How I Explain Dysphoria When People Don't Understand.

How I explain dysphoria when people don't understand.

i know hearing people on this website love to pass around those posts with links to free sign language lessons but you know you need to actually put effort into learning about Deaf culture, too, right?

The explanation for why totk’s story is so Not Great and how disconnected from its predecessor it feels being that the devs didn’t want to alienate new players who didn’t know anything about botw’s story just falls apart the more I think about it. Nothing from this stupid half a plot works unless the player is familiar with specific details from the better games that came before it.

The believability of Link and Zelda’s connection to each other hinges on you knowing about the nuance of their relationship in botw. The picture being in Zelda’s house doesn’t make sense unless you finished the champion’s ballad dlc. Fi’s cameo is meaningless unless you either got every memory in botw or finished the master trial dlc (and know about her from skyward sword). You’ll only get the full context of Teba being sidelined in favour of a 12-year old if you played a specific chapter of Age of Calamity’s second DLC. Like sorry but I think Nintendo just made a bad story tbh

“Bit by bit, I've gotten Link to open up to me. When I finally got around to asking why he's so quiet all the time, I could tell it was difficult for him to say. But he did. With so much at stake, and so many eyes upon him, he feels it necessary to stay strong and to silently bear any burden. A feeling I know all too well... For him, it has caused him to stop outwardly expressing his thoughts and feelings. I always believed him to be simply a gifted person who had never faced a day of hardship. How wrong I was... Everyone has struggles that go unseen by the world... I was so absorbed with my own problems, I failed to see his. I wish to talk with him more and to see what lies beneath those calm waters, to hear him speak freely and openly... And perhaps I, too, will be able to bare my soul to him and share the demons that have plagued me all these years."

This is probably the most important passage of text in the entire BotW and TotK games.

It’s the starting point of Link and Zelda’s connection. It’s why she stopped hating him and started to appreciate him. It shows that she’s compassionate. And it’s also really important towards her growing connection with him in Tears of the Kingdom.

It’s also just really nice that Nintendo included a passage about how everybody has hidden struggles and to not pass preemptive judgement on people and assume they’re okay when they’re not! Thats really progressive and awesome to hear in a game for kids and teens!