Might I inquire about your thoughts on Legend's stance towards the gods, particularly Hylia and the Goldem Goddesses? My personal thoughts are a bit different from the prevailing argument that Legend despises them, as the only true proof of the matter is the fact they are not mentioned or rarely mentioned in the Fallen Timeline, which all irl took place before the goddesses were a thing, but there is a lot of fan conjecture in that and very little actual evidence that Legend hates the goddesses. If anything there is more proof to the contrary, since we actively see him befriending Din, Nayru, and Farore who may or may not have actually been the goddesses themselves or just sages since they also appear in Four's timeline as well during Minish Cap. We see that he views the Master Sword and, by extension, Fi in great regard, holding it almost more gently than Sky, who has the closest bond with it, does. And i get the feeling that extends to Hylia as well, since there is really no reason for Legend to specifically hate Hylia and if he's friends with the other goddesses I see no reason he cannot also be ambivalent or neutral towards Hylia as well.
If anything the one two whou SHOULD despise the gods are probably Sky and Wild, considering how Sky was told straight to his face by Hylia's reincarnation, the woman he loves, that the both of them were basically just pawns to be discarded in a war and the only reason Sun even existed was to be used as emotional blackmail to forge him and Fi into a perfect weapon agaisnt Demise. And Wild has every reason to hate Hylia because of how much Flora had suffered trying to appease the goddesses before the Calamity.
Anyways, those are my views on it, but I truly want to know what your views are on the debate.
I've actually touched on this in one of my fics! I did one about Sky and Legend a while back, and in the process of writing it, I realized that the way the fandom generally views their relationships with the deities is actually flipped from how it ought to be, as you said.
I think that the general reason why everyone says that Legend has beef with the goddesses is because JoJo depicts him as jaded and somewhat harsher in is character as a result of all of his adventures, and, let's be real, the kid did get put through hell by everything that happened to him.
That said, I'm with you! An overall theme we see in all Legend's adventures, be they his official games, the additional ones that some people tack on, and even the game they were going to make for him that got nixed back in 2001 (Oracle of Secrets) focus on him saving and/or aiding the deities of Hyrule or the incarnates thereof. ALttP sees him saving hylia's Incarnate, OoX has him helping the Golden Gals, LA is about him saving the Ocean God, Oshus (AKA the Windfish), and ALBW is helping not only Hylia's Incarnate, but also Lolia's! If you count CoH, he's helping the literal Fates, and while TFH is the exception to this overall theme, I'm sticking with my point.
Legend's not the hero of Hyrule, he's the gosh-dang hero of the gods themselves; their personal protector and help in times where they cant save themselves.
And the thing is? He doesn't seem to resent them at all! If anything, he may or may not have been romantically involved with DIn, though that really does depend on his age during that adventure (he probably at least had a slight crush on her) and they continue to be good friends. Farore didn't end up getting a game of her own, but she does appear in both the other Oracles games, helping Legend acquire the Master Sword again and probably acting as a source of advice and encouragement as he progressed through his journey (she is the patron deity or Courage after all).
Nayru might be someone he's wary of, but not hateful towards. She was a victim in his adventure with her, controlled by a witch and forced to do terrible things, including harming or attempting to arm him. Granted, I don't think he holds that against her, just maybe is subconsciously wary of her when actually interacting, at least for the first while after the adventure, At this point though, he may have overcome that (doubtful though, as this kid clearly hasn't had time to process any of the nonsense he was put through.)
The same can be said of the Windfish too; it was a victim, needing to be saved.
Sure, he suffered a lot for them, but it was his choice to do so. Legend could have walked away from almost any of those situations, but chose not to. The only exception there being he couldn't just walk out of the Windfish's dream, but being as the god was trapped inside too, and he could have just chosen to never end the dream, it's not as though he never had options.
Was Legend a victim as well? Absolutely! But in a world where no one god or goddess is all-powerful, they can't really be blamed for everything that happens to him. Besides, to wield the Master Sword, everyone knows you must be pure of heart, which means Legend has a good heart (in the sense of being kind anyway), so he's very unlikely to blame people who have become friends, companions, and whom he's spent months fighting for, for all the bad things that have happened to him.
And if he was told they chose to befriend him, just so they'd have his help? Kid's been a hero since he was small, and knows nothing else, he probably doesn't actually know that that sort of thing would be screwed up, and probably just thinks that friendship is a give and take anyways, so if they need the guy who's job it is to save people, to save them? It's just part of being friends with people! Besides, he'd have helped anyway, so it's fine!
Hylia? He's likely not super familiar with her, based off of her lack of presence in his games (back when legend's games first came out, Christianity was still the intended religion for the Zelda world), but if he was told his princess (and maybe sister) is just her current incarnate? Immediate supporter. No matter how you perceive their relationship, Legend loves his princess; if she's a goddess, that makes no difference, if she's the oracle of that goddess? He knows three more of those!
