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Hey man, I saw your living weapon staring at its reflection. You might wanna get that looked at
Yeah, your emotionless tool of destruction is beginning to develop a sense of self. Probably nothing to worry ‘bout though
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humans of the information age worshipped gods called "colors." some sources say that there are over sixteen million of these gods, but others seem to indicate that there are as few as seven.
in the latter interpretation, these deities represent wide breadths of emotional and material concepts. for example, despite being commonly portrayed as a goddess of blood and destruction in modern media, the goddess "red" actually has more positive associations than negative.
these gods were collectively referred to as the "pantone," derived from the greek "pantheon."
Hella bored what is your hottest take?
Media where it is made explicitly clear that the hero cannot and should not kill the villain, but then kills the villain off anyways for reasons beyond the hero’s control in order to facilitate a happy ending, directly imply that death is a natural and deserved consequence of evil actions AND an acceptable resolution towards peace, which completely undermines the hero’s arguments otherwise.
Having the hero say “murder is wrong so I will not kill you” while the bad guy goes “your compassion is meaningless, I’ve learned nothing” only for a building to fall on the bad guy and kill him is cop-out fantasy fulfillment for those of us who in theory condone capital punishment but cannot reconcile it with our own self-image of the compassionate pacifist, and broadly represents our frustration that there are, in fact, conflicts that cannot be resolved by “good” people
TL/DR: “Hero too good the commit murder VS irredeemable bad guy who cannot be stopped until he is murdered” situations where the bad guy is taken out by a random deus ex machina are fucking boring UNLESS☝️as a poetic consequence of something either character themselves inadvertently put into motion
Murder IS wrong. But! Morality and ethics aren't as black and white as that.
Murder is wrong, but it is less wrong to allow someone else who will murder more people in the long run continue to live, especially if the hero knows for a fact that this person will do this.
This isn't about Capitol Punishment. I don't know if we should be letting the State kill people, because that seems unwise. The State is based on our own human foibles and biases and that seems like a good way to make sure a lot of innocent minorities get killed.
This is about how Batman absolutely should have killed the Joker the very first time he proved himself capable of mass killings.
My take on it is that "mercy is the privilege of the strong". State-based capital punishment is bad largely because the state is sufficiently powerful to have other options for preventing bad actors from continuing to cause harm (primarily imprisonment). In many stories, though, there isn't an entity with sufficient logistical and actual power to be able to enforce encarceration. Maybe the villain is too strong to be contained, or maybe there just isn't a government with the relevant infrastructure set up. Just because the hero is strong enough to stop the villain, it doesn't mean they have the ability to make sure they *stay* stopped any other way.
Sure, killing is regrettable, and if you have any other options, you should explore them. But sometimes, you just don't. Sometimes, killing is the only option to actually solve the problem. And if you have no other viable options to prevent further harm, killing is morally justified.
Batman shouldn't have killed Joker the first time he proved capable of mass killings. Batman should have killed Joker when it became apparent that Arkham Asylum wasn't capable of holding him.
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And most of them are "reblog to bap prev with your paw" or That Goddamn Puppet
While it is generally agreed that the folkloric figures of "Link" and "Princess Zelda" are based on real historical individuals, neither those individuals nor their respective myth-cycles were contemporary, being separated in time by nearly two hundred years, with each initially being the protagonist of their own body of tales.
When the two myth-cycles were fused by later chroniclers to produce the combined Link-Zelda cycle which is familiar to audiences today, the figure of Link assumed the role of overall protagonist. Securing Zelda's freedom from captivity is often inserted as a secondary objective into episodes which were originally Link tales, while Link typically subsumes most or all of Zelda's role in episodes which were originally Zelda tales.
In many cases, the Link-Zelda version is the only iteration of a given episode which survives, so determining which tales were originally part of which precursor cycle is not without controversy; however, the repetitive nature of the perils which preclude Zelda's active participation in many episodes – kidnapped, possessed, sealed in enchanted crystal, etc. – may offer some clues.
(The Gamelon saga represents the the largest known body of Zelda tales which are believed to have persisted in more or less their original form. Linguistic analysis suggests that the episode in which Link is revealed to have been trapped in a heretofore-unmentioned magic mirror the entire time is a clumsy interpolation by a later author, inserted to justify the saga's inclusion in the broader Link-Zelda cycle.)
