Farores Secrets

A hub for Zelda headcanons and theories - feel free to drop some in the ask box or submit them - they're always welcome!

[the-east-art]

Okay so I firmly believe this figure is zelda. I’ve seen a lot of people say it’s Ganondorf and while I do see the similarities mostl notably the figure depicted has pointed ears and the ganon we see has round ears

Zelda naturally has long ears, and this pose is very reminiscent to this scene from skyward sword. Even the outfit is very similar to most of Zelda’s default outfits with the necklace made of round beads, the belt, the emblem on the top and tabard on the bottom

[bobthebobking]

red/blue/yellow color schemes with a red neckpiece.. stupid dramatic collars... im connecting the dots

[tortilla-of-courage]

Now that makes me think that loftwings are all bad at making nests and so the rider has to make it for them therefore there’s a nest making class and everyone has to take it no matter what

OKAY I LIKE THIS A LOT???? nest making class... 🥺

[the-east-art]

I’m just saying that the scene of zelda falling in the new botw 2 trailer is definitely a nightmare similar to in skyward sword where link dreams of almost the exact same scene

[faroressecrets]

When will the river zora come back from the war? 😔😔😔

[faroressecrets]

😳😳😳 okay but this concept for the horse fairy (not the one on the bottom right ignore him please he haunts my nightmares)

[faroressecrets]

Anyway the chunk of land the gerudo use for their water is the same endless spring that was at the top of skylight

[the-east-art]

Some more botw Impa thoughts because it’s the anniversary.

So several fics ive read have Impa give Zelda her old royal blue dress as a gift after the calamity and Zelda accepts it but never wears it because it contains so many bad memories. And I actually quite like this idea, although most fics have Impa kind of pushing the title back onto

I feel like there’s a wasted opportunity to explore Impa, a hundred years older than her friend, and the only thing she has to give Zelda is a old dress full of bad memories.

[faroressecrets]

All I want is for the mogma to be in BotW 2

[the-east-art]

I saw a theory that happy mask sales man was an ex-sheikah and that the sheikah were the interlopers and I really loved it

[the-hyrule-times]

wait if king daphnes is somehow in breath of the wild i am going to bawl my eyes out

[faroressecrets]

Trying to figure out the bae

[theoriesoftime]

Interesting Zelda thing

I’ve been playing Wind Waker HD and I noticed that the Earth and Wind Temples are not affiliated to their focus. In the Wind Temple with Makar a lot of the focus of the temple was on the Iron Boots, and the Hook Shot. There were the parts with the giant fans that blew Link and Makar around but at the same time, the Iron Boots were used as the item to keep them “grounded.” In addition in the Earth Temple there was a lot of usage of the Deku Leaf to blow away the smoke that stopped the player from using their items. And in addition since the focus of the temple was light its interesting that it is labeled the Earth Temple. There is also a wonder how sunlight even gets into the temple considering its hundreds of feet underwater, but we could be running on the same logic that makes Hyrule Castle have sunlight despite being at the bottom of the Great Sea.   

There is also the reversal of the sage focuses. Maker, who is a Korok and is more affiliated with the earth is the Wind Sage and Medli who is a Rito and has the ability to fly and is more affiliated to Wind is the Earth Sage. Perhaps this is Nintendo saying that one cannot exist without the other. This is just something I observed going through WW HD and I wonder what you guys thing of it

[oblitusrex]

Old Man Theory

Am I the only one thinking that the old man is Ganondorf? Like how cool would that be if the antagonist of so many other games is now helping you as the ‘wise old man/mentor’. What if he was stripped of his powers, but somehow managed to keep immortality? Calamity Ganon could be all of the dark magic Ganondorf wielded that had been sealed away, but it broke free and rampaged without Ganondorf controlling it? Like Ganondorf has seen the destruction that kind of evil power causes and is now trying to repent. (Or he’s trying to trick Link into breaking the seal on his powers so he can regain them) Maybe he tracked the current incarnation of Link to the plateau and was waiting for 100 years for him to wake up? Like he is guiding Link throughout this journey, but Link eventually regains his memories and realizes that the old man who has been helping him and he trusts was actually the cause of Hyrule falling into ruin and just imagine Ganondorf begging Link to forgive him, so he can forgive himself. Imagine Ganondorf helping in the final boss fight against Calamity Ganon and sacrificing himself to save Link it to destroy that darkness once and for all, ending the curse Demise placed on Link forever. Just imagine that.

[punishandenslavesuckers]

The Legend of Zelda is, indeed, a series of games that are plot-wise and often procedurally identical to one another. Link is called to arms, Link finds Zelda at some point in the plot, Ganon in some for or another is the big evil, Link travels to lots of puzzle dungeons, then Link or Link&Zelda take Ganon out.

Like that’s the formula. That’s what you are signing on for. Either you are down for that or you are not cuz that part is not gonna innovate. Nintendo innovates a fuckton but that will never change. It’s like the Uncle Ben of Nintendo. He’s always dead and the Big Three are always gonna be trying to kill eachother with puzzle dungeons in between. 

But I still like it. I’m down for the nostalgia. 

I dunno, it’s like each game is a little AU on those characters you love? It’s like reading good fanfic about your fave characters: There’s a time travel AU, a pirate AU, a werewolf AU, and fantasy griffon-riding AU, and now… I dunno what the next thing is. Is it a sequel to the werewolf AU? Is it a new universe? I’m not sure, but as long as its fun and well written I’ll probably still enjoy it. 

[thebreathofthewild]

one thing that’s struck me about the new link is how… cold and clinical his life feels? 

link wakes up in the shrine of resurrection.

think about that. 

he has no existence outside of his mission. he wakes up, fully grown, and is completely bare and alone. he’s given a little tablet to help him out, and essentially told from his “rebirth” that he’s the light who must save the world.

what’s being implied is that link doesn’t have a childhood in this one.

we don’t know how much memory he has of any previous life, but he wakes up to a hyrule in decay and ruin.

there are monsters everywhere, and the castle in the distance is clearly portrayed as dark and evil, which is usually a big hint that something’s very wrong in a zelda game. the monks in the shrines also imply that ganon is in control. 

he’s basically woken up to a life where he has no friends, no companions, no life, darkness rules and he’s alone to stop it. 

in the later zelda console games, such as wind waker, twilight princess and skyward sword, there’s always been personal stakes for link - his sister has been kidnapped, or his friends, or the zelda he grew up with. 

in this one, he must go out in the world and save it, but not for any personal reasons - it’s because he’s been told that’s the only reason for his existence. 

now, these monks in the shrines… they seem like a bit of a parallel. 

like link, they have some sort of connection with the sheikah, and the goddess hylia. they spend their time alone, in darkness, until they’re needed to fulfill their sole duty. they wait patiently, endlessly, to fulfill that duty. 

once their duty is fulfilled, they just… disappear.

it makes me a little worried, like… what’s gonna happen to this link, once his mission is done? 

[cockybusiness]

At night, she calls him. 

At first he was afraid- what a sad, eerie melody. But it was all too familiar, too. Where had he heard that voice?

It took him a while to realize that her song was a prayer. 

He does not know who she is 

But she knows him, and he knows that.

At night, he rides with no fears.