Can I Talk About The Soft Lighting In Botw And How Emotional This Moment Is

can i talk about the soft lighting in botw and how emotional this moment is

the FEELINGS. ALL THE FEELINGS. link's expression and his eyes speak louder than he'd ever have to. zelda has just lost everything. her family, her friends, the people she looked up to, her kingdom... link is the only person ALIVE who she has any connection with, as far as she knows. and link, he is there to comfort her. he stares at her like. like that. and. and. he lets her be vulnerable. he lets her be vulnerable and confide in him when the entire world has criticized her for any vulnerability she shows.

and the lighting. dhdbdhfbbs. it reminds me of the sound of music

the quietness, the emotion, the letting down your guard... the fact they used this same kind of lighting in that scene with link and zelda is SO. they've both lost, they've failed in their duties, and nintendo focused on them connecting in this moment of sorrow. there's so many ways they could've done it but they chose THIS and it just AUGHFHFB

and then after, and link's sacrifice. it just adds so. much. he protected zelda until the VERY end, laying down his life for her, and for more reasons than just it being his job. one of zelda's last interactions with him was this. even though she failed, even though hyrule fell, he still protected her. he still died for her. even though that to her, she's done nothing, he felt she was worth dying for. she was important to him, no matter what.

tl;dr they're in love and i personally think botw's story and the way it is told is fucking beautiful. especially link's character with him nonverbal the entire time :)