#they wouldn't be so mean and miserable if they aren't placed in a harsh environment XD

[s2pdoktopus]

I love my ocs to the bone I would choose to live forever just to not bring them to the grave with me but XD they aren't the happiest people. Or the kindest. I wish I could make kind characters... I want a character like Tatsuma 🫠

[aikoiya]

I wanted your personal opinion on this, in this video (yes I’m aware I’ve sent this to you before) it was implied, or at least I took it this way. That ganondorf wasn’t always evil or at least he wasn’t a psycho murder. I know you’ve talked about ganons upbringing, and it seems that we both agree that ganondorf is a product of his environment. But I’m confused…in Totk if he wasn’t always evil why was he so easily taken over by greed after seeing the secrecy stones??

(We’re I’m getting this is the ganondorf Japanese ver of totk)

Ah, yes!

Do you mean this scene?

If so, then my theories aren't to say that TotK Ganon (whom I refer to as Wrath) wasn't evil, more so that he is, but he's thus because Kōme & Kotake raised him that way. Basically, pigeonholing him into the position of tyrant.

In my mind, he was raised to be a social darwinist amidst a warring country in a place that hosts a very harsh environment. Not to mention that he was also raised the only male in a society of all women, which is just a recipe for all kinds of mental health issues & developmental stunting.

In other words, everything around him was basically working against him & he responded thusly.

I think that growing up in constant conflict caused him to not know what to do with himself when Rauru came along & united Hyrule's peoples, thus bringing peace. He'd thrived on the warring life & I think that, in many ways, he was stuck in the past & wished to return to that time because, in his mind, everything made sense then.

Like, war? That made sense. Conflict? That also made sense.

Peace??? He has no idea how to live in a world of peace. Sees no inherent value in it.

Of course, I think this is the case for him on a subconscious level. Outwardly, he's a social darwinist, specifically the Struggler type. However, I don't think he's as sincere in his beliefs as he claims, because as shown in the game, he's a sore loser. And if he truly believed as he said he did, he'd have yielded upon realizing that he'd lost. Which, part of this could be influenced by narcissistic tendencies brought on by being born & raised as what amounts to a god-king in the Gerudo culture.

However, I also think that the stone & 10,000 years sealed away likely exacerbated his preexisting issues to the point where he was fine giving up everything in order to make everyone else miserable.

In a lot of ways, I think that the Dorfs, regardless of which iteration, are all extremely unhappy people & this results in them lashing out.

I think it's possible for him to be a good person, but he'd have to be raised by someone other than Kōme & Kotake.

However, even then, I think it's possible for him to be better, just not good per se.

Though, he'd need the influence of someone who was able to prove themselves to him. Someone able to meet him head on. Someone level-headed & honest. Someone who wouldn't be manipulated by him. Who can cut through the crap & speak directly to him.

They'd have to be able to pose their thoughts in such a way that it doesn't necessarily clash with his own beliefs, while still managing to give him a new perspective to contemplate.