Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Armagon]

7 minutes ago, GuardianSing said:

Because of Zelda's inclusion throughout the game it's the first one that actually had me believe Zelda and Link had a budding friendship going on before Skyward Sword.

Tbf in most games Link is just a guy who meets Zelda as part of the plot. It wasn't until Minish Cap that they are depicted as childhood friends. Wouldn't happen again until Spirit Tracks, then Skyward Sword. Breath of the Wild also pre-establishes their relationship.

[Venger_06]

7 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

Why no PC tho 😞 

Meant to be played on big screen, please understand

6 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:

*raw leaks out*

*Takes a sneak peak*

Oh yean internet will explode

2 days won't even be enough to prepare all the popcorn needed for this lmao

Edited July 3, 2023 by Newtype06

[Armagon]

I can already sense the porn.

[Lightcosmo]

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

?

Oracle of Ages has a witch travelling back in time and causing chaos, causing some people in the present to cease to exist.

Oracle of Seasons has a dude messing with the seasons, causing chaos.

Both are fucked up and the former does show it, the latter doesn't but the game doesn't really drive the point home I think. Although tbf Game Boy. This isn't a knock against it btw.

Was a joke considering MMBN4 and all.

I know it wasnt a slight or anything, was just having fun. Xd

[GuardianSing]

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

Tbf in most games Link is just a guy who meets Zelda as part of the plot. It wasn't until Minish Cap that they are depicted as childhood friends. Wouldn't happen again until Spirit Tracks, then Skyward Sword. Breath of the Wild also pre-establishes their relationship.

Spirit Tracks is slightly different in that their relationship isn't pre-established, but instead something that grows overtime after they first meet each other.

Other games have tried to do something similar to that but I feel Spirit Tracks was the best at actually showing that growth, in part because Link is a lot more of a character in this one.

 

[Saint Rubenio]

2 hours ago, Armagon said:

Yes and no. The first three Zelda games are really just that.

Link's Awakening, the fourth game, is the first game to have actual gravitas to what's going on, what with the whole game being a dream world and leaving it effectively means killing everyone who lives in it.

Ocarina of Time uhhhhhh well it's very important because of the three way timeline split.

Majora's Mask I shouldn't even have to go into much detail. Whole game's about life and mortality, with the sidequests feeding into the game's main story and themes, something that wouldn't be done again until Tears of the Kingdom.

The Oracle games are kinda fucked up when you think about it but it's really just a game.

Wind Waker presents the most interesting depiction of Ganondorf, one who has had time to self-reflect, even if he still comes to the same conclusion. It's also the first game that is technically post-apocalyptic.

Twilight Princess has Midna, the whole game is about her going from a selfish little imp who manipulates Link to genuinely becoming an ally in the fight for good. It's also the first game that is "traditionally dark" if you get what I mean.

Spirit Tracks had Zelda stick around the whole game for the first time.

Skyward Sword makes Link and Zelda's dynamic a really personal one, the game really sells you on it.

A Link Between Worlds has the first morally grey villain in the series but she still plays second fiddle to the actual main villain. But won't lie, most of the game is just a game.

Breath of the Wild flips everything on it's head, with Zelda being frustrated at not unlocking her plot magic (a welcome change when you realize how perfect she is in the other games), Ganon just being an entity at this point and the game as a whole has a theme of loneliness and natural beauty.

Tears of the Kingdom has a strong emphasis on community and cooperation, with it being the first game in the series where the citizens of Hyrule, plot-relevant or not, actually do something about the situation. Even enemies fit into that theme, albeit trying to kill you instead, with the Yiga Clan being an actual organization this time and certain enemies forming symbiotic relationships, and actual monster forts that are treated like raids (they got their own healthbars).

As for the rest of the games not mentioned, yeah they are just games where the knight in shining armor rescues the princess. But at least half the series has more going on underneath. 

I see. Well, thanks for the summary.

1 hour ago, Newtype06 said:

Meant to be played on big screen, please understand

You can do that with a PC too tho.

1 hour ago, Newtype06 said:

That didn't embed properly, on my end at least, but you can see it by clicking on it.

...I'm actually curious, what's going on there? That doesn't look like two panels that go together.

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

I can already sense the porn.

