wanted to draw a fanart and decided to draw Agitha, because I hate myself ;v;
she was really fun to draw, but her dress is pretty elaborate
also her home was giving me headaches
The Moon represents dreams, mystery, and the subconscious. Agitha’s whimsical, almost surreal presence connects deeply with The Moon’s themes of illusion and hidden truths.
Would it be okay to request a reader who is terrified of bugs meet Princess Agitha from Twilight Princess? Over time, Agitha's fascination with bugs starts to rub off on reader and helps their fear of bugs deplete little by little until they grow an appreciation themselves?
Oh my gosh yes, i love that idea SO much! agitha is such a sweetheart <3
since there was no specifications, reader is gn and while reader's age isn't mentioned, it's implied that they're around the same age as princess agitha just for ease of flow! could totally see the reader as a bit older though :D also, reader is a native of tp hyrule and initial part is before link shows up and gives agitha all the lil bugs for her ball.
i do apologize for the way i talked about bugs in reader's pov for a while </3
You're on your way back to Castletown after what feels like one of the longest days of your life ever.
One of your parents had asked you to go collect some berries from the woods, which is something you're fine with doing, of course! Until those gross looking ants had appeared.
You ended up dropping your basket, and all of those silly berries you'd been collecting had scattered onto the ground. You could have picked them all up, but you could see the ants swarming some of them and...
Well, the you of now shudders to think of it, empty basket clutched tightly in hand.
Your eyebrows furrow a bit as you get closer to the gates - is there a girl there?
Not exactly out of the ordinary, but certainly a bit odd.
You go to approach her, but stop once you're close enough to make out the details of her outfit. There's butterflies all over her dress, and you make quick work of trying to redirect your feet away from the girl and past her.
"Hello!" You hear a soft voice call out, directly from the girl you're now trying to avoid. Your shoulders tense a bit as you turn around, a strained smile on your face.
She has a cute parasol and basket, and she seems happy enough as she bounces up to you, "You've got a basket," The girl acknowledges, before tilting her head a bit, "Are you out here searching for li'l bugs too?"
The question is innocent enough, but you can't help the way your face twitches in disgust at the idea of voluntarily looking for those weird little creatures. The girl seems to read your expression, a small frown on her lips.
"..Are you not looking for bugs?"
"No.. um.. I was collecting berries."
The girl looks into your empty basket, "...Where there none?" She asks, and you scratch your cheek awkwardly before replying.
"Um.. no, there were some," You say truthfully, "I just dropped the basket."
Her frown deepens, and you feel a bit guilty for that, "Why did you drop the basket? Why didn't you pick the berries back up?" She inquires, sounding confused.
You sigh a bit, "There were these ants," You start to explain, before pausing at how she leans forward quickly.
"Ants?" She asks quickly, "Oh, oh, you have to show me where! My name is Agitha, I'm the Princess of bugs!" She says happily.
Your nose scrunches, "You're the... princess of.. bugs?" You ask slowly, and the girl - Agitha - nods.
"Yes, yes! And- and I'm throwing a ball, you see, and I invited some golden bugs, but I think they've gotten lost on their way." Agitha sighs, "So you must show me where these ants where! My invitee might be among them!"
Despite her excitement, she's still speaking quite kindly, and while it sounds like you have a choice, something tells you that you don't, actually, get a choice in this.
So, you do the sensible thing and nod. Agitha claps happily, and you take the lead. It isn't a far walk, you aren't the best at fighting so you never venture too far into the woods.
As you get closer to the spot the... incident.. occurred, you draw yourself to a stop. Gesturing to the general area, you turn to Agitha, "They were over there."
Agitha nods and goes over. You see her stop pretty close to where you can kind of see the berries on the ground, and she crouches. Agitha doesn't hesitate to stick her hand out close to the bugs that are likely there, making you shudder in quiet disgust.
You almost want to walk away and leave her to it, but some morbid sense of curiosity makes you stay rooted to the spot. She pulls her hand back up after a while, and she's smiling happily at what you assume is probably an ant.
Agitha coos at it, clearly thrilled, and makes her way back over to you.
"He isn't the one I was looking for, but he's so friendly, see!" She exclaims, shoving her hand close to you.
