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The Two Kings in Tears of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom unearths the roots of Calamity Ganon in an ancient conflict between Rauru, the first king of Hyrule, and Ganondorf, a rival king who attempted to usurp him. In many ways, Rauru is characterized as a good king. He is noble, kind, and self-sacrificing, and he acts for the long-term benefit of the various groups of people living in Hyrule. In contrast to Rauru, the antagonist Ganondorf is an evil king who started a war because of his pride, ego, and greed.

Rauru and Ganondorf represent different styles of authority, both of which are grounded in Japanese fantasies of cultural identity. I’d argue that, in the end, neither king is fit to rule present-day Hyrule, which is why it’s appropriate that the game ends without any call to rebuild Hyrule Castle or the centralized government it symbolizes.

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My god, aren’t you tired

Happy Gift Exchange to my dearest OoT co-enthusiast, @linktheacehero, who requested "Ocarina of Time Zelink Christmas". This is a royal gift from Zelda to Link and I was gonna have him give her a gift too buuuut I couldn't draw it right 😅 It's okay bby you've done plenty already.

Ok cheers & stay warm everybody!

Thoughts on why Ganondorf makes "that face" in Tears of the Kingdom

I'm several months late, but I didn't want to post spoiler stuff when the game was fresh and, frankly, I had quite a whack summer. So here we.

Anyway, onto the meta: my thoughts on why Ganondorf makes "that face" in Tears of the Kingdom.

Yes, this face:

One of the first things I want to do is credit some rad metas that helped me along in my thought process:

-Discussion of Ganondorf's facial design from a technical and creative standpoint

-Discussion of Ganondorf's outfit

And now to the actual meta! Will include spoilers for Tears of the Kingdom.

Tranquil prints

mine, all mine 💛

We as a fandom need to discuss more the differences between the Zeldas across the games cause they are fascinating.

Take Ocarina of Time.

Sheik in Oot is very emotional un-available and distant, to the point of coming across as overtly dutiful. Sheik in oot shows up to teach Link songs then ding dong ditches immediately. The one time they had a heart-to-heart after water temple Sheik Cannot Handle and bolts to watch Link from afar cause he cannot having an emotional connection when he's already traumatized from his previous actions as kid leading to the destruction of Hyrule and feels guilt over his actions in what essentially was ruining Link's life.

And that emotional unavailability continues when Sheik is Zelda cause after everything is said and done instead of actually unpacking everything that just happened Zelda justs - sends Link away. She sends him back to the past cause that guilt is so strong that she feels the only way to atone is to have him relive those years to "fix" the problem. Never occurs to her to actually open up to him. To pour out these feelings and this guilt. That they can move on this way. It's part of the tragedy of Ocarina of Time imho. And an interesting contrast to botw, where there is tragedy, the story ends (in totk) with Zelda and Link moving on and building on that new future.

come morning light, you and i’ll be safe and sound

i drew but at what cost

“Paths like this one are sometimes called ‘desire paths.’ … They mark a journey of wishes … of tireless yearning.”

— @bahbahhh, “desire path”

this fic has not left my mind since I read it!! it’s absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for the delicious zelink 💜

to caress a thunderstorm

a post-botw zelink fic. [ one-shot // 13k words // E-rated for sexual content ]

>> Read on AO3

Notes: I've been working on this for three weeks now and I'm so glad it's finally finished! Special thanks to @aquaticpal for beta'ing and helping me bring this piece to fruition. <3

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