#zelda twilight princess bg

[karebeast]

Commission for @glitch07deity

I was requested to post this so I shall xD

[chained-spirits]

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They call me the king of an inconsistent style

[littlesakis-aubade]

Day 11 - Monsters/Beasts

The Shadow Beasts are like the Gloom Hands of Twilight Princess lol- the sudden slam of the barrier poles locking you into fighting a whole group of them when you don’t know it’s coming up was a jumpscare every time hahaha

Scary creepy crawlies

[ryssbelle]

My last post is a sneak peek to the next chapter of my crack fic which has just been dreamworks movie references so far XD

The most recent chapter can be found here

The BG are just the ones from Trolls 3 but I killed the trolls

[fairy-spring]

and they were cellmates

(my god they were cellmates)

[thebleedingeffect]

echo I got top surgery today and its very exciting but I'm going to have a lot of downtime because healing, do you have any good loz video recommendations I can watch? hope you are well 💖

YOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING CONGRATS !! :D AND GOOD LUCK !!! Top surgery is such a big damn accomplishment and I sure it'll go perfectly! :D but oh boy oh boy lemme check out my favorites...

Politics of Twilight Princess

Demon King Ganondorf - A Deconstruction of Villainy

The Powerful Responsibility of Twilight Princess

Every Zelda Is The Darkness Zelda

The Evolution of Hyrule - Zelda Map (Part 1 of a series)

The Lore of Zelda’s Famous Locations (Twilight Princess)

Majora's Mask: The Ultimate Trauma Narrative

The Emotional Maturity of Skyward Sword

Ganondorf isn't Misunderstood

Wind Waker - The Flow of Time

All of the above links are of video essays!! But if you want something a bit more chill, here's some let's plays :]

ZFG Gold Quest (Note: ZFG has so so many damn oot vods and it is amazing bg noise if you just need something to zone out to)

Lookout Landing SUCKS as a Fort! (this video just makes me giggle)

Playing Tears of Kingdom Badly

It's really easy to go into rabbit hole of zelda videos from any of these vids!! But again, I super hope that your surgery goes well, and I'm sure it will! I also hope that these videos help you even the littlest bit while you heal <3

Looking for all this videos is reminding me that I need to watch even more zelda stuff...

[futurefind]

//I DID THE THING FINALLY!! 😭😭😭The years on first one indicate when they first inspired me/influenced how I wrote/saw Sa!! Hence them being absent on the latter

Elaborations/details below the cut!!!

Element Valkyrie: (Kit) Literally how/why Sa has her main gimmick of fire + water/ice lmao!! In fact I think fire was her original main...? Ice became a focus post-atla (all of like... a year later lmfao)

Link (Twilight Princess): (Aesth) What can I say I really loved TPs, well, 'edgier' aesth (my second zelda after all of wind waker). Also, probably the first wolf association...? Less consciously, perhaps the first taste of cryptid drifter that goes around solving problems? (Kit) Why Sasume has a sword!! And why it's at her back/shoulder!! Also, sort of, ass kicking with said sword, but as a video game YMMV lmao. (Chara) The silent protag stuff could not hurt? Esp w the contrast with being good w kids, implicitly (Heart) WHAT CAN I SAY I'VE SAID IT BEFORE Sa is very much HeroTM, in broader loz/link sense, at heart. Saving and helping people is her priority!! Even when it's hard!!

Naruto: (Kit) Tbh... the source of Shinrei's aesthetic effects wrt eyes, teeth, claws, etc? (Bg/Lore) Samehat with her bg. With an emphasis on samehat, as the two were connected 1:1 in those early days. But unlike canon Naruto even baby Nori went 'reality ensues' 'edgier' variant where shit is traumatizing as fuck. (Heart) As I've also Also stated elsewhere... she's very much a shonen protagonist at heart??? A Knight in Sour Armor but a Knight all the same

