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I'm going to be obvious and say... the legend of Zelda!

5 things I’d personally change about Legend of Zelda

1) the story is about pure holy Arthurian legends lifting up holy swords to throw down a large cursed dark man who reached above his station, it’s about a main character who wants to restore Zelda’s innate rightful Divine Right of Kings, and those aspects aren’t…. good. it’s not a good. the only dark-skinned man is the incarnation of evil, and Zelda is seen as a perfect ruler always, it’s mostly played straight except maybe with regards to Wind Waker. More complexity would be interesting.

2) The simplicity of the story makes the fandom unbearable because everybody comes away with something completely different. It’s really just a fairy tale. That’s not that bad, and I wouldn’t necessarily change it too much, but it makes it hard to do fandom stuff when there’s little complexity to work with. So I guess I’d rehaul the fandom itself. it’s like if Shadow of the Colossus had a huge fandom - like, what is there to explore without people fighting you on everything? it’s such a simple story

3) As a game, it’s just a fantastic experience. The puzzles, the exploration, the gameplay elements are always top-tier. I even really like the simplicity of the story (but not the simplicity of the characters) and how long it takes to play, I feel like it evokes emotions and nostalgia. I’d personally prefer more puzzles and less fighting enemies, but that’s just a personal thing. I really like the puzzles in this game, it gets you to the level of just instantly stomping on other puzzle games.

4) I’d really like more… dynamic character content, I’ve said this before above. The only character who is really dynamic and changes in each game is the sidekick/navigator buddy (Navi, Midna, the King of Red Lions, Fi, Linebeck, etc), and that’s only one character. I feel like it wouldn’t be that hard for them to give that sort of dynamic writing to each character, and give the villains a step or two more complexity like in Wind Waker. it wouldn’t change much except give you more to think about.

5) Link = a girl. I want to experience playing as a girl.

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I hate the "well literally it means" argument. People who like their country and aren't nazis tend not to list one of their interests as "nationalism". Even someone super naive probably wouldn't describe their love of their country as nationalism because you tend not to hear much about nationalism unless you a) have studied the Nazis in school b) are affiliated with white supremacists c) pay attention to politics (in which case you'd get a passing mention of nazis). Such an obvious codeword.

oh thank god it was just you. 

and you’re right. Almost no one but a nazi would list ‘nationalism’ as an actual interest. Not even overt white supremacist nationalists in the USA list ‘nationalism’ as an interest because its such a well known identifier word worldwide. They just overuse ‘god bless america’ and basically slide up and down the same shit pole Trump’s campaign’s recently greased up.

But like, anyone who even marginally pays attention to world news has to know that ‘nationalism’ is not an identifier of a peaceful faction. Even if they don’t come right out and straight up say “i’m a Nazi.” Someone would have to be completely ignorant to think that a dictionary definition actually describes usage within a sociopolitical context. And not even a current one. One that’s been at a steady simmer for decades now. Literally for longer most people’s parents have been alive.