Alright it's 1am but I don't care I got nothing to do. Right so.
In my rdr2 addled mind I've been exploring some westerns and I recently watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid upon my fathers recommendation. And oh boy.
genuinely surprised this film doesn't have much of a fandom considering how it's perfect fandom material. It's got the caring, slow moments but still light hearted teasing and banter that the actors do so well.
Moments like the classic bike scene with Butch and Etta (which btw I love their relationship it's so cute and remains platonic which I love) and raindrops keep falling on my head playing is sooo fun. Also moments that made me genuinely laugh out loud like them running away from the trackers with no clue who they were idk just the "who are those guys????" was funny to me.
And omg Butch, Sundance and Etta in Bolivia is just so funny. The first time they get there and sundance starts acting like a grumpy teenager and butch's little remark to Etta like a parent, saying, "he'll feel better after he's robbed a couple banks" was great.
The whole montage of Etta trying to teach butch and sundance the necessary phrases to rob a bank in Spanish was again so funny this film is so damn funny. But butch acting like a star pupil whilst Sundance just gets frustrated is great - then it turns out he was just cheating the whole time lmao - then when it comes to their actual first bank robbery and butch has to pull out one of his little cards and sundance is just like oh ffs and its like- agh they have such a funny dynamic.
Anyway I really enjoyed the film and needed to ramble otherwise my brains were gonna melt :)
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Okay but it's super interesting how
Din = Power = Ganondorf
Naryu = Wisdom = Zelda
Farore = Courage = Link.
Because Din, in the hylian creation myth, created the physical world. Naryu then created the laws - gravity, time, etc. And Farore finally created life - plants and people.
Din created the body, naryu the mind, Farore the soul.
And the triforce and its wielders so perfectly reflect that.
Ganon is physical power, he is big and intimidating and he breaks things. He is cunning and determined, but that's not what he focuses on. He is might makes right.
Zelda is wisdom and cleverness. She is stall tactics and information and team work. She is a powerful mage with a spine of steel, but that's not how she'll win. She is the pen being mightier than the sword.
Link is courage and persistence. He is the wild card sneaking behind enemy ranks, always moving, plunging into terrifying situations head first. He's a phenomenal fighter with a keen wit, but that's not what will get him through his challenges. He is bravery not being the absence of fear but the triumph over it.
They sit in perfect parallels to each other.
And ganon is reborn through his body - his resurrection is immortality. No matter how low he is cast, as long as he has a body he can claw his way back. He can cling to his power, build it ever higher.
Zelda is reborn through the magic of her bloodline. It's the accumulated knowledge handed down for generations, the unique power she must master, the skills she must develop to survive and get her kingdom out the other side intact. Even her name, the knowledge of herself, is handed down from all the way from the very first. Her ancestors knowledge of her future presence, her stability, is what gives her the edge.
Link is reborn in spirit. He is not bound by flesh or blood. Just like his wanderlust soul he can reappear in any time or place. His variation, his unpredictability, is exactly how he fights. It's what makes him so hard to pin down.
Ganons need to build strength means he can't chase after link. Links impulsiveness means zelda can outwit him. Zeldas stationary predictability means she's an easy target for ganon.
But the other direction?
Fire melts ice, ice redirects lightning, lightning burns fire.
And that's the very essence of the triforce.
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How did the HOTD fumble blood and cheese so badly? This could have been your red wedding but it was more like some half assed plot taken from d&d’s season 8 scrapped plotlines
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So I met Jessica Madsen (Bridgerton's Cressida Cowper) on the weekend and she is now one of my favourite people 🥹
Got her autograph, sat in on her panel, and thanks to encouragement from a new friend I also went along to a special lil event and got to chat with Jess over dinner for 2 hours 🫠 It was her, Sam Phillips (who plays Lord Debling and is also a joy of a human) me and 7 other lovely folk.
They were both really relaxed and chatted openly about the show - both love the change to Michaela and that there will be more queer rep. They asked which order of Bridgerton siblings we thought the show would be going with and seemed really amused at our guesses (I dont know if they even know what the order is themselves, they were playing very coy about it 😅).
A highlight of the night tho was early on I mentioned that I had to drive 2 hours to get home afterwards, and didn't think she even heard me. But then when she was leaving she touched my shoulder and told me "drive safe!" And I just 🫠 - so sweet she remembered 😭
Anyway, I am now forever a Cressida defender, my girl can do no wrong and deserves the world
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