#zelda why are you like this

[ganondoodle]

then perish.

[solarwreathe]

when he finds out you pirated his gloomdredger

[nell0-0]

The bearers of the Triforce

Art study/practice! Used some screenshots of Hero's Purpose (Episode 5) as references

I struggled with Sheik so badly, why is he/they like this

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay but it's super interesting how

Din = Power = Ganondorf

Naryu = Wisdom = Zelda

Farore = Courage = Link.

Because Din, in the hylian creation myth, created the physical world. Naryu then created the laws - gravity, time, etc. And Farore finally created life - plants and people.

Din created the body, naryu the mind, Farore the soul.

And the triforce and its wielders so perfectly reflect that.

Ganon is physical power, he is big and intimidating and he breaks things. He is cunning and determined, but that's not what he focuses on. He is might makes right.

Zelda is wisdom and cleverness. She is stall tactics and information and team work. She is a powerful mage with a spine of steel, but that's not how she'll win. She is the pen being mightier than the sword.

Link is courage and persistence. He is the wild card sneaking behind enemy ranks, always moving, plunging into terrifying situations head first. He's a phenomenal fighter with a keen wit, but that's not what will get him through his challenges. He is bravery not being the absence of fear but the triumph over it.

They sit in perfect parallels to each other.

And ganon is reborn through his body - his resurrection is immortality. No matter how low he is cast, as long as he has a body he can claw his way back. He can cling to his power, build it ever higher.

Zelda is reborn through the magic of her bloodline. It's the accumulated knowledge handed down for generations, the unique power she must master, the skills she must develop to survive and get her kingdom out the other side intact. Even her name, the knowledge of herself, is handed down from all the way from the very first. Her ancestors knowledge of her future presence, her stability, is what gives her the edge.

Link is reborn in spirit. He is not bound by flesh or blood. Just like his wanderlust soul he can reappear in any time or place. His variation, his unpredictability, is exactly how he fights. It's what makes him so hard to pin down.

Ganons need to build strength means he can't chase after link. Links impulsiveness means zelda can outwit him. Zeldas stationary predictability means she's an easy target for ganon.

But the other direction?

Fire melts ice, ice redirects lightning, lightning burns fire.

And that's the very essence of the triforce.

[marenwithanm]

You know Zelda, most Links actually were children during their adventures. Breath of the Wild Link Georg who was over 100 years old was an outlier and should not have been counted

As you can see, I'm still not over the idea of a younger Link and older Zelda in alttp. She feels so bad about dragging a little kid into this whole mess 😭

[snowytasha]

[mirensiart]

niko being alive during spirit tracks while it's implied tetra and link aren't, despite both of them being around the same age as him in wind waker made me think like

What if telink aren't dead but like extremely retired and vibing over at link's summer house island while the entire plot of spirit tracks happens lmao

st!zelda sends them a letter telling them about what happened (after hyrule is saved obviously) and a day later a pissed off grandma tetra appears like "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU TURNED INTO A GHOST?? WHO'S ASS DO I HAVE TO KICK?!" and zelda's like "nana please sit down, think of your blood pressure, I'm fine now. Nana put the sword down, NANA"

meanwhile grandpa link is in the background sitting in a chair somewhere like dying of back pain cause they sailed at the speed of light to get there the moment tetra read zelda's update letter lmao

[funsizedcrow]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snail-studios]

totk sketches

[blueskittlesart]

the master works discourse on twitter is killing me. none of these bitches understood the game or its characters AT ALL

[linkvcr]

I’m really normal about this game

[wickedcriminal]

Skyward Sword Zelink

Downward Depths Hildavio

[tortilla-of-courage]

LINKTOBER Day 8 - Tunic

in a different timeline they're all patrolling Skyloft together

[ganondoodle]

*lies on the ground*

'does it ever get better?' (<- just spent 6 hours of free time trying to draw the blorbos, failing)

i often feel like i shouldnt even show throw away sketches like these as if it would damage my image somehow (like there is one to damage in the first place lol) but then again i think ... i am trying so hard you guys, it just only works out like 10% of the time, i so wish i had more to show

[genericpuff]

y'all have no clue how wild it is to live in my timeline, because 12 years ago i was a huge fan of these cute lil' zelda strips and at the time i found out through the grapevine that the creator apparently stopped making these comics because they had started drawing NSFW content-

and at the time i was like "oh ok that's wild but respect"

and now in the present the artist who's making the OMORI manga adaption is under fire for being a shota fetishist and it's putting the spotlight back on the OMORI creator themselves for ALSO being a shota fetishist and oh my god the omocat who made those zelda comics over a decade ago is the same omocat who went on to make OMORI holy shit-

[palmolli]

just finished the Four Swords Manga again and decided to draw the colors and shadow

surprise guests from Lorule, the Twilight realm and.. who the freak let that guy in?