So, after months and months of slowly playing BoTW

[conuly]

I accidentally killed Ganon.

I didn't mean to - I was climbing around the outside of the castle looking for asshole koroks, and I sort of fell on him. I meant to just revert to my last save point, but the cutscene took forever, so I just killed him.

Anyway, now my game has a little star next to it, and I got a medal for killing all the moldugas.

Now, if I can kill Ganon eating nothing but a whole lot of apples, why the hell did a lynel just kick my ass!?

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Comments

[calimac]

"Covid Long Haulers Describe the Devastating Aftereffects of the Disease"

From this title, I was expecting an article specifically on the effects on people who drive trucks for a living.

[conuly]

Is that the first time you've seen people with lasting symptoms called "long haulers"?

[calimac]

Possibly. I'm aware of the concept of long-term suffering from Covid, but not of the term.

However, the number of times I have seen truck drivers referred to as "long haulers" is extremely large. That's what I think of first.

[rebeccmeister]

That was basically my first experience killing Ganon, and then I was mad that I couldn't just roam around the world some more after Ganon was dead.

I have a very, very, VERY strong urge to bury myself in BoTW once the semester ends.

[conuly]

Maybe in BoTW2? There is a sequel hook if you get the "all the memories" ending, where Zelda suggests going outside of Hyrule.

[rebeccmeister]

Aye! Sadly I have a WiiU so that would require a console upgrade (I am so annoyed by that!). It is very very tempting to go for the console upgrade, I must admit...

[dorchadas]

With the way the rest of the game embraces chaos and "just try it" style gameplay, Local Chosen One Accidentally Kills Calamity seems like a perfect bow tied on.

[conuly]

I had to go to YouTube for the better ending. Sigh.