#ganondorf totk

[demiboydemon]

[snaileo]

had to get it out of my system. ganondorf holding a woodland boar piglet - he's quite fond of this little beast.

[myebi]

this hylian boy has been conditioned to think this was statistically impossible give him a minute

[kifaprokumiv]

Link: I lived bitch

[gummys-selfships]

Posts that make me think of (totk)ganondorf

[friendlybatteringram]

Ganondorf: Did my puppet entertain you? She made it so easy to mislead you - to keep you occupied...

Link: I kinda suspected from the start.

Ganondorf: No you didn't.

Link: Yeah... I did...

Ganondorf: She had absolutely played you for a fool.

Link: No.

Ganondorf: Yes.

Link: No. When I started seeing visions of her in the past, it sort of became clear.

Ganondorf: No it didn't.

Link: I- Yeah...??

Ganondorf: Go on - admit your stupidity.

Link: Is this fight gonna start, or?

[andnotelse]

king

[vlad-wakinyan]

He has been hydrated 💧💕

[bbluxart]

Riding this wave of motivation to bring you Big Beef Ganon.

[hineriagetaro]

I think he is the hottest guy in 2023.

[demiboydemon]

[trayzen-the-infinite]

The Divine Right to Rule

I’ve seen a few people say that Ganondorf has a shallow motivation but his motivation is deceptively more nuanced. Ganondorf subscribes to a Chinese Philosophy that in modern days is often used as a model for tyranny: The Mandate of Heaven

The basic premise is that Power is self evident of being correct. That if you win then it was destined by the Gods that you were right. You were mandated by the Heavens to win and therefore you can do no wrong. “It is a kings right to conquer” as Ganondorf says in the English dub

He hates Hyrule and Rauru in particular because Rauru has power beyond Ganondorfs limits but rather than use that power given to him to conquer Rauru rules through peace and understanding. By Ganondorfs philosophy this means Rauru doesn’t deserve his kingdom, doesn’t deserve his subjects. It belongs to Ganondorf because he has the power to take it. The Gods made men of power to exercise that power, they have no right to squander it.

Japan in particular is a fan of giving their villains this motivation. People who want to conquer, who hate peace simply for existing and believing that power is all that matters. “I’m right because I’m strong, I’m right because I win” another example in video games from Japan would be Shido from Persona 5 who even more blatantly believes in “the Mandate of Heaven”

[myebi]

🌖 a man, 🌘 a boar

[kifaprokumiv]

I just like drawing him slightly annoyed all the time

[prettydeaddes]

it came to me in a vision and i painted for 6 hours straight

( thank you @vorpaelyzis​ for the idea :] )

[crushingonfictionalmen]

…

Well, fuck.