired panting in the initial introduction, for example) but I especially love how being a descendant of Daruk didn’t make him special beyond, “hey you’re the only thing we can shoot at this damn robot to make it go away”. No special treatment and no ego to follow. Kinda felt like they struggled to find a balance of whether or not he was cowardly, so that kinda took away from it, but by far and away he’s my favorite character in the game.

Zelda: I 100% don’t blame her for being an emotional wreck and I’m really glad Link doesn’t seem to either. Her British accent seemed sorta fake or exaggerated here and there (I don’t think Patricia Summersett herself is British) but she had a really well written story, there was a lot of focus on her struggle to awaken her power, and I think it’s a shame that there isn’t more emphasis on getting those memories (of course, to be fair, it would feel forced if there were, so I guess finding them is both a reward AND incentive.) I wonder how she even got started on rebuilding Hyrule?

Link: This poor, anxious, screaming, naked child. I want to know more about him and am sad that the game tries to keep him blank for player projection. TELL ME BOUT THE BOY. I legit expected him to speak up at some point near the end given it’s a voice-acted Zelda game, but sadly it didn’t happen. Also me wearing the Guardian Helmet kinda sucked the mood out of the final cutscenes, it literally looks like an overturned jomon pot was just jammed on my head.

Ganon: holy fuck what happened to his face. Ok in all seriousness though I didn’t expect something that unsettling waiting for me in The Pit™ given the four blight Ganons were pretty uniform, so if you have a thing about like... spiders or centipedes or things with long spindly limbs I would advise for that, I guess. As always, boar Ganon is hella and personally I’m pleased with the final shot being taken from like 200ft off the ground.

I still have stuff I gotta do, sidequests to finish n’ all that junk, but I’m glad I beat the game in the timeframe that I did (the copy I’ve been playing belongs to my sister’s friend who leaves tomorrow)

[sophdlpaz]

Nang-aano ‘tong Sa Wakas Musical eh.

Exercise alone, check.

Go to The Feast on my own, check.

See a movie alone, check.

Go on a solo trip, check.

See a play alone - was able to tick this off just this weekend

Initial plan was to tag my friend Bea along to see the much-talked-about “Sa Wakas Musical”. She declined but since I wanted to see it so badly, I booked a ticket for myself. I was already watching their rehearsal videos and they already made me cry. I didn’t care if I’d have to see it alone, I knew I just had to.

So this play featured some of the awesome songs of the disbanded (but still well-loved) Sugarfree. It had its first run a few years back but I’m just glad they did another one this year, this time in Power Mac Center Spotlight at Circuit Makati.

Got a VIP ticket (PHP 1,500) on its last show day because I already had no choice (each show was almost or already sold out and my only available day was last Sunday). 

Days before I got to see it, I accidentally opened an article about the said play. And so I read some spoilers but of course, had to stop reading it. “P*cha self, kakayanin mo ba?” A couple of friends warned me. My bestfriend tried to stop me. Watching it might just rub salt into the wound. (Mejo totoo nga. Hahaha.) But, sayang bayad. Hahaha. :P

(Note: If you plan to see it on its next run, stop reading my blog entry from here. Spoiler alert.)

So the musical was about a boy (Topper) who cheated on his long-time neurosurgery resident girlfriend (Lexi) with a magazine editor (Gabbi). Topper got fed up with the unintentional put-down’s of Lexi because of his freelance work as a photographer and the naggings of not doing things right almost all the time. It wasn’t a total cryfest. I somewhat expected myself to have puffy eyes after the show but I didn’t. Though I cried when “Wala Nang Hihilingin” was sung because 1. the scene was so simple, sweet, and beautiful and 2. it’s one of my favorite Sugarfree songs. Lakohmpake if the person beside me saw me wiping my tears. Also, at first, I had an issue with how the scenes were going. They made sense but I thought it was kinda messy. Eventually, I realized that the scenes were done in a reverse chronological order, just like that of “The Last Five Years”. I came to appreciate it even more on the wedding proposal scene transitioning to the very last scene with Topper alone, holding the ring that Lexi returned. The irony was beautifully done that I had the urge to let my tears out. Too bad, the lights went on and I had to control them. Hirap maging emotional masiyado, bruh. Also, can I just say, I couldn’t count the times when I had goosies because of the beautiful arrangement of the songs and the powerful vocals of the cast. SOBRANG GALING PO.

