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Should the dev team have committed to Zelda's draconification being permanent and have her stay a dragon at the end, and would that have made for a more honest and poignant ending than the one we got? Some fans think that the ending we got renders her sacrifice completely meaningless and devoid of impact.
The dev team absolutely should NOT have committed to Zelda’s draconification. It would have ruined the entire story and narrative for Zelda’s character and Hyrule itself.
Some people think it made the sacrifice meaningless and devoid of impact. . . But it didn’t. Her choice was her own and it was a statement of dedication to Link and Hyrule as a whole. It was also utterly tragic that she had to do this in order to heal the Master Sword. I am still in utter distress whenever I play the game and watch the memories, despite knowing the ending. Because it’s the tragedy she endured willingly that makes the sacrifice meaningful, not the permanence of it. The sacrifice would hold no value had it been a choice Zelda made knowing she would be reverted.
She didn’t. She thought it was permanent.
And I’m honestly tired of some of these fans just not wanting a happy ending for her character. She deserves peace and a happy life. That’s what she got, which is absolutely justified. And those who think of a story so plainly and only at the big picture miss the details and narratives that point directly towards the ending we actually got.
Let’s talk about if she didn’t turn back.
Firstly, we can start with simple things that personally can be reworked in the future but would create a hurdle for the devs in the future— Zelda would never die as a dragon, she is an immortal being. The Zelda series is quite literally founded upon a reincarnation cycle between Zelda, Link, and Ganon. And only one of them is linked through blood: Zelda. That would cause a bump in the whole reincarnation foundation.
Beyond that, Zelda’s character development would suffer with this choice becoming permanent.
Any fan upset by the ending doesn’t understand the implications of Zelda being granted a second chance. She dedicated her entire life before the calamity to training and praying, only to have her magic awaken AFTER the champions, her father, and nearly Link are killed. Her efforts for the next century keep her body suspended in time and keeps Ganon at bay through her light power. When she wakes up, she is granted a ‘second chance’. In reality, it is simply the life she fought for and rightfully deserved.
So after she made Hyrule her home again, unifying the scarcely populated land and invigorating its culture, she is once again forced to sacrifice everything. This time, she does so as a leader and as one who holds such strong power. Her journey as a Queen leads her to become the very leader she WANTS to be, not the one she was constantly reprimanded to be by her father and the old kingdom. And she learns this throughout her time in the past, with Rauru as her guide.
And that leads us to this point: the belief that to rule is to give up everything.
But where others are punished for this choice (despite Zelda’s warnings, Rauru’s ignorance of Ganondorf’s power leads to Sonia and his own death), Zelda is REWARDED for her choices.
Because she did not just claim that another will defeat Ganondorf and seal him away until present day like Rauru.
Zelda did much more. She raised the sky islands, made a promise with Mineru, solidified the aid of the sages, collected the Master Sword and chose to give LINK the best chance he could have against Ganondorf. Zelda did every single thing she could to ensure Ganondorf would be defeated. She even aids in the final battle, as her will is to end that evil and grant Hyrule the peace she herself will (presumably, to her own knowledge) never experience.
So when she is rewarded for her efforts, by being bathed in sacred light and her body reversed to its previous state. . . It is entirely in line with the narrative thus far. Additionally, Rauru and Sonia present themselves as a ‘second chance parents’ for Zelda. A supportive, patient father in Rauru. A guiding teacher and mother in Sonia.
Tears of the Kingdom mirrors Breath of the Wild in terms of Zelda’s development and story. To give an ending where Zelda remains a dragon. . . It would have been tragic and dishonest to the story that we got.
If you want to read something more in depth and not written by someone with one eye open, this post grants a well rounded answer to this question.
#loz totk#loz totk Spoilers#loz tears of the kingdom#loz totk Zelda#totk Zelda#some people don’t want Zelda to be happy and for those people I hope their pillow is forever hot#I am protective of her because some people just want to misunderstand her and I don’t like that lol#anyway she got to have a peaceful life with link after all this so I am happy :)#zelink#botw zelink#loz botw#botw#the legend of zelda#botw link#link botw#zelda botw#loz tears of the kingdom spoilers#the legend of zelda breath of the wild#Totk zelink
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Today I spent about an hour around/with Rob and I'm gonna write about it.