Probably because it already exists? That's just Harley Quinn. She already has a mountain of porn. You don't need Japan to take her for it to happen.

[Sidereal Wraith]

12 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:

That is a nice looking place you are visiting there Wraith.

But there wasn't any booze!

[Lightchao42]

Cold Steel IV start of Act II

Spoiler

With the Rivalry of the Seven properly explained (i.e. the method to reforge the Divine Knights into the Great One), it's finally established why Ouroboros/Vita went along with the civil war and what Ouroboros's plans in the last game were. There are still some mysteries, but now there's an explanation as to why Vita couldn't have Valimar and Ordine fight whenever and avoid the whole Cayenne business.

It's also established that Crow, Rutger, and Arianrhod were all revived through their connection with the Divine Knights (maybe Osborne too?). Crow fully expects to get a second death scene, but Rean has none of it and revives him. I'll admit that I was a bit concerned for a bit, but now Crow and Duvalie have officially joined the party, hooray.

I want say that Class VII has now officially reunited, does Millium count even though she's a sword? It looks like her soul is still in it, at least...

Since bonding events are now a thing again, are there any non-romantic final bonding events? Because maxing a character's bond level wouldn't mean much otherwise.

Also it turns out you don't need to bring Fie to Lamare to get the second Fishing tutorial in the help menu, since you get it later when [REDACTED] joins. And here I thought it would be gone forever...

9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

...Incidentally, the Red Letter Media video on the movie showed up in my reccs. I clicked for some reason, then I clicked on the Temple of Doom video they did previously to see what the comments looked like there, and now my entire feed is filled with the "cynical review" genre.

You just have to watch RedLetterMedia reviews of movies they like. Like, uh... They were more positive about Godzilla: King of the Monsters than most critics, I think. And they mostly liked the Obi-Wan series, which people complained about.

3 hours ago, Armagon said:

I think the devs flat out regret making the timeline an official thing tbh. What with BotW/TotK's exact placement being undetermined (is it at the end of one timeline or all) and TotK also throws another wrench into it as well.

As a result, I think any new games from now on will just follow the BotW/TotK timeline, likely with the same Link and Zelda. It'd be very strange to go back to the "Era of Myth".

I doubt the developers think about the timeline enough to regret it, they'll come up with the plot first and then figure things out afterwards. They probably won't use the same Link and Zelda forever either for the same reason (it would get in the way of the devs doing whatever they want).

I hear Pikmin 4 complicates the Pikmin timeline, I didn't think that was even possible.

[Saint Rubenio]

4 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

You just have to watch RedLetterMedia reviews of movies they like. Like, uh... They were more positive about Godzilla: King of the Monsters than most critics, I think. And they mostly liked the Obi-Wan series, which people complained about.

I have heard that it's less them and more their fanbase that's horrid. I mean, the DoD review alone is a great example, I saw a number of comments accusing them of selling out to the "woke" for not tearing the movie to shreds with as much intensity as they wanted.

Still, I just didn't really feel like watching over 20 minutes of three random dudes sitting on chairs awkwardly discussing the one movie I've actually watched for myself... Much less when Youtube took my click as a cue to start throwing me the far more cynical stuff.

[Acacia Sgt]

I'd say, just got a random thought.

Throughout Aria of Sorrow, talking to Mina reveals she's not quite fine during her stay in the castle. It starts with her mentioning headaches and feeling tired... but near the end of the game she mentions actually passing out.

And it made me wonder. What's up with that? Like, even if you say it's the castle itself doing that, it doesn't address the fact she's seemingly the only one affected. Like, not even Hammer is, despite being just an average guy compared to everybody else in there at the time. It makes it look like the castle has it out for her specifically and... maybe that could actually be the case?

After all, she is the... I'm gonna say granddaughter, considering the thirty-six year timespan, of the ones responsible of sealing Castlevania in the eclipse to begin with. The castle is definitely gonna hold a grudge. So one day it senses someone who is kin of the ones responsible... well, time for some payback.

Well, I don't know, but I'm gonna take it as headcanon... and put it to use, as it were...

[Venger_06]

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

You can do that with a PC too tho.

Japanese boomers don't think so

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

That didn't embed properly, on my end at least, but you can see it by clicking on it.

