#Great Fairies

[greenokapiarts]

'The Goddess Hylia bestows upon the two Great Fairy sisters the vessels that will house their souls as divine blades are forged around them. With their minds unable to survive, what's left of their memories are cast in stone, where they will eventually be lost to time.'

[kidstorybd24]

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[electrumbound]

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[baileyboo2016]

The Minish Cap great fairies 🧚

@marsnoodlesoup i think you asked to be tagged? lmao

[tossawary]

I like to imagine that the Great Fairies in "Breath of the Wild" / "Tears of the Kingdom" smell really strong. Fairy perfume is operating on a level that mere mortals can barely comprehend, and it tends to make people sneeze a lot at best. They live in these giant flowers and I vaguely recall a puff of smoke when they open for the first time? I like to imagine that Link can find his way to the Great Fairies by smell once he gets close enough. It's not... a bad smell. It's just strong. (Which is, arguably, a bad thing in of itself.) Maybe it's like a bunch of good smells, but there are so many of them that they multiply into something new and bizarre and distinctly magical, like if a soap store punched you in the face. Each fairy smells different, but not a single one of them is subtle. Some people hate it. Some people really, really love it.

Likewise, I think that the Horse God in BOTW / TOTK smells outrageous. Again, not necessarily bad, but so strongly of horse that it feels like you're never going to get the smell out of your nose or your clothes. The appearance of the Horse God is like being hit with a solid wall of animal smell. People who aren't prepared for the strength of a god's stench struggle not to retch. People who spend all of their time around horses barely blink at this divine smell.

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

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In a few of my Four Swords (original) related WIPs, Zelda inherited the Light Force from her Minish Cap counterpart. This isn't the only thing allowing her to have magical prowess, however. I imagine her mother was the missing Fourth Great Fairy, who previously owned the Palace of Winds before the Wind Mage, Vaati, claimed it for his own. This is why fairies lurk in the Four Sword Shrine. Zelda's power and lineage made her the only one capable of spending night and day watching over the shrine. That gets lonely, doesn't it...? The fairies (and Link, when he can sneak in) keep her company!

[wilygryphon]

Imagine a Legend of Zelda game where the Great Fairies all share names with fairy companions from previous games, such as Tatl and Ciela. One might assume that they are simply named after characters from previous games as a reference, until:

"Greetings. I am the Great Fairy Navi.

...

Hello, old friend."

[tenshiharmonia]

The Fourth Piece

"Courage that is untempered by kindness risks eating itself forever. Wisdom that is untempered by kindness is no wisdom at all."

I recently played Tunic, and the above quote reminded me of something I wanted to write about for quite some time now, in regards to The Legend of Zelda. You see, I'm a big enjoyer of the "Tetraforce" theory. I guess the name is pretty self-explanatory, but for those who don't know, it's the belief that the Triforce as it is is incomplete, and that there is a fourth, missing piece, taking the shape of an inverted triangle meant to fill the hole in the middle of the sacred relic*.

Now, I'm fully aware that it will likely never be a thing in canon (I even heard that the theory has officially been addressed and refuted, but I never really checked the veracity of that statement, so make of it what you will), but hey, as far as my headcanons are concerned, it's quite a fun and interesting idea to toy with. :3 Of course, if you're a fan of the Zelda franchise, you probably know that a core aspect of its mythology is that each of the existing pieces of the Triforce corresponds to a certain quality. We have Power, Wisdom, and Courage, so the question is : what ideal would this hypothetical fourth fragment stand for ?

I think you see where this is going, but personally, my favourite take on the matter is that the lost piece would represent Kindness. This is definitely not an original idea, of course. As you may know, it initially comes from Majora's Mask, where four of the great fairies who inhabit the world are referred to as the Great Fairies of Power, Wisdom, Courage and - you guessed it - Kindness. So it already has some basis in the series' lore (even if the great fairies have technically nothing to do with the Triforce XD ), but most of all, I really like how well it complements the other three pieces. Kindness fosters harmony. It helps bring balance. For Courage and Wisdom don’t amount to anything without Kindness, as explained by the line I quoted earlier from Tunic. And Power will just set the world on fire without it. They need Kindness to temper them, but Kindness also needs them to help guide its efforts. Really, I love the dynamic it creates, if that makes any sense.

