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oh my god my skin, what a master piece, its unbeliveable.

Love your analysis so much. Beautifully done.

Dorian's dialog "But the Yiga...They took my wife's life as punishment." This is the pure embodiment of the sentiments of Cain, if I can't have anything that makes me happy or brings me praise then neither can you. The intent that underlies the Yiga's philosophy is sinister, and it's led by a goofy anime character. Love these videos, I don't have much time devote to watching anything with more than passive attention but I always clear a block when you upload these psychological and mythological deep dives; I'd love to see Majora's Mask get the Rebecca Tripp treatment.

I rarely ever comment but I wanted to say I loved all you had to say :) Something also felt missing to me in totk that was present in botw, and it certainly had something to do with that spiritual aspect; totk, as you mentioned, didn't have a distinct identity that immediately emerged for me. Yet there was always something undoubtedly beautiful about Tears that I couldn't quite put my fingers on. The way you spoke about magic, technology, eternity, and enlightenment clarified it all to me and was beautifully articulated. It doesn't change my mind fundamentally about Tears, yet it also helped me let go of the expectation that this would be another breath of the wild. I was searching for the same sorts of epiphanies but this video helped me find and appreciate new ones

I’ve been listening to this track so many times over the years. I finally had the inspiration to play this during a segment of my Pathfinder game as travel music. It’s really enchanting. Helped set the stage for my players for their journey.

Excelentes temas. La escencia de FF9.

Liam Triforce brought me here. Not disappointed.

Your voice is so calm i could sleep to this

so beautiful and relaxing!

so nice and relaxing! this is very much appreciated!

love your harp arrangements! they are always so nice to listen to!

glad dave invited you to be on the album this song turned out great! I love his music so having you guys collab on anything is a treat!

37 años y no olvido ese bosque

I absolutely heart this arrangement. So good. Top Medley!!!! *hugs the arranger*

I'm so happy to have found your work! I love Square and other fantasy games OST and I'm always on the lookout for arrangements, you share that and beautiful perspectives on games beloved to me. Your channel touches my Soul. Thank you!!

Oh my God that was amazing

This was a lovely video and i enjoyed listening to it. Most if not all of your interpretation feels to me like trying to dig 100ft in a 2ft sandbox. Which is to say, the game was not invisioned with depth, you are bringing almost all of it. With that said, when I attempt to view the game with the depth you have projected onto it, I do find it a far more appealing story. It makes me much more interested in giving the game yet another shot. (Its still has awful building mechanics, but thats another conversation) Despite my distaste for the game, I want to reiterate. This was a very enjoyable video and I found your perspective very interesting.

Such a well done video! your voice is so relaxing! i hope you make more of these analysis videos!

*looking suspicously at the hylian shroom in my hand*

Hello! I see some pretty incredible thunder storms where I live so I'd like to request that I can listen to this while its storming outside. Or perhaps for personal use may I put your music to the storm footage as a background? Have a great day!

Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?

I love this kind of stuff u don't first noticed or connected the dots as a kid. What's the bgm called at the beginning of the vid btw?

I think you have a unique ability to express quality analysis material, and still do it in an artistic way. This was.. calming and enchanting in a way. Love it!

I'm not sure of the first song's title, but its kind of.. incredibly good :)

This is how it sounded to us as kids 😭 currently speed running the game in my head rn lol

My two sisters and I have a really special bond through Zelda since ocarina of time in 98, and your videos make me relive what we experienced together. In any case, what you do is truly exceptional. Thank you very much!!

TOTK was a left brain game- very focused on engineering.. if you are not a left brained individual, i suspect you won't like the main focus of the development cycle.... building things-.. The zelda team poured all their efforts into the fuse and ultra hand mechanics-- other than those two things and don't get me wrong, they are 2 HUGE evolutions in gaming... it is pretty much the same game as botw..

you choosen the perfect artworks for this

I love listening to you articulate your thoughts when you release long form video essays like this. You always manage to weave in concepts and build narratives that I don't think ever would have occured to me otherwise. Yet when you bring those more obscure or veiled elements to light, they instantly become crystal clear! It's like an "AHA!" moment. The mark of a creative mind, I suppose... Being able to see through the mundane and ponder upon the intertextual. Thank you!

Omg I definitely MUST watch this later cause it seems you put lots of effort into it!

this is AWESOME!

LOVED this: you're a GENIUS! Also I really like the wallpapers/backgrounds of your videos. Have you got downloadable versions?

I dont even know you but i feel so deeply connected to you via our similar gaming tastes. I honestly teared up and nodded to your descriptive words such as wistful, nourishing, and home. I need to play golden sun., and SotN. I also highly recommend Okami, its a visual masterpiece and the gameplay is great. Oot and Majoras mask are my two best friends' favorite games as well. I am such a fan of you!!

Accidental ASMR at 1:44:18!

Fire video

Awesome job on this. I always considered this one of the best overworld themes in jrpgs, but it always seems to fall through the cracks and not get much attention.

You're a very special individual Rebecca. I see you as sensitive and wise. And what you share through this channel is important and thoughtful.