Oh, I fucked up. Now I fixed it

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

...I'm actually curious, what's going on there? That doesn't look like two panels that go together.

It's from Yosuga no Sora, an anime adapted from a VN with multiple routes and heroines, and one of them is the MC's sister. The other heroines discover their affair while they're having sex.

[Saint Rubenio]

24 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

Japanese boomers don't think so

F

25 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

Oh, I fucked up. Now I fixed it

Good job.

31 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

 

 

Well, that one's gonna be hard to explain.

This being anime, though, I'm not worried. It'll all be forgiven and forgotten, I'm sure. Perhaps after more sex.

...That, or it leads to a School Days ending, which would highly please me because School Days had the best ending in all of anime don't @ me.

25 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

It's from Yosuga no Sora, an anime adapted from a VN with multiple routes and heroines, and one of them is the MC's sister. The other heroines discover their affair while they're having sex.

Just sayin'. It doesn't truly get romantic until it goes the way of School Days.

[Interdimensional Observer]

38 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

I'd say, just got a random thought.

Throughout Aria of Sorrow, talking to Mina reveals she's not quite fine during her stay in the castle. It starts with her mentioning headaches and feeling tired... but near the end of the game she mentions actually passing out.

And it made me wonder. What's up with that? Like, even if you say it's the castle itself doing that, it doesn't address the fact she's seemingly the only one affected. Like, not even Hammer is, despite being just an average guy compared to everybody else in there at the time. It makes it look like the castle has it out for her specifically and... maybe that could actually be the case?

After all, she is the... I'm gonna say granddaughter, considering the thirty-six year timespan, of the ones responsible of sealing Castlevania in the eclipse to begin with. The castle is definitely gonna hold a grudge. So one day it senses someone who is kin of the ones responsible... well, time for some payback.

Well, I don't know, but I'm gonna take it as headcanon... and put it to use, as it were...

As I began reading this, I thought "What if Mina was one of Drac's beloveds reincarnated?". Not a serious thought, and I see that isn't what conclusion you came to, I'm just sayin' it drifted into my mind like a cloud of vampiric mist. Not to mention if such a thing were possible, Drac would've done a ritual to make it happen instantly a looooooooong time ago.

 

2 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

This being anime, though, I'm not worried. It'll all be forgiven and forgotten, I'm sure. Perhaps after more sex.

Clearly you've never read I'm God, So Why Am I Stuck Paying Alimony?: One-Hundred-Twenty-Three Pages' Allegations.

-I just made up that light novel title.😛 The degeneracy in this story that doesn't exist comes from being almost entirely in flashback and graphically showcasing all the claims of infidelity leading to the titular divorce and why the husband should be forced to pay up. And yes, the protagonist's almighty powers come into play with some of the perversion and horizontal hula, but that doesn't mean they're above the legal system! -Or are they? Skip to the final chapter entirely unwritten like all the rest to find out.

But enough dunking on anime! for now.🤪

[Saint Rubenio]

1 minute ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Clearly you've never read I'm God, So Why Am I Stuck Paying Alimony?: One-Hundred-Twenty-Three Pages' Allegations.

-I just made up that light novel title.

For a beautiful, beautiful two seconds, I genuinely believed such a thing existed.

2 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

The degeneracy in this story that doesn't exist comes from being almost entirely in flashback and graphically showcasing all the claims of infidelity leading to the titular divorce and why the husband should be forced to pay up. And yes, the protagonist's almighty powers come into play with some of the perversion and horizontal hula, but that doesn't mean they're above the legal system! -Or are they? Skip to the final chapter entirely unwritten like all the rest to find out.

I fucking love it. Go to Japan HQ and make them make it.

[Acacia Sgt]

30 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

As I began reading this, I thought "What if Mina was one of Drac's beloveds reincarnated?". Not a serious thought, and I see that isn't what conclusion you came to, I'm just sayin' it drifted into my mind like a cloud of vampiric mist. Not to mention if such a thing were possible, Drac would've done a ritual to make it happen instantly a looooooooong time ago.

Oh, that one is a popular headcanon. One that I'm also partial about, since I can be a sap like that to the concept of reincarnation romance.

