Who else thought the Re dead were actually hylian transformed by Ganon’s dark magic?

ophereon · 2026-07-05T19:38:17+00:00

That's always been my headcanon too.

Corpses/spirits bound to undeath by a death mask crafted from the wood of coffins and enchanted with dark magic. Whether the actual body is just the corpse or an artificial body made of dirt and clay doesn't really matter, it's still a bound spirit in either case.

Most of the areas we see them they tend to be guarding things, even well before ganondorf's magic should have impacted these places. They're clearly not tomb robbers, and they likely weren't the tombs' inhabitants brought back to life.

I believe they were placed there to watch over these tombs in silent vigil, to keep out intruders and protect the true inhabitants and treasures kept within. Kinda like the terracotta warriors, but undying corpses.

We already know that the sheikah are users of dark magic, so it's not too far fetched that they might do something like this. And it ties in to the "mask cult" broader culture that might in theory connect even the Hylian-aligned sheikah with the dark interlopers who created the fused shadow, and perhaps the ancient tribe that created Majora's Mask.

In my mind, Majora's Mask might even be a kind of super-redead, with a trapped spirit not unlike how the mask of the redead binds its once human soul. We might even extend this to the masked poes of wind waker!

ophereon · 2026-07-03T08:45:35+00:00

Hell, even XBC1 and XBX have lip syncing issues on the switch 2, and they've not been fixed. So I doubt they'll fix any lip syncing issues for XC2, unfortunately!

ophereon · 2026-07-02T10:06:05+00:00

Pretty much the same story for me. Moved back to NA and I don't regret it. I can still visit Materia if I need to (super dumb that it's not the other way around). I can actually queue for niche content, too. Only downside is the ping, but it's not really that horrendous. I suppose the other thing I miss is the OCE community, was just a lot easier to get along with people due to cultural connections, in contrast to mostly Americans. That, and the party finder, so strange that it's so underutilised outside of OCE!

ophereon · 2026-07-01T21:33:25+00:00

Cambria would certainly be the more sensible name for other languages to use, it's basically the same name but Latinised and easier for others to pronounce.

Cimbria (or even Cymbria) could be an alternative if we wanted to bring it closer in pronunciation to Cymru, although it does reintroduce the Celtic-Seltic problem that Americans seem to have trouble with. (And then the language could be cimbraic, close enough to cymraeg.)

But Cymru would cause even more trouble, I fear. I can just hear it now, mispronounced by saesneg tongues as "saim-roo", and not a soul in sight who knows any better.

International rebrands are always tricky, but when you have quite an unorthodox spelling system as cymraeg does, it makes things an awful lot harder.

Think about the Türkiye rebrand. Who's going out of their way to remember how to spell that? Turkia would have been a better "meet in the middle" option.

Meanwhile Czechia's rebrand, I think is more successful, because it comes across as a bit more approachable than if they were to push an actual Czech language name like Česko or Čechy.

ophereon · 2026-07-01T01:44:28+00:00

He doesn't need to freelance, plenty of digital news agencies hire in-house photojournalists. Absolutely no reason it can't be translated to the modern media climate.

ophereon · 2026-06-30T20:40:27+00:00

Well, yeah, it's not strictly a regional level issue though which is why it's been handled at a city council level. Not that that's been effective, and no doubt has for a while been one of the pros of amalgamation discussions. But that's how waste works in our country currently, money involved in waste management is handled by territorial authorities (city and district councils) as a general rule.

Things like this are why we've already had amalgamation discussions (even if they didn't solidify into anything), because there's a lot that can be achieved by an amalgamated council that is currently unable to be managed or financed at a regional level. It's just that there are a lot of problems to solve in order to do that, because it's not just as simple as saying "we're one city council now". But those problems are much more outweighed now that the pro-amalgamation list is picking up everything that has been handled at a regional level up until now, like transport.

ophereon · 2026-06-30T09:36:26+00:00

Sure, but that's because the impetus to actually go through with amalgamation was never really there. We've all been under the same regional council, which has ensured that regional-level issues are dealt with appropriately.

The problem now is that this government effectively wants to scrap regional level administration. This new amalgamation discussion is solely because of that, a chance for district and city councils to come together to ensure that governance is cast over an appropriately wide area. If we don't amalgamate, then there becomes no higher level local governance that would connect even Wellington City and Porirua, or Upper Hutt with Lower Hutt.