This is gold. Your thoughts and the themes are spot on. I havent heard any of your psychological analyses before but I must say I wont miss another. Having played most of the Zelda games, I really connected to your beliefs. I loved old Zelda games, and the criticism of the quantity over quality aspects of BOTW and TOTK (and in society) really struck a chord.

a treat to hear this since I never played this game, as usual it sounds quite good!

love when rebecca covers this game! it always turns out so good! this is so going on my chrono cross playlist!

not familiar with this game but it does sound lovely! probably means I should check out the game

I’m not even finished with this video, but I must comment already: I LOVE your music that you make for this channel. My wife, my friends and I will play Settlers of Catan, and I’ll sneak your music on and they ALWAYS say “wow! This is beautiful!” But, you did this 2 hour plus essay… And now, somehow, you have completely outdone every other Zelda Tuber on their own expertise: essays! This video is transcendent. You have completely filled in the vague narrative written in my heart for why I love fairy tales, TLoZ being my absolute favorite thing ever; I love this Legend for all the reasons you fleshed out! Like you said in this video and I paraphrase: it can be a spiritual experience for some. I added this video to an ASMR playlist because this is such a comforting message and the execution is done so well and has such a sweet, peacefully, spiritually enriching vibe that I will use it to finally cure my occasional insomnia! Anyway, I’ve gushed enough, but I had to comment! You are simply brilliant! This is so involved, so fastidiously and passionately executed! This seems like your dissertation for your master’s degree or PHD because it’s so coherent and engaging! I’m gonna rewatch this video several times as I build Ocarina of Time Landmarks out of Legos in my Lego-Room! Thank you for truly creating a work of art!

I’ve been listening to this for 2-3 years now. I’m currently at the AFJROTC Flight Academy getting my pilots license at 17, and I’m still listening to this.

A beautiful discussion of the themes and symbolism of this game, one which I haven't even played but now feel as though I have deeply visited. There were a few sections I particularly loved, such as the one starting at 1:44:30, where you bring us to a dream-like place of reprieve, reflection, and serenity. This is not just a video essay, but its own storytelling experience - a story of themes that touch our human experience, and a call into the realm of the divine, a realm that exists not within the busy array of treasures in modern society, but within ourselves. I also liked: How you dug in on modern sensory excess and the consequences of becoming numbing ourselves with it here: 1:24:11 The discussion of the "bokoblin inside", the first example here: 38:03 The lovely, quiet moment at 46:28 The way you call out the Yiga as edge-lords at 1:48:07 XD The interesting story of Koltin and what that says about futile obsessions of spiritual escapism: 1:05:00 There are a lot more moments of insight and beauty scattered throughout. I think, in general there are some beautiful messages being brought forward by the game, highlighted by your analysis, that reflect well the conditions of our modern world. It is interesting to see a Zelda game take on our relationship with technology, for instance, and I find it very poignant that such emphasis is put on finding out where spirit went, through looking for and finding false versions of Zelda. To be spiritual in a world of technological innovation on every front is certainly a task, for it is to realize that not all things can truly be fixed through technology, and that some measure of personal and spiritual experience must be included. We cannot chase the dragon of spirituality, collect or devour spiritually-charged goods, or seek to deny through deliberate ignorance the nature and bounty of spirit where it actually exists. There is something warm and real inside us all, when we're willing to look for it, and persist past the gloom and malaise we might too easily entertain. In essence, I really love the things you've highlighted here, and I take it as a call to something higher and more real. Much like Zelda, as a game and character, points in this direction, you have also illuminated this kind of pathway, with playfulness, grace, and insight. Thank you Rebecca! I enjoyed this very much.

Absolutely fantastic video! I really love your video essays because the delve deeply into the psychological and philosophical meaning in these games. The themes and subjects you cover in this video are simply beautiful.

Trippy! 😊

i enjoy ✔️

I always tended to link Legend of Zelda episodes to spiritualities of the world. Link's Awakaning is unmistakebly Buddhist (with the theme of Awakening, present in the title, central to Buddhism, and present at the very core of the story), Ocarina of Time is for me the most Shinto of all, with all the temples and elemental shrines throughout the whole map. Majora's Mask is to me a mixture of Buddhism (with the theme of time flexibility and eternal return of the same) and Apocalyptic messianism like in the monotheistic religions. Twilight Princess, I link to Daoist and also, lesser known Aztec philosophy and mystics (the Dao and the Teotl are two concepts fairly similar, encompassing darkness and light in a very dualistic and yet intermingling, multi-layered view of the phenomenal world). I played very few Breath of The Wild, and no Tears of the Kingdom at all, but, and thanks to your investigations, I link those games to even more obscure schools of thoughts (which, on an aesthetic level at least, I relate to perhaps not-so-much mythological eras like Atlantis, Lemuria, Arcadia etc) like the Jain concept of karma, seemingly older than India itself. The Jain conceived karma as a dark and obscure matter, immaterial in nature as if linked to pure non-being, which can cover the heart of beings, shielding it from the light of their true nature. It is very close to the idea of "malice" or "gloom". The dematerialisation of the Zelda series represents indeed, both a dive into the most archaic layers of ourselves, and into the most forgotten timelines of our collective history. And by the way, you excuse yourself for being corny, but isn't Japanese virtual wabi-sabi culture (which we could perhaps link to Myamoto's experience and desire to create, with the first Legend of Zelda, a kind of digital "Zen garden", in which you could come and go at will and be relieved of the chaos of the world of illusion outside, like in the quoted cave...) anything but the epitome of corniness ? "Elegance of imperfection" isn't the meaning of life itself ?

What if we find peace, serenity, and predictability in the Dark World?

Lol, "Then you were probably born after the nineties." Love it.