And then more like the same beloved, since there's also the headcanon that Lisa is Elisabetha reincarnated too, making Mina the second reincarnation. From what I recall, all this stems partly from the 1990's movie-version of the Dracula novel, since one of the changes it made was that Mina Harker was Elisabeta reincarnated, and since Castlevania!Mina is a reference (if in name-only) to novel!Mina...

The other part is that there is some shaky if still kinda valid connection to make between the three women. Elisabetha died due to disease... and then Lisa is a doctor. Then Lisa herself died of religious causes due to being accused of witchcraft... and then Mina is a priestess. This is used as proof for the reincarnation theory. In that the cause of death of one life influences the next one.

But again, this is all headcanon territory.

Yeah, I agree that if he could've, Dracula would've totally done it. Then again, it's not like it'd make him change his mind... maybe. He did seemed to express remorse after hearing Lisa's dying words from Alucard at the end of SotN... but then again...

Edited July 3, 2023 by Acacia Sgt

[Armagon]

3 hours ago, GuardianSing said:

Other games have tried to do something similar to that but I feel Spirit Tracks was the best at actually showing that growth, in part because Link is a lot more of a character in this one.

Now if only the game was actually playable.

2 hours ago, Lightchao42 said:

doubt the developers think about the timeline enough to regret it, they'll come up with the plot first and then figure things out afterwards

They made the official timeline with Skyward Sword and Hyrule Historia and then BotW and Creating a Champion said 

Tbf A Link Between Worlds explicitly followed the timeline (by reconning the ending of A Link to the Past) but that was it.

2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I mean, the DoD review alone is a great example, I saw a number of comments accusing them of selling out to the "woke" for not tearing the movie to shreds with as much intensity as they wanted.

Dial of Destiny is gonna be so fascinating because you got mfing Harrison Ford getting really emotional about it and being personally satisfied with the ending given to the one character he's given a shit about and you're gonna have terminally online folks being like "oh Disney just paid him to do that".

This is what they did with The Last Jedi btw.

Mark Hamill: "I personally didn't agree with all of Rian Johnson's decisions in this movie"

Terminally online folks: "see even Mark Hamill says it sucks"

Mark Hamill: "but the more I thought about it, the more I was on board and I respect what he did"

Terminally online folks: "Disney's just paying him to do damage control"

 

[Saint Rubenio]

1 minute ago, Armagon said:

Dial of Destiny is gonna be so fascinating because you got mfing Harrison Ford getting really emotional about it and being personally satisfied with the ending given to the one character he's given a shit about and you're gonna have terminally online folks being like "oh Disney just paid him to do that".

That's everyone. Anyone saying anything positive is a bot, or a woke, or a mindless fanboy. Any positive or even just reasonably negative reviewer is paid off or too terrified to share their "actual" thoughts. Friggin' Harrison Ford is apparently a paid shill. Y'know, the guy who is so well known for his tendency to pretend to like stuff he's not a fan of. Just ask Han.

...and even with all this, people are still not going back to say Skull was good actually lol. That's perhaps the most fascinating part. Even with all their desperation to blame Kathleen Kennedy for the murder of Christ, people still cannot bring themselves to redeem the fridge for the sake of putting the new movie down.

[Armagon]

Generic Isekai knight man when Joker straps a clown-themed bomb to his head

This is by default one of the most interesting Isekai premises out there.

5 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

and even with all this, people are still not going back to say Skull was good actually lol. That's perhaps the most fascinating part. Even with all their desperation to blame Kathleen Kennedy for the murder of Christ, people still cannot bring themselves to redeem the fridge for the sake of putting the new movie down.

Eh no, I'm seeing Crystal Skull "redemption" already. People posting the ending and being like "this is soul, cinema". Like yes I agree but y'all are 15 years late, get in line.

 

[Acacia Sgt]

'Tis alright. In four-five years we'll see the defenders when the sixth movie comes out and gets critized. Bringing back Indy without Ford the same way they did with Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.

Edited July 3, 2023 by Acacia Sgt

[Saint Rubenio]

3 minutes ago, Armagon said:

Eh no, I'm seeing Crystal Skull "redemption" already. People posting the ending and being like "this is soul, cinema". Like yes I agree but y'all are 15 years late, get in line.

