My favorite sage 💚 ( don’t tell Tulin)
This feels like someone knocking on my door and saying "Welcome to the neighbourhood!" even though I've lived here for over 15 years
I don't like the Zonai's existence.
At least, not in the ultra-important way they exist in Tears of the Kingdom.
But then I think maybe that's hypocritical. After all, I love the Twili and the Minish! What about those (at the time of release) new, story-altering races?
And then I think, no, this is very different.
The Twili are a long-banished race of Hylians who have essentially been locked in a mirror world this whole time. They don't affect the entire series by existing, because there's only one way you could even run into them, AND THAT HAPPENS IN TWILIGHT PRINCESS.
The Minish are a race of tiny animal-like creatures from the sky that only innocent children can see. They're so tiny that you can understand them not having an effect on the series as a whole. And like I said, only children can see them. They're like koroks in that way.
The reason the Zonai's existence is so horrible to me is because it changes everything, particularly if you think their appearance in Hyrule is not long after Skyward Sword.
You're just going to tell me there has been this godlike race of dragon people living in the clouds this whole time? Well, we've been to the sky multiple times in Zelda, and I've never seen anything related to them.
They are also wayyyyy more technologically advanced than anyone else on the surface, which means them coming to the surface just throws off every game that comes after that.
Tears of the Kingdom tells you that everything that matters is Zonai. The first King of Hyrule is Zonai, all of the ancient ruins are Zonai, the dragons are (more than likely) Zonai, this game's version of the Triforce is Zonai, that Hidden Temple? You know the one with a giant (now-toppled) statue of Hylia in it? Oh yeah, that's Zonai too.
And the Zonai do nothing to deserve this. Apparently they just descended from the sky one day and everyone thought they were gods. How exciting. Like honestly I don't blame Ganondorf for being salty towards them! Rauru is much like the King of Hyrule from Wind Waker, in that, I have a hard time feeling sorry for him. But that's another story.
A huge concern I have is if this game is implying that Hylia and/or the golden goddesses were actually just Zonai. If the people already saw them as gods, it wouldn't be much of a stretch.
Additionally, a big plot point in this game is the act of "draconification." I mean that's a huge thing - it could make anyone live forever!
It's just exhausting to see a new Zelda game completely wreck the timeline with an unnecessary new race (we already had the Sheikah)!
And what about the Ancient Hero's Aspect? He seems to have some Zonai mixed in him...why doesn't this show in the other people of Hyrule? Or was the ancient Calamity after the traditional Zelda timeline...WHICH WOULD STILL MEAN ZONAI WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND BEFORE THEN?!?
It's just so exhausting to see a story and world you love so much be thrown away for this new race of all-mighty goat people.
If the Zonai had to exist, they should have existed in an alternate land - much like the Terminians in Majora's Mask
Unfortunately, it seems Nintendo is now too lazy to create a new world, so we're stuck with Breath of the Wild 2.0 - Korok poop and all.
Some random thought scenario that popped into my brain!
I just had thought that yes, Daisy is a near fearless tomboy.
But at the same time, what if she was also insanely supportive of the green guy here?
It’s like at first when she met him, she literally was surprised to how she could have met someone so scared of things.
But then, she becomes genuinely impressed the moment she saw his first act of bravery. And from there on, a funny gag of anything he does out of fear, she mistakes as bravery.
Why? Well, maybe she herself was once just like him when she was little! Much like Early Long-haired clumsy Daisy perhaps?
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