#worst is probably for skyward sword tbh

[creativesplat]

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💘 MIPHLINK!!! Do I have to say it? Absolutely 110% Miphlink. Honestly they are a pairing that I love more than all the other ships I have ever shipped, and I come back to them whenever other hyper fixations fizzle out or I want something comforting. I love them both so much. AoC is one of my favourite zelda games for that reason. (BoTW too, but the tragic lovers vibe is so sad)

Skyward Sword Zelink, a little bit, I wasn’t head over heals for them, but SS Zelda reminded me a fair bit of Mipha (if Mipha had been brought up in a less dangerous time and with less royal duties they would have probably been more similar), so that was that! 

I really wish I shipped Revali with someone, because I love the birb because he is stupid and fun to draw, initially I was a pining Miphvali shipper, but like, I wasn’t a massive fan of that, so maybe ZelVali? Some people ship that, and I’ve got to say the Revali and Zelda talking scene is one of my favourite cutscenes in BoTW, not to mention Zelda’s dialogue to Revali; If not romantic, definitely platonic. 

Teba and Saki are the adorable birb parents so I quite like their couple dynamic? Im not really the biggest shipper outside of Miphlink tbh.  

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I honestly have no idea? Probably a Hylian (boring answer sorry!), but maybe a Rito. I love the decoration styles, and bright colours, and also they live in a cool climate and I do not like hot weather. So maybe a rito. 

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I think my favourite dungeon would have to be the Ancient Cystern in SS, I just love how beautiful the whole thing is, with all the lotus-y patterns and the pinks and turquoises and the flowers and stuff. ITs just so dang beautiful!! I also really loved the Sandship Dungeon. I think in terms of play through that was my favourite from start to finish. Location is SO much harder. Aesthetically Satori Mountain, and Rito village, story-wise and where I spend my most time in BoTW Zora’s domain, I also Love the Zora’s domain and Rito Village music. Also sweet cozy little skyloft is so nice and permanent and homely. The great plateau is so nostalgic and I love that too… AAA I don’t think I can pick! In AoC it has to be Scero’s Supplies, I know you can’t really go there, but the merging of Zora and Hateno architecture is just so beautiful and I LOVE IT SO MUCH! 

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Ohhh… Unpopular Zelda opinions… I have quite a few of those. Ok. Here we go. 

ToTK is AWUFUL. Hot dang it is the worst thing ever. It wasn’t even the story that made me stop playing. It was one line from an NPC in Rito Village. Molli wants to make elemental arrows, and has an idea for arrow inventions, that can freeze enemies! No way that’s so cool, except… that is literally one of the main things in the last game. You can buy elemental arrows from the shops. Like what the heck? At least explain to me why a very common commodity that EVERYONE but Particularly the people who’s job it is to look after Bows (Harth and Moli) know about and have access to is somethign they want to invent now. I hate is. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I ha- anyway. I despise whatever Lazy idiot decided that was the way to go. Who cares about lore? Not us apparently. I also have a massive problem with the imperialist mass-destruction weapon wearing zonai as well. And as a historian I just love BoTW so much better than ToTK. It treats its history with respect, and nuance, and good golly thats not how ruins from 10,000 years ago would work and o my word stop suspending my disbelief!?! 

Anyway. I could rant for far longer about far more things, but I’ll leave it at that. 

Way more unpopular, and Zelink shippers please ignore this: I think BoTW Zelink is creepy. The power dynamic is insanely bad (princess and her servant who literally cannot disobey her father), and the age gap is also awful (16 turned 17 for one day and “20 something” from the BoTW art book). 

Also, the women deserve better from that fandom. But that’s not news.

Thank you so much for the ask Stars!

[apricotgryphon]

LoZ Ask: 2, 10, 13, 25, and 29!

2. Least favorite game in the seriesHmm, a tricky one, since I’ve kinda avoided the ones I haven’t been as interested in ^^Probably 4 Swords. I only played it a little, but I never had anyone to play it with, so I couldn’t get the full fun out of it.

