To The People I Pass On The Train At Night -Jordan Bolton

To The People I Pass On The Train At Night - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

Why did “be critical of your media” turn into “find all its flaws and hate it” why did people become allergic to FUN

Question, do blogs that openly love a specific character enjoy being pm-ed or ask-ed about them and asked questions about said character? Or is it uncomfortable when that happens

Beautiful Legend of Zelda Prints by Jessica Smith

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Just beat Echoes of Wisdom! Which means time for a post based on my thoughts. I'll start with nonspoiler things, like mechanics, UI, design and gameplay. Then I'll move onto spoilers, which will be under the cut.

I quite like the echo mechanic! It's very different from a normal Zelda game and so I have to actually think. Though the menus for choosing echoes sucks. They pulled a TotK again with that one which leads to annoying, endless scrolling.

They definitely copied most of the menus and such from BotW, which ig I don't mind too much, but it would've been fun to have a fresher design with some of that.

Also, I never once talked to Dampé, so idk what that's like, so I can't talk about that.

NOW. On to the spoilers! Mainly just all story stuff.

First, the whole fugitive Zelda thing was really fun. The game starts and Tri's just like "YOU GONNA DIE!!!!" Which is hilarious, btw. I wish there were more people who knew about Zelda's imprisonment throughout the journey. It would've upped the stakes a lot if word had spread and you're not sure where is safe. Oh well, missed opportunity.

Then, I just loved all the characters in this game. They all have distinct personalities and problems, it's fun watching them build character and learn more about their issues. I especially love that they brought back yetis with Condé.

Quick ship talk bc that's where my brain is taking me. Idk which ship I like more: Zelink or Zelda X Dohna in this game. Or Zelda is an independent woman who don't need romance. (Hi, I'm aroace, I always leave room for that possibility.)

Anyways, Null was a pleasant surprise! I love the lore we got surrounding them and then how clear their motive was. Null was a villain in the sense that they are very selfishly motivated. Nintendo really cooked with this villain, ngl. The fact that they aren't remotely humanoid (except the hands) is very nice, love the distinction. Null isn't redeemable because of how twisted they are. So yeah, I like Null.

Link is so interesting in this game! And he has a known personality, I love it. I'll also take his gesturing at the end of the game as him signing, instead of talking. I know that's what they were implying, but I prefer it if he just was signing. Things like that don't just randomly fix themselves. (Even if the rifts are all gone. And Null is gone. Idc pffff)

I do like the return to the traditional Zelda formula. They didn't diverge from said formula too much, but it was still open world. It kinda felt like A Link Between Worlds. That means it does suffer from the lack of a difficulty curve as you go on.

Also, Zelda is so cute in this game. Adorable outfits and I just love her model, it makes me happy.

But yeah, I love that Zelda got her chance to be a menace this time. (The amount of times I've committed arson is insane.)

So, uh, I know I'm obsessed with something when I draw it in Roblox lollll

Warning! Spoilers for Act 5 and Act 6 of In Stars and Time! Though, the first one is less spoilers than the second one.

Spoiler one will be under the cut, but this first one I think is vague enough it should be fine.

Also, interactions I had while drawing these also under the cut!

Roblox free draw is actually great when you get used to it! I love its top down feature so much.

Anyways, these are basically just redraws of a certain portrait or frame, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Some interactions I had while drawing these:

1. While drawing Siffrin, somebody came up to me and said "a member who discriminates against all those whose skin does not match their clothes." Or something along those lines. And I just 😭😭😭

2. Someone wrote Loop saying something in Russian underneath my drawing. Not sure what, but I think it was something about crypto? I just assumed it was "buy crypto!" But I could be super wrong on that front.

3. Someone and their friend came up to me with voice chat. The first guy complimented my Loop drawing while the other guy played slurping sound effects. 😭 The sound effects guy left while playing "nom nom nom nom nom nom nom" lolll

I like drawing on Roblox though, silly things happen there sometimes.