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I really enjoyed reading through Kohga's Voice Memories while working on the pages, and I especially loved Master Kohga's Wish, so here is my own rendition of how that one went 🏳️‍🌈

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Link: …and that’s the story of how I had to dress up like a girl in order to tame a giant camel and learn how to use lightning.

Cloud: (remembers when Aerith got him to crossdress to rescue Tifa, only for Don Corneo to fall for him instead) I’ve had to do worse for less. 

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Hanging out with fairies- nightlight

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Aka the companion drawing to this one! I think the lighting turned out pretty good for my skill level :D Constructive criticism is always appreciated, though!

(The water‘s based off this amazing tutorial here)

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The strongest enemy ever by Ry-Spirit

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(Happy) Legend of Zelda Headcanon

Because she looks like a Hylian, Midna is considered ugly by Twili standards. Her transformation into an imp by Zant was a mocking way of giving her what she wanted, and her comment to Link when she's restored, "Am I so beautiful you have no words left" was meant to be a glib kind of self-deprication. So when Link calls her beautiful for the first time it makes her cry with joy.

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I've been thinking about how Purah created a potion of eternal youth while Impa, her sister, stays the same old lady with more wrinkles than skin. I have come to two possible reasons for this: the serious one and the funny one.

The serious one is that Impa and Purah had opposite reactions to surviving the Calamity. Purah saw her friends get vaporized by guardians and developed a fervent fear of death, and a need to prove that her science could over come death (and, by extension, the Guardians who killed her friends). Impa on the other hand saw all her friends die and developed a fear of outliving her remaining loved ones, of once again being the last one standing. This ultimately means Purah created a potion of immortality and there is no force on this earth that could get Impa to drink it.

The funny one is that Impa and Purah have a bet going on who'll die first and Purah pulled what is called a 'pro gamer move'.

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as soon as i started eow i knew i had to draw zelda relaxing w her cat 💕

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All the human fighters hate Sephiroth because the boy’s shower only has 5 bottles of shampoo a day for them to share and Sephiroth is always the first one to take a bath.

Marth, pounding on the communal shower at 3:AM: SEPHIROTH YOU PIECE OF SHIT, WE KNOW YOU’RE IN THERE USING ALL THE FUCKING SHAMPOO YOU MOMMA’S-BOY DICK-CANOE

Shulk: I’ve never seen Marth this angry before.

Link: Never get between the Prince of Altea and his hair-care products.

Cloud: Yup, welcome to Sephiroth land where the asshole uses all the fucking shampoo in the house.

Pit: Hey... why don’t we bois *pulls out scissors* do something about it...

*the four of them turn into the Me and the Bois meme*

All: hehehehehe...

~ The Next Day ~

*The Smash Bros are hanging out peacefully when the peace is shattered*

Sephiroth: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Cloud, fighting to not laugh: Someone looked in the mirror.

*Sephiroth blasts into the room, sword drawn, murder in his eyes, and a military buzzcut on his head*

Sephiroth: WHO HAD THE FUCKING BALLS AND WANTS TO DIE THIS BADLY!?

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Me: You have to stop crying and get out of bed and deal with this. Link would. Me: I have played those games and Link absolutely would not willingly get out of bed.

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Mario creepypasta fundamentally doesn't work because you know what Mario would actually do if we saw some dimension-warping hundred-handed cosmic horror? He wouldn't lose his mind; he'd take one look at that Shin Megami Tensei looking fucker, pull out his dorky little mushroom-shaped cell phone, hit the fourth number down on his contact list, and go "hey, Kirby, I think-a one-a your boys got lost".

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zelda games ranked by cat presence

the legend of zelda: this game has no cats whatsoever. 0/10

zelda ii: there's cat headed statues and cat enemies called mau. can't pet them. not very friendly. 3/10

a link to the past: there's a... catfish? kind of a stretch. 0.5/10

link's awakening: we have foxes and rabbits and even bears in the animal village but no cats? egregious. 0/10

ocarina of time: the old woman in the potion shop has the cutest baby tiger on the counter and she even has an animation where she pets it. i wish i could pet it too... 5/10

majora's mask: the old woman's wheelchair has a tiger face on the back! hidden easter egg cat, very sneaky. 4/10

oracle of seasons: the owner of the adorable kitty cat mittens perched in a tree needs our help to get her to come down! you can speak to her but you don't speak cat. a very impurrtant part of the trading quest. 7/10

