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author=demondestiny link=topic=1822.msg29368#msg29368 date=1220532421
Yes, i've seen both of the neon genesis films. Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and The End of Evangelion. I find the films to be good and they run for a decent amount of time. End of Evangelion would be my favourite out of the two films despite it being an alternate ending to the series.

"Both?" There are about twenty seven Eva films. I'm wondering if Drumsticks is referring to the remake movies.

It was just released this morning at 11:00 PDT-ish, I believe. Yeah, it's an early beta, but I've all but switched over entirely to it already based on what I've seen--I'm making this post in Chrome, actually. It seems faster than even Opera and Firefox to me, and the way it handles memory per-tab is a big step up from those two. The interface is so beautifully minimalistic, too!

I'm really digging it. The only complaint I have so far is that it doesn't have gesture-support yet. I'm so used to using Opera's back and forward gestures at this point that I've forgotten how the other 98% of the market browses the internet.


All that said, I don't think Chrome is meant to be a real competitor to the other browsers. I think it's basically just a proof of concept for a bunch of Google's web technologies that they're showing off to make other browsers implement them so that Google's web apps can rely on them being there. They made it open source and their little introductory comic (drawn by Scott McCloud, no less) makes special note of the fact that they encourage other browsers to steal Chrome's features.

My theory on Zelda romances is that Destiny sort of sucks for Link, since he's generally got more compatible women out there for him to be with anyway. Tetra's about the only incarnation of Zelda that has been all that likeable as a character on her own.

Shiek was a bit too aloof and he's about the only other time Link's had much to do with Zelda--plus just about every woman Link encounters seems to have more of a claim to being a good romantic interest for him, in Ocarina of Time. Saria's got the close childhood friend angle (but is kinda disqualified because of her lineage), Nabooru is all flirty with him, Ruto's canonically interested and actually engaged to Link and even Malon's got a more interesting relationship with him than Zelda in Ocarina. (Also, regarding your comment that Link and Ruto couldn't have kids, I wouldn't just assume they couldn't. Medli is explicitly the descendent of Laruto, the zora who was the Shrine Maiden for that one temple in Wind Waker, and she's not a Zora, and we know that the Gerudo crossbreed with other races almost exclusively. I'd wager the general Fantasy Crossbreeding Rules apply in the Zelda universe).

Link to the Past Zelda....well we barely get to see her, and when we do it's only as The Load, so it's not like there's much to make us root for that relationship. Later, in Link's Awakening (the same Link, or at least that was the indication when it came out), his relationship with Marin was much more interesting than his earlier relationship with Zelda.

Wind Waker Zelda was legitimately an interesting romantic foil for Link, and Tetra is without a doubt the most likeable and interesting incarnation of Zelda to date. Some people have made arguments for Medli, but those are fairly spurious: Medli was cute and I love her to pieces, but Tetra just works better all around. She doesn't get as much to do in Phantom Hourglass, but what time she manages to be on the screen only serves to reinforce this.

Twilight Princess....well, Zelda was barely even in that one--Midna really owned that game, and was by far one of the best characters the series has ever had. The ending makes any relationship between the two a non-option, but if anything that only makes it a more interesting relationship.


All that said....romance isn't really the point of the Zelda games. It's just understood that Link and Zelda are supposed to be linked(haha), but it's not like they've ever put much effort into making it a believable romance. Zelda isn't a romantic foil, she's basically just a prize. Which is a shame from a series that's otherwise excellent, but there it is. It'd be nice if we got more Zelda's like Tetra in the future (in the sense of being interesting and active in the story--the exact personality should vary), but it's not like it's a necessary aspect of the game.


Oh, and my belief has always been that Zelda in each game is the descendant of the previous Zelda and Link (assuming they do get together), and that Link in each game is unrelated. Or is possibly also a descedant. Zelda from LttP was explicitly the descedant of the Sages, with my best guess being the previous Zelda. Dunno about Link. The "Hylian Knights" he was the descdant of could either refer to the old knights of the royal family, or even possibly to a previous Link (and by extension, possibly a previous Zelda), but who knows?

author=kentona link=topic=1644.msg28740#msg28740 date=1220056048
Tolkien is AWESOME compared to Robert Jordan (RIP). Fuck, I've read whole chapters where I couldn't remember who some third string character is supposed to be and what her motives were - and it was critical to the arc.

I will not contend with that statement. I've read all of those doorstoppers to date, and the only names I can ever remember are the ones who were introduced in the first book, plus Cadsuane and Asmodeus. And that's only because I loved Asmodeus and knew the name beforehand.

I'm kinda busy this week too, so I probably won't make it either. I mean I might, but I wouldn't wait for me if I don't show, is what I'm saying.