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Here's a theory about Ganondorf and his position of power <3 he's my guy and I'll be DAMNED if I don't flesh him out compared to nintendos "yah he's just evil"
anyways please please please yap with me i think I'm going insane.
note: this is a copy and paste from what i sent in a discord server so sorry if it sounds odd lmao
So this is based both on canon from a majority of games + some of my own headcanons that relate heavily towards real life, too; enjoy me analyzing the stuff reguarding the Hylian vs Gerudo war that based off totk was there even longer than Ganondorf has been alive. I sure love complex societies!!! Warning for game spoilers, esp totk, along with war
So in Ocarina of Time, it is mentioned, especially in the Shadow Temple, that Hyrule has a bloody history. The shadow temple is literally a torture chamber filled with the souls of the damned. While Link is definitely small, the skeletons are TALL compared to him. Like yeah, it can just be issues with the UV mapping and poly sizing + environmental storytelling, but they're still bigger than the average Hylian, which is leading me to believe them to be Gerudo that were taken in to demand knowledge, or tortured for their thievery. Back in old Europe, it was commonplace for public punishments or just extreme punishments in general, even if you were a thief trying to feed your hungry family. The Gerudo were known to be bands of thieves, I'm sure having stolen from their treasury or pirated from their towns plenty, which if it is medieval af, then the ones that were caught were likely kept in dungeons for answers or hanged to set examples to other Gerudo; like Calico Jack Reckam in the 18th century
When it comes to Wind Waker, Ganondorf talks about how burning winds reaped through his desert home in the day, and a frigid gale at night, bringing nothing but death. He envied Hyrule for having such greenery and winds that carried seedlings of life. "I coveted that wind, I suppose." That Ganondorf, I believe, was just tired of fighting; he wanted better for his people, and that's what caused his lust for absolute power and the desire to have Hyrule for himself. All he knew was the sands.
In tears of the Kingdom, it is mentioned that after obtaining the secret stone, he "abandoned his people" in pursuit of power. A little something about power: you can be born a royal, with automatic respect, but you don't have any true power until you grow towards it like a vine climbing for the sun. Wisdom is something you gain with age, experience, and overall learning; Zelda learned through her royal training how to make the best decisions, think of many outcomes, think outside the box, and overall has to rapidly learn wisdom that's also passed down to her from her parents and ancestors. Link has had to prove himself worthy of courage, going as far as mending the Triforce or demonstrating courage to prove himself the hero to the Master Sword. Why would Ganondorf just *have* power when the others still have to demonstrate their prowess one way or another? While they have the same soul, they still gotta be worthy of that soul. So, that means Ganondorf too had to grow into power, not just have power, though him automatically being king through ancestral law does play a heavy role in determining how he turns out, though he'd become a dark beast irregardless of where he was raised, sometimes its just your nature; scientific studies showed that some kids are in fact harder and easier to raise naturally, so the three are all naturally set in their souls, but they still have to grow.
Onto how I believe Ganondorf rose to power based off what I said above + mentions from totk + overall headcanon
So he was born a gerudo male, and by ancestral law, that means he must become the king, and as such is already put into that position of power. His adoptive moms, Koume and Kotake, which I'm under the assumption are the current leaders as they are strong; the old gerudo seemed to pick their chiefs based off strength rather than matriarchal lineage, though it appears as though in botw/totk it turned to lineage, unless the power of lightning is in any gerudos blood and few can access it. But if there is no male, then at the time, it's basically a vote based off who is believed to be the strongest and wisest, able to lead them as a whole, even though there are definitely a variety of factions which is even better.
Ganondorf, while technically chief, still has to gather people and get them to all wish to be under him rather than only leading a small group of people who were previously loyal to Koume and Kotake. Now it's mentioned that the Gerudo are encroaching upon Hylian lands seeking more fertile land which ganondorf can use as a way of gathering followers and uniting the people, gaining his power. Now he wouldn't have done so when he was younger, and was instead just raised by his own tribe which clearly practices arcane magicks such as fire, water, shadow, necromancy, etc. But when he's older, I'd say in his twenties, he decides to round up the Gerudo before encroaching on Hylian lands; it appears as though Sonia and Rauru weren't rulers by birth, so it must've came later in life; Sonia was a priestess and Rauru came from the sky. Anyways ganondorf begins rounding up the Gerudo, stating: "our winds bring nothing but death, they burn in the day and freeze at night, while Hyrules winds carry life and prosperity. Wouldn't we want that for ourselves?
