watching two dozen interviews of wes ball talk about how he made the maze runner movies is genuinely such a pleasure to watch. it's so so clear that he deeply loves the content of the maze runner books while still understanding that they're fucking insane and makes next to no sense. the vision he has for the movies are unparalleled, the way he slims down the books while still upping the character moments is so impressive!! he was able to capture the heart of the series while still making it really accessible to a general audience. it has a clear trilogy feel to it, which a lot of trilogies do NOT have. and the best part is the cast LOVES him, you can tell just by the way they describe and poke fun of wes that this project would NOT work without him. also the way the cast NEVER talks about dashner is so fucking good. they're like 'omg there's wes, the genius, doing a one man show haha so silly, ily wes' and then it hard cuts to someone being like 'james is on set a lot.'
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(this is not about anyone in particular but i have encountered this argument alot too so i wanna say sth about it)
the thing that people like to use as an excuse to why totks story was so lackluster that they think of the gameplay first
but how is that an excuse for bad story and inconsistency with the game its supposedly a sequel too? does good gameplay suddendly mean that the story gotta be bad? they made it work just fine with botw, sure its got its problems and there are things that could have been better like in any game, but they made it work with the themes, it felt harmonical with the rest of it
yeah the story feels like an afterthought in totk, bc it probably was, but it didnt have to be, and not to toot my own horn here but thats what im trying to do with the rewrite, yes im including some wishes i have that would never be canon but this is ultimately wasted work im doing anyway, im restructuring the whole game bc i want it to be in tune with itself, i took the route of most changes bc its my little brainfart were i can make it into something i really want while using the real game as a basis, all that work is in vain anyway so why not go all out, but i have several ideas, some even written out, on how you could have made it better, sometimes with minimal changes even and even then, they dont matter, the game is done and higely successful, im just a random dude on the internet thats part of the 0.01% of fans that dont like it, im just insane enough (or autistic enough lol) to basically do game design and writing for an entire game IP i dont own and never will for a game thats already finished and wont change regardless of how much work i do or how much i yell about it
if you think its 'unfair' to the canon game bc some things are not doable (tho honestly given what they have already been able to do nintedny would absolutely be able to do everything im writing) or bc im changing so much then ok? if you think they had their reasons and thats ok with you then ok?
im not tho, and no i dont think they had a good reason nor good excuse to do it like this, thats my opinion anyway, and my opinion doesnt matter in the grant scheme of things
like you dont have to like anything i do with it, its not a demand of the devs, the games done already anyway and nothign will change that, im literally just making it into the sequel i would have loved, i would have wanted, i would think is better
but thats just me, all of the work im doing for this project is an outlet for my frustration with the game that i cant let go bc i love the franchise, and most importantly botw, so much that i cant let it go
so if you dont like what im doing, thats fine, but move on then pls bc im not demanding anyone to like it and if you choose to engage with it despite not liking it thats not my fault now is it
and if you do like it i want to thank you for your support!! it means alot that maybe, even if its technically wasted work and time, its really not fully useless, if it can bring even one other person a little joy, thats a good engouh reason for me to keep posting it :3
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Random appearance headcanons for Wei Wuxian, Yiling Patriarch, Mo Xuanyu, and Wei Wuxian as Mo Xuanyu
Wei Wuxian:
- Wavy hair, messy but also kinda neat
- Hair is in a high ponytail
- Jewelry that Jiang Yanli probably gave him
- Light tan
- Roundish relaxed eyes, a light grey
Yiling Patriarch:
- Same hair as Wei Wuxian except it's not in a ponytail
- Still wearing the jewelry Jiang Yanli gave him
- Gucci eye bags to hold the recently acquired trauma and accidental fatherhood
- Eyes relatively relaxed but also tired, more a stormy grey
- Pale skin
Mo Xuanyu:
- Fluffier hair than Wei Wuxian, is as messy as he is
- Wide terrified amber eyes,
- No jewelry
- Pale skin and makeup messier than his hair
- Messy bun
Wei Wuxian as Mo Xuanyu:
- Same hair as Mo Xuanyu but in a messy low ponytail instead
- Makeup is gone, skin is clearer than ever
- Still no jewelry
- Relaxed, tired eyes. They are now a stormy grey like Yiling Patriarch to show that Mo Xuanyu no longer occupies the body(eyes are the windows to the soul and what not)(in aus where Mo Xuanyu and Wei Wuxian share a body, the eye colors switch between the two)
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