Pepe Herrera, you are a theater gem. But with the character you portrayed, I really had a lot of eye-rolling and shaking-my-head moments during the whole play. I heard a couple of f*cking-up lines that I already wanted to punch you in the throat. The scene where Lexi told you on the phone she loves you but you just bid goodbye was heart wrenching. It was too familiar. Crush kita since your Rak of Aegis days pero nanggigil ako sa’yo dito nang slight. :P

Lexi (not the exact words though): Alam mo kung anong masakit? Yung nagmamahal ka ng tao pero ‘di na siya yung taong minahal mo. #WORD

Of course, this piece will not just end here. I know I had to let something out after watching this musical. Coping with a partner’s betrayal is already hard enough. Seeing some sort of a reenactment of that betrayal somewhat makes it even harder. My own experience is still different from the one showed in the play. But of course, you get what I mean. I’m not sure though if I was the Lexi (legit) or the Gabbi (kabit, without me knowing) in the situation. Funny noh? Meh. I know I’m working my as* off to become better and to execute my plans I crafted for myself. But there will still be down times and relapses when you can’t help but ask “Why?” I still have a lot of questions on my mind. I have no choice but to leave them unanswered because I may not even get the answers anymore or I may not even believe them when the moment comes that I finally get the response. 

And there are also times when I can’t help but recall my fun moments with him, triggered by a song he sang to me or by our lunch dish which I know he loves or by an item on his bucket list that I suddenly remembered. 

Admittedly, there are times too when I am itching to ask if he was the one who cursed my mother through FB Messenger (I just have to let this out. I know what I can do to defend my mother. I just wouldn’t put it into words anymore.) Or if he truly loved me or if he just needed my company (Maybe not enough. See what happened, self. Duh.) I wanted to tell him so badly that if he did, why did he let FEAR overcome his LOVE for me? I hope he felt how I genuinely loved him and how I was willing to do and sacrifice things for him. If he did love me, I hope he should also have made an effort to make it work. If he did love me, I hope he patiently waited. If he did love me, I hope he believed that I will be there with him as soon as possible. If he did love me, I hope he believed in me. If he did love me, I hope he believed in love. But if he didn’t, I hope he shouldn’t have strung me along that long. If he cared about me, I hope he didn’t wait long enough to make the damage even worse. 

I want to tell him that I saw his email but I know I didn’t have to respond. I’m not even sure if it was really him or his girlfriend. (Apparently, she has access, I don’t know. She also made a fake FB account so she could pose as him and say his/her piece of apology but clearly, the intention still was to hurt me. I knew it was her from the start, I wasn’t that stupid. And I didn’t have to reply either, I’m not that low. My mom did it for me though. Haha. What I don’t know is if he was aware of it. If so, pfft, I’d rather not say anything about it anymore.) I want to tell him that if he indeed “lost more than I know”, most probably, it was the consequences of his bad decisions. (Sorry, but yeah karma’s really a b*tch.) I want to tell him that if he feels broken, there’s no other way for healing to start until he finally decides to be better. (I don’t really know why I said this, appearing that I still care. Probably, that’s just really how I am. Bear with it.)

ANG DAMI DIBA. But I will just put them all here. Wala rin naman atang nagbabasa talaga ng blog ko so it’s probably just me talking to myself. I know this is just one of those days. Prolly because it’s V-day and I am somewhat longing for him but not really, I don’t know. Arrrgh. Maybe I just miss having a partner. Or maybe I just miss loving someone and be genuinely cared for. Blame it on this musical. Nang-aano eh. Charot. (P*cha, natawid pa eh.) Anyway, I know I’ll have a busy day at work tomorrow (actually, later) and a nice way to end it with my friends at a cafe with Ebe as the live performer (Can’t get enough of him. Haha.) so it won’t be so bad. But I know you can’t blame me for doing this. Hayaan mo na. Nagmahal at nasaktan eh. Kaya nagsulat ng blog entry. Potek, corny. HAHAHA.

Happy Valentine’s day! Spread the love, not the legs! :P