#koltin

[ly2cheeart]

Kilton & Koltin's new venture to spread their love of monsters: Boko Bistro!

Pay in Mon to receive monstrous food and its recipe. For adventurous diners who aren't too fussy about taste or nutritional value...

[unironicallycringe]

the presence of koltin makes kilton seem like a well-adjusted individual

[zeldadeservesabreak]

Okay I’m gonna talk about it. Spoilers under the cut for the end of the Koltin side quest. If you want it to remain a surprise please just ignore this post.

Okay, so Koltin’s quest is all about eating the Bubbul Gems. He gives you rewards at first but then becomes convinced that he must eat ALL of them at once to achieve his dream of turning into a Satori.

However, when he finally does eat them all. He doesn’t turn into a Satori. He turns into a large Blupee. You know. Those rabbit like creature you’ve been getting the Bubbul Gems from. He goes hopping off into the night and the monster balloon stall becomes abandoned from then on.

When you tell his brother Kilton, he will be surprised and a little sad. The dialogue sounds an awful lot like someone being happy their relative is “in a better place��� but also sad that they’re no long with them. It has a bittersweet feel to it and was one of the more shocking side quests I’ve encountered in the game.

I wonder how much of the dialogue is an analogue to how Satoru Iwata passed away from cancer. Like I said, a lot of the dialogue from Kilton is very sad but also happy for his brother having found something he wanted (Even if his want resulted in him being magically transformed into a type of monster and will never be able to be turned back). I can imagine that for someone struggling with an illness it can be very similar. Sad they’re gone but happy they’re no longer in pain.

I just have a lot of feelings about this side quest and I’ve not seen many people talk about it at all.

[gallyg]

It’s so important that you find Koltin’s balloon on Satori Mountain with three Blupees hanging around it. You could imagine a version of the game where the developers thoughtlessly put just one Blupee near the balloon to signal that Koltin was still around, and I would hate it. It would make it seem like Koltin was lonely and clinging to his old life, maybe even filled with regrets. With three Blupees, the message is so much more positive and hopeful. He’s thriving as a Blupee. He has Blupee friends. He’s showing his old pre-transition stuff to his friends. Maybe Koltin even introduced his friends to Kilton when he dropped the balloon off. It’s beautiful. I love that for him.

[whimsisadie]

[unidentifiedwhistlingobject]

kilton and koltin are PEAK goblincore everyone else can go home now

[cake-apostate]

I just realized something about Koltin's sidequest.

Koltin wants to become a Satori by eating Bubbul Gems. I haven't completed his quest, so I don't know if it works, but he does get powers from it: he can sense the presence of nearby Bubbuls.

Incidentally, the Satori was a tribute to Satoru Iwata, who passed away during development.

You know where else we see something similar? In the flashbacks. Spoilers below.

Eating a Secret Stone turns you into a dragon. You become immortal, but you lose all memories and your sense of self.

Koltin may have heard an echo of this story, where you eat magical gems to become an immortal mythical creature. It also fits with how the Satori is a tribute to the deceased; becoming a dragon is like dying, but part of you lives forever.

[sir-avodoodles]

I have to post this before my iPad dies!! I got all the bubbulfrogs and instantly went to see Koltin!

[howtodrawyourdragon]

So Koltin is most definitely to Satori what Tingle is to fairies, right?

[jaffre]

im obsessed with this blue little freak

[ly2cheeart]

You can find this newly opened restaurant late at night in various locations around Hyrule. Although not much can be said for its flavor, the food at Boko Bistro is guaranteed to have been made with love!

Check out the menu here.

[unironicallycringe]

do koltin and kilton fit in your extended demonology lorebuilding? interested what youd classify em as

THEY SURE DO, ANON, THANKS FOR ASKING!

Right so like, BotW/TotK is so incredibly far from the events of my AU, but I have definitely overthought about how the Demon Tribe stuff would fit Kilton and Koltin in.

Firstly though, some Boko Tribe stuff reminders

1) Their advantage is having very plastic physical adaptability <- to account for their wide variety of body types in the different games, encompass all the various subtypes (Moblin, Bokoblin, Miniblin, etc), and explain why they're the only demon tribe that has persisted in any noticeable numbers through the ages. They're just really pro at adapting to new things.

2) They're easily affected/warped by Magicka <- to account for the game's evil Bokos. In this way, they're a result of Malice being overused to control and resurrect them, rather than evil behavior being their norm. Basically they are on the same level of sentience as humans, but exposure to uncontrolled Malice degrades their minds much faster than it would others. It's essentially the flipside to the above plasticity advantage. They're malleable in ways that are both good and bad.

Man, what does this have to do with Kilton and Koltin, Shea?

✨They have mixed Hylian/Boko heritage ✨

(I always thought the silhouettes here were really similar and wondered if it was intentional, but anyways)

So the headcanon here is that Kilton and Koltin's parents are a non-corrupted blue Boko and a particularly adventurous Hylian. I imagine they're a very sweet couple!!!! Here they are when they were younger.

I never thought of names for them, they just exist somewhere and probably don't hang out much in towns. (We love a power couple, but this sort of thing is likely to freak out the Hylian locals.)

I like to draw the two brothers with tiny little horn nubs as a nod to this. They don't have full horns and never will, but they probably were very excited for their lil skull bumps to grow like 0.05mm over the years.

The family would very much be aware of the whole Malice corruption thing. That's why Kilton is so passionate about "monster education" - he knows the corrupt Bokos were once normal people and often just mind their own business in the wilderness, but also knows that it's dangerous for humans to try and approach. So his ventures with his traveling stall and presentations in Tarrey Town are his way of trying to bridge that gap safely.

Additionally, I imagine Kilton and Koltin can travel pretty easily amongst corrupted Bokos, but not bands of Lizal or Lynel. Kilton would have attempted creating masks because of this issue, then afterwards added the various Boko masks for humans to use. (The Magicka is extremely rudimentary, like, barely a Glamour if you're familiar with my magic systems, which is why they fail frequently). And sidenote for monster extract, I think it would be funny if it's just like, a normal ingredient his mom uses and he just puts purple food coloring in it for the Exotic Flair. Like it's just vanilla extract or something lmao.

That was the rambliest possible answer, but tldr they're half-Bokoblin teehee

[sylvanfreckles]

Well. I wasn't expecting to cry over the end of the Bubbul Gem quest, but here we are.

[fairyofsomething]

I'm Miss Sugar Pink, liquor, liquor lips I'm gonna be your bubbul gem bitch

[tinyleavesdream]

What a time to be a blupee fanatic! The addition of Koltin in TotK really gave them the spotlight they so obviously deserve 🤪 And when I noticed Koltin's adorable, odd, little pin? Well, I need that. I am still playing around with getting it just right, but here's a look so far! I can't decide if I like the felt face better, or the puff paint...

[zeldadeservesabreak]

You think it’s safe to talk about Koltin’s quest resolution yet? I’ve been waiting to see if anyone finished his side quests, but no one makes art or talks about it…