#i want to say no and that be it not my no to be soemthing to argue

[ganondoodle]

okay, bc i have seen this argument alot now (and it also seems to be the view point of aonuma himself..) is that "zelda cant do everything link does bc whats the point then"

and i take personal offense on that bc its a stupid argument (in. my. very. personal. opinion.- not judging people for liking it. its a ME thing)

whats the point? its that its her. its still a different character, different in story, background, personality, but i WANT to play zelda and she can do everything link does, why does she have to be so restricted and be bend over backwards to find some new way to make her 'useful' when link gets to do basically everything no questions asked (the only thing thats hers is like .. sealing power and sacrificial maiden, which i find a little underwhelming to say the least), if theres no point to it why are there always modders that model swap link with someone else, and in that case it has even less impact bc its an artificial model swap with no changes to the story (which can and should still be different when its the vanilla game with a different protagonist... its still a different character), clearly theres joy in just the model being a different one- and that isnt even to mention the story possibilities, since, again, its stil a different character

if we ever (never ... i know who we are talking about here) get to play as ganondorf i want to him to be just as versatile and active as link is, if we got a point and click adventure game for him instead bc 'whats the point' id be disappointed too- you can find any sort of excuse/explanation for zelda to be singled out but the fact remains it tracks with how female characters are often treated, and that hits a very sore spot for me

i guess i am unfortunately one of those annoying people that want to see female characters be treated exactly the same as male characters, possibly bc i am myself afab but identify as agender and have a deeply personal dislike for anything 'traditional' feminine bc i cannot and never will be able to truly live as myself in real life, it influences all of my work, my work is as just as much as my opinion on this, very personal

and in line with my point about modding, i see theres joy in just beign able to play as her even if its like this, i get that, i also get it for the creative aspect (though that mechanic worries me even more for the future bc it really seems to be the path now that -freedom = good, linear anything = bad-) it is a different idea and its not like i cant see that value- im not trying be "right" either, just bc i have that opinion doesnt mean i need everyone to agree, its a very personal thing, if you like it good for you! not for me though, and i think both of that is equally valid

i just personally wish she was allowed to be just like link, fight just like him but be different bc its still her and not him in the end- to be physically/playstyle like jsut like him, but you know ... as her, i dont think shed stop being zelda if she could wield a sword just like him

i dont really know how to get my point/feelings across, i dont want to step too much into personal stuff nor spam people with something that ultimately doesnt interest me alot, im just saddened by it really

(EDIT: bc i forgot to add this on here again; this isnt as much of a problem as it might sound like here, just the main topic i wanted to talk about; why im so uninterested in it is MAINLY bc i dont trust them to write anything interesting/care about lore anymore after totk, im always on the more pessimistic side that thinks its most likely worse than id hope and i know even the past games arent perfect or super interestingly written, but now its much more just a general distrust, together with everything like the price ... im just much less hopeful and cant get excited until i see more of it, like im waiting for the game to get out and reveal that its just as much of a mess and money i regret spending- kind of fear)

[the-meme-monarch]

thought for a moment "how can afab people be scared of blood/faint at the sight of it over like. cutting themselves. you have a period every month" and then countered it with another thought "well that's normal for them they have it every month. they can't stand to see blood coming out of places that it's not supposed to come out" and then realized with "oh that's right plenty of afab people feel normal about and tolerate their periods and don't feel like it's a neverending cruel joke every day for a week out of every month every year unending for entirely too long of their life"

[fairyofshampgyu]

Crying over gyu :(☹️ I love him😭

[pink-lemonadefairy]

super long big huge tired sigh

[ableedingpromise]

I can't relate to women who want a child at all. I don't even hate children, in fact i think they're very cute!! And i understand that it could be rewarding to help nurture another human being and help them grow.

But i still can't understand the need for one. Like I've never wanted a baby and never will. But it feels scary to know that I'll always be different from everyone around me. After twenty years everyone will be happy with their own families and I'll be alone :(

[mitski-slope]

r u guys Interested . b4 i get 2 investwd in writing this .

this woukd be . relativelkly short considerinh my lack of an attention span n the fact thjat its mostly fkr me to get used to wriitng for this fandom . okay .

[myorgansaremelting]

I’m gonna sob

[vinomino]

WDYM I ONLY HAVE THREE STARS ON UBER

[pup-pee]

y does it feel so SO wrong 2 share ur opinion???

[cloudcountry]

hey ikerev players which black army route was your favorite?

[ganondoodle]

im quite tired of talking about totk, like im sure you all know by know just how frustrated i am, but something i still strongly believe was the logical, and best thing to do in a sequel.. -

while botw was about you feeling lost in a strange world with neither you nor link knowing anything and both discovering it as you go, the theme of lonelyness and isolation, freeing the spirits of dead friends you need toremember again, in the end finally reuniting with one of the only friends still alive, after a 100 years

totk should have been about community, about working together with zelda at your side, as a companion, after having been seperated for so long, and seeing nothing of the time between titles, this should have been her travelling alongside you, after botw you'd WANT to spend time with her and get to know her more, her being the diplomat, the archtitect, the scientist, the translator of old texts, a historian trying to find out the truth about what her fathers kingdom was built on, to right old wrongs perhaps, for a better future- theres so much that she should have been, so much of her character was primed to go into this direction- and instead she is a pretty prize with no personality you get at the end like this is an 80s cartoon still

(this is disregarding the whole fact that ganondorf, AS WELL, should have been a giant factor in all this, in the history of it all, to explore his character and his actions, to have zelda research and find out about histroy clearly written by the victors- theres so much potential depth here that it dirves me crazy, botw was such a set up for more that was wasted, utterly wasted, for something i wouldnt even want to call paper thin bc even paper has more depth than anything in totk)

[futureassassin]

im so excited to go to therapy for the first time ever on thursday! shes gonna be like well whats your problem nd im gonna be like "well. y'see. there are bugs in my legs and the only way to get them out is through stabbing. lol. lmao even." and shes gonna be all "woah! youre crazy insane! i am going to kill you now." and ill just be "ok. lol." and then i die. badly.

[icewindandboringhorror]

finally settling once and for all... with the evidence laid out plainly.. which of these brother boys is more stinkys ,,,

[starburns]

there's like these children in my bus around 7th 8th grade and thus one guy just fuvking bullied the shit out of this 5th grade child like when there's no seat in the bus and they have to sit next to each other he squeezes him into the window and threaten to like push his face out and stuff and when getting off he's like starts hitting him if his bag touches him or something and our bus attendants are absolutely useless the aunty barely does anything she just shouts at the 5th grade child and LITERALLY just makes fun of him and except for both of them everyone just stays quiet and everyone makes fun of the 8th grade guy quietly but they don't actually do anything to stop him and even if they do they just tell the bus attendant who does NOTHING and me and this one other guy (one of those making gun of the bully) are the oldest in the bus and i REALLY feel like I should do something but the thing is i dpnt know how effective it will even be AND AND whay if I make it worse or soemthibg and the guy who is getting bullied doesnt go to my school anyway so i can't ask teachers to talk to him and if i tell mine pr the bullys teacher idk what they'll do u know

[torgawl]

gojo's death has been way too controversial for something that has been premeditated for such a long time

[mymelodyisme]

😌 I had TWO ice cream sticks today