Welp, end of the extra day off and did manage to do all the pirate stuff like I’d planned despite some dilly dallying to start. A little proud of myself for doing a substantial amount more of the depths, though there’s still a ton I haven’t explored. Even found another sky island when I could’ve sword I’d found them all, though I’m sure this was the last big one outside of the labyrinths. Kinda wishing there were more about the size of the starting island - kinda thought that would be indicative of what to expect, like the great plateau was. Oh well. Still enjoy what we do have for the most part.
Also did a sidequest in Tarrey Town that got me a bit teary eyed. I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting old or something. Never used to let myself get emotional over games, least not many. The Last Guardian was a first for me, maybe a couple others, but I don’t even think this was that bad. Maybe it’s just that Hudson reminds me of someone in my life, or that while I don’t have kids of my own, I have a couple nieces now who both live halfway across the country, along with my brother and sister. I probably mentioned before, I didn’t do any of the Tarrey Town stuff in my first time through BotW, but I appreciated it in my second for all its simplicity. The whole thing with -son was kinda silly, but seeing how both Hudson and his family and town have grown, I feel maybe that’s how older folks might have been able to relate with Ocarina of Time when I was younger. Likewise with Bolson and some of his dialogue after you’ve done everything with him - hoping he spends his last days peacefully, maybe in Lurelin. It’s certainly one of my favorite places in the series.
So I finally got around to being able to make my own home. I can see why some say it’s limited, and I’m not entirely satisfied with it myself. But I did manage to make something I thought was fairly cozy. I might rearrange it a bit, not sure I’ll care that much but if I’m bored I might get around to it. I bet it won’t be a returning feature in the next, because when does anything ever stick for long in this series, but I’d hope maybe you could pick which town you’d want to live in, or even have places out in the Wild you could make a cabin or something.