Sasuke: (Aesth) Do I even need to say it...? The grumpy/angsty edgelord Lancer surface level absolutely came from here, lmao. Not as conscious as Naruto (iirc, I gave her blue hair bc my brown marker ran out when doing that design? lmfao) but definitely couldn't hurt. (Bg/Lore) Probably colored/inspired taking the aforementioned 'reality ensues' traumatic framing for Sa's bg. And a bunch of other plot-y stuff that's sliding scale of preserved to scraped entirely (ie being Nth distant relative survivors to the Uchiha clan lmfao). (Chara) What can I say... aren't we all familiar w the broadstrokes atp?? Loner angsting edgelord who's just afraid of letting people in... A staple of the archetype, and undoubtedly helped staple that archetype onto Sa. (Other) Far more nebulous, but did inspire a general 'special heritage/family line' power stuff. Though what said family line stuff was wouldn't be figured out 'til further down the line.

Kanda: (Aesth) For a hot second I literally intentionally looked to Kanda for aesth inspiration for Sa lmao... in my NLOG phase I even did an inverse of him being confused for a woman by having Sa be more Bifauxnen bc 'feminine = weak' lol (gag). Also, while from DGM's uniform as a whole rather than Kanda specifically, codified Sa's token look of skintight slevelees turtleneck + fingerless gloves— as well as remove previous aspects of color from her wardrobe. (Kit) Again, a side effect of DGM as a whole rather than Kanda specifically, but this is why Shinrei's kit isn't just so thought out but so specifically staggered (the 'Levels/Stages' aspects present across many Innocence). As a direct inspo, though, Mugen fucking with his pupils/eye is what I used to preserve Sa's emotive angy vfx (and what made it, and her entire kit, 1:1 with her sword rather than being innate). (Chara) Do I need to elaborate...? Lol. He also fits into the archetype of Sasuke that Sa was already in, so nothing too big, particularly as DGM made me develop Sa so much more and breakaway from copypasting him. However, he's liably the source of her more overt tsundere tendencies, as well as her aversion to using people's names (also for tsun reasons). Also probably why Sa's surface level is outright Jerkass and not just ominous stoic dude deal lmao.

Dean Winchester (s1-5): (Aesth) Gets some lite points for styling themselves against/for a parent, jerkass with a reckless heart of gold, and bravado/masculinity that oft loops back around to disingenuous/insecure. (Bg/Lore) What can I say? The idolization of a lost mother, comparing oneself against a parent (derogatory), the deadbeat dad (who's like the younger sibling), and the parentification and resulting over-protection and -devotedness toward their younger sibling/'child'. However, not much direct inspo here, especially since one of his hallmarks is his dysfunctional jackassery toward his sibling and one of Sa's is that her jackass exterior breaks away for hers. (Chara) While I remember Sasume's snark being unintentional irp, passive Deanfluence def couldn't hurt to cement the snark, lmfao. (Heart/Other) Lumping these two together bc man!! Man!!! What if you were forced into a life of violence and endangerment and self loathing and you 'reclaimed' it by putting how much you hate it and life and yourself into something meaningful, heroic. What if you were meant for greatness and it destroyed you. What if you wanted nothing more than a life of domesticity as a partner and parent and thought your only way to get there was through dreams and death. What if the only way you can get through the day is by chasing thrills and throwing yourself into risk after risk for others and half-hoping it kills you.

GRAVEYARD/REVERSE INSPO BOOGALOOS!!

As these are blorbos you can use to 'find Sasume in' instead of vice versa, these'll hopefully be more brief...? Things to make you point at and go 'omg just like Sa :)', rather than unpacking the building blocks of inspiration that helped codify her into how she is.

Geralt: (Aesth) The wandering enigmatic monster hunter with an extremely dangerous rep but with more heart/morals than you'd think... yk? Bonus spn gold eye points. (Kit) Nothing overt, but general hyper-competence wrt combat. (Bg) Witchers' sliding scale of dubious rep, yk? As well as his Butcher legacy. (Chara) As stated, gruff bastards with a caring heart that's variably concealed, depending on the moment. Notably (vs some prev examples), very okay with killing human monsters, even if it's not ideal.

