#i am going to draw scholar and maybe even role swap half dragon link who accidentally has Sage vibes

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After playing totk has anything about Sage and Scholar changed?

oh of course! HSFR was always meant to take place after everyone's whole world-saving quests (though I didn't expect the gap between botw and totk to be so large... I may have to make the duo older than I had originally thought I would have to), and while I have many many ideas, I'm still in the process of figuring it all out in a way that won't drive me insane lol.

For instance, I'm having some regrets about my recent totk Sage drawing, like how I should've added some kind of jewelry or something made from the shards of the light dragon's horns or have braided a bit of her glowing gold hair into their own, perhaps as a way of mourning her during the game when they thought she was going to spend eternity as a dragon.

Before totk came out, when all we knew about was the weird arm and everyone wanted to see Link as an amputee, I was and am part of that crowd, so I always had it in my mind that Sage would lose their arm, though I wasn't sure of the specificities. Now I'm even more sure of that decision, though now I know what I want to do with it! No sheikah replacement arm or just a permanent knob (though those are very valid and cool) I felt the need to lean into the necromancer vibe that I based Sage on, and that led me to having the idea of a ghost arm. It's not there all the time and it takes effort and practice to get it to appear but once it's mastered, they can control how solid it is and where, so they could stick their hand through a wall and grab something on the other side or use it to catch an arrow without hurting them. They lose Rauru's arm powers though so no more magic levitation or glue.

I haven't even drawn totk Scholar yet, bc I know I'm going to keep getting ideas for her design, so far I am definitely going to keep her glasses, bc while she doesn't need them for normal activities, they're good for reading or magnifying tiny words on ancient monuments or looking at bright glowing mechanical parts for long periods of time without damaging her retinas.

And while I love to implement the light dragon into her design (and I definitely will) I don't think I want to give her horns. I was thinking that instead, I'll give her a crown of glowing antlers that are made in a way to parallel the laurel wreath that Sonia has. I still want to give her funky eyes and maybe an odd glow to her hair and markings that are references to the spikes on her back. Maybe some glowing scale-like marks but who knows.

I'm going to be honest, I don't love her ancient outfit, I don't think she deserves to be stuck in a sleeveless white dress when she's shown to obviously prefer pants. I guess it makes sense for the past bc almost everyone wears skirts anyway (except Ganondorf I think), but I do like some of the ornamentation and the layer of green-blue under the skirt. I might do something with that but idk yet. I just know I want to give her a more androgynous vibe and let Sage get her feminine energy lmao.

So uh, yeah, Sage and Scholar are going to change a little, it's going to be fun!