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Nerd Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom edition

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Is BotW Zelda anybody else's new favorite Zelda? (The character)

She just speaks to me on so many levels. Gosh I just adore her. <3

To elaborate:

Firstly, she is the first to be outright, a nerd. Her mind works faster than she has time to do anything about and she spends hours obsessing over the things that interest her, even to the point of ignoring some of the things she should be doing. Her eccentricity is entertaining and loveable.

Secondly, her spiritual journey. Obviously the spirituality in Zelda games is very different from Mormonism or even most Christianity, but I still found it very relateable and inspirational. Spending hours devoted to spiritual study, ceremonies, and prayer only to come up short on the spiritual revelation you know you deserve and need, until one day, it just clicks. Though quite different, I've still been through, and am still going through, something similar. Seeing Zelda dress in all white and struggling to get inspired was comforting to me at a time when I was preparing for a major spiritual landmark. (My endowments, to my Mormon friends who know what I mean.)

Thirdly, she is the most complex and developed Zelda we've had so far. Skyward Sword Zelda is a close second but this Zelda was shown going through way more struggles, frustration, and showing emotional weakness, self-doubt, and vulnerability. I've heard she's gotten a lot of guff from some fans for treating Link poorly in some of the cut scenes, but those scenes happen before she's really warmed up to Link and her behavior is based solely on her own self-doubt. We see her at her best and worst; bright and happy, scared and downtrodden, angry and frustrated, and confident and bold. Seeing her go through that range and grow as a person was truly a delight.