Alucard: (Aesth) Pwincesses The supernatural & enigmatic auras that are both intimidating and inspiring reliance/protection yk? (Kit) Again general combat competence, but also healing factor and resulting being a gd tank, relatively. (Heart) Hearts of gold!! More overt since he's not a tsun though lol

Mizu: (Aesth) Edgelord wandering blue eyed 'samurai', lol. (Kit) Violence hypercompetence, pragmatism, and being a disturbing levels of tanking severe wounds. (Bg) What can I say Mizu's entire traumatic backstory and hardening into who she is is because of being othered and seen as nonhuman (if due to racism, vs Sa's). Plus some spoilery stuff I'm not gonna say bc oh my god guys go watch BES :') Esp if you like Sa. (Chara) The terrifying determinism, raw brutality/pragmatism, being stubborn idiots who need to be forced into accepting help... but also going to extreme lengths once the loner walls are breached. Also, the sass and taunting and blood knight aspects??? Peak Sa. Chef kiss. (Other) Holy fucking SHIT the insecurities? And self perception?? Seeing oneself as monstrous and inhuman and that inhumanity linked with an 'inability/failures of' being a woman yk......... augh,

Ed: (Kit) Having fun with 'bending' elements in utilitarian ways. (Bg) Orphaned big siblings whose main priority is saving/helping baby sib yk... Also, in retrospect, the hypercompetence being developed for the sake of said sib. (Heart) Again!! Shonen protagonist at her core!! Though ofc focusing more on the unironic softness, as well as her 'aspiring' for pacifism and hating having to kill but having no qualms doing so when necessary.

Rengoku: (Kit) Badass swordsmen with fire related aesth? Badass swordsmen. (Bg) While far more... mundane in the tragedies of his upbringing, the overlap in the themes and impact of their traumas are :') very much similar :'))) (Heart) Shonen protags but also mentors!! Staring very loudly at and ignoring even harder how as a kid my intent for Sa's story would be to kill her off. Tbf she's a very solid candidate for the Obi-Wan type 'crutch' characters whose death symbolisms an emblematic turning point...........

Vash: (Kit) Again: See: Hypercompetence in combat, now with more overt inhuman uncanniness!! (Bg) While far more fantastical and sort of... spread out? Impersonal? Than Sa's, it's impact and his view on it are very Sacore!! (Heart) SHONEN PROTAG OF ALL TIME??? And also see: aspirations of pacifism and how, just like Vash is able to be so extremely pacifistic because he's nonhuman levels of sturdy... Sasume cannot be because she's still very much human, and so can only take so much before she's forced to retaliate :') (And also being long past the point of breaking pacifism for sake of necessity/saving others... and p much Only breaking it to protect others... yk.......)

[ilikeyoshi]

best moments in the entirety of the legend of zelda:

adult arc in oot because of sheik's guidance, who is zelda. also the final boss fight.

2/3rds of wind waker because of tetra's involvement, who is zelda. also the final boss fight.

final boss fight in twilight princess.

first hour or so of skyward sword.

literally the entirety of spirit tracks because zelda is as close to WITH YOU the entire adventure as we've ever gotten and i am SOOOOO ANGRY THEY FINALLY DID THIS IN A THIRD SEQUEL ON A HANDHELD WHERE EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG KNEW ONLY A FRACTION OF THE FANBASE WOULD PLAY IT AND NOW CAN PULL THE "WELL WE MADE ZELDA MORE CENTRAL AND IT DIDNT SELL" CARD FUCK OFF YOU RIGGED IT YOU CHEAP SPINELESS SHITHEADS

first ten minutes of totk. also the last phase of the final boss in totk.

LITERALLY all of the botw hyrule warriors spin-off.

