Beyond surface appeal, what makes Ganon a compelling antagonist
I think cruising my blog would provide a good number of possible answers, but I guess my tl:dr would be (otherwise I could probably make a full 24h conference about it at this point): because he does reveal (if one is willing to look) the brutality of a world in which gods uphold a natural order through a given kingdom that will not budge on its god-given right to rule, and him as both a rebellious disorder to that status quo which also ends up devoured by said status quo as just one natural part of a cycle of creation and destruction that ultimately always kind of stays the same.
Also, I find the setup of a man born to a tribe of outcast women, considered exceptional by birth while also having to figure himself out + the role he needs to play in that kind of structure and in a very difficult context, someone who both is being granted a lot of natural power while also still being sneered at and considered lesser and/or inherently evil by those blessed by the gods (while also carrying a lot of unexamined baggage of their own), is just so juicy and interesting and brimming with potential psychologically speaking (especially when applied to his motivations of: why does he want power, why does he always alter his own body, his uncanny resilience, etc). It does come with a lot of baggage, as "the evil man from the desert" is far from being a neutral concept coming from a neutral historical place --but examining what kind of world would come to such conclusions is also deeply revealing of said world.
And then, Wind Waker gives him even more of a window to reflect on his own rage while also never apologizing for the horrors he commited, mourning what he wanted and what he became while also being the only one calling the gods of Hyrule out for being terrifyingly cold entities --far more than he could ever hope to become.
Yeah, I think Nintendo has been sleeping on Ganondorf ever since (even if I defend his TP appearance). But he has a fascinating cross-game story(ies), and I find him to be a deeply tragic --if horrendously flawed-- figure, which is partially why TotK was so disappointing to me, because TotK saw nothing but the surface level + the fact that putting him in a game sells and makes people horny.
(you'll notice I didn't mention Demise, because I think that, while the whole cycle thing wasn't bad or not that interesting, fans really overly simplify this concept in a way that has contributed to make Ganondorf extremely flat, which I am not here for.)
In media im very mixed on elves, i somewhat dislike when theyre just humans but twinkier and cant grow facial hair (though i can appreciate this form of them) I like when theyre more obviously a fae-influenced subspecies of humans... Uncanny elves with eyes that pin like parrots and mobile ears, to human beings seem almost expressionless/stiff faced but thats bc all their emoting is in their ears and eyes
absolutely obsessed with the tiktok i saw a few days ago labeled as "100,000 year old Scandinavian beauty trick" like dogs were domesticated 20,000-30,000 years ago and agriculture is approx. 12,000 years old but go off i guess im dying to hear it
okay so I've seen people debating whether chayanne would have blond or black hair, but have we considered that he's got strawberry brown hair? that one brownish-reddish shade that looks a little pink in the right lighting, you know the one.
if this is not agreeable, I'd say the kid is naturally blond but he dyes it black and when it fades, he lets it stay blond for a while til he gets tired and dyes it black again. maybe sometimes he experiments with it and does just the tips or just a few streaks black, whatever he feels like doing at the time.
In general no one likes sore throat, but headcanon that sore throats make Will's neurodivergent ass want to DIE and when he had a sore throat after the tube insertion he was fucking PISSED.
redesigned my sona a bit and made myself a new icon for pride month!! their name is scrap (any pronouns) and theyre a transmasc nonbinary butch lesbian boar :]