#MY BOY. THIS PEACE IS WHAT ALL TRUE WARRIORS STRIVE FOR

[hollypies]

Drew Zonai Link with my thumb again 👍

[squidbulborb]

Man, i am so BORED! Does anyone have something they'd like to see me draw?

[skyward-floored]

so, imagine if there was a legends of Zelda movie, and Tom Holand was cast as Link-

who would play Ganon do you think? Jack black again? 💀

I would be okay with Jack Black as Ganon just because he’s amazing at pretty much any role he’s in, but I also think he’d be better as the king of Hyrule or Link’s uncle.

[charlesoberonn]

My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for!

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my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for

[verdantwyrm]

the sheer contrast between jimcurly art and curlya art is so hilarious to me, like, 90% of the jimcurly art i saw is them fucking nasty and doing morally questionable shit to each other and 90% of the curlya art i saw is just them holding hands and being all cute and fluffy together

My boy, this peace is what true warriors strive for!

[mrencyclopedia]

there's just something inherently holy about a girl vibing alone in her room

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[sleepyserena]

threadlings orbiting a warlock: gee, it sure is boring around here

the warlock: my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for

[arthropod-diagnosis]

Name: Magnimonious Beep

Skill: Roar At The Heavens

Quote: "My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for."

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[dagabbaghoul]

*:･☽︎ pale elf  21/? 

[dragoncommunion]

You have discovered DINNER

LEONARD NIMOY (dryly): "My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for."

[criminalmutantsins]

General Shao (Childhood) Headcanon 

Warning: mentions of child abuse, bullying, terrible parent

Ever since General Shao’s backstory was revealed on the website I’ve believed he had a terrible (borderline hellish) childhood. 

To recap, Shao had the enthusiasm and brilliance to be a great warrior, but his body was too sickly to handle the physical training. Shao’s father did not like this and decided to design a strenuous program to build Shao’s strength. On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong but I believe Shao went through awful circumstances that made him the man he is. 

In Outworld, especially in professions that involve fighting, strength is considered the most important thing for a person. No doubt Shao’s father, a renowned Outworld general, would express these ideals and hate the reality of one of his children being considered weak. He would do anything to ensure his legacy was considered strong, which he did by ignoring Shao’s physicians and crafting a training program that could potentially worsen Shao’s condition. 

Because of his family’s reputation, Shao would be tormented by other children. Being pushed around and called worthless or a “sorry excuse to his family tree.” This would fester Shao’s anger and his drive to become stronger like his father, so he’s willing to go through the program. 

In other people’s eyes the program would be considered abusive, but Shao saw it as his father caring about him. He would excuse the days long training, survival training alone in the woods, his father’s harsh words, and not letting Shao eat or drink until he perfected his moves. 

Shao would also inherit his father’s demented beliefs in what being a warrior is and what Outworld needed. He would hear his father complain about the kingdom’s alliance with Liu Kang, hearing him call the fire god a “scoundrel” and “the bringer of Outworld’s downfall.” He’d be taught that domination is the true way to live rather than peace, compassion is considered weakness, death in battle is the greatest honor, and the only way to fight is on your terms. 

(Some of Shao’s intros inspired this headcanon, such as one of his intros with Liu Kang where he admits that he’s wanted to kill Liu Kang all his life, and an intro with Reiko where he tells him, “fight on your terms or don’t fight at all.” Also, Shao’s disgusted reaction to Raiden offering to help him to his feet after their fight inspired the part about Shao being taught that compassion is weakness.) 

Unfortunately Shao never learned that his father’s behavior was abuse since the bullying he faced stopped after being able to defend himself, instead he continues this cycle with Reiko. When it comes to his relationship with Reiko, I believe Shao cares about Reiko like a son but only learned how to express love through his father. He saw his old self in Reiko and wanted to share his feelings of strength with the young boy. He trained Reiko the same way as his father did to him and the results were the same- Reiko became a great warrior. I don’t think he’s manipulating Reiko to tame Onaga; Shao genuinely believes that his young ward is capable of doing the task, but thinks Reiko dying would be okay since his father taught him that dying in battle is an honor. Hopefully if Reiko dies taming Onaga (it’s highly possible with how powerful and rabid Onaga is), Shao lowers his guard and shows genuine care for Reiko. At least a sweet goodbye or a burial scene where we see him mourning his lost ward/son. 

I don’t think Shao would be redeemed if my headcanon turned out to be true, but I would hope that other characters would learn about his past and use it as a cautionary tale on how striving for strength is not worth losing your humanity. The possible tragedy Shao’s story could take would be interesting, especially when Liu Kang somewhat created the beginning of Shao’s life to give him the chance for redemption, yet it’s someone Liu never considered that turned Shao into the person he is. 

[mortimermcmirestinks]

we meme a lot on phillips cdi games, and rightfully so, but I maintain to this day that "my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for" is a fucking kickass line, it owns, it's genuinely profound, it has more actual meaning than 90% of lines said in any "real" zelda game, it's great, and it's kinda a shame that it's in. y'know. that context

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

Gee, it sure is boring around here...

MY BOY, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.

I just wonder what GANON is up to!

Who's Ganon

[scentedwonderlandpoetry]

“My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for” is such a profound, hopeful and hard hitting quote you’d expect a grizzled warrior who’s finally allowed to live peacefully at the end of a perilous journey would say.

The fact it came from the CDI Zelda game that will always be remembered for all the YTPs is wild and I wouldn’t want to have it any other way.