#raru totk

[the-everlasting-ash]

A few moments later…

Link learns a new ability!

[candy8448]

Throwback to when i called Raru a woman

[scenicphoenix]

Do you think Link has chronic pain in the new magic arm (and probably elsewhere honestly, shoulders back neck.....) do to it being a rather abrupt emergency transplant and because of how he lost his previous arm

A mixture of "does this man even have a medical license?" Raru, and gloom fucking with his nerves and muscles

[ginkgo-gremlin]

I'm just imagining a grieving Raru setting up the shrines around Hyrule and putting the statue of him and Sonia in them because she may be gone and he may be all alone but at least they can be remembered together in the shrines

[sinusoidaldysfunction]

Mineru redesign, I think the Zonai should have 4 arms like the dragons. And horns. And a cooler outfit. Also changed her face shape to be longer like her brother.

[foxfirestarlight]

Huh. Dreamt about an alternate totk where Raru joins you as a fi-esque Spirit guide instead of one of the ability wheel options being a map. Pretty banal on its own but then he has you set up some kind of magic thing, but because it happens to be on a blood moon Link's spirit was torn from his body and thrown into the depths??? We woke up before the story significance became relevant but that was cool! And now I kinda want to make a bestiary of Raru's advice on different enemies.

[teratophilex]

Im just sayin calling them ""SECRET STONES"" was fucking stupid

[uberthemeh]

[THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOR]

If you want to get this as a print, come to my Table at Anime North THIS WEEK!!!!!

im still iffy on it but this miiiight be a Con-Exclusive one so come by if u can!!!!

[thatonesalmonlingnamedspike]

sudden realization

Zonai Fursona Fur-Zona(i)

HELP

[tired-twili]

Ooo first impressions of Raru if TotK is allowed to ask about?

RARU!!!

First impression: why is he a goat??? But in all seriousness I won't lie I didn't exactly trust him

Impression now: I think he's a really neat character. His character was done really nicely and you don't have to go digging through lore to find details out about him which can be quite rare in loz sadly haha

Favorite moment: the picnic with Zelda and Sonia <3 such a dad moment for him

Idea for a story: ig I don't have too many for him :'(

Unpopular opinion: I don't think I have any!

Favorite relationship: he's so happily married so ofc it's him and Sonia <3

Favorite headcanon: I really enjoy seeing stuff about what he and Sonia may have been like being awkward teens in love so ig that'd be my "headcanon"

Thank you sm for the ask!!!<3

[alaea-winters]

I saw a chart floating around Tumblr which helped me mentally but I wanted to make an addition for all my ADHD + Autism homies out there.

[romeotangowhiskey]

This is officially canon now.

consider. what if these two met when they were little

[candy8448]

This tablet under hyrule castle is intresting...

1. By first ruler does it mean skyward sword link?

The fact they used the word "imprisoned" like the imprisoned in sksw who is demise in another form

Because it says first ruler and ganondorf (the demon king) didn't first appear until oot, but he is demise's hatred

2. What does it mean by king's magic? When i first read it i thought it meant imprisoned by the master sword. Could link's magic be linked to the master sword to keep it in? Is that how fi always recognises the hero?

3. If i am right, and since the master sword was placed in the sealed grounds at the end of sksw, does that mean hyrule castle has been built from the sealed grounds? Ive always headcannoned the forgotten temple to be the sealed grounds and ill stick by that forever, even if this is true

In not, could it mean that hyrule castle was built around the temple of time, like the temple was built around the sword in ocarina?

Intresting...

Well thats some of my thoughts at least, very messy and not planned out thoughts at all

Update: so ive been told that the tablet refers to raru and the events in this game which, yeah, it makes sense

Ive seen this thing someone wrote that i like where sky wasn't the first king of hyrule, but he was the founder. He didn't have time to make the royal family yet.

Which makes sense since isn't sonia a hylian? (I have not finished the game yet) and could be sksw link and zelda's descendant by a bit, thus being the first king and queen of Hyrule (i know technically rary would be called a prince in that case but who cares about that?)

[ra9in3z]

absolutely shocked i havent seen any spirited away tears of the kingdom art??

this literally happened

[lastoneout]

No but fr we should talk more about how TotK Zelda probably could have learned to use her time powers to fix things without having to turn into a dragon, like all on her own she was able to transport a whole item across 10,000 years which is crazy impressive, but due to Gannon she was thrust into a situation exactly like the one she started in before BotW only worse, and that's probably why the dragon option seemed better.

The only person who could have helped her unlock an incredible power(a figure not dissimilar to her mother) was dead and on top of that Raru(someone who probably felt more like a father to her than her actual father) was ALSO gone and unable to offer her whatever support or guidance he could. She was alone at the end of the world knowing she was the only one who could stop it, and so of fucking COURSE she chose the tangible option even though it would DESTROY her forever rather than spend days, weeks, years, her whole entire lifespan trying and possibly failing to figure out her time power. Not just because she knew the dragon plan had a higher likelihood of success, but because she could not bear to go back to the hell of knowing so many lives depend on her magically discovering how to use her gift without help or any hint that it might actually work.

Zelda chose to sacrifice herself because it would work, but also because like most people who've been through trauma, the very idea of going back was unthinkable. Staying and figuring it out might have worked, but it would have emotionally destroyed her, and physical destruction that will work is, to her, the better option. It's such a profoundly devastating part of the story because her choice makes perfect sense. It's exactly what a traumatized person who's entirely separated from everyone she holds dear and crumbling under the weight of countless lives on her shoulders would choose.