10. Favorite side character spoilers for Skyward Sword and minor for BotWOh man, this is going to be really hard. Do, for example, the BotW Champions count as side characters? No probably not, but at least that cuts down the choices.I’m going to come back to this. You’ll read it now, but I’m going to answer the others first.Why did I think waiting would help?Okay, you know whatGrooseBest character development; He went from #1 most punchable character to Pretty Good Guy™Of course Revali is actually #1 most punchable but I love him tooAnother possible choice is Purah, she’s great ^^ Read her research notes

13. When did you get into the series? How did you find out about it?When as in age? No clue. When as in what game? Definitely Ocarina of Time.And it is a hilarious storyMy first console was a PSX, the original, got it for my birthday, got Gex3D, enter the Gecko. I definitely never finished that game and now I want to play it, damn >.>ANyway, next birthday my Nana got me OoT (One of the fancy gold cartrages, too). That is a N64 game. I did not have an N64. I could not play this game.Moving forward a bit further and due to some really weird shit that would take far too much time to explain than I am already taking to answer this I was living in a hotel in LA for like a month. I talked to kiefer sutherland in an elevator as he completely ignored my parents, apparently met anthony hopkins but I don’t actually remember that, watched Wild, Wild, West about 9 billion times, and I brought my OoT cartrage, with the idea that in LA we could rent a N64 I guess.Some of you probably see a problem with that, but 9yo me and my tech-unsavvy parents had no idea.For any who also don’t know: The N64 has a region locking chip. You cannot play PAL region games (As in NZ) on an NTSC console (As in the US).I still could not play my game.Because I have memories of the house I know I was living in after being in LA in which I was playing Pokémon Snap we must have actually gotten an N64 after getting back and I would have finally been able to play Ocarina of Time, and all was good.This is the first time I have considered this entire series of events. Thank you for joining me on this trip down wtf memory lane.

25. What’s one thing that you want to see the most from the series? (ex - Remake of your favorite game, a new style of game, new TV show or comic, etc.)I have to give you two things because I know exactly what they are and I cannot pick between them. warning mild spoilers for BotWI want a continuation of the openness and background world of BotW. I wanted when the main story ended to be able to start work rebuilding Hyrule. Go out questing to kill holdout monsters, help get supplies around, other things that I don’t want to get into because spoilers. This is a silly thing that I don’t think would make for as widely popular a game, it’s just the sort of game I want to play. I just love the idea of not only saving a decimated land, but helping bring it back to life!The other thing I want isgiveZeldaheROWNGAME(I have ideas but I think this speaks for itself and I’ve rambled a lot so far)

29. What’s your favorite part of Legend of Zelda games? (ex - Getting all the collectibles, exploring, doing dungeons, fighting bosses, story, etc.)I would have to say a combination of Exploring and Story, which is why I love BotW so much. I think the story is really good! A bit cheesy in places but in a good way ^^ But I just love how much freedom to explore there is, without having much emptiness. There’s so many places to go but there’s always something there! It’s such a beautiful game, it was so worth the wait, but I do hope we don’t have to wait as long for the next one ^^Those do apply to other LoZ games, though ^^ I love exploring all those worlds, and I always love the story ^^

Thanks for the questions!

[applecherry108]

so i made the mistake of looking into something for botw only to trip over a lot of people giving skyward sword shit. so like,

i then did research, about why people hate ss so much, and a lot of the time it’s the exact reasons i love it. but i will also admit that i didn’t have the same experience with the wii as a lot of ppl.

for starters, yeah the wii was pretty old when ss came out, and sure i’d played mario kart or whatever with my friends but i never OWNED a wii, UNTIL ss. i literally bought a wii (refurbished, $80, it was a good deal) specifically to play ss. and i love the art style. so much. i love how colorful it is, the vastly varying designs for the regions, THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. i love that it was stylized. i loved that i had multiple characters i was emotionally invested in, that, sure, zelda wasn’t on screen doing things a lot, but she was such a presence in ss. literally the first two dungeons you’re just scrambling to catch up with her only to find out she’s been training her ass off. no she doesn’t hack and slash the bad guys, but i really appreciated what an active role she had in the story. how her sacrifice actually felt monumental as opposed to her role in other games. fuck man, i was devastated when she was crystallized. i literally sat there sobbing my ass off for a good five minutes when that happened.

