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The champions ballad does this thing where... Ykw let me just show you
She's not kidding. She literally never gets to rest in peace until the calamity falls.
He certainly takes pleasure in taking revenge, a hundred years later.
Please, Daruk. Please don't say that.
She does leave him. To face her fate indeed.
To summarize, basically I thought more about these lines and how they foreshadow what happens and oh my god Nintendo why-
I stumbled across this video, it's about 10 minutes long if you have the time, but honestly it perfectly illustrates my feelings about botw/totk
I feel quite an isolation from fandom stuff because I haven't been able to love totk the same way I do botw, and this is kind of why.
Totk is a good game, objectively, without doubt. It adds so much. But honestly I don't like that there's so much to do. I'm not a particularly engaged gamer, coming from the likes of animal crossing, so the open air and easy vibe of botw appealed to me. I found myself overwhelmed by the endless tasks, resource collection, and places to revisit in totk that it felt a bit more like get to the end than enjoy the atmosphere as you go.
I feel like the negative space in the game gave the fantastic atmosphere space to breathe, and made the more engaged parts of the game feel more exciting by comparison.
I do feel as though totk could have done a lot more if it hadn't been stuck on structurally following botw. In botw, the vast map, fragmented memories and link's silence fit with an atmosphere of isolation and the aftermath of a great tragedy. (I may also personally be biased cause I'm a depressed bastard and I like those themes...)
But totk has a different story. It's about rebuilding, and community. I don't feel as though the focus on the past worked as well as focusing on the future could have. It felt somewhat repetitive for reasons that didn't benefit that specific story, where they could have done something different.
Anyways, no hate to totk, it's a good game, but I just wanted to share this as I was surprised to come across a video saying exactly what I've been thinking when I couldn't even say it.
On Awakenings in The Legend of Zelda, Part 4: Why Can't Fi Just Talk in BotW?
On Awakenings in The Legend of Zelda Part 3 established evidence that Fi can no longer talk to people at all on her own - and people have to meet specific requirements in order to talk to her: they must have their own magic and they must be fully aligned with the Triforce of Courage. Up next:
Why Can't Fi Just Talk?
Magic in BOTW: A Study of Elemental Weapons
Breath of the Wild is kind of vague when it comes to magic compared to other Zelda games. There’s no magic bar or characters that are mentioned to specialize in it, (aside from the dragons and maybe the champions). In fact, the magic that tends to be used the most seems to be from the Yiga. Sure, great fairy's and forest spirits like the koroks and blupees kind of have their own thing but I’m focusing on Hyrulians today.
Rods:
Though mostly used by Wizzrobes, according to their descriptions, the monsters did not create them. Fire/ Meteor Rods are described as being ‘crafted by an ancient magician’, Ice/ Blizzard Rods are ‘crafted from refined ice found at the summit of Hebra Peak’, and Lightning/ Thunderstorm Rods have a ‘gem [that] contains electricity from the Hyrule Hills’.
Hebra Peak is made up of special unclimbable ice that can also be found in the cavern that entombs the hebra great skeleton, this could be the refined ice that the ice rods are powered by. While ‘Hyrule Hills’ aren’t a specific place in the game, maybe that’s what Farosh Hills were called, as they’re also the hills that surround Lake Hylia which has several other similar names. (Lake Hylia, Hylia Island, Bridge of Hylia, Hylia River) Perhaps before Farosh showed up, the eastern hills had a similar name, But Hylia Hills sounded like a dirty joke so it was changed to Hyrule Hills.
Now, what about an ancient magician? One that’s only associated with fire magic... My immediate thoughts would be Twinrova or a magically inclined Goron (which is more likely but we’ll get to that a little later), in any case, their name has been long forgotten but who’s to say we haven’t met them before?
Also there’s definitely an aspect with using elemental powered gemstones for both the rods and the weapons. Each of their designs feature it at the end of their hilts and it just makes sense for the gemstones to either assist in the generation of elemental magic or the regulation thereof.
Flame Weapons:
Descriptions of the flame weapons describe that they were made in the fires/ lava/ magma of death mountain. This makes sense, this is not a new concept, I mean its the whole plot to the lord of the rings. but what really is interesting is when we get to the description of the great flameblade.
‘by Goron smiths in an ancient age’. Now that’s Lore! So there’s magic gorons. I’m thinking this is in the ten thousand years before botw/ golden age of Hyrule unless we can attribute this to existing characters. Maybe Darunia was really into making fire weapons or something. He was the Sage of Fire, that had to count for something.
