#u don’t need a central government u need a microscope ok!
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Ok but to take the idea of the Kingdom in botw-totk seriously for a second. “Kingdom” means different things in botw vs totk:
In botw, an actual State existed with government and systems etc and when ppl sigh wistfully over it, they’re thinking of the protections offered by that hegemony, but it’s been a hundred years and they don't remember everything that that meant. they can only imagine that world— but it must have been very great! Just look at the mess it left behind!
Totk’s Kingdom refers to “the place where all Link’s friends live.” still bounded by the canyon, the desert, and the ocean…. but the return of one princess does not a unifying government make. The different peoples clearly govern themselves, and look kindly on Zelda who after all only shows up to help (accompanied by 1-5 hylians max). She doesn’t need an army, because she’s not threatening to re-subjugate anyone; she’s just here to study the local insect species, please.
Link losing his memory has more than one upside, because not only did he not immediately have to remember everyone he would feel he’d personally failed in the Calamity, but 100 years ago he was Fully Bought In to the whole Kingdom thing, and it would have been incredibly rough to throw him directly from that into this disordered, emptied place and expect him to see something beautiful.
#botw#i did not at all appreciate zelda talking about the future of the kingdom at the end of totk. like#u don’t need a central government u need a microscope ok!#i know i'm not successfully entering into the fun fictional monarchy bit…#my problem is that botw is giving you this cute little peek at a post-monarchy hyrule and then totk tries to say they're going back??#and they clearly showed the kingdom pre-calamity as this stifling coercive force that was terrible for both zelda and link...#so they're kind of not entering into the fun fictional monarchy bit either!!!!#maybe they'd argue that was all king rhoam but 'u just need to make sure your kings don't have flaws' is not a winner#so yeah. the kingdom Has to be just for the vibes for me in totk#they're always saying 'zelda's just about the vibes don't take it so seriously' so i'll go back to that. but it takes effort!!
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