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[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

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Terrako likes to ride on the Master Cycle with Zelda. It has a little compartment where it stored anything it can use as fuel and will present it to her when it wants to go for a ride (like a dog or cat would). It even notes Zelda's concerns regarding the fuel (such as what is or isn't wasteful/damaging).

It really helps Zelda relax and adjust to a peaceful life after living towards the sealing of the Calamity.

[nagasriel]

Finished aoc and the dlc !! Holy hell that dlc is awesome eifahfahfoa

Might have missed stuff tho ahpfiehfp

Also

god damn that sword/shield are so fucking cool what ??? (i still i'll draw her with it afhpehieapfh)

Honestly worth every penny just for that weapon qwq

ahfpaheif i love this gameeee

[blueskittlesart]

ok apologies for lurking but in 2022 (!!) you wrote an answer to a question about AOC and in it you wrote that in BOTW link does not choose zelda over his duty to the kingdom and in AOC he chooses her over his duty. iirc (I don't) the calamity stuff in botw is only through diary entries etc....... how do we know that in botw he doesn't choose zelda (genuine question my botw copy is not with me rn :( )

ok i don't remember saying that exactly, but what i DO remember saying and what i'd continue to argue today is that AOC link made the choice to favor zelda over his duty much EARLIER than botw link, and that is the reason he was able to subvert his fate and remain alive to defeat the calamity in his own time. before the calamity hits and the time-travel fuckery really starts in aoc, it's implied that what we're witnessing is near 1-to-1 with the events that happen pre-calamity in botw, with a few key differences. The major difference is, of course, the existence of terrako, which sort of has a butterfly effect. Most importantly, terrako's initial interest in Link has him and zelda interacting much more closely much earlier on in the story. at the time that link and zelda meet and interact in AOC, link is a simple hylian soldier. he has either no rank or a very low rank, he's taking orders from captains and engaging in battle on basically the same level as every other solider. the first battle in the game is implied to be one of the first times he really grabs his superiors' attention with his skills in combat, specifically by taking down those moblins basically on his own. because he is the first one to run across terrako, he and zelda are given a reason to interact before either of them know what is in store for them, so their relationship has a foundation that is not built on the baggage and animosity that comes with that. In botw, in contrast, it's implied that the two of them never interacted without that baggage. what we know of their past is admittedly scarce, and most of it comes from zelda's diary. the first page reads:

After meeting with the Champions, I left to research the ancient technology, but nothing of note came of my research. The return of Ganon looms—a dark force taunting us from afar. I must learn all I can about the relics so we can stop him. If the fortune-teller's prophecy is to be believed, there isn't much time left… Ah, but turning over these thoughts in my head puts me ill at ease. I suppose I should turn in for the night. P.S. Tomorrow my father is assigning HIM as my appointed knight…

already this timeline is incongruous with what we see in AOC--in the botw timeline, link is not assigned to be zelda's knight until AFTER the champions have all been found, whereas in AOC, he accompanies her to meet with each one of them:

Lamenting the kingdom's plight, King Rhoam sent his daughter to gather pilots for the Divine Beasts. Alongside Link--whose brave conduct had earned him a role as her knight--Zelda would meet with the four candidates.

In later pages of her BOTW diary, zelda makes repeated reference to link as wielding the sword that seals the darkness, and in link's own memories he never interacts with her without it on his back. I'd wager that in the BOTW timeline, he is not appointed her knight until AFTER he has the sword. (this also accounts for the way she talks about him being appointed in her diary--she'd have no reason to be upset about it if she didn't already see him as being ahead of her in terms of prophecy progress.) This is important because this percieved slight on zelda's part colors every bit of their interactions in botw--they both percieve the other as standoffish and haughty, and thus it takes them an INCREDIBLY long time to actually communicate healthily with each other. In fact, the only time we REALLY see them communicate receptively with one another in botw is during the sanidin park memory, which is days if not hours before the calamity actually strikes. In AOC, in contrast, link and zelda behave much more like equals if not friends from the very beginning. Their interactions are of course still colored by their respective ranks, and Link is still obviously suffering from the communication issues that come with his mutism, but they very clearly have a better understanding of each other from the getgo because the foundation of their relationship was built before they knew the extent of their destinies in connection to one another.

