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Um... Sir? I would like to fight you please

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We don't talk enough about the fact that the Champions' corpses rotted inside the Divine Beasts... Their families never got to give them a proper burial :(

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The 'BOTW has a bad story' people really confound me because let me tell you, if it weren't for that story I wouldn't be in this fandom.

My attachment to this game comes from the fact that it was 2020 and I was freshly dealing with the worst phase of my life when I decided to put that game in. I'd never been part of the fandom before, in truth I'd avoided it for years because it felt too big anymore to pick up. I'd only bought it because it was the most popular Switch game I knew outside of Animal Crossing.

And I fucking hated it at first because I was in no way a gamer and it took me forever to get the fuck off the Plateau. But once I was out and able to explore, I started having fun. Just doing random shit. Until one day I decided fine, I'll follow the fish guy.

And all the little cutscenes and quests that followed got me into it. And it had such momentum I couldn't put it down. Before I know it I'm dodging ice blocks and doing midair archery trickshots that I NEVER would have imagined I'd be doing. After all that, you've got to do the Beast, right? That's what all this is for. So I did, and let me tell you, as a first time Zelda player and novice gamer, those puzzles were HARD, Vah Ruta was MASSIVE to me and took hours!

So when I finally solved it and knew the boss fight was next, I was ready to go to bed. It had been enough and I knew I'd get my ass kicked, maybe I'll come back soon. So I saved. And for some reason I decided, since I know it's going to kick my ass, I'm just going to take a run at it and see how bad it's gunna be, it'll be funny. And I honestly don't recall how that fight went because it was such a blur, but I remember being SHOCKED that I won. Just absolutely stunned.

I was so full of adrenaline and righteous joy. How'd this even happen, this was supposed to be so out of my range yet, the plot just pulled me up a mountain and it was awesome! And then, that beautiful music comes in, and you finally see Mipha, and she's so sweet and soft and sad, and so wishes to help you on your journey that she'll use her spirit to heal you. It's so poignant and, damnit, Mipha didn't deserve this fate, she must be avenged! If you weren't in the story before, you might be then, and if not then, then when you walk back down and see Sidon praising you and saying how he was right to believe in you, and all the Zora that doubted you are now cheering for you, and the rain is gone, the sun is out, and Zora's Domain looks absolutely gorgeous, and it dawns on you that you just saved an entire people, and you're gunna tell me you went through all of that and don't genuinely feel like a goddamn hero!?

I don't believe you.

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finished my fanbind of Interim by starkraving (@punishandenslavesuckers) and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out!

it was my first fanbind and it's nowhere near perfect (the gold foil fought me every step of the way, the spine is about as straight as I am, and I forgot a somewhat crucial piece of cardstock beneath the bookcloth...) but i'm so, so happy to have this amazing fic on my shelf now, and i'm stoked to take what i've learned in the binding process this time into my next attempt!

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I was thinking about this due to something I'm writing, and I think they still have weak spots:

1. They're very vulnerable to a siege

2. In BOTW races are rather isolated due to the Calamity, but that doesn't mean that in Hyrule's peak times Hylians weren't familiar with the Desert (alternatively, a Gerudo ally could serve as military advisor)

3. Enemy groups formed by Rito could penetrate easily from above (tho they'd be weak at night). Gorons could also be pretty hard to battle against, regardless of the Gerudo's training and height

4. Before the Calamity Hylians seemed to have had better equipment to fight (they had proper defensive clothes, cannons, and archers (plus Sheikah technology). Tbf, cannons would be hard to get into the desert)

the whole of the gerudo region is so impenetrable it's actually hilarious. thinking about it from a military point of view, there are only TWO feasible points of entrance to the desert- the canyon, and the sea. The mountains surround the whole place, and it's impossible to get an army across them for obvious reasons.

The canyon is very long and narrow, and it would be difficult to move troops through it + it would be incredibly easy for the gerudo to pick them off.