oracle of ages: we are deprived of mittens. 0/10

the wind waker: link meows! how cute! okay he's not quite a cat but beggars can't be choosers. 1/10

the minish cap: well the cat quota has been met but at what cost? most of these cats will attack if you are small, except for purry who is purrfect. but they will also meow at you politely if you talk to them and some will even fuse kinstones with you. how fickle of them. realism 8/10

twilight princess: now THIS is a game for cat people. pick them up and cuddle them, turn into a wolf and suddenly you can understand them, they've basically got a full cat society going on, it's like the secret life of pets. this is paradise 10/10

phantom hourglass: rats, but no cats? rat problem probably explained by lack of cats. 0/10

spirit tracks: no cats in new hyrule? well this is truly the most tragic timeline. 0/10

skyward sword: remlits are so cute, they follow you around and meow and purr, you can pick them up and - hey what are you doing by that ledge you monster - they can even fly... you knew that before you tossed it over the edge, right? right?? 9/10 even cuter at night :3

a link between worlds: are cats just extinct in this timeline? hero shouldn't have been defeated damn 0/10

tri force heroes: hytopia has cats! even better, it has a cheetah costume!! catboy link 8/10 uwu

breath of the wild: the real calamity is having no cats to pet. 0/10

tears of the kingdom: more like tears of the catless 0/10

echoes of wisdom: not only are there cute kitty cats but you can even talk to them by dressing up as a cute kitty cat yourself wow this is a dream come true 10000/10

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[Image Description: artwork depicting the pokémon Celebi sitting on a mossy log; accompanied by a Korok from “The Legend of Zelda”, and four Junimos from “Stardew Valley”. End image description.]

Forest friends 💚

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[Image Description: greyscale artwork depicting characters from “The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap”. Vaati, in his human form, looms over Ezlo; whom he’s just transformed into a hat. End image description.]

“Tell me, how does it feel, my sorcerer’s curse?”

I recently finished Minish Cap for the first time ☘️ It must’ve hurt a lot when Ezlo got hit with that curse…

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Trainer Profiles: Koume and Kotake

These twin sisters have run a potion shop in Kara Kara Bazaar for as long as anyone can remember. They are skilled potion masters, among the few in Hyrule capable of brewing ethers and elixirs.

Each sister is partnered with a Ninetales. Koume’s partner, Ruby, is a fire-type Death Mountain Ninetales; while Sapphire, Kotake’s partner, is an ice/fairy-type Hebra Mountain Ninetales. The sisters are known to frequently argue over whose pokémon is better.

“Mine has two types, while yours only has one!”

“Mine has the type advantage over yours!”

“Well, mine is strong against ground, while yours is weak!”

Ruby and Sapphire, for their part, get along perfectly well with one another.

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Theory: The Odd Headcanons of Vaati, Part One: The Minish Diet

Oh, boy. Welcome to the spiritual successor to my “Irony of Vaati” theory series. This is a series in which I explain my bizarre headcanons about Vaati (and/or other things in “The Minish Cap”), but with provided evidence. Basically, it’s like an odd mixture of a theory and a headcanon: a hypothesis, if you will.

So, to-day’s headcanon amounts to this: what is the Minish diet?

I briefly hinted at this headcanon before, where I subtly mentioned it in my description of Day #16, “Fat”, for my “31 Days of Vaati” for Inktober series.

My headcanon stems off of the fact that the Minish were canonically stated to be terrified of water, due to its inherent drowning risk. Even Ezlo says this. So, I got to thinking: just HOW terrified of water ARE they? Are they scared just enough to avoid swimming in it, but they’ll still drink it? Or do they avoid it like the plague? Do Minish even NEED to DRINK water?

Well, I wondered: if they DON’T drink water, what the heck do they drink? Then it hit me: nectar. There’s official art of the Minish holding cut flowers, so it’s obvious that they have some means of cutting them down.

If they cut them down- as shown in the official art- to use as parasols, I believe that they would try and use every part of the flower to its fullest potential. After all, the flower would die eventually.

Perhaps they cut the leaves and use them for the Minish equivalent to parsley. And the pollen could be left out as offerings to the bees, so no-one gets stung (a poor little Minish would take quite the sting from a “gigantic” bee!). The petals could be used as decorations, or to flavour teas, or even as clothing. And, most importantly, I believe the Minish drink the nectar instead of drinking water.

