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redraccoondog · 1 year

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100% Nintendo verified canon: the entirety of Zelda's extensive emotional damage from Rhoam's shitty parenting was undone by this single extremely dad reaction from Rauru

#hit me like a ton of bricks #totk #totk spoilers #totk theory #zelda #rauru #sonia #zelink #king rhoam #botw #tloz #tears of the kingdom

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paulthebukkit · 1 year

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I wonder...

#could be anyone right now but this would be so cool #tears of the kingdom #totk #totk theory #breath of the wild #the legend of zelda #zelda #tloz #loz #nintendo switch #nintendo #video games #gaming

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bahbahhh · 2 years

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As Above, So Below

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Notes under cut

big shout out to @newtsnaturethings who does amazing nature studies and inadvertently helped me make stone look kinda like stone.

@manxden posted a nice summary of the battery theory. It is one of my favorite theories out there. The idea Ganondorf is the source of the power that saves Link, the hero meant to destroy him. Poetic cinema. I made a rambly post back in September that inspired this piece. You can read the full chaos here but in summary:

LONG AGO ganondorf is sealed and everyone thinks problem-solved but THEN they realize how much spirit/life energy he emits and the Royal Family orders the Sheikah to expand tech around it. What they don't anticipate is battery acid - malice. Monsters start appearing but they have the tech and just wipe them out without looking for the source. The more they use the spirit energy, the more malice is created in the sealing chamber. THIS is where get the events of 10,000 years ago. First Calamity Ganon appears...they go back to the old equation (goddess blood princess plus hero) WITH tech/Divine Beasts and beat back the Calamity. Again, this doesn't fix the problem. The Royal Family decides to banish "Sheikah" tech and like a nuclear plant meltdown, they just bury everything and hope that fixes it.

Because spirit energy is not being used during this time, Malice builds much slower. Takes 10,000 years for another Calamity to form but he's smarter this time because at his core he is a PERSON in stasis who remembers everything that was done to him.

BOTW happens.

The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of Calamity Ganon

I love this line and hope it’s expanded upon in TotK.

#bahbahhhart #botw #link #breath of the wild #loz #legend of zelda #loz botw #tears of the kingdom #totk #totk art #totk theory #loz fanart

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gay-for-the-moon · 1 year

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I’VE FIGURED IT OUT

IT’S THE SAME HAND

This is the single illustration of the ancient Interlopers that we have pretty much at all. It’s from the Twilight Princess manga. The Interlopers, or the Dark Interlopers as they’re sometimes called, were powerful magic users who tried to take control of the Sacred Realm and were subsequently banished. Banished to the Twilight Realm.

The Interlopers became the Twili. And I think the Zonai were the Interlopers.

We don’t know much about the Zonai, but we do know two things: They were “strong magic wielders” (from the Zelda fandom wiki), and they disappeared. The stories match.

And honestly, what better way to subvert the theme of an endless cycle of light versus dark than to explore the people who discovered the in-between?

#honestly I thought this was a crack theory until I found that panel #on another note I’ve started to seriously consider the practicality of a conspiracy board to figure this shit out #but I decided that’s what tumblr is for #totk #loz totk #totk link #botw totk #totk trailer #totk theory #nintendo direct #loz #loz botw #loz tears of the kingdom #loz tp #loz twilight princess #twilight princess #legend of zelda midna #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom

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navisakura · 1 year

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*Tears of the Kingdom spoilers*

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Alr so everyone’s talking about Yona and how obvious it is that she was a forced heteronormative love interest for Sidon, but I think we’re all looking at this from the wrong angle.

My opinion is that that they added Yona to the game less as a way to stop people from shipping Sidlink, and more as a way to promote the shipping of Zelink. If you think about it, Zelda and Link have almost always been endgame in every iteration they’re in. In BoTW, while it was clear there was a little romantic tension in some of the flashbacks and Zelda’s diary, nothing concrete really happened between them story wise. Even at the end of the game, there was no real romantic aspect to their meeting again, no kiss or confession or not even a hug. Compared to Sidon, who practically worshipped the ground Link walked on, talking about him at every chance he got. The fans of course took this and ran with it, and Nintendo realized that now there was a ship more popular than what they intended, along with the fact that they definitely were not thrilled that a queer ship was the most popular for Link. So they decided to kill two birds with one stone and added Yona as Sidon’s love interest to mirror Link and Zelda.

All in all, I don’t dislike Yona, she’s just a boring wife character placed mostly for the purpose of encouraging hetero shipping in the fandom(Which ultimately backfired because people either see them as poly or being in a lavender marriage lmao). But it’s sad that they’ll probably never do anything interesting with her or expand on her personality other than her being Mipha 2.0 but green.