the biggest thing i like about it tho, that seems to be everyone else’s biggest complaint, was how linear it is. and yeah there’s a few times i wished i had an area to just explore but i LOVED that i always knew where the fuck i was supposed to be. it added urgency to the story. and also?? i have no idea how many hours i’ve poured into botw already (too many. defintiely at least 20-30, idk, i can’t find my playtime), and i only JUST got around my first dungeon. like i walked into that elephant with 10 hearts, a wheel and a half of stamina, and the hyrule map in my pocket. i’ve been mostly dicking around doing portal shrine puzzles. i don’t really give a shit about the main quest. i am far more interested in buying my house, making sure my horse doesn’t die, and upgrading the shit out of my clothes. i get that people wanted more freedom than what ss gave them but man, botw is just...too much. you can’t hand a girl with ADD botw and tell her to do the main quest, it’s just not gonna happen. i felt like i had purpose and an extremely clear path in ss.

and also???? the DUNGEONS were so GOOD. ya’ll can complain all you want about “ohh ss was too long” or what the fuck ever, but the dungeons were top fucking knotch, probably my absolute favorites in any tloz game. and also, even tho it was stylized, i was genuinely scared/panicked by some of that shit. a horde of zombie bokolins coming after me as i climbed for my life?? terrifying. falling short of those damn teardrops and sprinting for your life away from spirit guardians? FUCKED ME UP.

AND SPEAKING OF SPRINTING. that is?? my FAVORITE??? new tloz mechanic ever??? i can fucking run up walls, it was magical! yes botw took it a step further and my new hobby is scaling mountains bc why the fuck no??t (answer: bs there’s probably a goddamn korok up there) but i have to give all my love to ss for even giving me that mechanic in the first place. it is also my go-to way of describing spoon theory to people bc tbh my stamina meter makes more sense to me as a way to quantify energy than spoons do.

things i didn’t like? wee A) i did like the motion controls but b) i couldn’t never get my damn shield to work. sword controls: yes. shield controls: no. the "songs” you learn and the harp itself were shit and totally unmemorable (harp controls: also shit). and yes, it’s annoying how you “tempered” the goddess sword, but despite the how it was fuckin kickass to actually craft the sword. sure maybe the game does go on a little too long, but right before i got botw i was doing my THIRD playthrough of ss, and tbh i only start losing interest about when you have to find the last two dragons. the swimming music note thing was eh, the lanayru dungeon was fun, and the fucking ELDIN TAKING MY SHIT. I HATED THAT. I MEAN IT WAS GREAT AND CHALLENGIING BUT I WAS SO PISSED THEY TOOK MY STUFF. and it would’ve been great if we didn’t have to fight the sealed demise so many times. two. two would have been enough.

also i love my bird.

the dragons are some of the worst dragons i’ve ever seen.

pro of botw: i stumbled upon farosh by accident and my god the botw dragons are MAGNIFICENT.

did i mention the ss dungeons? because SERIOUSLY. like i said, i finally did one of the botw dungeons and it was..... stupid. yes, i was probably vastly op for it, but like. it was a single short puzzle, and then there’s a boss. whom i got so bored of fighting i bomb-arrowed it to death. and honestly if i can just bomb arrow something to death all willy-nilly, odds are i am disappointed with it. bc i distinctly remember being able to just bomb the fuck out of enemies in tp and tp is lowest on my list of tloz games.

also, items. god i LOVE the items you get in ss. ANOTHER GREAT MECHANIC INTRODUCED IN THAT GAME: SHOOTING ARROWS THROUGH GRATES. GOD HOW I LONGED TO DO THAT IN OOT. versus botw and oh your bow broke. oh you shield broke. oh your melee weapon broke. and if there’s a weapons/repair shop somewhere i haven’t found it yet. it’s one of those ~realistic~ aspects that make botw not feel like a tloz game to me. and GOD what i wouldn’t do for some CLAWSHOTS. OR AT LEAST A HOOKSHOT P L  E A S E .