Because of that, this leads into my other headcanon: all Minish, Vaati included, have a monumental sweet tooth. Nectar, being what attracts pollinators, is very sugar-rich- so, if Minish DID have it as their main “liquid” source, then that means the Minish in general would have to like sugary drinks as much as humans love soda. This could possibly translate over into liking other sweets, such as a possible form of chocolate. This would also apply to Vaati, regardless of how much he seems to hate being associated with his birth species. It could be one of those “inescapable” things that could come back to haunt him (like his own ego).

Likewise, most people like to think that the Jabber Nut (mostly due to its strange appearance) tastes horrendous, and many Fanfictions I’ve read involve Link spitting out his first attempt to eat it and having to try again. That also ties into my headcanon: if the Minish diet is mainly comprised of sugar, then- like everything else- the Jabber Nut must be ridiculously sweet to human taste buds.

As for the need to drink water, it’s never really stated or even hinted at, so I have no idea if Minish even need to at all. Judging by how a few raindrops can drown them, I bet the Minish WOULD avoid water like the plague.

But, it all fits together: the Minish are resourceful, little creatures (re-purposing human creations such as thimbles or playing cards), and thus, they would take advantage of whatever they had on hand, mainly plants. Maybe they have some sort of irrigation system that drains water away from their homes. If the flower parasols and the shoe house are any indication, the Minish are quite smart, so I can see them doing this. And in the end, all of this makes them happy. And all the Minish want to do is be happy and bring happiness to others.

Too bad Vaati never was happy.

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everyone is talking about petting dogs in botw 2 but … hear me out 

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Remember

Remember

“Don’t look away,” Growled Ganondorf, “you-”

“You don’t remember.” Said the Hylian, Link, frowning at Ganondorf.

“What?” Sneered Ganondorf, livid at being interrupted.

“You don’t remember.” Repeated Link, sighing with the Sages staring at him in confusion, “We’ve been through this time and time and time again. Since the dawn of the world and across the timelines. We know each other, more than you think.”

“I don’t know what your blathering about.” Snarled Ganondorf, as Link quietly pulled a spring from a Zonai capsule.

Link sighed, “Okay, let’s see what you do remember, because I don’t want to fight someone who doesn’t know why he’s the biggest prick in the world.”

Ganondorf went to grab his sword, when the ‘sword of legend’ flashed.

“Calm down, Fi, we’re still going to kill him.” Dismissed Link, frowning at Ganondorf, “You’re still going to die, do you remember being stabbed in the head by a child in green?”

Ganondorf stared at Link, getting another sigh, “Obviously not, how about nearly being disembowelled by an angsty looking wolf?”

Ganondorf just unsheathed his sword.

“Alright, how about drawing your sword from your servant’s chest and vanishing into another plane?” Said Link, drawing the Master Sword.

Ganondorf froze, suddenly finding himself in a throne room launching an orb of energy at a young man in green, while a princess hung in a pink crystal suspended above them. He then felt a searing pain in his chest, the man in green looked different, vastly different, but he could tell it was the same person.

“You’re starting to remember,” Mused Link, readying for the impending battle, “good.”

Ganondorf felt himself getting up from the ground, the man in green different once again, glaring up at him. He glanced at his hand, freezing at the sight of a triangle on the back of it. He shook his head and snarled at Link, “Get out of my head, you welp!”

Link dodged the swing, parrying the blade away from him.

Ganondorf was at the top of a castle, water pouring down around him, fighting two children, a princess aiming a bow at him, while a boy in green launched himself into the hair and ramming his sword in his forehead.

Ganondorf yelled, throwing himself at Link and the Sages.

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“Link?” Asked Riju, looking at him as they examined Ganondorf’s lifeless body, “Two questions, how did he turn back? I thought the dragon-ifying thing was permanent, and what were you talking about back there?”

“Just some old history Rij.” Dismissed Link, looking at the back of Ganondorf’s right hand, “Things between him and I just span more than one lifetime.”

Zelda prodded Ganondorf’s eye with a stick.

“Zel, I’m waving his hand around, I’m sure he’s dead.” Protested Link, as he accidentally nudged the hilt of a broken sword. Ganondorf’s body twitched, getting a scream from some of the assembled crowd and an arrow to the eye from Tulin.

“For the love of Din, he’s already dead!” Groaned Link, as Tulin looked at him.

“He twitched.”

“He twi- Of course he twitched,” Yelled Link, grabbing the hilt of the broken sword, “He’s got a sword embedded in his nervous system!”

Ganondorf’s body twitched with each movement of the sword.