I was going to try and Photoshop a Santa hat onto my avatar, but it couldn't be done ):

Lovely name and avatar (:

I'm going to attempt to steal your idea.

Mostly the huge way the Fused Shadows are built up in the first part of the game. And then there's that very dramatic, totally ominous scene in the Lanayru Shrine. That scene was built to foreshadow a dark plot twist, but for some reason that twist never came. As it stands, there is no point to that scene - it is extraneous fluff. It gives me the sense that the story was intended to go in a different direction that Nintendo ultimately decided against a little too late in the process. Your suspicions about the final boss make wonderful sense, and Ganondorf's inclusion would have been much more worthwhile if the battle against him caused the Fused Shadows to overpower Midna.

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Great post here, I very much agree with it. If it hasn't been done already, it would make a good thread topic. There are a lot of signs that seem to indicate Midna was originally meant to be the final boss, until late in the process Nintendo decided that was too much of a risk for the character.

Why thank you. :3

Thanks but since this isn't my computer, I can't use it.

THanks anyways!

Actually, scratch that. I just read the entire chapter of Endless Eight, and it only covers the one day. (and therefore it hasn't even a 15,499th iteration)

I've just checked. The first episode of endless eight was not written, while the first day which was written had Nagato say it was the 15,498th iteration, exactly the same as the second endless eight episode.

Wow. Hadn't heard about this until you told me. We're a star-studded team. I was starting to like Ariza, but this is an obvious upgrade. Still, with the Cavs picking up O'Neal, a championship is anything but certain.

Yup, but I forget the exact number. I'll go check later.