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hylianchampion17 · 23 days

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silly little headcannon please let me get my thoughts down:

so in Botw, Clavia gives Link a quest in Hateno Called “Secret of the Cedars”,

located on Madorna mountain; directly north of the village. Clavia sets up the quest by saying she found a letter in an old book in her house about a legend involving the mountain.

still with me? great.

if you go into any house in the village you’ll find these sugar/flour jars. the jars are Hateno’s signature blue and white colours with a logo of a three-peaked mountain range. it’s kinda hard to see, but it’s there. i think those jars are part of Hateno’s agricultural business.

it would make sense to associate the village with the mountain cedars because of its proximity and uniqueness. the odd placement of the trees is noteworthy. so noteworthy in fact, that hylians were writing folklore about it (evidence being Clavia’s letter). but that’s not all…

the tree-mountain motif isn’t just on jars; it’s design is literally EVERYWHERE in the village. painted on sheds, houses, furniture, crates, gates, pots, bowls, clothing, books, HELL EVEN THE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER HAS THE LOGO ON IT.

safe to say, Hateno Village itself is associated with the Madorna mountain cedars. my guess is that this connection was made the very day that Hateno was created. the tree/mountain symbol is woven into Hateno’s very foundation which probably extended to their farming business, which is why the design on the jars is so interesting. i actually made my own Hateno jar! the hylian translates to “Secret Cedars Imports” :)

thanks for listening!

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spirit-tracks · 1 year

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Okay SO. Theory Rush after finishing Tears of the Kingdom. Go.

The Zonai are said to have descended from the heavens to help found Hyrule. I can think of another race that descended from the heavens. Do you guys think the minish are native to the Zonai sky islands?

Does the Depths set look a little familiar to you? This along with Josha's theory that people once lived down there, I wonder if the interlopers were present in the Depths before being banished to the twilight realm.

The architecture and robot designs from Skyward Sword have a distinct Zonai look to them! So that leads me to believe the Zonai were the race that created the Lanayru Mining Facility.

It might even be that the Past from Skyward Sword is indeed the time period that Zelda was transported back to! Maybe the legacy of the kingdom of Hyrule goes back even further than the fight between Hylia and Demise: though I admit the early appearance of Demon King Ganondorf throws a wrench in this theory.

About secret stones and the amber relics in Skyward Sword: I want to say there's a connection between them, though amber relics don't seem to be as rare and important as secret stones, (we find them in abundance in Skyward Sword and they don't do much). Of course, i haven't played SS in a while so if they have any more significance it's escaping me at the moment. For the time being I'd like to think ancient hylians might have carried them around as good luck charms to emulate secret stones of their own.

The Legend of the Great Sky Island mini quest in has the construct telling us that the island was supposed to be where a hero will one day awaken to defeat the Demon King. I know our Link wakes up on this island, but there's definitely something eating at my brain about the Great Sky Island being related to (or perhaps even IS) Skyloft, and that the awakening of the hero is referring to Skyward Sword Link. (This potentially supports the theory that the Past in TOTK predates the war between Hylia and Demise)

There's a pretty good chance that Rauru and Sonia's child could have been named Zelda, after the sweet time traveling girl they practically adopted :) the first princess of Hyrule named after the last princess of Hyrule.

There is a giant dragon skeleton in the Gerudo Desert Depths, big as or even bigger than Farosh, Dinraal and Naydra. It is my belief that this mystery dragon became a dragon ala Secret Stone alongside the three aboveland, but was killed at some point in the Depths. I don't know what four people decided to become dragons, but my strongest theory is that Dinraal, Farosh and Naydra are the draconified forms of the oracles of the Golden Goddesses, Din, Farore and Nayru. So who is this?

Seeing as the Lightroots underground are activated via Zonai hand terminal and each Lightroot lies directly beneath a shrine on the surface, I think the Lightroots are extensions of these shrines, having grown straight downward to light up the underground. This is probably obvious but I just barely figured this out 😅

Since Rauru, sage of light, and a new Temple of Time are in this game, I want to think that this person and location are more than just Easter Eggs to Ocarina of Time. I think that the sage from Ocarina of Time was named after King Rauru, though I'm not sure whether him being the sage of light would have been a coincidence or a direct inspiration.

What I do think is that he indeed did put the triforce in that very same Temple of Time and all the sky islands went to the Sacred Realm until Tears of the Kingdom, when they came back to earth and appeared in the sky. That's just a theory but why else would the sky islands be reappearing as if from nowhere?

Speaking of which, there were floating masses in the sky in Minish Cap, namely great big stone temples and fortresses. Minish Cap takes place during the early days of Hyrule, which would be pretty much right after the Zonai descended. Perhaps the Zonai are the Wind Tribe mentioned, and the people we see in game are their descendants, who look much more hylian than Zonai due to being crossed with full hylian genetics over the generations?