All of this lays the foundation for the climax of their story thus far--the night of the calamity. we know how this goes in botw--Link and zelda, woefully underprepared and miles from hyrule castle, race desperately to the sanctum. it's implied that they get all the way to actually fighting calamity ganon, and only when they realize that they can't win does link take zelda's hand and run. By the time they get to fort hateno, link is ALREADY majorly wounded from their failed attempt to quell the calamity, so when he turns to face those guardians, both he and zelda know that there's no way he'll win. It's important to note that the guardians at fort hateno never actually hit link, zelda stops them in their tracks before they're able to fire, but he collapses anyway due to his previous wounds. he was already mortally wounded going into that battle, and no matter what zelda did at that point, he was always going to fall there.

In AOC, however, the story is different. the calamity comes while link and zelda are in the castle, and rather than attempting to fight it, link makes the decision to take zelda to safety immediately. Because of that choice, when we get to AOC link's "grave danger" moment with the reanimated blights, he is able to survive. the major story beats still play out the same way--confronted by an ambush of incredibly powerful enemies (this time the reanimated blights) which he likely cannot defeat on his own, link attempts to fight anyway to protect zelda, despite her protests. Zelda, terrified for link's life, reaches out to him and her power instinctively activates to save him. the difference is that, while aoc link likely couldn't have survived that fight without zelda's interference, he had no pre-existing wounds because he was not coming straight from another impossible fight. So in AOC, when zelda's power destroys the blights, link is unwounded and able to remain standing. there is no impossible decision to make regarding his life, and, crucially, he remains alive to seal calamity ganon in his current time now that zelda's power has finally awakened. None of this would have been possible had he not chosen to flee the castle during the initial strike instead of attempting to fight a losing battle anyway, and THAT is a decision he was unable to make in BOTW because, at the time of the initial strike, his fear of failure still outweighed his love for zelda.

[gensnix]

[ezlo-x]

im rewatching cutscenes of age of calamity cuz..............and I got to that one part where everyone is in the lost woods and Revali tells that rude ass comment to Daruk and. honestly if I was Daruk I would not let that slide, how am I a 10 foot tall goron going to let some little bird dweeb call me dumb. I would intentionally flinch my body towards Revali just to scare him maybe I'm insane hang on let me draw this I miss drawing the champions

[retrogarden]

It’s thinking about him hours

[morkiemcfly]

I’m still holding out hope for a totk hyrule Warriors. Been dreaming of it since the game came out. Please Nintendo?

[funsizedcrow]

new idea: hyrule warriors swap. Age of calamity characters are thrown into hyrule warriors and hyrule warriors characters are thrown into age of calamity

[smilesrobotlover]

Btw I just want to say I love the Gerudo Sooga idea so much

Fhskhdksbssk thank youuuu!!! He was originally gonna be from Lurelin but I thought about his design, especially when you play as him, the dude is HUGE. He’s frickin ginormous, and since Gerudo tend to be large in stature I thought making him Gerudo would be fun. Besides, I need more male Gerudo that aren’t Ganondorf in my life.

[autumnoakes]

age of calamity isn't comparable to the og hyrule warriors due to the fact that it isnt nearly as unhinged as the og hyrule warriors

[orphyree]

Working on my current piece of Link in the Snowquill armor reminded me of some art ideas I have for Revali, who's definitely my favorite character in BotW.