The only one I can see him having any slight amount of beef with might be Lolia, but given how Hilda was forgiven in the end of that adventure, I rather doubt it. If anything, he's maybe wary of her current incarnate, since, you know, Hilda definitely messed him up a bit, but, again, he's got a good heart, and is likely unable to really hold it against her for long if she's genuinely trying to make matters right between them.
Meanwhile, Sky? Yes, he loves Zelda, adores her really, but his relationship with Hylia is rocky as all get out.
This goddess he was told exists is distant all their lives until it turns out she incarnated herself to be the perfect person for the Hero's Spirit to fall in love with, just so she could manipulate him like a little puppet, dancing to her whims. Even with his love and dedication to his Zelda wouldn't have been enough to stop their relationship getting a bit shakey after their adventure, and I'd bet good rupees that they had to take a step back and analyse whether it was all real or not,just to decide they love each other, product of a previous incarnate's meddling or no, but that's not the point.
Hylia used Sky, like a tool, like a sword himself, and that has got to hurt. his trust in the gods of his world is probably completely shattered, and he likely sees them all as manipulators who don't give a rat's ass about how their actions effect those in the mortal realm, as long as their "divine will" is done in the end.
If anything, I think he likely pities Legend's "blind faith", or the fact that his brother is so clearly being used, as he was, by the gods. And if not that, then he'd likely wonder why on earth the gods changed their treatment of the hero so drastically (the Golden gals seem to actually care, and worry, and Hylia never did, so why?!?!!?!?)
As for Wild, I don;'t actually agree with you on that one.
Maybe 100 years ago, he hated her. I don't doubt he likely did, even before he and Zelda became friends. After all, his whole life was ripped away from him so that he could be trained and appointed as a hero, abandoning any dreams he might have had as a child, any friends, and any family, in order to act according to her will. And then to watch as Zelda suffers because of her, as she strives to get this goddess to listen, to help, to do anything at all to prove she even exists- he must have felt at least some pity for the princess back then, even before their friendship. I think his resentment would have grown more and more the more ha came to be fond of Zelda, and the more he watched her struggle with it, even as he endured similar as the hero.
But when he woke up after 100 years? With no one telling him anything about all of that? I think it changed. Wild interacts with the goddess, speaking directly to her, getting help from her (even if at a cost, though it's more the cost of experience than anything he could have used or gained anything from otherwise, as Spirit orbs aren't worth anything to anyone else).
Monsters don't come too close to the Goddess Statues, and I think he may have turned to them as a sort of refuge during his adventure, a guardian of sorts when he was weakened, wounded, or tired. I think Wild might have gained a kind of fondness for Hylia, maybe chatting with or at her in a conversational way after his awakening.
I think Hylia may have grown fond of him in turn, maybe answering back, or just listening. She helps him at the very least, and he considers her presence a safe one.
I think he would have struggled, when he regained his memories of the past. Maybe come to her to demand what that was, what happened, why was she so different? Who knows her answer, really, but given that, in this life, he's predisposed now to like her, had fond memories with her, knows she'll help him in small ways I he asks, I think he continues to be fond of her, even knowing what he does of the past. Maybe he thinks that, like Rhoam, the 100 years changed her, softened her, made her want to try again and do better, and given that he failed too, back then, he's willing to give her a chance, since he got one too.
For this reason, I think Wild and Hylia have something of a friendship, albeit strained as he comes to grips with more and more memories of the past, and all the more so with Zelda back and maybe jealous or hurt by the fact that she couldn't;t have that despite trying for so long.
Maybe Hylia wants to reach out to Flora, but I think, after the Calamity is over, Flora withdraws from seeking any sort of connection with her, and actually avoids the statues when and if she can, because they just trigger and upset her, even if Hylia would answer her now. It's too late, in her mind.
For Wild, Hylia got to start fresh again, but Flora isn't the same, and she'll always know what it was to be rejected time and again, whereas Wild remembers what it was to meet Hylia for the first time with no preconceptions and be greeted warmly.
So yeah. Mixed bag there.
If anything, I'd say Legend's probably the most faithful and dedicated to the goddesses, out of the whole chain, and Wild and Twilight, who've both interacted with their goddesses/the light spirits personally, albeit with the understanding that they're not equals, might be the second most so. Most of the rest are in a neutral space, with Sky being the only one downright angry at them.
Hyrule, I'll say, doesn't believe in them at all. He's not from Hyrule, so their gods just confuse him. He's happily not involved in their nonsense, just chilling, all while literally carrying around proof of their existence (the Triforce) while simultaneously denying that they're real.
And...yeah! Hope that answers the question for you!
