Nothin' But Zelda
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bloodyrosemccoySo true.
The targeting is useful, yes. But I could do without her HOLLERING at me every few minutes while I go get me the Biggoron sword or go on a wild Poe chase.* For all they gave her attitude, Tatl’s much less of a nag. Another tally mark in Majora’s Mask’s favor.
In other news SKYWARD SWORD WANT BUT DAMMIT MUST WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS. Fortunately, I finally scored copies of the old LoZ Oracle games to play through while I wait--I always wanted to try those but never got around to it. I don’t get as immersed in the top-down 2D ones, but hey, they’re still fun.
Now if only I could find that old raspberry-pink brick that was my GameBoy Color. The GBA works fine, but I liked that eye-searing monstrosity.
I keep cruising the Zelda wikis (yes, there are two, and I hope they have knockdown dragouts) because the theories are fascinating. The end of Ocarina of Time always pissed me off because it made no sense, but the idea that it in fact has two endings splitting off down either leg of the Trousers of Time really resolves a lot.** I’m totally fine with the “Just a legend” theory, too--ask me sometime about my theory regarding superheroes and retellings!--but that still left OoT maddeningly unresolved. This clears it up nicely.
(Others do seem to share my theory that Telma is part Gerudo. Nobody is willing to share the idea idea that the Oocca are in fact horrible chicken-body-stealing parasites, though. That theory is just TOO COOL.)
*This playthrough marks the first time I actually kicked the ass of all the Big Poes and got the fourth freakin’ Empty Bottle. I think I’ve officially done EVERYTHING IN THAT GAME now.
**Also, I like that fans refer to the timeline including the dark Majora’s Mask and the sweeping Twilight Princess as the “child timeline” and the one including all the Toon Link games as the “adult timeline,” because that seems so counterintuitive.
The targeting is useful, yes. But I could do without her HOLLERING at me every few minutes while I go get me the Biggoron sword or go on a wild Poe chase.* For all they gave her attitude, Tatl’s much less of a nag. Another tally mark in Majora’s Mask’s favor.
In other news SKYWARD SWORD WANT BUT DAMMIT MUST WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS. Fortunately, I finally scored copies of the old LoZ Oracle games to play through while I wait--I always wanted to try those but never got around to it. I don’t get as immersed in the top-down 2D ones, but hey, they’re still fun.
Now if only I could find that old raspberry-pink brick that was my GameBoy Color. The GBA works fine, but I liked that eye-searing monstrosity.
I keep cruising the Zelda wikis (yes, there are two, and I hope they have knockdown dragouts) because the theories are fascinating. The end of Ocarina of Time always pissed me off because it made no sense, but the idea that it in fact has two endings splitting off down either leg of the Trousers of Time really resolves a lot.** I’m totally fine with the “Just a legend” theory, too--ask me sometime about my theory regarding superheroes and retellings!--but that still left OoT maddeningly unresolved. This clears it up nicely.
(Others do seem to share my theory that Telma is part Gerudo. Nobody is willing to share the idea idea that the Oocca are in fact horrible chicken-body-stealing parasites, though. That theory is just TOO COOL.)
*This playthrough marks the first time I actually kicked the ass of all the Big Poes and got the fourth freakin’ Empty Bottle. I think I’ve officially done EVERYTHING IN THAT GAME now.
**Also, I like that fans refer to the timeline including the dark Majora’s Mask and the sweeping Twilight Princess as the “child timeline” and the one including all the Toon Link games as the “adult timeline,” because that seems so counterintuitive.
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Date: 2011-11-22 01:33 am (UTC)And now back to playing Skyward Sword.
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Date: 2011-11-22 10:24 am (UTC)The concept of "evolution" is a little fuzzy in the world of Zelda fans. Or, at least, a little speeded up.
I actually like the theory that they were the Hylians' pets--there's a whole explanation as to why this is plausible--you can read it, along with some other entertaining speculations, here. I was wondering if Skyward Sword would elaborate, BUT I HAVE TO WAIT.
Either way, the parasite theory amuses my brother and me greatly. We figure that when they mature, the Oocca steal the body of a chicken and attach themselves to it as the head. After all, Ooccoo's body looks like a chicken's, but with a creepy clawed stalk clamped over the top supporting her head--and her son is JUST A HEAD. We thought it added some entertaining weirdness to the story.