completed Dodongo's, got the Spiritual Stone, not very difficult so far. two things you quickly realize on a 3heart run, one, you can and should just run away from certain encounters, and two, there's not much to do in #OoT, outside of rushing dungeons, if you're not collecting heart pieces. #zelda

there's so much going on in this short 10-mins of the game. a lot to unpack, as they say, in terms of "growing up," with Ganondorf as a symbol of man’s (not “boy’s”) greed / lust for power. Link actually pulls his sword on Ganondorf, who's this towering, terrible figure on nightmarish high horse, almost like a specter of adulthood itself. the whole thing feels like a sort of naive, youthful rebellion against growing up, or growing up into THAT. incredible storytelling w/ so little. #zelda #oot

completed the Forest Temple, died for the first time in a room full of Stalfos, then a few more times after that. the moment Link grows up, Hyrule becomes a much harsher place, monsters start doing a lot more damage, go figure. as an adult, you get used to the low-health alarm going off constantly, it becomes your close friend, almost. although, it would be nice if you could toggle it off. #zelda #oot