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" now now my pearl, don't look so glum for I, the Zora King will take good care of you, my dearest Hylian "

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My BOTW playthrough part 7

Like an absolute dumbass, I took a torch and brute-forced my way up the mountain to the last shrine on the plateau. Took me like 20 minutes if I remember correctly but it did actually work… eventually

triton the true bi king, bro has a thing for cool powerful knightly men or sweet and cute princesses . . .

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More shrine of resurrection stuff for ya'll, since you liked it so much.

based off of @goldie-kun 's post

Specifically the aftermath.

Link wakes up, hears Zelda’s voice calling out to him and then listens to the King’s splinting of what happened. And he thinks, ‘ya I got to save her’

So he rushed to the castle and defeats Gannon with a soup ladle, maybe in worn cloths or just in his underwear, and saves Zelda.

And Zelda turns around all excited to see her knight only to be met with a man with no idea who she is, what just happened, or what has happened. The boy only knows his name because she told him.

But what are the consequences of running straight to the castle?

Sure he doesn’t have his memories but the divine beasts are also still out of control (say it’s left over magic, or that Gannon still has some influence. I mean according to Tears he’s still down below the castle.)

So now Zelda and Link have to go on an adventure together to unlock Link’s memories while also trying to free the divine beast.

I think you could have a lot of fun with Zelda watching Link. Because right now he’s a chaos gremlin who has had no pressure really put on him. He’s lively and friendly and talkative (verbal or sign your pick) and he’s so different from the knight she knew

But with every memory they get back he loses a bit of that. He will never be the stoic knight again but as his memory comes back so does the weight.

And Zelda in the beginning is desperate for him to remember everything. She wants her knight back. Not the stoic man she first met but the teen who had the weight of the world on his shoulders and still tried his best to help her, to be her friend. One of the only people in the world who understood her burden. One of the only people left who truly knew her.

Sure Impa, Purah, and Robbie are still around. But Link was by her side for everything. He will understand her grief. The feeling of failure that is crushing her.

Except as they travel and she sees how different Link is. How free and joyful and open. Things start to change. At first she was upset with him. How could he not remember? How could he leave her like this? But as she gets to know him as he is now, she starts to wonder who the real Link is.

The stoic knight? No she already knew him better than that.

The boy with everyone’s safety resting on his shoulders? So much so it silenced him.

Or the wild child she now knows.

Is it not better for him to have this fresh start?

With each memory Link unlocks he starts to lose that wild joy. He’s still a gremlin but the grief and feelings of failure are starting to overwhelm him. And Zelda realizes she doesn’t want to lose this version of Link either.