The very first Legend of Zelda was itself a Zelda legend, hence its title. It was also one of the first to be adapted to the contemporary Link-Zelda structure of the myths. The introduction of Link into this myth was shoddy and introduced a number of inconsistencies.
For example, it's said that Link is a wanderer from afar who rescues Impa from Moblins but when he arrives in Hyrule, he has to take the place of the unarmed and inexperienced Princess Zelda. And so this allegedly experienced warrior who just killed a bunch of Moblins arrives in Hyrule without so much as a sword in hand.
Similarly, the original myth featured Zelda assembling the Triforce of Wisdom, the only force that could stand against the Triforce of Power in Ganon's possession. Because it was the first to be adapted, there were concerns about disempowering Zelda by replacing her entirely with Link. As a result, a strange compromise was struck; One in which Zelda, after assembling the Triforce, then immediately broke it back down into its component pieces and re-hid them for Link to find.
By contrast, The Adventure of Link, true to its name, is the first Link legend. The importing of Zelda into it as the sleeping princess that Link awakens from her long slumber proved to be just as clunky as the importing of Link into The Legend of Zelda. Most notably, the confusing questions raised as to whether Zelda is meant to be the princess Link rescued in his previous adventure or the one he is rescuing in this new one.
Similarly, Zelda's nemesis Ganon is roped into Adventure of Link very awkwardly. Link's nemesis is his own dark shadow, with only a scant few mentions of the idea that Link's defeat will somehow result in Ganon returning... just because.
But the largest and most consequential of adaptations made to The Adventure of Link is the revising of the magic scepter Link uses to awaken the Sleeping Princess into the Triforce of Courage, a modern invention meant to tie Link more closely to Zelda and Ganon's mythos.
And this is where the study of the legends' history becomes rocky, as many scholars consider the very notion that the Triforce of Courage did not exist in the original tales to be downright apocryphal.
We also can see the shoehorning of Zelda into Link's Oracle Saga, where instead of having 2 unrelated adventures, Ganon's minions form a superficial bridge between the two stories to introduce peril to Zelda - Zelda's presence or lack thereof has no significant impact on either story
And there are some distinct quirks to the Gamelon cycle that argue for the presence of syncretic merging of the Zelda in the tales we know with a similar legend from another culture. As does the difference between the Triforce of Wisdom, her sometimes status as a Sage, and the Sacred Power/Light Force/etc power that has different names in different legends.
But it's an interesting pairing of a Celestial legend (Zelda) with a Cthonic one (Link) - after all, how many of the stories that clearly are originally Link tales involve another world? I submit as evidence the presence of stories such as Link to the Past and Majora's Mask; even in the Era of Twlight cycle, we see a previous version of Link resurrected as a shade.
On the flip side, the Era of the Sky gives us Zelda as explicitly, canonically a reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia; whether this was part of the original mythos, or an evolution of why she has the Sacred Power of light in her bloodline is unclear to me. But Skyward Sword was clearly, originally, a Zelda story - after all, Link spends the entire tale chasing after Zelda.
Interesting that you state the Ballad of Skyward Sword is a Zelda story. Link's patron Goddess is Hylia. This much is without question. But I believe the Ballad of Skyward Sword is originally a Link tale.
I believe this for two main reasons. The first is that it contains many elements seen in other Link stories, such as having to collect three relics (usually represented with Green, Red and Blue. Such as The Ocarina Of Time's Spiritual Stones, or The Wind Waker's Pendants), a fae or fae-like companion (Such as Navi, Ezlo, or Midna), the "two worlds" framing (Like the Past and Future in The Ocarina of Time, Twilight Realm and Hyrule in The Tale of the Twilight Princess, or even the Sunken Hyrule and the Great Sea in The Wind Waker) or how strictly it clings to the traditional Dungeon structure compared to almost every single other surviving tale in the Zelda-Link cycle.
But I believe the largest piece of evidence towards The Ballad of Skyward Sword being originally a Link tale is that it documents the creation of the Master Sword, Link's primary weapon of choice in most of his tales (The Saga of the Four Sword aside). In a number of Link's tales, he is a blacksmith's apprentice, and he is always a swordsman. It is his most defining characteristic, even more so than his iconic green tunic, which is suspiciously absent from The Breath of the Wild and The Tears of the Kingdom Epics.
