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I don't know her name or anything about her but I would jump in front of a rampaging horde of bison and then proceed to throw myself off a cliff into shark infested waters for her

They have me by a chokehold

Brushy brush  (She went overboard brushing their hair)

Him✨️✨️ also Her✨️✨️

Just wanted to draw Ranran with no shawl, plus some shenanigans.

uhhhh dudes….not to alarm you but.they put furries in zelda game….

Zonai designs are very, very fun.

I might even finish one one day-

Mon 29th January, 2023

my brain just remembered a lil headcanon I had about botw/totk link (I'm just gonna call him wild because that's what works best for me)

so, when totk was first in production, somehow my lil brain was like "wait. wild has time powers. the zonai are magic." and thus my brain put two and two together and well the headcanon of wild having some sort of zonai heritage thrust itself into my mind

anyways i think my headcanon was too powerful for Tumblr because Tumblr crashed while i was writing this post

I COULDNT FIND THE ORGINAL POST @le-fou-a-l-orignal buttttttt

I'm not completely sold, but a concept for zonai fi 👀

After being wrecked in botw my girl deserves to be awesome. Nintendo I think u should hire me for zonai fi

*walks on in, downs tea like a shot* So today because I am sleep deprived and have no self control, I'll be dropping some Zonai Headcanons that will be most likely debunked by Tears of the Kingdom when it comes out and make it y'alls problem:

(Long post down below and it has more likely been debunked by TOTK! I haven't combed through all the lore there yet so fair warning, this was written before release)

The Zonai were likely descended from the Interlopers aka the Twili, but not in the traditional way because the history enthusiast in me is screaming there's inconsistencies and I'm going to find a way to patch them so help me. The Interlopers were the Ancient Twili, a race of sorcerer's who mainly were around Hyrule during the in between period of Skyward Sword and Minish Cap according to Hyrule Encyclopedia, they were sealed away in the Twili Realm by presumably the Zelda of the time, the hero and the Light Spirits for attempting to steal the Triforce, but I don't think they came back after Twilight Princess, at least not right away.

Let me explain, if the Interlopers were a race with their own kingdom or region to live on like the Gerudo, and specially if they were sorcerers, would all of them be onboard with stealing the Triforce? No, because that's not how warfare works and not how people work, they are already sorcerers, they can do magic, break reality in ways never seen before, so why would they need the Triforce? Why would any man, woman or warrior with something to lose support a cause like that when there's more risk than gain? Why would any person risk their entire race facing retaliation if they failed and in turn their siblings, lovers, children being killed even if they could gain unlimited power, presuming the gods didn't punish them first for stealing a power not meant for them? No one with common sense would. We see evidence of this in a Link Between Worlds, the main reason Hilda didn't say anything about stealing the Triforce and why Ravio came to Hyrule, because she kept it in house her plan with Yuuga and Ravio only, why? Because of Ravio's reaction, it's anyone's reaction to a plan like this, it's pure insanity, no one with common sense (and no hubris) would support a plan like this, it would split the kingdom in two: the people who supported the plan (aka Hilda and Yuuga) and the people who didn't (aka Ravio had he actually said something before dipping to Hyrule which would have honestly been more effective/less convoluted if you ask me and the rest of the common Lorulian people, because yes it's a dying world but it's theirs and they wouldn't want to make the situation worse or risk war with another world entirely over the Triforce when having a Triforce already screwed them over due to everyone fighting over it, that's why Lorule's Triforce was destroyed, a hasty and bad decision, but the best one anyone had at the time not to mention the fact Hyrule's and Lorule's Triforce's likely have different virtues). I think that's what happened with the Interlopers, the Twili Ruler at the time wouldn't have wanted to risk their people's safety so they shut down that plan as soon as possible, but it already split the people in two, so what do they do when the traitors and greedy Interlopers go behind their back? Devise a plan of their own to counteract it. Preferably with the people targeted so that they could safeguard their people even after it was enacted.

