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I think of the Yiga characters you can talk to in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and encounter in missions and read about in quest descriptions in Age of Calamity.

Like the fellow at the Blademaster station who is genuinely happy to have a new colleague and welcomes your visits. And the one who encourages you to train at the Hideout.

The Footsoldier who's nervous when there's two Blademasters in the room with him. The one who complains about tailors.

The Blademasters and Footsoldiers in AoC who compliment Master Kohga and Sooga's skills (and Kohga's handsomeness) in their training missions. The fact that both leaders “rush to the rescue" of some Yiga being attacked by a Molduga. And how a whole group sticks together to the bitter end in the "Yiga Clan's Retreat" story mission.

The guys who are inventing the Hoverdoom and the Gloomdredger--using Zonai tech (without a Zonai arm) and Yiga magic and engineering. The ones in the Depths trying out new Zonai device combos for traps and vehicles. How they seem to really enjoy this kind of work and just zip around on their little contraptions. But also the ones down there who complain about it being too hot or too annoyingly full of monsters.

The Footsoldier at the Hideout who just really loves big huge spikes and calls them his babies ( @firefly-factory has an OC of him!). The one who "dreams of studying ancient tech," who is overjoyed when Kohga gives him an "oldfangled doodad" to mess with. The one who donates some ancient tech to the Sheikah scientists from the Yiga's stash, creating an "unlikely bond" between Sheikah and Yiga tech researchers (I hc that these two quests involve the same guy, and I have an OC of him!).

There's the Yiga who are working on supplying the others on Depths trips and writing the notes you find in the scattered bases. Those notes that clearly show the coordination and thought that has gone and will go into their continuing mission--which the Blademasters and Footsoldiers are aware of. They share their thoughts about the strange world of the Depths and speak of Master Kohga's goals and the Magnificent One etc. They know what's going on.

The disguised Yiga you run into on paths who talk fortune-telling and poetic metaphors about blood. The ones who attack Link expressly "for their fallen kin."

The Yiga who attend a disguise seminar and all start transforming themselves into Master Kohga. The fact that morale improves in the Clan after they see their Master working hard to perfect a powerful technique. The folks who hold secret meetings on how they can help Sooga with his many duties.

The Yiga who try to buy--not steal--all of the kingdom's mighty bananas but then are "moved" to stop hoarding them after a "small boy who loves bananas" and can't find them in shops anymore steals some from their camp. How the flavor text of these quests say the Yiga who did all that banana-buying want to start a new garden once the Clan is back on its feet.

I think about all these Yiga Clan characters who exist in canon. And I just. Wonder.

WANNA GET ROWDY?

so it all works up to the empathy boss - a bush era edgelord millenial trans girl who thinks she's Max from Sam & Max and is inherently unworthy of love

He asked: "Oh, was she the only son or something before *waves hand*?" and I was like, warily, no she has two brothers. And he responded with a great deal of confusion: "Then what's their problem?!?!"

This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.

every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.

not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.

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