#jester zelda

Link's first impression: Wow she looks so serious. And bored. At her own party?? Nahh, this HAS to change. (Followed shortly by oh, she has an unexpectedly fantastic laugh for someone who looked so stiff! I gotta coax more of that out of her while I've got the chance.)

Zelda: This is so ridiculous. I don't need this. I'm not a child. He looks ridiculous. He's acting ridiculous. (Followed shortly by oh, I have never seen anyone humiliate that guy so beautifully... Maybe this party isn't so bad after all... I wonder... Can I keep him? 🤔)

Link's opinions on deities: Hmm.. I don't think Link has put a whole lot of thought into it. Any references he makes to them is generally purely for the idiom or phrase or joke rather than actually any sort of religious care. None of that really matters to him! Maybe that changes when he gets wrapped up in the whole hero thing. I think he doesn't care about them (not in a negative way, just a neutral way) because he doesn't exactly see them getting involved so if they exist, does it really matter? Makes no difference to him! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ At least that's how I see it for now. Subject to change since there's a lot I haven't figured out yet lol

Zelda's opinion on deities: This could go either way. Either she's a little bitter, or coldly neutral. I'm not sure yet. Depends on a lot of story aspects I haven't decided on.

Zelda's family: She's the sole ruler atm and has no family anymore. She did have I think both parents when Link first met her and was hired on as her personal jester, so I'm thinking something must have happened during the war, or maybe before the war? Maybe whatever happened started the war... Not sure yet, but she was definitely handling things on her own during the war at some point onwards, if not earlier.

Link's family: I don't picture him with any family. I can't see him with any attachments until Zelda, tbh, which makes me wonder if he was just an orphan or something. Made money performing on the streets and now has it pretty good. Gets paid well, probably has some land now that he doesn't even live on at all bcuz he's always at the castle haha

For Jester

What is their favorite PG swear word replacement?

He's got some more casual go-tos (shoot, rats, darn, etc), some slightly sillier sounding ones for when he's around certain company (fiddlesticks, biscuits, zooks, fish tail, etc), and if he's around a lot/certain people or sometimes just when he's in A Mood (tbh these are actually more likely the madder he is), he just spouts stuff. Whatever comes to mind comes out his mouth. "Jumping frogs in a shook up jar!" "Rattin' smackin' pies in the sky!" "For the sake of Din's underpants and the overclothes too!" Just. Whatever. Sometimes this means a series of unintelligible noises. You know those old cartoons where that tough guy would start muttering sounds that kinda rhymed but also were not really words while storming around? That sort of vibe.

Do they make faces at babies they see in public? Are the babies enchanted or horrified?

You betcha he does! His go to is just sticking out his tongue while shaking his head back and forth because, if he's got his hat on, they LOVE the jingles. Most babies enjoy him quite a bit!

Your character confidently turns to the audience and says, “Hey, check this out.” What are they about to fumble, and how badly?

First of all, tricks for audiences are thoroughly practiced! He'd never try something new/something he's not confident in unless it was an emergency or he knew he could play the fail off as a joke bcuz any fail incurred wouldn't result in an injury so bad he can't play it off.

With that being said, with some people, small groups in a more casual setting depending on who is there, desperate to distract Zelda from something, etc, he may be more inclined to just Go For It.

If that is the case, it could be any sort of complicated trick that probably involves a lot of flips and jumps, a lot of stuff tossed about that may or may not be dangerous if not caught properly, and/or being on high objects that may or may not be stable. Picture him flinging a dagger in the air and attempting to backflip over a desk to catch it on the other side, completely unpracticed, miscalculating the timing/distance, getting a cut on his hand and jerking backwards into the desk, knocking his head on it. He might be bleeding but hey at least the topic or focus has changed from whatever made him think he needed to do something drastic in the first place!

Why are they like this? Wrong answers only.

Before giving him up to the orphanage (he was a bit older when the happened), his parents gave him a rattle with bells on it when he was but a babe, and it altered his brain chemistry forever.

For Queen

On a scale of “tiny kitten” to “middle-aged dad” how loud are their sneezes

Her sneezes sound very polite. They're not super quiet but they're not very loud either. They're a bit quieter than average and somehow sound and look dignified. (Now I'm picturing Jester sneezing and it's just a cacophony and JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE)

Which holiday would they abolish?

