#cwazy rambles

[cwazytvthings]

LoZ ramble because I can't stop thinking about it.

With the announcement of the movie and seeing other Zelda fans concerns, I like to voice my opinion on the matter. In all honesty, if a movie comes out whether it be bad or good(probably horrible if it's illumination) I'm not gonna let it affect my interest in the series.

I've seen other Zelda fans worried it's gonna ruin their obsession with the series which is understandable but it's like, nobody let the shitty live action Mario stop them from liking Mario. If the movie exists, it exists. If someone associates you with the movie for liking the video game series then that's just on them. I'm not going to let a hypothetical film ruin a series I enjoy. FNAF was a pretty dark series too, fandom is still going strong.

So all in all, at the end of the day...if it's a bad film, I'm going to pretend it doesn't exist. I can ignore big multimillion dollar movies because it's happened before.

[cwazytvthings]

Just some more Totk thoughts:

I love the game and I love exploring but I'm finding it hard to complete. Not because it's difficult or anything, the gameplay is fantastic. The reason why It feels hard to complete is because I'm not vibin with the story. It's been out for what two months now? And I'm just playing at a snail's pace because I can't get into what we were given.

I really wished they delved more into the sheikah tech instead of leaving basically none of it behind. Including the sheikah monks, divine beasts, ancient flames... they're just all gone. They had so much left untold, like if we don't get a dlc I'm going to be really disappointed. I also can't stand the heavy focus on Link and Zelda because it always leads to a ship war. Like, link is supposed to mirror the player yet I feel so disconnected from him. I also dislike how the cliche, "Zelda is strong because she needs to love someone." Like why couldn't we just get a strong female character who attained her power from realizing she is more capable than what her father thought?

Also don't get me wrong, Zelink is cute but It takes away from the story when everybody is basically shipping "you" and Zelda lmao. In my opinion, Link is the player, and it just throws a lot of stuff off when people are telling you to go save your girl. Botw and Totk did this and that's where I feel like I'm old school and just kinda want Link's "love interests" to be anonymous. (I.e. ocarina of time, twilight princess.) I'm a major story person so yeah, this game's plot bothered me a lot. Might honestly just go back and replay wind waker or oot, hell might even replay Botw. I genuinely miss the ancient sheikah stuff. And as I've said before, Totk feels like a disconnected story atm.

Like it feels as though it takes place in an alternate timeline because yeah, time passed but damn, no way y'all moved a whole Sheikah tower for the heck of it; Sheikah technology should have at least been preserved in a museum somewhere no matter how dangerous one might have previously thought it was. Also don't get me started on Ganondorf. I've also said this before; his story is lackluster. Boss fight is cool af but story... it's so empty.

Sorry ik this is an incoherent ramble and mostly just personal biases but yeah, just wish the story was a little stronger. Everything feels absolutely thrown off.

I seriously enjoy every other side plot over the main one 💀

[cwazytvthings]

I find it so funny that before I even heard the announcement date for Totk's release, I was already getting back into Zelda because of smash bros. I always play as Link and Ganondorf and Idk man. That oot Ganondorf hits different in ssbu

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I'm still mad that my brain won't let me get obsessed with LoZ again bc of how much I disliked Totk. I want to interact with the characters and my own AUs again but I don't even wanna go near the series.

LoZ has been in my life since I was 6 and I could not deal with how ass Totk's plot was. Still bothers me that they missed out on all that lore potential.

[cwazytvthings]

The way I want to focus on my Zelda AU so badly is driving me nuts. Totk really just threw me off...

Ik I'm in the minority of folks who didn't enjoy Totk but I really mean it when I say it ruined my interest in the current state of the series. I never even got around to beating the game (I know what happens I just didn't feel like putting my time into a game I wasn't fully invested in.) It's just something about Totk was so painfully empty, story wise, that the gameplay couldn't keep me immersed.

I'm a lore person, a story enjoyer, and Totk's story was so painfully messy(imo.) People are like "oh Nintendo wants to get rid of the time line." But then said company continues to make references to items/characters/events from previous titles that made it feel like a hot mess.

I'm sharing this here because I keep seeing accounts on Twitter going "GOTY!!" and "TotK was so much better than BoTW!" And I'm just over here like...it really wasn't all that. Especially for a game where the graphics barely improved from the first title(understandably so) I seriously don't think it deserves Goty in any aspect. It's lackluster. It divulges from its predecessor in an peculiar way. The story is empty. Characters introduced have no "character."

I will always love the series, it has been in my life since I was like seven, and I can't wait for the next title BUT, I standby my opinion. Even as a person who plays monster hunter and pokemon, a person used to empty stories and painful gameplay, TotK could've been better. 🧍🏾

I might one day get back to my AU but I'm so burnt out from Zelda stuff...again; I just have no motivation to do so. I've taken up much more interest in developing my own story/characters, and I'm currently more preoccupied with other games (*cough cough* Disco Elysium and MHR)

So yeah that's it. I think I'm done now. One day I'll get back to it but just not rn. I'll still try to finish my prequel fic thing but that's gonna be awhile from now too.