LITERALLY. and i am not joking. the cd-i game where you get to play AS zelda.

and like u will notice this hardly lines up with my feelings about the games in general bc botw isnt even ON this list despite giving us THE most developed, compelling zelda EVER, AND YET i'm counting fucking the cd-i games on this list.

bc literally zelda is the coolest, most involved character, who has worked her ass off in almost every game, certainly EVERY game since oot, and without her the world ENDS every time—but she's undermined and done SO dirty by the fact that, less and less, she's FRONT AND CENTER AT ALL. she hasn't participated in the final battle in TWO back to back major installments, an irl time period spanning over 10 years!!!!! ((yes i know you're about to tell me that's wrong, but before you do i need you to understand i am carefully wording this so as to not cause spoilers. if you know you know. if you don't, this statement is still true.))

anyway it just makes me insane. i love all these zelda games (and to be completely honest with you i think i'd love the cd-i game too, at least for the parts of relevance to this post) to death but GOD i wish they'd actually just make zelda a consistently central character. active in the game we are PLAYING instead of always delegated to the background (even though everything she does in the bg IS COOL, but like, what i'm saying is she could be doing the cool stuff IN THE CENTER OF THE GAME WITH US), like, and actually COMMIT to that. it's not like this hasn't been a huge ask in the fanbase for decades. y'all KNOW a game where zelda is WITH US (NOT EVEN PLAYABLE, JUST WITH US, ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD MAKE HER PLAYABLE TOO) would sell like CRAZY if you didn't hide it in a "low risk" game just to pretend any statistics you gained from that game mean absolutely anything in the greater convo. my GOD.

i am vouching hard for PRESENT AND WITH US NPC COMPANION ZELDA SPECIFICALLY because it makes their whole "but what would link do?" argument irrelevant. but ALSO, if nintendo DID design the games' stories to keep link and zelda adventuring TOGETHER, it would literally be effortless, from a narrative perspective, to make zelda playable. "what would link do?" he'd STAY WITH ZELDA, the same way she'd STAY WITH LINK, because the plot already mandates they NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND TAKE THE SAME STEPS TOGETHER.

you could do so much fun stuff with this!!!!! the ability to swap between them at will to solve different puzzles—link would be needed for his various gadgets like his hookshot, and zelda would be needed for her magic! or just the resident evil style ability to pick one of two characters to play out the story with, where the other is simply an npc companion who still fulfills all their roles because the story is DESIGNED to keep them together.

we could have it ALL!!!!!!!! NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

never forget that botw/totk zelda is the best zelda of all time. she is SOOOOOOOOO PRECIOUS I AM FURIOUS SHE WAS WRENCHED 100% OUT OF THE CENTER STORY TWICE

[waddei]

link (who's never been outside his village) and midna (who's never been on the light realm) every time they see anything on hirule field

[halfmoonstruck]

my fav links..

[peachssodapop]

I finally drew Midna

[baggedbloodandmilk]

Yo so imma start using this platform to just idk briefly talk about my stories on ao3/quotev/wattpad so Ehe

ao3: bagged_blood

quotev: Gemiii12556

wattpad: thingfinity

As of current times, I have 0 stories posted on wattpad (I had some posted but I unpublished them so I could rewrite them) and 2 stories posted on both ao3 and quotev + an additional collab story on ao3

I take requests but i dont update as often as id like to cause school’s a fucking ass (sunday’s ur best bet ngl)

Stories I’ve posted:

- Herbs & Heroes (TP Link x Herbalist!reader)

- Lost & Found (skull kid!OoC Link x reader)

- The Inconvenience Store (multiple kpop idols but not an x reader)

Stories I’ve yet to post:

- William James Moriarty x Professor!reader

- William James Moriarty x Seamstress!reader x Sherlock Holmes

- Sunshine (Jung Hoseok x reader)

- Ghosted (TXT x reader)

- Byun Baekhyun x reader x Lee Taeyong

- Slice of Life (NCT x reader)

- The Lies We Share (Lee Felix x reader x Han Jisung)

Stories I’ve created plots for but never got the time to actually proceed with the idea:

- multiple I can’t even list them all

Also I tend to write yandere more than anything so if the relationship moves too fast or feels… not right just know it’s unintentional and I’m tryin my best to write anything but yandere…

Anyways yeah please look forward to my shit ig lmao

<3

[catatombi2]

never give up 10 year difference

[midzelink]

[heavenly96]

Yee-haw.

[couragelinked]

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