He recognised me from last night, came up and talked to us where I really lost all ability to calm or filter myself (which was, admittedly, already very little). He told me he's been seeing a lot of my Tweets and I asked why he followed me. He said he thought I had "a lot of fun and interesting things to say." I did not expect that, literally at all, I was trying to see if he knew my handle, @/pqdres, was for San Diego's baseball team, so I derailed myself from that conversation a bit lol oops.
The night before this he signed my S10 DVD cover on the plastic protector I had, so he offered to sign it properly when he noticed I had it with me again tonight:
I know I just kind of bulldoze over his words, (He said “Thank you for all the Twitter love”) but it’s because I had a script in my head and.. I'm sure a lot of you guys get it, lol. He didn't seem bothered, which I really appreciate.
He took individual photos with everyone who wanted one (like half the people in the bar (which wasn't even that many) had no interest in him) and when we were taking mine he asked for someone to shine an overhead light so we could get a good picture together bc I offhandedly said I needed to turn off my front flash.
I met him again, a little later at another bar (like Charlie and Glenn in October, he just kinda was walking around and hitting up various bars Four Walls was advertising at) and I apologised for my constant presence around him. The reason I stuck around was because I had one last request for the night, something I very much owed to @macdennissurvivor. I told him Emma was the person who got me into the Sunny fandom, and I would appreciate if he could say hi to her on camera. I started recording and then he said 'Nope give me your phone' and then went on a walk and recorded a 20 second video for her on my phone. I think that moment was a fundamental tilt for me.
I know I criticize this man a bit, but god-fucking-damn-it if he isn't the creator of my favourite show in the whole world, one of my favourite characters of all time, half of my URL, the reason I am writing and creating as much as I currently do, the reason I have made actual, real, deep friendships in the past few years, and he took so much time and patience with me, he recorded a whole video for my friend because he does fucking care. He sees us, this part of the fandom, and he appreciates it: that we’re a community and truly connect through his show. Words really can't express my emotions. Thank you Rob, for this.
#i have not cried in i cant tell you how long#and i got home and just.#3 tears fr#he got me.#he fucking got me as he should#FUCK dude they say never meet your faves#its because it means youre gonna simp for them for life i think#jesus#personal#rob mcelhenney#i made this post on twitter and#those teens are priv quoting me to hell#jealousy .. rough#anyway.#sorry if i look like a wanker but i don’t care lol
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the exact face i make when i’m overflowing with excitement
#ESPECIALLY when i song i like is on#always the (:T#it’s actually slightly LESS expressive then in the picture LOL#but anyway. happy happy happy#cause my dad is making a dinner#and a flewd a kite#☎️#probably the Tism™#every since i realized i probably have it random things i do in life are all coming together.#even if you don’t have an official diagnosis for autism it doesn’t mean you aren’t valid. none of us were born with a diagnosis.#neurodivergent
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commission for @garousfavorite :]
#my art#fanart#garou#opm garou#one punch man#opm#i always have so much fun drawing garou for you#thanks for the constant support …!#also lol I don’t typically go all out for comms like this but this client commissioned me during a difficult time in my life#n was incredibly patient w me and I just really appreciated it#so I kinda felt like I had to SHOW OUT to make up for the time id wasted lol#anyways sorry for rambling. im lucky to have a great following
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How tf does Dogman manage to have a better redemption arc story then Hazbin Hotel
#Petey gets so much time to redeem himself into becoming a better person in a comic where shit and piss can come to life#Meanwhile Angel dust is just suddenly like guys…. I don’t want to do drugs this one time and I helped my friend once lol#And then heaven is like omg why ISNT he in heaven?!?!#WHY DOESNT HEAVEN KNOW WHAT MAKES SOMEONE GO TO HEAVEN???? HAS VIV READ THE BIBLE???????#Anyway Dogman is a good kids book go read it lmfao#Like Petey has so many times where he fucks up but manages to do better even after all of that#And he even has the emo backstory too so ☠️☠️☠️#hazbin hotel critical#I do like Hazbin btw but damn it’s so rushed and it makes me sad!!!! Why didn’t they spend the Episode time they had better tf#Like there are so many unnecessary characters tooooo like you really don’t have to make it this cluttered omg#But that’s unrelated lmao
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2024 reads / storygraph
Walking In Two Worlds & The Everlasting Road
YA sff set in the near future where an opensource augmented reality is commonly used like social media, and there’s also a completely virtual fantasy game version