You almost jump back, "Yeah, sure, please don't shove that thing at me again though.."
Agitha blinks, and then frowns, cradling the ant close to her. "He's not a thing. You shouldn't be so mean to him." She scolds you.
You huff a bit to yourself, but agree, "Fine. Sure. Just don't.. put him near me." You pause and then scrunch your nose, "I.. I'm gonna regret asking this, but... how do you know he's a.. 'he'?"
Agitha smiles brightly and holds the ant out again. He's crawling around on her fingers, and she has to turn her hand around occasionally so he doesn't fall. "Do you see the wings?"
You have to look close in order to see, and that means you have to get close to it, and.. you don't want to, but also you're really curious about these supposed wings.
You lean a bit closer - not enough to really be all that near it - and blink at the translucent, fly like wings on his back.
"Yeah..?"
"Yeah!" Agitha pulls the ant back, and she pretty much cradles the little creature, "It's also the same size as many of the others, right?" She continues, "So it's a male! The females don't usually have wings, and they're the same size as each other. If a female does have wings, it's usually much bigger than the rest, and a lot of times that's how you can tell that it's the queen!"
You listen to her rambles, and nod along at the appropriate intervals.
"...Cool." You say, sounding kind of lackluster even to your own ears.
It doesn't seem to deter her at all, though, and she bounces back over to the grouping of ants that had previously terrorized you.
She crouches and releases the ant before coming back over to you, "He's not who I was looking for. None of them seem to be." She explains without you even asking.
You nod a bit, slowly, before giving her a small smile, "Are you done looking for today, then?"
Agitha pauses, hesitant, before nodding a tiny bit, "I suppose I am. Would you like to come to my castle?"
You give her a smile and nod, letting her lead the way back into Castle Town. Your parents surely won't mind you being gone for a little bit of extra time, especially if you tell them you were hanging out with a new friend.
It's as the two of you are nearing your destination that you remember one very important detail about Agitha. She's a self proclaimed princess of bugs. Sure that means her house - castle as she calls it - will be filled with the little things..?
You shudder and, yeah, alright, you'll admit it; you drag your feet the rest of the way and maybe you trip yourself on purpose a couple times to try and get out of it. Agitha just calls you clumsy.
There's a butterfly on the stone beside her door, and you give it a disgusted little look.
She opens the door for you, and you follow her in despite your reluctance. There are butterflies flying around, a tree in the center of her house, and so many dead bugs.
You give Agitha a strained smile, "...I should get home," You say, "My parents are probably worried by now. I'll see you." You say, before promptly running back outside without waiting for her to answer.
For a long time, that's how the new friendship works. Agitha seemed to pick up on your distaste of all insects, and while there was no avoiding a lot of them when around her, she was awfully considerate with attempting to minimize your contact with bugs.
Still, even just a month into being her friend, you knew a lot more about bugs than you'd ever expected to know.
Butterflies taste with their feet, some moths just don't eat when they're adults (for reasons Agitha didn't bother to explain, though you were a bit curious on why.)
You didn't like being around a lot of bugs, it just didn't seem worth it, they were so... crawly, and gross, and they just.. eugh, they look weird. Still, you could admit certain things were fascinating about them.
You're getting better with that though, one of Agitha's butterfly friends perched on your finger. You're tense, and you're pretty sure the second it starts crawling you'll freak the fuck out, but you have to admit.. it is pretty. At least.. until you start looking a bit closer at it and it's little face.
You shudder and Agitha takes the hint, a soft giggle falling from her as she takes the little creature back.
"You'll get used to them," Agitha assures kindly.
"...Eventually, yeah, I think so." You admit. No better way to get over a fear than to face it - at least, in this case, since it wasn't a debilitating fear.
If nothing else, you could appreciate these little life forms and their complexities.
okay srry fr how long this took to get out, and the lackluster ending, i forgot how taxing classes + sickness were 💀 i really did enjoy writing this, and feel free to point out any parts that feel awkward to read - i probably missed it when i was proof reading. i wrote most of this with a fever so r.i.p.
honestly i couldve kept going for AGES, i love agitha sm and theres hardly any content w/her in it unfortunately, but if i kept going itd likely get too drawn out so...
