#Lu hopkins

[skyward-floored]

IT’S HOPKINS BIRTHDAY 🎉🎉🎉

[minty-mumbles]

Frog Showdown!

Btw this is a joke. I am not really wondering which is better and I am not trying to make commentary of Jojo’s art or it’s quality. Also sorry the picture quality is bad, I’m on mobile

[raycatz]

Hyrule: This one is Hopkins, too?

Wild: There are multiple frogs, but they're the same in spirit.

Hyrule: So like us?

Wild: Like us! But we eat these ones.

Wars: *quietly, face in his hands* wtf

[squigglywindy]

Squiggles' Cousin Plays The LU Name Game

So, my cousin. Y'all may know her as the person I referenced in an ask game once as the only person who knows I'm on Tumblr. I am exactly 31 days older than her and we have been inseparable for life, but she knows nothing about LU. She knows that I like "that one comic called something about Zelda" (rip she was not paying attention) but that is it. She hasn't played any games or seen anything about LU. Just know she can be a lil inappropriate and I edited her a little but, y'know. It was funny.

I will call her Gertrude because it's...well, it's what I call her. But it is very much not her name, it's a dumb joke I like to tease her about that no one else uses so I think it's a safe pseudonym to use.

So I messaged her today and was like "hey you're playing the name game I'm sending the pics tell me what you think" and like the good cousin that she is, she played along. I screenshotted some of what I thought were absolute quality frames from the last few updates and ran with it.

It went something like this...

Gertrude: ✨Alligator Warrior✨

Gertrude: Frog

Me: You have got to be more creative

Gertrude: Okay. Sir Henry Hop if you're gonna be picky

Gertrude: Sir Edgar Fair Legs. He looks like a fairy, but it's not fairy legs. It's Fair Legs

Gertrude: Sir Edgar Fairy Legs Jr. This one is actually a fairy

Me: You can't do two Edgars

Gertrude: I CAN IF THAT'S HIS SON AND YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT IS NOT EDGAR'S CHILD

Gertrude: Big eyed fairy boy that has attachment to blanket. His name is um...Sir Lucy. But he is known as The Boy With An Emotional Attachment To A Blue Blanket

Gertrude: You if you were a cartoon. Idk Edgar I guess

Me: THEY CANNOT ALL BE EDGAR

Gertrude: OH! OH I'VE GOT IT! SAD SAM!

Gertrude: Oh. Oh so they're fruity fruity.

Me: Gertrude please

Gertrude: Squiggs look at them. That's a whole fruit basket I have never seen a fruitier human and I love them

Me: What is his name

Gertrude: Idk he thinks he's all that and a bag of chips though. Um. OH I KNOW! FRUITY FRED!

(And then she sent me a video of her demonstrating what she thinks he walks like and it was hilarious and unfortunately includes her face so y'all just know it was quality and involved a lot of hair flipping)

Gertrude: Oh that's Mark

Me: That's it?

Gertrude: Yeah he's just Mark

Gertrude: OH. OUGH. OFNDJKFDSHJKFDS. UHHHH. SEXY EDGAR

Me: NOT ANOTHER EDGAR

Gertrude: HE IS SIR EDGAR FAIR LEGS' YOUNGER LESS SUCCESSFUL BUT SEXIER BROTHER HIS NAME IS CAMERON BUT EVERYONE CALLS HIM SEXY EDGAR

Gertrude: Wowza. You know what Doja cat said about big noses

Me: Gertrude focus

Gertrude: His name is definitely Samuel. Samuel Elk Boy. He can turn into an elk

Gertrude: OH GOSH. SO MANY THOUGHTS AT ONCE WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS KID

Me: THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED TREAD CAREFULLY

Gertrude: Bowling ball looking eyeballs. He's adorable but my gosh he can see noises. He can see the sound waves. He can find my potential in life. Damn 👁👄👁

Me: GERTRUDE

Gertrude: OKAY I'M SORRY. IT'S BILLY. BILLY WITH THE BIG ASS EYES

Gertrude: Oooh a girl. I know she could kick anybody's ass. AND cook up a storm. MRS. EDGAR