follows an Anishinaabe girl who who’s the top player in the VR game, and is constantly fighting to keep her place against the misogynist neo-nazi group in second place
as well as her real life, dealing with being a shy and self-conscious teen growing up on the Rez, and her brother having cancer
and a Uyghur boy who’s moved to her community from China after finding acceptance in an online community (even when he doesn’t agree with their more extreme views) - but when he gets to know Bugz, he has to decide who truly deserves his loyalty
great mix of sff and culture, the future while also very real community traumas of the past (and present)
#walking in two worlds#the everlasting road#wab kinew#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#This has some REALLY interesting and important concepts!#I just think it could have used some more development… Obvs this is YA and I’m an adult I know I’m not quite the audience!#There’s a lot of depth in the setup of the characters but I feel like it skips a lot of the progression#I think there could have been space for more development in a lot of places to make the story feel more dimensional#- but also has so many plot threads that maybe that would have bulked it out too much#It does also jump around quite a bit between the different parts but I think that makes sense with how juggling with irl / online life.#she’s got a lot of internalised fatphobia at the start (and the love interest going “I don’t think you’re fat!!” when people call her fat..#then in book 2 suddenly she’s okay about it - again I wish there was some progression!#her brothers cancer journey is. basically all offscreen lol mostly as set up for plot in book 2. so it doesn't have the emotional impact it#could have..#I liked the way it integrates her culture into the game in a really cool way (though I would have liked more detail there)#also having auto language translators but they regularly don't translate quite right / still run into issues - realistic!#the parallels drawn between his being taken from his family and put in a state education school and Indigenous residential schools#the way that a future world will never be as separate from the past as ur average sff future often portrays#but yeah anyway lots of good ideas execution not so much for me..
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I will forever stand by the thought that simply “being online” and consuming or even posting content, takes a completely different amount of energy than messaging or interacting with others online does.
but that’s something I had to train myself to acknowledge and learn. because it used to hurt and make me overthink when i’d message someone and they wouldn’t respond, but would still be active or posting. like I wouldn’t say that to them, but it overtook my thoughts.
then somehow I just stopped and realized- maybe they’re just tired. or maybe they’re scrolling on the phone in their 5 minutes of free time. maybe they’re in the middle of 3 conversations and are trying their best. maybe they’re in the middle of making a post and didn’t see your message. maybe they’re deep into searching a topic and can’t be distracted. or maybe they just don’t want to talk to you rn, and that’s perfectly okay and valid.
all that to say- it can still hurt sometimes, but giving people grace and thinking the best of them and their intentions, and sincerely hoping they do the same for you, makes life so much more enjoyable, and I highly recommend ♡
#is this a good take? Idk but it been in my mind A LOT lately#this was created by me having a really hard time messaging people back in a timely manner lately lol#but having energy to scroll and having to draft any posts I want to reblog#because I can’t reblog anything when I have unanswered messages because I feel bad and don’t want people to feel ignored.#hence my habit of ‘send message’ then going to my drafts and posting like 5 things lmao#because being ignored absolutely sucks#but it’s also fair and valid and sometimes social interaction is hard and takes too much brain energy#also I realized I really like thinking the best of people and their intentions (but in a safe and not naive way ofc)#and try not to take shit as personally- because everybody has shit happening in their life that’s consuming their energy#anyways that’s all#this will either go totally viral or make people mad at me idk#thank you and goodbye#also I have to respond to like 3 people before posting this lmao#grace is dramatic#grace is feeling unnecessarily insightful#online#online friends#social battery#social interaction#low energy#friends#long distance friendship#messaging#text#text post#personal text#shitpost#emotions#rambles#Tumblr
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very very hard and painful day. one of the hardest i’ve ever endured. i don’t know if/when things will get better but i shared with some of my loved ones how i’m feeling and i was honest about feeling like i’m at rock bottom. love is the only thing that can carry me through. i can’t do it on my own