You know how the Picori Blade was given to a hero before Four before the events of Minish Cap, where it was broken and then reforged into the Four Sword? It was made by the Minish and given away precisely so it could deal with the rampant darkness and monsters running round at the time, acting as a seal which is broken in Minish Cap because Vaati is a power hungry idiot who didn't bother to read the full myth before setting out on a quest for the Triforce (if he did he would also see that the monsters/darkness were sealed by the Picori Blade, NOT just the Triforce, I adore his presentation as a villain but good lord man, read the fine print. When you go on a hubris fueled quest ya gotta know all the lore and you clearly didn't given your surprise when you broke the Picori Blade, redeeming points for realizing the Triforce was on Zelda rather than the chest though, and presentation). It was probably a seal given by the Picori to be used by the Hero of Men because Fi as we know wasn't available, she was used to seal Demise and presumably Sky and Sun took the secret of where she was to their graves or ONLY available if an Incarnation of Demise turned up, hence why we only see it in Ocarina of time and beyond. If Fi isn't available then the Picori Blade is meant to be a substitute to do the job.

So what I speculate is that the greedy Interlopers started controlling what remained of Demise's monsters on the surface with their magic to attack Hyrule in an attempt to steal the Triforce by force with likely a few of their own sorcerers throw in the mix, they probably did it behind the previous Twili Ruler's back because their plan was shut down and, if they were anything like Midna, they would NOT have it (because let's be honest Midna was a strong gal and would do anything for her people if necessary, her love for the light people came later), so they approached the Hero of Men and presumably his Zelda once he got the Picori Blade from the Minish with a plan: the Hero would take care of sealing the monsters with the Picori Blade, while they and the Princess would create the Mirror of Twilight and, with the aid of the Light Spirits due to the traitors creating the Fused Shadows behind their back, would seal themselves with as many of their own fighters and supporters as they could gather inside the Sacred Realm with the traitors to finish them off, which would lead to the Twili we have today before Midna broke the Mirror for good. As a gesture of good will they could have lent some sorcerers and warriors to pledge themselves to the Royal family and more specifically the princess, which would lead to the Sheikah, and the Mirror, in case circumstances ever got drastic again and they'd need to use it to make sure those who didn't want to fight (aka civilians) would be safe and make it so that the Mirror could only be broken by someone with the blood of the Original Twilight Ruler and strong magic (hence why Zant couldn't do it, Midna has both the blood and power, while Zant doesn't) it's a master plan in theory.

Except there's one problem: the remains would likely suffer stigma from the Hylians, much like how Ganon's actions brought stigma to the Gerudo as being liars and thieves, it would explain why later generations would be suspicious of the Sheikah and cull them later on before Ocarina of Time, that's why the Hylian Civil War happened and why by Breath of the Wild Sheikah magic and tech was regarded with suspicion even if it did help 10.000 years ago, it's because of this one event, so the ruler of the Twili likely would have given two more orders after putting someone new in charge: go to the skies like how the Hylians did if needed be (giving rise to the Sky People we see in Minish Cap and their remains in Twilight Princess, plus the structures in the sky and why Zonai structures rise in to the sky), and if for whatever reason things look extremely dire (like say, a civil war and then the rise of a mother blinking Demon King/Warmongering King of Thieves, and then the Twili Crisis which they would most likely get blamed for, and the War of Ages if we want to make Hyrule Warriors the inflection point of the timeline), go to the sea and leave Hyrule entirely (remember, there's other kingdoms outside of Hyrule guys, we see most of them in the Downfall Timeline, the events of Link's Awakening only happen because Legend either attempts to leave or return to Hyrule via boat), return only if peace does.