I believe that in the original Link tale of The Ballad of Skyward Sword, Link was chasing after Hylia herself, not Zelda as a mortal reincarnation of Hylia.
I'm certain that the versions of the Ballad of Skyward Sword that exist are not the originals, there is definitely at least one unrelated myth that is not part of the Zelda OR Link cycles that has merged with it, of which no other trace survives. As evidence for this, I present two arguments: Firstly, the sword-spirit that becomes the Master Sword, Fi. Fi is clearly a character from a much older, now lost, myth, that has been unceremoniously inserted into the story, probably to render the tale, clearly created as propaganda for the Hylian faith, more acceptable to the populus of the time. Given that she is not ever mentioned in later myths, despite the great and ongoing prominence of the Master Sword, it seems highly unlikely that she is an organic part of the Link Cycle.
The second piece of evidence that the Ballad of Skyward Sword contains parts of older legends is quite literal. In the Ballad, Link encounters an ancient robotic civilisation - already ancient in a story that purports to be the earliest myth of Link, concerning as it does the creation of the Master Sword! I'm not aware of any scholarship that has found any other evidence of this advanced pre-Hylian civilisation, but it seems likely that, once again, this is merely reflecting other myths that were well known at the time the Ballad was written, but are now lost.
While it is generally agreed that the folkloric figures of "Link" and "Princess Zelda" are based on real historical individuals, neither those individuals nor their respective myth-cycles were contemporary, being separated in time by nearly two hundred years, with each initially being the protagonist of their own body of tales.
When the two myth-cycles were fused by later chroniclers to produce the combined Link-Zelda cycle which is familiar to audiences today, the figure of Link assumed the role of overall protagonist. Securing Zelda's freedom from captivity is often inserted as a secondary objective into episodes which were originally Link tales, while Link typically subsumes most or all of Zelda's role in episodes which were originally Zelda tales.
In many cases, the Link-Zelda version is the only iteration of a given episode which survives, so determining which tales were originally part of which precursor cycle is not without controversy; however, the repetitive nature of the perils which preclude Zelda's active participation in many episodes – kidnapped, possessed, sealed in enchanted crystal, etc. – may offer some clues.
(The Gamelon saga represents the the largest known body of Zelda tales which are believed to have persisted in more or less their original form. Linguistic analysis suggests that the episode in which Link is revealed to have been trapped in a heretofore-unmentioned magic mirror the entire time is a clumsy interpolation by a later author, inserted to justify the saga's inclusion in the broader Link-Zelda cycle.)
The very first Legend of Zelda was itself a Zelda legend, hence its title. It was also one of the first to be adapted to the contemporary Link-Zelda structure of the myths. The introduction of Link into this myth was shoddy and introduced a number of inconsistencies.
For example, it's said that Link is a wanderer from afar who rescues Impa from Moblins but when he arrives in Hyrule, he has to take the place of the unarmed and inexperienced Princess Zelda. And so this allegedly experienced warrior who just killed a bunch of Moblins arrives in Hyrule without so much as a sword in hand.
Similarly, the original myth featured Zelda assembling the Triforce of Wisdom, the only force that could stand against the Triforce of Power in Ganon's possession. Because it was the first to be adapted, there were concerns about disempowering Zelda by replacing her entirely with Link. As a result, a strange compromise was struck; One in which Zelda, after assembling the Triforce, then immediately broke it back down into its component pieces and re-hid them for Link to find.
By contrast, The Adventure of Link, true to its name, is the first Link legend. The importing of Zelda into it as the sleeping princess that Link awakens from her long slumber proved to be just as clunky as the importing of Link into The Legend of Zelda. Most notably, the confusing questions raised as to whether Zelda is meant to be the princess Link rescued in his previous adventure or the one he is rescuing in this new one.
Similarly, Zelda's nemesis Ganon is roped into Adventure of Link very awkwardly. Link's nemesis is his own dark shadow, with only a scant few mentions of the idea that Link's defeat will somehow result in Ganon returning... just because.
But the largest and most consequential of adaptations made to The Adventure of Link is the revising of the magic scepter Link uses to awaken the Sleeping Princess into the Triforce of Courage, a modern invention meant to tie Link more closely to Zelda and Ganon's mythos.
And this is where the study of the legends' history becomes rocky, as many scholars consider the very notion that the Triforce of Courage did not exist in the original tales to be downright apocryphal.