#i hope i get to a point someday where life feels worth living and i don’t wake up every day wishing it was my last. genuinely#i want to see the beauty in life so badly. i want to know what anchors everyone here#because right now i just don’t know how anyone can handle it. or how it’s worth it for anyone#anyway. i’m fine just tired i cried a lot and my entire face is swollen and i still had to work (lol) so i’m just like. worn ragged i think#physically emotionally etc. just completely raw and wounded. and i have no energy left#but for now i’m safe. so i guess that’s all that matters because that’s all i can control
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#i have to let it out of my chest because today was fucking rough on here#it’s been for a few days actually because I’ve received much hate and I tried to ignore it as much as I could#between my blog being exposed by a huge other blog and getting dissed and then the controversy of my opinions on here#it was rough but I dealt with it. Today was different#i know I shouldn’t care about these things… I know it’s silly and all but#to read someone is ‘disgusted’ by my work and they wouldn’t read it because I should be ‘ashamed’ made me cry#i wont deny it lol I cried because… idk why would you be so nasty and cowardly send hate#not everyone has to like my story#damn not everyone has to read it#like i completely understand an historical AU with philosophy and slow burn is not everyone’s cup of tea#but like to be so nasty and make up lies only because you dont like what I said? idk#maybe I cant understand this behaviour because i would never in my life for the love of me#do this to any other person. not even the ones that I don’t like#but anyway i’ll be girl-reblogging any comfort content from Louis tonight#i know this won’t make any difference but it would be nice. it would be nice
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I just read someone’s hot take on ‘the mermaid scene’ being ‘peak cringe’ and I just-
Sweet, sweet human. That’s Ed’s psyche you’re taking about. My dude is having his life flash before his eyes in the most beautiful little heartbreaking s1 montage, and if that’s how he wants to picture Stede coming to redeem his lonely fucking soul - as a glittery goddamn tits-out merman, then that’s HIS GODDAMN BUSINESS.
#like how#I don’t get it#also the fucking HIPS on that man am I right? (I’m right)#I mean I get it - it’s silly but then also consider that ITS NOT AND GO AWAY#don’t be kink-shaming my man#if he has a merman-Stede fantasy bouncing around in his psyche just ready to go then good for him#also I don’t know how you can be cringing during this scene with the fucking acting by the two of them like#MY HEART#anyway clearly I have some issues#‘some’ lol#but no fuck off actually this entire end sequence is magical I’ll fucking die on this hill come at me#things that will be playing on a loop rent free in my brain while I try to go about my life doing normal adult things like grocery shopping#and studying and having casual conversations#I’ll be like ‘wow those red capsicums have gotten pricey I wonder if it’s a shipping thing?’#or like ‘yeah I see what you’re saying but I don’t think Nozick’s views on identity and property have the level of overlap you’re assuming’#and then suddenly my whole brain will just be the image of Stede’s face when he stops on the stairs and stares at Ed’s body#and I’ll be wondering why I can suddenly feel the supermarket floor tiles with my face#and what’s happening? why am I in this white padded van?#where are we going?!#ofmd#ofmd s2 spoilers
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Consider this not only a demonstration of how I can’t draw chairs to safe my life, but also a warning for the worst AU the Bugsnax fandom has ever seen
#🛠️.png#Hi Care Bear fans who might also be in the Bugsnax fandom. am I still allowed.#I don’t have the courage to put this in the main tags#to be honest I always feel really ashamed of my Care Bears interest#(mostly because my family has made my interest in it feel like an inconvenience most of my life LOL)#but I don’t wanna trauma dump too much#anyways. yes I have a Care Grumps AU in the works#it’s based off the formatting of the 2007 cartoon so Filbo is in Oopsy’s place#please ask me about it. I’m so normal. Smiles
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series i’m gatekeeping from my family vs series i’m ✨ok✨ with my family knowing i’m into:
#‘why do you gatekeep hw from your irls?’ well. the thing is. i just ✨don’t want to✨#and. like. i’ve already led my family to believe that i bought bl manga when i was buying idol sengen at animate#so i think im already past the point of no return in that regard. so. um. yeah.