Ice Weapons:
Like the Ice Rods, they were made with the ancient ice from the hebra mountains, though in the great flameblade version it ‘was forged by smelting ore found in the Hebra Mountains’ permafrost’ so that’s a thing. Hebra is mostly inhabited by Rito, who aren’t known to be very magically inclined, but there are also some Hylians. The area is generally pretty desolite with not a lot of evidence of civilization so it’s hard to tell who could’ve been behind the magic in that area. There’s the Zonai labyrinth and the entrance to the ice cavern looked vaguely Zonai or ancient Hylian in origin (like the ruins around the springs and the forgotten temple and Lanayru Promenade, like sksw era ruins)
Anyway the Ice is magic, but only the Hebra ice, not like the ice around the goddess spring or the ice around the actual ice dragon, no that ice isn’t magic. The random ass ice in hebra is the special magic ice. No, I don’t get it either.
Lightning Weapons:
Now here’s where it gets interesting. You’d expect that the magic from the electric weapons would come from the Faron region. WRONG. But that doesn’t matter. We’ll get to that.
The Hyrulean Royal family is who is behind the thunder weapons. Which is odd, the royal family isn’t generally associated with weapons or lightning. or are they? One character comes to mind when I think of both Hylian royal family and lightning (and also making weapons), and that is Skyward Sword Link. So maybe the royal family could be linked to that but it still seems weird that they are the origin of them. Perhaps they had help from the sheikah, they had to do a whole lot of stuff with electricity just for Vah Naboris. Those metal orbs do remind me of the lightning enchanted metal...
This ball. the color is the same (but less bright) but still. Same vibes.
Lets get back to the Hyrule Hills thing. The thunderspear description clears this one up a little.
The lighting comes from Thundra Plateau, aka the place with the glowing balls and the eternal storm that I guess was going on for like ten thousand years, waiting for the shrine to be solved by the hero. This place is also heavily associated with the Zonai, as the ruins are the same as the ones around the spring of courage and in the dark shroud of Thyphlo.
Arrows:
The elemental arrowheads look different than the normal elemental metals. The only context that we get for them is that they are ‘imbued with the power of [insert element here]’ and while it would make sense that the arrowheads are just the same magical metals but cut up to be smaller but I would argue against it. There is probably a finite amount of elemental arrows and weapons that can have their metal harvested to make these arrows. Most vendors of these arrows claim to ‘find’ them rather than make them, and they also only tend to sell certain types rather than the entire roster. The arrow lady in Kakariko only sells fire arrows on top of their normal basic arrows, Rito Village and Hateno sell bomb arrows, etc. Only Tarrey Town and Gerudo Town sell packs of every type of arrows.
Anyway I’m absolutely convinced that the arrow lady in Gerudo Town is the creator of the elemental arrows. Gerudo Town is not new to enchantments, especially ones featuring gemstones, they’re also more associated with sorcery than the Rito kid who is the vendor in Tarrey Town.
I could talk more about magic in botw (the champions powers, the magic found in nature with gemstones and plants and animals, the sheikah and yiga abilities, magic in clothing, and also minor deities featured in botw, I will talk about these things if there is any demand or if I feel the inspiration to.) So this could be a series. So please tell me if you’d be interested in that because I would love to make more random in-depth analysis’.
Yet Another BOTW Zelink Analysis
Lets talk about Urbosa’s diary. Specifically this entry.
Link rarely talks. Its difficult for him to express himself so he chooses to remain silent. So I can imagine how hard it must’ve been for him to request a meeting with Urbosa and then explain how the princess has been actively avoiding him. The fact that Urbosa indirectly quoted link using the word “exploit” makes the situation seem a lot more negative, as in Zelda’s decision isnt something so noncholant to Link. It must’ve really hurt him that Zelda went to such great lengths to seperate from him. Despite her coldness, Link doesnt just wait for Zelda to leave Gerudo Town and then reunite. He obviously met with Urbosa hoping she could make an exception for the princess’ knight to bring him in. Once he does get in, its too late. Urbosa has to make a promise with him to put him at ease I suppose. Not only that but it seems that it took a bit of convincing and pushing to get Link to give up and head home.