Anyway I need to retouch up on my Zelda lore to make sure I'm getting the details right, (that, and i haven't yet 100% the game so i may be missing some totk context), but I HAD to post my thoughts and get them out there! I'll add on later if I think of any more, in the meantime feel free to brainstorm!

#totk #tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom spoilers #botw 2 #botw 2 spoilers #just covering all my bases #totk theory #totk thoughts #totk meta #loz #legend of zelda #the legend of zelda #loz totk #wicked.loz

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hotstreak2k3 · 7 months

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The way the master sword is held in two screenshots leaves a lasting impression to the players.

Link → Masculinity (unhand, blade on top, side swinging the sword)

Zelda → Femininity (reverse hand, blade down, side protecting the sword)

I thought this would be a good comparison. And the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

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carrotsnake · 6 months

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since peacocks don't really exist in the wild era, riju's feather patterns on her armour seemed purely cosmetic until totk, where it resembles the leaves of trees in the depths. along with the gerudo underground cemetery, it's another leftover of her people's past involvement there, passed down from each chief.

#totk #totk theory #zelda theory #totk lore #riju #totk riju #zelda lore #loz #tloz totk #gerudo #the depths #totk depths

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lunataylorscos · 7 months

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#anime #cosplayer #cosplayers #gaming #legend of zelda #zelda #loz zelda #princess zelda #botw #zelda botw #totk theory #zelda totk #loz totk #totk spoilers #totk #tears of the kingdom #tears of the kindom spoilers #tears of the kingdom zelda

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athena-theunicorn · 1 year

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what if the master sword was feeding zelda memories as a dragon, helping her to not completely lose control of herself. fi knows how important it is. like fi shows her a memory of link every time she starts to slip. she replays memories all the time just to keep zelda from being completely lost.

#legend of zelda #zelink #fi loz #tears of the kingdom #tears of the kingdom spoilers #loz #loz totk #totk #totk spoilers #totk theory #zelda

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bahbahhh · 1 year

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Tears of the Past - a totk theory short fan comic

[Part 1]

#bahbahhhart #totk #totk theory #tears of the kingdom theories #tears of the kingdom #loz fanart #legend of Zelda #loz #in which Zelda is playable and gets armor #not just in another ceremonial dress this time #and she glows #because she powerful #and link can’t believe she’s alive until she’s in his arms #zelink #yes I updated his arm #because I’m me and I planned it out after I did the first page and there are lots of hand close ups

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fineanddang · 1 year

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rotating Them in my mind like a rotisserie chicken <3

(this is technically a wip but i ran out of steam whoops)

#totk #tears of the kingdom #loz totk #zelda totk #totk zelink #totk theory #the legend of zelda #breath of the wild #fanart #nintendo #nintendo switch #my art

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poppyseed572 · 1 year

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oh??

#botw #breath of the wild #zelda #loz #the legend of zelda #totk #totk theory #tears of the kingdom

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captain0v · 1 year

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I’ve been seeing A LOT of fans finding connections between Skyward Sword and Tears of the Kingdom

Which got me thinking about this scene

IF TOTK GAVE US A NEW VERSION OF THIS ITS OVERRRRR

I apologize for the person I would become if our golden goddess totk Zelda drops “I’m still your Zelda” to Link. I will be feral and never recover

#tears of the kingdom #totk theory #breath of the wild #botw #totk #totk zelink #botw zelink #zelink #princess zelda #skyward zelda #skyward sword #ss zelink

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operose-reblogs · 8 months

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I have a headcannon that after botw and before totk link was getting better about staying silent all the time.

Being around zelda definitely made it a bit easier. Zelda, the only person who could understand the weight he'd had to hold. She helped him adjust to the world post-ganon.

He started saying hi to the people in Hateno Village. And evntually telling the children stories about his adventures.

The years went by and the people of Hyrule forgot like didn't used to speak. He had a home. He was at peace. He had Zelda.

And then the upheaval happened. He'd lost his arm. Zelda was in another time. He was back in the war.

And he quite speaking again.

He had been so friendly to everyone in Hyrule. Smiling wide when greeting them, immediately asking about their family.

And to see him again, blank faced and silent. (And filthy. The man doesn't bathe unless Zelda makes him) off course some people didn't recognize him.

Many people only saw him in passing and by the time they say him again.

#botw #totk #tears of the kingdom spoilers #tears of the kingdom #tears of the kingdom analysis #totk analysis #theory #totk theory #zelink #legend of zelda tears of the kingdom #zelda #Link #tears of the kingdom Link #hyrule warriors #Hyrule #legand of zelda

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