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Nintendo "Stop putting the actually cool Zelda lore and narratives in (subjectively) un-fun hack and slash Warriors games" challenge

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it has been so stressful! between the big family of five having mange, two of the 'pregnant' moms not being pregnant (but were spayed), & robin (tiniest gal found in a parking lot) is bound to pop any day now... we've been all over the place.

we are so exhausted and tired just as we're sure just about every rescue and shelter worker is these days. hanging in there & still working on our usual stuff, new merch, commissions, vlogs, etc. but thank you for the patience & support!

you can help us save more lives & cover medical expenses with our rescue for all our fosters via our shop, patreon, or even just giving a share on whatever platform you catch us on. :-)

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There’s a lake named after Mikau in Breath of the Wlid

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man, totk has truly broken something in my love for the zelda franchise, saw the new title announcement and didnt feel anything :I

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Tallon Overworld.

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The family that runs the general store in Hateno~ (BotW style, because I'm fervently anti-mushroom)

Also nobody cross check if their heights are accurate cuz I sure as hell didn't bother to find out lol

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Un-dragons your spirits [updated!]

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A lot of doodles

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yeah sorry your princess came back wrong :(

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Little ghirahim redesign thing! I had a few things going on in my mind with this one, namely: having him resemble the sword more, having him resemble Fi more, and having there be more continuity between his various forms

There are still some inconsistencies I'd like to fix (his skin changes color suddenly in his transitional form... I'd like to give him his opera gloves cracking look back), but for now I'm just gonna leave it as-is and maybe post fixes later.

Design notes, further explanations, and gameplay thoughts under the cut

I was thinking a lot about alternate gameplay for his fights during this

My idea was that instead of having a health bar that gradually wears down and triggers his next phase, he would have little gems ("conduits", I don't have a better name for them) that act as a way for him to channel his magic. He starts by using them to attack, such as the ones at his wrist allowing him to catch Link's sword in a magic grip. Link has to engage in each attack so that he can destroy the conduit. Once all the conduits are destroyed, Ghirahim's core becomes exposed and he loses magic access, forcing him to engage in a traditional swordfight in which Link has to destroy/hit/fracture his core.

As his core becomes more exposed throughout the game, he engages more with his sword/spirit abilities, unlocking new conduits and therefore more abilities and durability. His attacks also become stronger.

I have more notes and have been doodling animation keyframes for all of the conduit attacks and counterattacks, but those are for another time. Right now I just want to get this posted lol

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Hello hello! I made a set of Fi redesigns for my rewrite (archive here) to go with the Ghirahim ones! Full lineup, design commentary, as well as some story info are all under the cut!

Full lineup^^^

Design commentary ^^^ in the form of annotations lol. I also did some minor sword redesings, with the main changes being to form #3. Basically, the canon transition from the goddess hilt to the winged hilt is super abrupt to me, so I tried to make it a little more gradual and to let the wings peek through prematurely

The breakdown of where her "conduits" are (further explanation as to what they are can be found in the ghirahim redesign post). They're concentrated around her legs because I place the conduits based off of their attack patterns, and Fi's are very kick-heavy. I don't have her doing any actual gameplay fighting in the rewrite, but I imagine that the cutscene in canon where Link blocks Ghirahim at the first Gate of Time will be replaced with one where Fi fights him off to give Link some time to talk to Zelda. (Also because the part where Zelda throws the harp across the chasm is really weird and I want it to be a proper handoff lol)

In the rewrite, you find Fi sealed underneath the Goddess Statue in a stasis crystal, with the Goddess Sword in front. When you draw the sword, the crystal shatters and Fi gives her introduction. (She has been summoning you via chimes, not apparitions, in my version). Because the original hero's sword (ghirahim) defected, Hylia had to create a new sword to seal him away with. Fi, who was a sheikah when human, volunteered to undergo the forging process. However, the forges with the three flames was destroyed before the process could be completed, so Hylia sent her in a stasis crystal up to skyloft with instructions on how to guide the hero through completing the sword. More details about the flame quests can be found here.

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Right, considering the current state of corporate politics on this site, and that it seems that only those affected seem to be actively speaking on the matter, it is up to I, the only fucking cishet on tumblr, to drag this out to a wider audience.

REBLOG IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS A TRANSFEM SAFE SPACE.

We need to show these higher ups how much we truly value them.

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Majora's Wrath

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(comic concept art)

rough goron design for my zelda comic, struggled with it for a while bc i didnt want to make their build too similar to demise, tho thematically it fits, ended up going for a more turtle-armadillo kind of approach and a tail just feels right for them and their habit of curling into a ball

since they are even older than the ones from skysw i figured it would still be plausible if they evolved into how they later looked from this

the mogma will need a slight redesign only and parakwa will mostly stay the same as in canon bc i think their goofy look just kinda fits xD

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So I'm replaying Skyward Sword

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I must speak my truth,, Botw/Totk link is not fox coded. he’s wolf dog coded come on the duality between duty and feral nature? Come onnnnnn, come oooooon

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yall reblog this with the most disappointing game u have ever played

like the one that was either a sequel or overhyped and then turned out to be trash?? mine was bioshock infinite