Disclaimer: I Have Yet To Play The Original Zelda On NES. That Might Inform This Take Somewhat.

Disclaimer: I have yet to play the original Zelda on NES. That might inform this take somewhat.

IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.

I was always confused by this because I knew that the old man gave Link a sword, not a companion. At the end of this interaction, Link is still alone. I always thought it was kind of stupid for that reason. Some help you are, old man! I’m still alone!

Maybe I just have Breath of the Wild on the brain. But the old man was never trying to stop Link from going alone. He was saying: “You’re going to be alone, and that will be scary. But you can use this to fight.”

TL;DR - the old man doesn’t solve the problem. But he does suggest that the problem can be solved.

(Across the Spider-Verse spoiler)

I’m late to the BOTW party… What button do I press for Link to sit down and have a little cry? I just unlocked the last memory (AND the Master Sword), and I just think the lil guy needs it.

The Anthropocene Reviewed, John Green

Listen we don’t need more Ted Lasso. A three act story stands on its own (something something triangles).

What we DO need is the reverse: world-class soccer player comes to play, idk, minor league baseball in the US. Maybe he learns not to take himself so seriously after having to relay race a seven-year-old during the seventh inning stretch.

MIKE! MIKE! MIKE! MIKE!

MIKEEE