hot take: ornstein and smough are not that good of a boss fight. the combat of souls can work for duo bosses, and there are good ideas present for o&s for dealing with two enemies at once, but it misses the mark with their windows of opportunity after attacks

o&s hot take 2: the music isn't particularly memorable compared to some other bosses.

o&s final hot take: if they were in ds2, people would hate them. they are loved because everything in ds1 is sacrosanct except the tomb of giants, blighttown, and izalith

might fuck around and spend too much time making an in depth analysis of why i think o&s are dumb