But a majority of Gerudo agree with him. Like yes, please get us out of these lands, I want whats better for my children, I don't want to risk dying of heatstroke or freezing overnight, we shouldn't have to eat lizalfo tails, scrounge for hydromelons, look for shade. He offered to build them a society, which leads to the arbitors grounds, the statues built, the lightning temple, and eventually (though he is not the sole reason) Gerudo town itself. Because he rounded up a majority of tribes, they all got to grow with eachother and become sisters, eventually leading them to pick Ardi as their new overall chief. So while evil, he did play an important part in gathering the gerudo and turning them into one people with one main identity. Kinda like how in America, we all have different backgrounds, but to the core we're still American and we do believe it or not have a culture lmao
Originally, ganondorf WANTED to help his people. Get them out the desert, stop the sheikah from taking prisoners when his people literally just wanted food and more than blazing sands and dust storms. He was given the role of leadership, raised into power, gathered people and became even more known, encroached and even stole some lands im sure, and by the time he's like 40 he has a majority of the desert under his command. All he had to do now was take over Hyrule for the Gerudo. However, he's used to commanding power and winning- When the Hylians stopped the molduga evasion, it confused him, pissed him off, and he wanted to try and get them to bow down to him, hence why he sent out Ardi and her crew to fight, only to lose AGAIN. Thts why he goes to the castle- he then realizes the secret stones, decides if he gets one of those, then he can finally take over Hyrule; it's unfair how they can have god-like power and keep him in the desert. When he touches it, the power is overwhelming to the point his dark magic consumes him, hence "he abandoned his people" after obtaining the stone.
note I am NOT a history major i may be completely wrong but my education system genuinely sucks so please lmk
its like the conquistadors in the americas. they wanted to find new land and spices and grow, they encountered indigenous people, labelled them as savages and ensue a lot of our own bloody history.
indigenous people saw these men with pink cheeks, powdered faces and pale skin and they originally were kind- the spaniards stated the aztecs "treated them like gods" however one strike from the conquistadors lead to war, and eventually it was mindless bloodshed to put it simply. they didn't understand eachother, the conquistadors antagonized them, and that lead to fighting
so its the same with hylians. perhaps the Gerudo were like "y'all look scary but it'd be nice to teach eachother" and the hylians equated that to being treated godlike and started taking
plus when it comes to the spirit temple and shadow temple, they directly contrast eachother. In the spirit temple you gotta feed light through it, it kinda shows that the Gerudo culture is beautiful and not inheritently evil *cough* 9/11 racism *cough* and the shadow temple being full of darkness and bodies show that the hylians aren't just goodu two shoes
--heres some more copy and paste from another conversation. tw for mentions of SA.
Hyrule keeps kidnapping my people. I will stop them.
The new Kingdom keeps pushing us into the desert. I will stop that.
They continue to fight back, i will give them that equalness.
Simply being equal isn't enough, i must do more.
They continue to push us back and kidnap my people, i will burn down their villages.
I will burn a village to make a statement and warn them.
This is war, take as many Hylians out as you can.
Infiltrate the young kingdom and destroy it from the inside out.
destroy Hyrule.
Destroy Hyrule, then the rest of the world, even my own people if it means I can become a God
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So this is moreso personal lore but in depth reasoning as to why Ganondorf hates Hylians so much, and why Gerudo and Hylians were at war for so long, along with Hyrules bloody history Hylians were conquerors. They saw land and they took over because they believed they were the proper humans, created in Hylias exact image. They grew, prospered, and Allied.
However, the Gerudo had been in the desert longer than they've been a kingdom. Hylians kept on forcing them deeper and deeper into the desert- they used to live at the edge of the highlands, having built homes there, and why you can find the 8th heroine there- thats why it looks like that in oot
The Gerudo were viewed as "Exotic" however and desired by Hylians, similar to how white men found women from Africa or Arabia Exotic and seen as a prize to be won.
as such they would kidnap the women to work as prostitutes or in brothels, which is what caused such a huge rift. This was before Ganondorf was born. After his birth, when he got older, he lead a war and disengaged all of these things- this eas before even Rauru and Sonia were rulers
So by the time an actual kingdom was founded, the Gerudo were advancing and Rauru didn't understand why, so he sent forces to stop them.
The Gerudo fought back, leading to a consta war at the border between Hylians and Gerudo
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thank y'all for listening to my rant about the political issues and complexities between the Hylians and Gerudo. Nintendo if you see this i deplore you to expand. PLEASE
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