well i just got the final memory recovered in botw and i am FULL OF FEELINGS. ot3 shippy feelings.
also now that there's firm dates i'm fully resolved to commit to an asspull if i write this fanfic of "oh hey look zelda's finally in the physical world once more instead of holding ganon in place, and what do you know, she's definitely 19 now instead of 17. for reasons."
even though at that point everyone involved in the polycule is over 100 years old
please do not pay attention to link as he pulls out his powerpoint presentation, "REASONS I AM UNLOVEABLE, PART 1: i hope you're all familiar with the Ship of Theseus as part of your reading for class"
the rest of the fic is just sidon looking on worriedly at two hylians having existential breakdowns. as you do.
@wigglytuffitout did i prompt this
i hope i prompted this
@InspectorCaracal nope as sadly i just got done saying this all on discord but i CAN say EXCELLENT choice in thought experiment we are on some sort of wavelength let me know if you get a big whopping mood of This next (see picture)
@wigglytuffitout normal brain: mid-life crisis
galaxy-brain: cyclical life crises
@InspectorCaracal listen you can't look me in the eye and tell me that botw link is not just in a continuous existential crisis of one point or another
there he goes, hero of hyrule, disassociating his way across the plains,
@wigglytuffitout but like imagine his existential crises ebbing and flowing in like a circadian rhythm cycle linked to some metaphysical bullshit involving whatever the time loop or reincarnation shenanigans involved here are
@InspectorCaracal honestly the awful fic idea is already tied to the moon cycle, which in-game means every time there's a full moon all the enemies respawn and the princess is all LINK WATCH OUT
i feel like between that and majora's mask, the inevitable conclusion is that a small elf muscle twink goes out to scream at the moon a la https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_pVrIshxA
@InspectorCaracal is it majora's mask where you're stuck in a time loop trying to get the moon to not crash into the earth? i think so
anyway, link is screaming at the moon At This Moment
@wigglytuffitout I didn't know about the time loop but that makes a lot of sense, I just knew there was a hard deadline