#Jabu Jabu

[kinmeki]

Spirits of Hyrule ✨

[taboonle]

Day 12: Princess

[bloggingthefamily]

3 Ocarina Of Time Comics In A Row? Oh Man!

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[sir-avodoodles]

Got a little carried away today and made something more than a doodle, but first here’s the doodles.

I wanted to try drawing Ganondorf with his nose (unusual for me) this is just what it became.

Tadaa! I like drawing

Colors are fun

[rametarin]

The Unsaved Guardian God

I had an Ocarina of Time thought.

So. How does Link save The Great Deku Tree?

The Great Deku tree opens his mouth, allows Link into his divine realm area. Link finds the parasitic cursed monster and kills it.

How does link save Jabu Jabu?

Link drops a fish. Jabu Jabu opens his mouth and swallows Link into his inner realm, where Link fights parasitic tentacles/worms, an infected octorok, and a bio-electric amoeba cluster/man-o-war jellyfish called Barinade.

Now. Given the context of the locations and the people there that are patroned by these great spirits and worshipped by them, we can presume that Volvagia should rightly be the patron spirit of the nearest sapient culture. That’d make the Gorons, right?

Except, no. The Gorons were not there initially, they just found Death Mountain more hospitable. They migrated there and settled, and there’s evidence that another civilization was there before them that had a relationship with Volvagia.

Their relationship with Volvagia was sour, as their initial goron hero wielded a large hammer and beat the fire dragon to death. No questions, nothing. But.. here’s the thing..

The dragon was eating gorons.

So what do we know about the guardian patron spirits/gods. The Forest Spirit and the River Spirit. They were corrupted and infected and Link had to physically go in and cleanse their divine realms and bodies of parasites.

A living moral being cannot even traverse Death Mountain without a magical garment that makes tolerating that sort of water evaporating heat possible.

Suppose it was actually 3/3 guardian spirits that were infected and corrupted. Forest, River and Mountain/Volcano. That Volvagia was similarly corrupted and infected.

Volvagia may have been desperately trying to devour the gorons in the hopes they’d clean out the evil and corruption in their soul. But failing, each time, because their only hope was a sapient being that could survive in their unending heat and fire.

Volvagia never got to experience a cleansing. Volvagia may have been defeated and destroyed- but unending and immortal, in some way. So their corruption carried on into whatever successor inherited their role and power. Making the next dragon, the one Link fights, sharing that rabidity.

We only see what may have been with Wind Waker, with Valloo, Jabun and the Great Deku Tree as patron gods of the Rito, islanders and koroks, respectively,

Volvagia may have been an unwritten tragedy. The HD remakes/ports changed some visuals and updated/upgraded some subtle things lore-wise.

I have a suspicion that some new information is going to give back context to this event, in the future.

[vadapega]

I've had a lot of folk ask me what it's like to "feel inside" the red cat, so I made a ref sheet of the insides.

[tonitheloftwing]

I forgor to post yesterday’s Linktober 😾 temple

[pineapplefromthecan]

Although ocarina of time isn’t the most light hearted game in the series, it does have its good moments. Like when ruto is being petty and struts away from link just to fall through a gaping hole in the floor. That caught me off guard.

[knightofleo]

[hyrulepod]

Hello Hyrule!!

Brace yourselves, gang. Today we're taking a deep, DEEP dive on Jabu Jabu's Belly - front to back, gut to elevator.

We're available just about everywhere, but if you leave a review on Apple Podcasts we'll read it on the show!

[cake-apostate]

When I first played Ocarina of Time as a child, I didn't realize that Lord Jabu Jabu was the Zora's deity. I thought he was a lord who just happened to be a whale.

I also remember being confused why Princess Ruto and her mother were supposed to prepare his meals. Why would royalty be serving a lord? Turns out they were acting as priestesses.

[retrogamingblog2]

[atwas-meme-ing]

Jabu-Jabu wasn't the creepiest thing to come out of this series, but it was, perhaps, the weirdest.

Bottled Letter: "Help me. I am waiting for you inside Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly. --Ruto PS: Don't tell my father!"

[bloggingthefamily]

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The beginning of one of the strangest jokes in BitF!

Why!

[shoujosprkles]

Butler Jabu!!!

[monstrousorchids]

happy hilda furacão with english subtitles by jabu translations one year anniversary!

i hope people understand and acknowledge how incredible it is that viral tiktok edits of ana paula arósio as the titular character led to one person deciding to make the series accessible to the many english-speakers who wanted to watch it and creating such an organic viewing experience as everyone waited every few days for a new episode. not only did they translate the series in english (and then went on to translate them in spanish and french), but they shared those episodes for free across different platforms and allowed for them to be downloaded onto our own devices. that's extremely generous work! i hope their site stays up during this hostile time on the internet where the work of archivists and digital libraries are being erased and free streaming platforms are being shut down and torrent sites become banned by governments. i hope they can continue to translate whatever other shows they would like to and share to a new audience and people continue to support their endeavors.