it also comes down to enjoyability too. like sure, the aperture science sheikah shrine puzzles are fun and when i figure a stumper out i feel smart, but this isn’t portal 3. it’s a zelda game. and also? i never want to fucking do any of this again. ever. it’s so goddamn tedious. it will be years and and fucking YEARS before i ever start another playthrough of botw, simply bc it’s too much and just too fucking big. and i’ve already mentioned i’m on my third play of ss. it’s long, but when you’re going so linearly it doesn’t feel overwhelming, it’s just one task after another, and as someone who gets overwhelmed when too many things demand my attention at once, well god dammit if ss isn’t the perfect focus-based  distraction.

[ofcowardiceandkings]

jus jotting down me thoughts ;n;

all of my emotions have jumbled the fuq together and my head is just a mess right now its like Bad Juju soup hmm 

now that ive spent 2 weeks in this emotional hellscape but ive STILL been blogging about sherlock even though it hurts to even look at it i know i cant let it go ,, and tbh theres a part of me that doesnt want to let go ? 

like i hardcore got into this as tjlc happened as a crutch to distract me from thinking about the fact that id just had a fairly severe breakdown for the first time in my life and it just plugged the holes , ive built myself on it and i cant just whip out the foundations without breaking the rest of me too,, it still just hurts to even contemplate now though yesterday i kept bursting into tears whenever a particularly poignant gifset turned up on my dash but the whole thing is far too important to me and i still adore it all with my whole heart even though its breaking lol 

i will always love sherlock holmes but ben and martin ARE my holmes and watson now im stuck with it they were so good ;3; ive never been gripped by something this hard before like what would i even do with my time without this show ?? ive still got hands in my other fave interests but its not been this strong since before LoZ skyward sword came out and that only lasted for a year at most where this is nearly 5 now i think ?? its my default thought but now its kind of tainted , it hurts to see it but i cant NOT see it , its as much a part of me as my arm but what if i dont want this arm anymore ..,

ive just broken into selling at conventions as well so i will HAVE to keep my hand in there if i want to have any stock to take with me theres no time to make up a whole new collection of artwork to sell , this is my livelihood now ,, like selfish moment i really hope this whole mess hasnt put too many people off or i will just be broke until i can pull myself together lol 

and its extra difficult to ignore because tfp was SO wrong and nothing really makes sense so ive still got this little glimmer of hope and i hate myself for still playing the game even begrudgingly im TIRED , but nothing makes sense without our reading literally So Much thats happened doesnt add up right now like there HAS to be something going on here ?? i hate it but i know i will just wait to see , like i keep saying i need closure i need to know what the fuck happened something is Very Wrong,, the huge amount of resentment and the feeling of betrayal will always be with me now it may die down but its just There , what couldve been instead of rapidly cycling us through all stages of grief once every few days and alienating their most dedicated audience and how much theyve hurt my friends ,, i know its all very melodramatic but i wont be able to move past it all as easily as some people because if they really have just tanked the show theyve wrecked the last bit of agency i had left in my tiny birdcage of a life

it would all be so much easier to deal with if they hadnt just shattered 3 years worth of community i know were all talking and holding onto each other and thats great but the tension and atmosphere is killing me theyve taken away our primary connection they pulled the rug out from under the wrong people ,, its not even so much my own emotions thats tanking me right now the hyperempathy thing i have is just carrying everyone elses emotions and its horrible to see what its been doing to you all its horrifying ,, and its just adding to the feeling of isolation now its gonna probably be more difficult to meet up with people, and i havent been with anyone from tumblr since september 2015 i feel so alone even with everyone still here ,, im terrified of just drifting away from everyone i know it probably wont happen but just ??

idk i feel so lost now ? 

mphhh this is the worst ive felt in years and im so glad i still have all of you around me i love and appreciate you all so very much :( id give anything to make this un-happen to you all

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