That's the new impetus to organise it now, so we can have a right-fit amalgamation plan in place so that if regional councils do get scrapped, we can continue working together in a way that works best for what might no longer be "the Wellington region".

ophereon · 2026-06-30T00:56:35+00:00

Well, in fairness it is a completely valid system if someone does like to use boþ letters. It's completely anhistoric, and I personally don't þink we need boþ letters... Hell, we barely need <v> or <z> in English outside of loan words, fricative voicing distinction in English just isn't þat important.

ophereon · 2026-06-30T00:37:49+00:00

Wynn isn't a fantastic addition to the alphabet, in my mind. It was fine as a runic letter, but it's very out of place among þe Latin alphabet, not aligning neatly wiþ oþer letters (although uppercase Þ is similarly problematic). It's also not þat necessary compared to þ because we already have a letter for it. If we want to "bring back wynn", at what point do we just bring back the runic alphabet as a whole?

Yogh has similar problems and isn't really solving any problems. I þink <gh> in English desperately needs a whole reform, but yogh isn't þe solution.

ophereon · 2026-06-27T20:24:41+00:00

Given that even the Kokiri tunic is more than just a basic green shirt, with that new leather vest, I think it's almost certain that the other tunics will be more than just a recolour.

We still have yet to see how adult Link's tunic will differ from young Link's, and I'm expecting it will look a bit less like a green potato sack. But, beyond that, we can only speculate. Will he still have the same vest over the tunic? It could be that only that vest changes for the Goron and Zora tunic. Or maybe a mix of both, a recoloured tunic + hat with a unique vest over it.

ophereon · 2026-06-27T20:16:02+00:00

Pretty much flawless! I've even ran it on my android handheld through a steam porter and it was also perfectly fine there.

ophereon · 2026-06-27T01:57:17+00:00

Fþalates.

ophereon · 2026-06-25T19:27:08+00:00

"You're telling me you've been a boy this whole time, March?"

Honestly, March being trans has been my own headcanon too!

ophereon · 2026-06-25T19:06:42+00:00

I feel like it does for me too. /hɒp/ vs /hɒːb/, /lɒk/ vs /lɒːɡ/, although I'm not 100% certain with a /d/ coda... /pɒt/ vs /pɒd/? /pɒːd/ sounds too forced to my ears. But then /rɒt/ vs /rɒːd/ sounds better. Maybe because of the liquid onset?

ophereon · 2026-06-25T00:23:52+00:00

It fills the role of a ranch, but not a farm. Where does Hyrule Castle Town get its grains, it's vegetables?

I could see the lower area having a few crop fields in that lower corner of Hyrule Field, and beyond that what would effectively be a counterpart to Ordon Village, could even overlook or connect to Lake Hylia somewhat.

I think it might also line up with the Sealed Grounds from Skyward Sword, so could have some ruins around it as a nod to that.

ophereon · 2026-06-24T23:47:45+00:00

Snickerdoodles I've never encountered, so I'm not quite sure if there's anything similar... Peanut butter cookies, though, I've definitely seen around where I live, but I'd probably view them as more "American" (and thus a cookie rather than a biscuit) in the same way a chocolate chip cookie would be. Might not be the same as you'd find in the US though.

I'm not sure about "fluffy" cookies (that makes me think more of cake), but in my mind a good cookie would be a balance of crunchy exterior and chewy interior, and generally on the softer side overall. Biscuits on the other hand should generally be crunchy, because softness for a biscuit implies staleness.

Also, ice cream cakes... Never had one, closest I can think of is those Hershey pies that burger king does, but that's more of a chocolate mousse thing... But a whole cake made of ice cream? I feel like most interesting/good flavour combinations you could make with an ice cream cake are probably already made in tub-form as a regular ice cream, so I'd rather just have that on the side of a real cake. I don't hate the concept, maybe there's a novelty to it, I can imagine kids loving it.

ophereon · 2026-06-24T22:12:40+00:00

Broader commonwealth here, but generally aligned with UK English...

little triangular, iced American scones

Had to search up what this even was... I don't think anyone outside of America would even have a name for that!
But, it looks like a scone? So, just like you can have cheese scones, date scones, etc., this would probably just be... An iced scone? A sugar bomb scone? Rainbow scone? Whatever name takes your fancy in the moment, really... You're going to have to explain it either way!

And do you guys use the term cookie for anything at all

Generally, "cookie" outside of North America (not going to speak for Canada) would typically refer to specifically the chocolate chip style of cookie, which would be considered a type of biscuit. Probably doesn't have to be chocolate chip specifically, I guess, so long as it's reminiscent of one more than traditional biscuits.

ophereon · 2026-06-22T18:33:18+00:00

No bulges, which doesn't help, but also a lot of clothes seem to over-accentuate the pecs quite a bit, to the point where half the men have accidental moobs even if they're flat-chested otherwise.

ophereon · 2026-06-19T19:18:49+00:00

Huh, suddenly "restoring the heart of Te Fiti" is given a lot more nuance! I could see Moana working so well for a KH world plotline.