We also can see the shoehorning of Zelda into Link's Oracle Saga, where instead of having 2 unrelated adventures, Ganon's minions form a superficial bridge between the two stories to introduce peril to Zelda - Zelda's presence or lack thereof has no significant impact on either story
And there are some distinct quirks to the Gamelon cycle that argue for the presence of syncretic merging of the Zelda in the tales we know with a similar legend from another culture. As does the difference between the Triforce of Wisdom, her sometimes status as a Sage, and the Sacred Power/Light Force/etc power that has different names in different legends.
But it's an interesting pairing of a Celestial legend (Zelda) with a Cthonic one (Link) - after all, how many of the stories that clearly are originally Link tales involve another world? I submit as evidence the presence of stories such as Link to the Past and Majora's Mask; even in the Era of Twlight cycle, we see a previous version of Link resurrected as a shade.
On the flip side, the Era of the Sky gives us Zelda as explicitly, canonically a reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia; whether this was part of the original mythos, or an evolution of why she has the Sacred Power of light in her bloodline is unclear to me. But Skyward Sword was clearly, originally, a Zelda story - after all, Link spends the entire tale chasing after Zelda.
But if you contend that the Triforce of Courage is a later addition to justify the merging of the Link/Zelda cycles, what of the creation myth recounted by the Great Deku Tree during the Ocarina Saga? Was that also a fabrication? For that matter, has any research been done with the collaboration of the Forest People (or, for that matter, the Gerudo), as they may have a very different perspective on the myths.
It kind of feels unfair that the Legend of Zelda franchise exists because it takes so many fun hypotheticals off the table. "Which video game series would be the worst if you had to invent a timeline where all games occur in chronological release order" no bet, it's Zelda. It's always fucking Zelda.
I dunno, Final Fantasy would be pretty bad for that
I spent like 15 hours on this.
*impressed slow clap*
This was ridiculously pleasing to read out loud.
This is a legitimately fine poem. I say so with my BA in English and Philosophy and my PhD. It’s DAMN HARD to write something like this. Be impressed, yo.
Transcript of poem in screenshot:
First the cracker batter baker bakes a cracker batter batch then the cracker batter mixer door will open and unlatch so the batter mixer nozzle can descend onto the patch where the cracker batter spreads out for the nozzle to attach.
When the cracker mixer nozzle sprays the cracker batter spray and the cracker batch emulsion lies a-soaking in its haze then the cracker batter mixer starts to stir up all the glaze that the final cracker stacker needs to lubricate the way.
Once the cracker stacker handle stacks the cracker batter squares then the cracker batter’s hardened into double stacks of pairs. Now the cracker separator breaks the crackers in the stackers so the wrappers on the stackers fit the finished stacking crackers. Then they’re distributed to Wal-Mart.
I forgot about this magnificent poem, and you probably did too. Here it is again.
I highly recommend trying to read it aloud, it feels delightful and is almost impossible.
if your lie is a good enough lie god will make it real
I have in fact pulled this off in D&D on more than one occasion (at the point my bluff checks started exceeding DC 100, the DM just started modifying reality to make whatever I just claimed retroactively true)
feeding her stuffie must live on....
Cat scientists of Tumblr, please tell me what's going on here! Is this showing the capacity for imaginative play, does the cat think the snake is a real creature that needs nurturing? What does this mean I must know!
The cruelty of racist white men.
Does anyone else remember when Elon was like "if anyone knows how to end world hunger for 6 billion USD, I'll fund it" and UNICEF was like "we're going to spend a month to make a plan to end world hunger for 6 billion USD and Elon is going to fund it" and Elon was like "actually, nah" and then bought Twitter instead?
I think that was one of the worst things I'll ever see in my life.
I still think that should be the thing for which he's the most famous. It should be brought up every time he's mentioned. In any news article, any interview, any history book. "Elon Musk, who was offered a chance to end world hunger and turned it down." Put it on his fucking gravestone.
Not true. The 6 billion was to address a specific famine crisis happening at the time. Ending world hunger will take FAR more money than that. Oxfam estimated in 2022 that it would cost $37 billion per year for 8 years to eradicate world hunger. Musk is a scumbag, but he does enough stuff to be mad about, we don't need to make stuff up to be angry at him for.
We need billions to end extreme hunger. But we need to transform our food systems to reach Zero Hunger.
