#i didn't want to cheat and use any from cutscenes so that was kind of hard because um

[playitagainmyjohnny]

( some of ) my favorite shots of hakon from 2022 🖤

[wherefore-whinnies]

13-16 with challenge mode: none from a game you've mentioned yet

Keldeo pls I made sure to write everything from a different franchise ok challenge accepted.

13. What's your favorite sad piece?

Don't Speak Her Name!

the parts with just the piano are so lovely. ;_; I get kind of bored when all the instruments kind of swell up actually, I just want to hear the piano. my absolute favourite part which is honestly the part I listen to the entire piece for is the part at 1:56. the piano is just soooo pretty and sad and the left hand part is such a nice accompaniment.

also since it still meets the rules of challenge mode here's the backup piece I mentioned when I couldn't remember my main choice for this one (I am cheating so much on these asks to post multiple tracks lmao):

man I used to listen to this on repeat on the bus in first term uni. I really like the intro but also my favourite part is at 1:28. especially the contrast with the buildup in volume right before. it is so nice. ;_; and also when it loops again at around 1:40. omg lol apparently YouTube now has a "most replayed" feature and it keeps suggesting I go back to 1:29.

14. What's your favorite happy piece?

man do I even like happy pieces? somewhat unsure what makes a piece happy now that I think about it. I don't know if any tracks I like are specifically "happy" but here's one from Pokémon Conquest that's, triumphant?

Pokémon Conquest was such a good game and also such a missed opportunity tbh. Conquest 2 when??? I need it. I love so many tracks from this soundtrack and I think it is so underrated I could probably answer like half this ask game with conquest tracks. (well maybe not since they don't really vary that much in mood)

15. What's your favorite relaxing piece?

p sure I still have Ace Attorney to draw on, so I really like both Elise Deauxnim's theme and Hazakurain for this:

the mood at the start of case 3-5 is soooo nice. love it so much. my favourite part of Elise Deauxnim's theme is 1:03 up to when it loops and in Hazakurain I particularly like the part starting at 0:48 but I love both of them in their entirety really.

16. What's your favorite intense piece?

fortunately I saved three hopes for this:

actually I prefer embers but that doesn't qualify so much as "intense". I loooooove the original Roar of Dominion and the first time I heard it in three hopes I was completely blown away, I actually didn't recognize it right away and I was like WHAT IS THIS AMAZING PIECE??? the first route I played was golden wildfire which imo has BY FAR the best presentation of the map that plays roar of dominion because none of the characters have any idea what the fuck is going on and the literal name of the battle is just "???" and you get the whole thing with "CHOICES YOU MAKE HERE WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF THE STORY" and you're running around Ailell with all the lava and stuff while this is playing and also Yuribird is there. and also the really excellent cutscene after if you don't recruit Byleth. I love it so much. the embers version is sooo good with the piccolo? flute? trills and the instrument playing the main melody aaaaa I love it. ;_;