Me: WHY

Gertrude: If she's not married to Sexy Edgar she should be. She deserves it

Me: Let her be her own person. Give her a name

Gertrude: HE TOOK HER NAME, FOOL. IT'S HIM THAT DOESN'T HAVE ONE

Gertrude: Sexy Wolf. Mrs. Edgar turns into this wolf

Me: She does not

Gertrude: She should

Me: Thank you for participating you did terrible

Gertrude: Yeah whatever I'm still thinking about those big ass eyes they saw things I didn't know existed

[telemna-hyelle]

[hermitdrabbles56]

Wild: MOTHER FUCKER! YOU

Wolfie: *startled* please don't hurt me.

Wild: *gets real close* have you ever heard of a mountain chicken.

Wolfie: ?!!

Wild: *holds him face* Have you ever heard of a mountain chicken

Wolfie: ..no

Wild: what do you think it looks like.

Wolfie: like...like a real big chicken..?

Wild: *throws hands in air* THATS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT NO ITS THIS MOTHER FUCKER *Dramatically presents Hopkins*

Wilds adventures in learning things

[artemistorm]

Did Wild Actually Cook Hopkins?

Let me look it up.

Actually a better idea:

And here are the results:

Monster Part and Tireless Frog? Oh dear...

Let’s compare Hopkins to the Tireless Frog:

Conclusion?

Yup. He cooked Hopkins.

(And Hyrule’s about to drink him.)

[silvercaptain24]

Rip Hopkins 😭❤️🐸

DRAGON HOW COULD YOU SAY SUCH THINGS!?!?

Hopkins in fine. He hid under Twilight’s bed.

[zolanort]

stop wait no not those ones

[skyward-floored]

Honestly I think it’s pretty funny the name Hopkins stuck for the frog, I literally just picked a punny name and people still call him that even though it’s been like two years

[merriclo]

first rip hopkins and now rip the twiddies?? when will our suffering end 😔

[raycatz]

Hopkins in spirit? 👀

I have a silly thing I've decided about the hotfooted frogs in LU and it is that every hotfooted frog for the time being is Hopkins. They may be different frogs, but they are Hopkins in spirit, like the Links xD (except not literally)

I have an art prompt about frogs as well and thought I'd fit sillies into that.

Something like this:

Hyrule: This one is Hopkins, too? Wild: There are multiple frogs, but they're the same in spirit. Hyrule: So like us? Wild: Like us! But we eat these ones. Hyrule: That makes sense! Wars: *quietly, face is his hands* wtf *hates that it makes sense*

I think the fandom's take on Hopkins is great. Hopkins is like a Schrodinger's / quantum frog. I think the possibility that Hopkins is in the potion that Wild gave Hyrule - the not knowing for certain - is the best part! Hot footed frogs make hasty elixirs which are blue and tireless frogs make enduring elixirs which are green. Hopkins (most likely) and the frog from the items art are hotfooted frogs so the sunset frog likely isn't potion BUT - the fact that it's a joke for the fandom and the possibility that Hyrule drank that frog is very funny to me xD Hopkins is both potion and not potion simultaneously.

Also! The frog being part of Wild's inventory in the items art! Did he pick up the frog from the sunset arc, maybe? Is the frog going to be a reoccurring character? I hope so! I think it'd be great if Wild ends up giving it to Flora to show off the critters from different eras.

[telemna-hyelle]

Brother: *brings up BOTW. Cooks a green potion. shows me the frog he used as an ingredient*

Me: *brings up the linked universe blog. Goes two updates back*

*we compare*

Me: OH MY GOSH HE DID COOK HOPKINS

[ladye-zelda]

Welp, there goes my mental health

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

We Three Kings

We three kings of orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain Moor and mountain Following yonder star

O star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain Gold I bring to crown Him again King for ever, ceasing never Over us all to reign

Frankincense to offer have I Incense owns a Deity nigh Prayer and praising All men raising Worship Him, God most high

O star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light

Myrrh is mine It's bitter perfume breathes A life of gathering gloom Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying Sealed in the stone cold tomb

Glorious now behold Him arise King and God and Sacrifice Al-le-lu-ia, al-le-lu-ia Heaven to earth replies

O star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light

Songwriters: Bob Baldwin / John Henry Hopkins Jr. We Three Kings of Orient Are lyrics © Bosworth Gmbh, Novello & Co. Ltd., Chester Music, Funky Onion Publishing

[artemistorm]

Is Wild Actually Dink?