Look at the placement of Lurelin Village and of most Zonai structures: by the sea, by the ocean, only later on does it fully expand into Faron, Lurelin is also a hidden village and extremely hard to find, what if Lurelin Village isn't only where the Zonai descendants reside, but also their initial settlement back in Hyrule after they thought all was safe and done 10.000 years ago, or heck maybe longer as we don't actually know the time gap between BOTW, the 10.000 years Calamity (I'll call it the Catalyst) and the rest of the Zelda timeline, where they started to use their original and script and name again: the proud Zonai people. Maybe they were like the Vikings, wayfarer people, sorcerer and warrior people by necessity who started out on the shores of Hyrule with a single settlement in case things got bad (because they'd likely be taught some measure of caution and want to stay hidden, or at least have somewhere they could fall on and leave if necessary), and then later on expanded to the rest of Faron and maybe Hyrule's underground, maybe they reclaimed some of their settlements on the skies that only they could access via the portals (which look an awful lot like access points of fast travel) or made it so that in times of crisis their structures would rise up, but then Catalyst and later on the Hylian Royalty finished the remnants off before they could be fully done, with the Sheikah doing the actual deed and painting them in a 'barbarian' and 'savage' light, leaving only those who could escape to Lurelin left and their magical ways to die out if most of the people sent there or who escaped couldn't do magic or weren't taught yet (or maybe they went specifically after the magic users). You can't tell me Ganon 10.000 years ago would leave such a blatant threat to his plans alone, specially if they wouldn't join him (NO ONE would want to pull a Zant, out of respect for Midna and The Hero if nothing else, as it's seen the Zonai worshiped the Hero and the Triforce of Courage even above the Triforce of Wisdom/Hylia/The Princess and The Triforce of Power/Demise/Ganon, they would support him whatever way they could, a first as usually the hero doesn't have much support, Zelda had the Sheikah and Ganon has the monsters and now the Yigah, but who did Link have? Who did the Hero have? They HAD to repay the favor he did to the descendant of their original leader and by the lord they'd do it specially if the Hero of Catalyst was one of them like how everyone is speculating even f it killed them, it's speculated that the luminous stones are the remains of their magic used to seal Calamity Ganon or that the energy with the glowing arm is that, maybe they all were sacrificed to Calamity Ganon by monsters to empower him one last time or sacrificed themselves to give the Hero one last boost so he could aid Zelda in doing it and we know this is a thing that can happen in game, see how the Sages we're almost sacrificed plus the hero in the Downfall Timeline, and how Dusk/Twilight Princess Zelda gave up her Triforce and Magic so Midna could live so it's very possible, maybe that's what happened and the stones are the remnants), and the Hylian Royalty has show themselves to be paranoid and very much capable of rewriting history. So between Calamity Ganon and likely their efforts, they were all but exterminated.

The Hylian Royalty made sure to write the Zonai out of history once Zelda was gone, and also made sure to keep the Hero and his origin as vague as possible but leave it implied that he was Hylian to plant themselves as better, I mean the historians before them also did it, no one ever mentions the Hero of Time being Kokiri, or the Hero of Twilight Ordonian, so why should they mention that the Hero of Catalyst was Zonai? And the Hyrule Royalty besides usually the Zelda's did as much bad stuff as good stuff and clearly disregarded the other races most of the time (y'all may forget how that one Hylian healer refused to treat Prince Ralis all because he was a Zora in Twilight Princess but I SURE DIDN'T. THAT IS A CHILD! THE ZORA PRINCE AT THAT! THEY WERE BASICALLY RISKING WAR WITH THE ZORA BY LETTING HIM DIE IF NOT FOR RENALDO, PEOPLE. I don't have much faith in them for regarding the Zonai with respect as a result, look at their description when we look at the armor related to them: barbarian, savage, those are words usually used when you want to diminish the word of a person, the Celts were called that, the Vikings, indigenous folks too, you get the idea). History is written by the victors and those left to tell the story, and if one side isn't left, what do you get? Details being rewritten or erased (again, looking at real world history: Irish Mythology, Slavic Mythology, the general Celtic cultures around the British Isles, the Aztecs, all of them written out or rewritten in some way that we don't even know what the original myth looks like, we can only speculate, Slavic mythos and culture specially got shafted), so to me that's what happened to the Zonai, the Lurelin people eventually forgot, with no one left to tell the story, only murals that are deep underground and far up in the sky that no one would remember or find until Link (Wild, Slate, Sage, whatever name y'all use or headcanon just BOTW Link in general) and his Zelda (Flora, or whichever name y'all use) eventually find them or if anyone in the Twilight Realm remember and care to tell the history somehow.

Also, since they expanded to Faron, it's very, very possible they met the Ordonian's and they intermarried with them because A: they were the closest people/tribe plus the most similar to them, and B: Geographically it would make sense, explain what happened to the Ordonians, plus also tie in nicely if anyone sees Twilight Princess Link as Breath of the Wild Link's ancestor, which I very much do by the way.

At least that's that from my perspective as someone who reads way too much history, mythology and who has been way too invested in Zelda Lore and the games ever since I was a kid, even if my sleep deprived ramblings likely look like this:

Anyway I'll stop here for today, regular posting content will likely happen later on. I kind of wrote this on mobile motivated only by sleep deprivation and spite and if I don't stop myself now I'll probably write an entire essay on this and I doubt many people would be interested in that.

Some loz au world building ideas.

The Hero of Hyrule ✨

I am done playing The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom, and my life has now lost all meaning. So I decided to try my hand at drawing Link, and ended up with a bonus Zelda 🩷

P.S. : Link is just a little guy, really.

