#gloom spawn

[microrockets]

uh oh

[flaskuwu]

A puppet Zelda fight could have been cool…

[iffondrels-library]

More of the Chain in TotK! They just had their first encounter with a Gloom Spawn (it didn't go well).

[fawningbruises]

Demon Prince of the Gloom

(TOTK AU: if Link had received Ganondorf's arm instead of Rauru's)

[flutefemme]

Day 11: Music/Dance

Link happens upon Gloom Hands' slightly less scary and slightly more awkward cousin, Gloom Jazz Hands...

I couldn't help resharing this today😂 My all-time fave Zelda goof post and still my most popular on tumblr...1.5 years later🤣

[chromaticmagpie]

Linktober day 14: Ganon

Hate when Ganon sends these things to jumpscare me 😭 the first time I encountered them there was a lot of screaming

[hearmeoutworthypoll]

Have you done gloom hands from TOTK yet? I feel like those belong here

Gloom Spawn. Enemies made up of a mysterious substance called “gloom,” possibly concentrated evil magic caused by Ganon. Difficult to kill and drain health upon contact, even temporarily lowering full health limit. Followed by ominous red stormy skies

Reminder, the premise is “would a normie think it’s weird to find them attractive?” (Would they have to “hear me out?”) NOT “smash-or-pass”

[pocketseizure]

After years spent investigating the mysterious shrines of East Necula, Dr. Calip has joined the Zonai Survey Team’s efforts to study the Ring Ruins of Kakariko Village. The ancient structures are fascinating, but what has captured Calip’s attention is the chasm in the forest on the hill. While Calip has been gazing into the abyss, however, the leader of the Zonai Survey Team has been gazing at him.

complete at 4,000 words . ( on AO3 ) . illustration by Martina Belli

[usagi-zakura]

Did you guys miss the Corrupted Link AU? Cuz I did...so I drew it.

Its Banana getting himself in trouble again.

He'll be fine, the Yiga have been sticking around in the depths long enough to know how to best cure gloom sickness.

[gwynmainblog]

current figurine collection

top photo: Kiana Kaslana- Herrscher of Flamescion from Honkai Impact 3rd

middle left: Daruk, Mipha, Urbosa, and Revali amiibos + gloom spawn custom 3d figure from Etsy from The Legend of Zelda series

middle right: Hange Zoë from Attack on Titan, Pardofelis from Honkai Impact 3rd, limited edition Seiko Shinohara and Naomi Nakashima figures from Corpse Party

bottom left: Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura, Homura Akemi, and Madoka Kaname from Madoka Magica

bottom right: gachapon Prushka, Miko, Reg, Faputa, and Nanachi trinkets, Nanachi and Mitty figure, and white whistle replica from Made In Abyss

COMING SOON:

Sayaka Miki from Madoka Magica, Elysia from Honkai Impact 3rd, Furina and Hu Tao from Genshin Impact, unpainted Vill-V from Honkai Impact 3rd.

[flaskuwu]

Gloom Spawn/Hands beloved. They could have had Ganondorf's jewelry

[zazora]

I just remembered that I captured the first time I encountered the hands.

My panic is too obvious lmao

[cannimumsable]

every time I see someone go "oh gloom spawn isn't that scary compared to guardians, they're good but they're not as good as-" dude have you played the game.

have you felt the raw fear of seeing the world turn red and the music go apeshit while you struggle to fight these bitches for the first time. have you experienced the paranoia of thinking gloom is moving besides you, only to turn around and see nothing. have you beaten the spawn for the first time, only to be fucking betrayed by the game and have to fight phantom ganon. have you fought this ghost of a man and feared for your fucking life as it advanced slowly, so completely sure of his ability he didn't feel the need to attack fast. have you climbed high and watched the hands slowly disappear, only to fear they'd reappear anytime now because you didn't kill them. what the fuck do you MEAN gloom spawn isn't as scary as guardians

[solomonara]

I was looking for a good screenshot of gloom spawn to show a friend who hasn't played totk, and I noticed something I never got close enough to see before (because if there's a gloom spawn I am up a tree a mile away firing bomb arrows before you can say 'complete the compendium')

Spoilers ahead.

This screenshot is from Nintendo via Polygon (source), so I assume it hasn't been edited.

The hands are wearing rings.

The rings look like the rings on Link's borrowed hand. They do NOT look like the rings Ganon is wearing - his are on the index and middle fingers only.

TOTK has a pretty heavy emphasis on hands. There's Rauru's hand, of course, but also the very near miss of Link grabbing for Zelda at the beginning of the game (using his decayed hand specifically), which is finally rectified at the end when he IS able to grab her as she falls.

Consider also the obvious connotations of depression associated with gloom sickness.

I had been assuming that gloom spawn were extensions of Ganon, especially given Phantom Ganon, but this makes me think that perhaps the gloom spawn are supposed to be a representation of Link's fears and general state of mind - of his own hands betraying him when it mattered most.

[shams-of-the-wild]

Gloomiest Hand that glows in the dark depths for the LU Discord sprint prompt: “Ugh, hands... Why did it have to be hands?!”

[mistylavenderpeach]

For all you survivors out there