EDIT: We have lift off!!! I have almost no clue how though lol. After waiting for maybe 2 hours I quit my modded load out of BoTW and decided to try Vanilla again and to my surprise it just booted up right away. After the intro cutscene played and shaders compiled I quit and tried BCML again and that loaded right away too!! It might have something to do with trying CEMU 2.0. I didn't do that first because it's "experimental" but I guess 2.0s just goated lol.

So when I load up BoTW on Cemu 2.0 AND BCML - after it tells me to press A - I just get a black screen, and the gamepad indicator graphic keeps on flashing so I know it's not frozen. From doing Yuzu I know you're supposed to wait awhile until it loads for the first few times but I've left this thing running for like 40 minutes before, and it still doesn't load up. As far as I know I followed all instructions and optimizations to a T so it can't be busted right? How long should I wait before giving up???