Bottom Line Up Front: I don’t think so. Here’s why.

I think that if Wild was potentially Dink or corrupted or something, there would have been a much more solid sign before now. It’s one of the rules of writing stories to foreshadow things to come, even if very subtly. If Wild was Dink or corrupted or something, we would have had a scene or a panel of the shadow sneaking up behind Wild in the woods, or Wild staring evilly at the potions he’s made, or Wild trying to pick up the shadow’s cursed weapon or something (which, as far as we know, is still chilling in the woods by the way).

In fact, we had the opposite. We’ve had panels that explain his behavior. We see him use logic and reasoning when he decided to fight the iron knuckle. We saw him witness Four’s split, (and getting no explanation for what was happening--does he even realize it was real??). We see him having a flashback and struggling to make sense of it; when realized he was losing it, he removed himself from the situation. In the woods, we watch him think and talk and rest and recover. When he returns to the group, we see him calmly giving a peace offering of potions (RIP Hopkins). When they go see their ailing brother, we can see from his expressions that his emotions are admittedly still a little raw and unsettled on the inside, but he maintains his composure. And in Twilight’s darkest hour and moment of greatest need, Wild is there for him and encourages him (and everyone else too) to keep fighting the good fight.

“But his behavior these last few updates—! But his expression in the last panel—!”

You gotta remember, in the life experiences department, Wild basically still a toddler.

We know canonically in LU he’s 117, or 17 minus the nap. How long has it been since he woke up? Months? Years? If I had to guess, I’d say no more than two years. (That would put him at being a knight, facing the Calamity, basically dying at 15 years old, and waking up a century later at 115. Then he goes on his adventure and later meets up with the gang and now he’s 17.)

At best, that’s like 2 years of memories and life experience to go off of. Yes, he does have the added benefit of waking up as a teen with a greater learning capacity than an infant and having a past life still somewhat shaping the way he thinks even if it is subconscious, but still… That’s… not a lot of time or opportunity to learn emotional regulation skills, especially if no one taught him and he had to learn on his own.

From what we know, this is probably Wild’s first time facing the death of someone he actually remembers, knows personally, and loves dearly. It’s only natural that he’s having Big Emotions that he’s having a hard time understanding, controlling, and articulating. This is the first time a tragedy like this has happened to him in his (remembered) life! To be honest, I think he’s actually doing really well for someone in his situation. (There’s no way I’d be as resolved and composed if I were in his place even with my 20+ years of life experience.)

And besides, if he were Shadow!Wild, wouldn’t he have tried to force his way past Four or even hurt or kill him when he found him alone in the courtyard? Wouldn’t he have tried to finish the job and kill Twilight when he had the opportunity? (Sure, he could have been biding his time waiting for a better moment to strike, or maybe waiting for the poisoned potion to do it’s dirty work, but if that were the case, why encourage Twilight to fight at all? Why cheer everyone up? Why not keep his mouth shut and let everyone be discouraged and resigned to Twilight’s dark fate?)

And at the end, why was Wild leaving the room while everyone else stayed with Twilight? Because the dang boy’s emotions are resting on a knife’s edge. He’s barely holding it together as it is. That weird expression on his face in the last panel I interpret as him hysterically riding the high of actually succeeding to encourage Twilight to keep fighting, lifting the spirits of the others, and getting Time’s “good job.” He’s leaving the room because he’s overstimulated, emotionally overwrought, and can’t handle anything more, good or bad. And he feels free to leave Twilight’s side because he finally has hope that Twilight will be okay.

So to put a long story short, these are not the thoughts and actions of an impersonated or corrupted hero. These are the thoughts and actions of a distressed and struggling young man, but one who is very brave and very strong in the face of such hardship. Wild is doing his best, and I think he’s doing just fine.