Like ough BotW/TotK Zelda is EVERYTHING I could talk about her forever. The flawed female character of all time. No notes. I wish she hadn't been damseled again but like god this story is going to make me insane forever(high priase) and we got EoW so I'm not gonna complain. God I love her so much.

[scenicphoenix]

Totk roleswap because of course I am doing that

(might add on to this when I completely finish the game. I have only mentioned stuff i am absolutely certain about currently)

Link and Zelda finding Ganondorf is different, instead of Rarus hand imprisoning him, its fragments of Sonia and her Time magic. Raru was killed instead of Sonia, his Stone stolen by Ganondorf. Sonia using her stone and time magic to seal herself and Ganondorf in a bubble of frozen time.

Link gets sent to the past instead of Zelda, he was the one to end up falling instead. The Sonias Zonai stone ending up on his person during the chaos of the fall. Zelda while trying to catch Link and ends up grabbing the master sword instead, this is the moment Link teleports to the past and Zelda to the Sky islands

Links arm was still infected with gloom and needed to be amputated when he arrived in the past. The Zonai stone he arrived with helped keep the gloom at bay. Raru takes him under his wing due to his remarkable abilities in serving the light, and to help with the gloom infecting him. Sonia is impressed by his abilities in time magic as well, his flurry rush has a unique use of time magic.

Link doesn't immediately connect the dots of Ganondorf being the corpse that attacked him and Zelda. He does know he absolutely doesn't trust him. Ganondorf doesn't like Link either, mutual hatred for the other.

Before officially meeting Ganondorf, where he tries to brute force his way into taking over Hyrule, the battle goes differently. Instead of a beam of pure magic that nukes the Moldugas, due to not having Zelda around, with Links Zonai stone combined with a boost from Raru and Sonai. Link is able to destroy the Moldugas one by one at a fast pace, a super powered version of his flurry rush. This battle was much more close and Link was a last resort that Sonia suggested last second as a desperate measure. Her hope of powering up his flurry rush worked, she just wished she didn't have to put him in such harms way, however.

Raru is dead, the sages have fallen, Ganondorf is sealed away thanks to Sonia but that's only temporary. Link is at the temple of time, a tale as old as time, he's hoping for an answer, he gets one. Through the sands of time he and Zelda unknowingly briefly connect, Zelda sending not only the master sword but a large portion of her powers of light to him. He briefly remembers that the master sword can heal any damage done to it over time if the holy power is strong enough. He remembers what he was told about Zonai stones and the sacred dragons.

Link turns into a sacred dragon so he can heal the master sword and arrive in the future. Although he isn't a dragon of light like Zelda would have been. He's the dragon of time. A large green dragon that can be seen entering and exiting portals from different eras of time ever since his ascension into the dragon of time. Is the one you're approaching the correct version of him? Will it be the one where the sword is healed or still healing? His golden mane seems to be made of sand. His tears leave behind Sundilions instead of silent princesses. He has one less legs than the other dragons. Zelda feels safer around this dragon and he wonders why. She figures out why when he finds all the dragons tears.

Zelda wakes up at the sky islands, and is led by Sonia. Much like how Link was led by Raru. With Zelda being the mortal goddess and not infected by gloom, he is not restricted by the door of the temple of time like link would have been. Giving the sword and a portion of her powers to link through a hole in time. Now being weaker due to him sacrificing most of his powers to heal the master sword, Sonia guides her to shrines on the islands to help rebuild her strength.

Due to Zelda being distantly related to Sonia and his status as mortal goddess even if she has been weakened, she is able to open the shrines and use anything with the Zonai symbols on them. His reason for going to shrines is to strengthen her powers over light again after giving most of it to Link through time for the purpose of healing the master sword.

I don't think Zelda would fight with a sword or similar weapons. I think he would like bows and magic based weapons and attacks. Distance is her friend, although I doubt you want to be hit full force at close range by his powers even when she's weakened. He's a force to be reckoned with. He's the descendant of a goddess for Pete's sake.

Zelda would love exploring the skies and the depths.

The dragons of times portal ls only work for him. Although you can look through them and see the different eras he's traveling from or to. There are three noticeably different dragons of time, all based on how much the master sword has healed. The first one where he's basically just turned into a dragon and the sword is still heavily damaged. The second one where he's right in the middle of the past and present, the master sword is noticeably still damaged but on its way to being healed. And the third one where it's the most recent version of himself, the master sword is completely healed. But all three can travel through time, and you won't know which version of him it is until you check the master sword. If you try and pull one of the still damaged swords you will be flung into the nearby skies. A good way to get to higher sky islands.

I wouldn't be surprised if Zelda disquises herself, feeling like he can't completely be there for her kingdom without Link. Plus i think Ganon and the Yiga would be more aggressive at hunting him down. Zelda's also never got to try out fully being a him before being a princess and all. Sheik time. I like gender fluid Zelda. Why not both gender? Also Sheik gets to be included, everybody loves Sheik

Some things I haven't added because I would need time to figure it out and write it down. Like Links growing relationships with Raru and Sonai, Mineru, how the final battle goes before and when Sonai seals Ganon, ect. The more dialog heavy story bits mostly.