[frogdetective]

i finally went ahead and finished the main totk story today (yes i was making it last lmao) and had a thought while watching the ending cutscenes and remembering the fact that they recently said they had no dlc plans

(which to be clear is fine by me. I love that they consider the game/story complete (i agree) and would rather they didn't add dlc without having any real need or desire to, solely for money and because some people just demand *more*. I only want more if it is made with love and passion and care for the story and game, not just for the sake of it.)

but. but if they were to do a dlc. remember how it was originally an idea for skyward sword that you would be able to play through zelda's part of the story as well as link's?

wouldn't playing through zelda's side of the story in totk be perfect for a dlc? It's not adding on or creating any extraneous storyline, it's exploring an already established one, just in places we just didn't see as much of in the main game. zelda had a whole adventure of her own in the past that we only saw snippets of. one complaint I had about totk is that I do wish the ancient sages had been expanded on a little, at least given names, and/or their faces actually being shown in game, so they didn't just feel like cardboard cutouts only there to serve a purpose and with no personality or character of their own, and that could also be addressed with this.

given it was considered for skyward sword it's not like it's unprecedented, and it seems to me like the desire for playable zelda has only grown since botw/totk. if they did change their mind about adding any dlc that is what i would like to see from it!!

[vulpiximisa]

I had an essay in my docs about how you can’t just reimagine the Champions without taking into consideration their successors and then it went into how each champion’s relationship was with their successor.

Anyway, bird bias but Revali-Teba duo is the best and funnest one to think about. The fact that they aren’t related to each other at all. The fact that Revali was hailed a master that Teba (and all the warriors) looked up to. The Rito probably all thought he was a genius, someone so skilled to be able to create and master the Gale. But Revali worked his ass off to be acknowledged, that probably didn’t get passed down in history.

The fact that all the other champion-successor relationships have the Successor be younger than the Champions and while Revali’s age isn’t confirmed, it is obvious that Teba is the older one. You can argue that Tulin is Revali’s actual successor and it fits with the other duos but in terms of BotW, Teba is the one that took charge and aided Link. (In terms of TotK, I think being the Sage is their own accomplishment and has nothing to do with the Champion’s past accomplishments. Anyway TotK was like, BotW? Who?)

Anyway, AoC not canon but the way Teba reacted to Revali, not sure if he was surprised at how he treats to Link or just in general, that his hero isn’t some noble master but a jerky young adult. So funny for a dad to find out the guy he admires is a broody teen. Just so fun to think about Teba. 🤭

[bldmnrises]

not me thinking of adding purah....

[gensnix]

The way a lot of people know Totk has undercooked writing/plot being mid and are expecting more from a DLC

My brother in Hylia's light, we shouldn't have to pay $70 for a half ass story and then be expected to pay more just for a decent story

[deepseaorcapt]

A bit of headcanon (?) Revali before being a champion timeline brainrot that I'll post so I can take note of since I was making a character sheet for my oc and may help others too if they loved both AOC and BOTW cutscenes like me.

AOC shows a different timeline from BOTW, so for awhile, I was confused how I wanted to implement that, then I totally forgot- Zelda literally visits Revali in another time before the DLC cutscene as written in Revali's Diary. So, I came up with this headcanon.

I just think the AOC Cutscene technically happened as the first time we meet Revali. The problem would be because Link didn't have the Master Sword until later on when all the champions gather to get it in Korok Forest WHICH wouldn't make sense since Revali refers to Link as "the little knight with the darkness-sealing sword" in the BOTW DLC.

I like to think that just like in the journal, Revali heard rumors about Vah Medoh and heard rumors as well as it being just as or even more important than the darkness-sealing sword (Because you know, rumors can be exaggerated.) Anyway, somehow, when Zelda comes to visit Rito Village, there was a snowstorm just like in AOC. Difference is, Revali uses this in advantage to test Link's strength as I do recall one of the secret dialogue he has in the DLC that he'd love to settle the score with Link. They have their little duel just like in AOC until the princess stops them both from their duel much to Revali's dismay. Zelda then dismisses Link to talk to Revali. This is where the fourth entry of Revali's Diary is implemented. When Revali hears that he's just there to support Link, he's totally not for it. It's only when Zelda pleads and just like in the diary, Revali thinks about it and gives her time before telling her. BOTW's DLC Cutscene happens sometime later after. Link isn't around since Zelda was constantly trying to avoid him during the whole time until he rescued her. We all know what happens in the cutscene and the rest is history.

I just made this for anyone who likes continuitiy and a timeline for their stories, so I hope I made it somewhat clear?