Had the idle thought of 'what if Fi and Tatl were swapped' and the idea is too funny not to share. Fi would THRIVE in Majora's Mask. She's planning Link's schedule down to the minute, keeping track of all the different time-based events he needs to hit and nagging him incessently to get on with it. She's GETTING that perfect cycle. The timeloop is enrichment for her and she's living her best life.
Meanwhile Tatl takes one look at Ghirahim and says 'who is this freak'. The entire quest is just a comedy skit where Ghirahim and Tatl bitch back and forth at each other. The game would need an R rating for the amount of cussing she'd do. She calls Ghirahim an overrated little twink and he tries to kill her on the spot.
happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!
though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!
thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!
@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates
@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy
@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo
@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor
@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian
@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli
@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup
@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury
they make me so violently ill your honor. like do you ever think about how much unresolved feelings they have to unpack after the end of ALBW? I do. I get psychic damage every time. This is painting is me trying to convert that psychic damage into something pretty.
Anyways. this is mainly based on the Pieta by Michealangelo and also Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel. The duality between Hilda and Ravio makes me sick: here you have a princess who would rip out her own beating heart to save her kingdom, and then her advisor/friend/partner would let the world die if it meant saving her soul (and also their kingdom's, really but you know). They care eachother so much to the point of betrayal. hhhghg. I went on a whole thing about this to my friends while conceptualizing this painting and I cannot capture those thoughts in a concise paragraph again aaaa
anyways have some detail notes:
Ravio looking to the sky lamenting to the gods not only for Lorule's fate, but for Hilda's specifically--as the princess shouldering this burden that her ancestors left her.
Saintly halo because within the narrative he's technically the "good guy" between himself and Hilda, plus the slight martyr themes from him choosing to let Lorule die with integrity instead of surviving with a stolen Triforce.
Blood on his hands also for this same reason ^^ and also because he refuses to truly abandon Hilda despite her actions.
He really doesn't have that much going on in this painting aside from that tbh. NOW HILDA ON THE OTHER HAND,
She's sooooooo angry <3333 she's angry at her ancestors for breaking their triforce, angry that her people are suffering, angry at her own powerlessness, angry at the gods for abandoning Lorule, but also. angry at Ravio for his abandonment and betrayal
So much rage and grief inside one girl! I thought the Fallen Angel-inspired eye expression would be fitting. Like yeah, Ravio did left + actively worked against her to save her, and yes it all worked out in the end. But that doesn't mean the betrayal didn't still hurt! ⭐⭐⭐
Ravio is holding her hand--she isn't holding it back, but she isn't pulling away either. Similarly, she's leaning against him but not into him. (is that the term? idk english).
Hilda hates him but she still loves him. Even if what he did cut her deeply, the presence of a dear friend/confidante/"partner" is still something she craves. Especially in a world as broken as theirs.
She can't look at him, but she can't bring herself to pull away either.
Lots of blood ⭐ Hilda will do anything, even spill blood, to ensure Lorule's survival. Unlike in the original Pieta, Hilda is wide awake. Her decisions are not the result of brainwashing evil magic. She knows what stealing Hyrule's Triforce entails and how it condemns her. This was her own conscious choice.
also the sword is based on the one Puppet Zelda uses in Twilight Princess. there's no on purpose thematic relevance I just didn't want to make an original sword design.
me when I got this idea but tumblr was blocked in the ph:
anyways what i was ACTUALLY looking for was this comic i drew in like 2017 and is still relevant today during my 32158902th twilight princess playthrough
majora's mask link gave zero fucks what people saw
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