#totk s/i

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

This is my TOTK s/i! I based his outfit off of the frostbite clothes you can get for Link!

about him under the cut: (EDITED!)

Zafiro of the Zora

He was raised by zoras. He was born female but transitioned to male by a very skilled zora doctor, who also used a little bit of bioluminescence for the tattoos covering the scars. He was abandoned by his hylian family, they left him floating down a river. Zoras found him and took him in as their own. As a blessing from the goddess Nayru, he was given the power of the Zora's sapphire. Due to a prophecy, he was named after the sapphire. Zafiro is a very impressive swimmer. Using the zora's sapphire he wears around his neck, he can manipulate water and ice, breathe underwater, and shoot out ice shards at enemies. Zafiro may have ice powers but he's always preferred to be warm. He doesn't like the desert because, well ... There's no water! He is best friends with a pink zora man named Cuarzo. Cuarzo lost his arm while defending Zafiro from a lynel. This is why Cuarzo has a robotic arm made for him by Robbie. Zafiro always felt that it was his fault Cuarzo was injured. Zafiro keeps feeling like he needs to prove his worth by being a strong warrior. His parents (who are zoras) tell him that they're proud of him and they love him no matter what. But Zafiro still feels the need to prove himself to his community. Though he is very short and lean, he is very skilled with his spear and is a fast swimmer. Although he can be pretty tough, he's also pretty laid back for the most part when he gets comfortable. Cuarzo and Zafiro would get into trouble all the time. Zafiro becomes friends with Link. Link soon realizes that Zafiro isn't always trying to prove his strength 24/7, he just wants the feeling of freedom... He wants to be content... He just wants to feel like he belongs. Zafiro has tried to run away several times, but each and every time he goes back to the water. Over time Zafiro realizes that he doesn't have to prove himself to anybody. He lends his assistance to Link and helps him fight evil!

One day, Zafiro meets a man on the Zonai research team named Tauro. Tauro's energy and enthusiasm captivated Zafiro. Eventually, Zafiro developed a huge crush on Tauro but didn't want to admit it. Tauro can be very oblivious, so even if Zafiro decided to start flirting, Tauro wouldn't even realize it! Zafiro always feels like he's being awkward or weird around Tauro, but Tauro thinks he's super cool and enjoys spending time with him!

(more to come soon!)

[lsdoiphin]

like if you would ask her what's wrong

reblog to wipe away her tears

[pabro-picasso]

quick lil doodle cuz i got the totk art book as an early bday present and was obsessed w the construction of koltin's horriblin head

[daeyumi]

Penumbra 🌑🧿⚫️

[choccy-sippy]

2023 is ending and wow what a year it truly was. It all started with me getting Re4r as a treat for myself, only to walk straight into gay people beartrap unknowingly.

This year hasn't been kind to me but making new friends is something that I would not trade for anything else.

Thank you everyone for the massive support until now <3 I will continue to brain rot about these two with the utmost of my ability and with all my heart.

[lolliudo]

glory to master kohga!

[69constellationsinatrenchcoat]

I was playing totk and watching the barbie movie at the same time and i just... can't help but see the comparison... espec in character arc. Yunbo starts as a soft muffin and then gets corrupted and becomes a muffin again...and so does Ken. Love it.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Sidon: Yes I would like to commission a statue!

Artisan: Of course Prince Sidon. What do you want the statue to look like

Sidon: I want you to create a statue of Link riding me!

Artisan: (processes) Oh! Like how you were swimming to take care of the divine beasts

Sidon: Yes, that’s what I was refering to (crumples fanfiction he wrote.)

[willyhoos]

final totk verdict.

[werewolfsister]

” Address Unknown “ (2)

This place looks familiar! And who could these little folks be! And what about that mysteeeeerious creeeeepy light?!

Next

[fandomloreblog]

You cannot tell me that Tauro from the new Tears Of The Kingdom Game isn’t autistic with a hyper-fixation on Zonai ruins. YOU CANNOT TELL ME OTHERWISE, THAT MAN IS DEFINITELY NEURODIVERGENT AND I LOVE HIM FOR IT

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

I remembered that you can make people say different lines of dialogue if you're not wearing anything

So I decided to ask my man Tauro what his dialogue is

UUUUHH....

SIR... MR TAURO SIR... I wouldn't object but I would probably hide in the nearest body of water and it would boil by the power of my blushing

(I realized I forgot to include the part where he says the reason he doesn't run around in his underwear is because Paya told him to put more clothes on)

[rawliverandgoronspice]

Alright I think I’ve sent a ask in before and you answered it, I’m not sure if I’m just repeating myself but if I am feel free to ignore!

