#so maybe lots of old shit still happens 🤷‍♂️

[demo-ness]

i had 2 inbox notifications, but only 1 message was there. sorry if someone's ask was eaten!!

[st-hedge]

So i guess i just “finished” age of calamity but there are still incomplete side quests. I cant say if u should get it or not so PLEASE dont ask that cuz I DONT KNOW. I honestly cant say if u will like it. But if anyone wants to know what i think of it subjectively go ahead and click on the read more. Warning: spoilers 🤷‍♂️

Its extremely vanilla I’ll admit that straight away. Painfully vanilla. Its a fairytale what if scenario of what could have happened if things went the way the champions had hoped. Everyone survives and more. Ive seen people spew and fume at that but honestly if its just a pretty scenario I don’t hate it and it feels like what i need right now. If i want a fairy tale apocalypse I can go and play botw or something else. This is a what if alternate universe and it made me cry like a bitch

Its not a ground breaking storyline (neither is botw lol) but ive found myself not giving a shit cuz of how much fun ive had (and still having). The combat is batshit, the character selection is on crack, and ive always wanted to play as urbosa and zelda so fuck off. I’m having immense fun. Also the pre calamity hyrule is so beautiful how can i get bored??? I mean its pretty sad that everything is timed so i cant just spend an hour taking screenshots but thats what replaying scenarios is for

There are some weird inconsistencies that i dont quite understand tho. Like how can kohga be alive and be presumably the same age as he is in botw? Am i missing something? There is also something weird about how the bond between zelda and link formed. There is nothing in the events of hw:aoc that should have affected how it was portrayed in botw. Allow me to explain: in botw link already has the master sword and zelda is quite cold and formal with him; she tells him to fuck off basically and that she doesnt need his help. However in hw:aoc before he even gets the sword they are already decent friends and zelda is nice to link. ??????? There are probably more but i cant remember

Other things that I think could have been improved on: more about the champions. I thought they would be given more cut scenes with backgrounds but there is barely anything. Also. If they were gonna give ganon a new form and a new follower (the seer) why not give ganon more identity and functionality besides just being the voiceless big bad at the end (but hey maybe thats left for botw2)

Anyway. Seeing the new and old champions interact was amazing but also chilling. Seeing Sidon meet mipha made me Weep. And then getting the opportunity to save the champions was just—— it was an experience and i loved it. Getting them all to fight together in different combinations is truly the most fun thing. Also the little snippets of interactions when completing side quests for npcs and such is fucking hysterical. What made me happy most of all is that this particular story is not link’s. It’s actually about zelda. Yes link is the hero and he gets some of the cut scenes but honestly this is about zelda and she gets the journey she needed

I dunno how soon will i replay it after completing every single side quest i can trigger. Playing the game is really harsh on the eyes and i kept taking long breaks tho to be fair i did play for several days straight. Some champions are really hard to control and they make the screen just glitch and flash and it made me really nauseas but since they are only side characters it was fine

If u dont like button mashing and intense, demanding combat please dont get this. Watch the cut scenes on YouTube. If u love insane stupid combat and u can ignore a vanilla plot, maybe consider it? I dont know what my preference is but ive enjoyed (and still enjoying) hw;aoc a lot and i dont regret buying it one bit. I need some easy on the brain vanilla and silly button mashing and it hit the spot

[seashawnty]

I think you are forgetting that scared frightened people who feel pushed into a corner go into fight or flight mode and often act in panicked irrational ways. Like the citizens are all refugees feeling a multiple city wide destruction event who likely have lost their own family members and homes. The shot shows not hate in their eyes but unrestrained fear. Spooked animals stampede and trample people to death. Scared people are threats in the same way and really need compassion and help.

(sorry for the long ass rambling in advance hahahahah)

Don't get me wrong, I do understand the citizen's situation, I know they have people and lives they want to protect. But I think they are also forgetting that heroes, in fact, are also humans who need need to be protected themselves, especially a 16 year old boy who's been running around beating villans up without proper rest. I think this page also shows how people sometimes forget that heroes need saving too (hence, what uraraka has been up to thinking lately) and that they always tend to just blame/lash out on the heroes when something bad happens. (not even taking into consideration that MAYBE its their society that is so fucked up that the people who are suffering TURN INTO VILLAINS TO GET THEIR REVENGE ON THEM.)

And though i understand that given the context of the situation they're just trying to keep themselves safe and acting out of fear, but by the looks of it, Izuku wasn't even trying to force himself in, and he's clearly so worn out you can see it in his face. If Uraraka didn't step up to point it out they would have just continued in pushing Izuku away. It just shows how these people can overlook other people's suffering (in this context, the heroes) just so they can keep themselves safe.

And is it justified? Maybe. But is it the right thing to do? the only way? I don't think so.

In my opinion (i have lots of it but i dont wanna delve too much becos im dumb and can't express myself properly) their reaction might've been too much considering they've been assured several times before that UA barriers are "sturdy" and shit (can't blame them, I don’t trust Nezu as well 🤷‍♂️) and that Izuku is just one (1) stinky boy who can't even stand up properly and I took the activation of danger sense (keep in mind it went HAYWIRE and Izuku was visibly TERRIFIED) as all them being a potential threat to a KID.

AND I DONT THINK IM THAT ANGRY ANYMORE SINCE IT SEEMS URARAKA WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM BUT STILL THAT WAS SO ASSHOLE-ISH OF THEM. (and i expect those rude ass civilians to make an appearance again later on cuz I'm pretty sure not everyone is convinced)