Bits like this really make it clear that their dynamic should be read as a real relationship (again romantic or platonic) rather than some business-bodygaurd-and-employer relationship that a lot of people like to make it seem smh. Link was hurt by Zelda’s actions and went to complain to Urbosa and was probably indirectly looking for advice from her as well. He’s frantically looking for Zelda and feels unease that things have gone unresolved. He doesn’t know to express these feelings but Urbosa catches on that there seems to be something to them beyond their knight/princess relationship. I mean why else does she feel the need to mention that they both could help each other if there were nothing to them but business? I mean its no coincidence that the two parental figures of the group, Urbosa and Daruk, give Link advice on how to manage their rocky relationship in their personal cutscenes. Remember that Link was also the first to open up to Zelda to which Zelda jotted down that she too wished to “... be able to bare my soul to him and share the demons that have plagued me all these years." Baring your soul to someone is more intense than your typical conversation so props to Link!
I think its pretty clear that Link doesn’t just see Zelda as his job or a nuisance to be around. You’d think he’d cut corners in his work if he did but he seems to go the extra mile when it comes to her. He was always there for her since the beginning and has been the first in trying to bridge the growing gap between them. This is evident in Urbosa’s last line: “Perhaps the two can help each other... That’s if she ever gives him the chance.” The only way for their relationship to improve is ultimately up to Zelda: Link had already shown his efforts in wanting to grow closer.
is it really impa?
ok so like
everyone thinks this sheikah lady in the aoc trailer is Impa right?
it would make sense, the hat looks the same and all that, and Impa would be young around this time, like in here 20′s or so probably
but like am i the only one who thinks it’s actually Purah?
there’s another extremely brief frame in the trailer near hyrule castle with supposedly this same sheikah, zelda (in her white dress which is an important detail), and link
i took this screenshot from an analysis video lmao
anyways, this is the point where ganon starts to take over the castle, and i assume they’re escaping or something.
Zelda is wearing the same dress she was wearing at the point where link fell and she did that whole thing where she protected link (it’s in the last memory i think) and at that point she says that they need to get link to the shrine of resurrection
If you remember, when you first meet Purah in botw she says that SHE actually took link to the shrine of resurrection. Purah according to her diary was around 30 at the time since she hadn’t done her anti aging experiement yet, she probably would look like a normal sheikah woman in her 30′s. Purah was probably near them at when link basically got killed lmao so it would make sense for her to take him there which makes me think she was traveling with them or escaping with them at that time, which could be what this scene in the trailer is
also there’s the freaky guardian baby which i almost think that purah could’ve made since she was the one to get the sheikah slate working and is good with ancient sheikah tech.
idk tho i might be over-analyzing because it very well could be impa because impa was king rhoams royal advisor so im not entirely sure, maybe they could both be in the game but i just had a thought lol
Snowfield and Survivor’s Guilt
When you go to Snowfield Stable and talk to Monkton, he'll tell you about Harry and Mary, two horses he inadvertently killed as a child. Harry, he urged into a dangerous maze as a test of courage, even though the adults warned him to never go near it, and Harry was never seen again. Mary, he took on another off-limits journey in search of old ruins, where she lost her footing and tumbled down a cliff. He goes on to say, "As I grew older, I learned to overcome my grief of losing them. You can't change the past, only the future."
I think they included this story in the game because Link needed to hear it. We know that Zelda had blamed herself for the death of the Champions ("It's all my fault! ... I left them all to die"), and we know Urbosa was worried that might happen, telling Link to make sure Zelda knew there was no one to blame, but the way this little story is presented does not feel coincidental. Link is bound to have some survivor's guilt; not only did his friends and hundreds of others die, but he did, too, and had the chance to be resurrected when they could not. "You can't change the past, only the future," is a comforting and inspiring sentiment (one Zelda also adopts, during the true ending), telling Link to let go of his guilt and continue to work forward and save Hyrule.
Another parallel is in the horses themselves; Monkton tells Link that Harry and Mary’s descendants (reminiscent of the new Champions) are living (safely) in the stable. He won’t make the same mistakes this time around, like how this time Link and Zelda will succeed. I believe his story is told to help Link/the player learn to accept what has happened to the Champions and to set things right so their deaths weren’t for nothing.
Adding on to my Zelda brainrot here but I need to share this lmfao
When you first watch the champions memories you notice each champions' bond and interactions with their divine beast.
Like Daruk takes Rudania for a walk and Mipha lifts Ruta's trunk. Urbosa nor Revali move their divine beasts, but this is what happens in Revali's Flap (in my eyes)
LIKE LMFAO THE DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR BOND WE GET IS MEDOH AND REVALI TEAMING UP TO IMPRESS LINK PLEASE- 😭😭😭
IS MEDOH JUST AS DRAMATIC AS ITS PILOT LMFAO