Alright I wanted to talk about changes in the gerudo culture, now naturally culture norms will change and fade as time goes on. But with the gerudo I can’t help but feel that they were forced to change much of their culture just to appease the other races.

Like why did they stop training Molduga? Why did they change their style to be more feminine etc.

Personally I feel like they were forced to change their culture so they wouldn’t get attacked. Why? Well example the sheikah, the sheikah are a tribe very close to the royal family. They will take out anyone who is a threat to the royal family, correct? Well who used to actively oppose the royal family, the gerudo.

I believe the sheikah still have a prejudiced against the gerudo because, you cannot find a single gerudo in kakariko village. You can find gerudo npcs outside the village thought, on the dangerous rode. Wouldn’t it be easier and safer for them to just cut through kakariko village? Unless there was still bad blood

I’m sorry to bother with my my insane ramblings I just wanted to share and I felt this place appropriate to share my thoughts.

Thank you for reading and thank you and have a nice night/morning/afternoon

Hey, thanks for the ask!

I mean, regardless of what actually did happen in canon, if anything did, I have to say that BotW, and then TotK's internal narrative regarding the gerudos feels rather worrying to me --for several reasons, some of which you do mention here.

The gerudos, by virtue of having the strongest culture that differs from hylians, is the one that is also the most dynamic in these games' shared reality (so TotK's mythical past, BotW, and then TotK modern era), the one that is the most malleable and ongoing internal change.

The first time we see the gerudos, historically, they have a certain political structure that seems to rely on kinghood, have certain skills related to war (the molduga situation), and even have fashion sensitivities that are relatively different to modern era's gerudos (the mohawk, etc, and I Will Not mention the ear situation for the inconsistent mess that it is). Then, the whole shenanigans with Rauru happen, we see the Sage of Lightning having a fashion sense that feels closer to what we know, and we get to see active collaboration happening.

Fast-forward hundreds-to-thousands of years later: not only are gerudos vassal to Hyrule pre-Calamity, but, while their town is still closed behind walls, the gerudos have a strong cultural focus on seeking (mostly) hylian husbands. We get to hear about the younger generations pushing against the strong rules keeping the city closed, and that the walls aren't as closed as they used to be.

In TotK, not only is the actual language evolving (so even if old hylian seems to have been a thing, the speed of language evolving is to be noted imo), but we see clear examples of the ancestral rules being challenged to the point of near annihilation. By the time we leave the gerudos behind, two hylian men have snuck inside the walls/forced their presence upon them, and we have heard of at least another group who have been working for years to make them bend the rules for their sake. Zelda came around and influenced their war techniques, and even their ancient legends get recontextualized as involving hylian men with the Eight Heroin, or as monstrously evil and something to seek forgiveness for in the case of Ganondorf. Subtextually, I'd argue we are assisting to a culture being assimilated in real time. It might be portrayed as a good thing, as old, useless or even arguably bigoted traditions being cast aside, but I still have to insist that while gerudos are yielding their cultural identity under (mostly) hylian pressures, hylians spend the *entire game* rediscovering and reinforcing their own culture and pushing forward a cultural heritage that is thousand of years old --even reinjecting lost elements of its roots into its prosperous future.

And, yeah. It's kind of worth noting at least.

[macabrecake]

Fuck.

[shadowlinktheshadow]

i took matters into my own hands and created this:

some things about this au that have been floating in my mind:

spirit (i dont know what to call him in this au 💀) hangs around lookout landing or whatever trying to learn more about zonai tech

while purah and robbie are focused on more advanced and "futuristic" tech with zonai material, spirit is thinking of something more modern (t r a i n s)

idfk what to call the quest, but it's a side adventure (which means it's not a main quest, but it's bigger than a side one)

also idk about how it would work out, but im thinking he'll give you build idea/pointers for what he wants and you have to go build it (gives you 100 rupees for your hard work)

Once you finish building a prototype he'll ask you for something more complex (gives 100 rupees + a meal?)

And finally once you finish the final build, it'll cut to some dialogue and then you can ride his train (300 rupees + first time free admission)

hudsons company helps with building the tracks

there'll be stations around towns of hyrule and he'll take you there for only 20 rupees (just find a station to unlock it)

this makes absolutely no sense gameplay wise because you can just teleport anywhere but TRAINS

(this is for clothing but) just a botw/totk-ified royal engineer outfit

[elvthali]

a uh. extremely emotionally important character 4 me who after years I've finally made references and whatnot for and am cripplingly anxious to finally be posting stuff for orz;;;; I guess technically counts as a sona or linksona or whatever??? but highkey feel weird calling him that so ya know whatever lmfao

More information for "Animo" (Link) in his toyhouse link;;