#“i'm a big music buff!” i say while all of it is just grunge lmao

[divineprank]

OH OH TELL US ABOUT MUSIC THAT YOU RELATE TO GANONDORF

Oh I'd love to! What a fantastic question, I am a big music buff and this sort of thing is right up my alley. I have a character playlist that is, admittedly, still very much under construction, but I will absolutely pull a couple of songs that really hit that "Ganondorf" vibe for me!

The first song is Long Gone Day by Mad Season. While it seems to be a mournful song about losing lovers and regretting one's actions, some of the lyrics really seem to apply to Wind Waker Ganondorf, specifically his mood and overall melancholy tone. How, in Wind Waker, while he hasn't given up on his mission, he mourns the losses he and his people have incurred and how the amount of time he's wasted has delivered him nothing but a world he doesn't even recognize because it has completely moved on without him. All he has left are his memories.

So much blood, I'm starting to drown It runs from cold to colder. Time to time, the skies run down And help me lose my way Tears and lies for answers You and open veins, God knows I'm gone Girl I just want you to come on down... [...] See you all from time to time Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now? Am I the only one who remembers that summer? Oh-whoa, everyday each time a place was saved The music that we made, the wind has carried all of that away Long Gone Day... Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?

Another song that reminds me of Ganondorf is The Package by A Perfect Circle. This is a song about a drug addict who is willing to go to any length to get what he wants. This includes lying to people, and pretending to be their friend in order to get what he ultimately wants. This is definitely familiar to Ocarina of Time's Ganondorf, who does just this very thing: he puts on a friendly act and he gains the trust of those he wishes to manipulate just so that he can get his hands on the Triforce.

Clever got me this far Then tricky got me in Eye on what I'm after I don't need another friend Smile and drop the cliche 'Til you think I'm listening Take just what I came for Then I'm out the door again Peripheral on the package Don't care to settle in Time to feed the monster I don't need another friend Comfort is a mystery Crawling out of my own skin Just give me what I came for Then I'm out the door again Lie to get what I came for Lie to get just what I need Lie to get what I crave Lie and smile to get what's mine [...] Give this to me! Mine, mine, mine! Take what's mine!

Another song that makes me think of Ganondorf is Would? by Alice in Chains. This song is actually about the late singer, Andrew Wood (note the homophone), the frontman for the band "Mother Love Bone". Unfortunately Andrew tragically lost his life from a heroin overdose, and this song is kind of an angry song intended to address the judgement that was aimed at Andrew Wood after his cause-of-death was released to the public. While I don't really apply this song to any specific Ganondorf I can more see it fitting the concept OF Ganondorf in general: he is this angry, ongoing soul that continues his conquest despite what it has earned him, and more importantly, despite how far away it has placed him from his people -- the very thing he was looking to save by beginning this mission of his in the first place. He is completely ruled by his greed, his interest in the Triforce, and he's lost so much as a result. The cycle always continues and it continues to take and take from him, but he still continues to justify himself despite what time, and his greed, has stolen from him. He tries to reason that his interests align with the Gerudo, but do the Gerudo even support him anymore?

Know me, broken by my master Teach thee, on child of love hereafter Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then So I made a big mistake Try to see it once my way Drifting body, it's sole desertion Flying not yet, quite the notion [...] Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Have I gone? Left you here alone If I would, could you?

And finally, one more song that reminds me of Ganondorf! This one is Burden in my Hand by Soundgarden! This is a song about someone "sitting in the dirt". A destitute man who is coming to terms with the fact that he has murdered his girlfriend and while he knows he should be regretful, he just isn't. To me, this song seems to reflect how Ganondorf must have been feeling about Nabooru as the rift in their relationship began to occur. I know not everyone does, but I like to ship the two! I like to think that before Ganondorf lost his mind, the two were a couple and Nabooru got to watch first-hand as Ganondorf started to transform into something unrecognizable. She watched as he went from a King who was actively involved with his people, to someone that didn't give a flying fuck because his interests were elsewhere. We do know that she rejected his leadership and fled to the Desert Colossus, where Ganondorf eventually caught up with her and forced her to continue to support his exploits, through forced brainwashing. This song definitely hits that spot for me, and seems to tell the story of where Ganondorf was emotionally while this dysfunction in what little was left of their relationship was occurring. She stopped being a person to him, just a pain in the ass, and thus an object to break.

Follow me into the desert As thirsty as you are Crack a smile and cut your mouth And drown in alcohol Cuz down below the truth is lyin' Beneath the river bed So quench yourself and drink the water that flows below her head. Oh no! There she goes! Out in the Sunshine! Sun is mine The Sun is mine! I shot my love today Would you cry for me? I lost my head again Would you lie for me? Close your eyes and bow your head I need a little sympathy! Cuz fear is strong and love's for everyone Who isn't me Kill your health and kill yourself And kill everything you love And if you live you can fall to pieces and suffer with my ghost! It's just a burden in my hand It's just an anchor in my heart It's just in a tumor in my head And I'm in the dark I left her in the sand, just a burden in my hand I lost my head again, would you cry for me?

Aaaand yeah! Here's some songs that I relate to Ganondorf! I dunno if you guys see things the way I do, but I definitely had a blast writing this out and sharing it all with you folks. It kept my mind off of my toothache, so thank you so much anon for the opportunity!! :)