Whatever seems to waste the most resources with the least amount of payoff. How much is being spent to decorate Castle Town, or make certain foods, or set up special events, and how much does it actually seem to affect morale, or generate business in return? Idk what that would be exactly (idek what holidays Hyrule would have tbh 🤔) but it would definitely have to do with those qualifications.

What’s their preferred excuse for not attending an event?

Terrible headache 😔

Do they steal fries?

Of course not. She simply requests her own.

Unless it's Jester. She'd steal his fries just because the offended, betrayed, wet dog look he gives her is funny.

Aaaaand.....

Two of your WIPs are having a crossover. Which characters are getting along the best? Worst?

I have so many of these!! So I put them into a random generator and let it pick who gets a crossover with Jester >:)

Stray won!

I think Jester would drive Stray crazy. He's just too much. He doesn't take things seriously. He's stupid and annoying. (And Jester is like geeze this kid has forgotten how to have fun. Yikes!)

Crown would turn her nose up at first. He just seems too silly and ridiculous. But the moment he figured out her sense of humor she'd be changing her tune. Actually, he's a very funny and fantastic person, and you should give him a chance, Link! (Stray: YOU CALLED HIM IMMATURE AND ABSURD JUST A FEW HOURS AGO!!) Jester asks her if she knows what sorts of things amuse her Link. They're whispering and scheming and it drives Stray up a wall that he doesn't know what's going on between them and what they're talking about and that just amuses Crown all the more.

Queen would probably view Crown as a little bit childish, but she'd certainly respect her for her hard work and efforts if this was post adventure. She's young, but doing phenomenal for her age despite the heavy load, and she'd do her best to give Crown pointers where she can. Crown would mega appreciate it. I think Queen would intimidate her a bit though. She's so regal and icy and proper and she'd feel like if she makes a single mistake she'll somehow instantly obliterate her with her gaze. Unfortunately, that is just how Queen looks. Resting icy face.

Boots' Zelda: I think pretty average? She's alright, she can manage, but she's not like spectacular or super speedy. She's good at keeping a level head though, so even if she got lost, she'd make a plan and go for it without panicking. Boots is kind of average too, but has a tendency to get more frustrated when he gets turned around, which just kinda makes him even worse lol

Crown: While her Link has a decent sense of direction (he might veer a little bit this way or that but ultimately head in the right direction), she's better at reading maps. And I'm not even talking about text as much as just like understanding it haha. He understands the basics - the cardinal directions and knowing which way he should head to get to whatever location, but the distance and stuff means nothing to him. He just knows Go That Direction and we'll get there eventually probably. Crown, on the other hand, struggles a bit more when it comes to the physical part of navigation, but the mapping part is easier. She does have a bit better memory for navigating dungeons though, actually. He gets a wee bit more confused when there's a lot of rooms set up in a complicated way, and looking at a map doesn't help him as much compared to Crown.

Love: It doesn't come naturally, but if she focuses, she's actually pretty good at remembering where she has and hasn't been, keeping track of landmarks, and so on. She needs to learn the actual navigation part beyond that, but once her Link teaches her, she's set. She's actually better than him at recognizing little details of similar looking rooms and remembering where they have and haven't been. But when it comes to bigger and broader navigation, long distances, he's better.

Queen: She memorizes places very quickly, but she's not accustomed to being in charge of actually getting places. She could absolutely get back to the place she came from though just because she'd remember the route taken and work it back. With a bit of learning, I think she'd be fine. Jester is surprisingly good at it. His brain is going a lot more than it might seem on the surface, and he's very spatially aware. He's kind of had to be his entire life.

Forest's Zelda: Unlike the previous one, I do have an answer for this one. (I wonder... If I should call her Castle or something... He's a child of the forest, and she's a child of the castle? Idk, I'll think on it. Opinions and suggestions always welcome for Zelda nicknames!) She doesn't have a very good sense of direction because she's never needed to exercise it... While her Link is the opposite. He might not know where he's going outside of the woods bcuz most of Hyrule is unfamiliar to him, but he can use the sun and stuff to navigate. I think she'll be a bit better by the end of their adventure since she'll have learned from Link though!

Bonus, not a Zelda, but... Sonya: I think she's pretty good! It might take her a moment to figure it out, but she could do it and it wouldn't take her ages. In a place where everything looks super similar, it might take her longer, but she'd manage. Better than her Link in an area like that, actually. He's just fine if he can see the sun, or if things look different across the board, though.

Wound up answering for (most of) their Links too just as a compare and contrast lol