I FUCKING. LO VE SPECULATIVE BIOLOGY/EVOLUTION

Aka what if the Zonai didn’t die out and were allowed to evolve over the tens of thousands of years it’s been in their respective regions.

A bunch of Zonai, since I’m still so mad that Rauru and Mineru were the last of their species :(

Simple question :

TOTK SPOILERS - who was that ancient hero, really?

some totk hc/idea stuff thats been sitting in my head for a while now :>

a bit after totk came out i already started coming up with ideas and theories about the history of hyrule, which also lead to imagining the three dragons as zonai. not sure why i never drew them until a year later, but oh well!

Do we know if we can undress Link like in botw? In botw the boxers he had were generated by the sheika slate (I think), so I don't think he wears the same ones in totk, please Nintendo, I want to thirst for him again (I think there was a scene in the trailer where he was shirtless, when fighting the stone talus with a weird thing he created with master hand, but we don't know what underwear he will be using if unequipping pants is an option) my gues is that he has either normal boxers or the hand creates something similar to the sheika slate ones

So we can fuse things now, and something they said to us is to not underestimate shield fusions, so a few ideas I had:

With a shield and an elemental chu chu/ore when it gets hit, the shield releases the elemental power of the mineral, so if you use a sapphire on a shield, when an enemy attacks you, it releases an ice explosion that freezes the nearby enemies

With a shield and an enemy part (like moblin guts) you can get the same effects you have when wearing a mask of said enemy, but only when the shield is up, this only works with the enemies who already can have this effect in botw using the masks

With a shield and a bat eye, the shield gives you more time to parry an attack, both before and after

With two shields, the defense either doubles or the shields stick each on the side of the other one and they cover a larger area when used

With a glowing material and a shield, you can use it as a torch, meaning that it does more light than the actual material, but the area of the light varies depending of what material you are using (a star fragment would be the most luminous)

With an ore that isn't an elemental one, the shield has more defense, depending on the ore it gets stronger and more resistant (a diamond would make it near to the hylian shield in terms of resistance), while flint would make the enemy catch on fire (and the shield too if it's a wooden one)

With a bat wing and a shield, the shield gets better at surfing, and if you use an elemental bat wing, its attack during surfing is of the said element

If there is a malice corrupted monster part in this game, fusing it with the shield gives the same effect as the majora's mask

If there are spikes, parrying with a shield that is fused with them causes more damage to the enemy

With a shield and a magic staff, parrying with the shield emanates the same element as the magic staffs

With a korok leaf and a shield, parrying emanates wind just like the korok leaf, it also could shake like the korok mask when a korok is nearby, but it would be less noticeable

With a torch and a shield, litting it on fire lights the surrounding area, permitting the player to use both a torch and a weapon at the same time

So there are flame throwers in totk, what if there are also their counterparts for each element? Like an ice thrower and a lightning thrower, but I think that would be too OP

Will there be a post game world? In botw we are forever stuck before defeating the calamity, but totk seems to have a more linear story: Link has to restore the master sword, find Zelda and defeat Ganondorf (possibly in this order), while in botw you can do pretty much what you want, you can either follow the full story, go talk to Impa, find the master sword, remember what you're fighting for, free the divine beasts and save Hyrule and Zelda from the calamity, or you can straight up go kill Ganon and save this lady that spoke you when you woke up. With the main event probably unlocking at the end of at least finding Zelda and restoring the master sword, it seems unlikely that the world will be on a loop again, because the events of totk will probably change the world of this Hyrule, and this is most likely the last time we impersonate wild!Link in a Zelda game, so it would be nice to be able to help the kingdom even after saving Hyrule once and for all, maybe have Zelda join in combat like Sidon and Riju in the trailer or even as a playable character with a whole new set of clothing and accessories.

What if we can change Link's hair in different hairstyles? Like we have the standard one and the one with long hair, so what if we could get other haircuts like the ones with the different hero's caps? We could have a hero of time haircut, a hero of the sky haircut, a hero of twilight haircut, a Lorule haircut which would be just Link with dark hair, and a Linkle haircut too maybe. The barber shop would be either in stables or in important cities, a Gerudo cut could make you look like a vay without the need of a veil so you can use whatever piece of clothing you want in the citadel, a Zora/Goron/Rito cut would make the species compliment Link for his sense of style (yes, only the Gerudo one is somewhat useful cause it's the only one that would make sense). Think of how much you could customize Link, it would be so cute