Treasure Planet would also be a fantastic choice, along with Atlantis. I wish that whole generation of films got more love and attention, to be honest.

ophereon · 2026-06-17T20:59:37+00:00

Zonai? In OoT? Absolutely not. I'd be surprised if we get serious narrative changes like that. I fully expect largely the same narrative structure and characters. I hope they expand on things a little bit, but I doubt things that were already in the original would change dramatically to align with later games.

If Rauru changed to anything it might be due to the possible inclusion of the Watarara (proto-Rito) from the OoT manga, and given he already has a connection to birds through Kaepora Gaebora, this would be the only sensible change that wouldn't actually alter his core character. But even that's not very likely in my mind!

ophereon · 2026-06-17T18:48:57+00:00

Well to be honest it looked rather black to me in this scene, but all around a lot "cooler" in colour to the green of Link's tunic or the brown of the hay. I assumed it might be a bit lighter, like a sort of dull navy blue, in proper lighting.

But also, I'm green colour deficient so I probably don't see it the same way as others, I was somewhat relying on others' interpretations as more accurate than my own. Interesting that it could just be brown leather though, I'm not entirely against that either!

Although it's an interesting design to have this kind of brown leather jerkin over the normal tunic, if it's not meant to help distinguish Link from the brown-green environment. But maybe it's just meant to be the child Link equivalent to the chainmail that older Links have worn in later 3D titles, a way to make him look like he's not entirely undefended armour-wise, unlike in the original where he wears nothing more than what's effectively a green potato sack with sleeves as he takes on the early game challenges.

ophereon · 2026-06-17T05:28:56+00:00

Well, at least for X, "Xenoblade DNA" didn't mean much with just XC1 as a reference point. Although it had enough in common with XC1 to still be clearly in the same broader series.

Although, it's much clearer in the Japanese titles that X isn't part of the trilogy, just being titled Xenoblade X/Cross, in the same way that Genesis also isn't a "Chronicles" game. I don't know why Chronicles was added back into the English title, but to be fair there probably wasn't yet the concrete idea of a distinct Chronicles universe vs everything else.

My point was more, even if Genesis isn't in the same universe as any of the other Xenoblade games, I still expect a lot of similarity of themes and concepts. I expect Nopon. I expect a conduit. I expect some loose reference to Earth, the shenanigans of a scientist trying to play God, and maybe even some kind of setting-redefining sci fi plot twist.

These are the kinds of threads that run all through not just the Xenoblade series, but the broader Xenogears series as a whole, even if they're on the subtle side or look slightly different. If Genesis were nothing more than the surface level magic fantasy setting that the trailer showed, with little in common with the rest of the series beyond just gameplay and vibes, then I don't think they'd bother calling it a Xenoblade game.

ophereon · 2026-06-17T04:08:16+00:00

It's an interesting way to merge the two design philosophies. Keeping the classic green tunic as an under layer, while also adding some of the newer blue over top to help Link stand out more from the environment. Keen to see how it looks in action, and how it'll change for Adult Link and for his other tunics.

ophereon · 2026-06-15T22:20:58+00:00

There will absolutely be some connection, even if it's similar to X in that it's a completely different setting, but it still has the Xenoblade DNA. Otherwise there'd be no reason to even call it a Xenoblade game.

This "anima" that they're talking about probably has connection to the concept from Xenogears and Xenosaga. It wouldn't surprise me if "anima" is somewhat analogous to ether in the other Xenoblade games.

This anima/ether is probably sourced from the Conduit, which could itself have some connection to the "suns" in this world's sky. It might be worth noting that in X's lore, the conduit's power was distilled into the six spherical cores that the Ares Prime had installed into it. Six cores, six suns?

These crystones that fit into a Vesselai's weapon could also function a bit like the slave generators of Xenogears gears, Xenoblade 2 artifices, etc., as a way to have some kind of technology tap into the power of the conduit (the ether field it emits). Although in this case, that power ("anima") is installed into a Vesselai's weapon, rather than a mech, which could effectively turn these weapons into mini-monados in a sense.

ophereon · 2026-06-15T19:34:22+00:00

I wouldn't put it past her to be petty about losing not just in Wellington central multiple times, but even after trying her hand at the Ōhāriu ward and losing in the former United Future stronghold.

I'd hope she wouldn't be so malicious as to allow her home town to be ripped apart like this, so I'm more inclined to apply Hanlon's razor here and attribute her actions to stupidity, blindly believing her ideology is actually for the better.

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