#jester rants

the craziest thing about this quote i find is, again, not only is this Not touched upon in the game in the slightest, but how totk actively goes against this. i find it genuinely odd how going back in time to see her ancestors is “what changed her mind”

because if we think about this. right. with the fall of the kingdom after the calamity and the destruction of the castle and the castle town, zelda choses to put her people first and channel all of her energy into rebuilding the World rather than rebuilding the Monarchy. she chooses to rule amongst her people rather than Above in a fancy castle, something which the npcs in totk illustrate works so much better because of how much they love and adore her. zelda has so much more influence over her people and can help and do so much more as a princess on the Ground without any royal escorts breathing down her neck telling her what is and isnt a good idea. which directly shows that hyrule as a kingdom is stronger and much more united without an official monarchy. because people come together at the disappearance of link and zelda to find them, they build lookout landing specifically for it and work together to keep each other safe through the motivation of finding their heros because they’ve actually been given the chance to know them rather than a figurehead of them. in botw nobody really knows how to protect themselves, only a few travellers brave it in the wild and the majority stay comfortable in their towns until monsters start trying to intrude, but then in totk, after zelda’s Direct influence, they band together to protect one another AS WELL AS link and zelda. the people want to protect them because of how personal zelda’s help is

she has more power as a wandering princess than stationed in a castle!!!!!

pre calamity we know that realistically most people wouldnt have even known what she looked like, nor what she wanted for the kingdom or even her character since it was constantly getting smeared by gossipers around the castle, which would inevitably spread around. she was hidden behind doors in the castle as True Royalty and thus struggled to have any real impact on the world like she so desperately did. she tore herself to shreds trying to awaken her power just so she could help her people because there was nothing more she was allowed to do to help. and you’re telling me she would willingly choose to rebuild the monarchy and the kingdom as it was beforehand knowing that she can do so much more to help without the constraints of royalty??? doesn’t that just disregard all of her character development?????????

Silver - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

However if you in the DC fan base, specifically the Red Hood fantasy then you may have heard about Gretchen Felker-Martin's statement on Kirk's death, and DC cancelling her Red Hood comic. If you haven't, I give a screenshot of a post talking about it on tumblr.

Basically, what it boils down to is this. DC effectively punished a transwoman for making a positive statement about the death of a neo-nazi. They removed all her work, fired her and say its because of her being unprofessional. Bear in mind, these guys still promote Neil Gaiman's work. They still have Tom King (who has confessed to having had tortured people back when he was CIA) working on their comics. There are other writers who have done much worse than Gretchen that DC won't do what they did to her to them. Does that make sense?

Also! If you join the boycott against what's still out there of her work, you are part of the problem. If you celebrate the cancellation, you are part of the problem. If you think she's a worse person because she understandably didn't like Charlie Kirk, you are part of the problem.

Sonic/Shadow/Silver - Mario & Sonic at the Sochi Winter Olympics Games (2014)

Shadow - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games