Now for the sea. A Hylian force could probably take ship at Lurelin and sail down to the Gerudo beaches, but then what? It's a long way from said beaches to the town, and don't forget that Hylians are completely unaccustomed to the desert, which would be hard enough to traverse even if you were equipped for it, which the average Hylian soldier definitely isn't.

If it ever did come to hand-to-hand combat, the Gerudo have an obvious advantage. going off what that npc at the noble canteen says, eight feet is less than average height for a Gerudo, whereas most Hylians don't exceed five feet. It's also not just the height- the gerudo are obviously in peak physical condition, and, as ive said before, they're natives of the desert, which means they know how to fight in it.

tldr, the gerudo have practically no weaknesses on their own ground and they are badass asf. good day.

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The FUNNIEST thing in Tears of the Kingdom is that Ganondorf clearly knows there's ~something~ between Link and Zelda because you CANNOT tell me that he wasn't using Puppet Zelda to try and seduce him in the castle

Which logically means Ganondorf was using what little strength he had then to catfish Link

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I'm compiling a lot of info from BOTW (and other games) for something I'm writing and it's so overwhelming... It's neverending

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Thanks! I was referring to stuff she says while disappearing and appearing in different parts of the Castle, if I remember correctly she says something about "longing to see him"

The FUNNIEST thing in Tears of the Kingdom is that Ganondorf clearly knows there's ~something~ between Link and Zelda because you CANNOT tell me that he wasn't using Puppet Zelda to try and seduce him in the castle

Which logically means Ganondorf was using what little strength he had then to catfish Link

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The FUNNIEST thing in Tears of the Kingdom is that Ganondorf clearly knows there's ~something~ between Link and Zelda because you CANNOT tell me that he wasn't using Puppet Zelda to try and seduce him in the castle

Which logically means Ganondorf was using what little strength he had then to catfish Link

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The fact that Nintendo will let TOTK die (just like ACNH) when they could've released a DLC: it could've contained memories between BOTW and TOTK explaining the reconstruction plans, and it could've given us missions to reconstruct parts of Hyrule...

It will never sit right with me.

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My piece for the Hyrule Fashion Anthology zine last year!!

My piece was based on mid-late 1910s fashion & I had a ton of fun designing everyone’s dresses 🧡✨ Design sketches under the cut~

tbh i am a bit sad i wasn’t able to show all the full designs in the finished piece but hey, i can always draw them again in the future, right?

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apple of my eye

(commission for @/forestranger on twitter)

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marveling at the little things he thought he’d never see again 💛

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Something I find really interesting in the world of BOTW/TOTK (I don't know if this extends to the rest of the saga) is how matriarchal their religions are. They only worship goddesses, Seven Heroines protect the Gerudo people; many women are in power, or next in line in the case of Zelda and Mipha (rip). Also, even though Link is the Hero, Zelda is 100% needed to win against Ganon.

And yet, the royal guards are only men, the hero has been exclusively male until EOW, the Rito always seemed extremely sexist to me, and the Gerudo are obsessed with men (tbf, this does make some sense because they are an (almost) exclusively female race, so keeping the race alive is harder than if the odds within their groups were 50% male babies - 50% female babies). Even Mipha, who was a great warrior, is often reduced to her ability to heal (a very classically feminine occupation). The Gerudos are warriors, but, of course, they wear crop tops and heels in the DESERT. Then there's the whole Eight Heroine story.

It's... an interesting mix.

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(Well... I'm writing everything down, this is my new obsession)

My latest daydreams are all about a timeline of Hyrule's most important Zeldas and their achievements

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Happy 1st anniversary of Tears of the Kingdom🤍🗡️

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My personal headcanon is that Link (BOTW) keeps on having "dreams" which are truly memories (but he doesn't really know if they're just fabrications until later on, when he finally opens up about them to Zelda and she confirms some/helps him find out the rest)

I also hc that sometimes he'll be doing something mundane and an object or a motion makes him remember something about his past