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- The first time I'm doing two episodes in a single day, and the second episode happens to be a Zelda episode. Fun!
- Some notes on the intro:
- - It's quickly established that there are only two Triforce pieces. Surprisingly, this isn't completely incorrect: the Triforce of Courage was only established to exist in Zelda II, so this is simply following the Zelda I logic of there only being a Triforce of Wisdom and a Triforce of Power.
- - Of course, the Triforce of Wisdom is in Zelda's possession, the Triforce of Power is in Ganon's hands, and Ganon wants the Triforce of Wisdom so he can rule Hyrule.
- - I guess at some point prior to the series, Zelda requested Link's help to keep Ganon from getting the Triforce of Wisdom, and he accepted. I assume what this entails will be elaborated when the show actually starts.
- - Before the episode even starts, we get our first instance of "excuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!" Time will tell if this line gets annoying by the end.
- Episode starts with a pretty faithful rendition of the classic Zelda theme... and Link not being too happy about another beautiful morning, missing the good ol' days of roaming the world and fighting monsters. Clearly, he hasn't learned that such peace is what all true warriors strive for.
- - ...sorry, I had to.
- - I guess this implies that this is meant to be a sort of pseudo-sequel to the first game, with Zelda II never actually happening and Ganon somehow not being dead. Guess we'll see if anything contradicts that as the series goes on.
- - ...also, if I may be allowed to make a really, really stupid nitpick that does not matter in the slightest... why would Link refer to Hyrule as a magical kingdom? Wouldn't someone who grew up in such a kingdom not consider the presence of magic especially notable? Unless it turns out that there are other kingdoms that don't have magic... I guess that's possible, actually. Time will tell.
- Our introduction to Link is him complaining about living in a castle (to be fair, him feeling more at home when he's out adventuring feels pretty natural for an adaptation of an action-adventure protagonist), briefly admiring himself in a mirror (a little self-love has never hurt anyone, I suppose), and catcalling Zelda (...I'm going to be sick of this guy by the end of the episode, aren't I?).
- We also quickly get the first fight of the show against a trio of Moblins.
- - I wonder how much violence they'd be able to get away with in this show... I guess it's lucky for them that they already have the workaround of Link being able to shoot Sword Beams.
- Link also gets a bow from one of the defeated Moblins. Now he just needs to find someone to buy an arrow from, and Rupees to use as ammo.
- - ...I was going to make a 'Breath of the Wild foreshadowing' joke, but I'm about 75% sure the bow in the original game actually did drop from defeated enemies in the first dungeon... or was that the boomerang?... actually, I'm pretty sure it WAS the boomerang... eh. The bow was definitely found somewhere in the dungeon.
- - ...can you tell I didn't grow up with the Zelda series the way I did with Mario?
- Okay, yeah, this Link sucks... but at least the show seems aware of that on some level, given that he rightfully gets a slap to the face courtesy of Zelda.
- - Oh, wait, now Zelda's apologizing for it after Link talks about how he risked his life to save the Triforce from... 15 Mobli-yeah, fuck this guy.
- We get a proper introduction to Ganon, who just randomly teleports when he's angry, apparently.
- Bad and naughty minions go in The Jar™ to think about what they've done.
- - I guess this is their way to say "hey, our heroes aren't actually killing the enemies. They just get sent to The Jar™ to regenerate."
- Ganon puts on a robe to disguise himself and enter Hyrule without raising too much suspicion... A Link to the Past foreshadowing?
- I'd note the appearance of both Stalfos and Keese... but technically, neither has been referred to as such yet, so for all I know, these are just plain ol' reanimated skeletons and completely ordinary magically-spawned talking bats.
- Link has a fairy companion... nah, that one's too easy.
- - Said fairy companion is into him, for reasons I could not possibly fathom.
- We also get a lizard-turned-big dragon that... probably is just a lizard-turned-big dragon. Doesn't particularly resemble Aquamentus or Gleeok.
- ...I'd call out that Zelda doesn't seem especially grateful to Link for saving her from the dragon... buuuuuuut if I was her, I'd probably want him to just stay in that tower, too.
- The Triforce pieces can talk. I'm not sure if this has ever been a thing in the games or not.
- Oh, yep! They are, in fact, Stalfos.
- - Ganon briefly tries to teach one to throw a punch while laughing his ass off.
- ...ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I don't think I'm going to like the rest of this show, and it is almost entirely Link's fault. Thankfully, it's only 13 episodes compared to the Mario segment's 52 + 2 follow-up shows.
Harry: falls for some woman and it’s super bad, again
me @ Tom&B’Elanna anyway: just include him in your relationship it’s gonna solve literally all of you three’s problems
(that’s an obvious lie, I just kinda want Harry to be a part of those ridiculous arguments & for them all to somehow balance one another anyway)
Also, I’m gonna say it: Harry’s failed romances got old very quickly and I can’t believe I’m watching another ep including one, again
I hope this is the last time I had to watch Tom pointing out to Harry that he falls for impossible women. It’s been at least 3 times already, and I know since it was supposed to be “a thing” they had to repeat it to make it more likely people who missed some eps would know it, but ehhh