#thank you village vanguard for the unexpected μ’s content in 2k24 you truly are yappa saikyou#i s w e a r falling back into my ll phase almost 10 whole years after i first got into it is unexpected tbh#compounded with the fact that i can now actually afford whatever im looking for. so. like. my wallet is in crisis lol#i had just reached my savings goal last month but now i’ve overspent bc i saw great deals on resold honoka-chan hoodies and i couldn’t help—#so now i have 2 identical hoodies lol. but i’ll keep one of them safe in its packaging bc im unwell like that ig#my merch whaling is out of control i s w e a r but my oshis are just too cute aaaaaaaaa#i probably should open another savings account instead… maybe that’d keep my spending under control…#b u t for now honoka-chan jersey im looking for you#tfw ur oshi is decently unpopular amongst the fans so hardly anyone resells her merch lmao#so ig the relatively fewer fellow fans she has are more dedicated to her than fans of other more popular characters lol#but at least her stuff (when resold) isn’t as overpriced as the actually popular members (birb and tomato)#so my wallet isn’t crying as hard as it could’ve been? ig? hunting for almost 10 year old merch is a pain fr though#either way. the grip idol series have on my wallet is truly insane#i wonder how many bags of chips i could’ve bought with the amount i’ve spent on hw and ll merch to date…#at least a thousand… i think. maybe even 2 thousand if my past gacha game whaling is taken into consideration…#…this is probably why it’s important to have a decent paying job ig.#oh well. at least i may be making b a n k this month with how much ot i’ve had to do this week so far…#i hope i won’t have to work till 5am again over the next 2 days… that had been a horrible experience.#help what am i even talking about anymore why am i having a life crisis right here and now u m.#anyways. dni if you dislike honoka-chan. thanks for coming to my crisis rant. see you when the last stage mv drops ig ok byeeeee
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ok. moving out update. today i:
talked to my beloved ex supervisor / mentor (<- SCARY!!!!!) to ask her about her experiences living by herself esp as a short woman (which is not a big deal except for how it is + how my parents think it is) and get her advice abt how to navigate that experience psychologically and practically. i asked her if we could talk abt this very impulsively on thursday after not having the courage to do it for almost a year btw (<- BRAVE!!!!!!!!) and i was still too scared / embarrassed to ask her some stuff abt safety / self defense lol but it mostly went really well!
started making a budget and determined that a) i may be getting overpaid somehow (😳) b) i may be getting double or even triple charged for my health and life insurance (😒) so now i need to call hr on monday and figure all of that out. and also c) i suck at math but we knew that. but i forced myself to figure out what i did wrong so that’s an achievement
made my first ever student loan payment 😀🔫
booked a tour of one apartment and attempted to book a tour of another (the same place i was looking at in may) but their website was glitching out and then they didn’t answer when i called to schedule it over the phone which. hm. 😒 but yeah the tour(s) will happen mid week next week and im going to ride the shuttle to the apartment complex(es) and back to campus to see what that’s like too!
posted on local subr*ddit asking for recommendations for those two apartments + other places in the area. haven’t gotten anything back bc i just made the post but 😎👍
read a bunch of old journal entries from 2021 to remind myself of what it was like to move onto campus and how i pushed through my family’s hurt and disapproval to live the way i needed to. haven’t finished reading it all yet but i will tomorrow (while also doing my stupid homework 🙄)
#purrs#i really hope im not being overpaid lol. because if i am being overpaid that means i can’t afford to move out 😍 but my paystubs#are saying thats how much im making every week and it is… significantly more then im supposed to be making which is absolutely not a bad#thing i just don’t understand why it’s happening + want to make sure it’s supposed to be happening so that i don’t depend on an error that#would devastate me when remedied yk. but yeah. also i haven’t factored car stuff into any of this yet sooooo erm. we’ll see what happens#anyways uhm this is kind of crazy like. i am really making a concerted effort to try to move out. SOON. and my family doesn’t know.#chuckles im in danger but also….. tess pepprs epic girlboss redemption arc i think. i am doing big scary things and i can do them. fuck yeah#like. i don’t have to live like this anymore. i can change it TODAY. i have that power. i have done my time. i’m ready to fly and no one can#stop me. i will not be held back anymore. i’m going to live the life of my wildest dreams and i’m on the brink of beginning it.
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FOUR DAYS TIL MY BIRTHDAY BTW
#I’m trying to force myself to be excited abt it bc lowkey aging scares the fuck out of me#not bc I’m scared of looking old or whatever like that#but bc I still feel like I have the life skills of like. a 10 years old#and I’m about to be 21#you. you see the problem#anyways#ITS OKAY WE ARE AGING AND THAT IS OKAY WERE GONNA BE HAPPY AND NORMAL ABT IT ALL#also a little nervous bc several ppl in my life have expressed the sentiment that they think I should#take advantage of being of legal drinking age in my country and get drunk#I don’t WANT to get drunk !!#no hate to those who do/gen it just seems like a bad thing for me personally#I just feel like I would be even more emotionally unrestrained and it could be very embarrassing:(#sorry this got off topic lol#anyways… birthday is on the 13th of March so yaa…
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