Alas, Kindness and its champion are missing from the world. But what would happen if they were to awaken ? Who knows, they might hold the key to putting an end to Demise’s curse, the curse that was born from wrath and hatred… On the other hand, the events and context that led the fourth fragment to be "missing" in the first place also make for an interesting topic. First of all, the existence of a fourth Triforce piece naturally implies the existence of a fourth deity, a deity who would be on a par with the Golden Goddesses and who would have also partaken in the creation of the world. But once again, what could have led to their contribution being erased from the legend ? I mean, considering the level of almightiness we are dealing with, it can reasonably be assumed that it could only have been the doing of the other three creators - or at least one of them -, but even then, it doesn’t tell us much. XD

Really, there are so many directions this story could take. I’m almost afraid of picking one ! So here is a bunch of mostly inconsequential details I was musing about instead. :p

First thing first, I should probably mention that I like to imagine this fourth deity as a god rather than a goddess. Don’t take it as a statement of any kind, I just like the immediate contrast it creates. XD (Also, I love the idea of Kindness being represented by a buff and burly - yet gentle and caring - man. :p )

I was also toying with the idea that he could be related somehow to the "Fierce Deity" whose power imbues the eponymous mask. Maybe it could be an incarnation of the rage he felt after getting erased from the world’s history. I don’t know, but it could be interesting…

Since Din, Nayru and Farore are respectively associated with Fire, Water and Wind, it’d be fitting for their "brother" to have an elemental attribute as well. And it just so happens that we are missing one of the four classical elements to have the complete set : Earth.

Which, based on the iconography of Minish Cap and the Four Swords games, means that his dedicated colour would likely be purple. (I was going to say yellow**, to match the aforementioned Great Fairy of Kindness (and because I kind of feel like it complements the other three better), but the colour is already associated with the Triforce as a whole, so it’d probably be redundant…)

As for his name, I’d like to base myself on Twilight Princess. Since three of the game’s four provinces are named after the golden goddesses, it’d make sence for the last one (which is apparently not considered a part of Hyrule) to reference the fourth deity, one of the few hints of his existence left in the world. That’s where it becomes a bit difficult, considering how vastly different the English name (Ordona) is from all the other versions (that are mostly variations of the Japanese name, Latoan). Naturally, the version I’m personally used to is the French one, Latouane, so you can guess which one I’d base myself on. :p (I was thinking, maybe something along the lines of "Latoun", but there is obviously nothing definitive about it.)

Another thing to consider is what his contribution to the world’s creation could have been. We know that Din modelled the earth and everything material, Nayru defined the laws of nature, and Farore was the one who created life, so what does that leave us with ? My first idea was that it was him who gave living beings a heart (metaphorically speaking, of course), bestowing them with free will and a sense of self, as well as the power to defy destiny. Which, naturally, could have contributed to his ultimate erasure. But once again, I’m just brainstorming out loud…

By the way, is it just me, or does it start to sound like I’m basically recreating the Diamonds from Steven Universe ? I mean, four impossibly powerful beings, each tied to a particular colour and elements, with the fourth one being strongly associated with Earth and freedom and having disappeared under mysterious circumstances ? I swear it wasn’t intentional, but the similarities are definitely here. XD (Even the Diamonds’ sigil seems to hark back to the Triforce in a way, especially the triangular version used after the shattering…)

Anyway, this is pretty much everything I had to say on the matter. As you can see, it’s quite a mess of ideas. I would have said it’s a work in progress, but let’s be honest, it barely counts as a work to begin with. XD Still, I needed to get it all out of my system. Of course, if you have anything to say about the content of this post, I’ll be more than happy to hear you. As I said earlier, there are so many directions you can take with this concept. But then again, it’s also what makes it so fascinating in the first place. ^_^ (Also, go play Tunic if you haven't already ; this game is an absolute gem. :p )

* Note that while "Tetraforce" is an useful term, the object itself would probably still be called "Triforce", as the fact it was already named as such when there were only two pieces seems to indicate that it likely got its name from its shape, and not from the number of components… ** Which is actually purple’s complementary colour, funnily enough.

[vicmillen]

Still cannot convince me that you can't trade off your gender at the great fairy. For the price of 300 rupees you can trade your gender with another person. Sounds exactly like the kind of business they're up to, you know?

[divinelasso]

bro hes so mad link let him meet the great fairies without at least dressing up a little.

[veashe]

fans of legend of Zelda!! as a non-plus sized person would it be okay for me to cosplay a great fairy? I know they're really good plus size representation and I want to be as respectful as possible, but if I were to cosplay one I would certainly be a skinny version and I don't know if that's okay! any feedback is helpful <33

[4eyecomplex]

My only gripe with BOTW/TOTK was that they made the Great Fairies too damn fine

[electrumbound]

[charbies]

linktober day 14 - fairy

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