twitter is down! time to post my Zelda content on tumblr yippiee!
Ok so like if the argument is “Rauru questionable”… why? Why is he questionable? Because he’s powerful?
Ganondorf attacked him and he responded with restrained self defense. Ganondorf lobbed thinly veiled insults at him and his mixed race marriage in his own home, and Rauru responded with patient diplomacy.
One of the points made in the “Hyrule is imperialist” comments is the assumption that Rauru inviting Ganondorf and the Gerudo to join his kingdom basically amounted to a threat… except that’s really obviously not the case?
Rauru didn’t conquer them even after they attacked him. He didn’t conquer anybody. None of the other lands are under Hylian control. They all have their own leadership. They all manage their own resources. In BotW King Dorephan refers to Hylians as the Zora’s allies… not their masters.
Rauru established an alliance, not an empire.
People are concerned, saying “I hate how the other races are subservient to Hylians” except… they’re not. They don’t follow the royal family of Hyrule unquestioningly.
To get help from the other people, Zelda still had to make diplomacy trips and convince them to aid her. Convince them. Not command them. They’re loyal to her because she shows them the respect they deserve and is dedicated to caring for and protecting everyone. She’s not entitled to rule like Ganondorf thinks he is, people follow her because she’s a good leader and it seems to be the same with Rauru. He shared his immense power with others and sacrificed himself to protect everyone from being subjugated by Ganondorf.
Reading Rauru or Zelda as imperialist or Hyrule as an oppressive empire requires ignoring practically all of the canon text and projecting a number of things. So… why do people keep pushing that extremely shallow reading?
Call Nintendo out on its bullshit, by all means! The series has improved over the years because people voiced their legitimate concerns in the past. I just think this whole “imperialist propaganda” argument is completely off base and I really wish the people saying this stuff would pay more attention to the deliberate efforts Nintendo’s made to diversify the Hyrule royal family and the world of Hyrule at large.
I think I need to stop reading "canonically good character is actually an evil imperialist" analyses because they're triggering my OCD and anxiety and making me think I'm a bad person for liking them. Writers are people with flaws and biases and they can have shitty views that influence their creations and we should definitely examine, criticize, and try to fix those bad parts. However that doesn't mean "this nice character is actually a shitty evil person with nefarious motives that are never brought up or hinted at in this game for children and you should stop liking them".
Queen & King
https://twitter.com/togenasi_furiko/status/1667118172347191296?t=XXvBCEnV7NNuY3qMG5KS7g&s=19
So I uh I drew a little thing (instead of finishing the stuff I already started I’m so sorry) and it’s a little headcanon I had on how Zonai might show affection to loved ones! I’d imagine they’d gently press their foreheads/noses together as a form of greeting or connection? A physical form of a psychic connection perhaps? 😅 Because nothing says “I love you and I’m glad you’re here” quite like a slightly hazardous face bonk lmao
I really wish we’d seen Rauru interact more with Mineru, Nintendo gave us crumbs! I personally think they’d be super close because they’re the only ones of their kind left and they only really have each other 😭
Also if you’re wondering how this works, I’d imagine their faces would be angled slightly to the side so they’re not poking each other with their metal eyelashes but also like ashdjfdkhjd I just suck at drawing what’s in my weird little brain
This is 100% how episode 11 ended and episode 12 will be 30 minutes of Meryl straight beating knives’ ass into a jelly, trust me my uncle works at orange
If you are still taking requests... I need more touch starving Vash but with Meryl 😭❤ they fill my heart
I have quite a few asking for this
this one goes out 2 all of u <3
Little goblin Val in a jumper.
Took two hours to achieve. She burnt the first jumper off.
"It's still a monster, so its head must be a weak point!"
I only seem to put effort into backgrounds if it's for a meme. xD Oh well, at least I had fun with this one!
I love to read the notes on this post, you guys are amazing!
This is satire worth of the onion
two old arts of bill, in celebration for the new bill