I've seen some but definitely not as much as there was for, say, Star Wars. Much more "Skull is still bad / worse, OG Trilogy is the only one that exists" thrown around.

The ending part specifically, though... Yeah, folks saying that the new movie "ruined" the perfect, happy conclusion Indy got in Skull is more common.

Just now, Acacia Sgt said:

'Tis alright. In four-five years we'll see the defenders when the sixth movie comes out and gets critized. Bringing back Indy the same way they did with Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.

I wish I could read that and take it as a joke, but when the tech advances enough to avoid the complete mockery Tarkin received, we're guaranteed to see old stars dug up from their graves for nostalgia bucks.

Who knows, myabe Ford really will be the first one... Though he seems in pretty good shape for his age and he has the money for top of the line healthcare, I wouldn't expect him to pass that fast.

[Codename Shrimp]

NSFW

Spoiler

 

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO XD

@Newtype06

[Acacia Sgt]

20 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I wish I could read that and take it as a joke, but when the tech advances enough to avoid the complete mockery Tarkin received, we're guaranteed to see old stars dug up from their graves for nostalgia bucks.

Who knows, myabe Ford really will be the first one... Though he seems in pretty good shape for his age and he has the money for top of the line healthcare, I wouldn't expect him to pass that fast.

Did considered that, but also on the scenario he refuses to do one more movie and... makes no difference. CGI Indy with AI generated voiceover...

[Eltosian Kadath]

2 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:

I'd say, just got a random thought.

Throughout Aria of Sorrow, talking to Mina reveals she's not quite fine during her stay in the castle. It starts with her mentioning headaches and feeling tired... but near the end of the game she mentions actually passing out.

And it made me wonder. What's up with that? Like, even if you say it's the castle itself doing that, it doesn't address the fact she's seemingly the only one affected. Like, not even Hammer is, despite being just an average guy compared to everybody else in there at the time. It makes it look like the castle has it out for her specifically and... maybe that could actually be the case?

After all, she is the... I'm gonna say granddaughter, considering the thirty-six year timespan, of the ones responsible of sealing Castlevania in the eclipse to begin with. The castle is definitely gonna hold a grudge. So one day it senses someone who is kin of the ones responsible... well, time for some payback.

Well, I don't know, but I'm gonna take it as headcanon... and put it to use, as it were...

The name is clearly reference a character from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mina, short for Wilhelmina Harker (technically Murray at the beginning of the book, as she marries Johnathan Harker fairly early on). In Dracula Mina is eventually bitten, and prepared to become a vampire after her death, which has left a telepathic connection between her and Dracula as she slowly turns, which leaves her weak, unable to stay awake during the day, and occasion drags her into trance like stats (which the heroes even take advantage of through hypnosis).

 

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

As I began reading this, I thought "What if Mina was one of Drac's beloveds reincarnated?". Not a serious thought, and I see that isn't what conclusion you came to, I'm just sayin' it drifted into my mind like a cloud of vampiric mist. Not to mention if such a thing were possible, Drac would've done a ritual to make it happen instantly a looooooooong time ago.

I am of a similar mind, but no reincarnation needed, she is simply being prepared as a bride for Soma's ascension.

[Acacia Sgt]

6 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:

The name is clearly reference a character from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mina, short for Wilhelmina Harker (technically Murray at the beginning of the book, as she marries Johnathan Harker fairly early on). In Dracula Mina is eventually bitten, and prepared to become a vampire after her death, which has left a telepathic connection between her and Dracula as she slowly turns, which leaves her weak, unable to stay awake during the day, and occasion drags her into trance like stats (which the heroes even take advantage of through hypnosis).

Yes, I'm aware of that.

And that's the thing. Game!Mina is never bitten. Out-of-universe it works as an explanation (since a lot of things are at the end of it)... but not in-universe. The only hint we ever have as to why it could be happening is "Arikado" saying that "death comes to all who stay here long enough", or something like that. But again, she's seemingly the only one affected.

Edited July 4, 2023 by Acacia Sgt

[Eltosian Kadath]

5 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

 

And that's the thing. Game!Mina is never bitten. Out-of-universe it works as an explanation (since a lot of things are at the end of it)... but not in-universe.

Neither was Soma, but that does not stop him from becoming a vampire.