#there's even MORE symbolism if you apply my triforce theology to it

[star-ocean-peahen]

@infectedmetaphysic (I can't seem to @ you?) skdjnfksjd I guess it's not really like, Key to the lore, just more of subtext for the narrative of Breath of the Wild, but MY POINT STILL STANDS!

Anyway, here you go

The color blue in Breath of the Wild carries a huge amount of symbolism. Sheikah technology glows blue, which is a visual contrast to the world of Hyrule. The Champion's garb is blue. The royal color is blue. The flames that appear around spirits are blue. Link's tunic is blue.

All of these things represent something similar: the past.

Breath of the Wild really pushes the distinction between "One hundred years ago" and the time period we play in. One hundred years ago is when the story happened. It drastically shaped the world we're living in. It determines our quest, our main objectives, and most of our attachment to this story. Throughout the world, we find constant reminders that the world didn't use to look like this, and that it was lost. It was lost, and it's our job to pick up the pieces and clean up the mess left behind from the calamity one hundred years ago.

The color blue represents what we've lost. It represents what is dead and lingering. It represents what we grieve for as we find it.

And Zelda, in her blue garb, in thirteen memories, is one of the things we've lost.

(Side note: Every other Princess Zelda has had blue eyes. BOTW Zelda differs from them. She breaks tradition. The princess who is no longer a princess, the last descendant of the goddess who made peace with the loss of her powers.)

But, her eyes are green. And green, in Breath of the Wild, means something different.

Green is the color of life, of plants and living things. And the world of Hyrule, after the Calamity, has been mostly reclaimed by nature. Green is the color of the wild.

It's also the color of Farore, who is strongly associated with children and growing things. Farore, the goddess of life.

Green means new beginnings. It means hope, and growth, and starting anew.

Zelda is the only living being (besides Link) to survive the Calamity. The only person in a memory that we actually get to meet, and speak to. She is alive.

Zelda's green eyes represent the freedom she can have after the Calamity is defeated. After evil is banished, she can find happiness away from the failure and expectation of her past. Her green eyes represent how she, and all of Hyrule, can heal.