#freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

more wind waker link panels because look at him. i love him.

#i was supposed to mipha post properly but im sleepy so you get wind waker instead. look at him <3 #every time i think about him i get happy #loz wind waker #ww link #wind waker #ww ganondorf #wind waker manga #freya talks loz

[aikoiya]

LoZ - Gerudo Nomenclature

I'm gonna put this here so that anyone who wants to help can comment or reblog what they think each name means.

If there are any other Gerudo names you know of, I'm all ears.

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Plot Relevant Gerudo:

Ganondorf = Warlock-Sorcerer. A Hyrulean transliteration of Gánōendōrfè; from Gánōen meaning "black magics" & Dōrfè meaning "sorcerer." - Both Gánōen & Gánōn are technically correct, however Gánōen is considered proper grammar & is thus more formal when it's used as a word rather than a name.

- Dragmire = Noble dragon general. A Hyrulean transliteration of Drāgamīr; from the words Drāga being an old Gerudan word meaning "dragon lord" or "noble dragon" & Mīr meaning "general." When put together, it translates to "draconian leader."

Kōme = In Japanese, this means "small plum." However, it's possible that her father was a Sheikah. If so, then this name wouldn't be Gerudo in origin.

Kotake = In Japanese, this means "little bamboo." However, it's possible that her father was a Sheikah. If so, then this name wouldn't be Gerudo in origin.

Nàbooru =

Ūrbōsa = Someone made the suggestion that Ūrbōs could mean "lightning."

Màkeela = Gracious.

Rïjú = Possibly meaning "seal friend;" from Rï meaning "friend or companion" & Jú meaning "seal."

Bulïàra (Rïjú's personal guard) =

BotW

At Large:

Pauda =

Bedi =

Anté (guard) =

Flavï =

Malena =

Balora =

Calïsa =

Desert:

Ampu =

Aroha =

Augissa (guard) =

Bàretta =

Bylla =

Ektis =

Esta =

Flegra =

Freya =

Kalàna (little Vai) =

Kàttōru (guard) =

Laina (guard) =

Konora =

Lànja (guard) =

Liné (guard) =

Màku =

Màtori (guard) =

Màrïna (guard) =

Mauva (elder) =

Neru (elder) =

Ōla =

Padoru (guard) =

Pinja (guard) =

Rinora (elder) =

Saiga =

Semidi =

Sumati =

Talïa (little Vai) =

Tekla (guard) =

Velora =

Sudra (guard) =

Emrï (elder) =

Kahu =

Piloru =

Ribia (guard) =

Lukàn =

Dālïa (little Vai that grows Wildberries) =

Totk

Gerudo At Large:

Karsh (Bedrock Bistro frequenter) =

Ramella (Goron City gem buyer) =

Payu (racer) =

Shabbone (elder race trainer) =

Rïsa (most martial minded of the Outskirt Stable Trio, enthusiastic about finding a Voe taller than her) =

Pasha (one of the Outskirt Stable Trio, doesn't think the voe she's met measure up) =

Dïna (one of the Outskirt Stable Trio, heard of the hero) = Passionate dance.

Kyra (at Dueling Peaks Stable, talks about twins & love triangles) =

Desert Gerudo:

Kohm (sand seal seller) =

Kàra Kàra Gerudo:

Faundï (Kàra entrance guard) =

Ripp (patroling Kàra guard) =

Boraa (young spearwoman) =

Maike (Kàra grilled meat vender) =

Saula (Kàra clothes vender) =

Kachoo (Kàra archery store owner) =

Shaillu (Kàra inn owner) =

Gerudo Town:

Dorrah (Gerudo Town east gate guard) =

Lorn (fruit vender) =

Dālïa (teen Vai & Lorn's daughter; owns the circle orb) =

Īsha (jeweler) =

Cara (jeweler) =

Romah (masseuse) =

Olu (masseuse apprentice) =

Danda (elder arrow vendee) =

Kalàni (teen Vai & Danda's granddaughter) =

Makure (little Vai & Kalani's sister) =

Pritàna (Voe & You studant) =

Spera (food vender) =

Àrdin (mushroom vender) =

Rima (elder) =

Frelly (sand seal vender) =

Pokki (archeologist?) =

Fegran (napping lady) =

Greta (Secret Club owner) =

Perda (wife of Wabbin & mother of Aaqlet, you matchmade them in BotW) =

Furosa (elder canteen owner) =

Pyra =

Sumàtï =

Deltan (Voe & You studant) =

Yaidō = Spearwoman.

Rōtàna (archeologist lady) =

Essa (sand seal sweeper) =

Bàbï (spearwoman) =

Smaudè (spearwoman) =

Leena =

Lïàna =

Kōtta =

Bàrta (cannon fanatic) =

Màrta (spear examining spearwoman) =

Teakè (guard trainer) =

Aaqlet (little Vai & Mattison's friend) = Daylight possibly; from Aaq meaning "day or morning" & Let possibly meaning "light."

Calybàn (callous romantic) =

Kàtta (Wabbin's guard) =

Ashai (Voe & You teacher) =

Nàli (Voe & You studant) =

Ploka (palace guard) =

Reeza (palace guard) =

Pàdda (Patricia's caretaker) =

Pearlé (teen Vai seal watcher & future scholar) =

Gerudo Names I Made Up:

Female:

Geladïna = The full name of the Gerudo Goddess of the Sand. Means "one who dances passionately upon the sand."

Sāqmàla = Name of the Gerudo Goddess of Life, Vivifatility, & Sex, & mother of Geladïna & Amàhrta. Translates to "one who lives without regrets."

Amàhrta = Name of the Gerudo Goddess of the Moon, Mirrors, Dreams, Prophecy, & Visions. Means "virtuous moon."

Kàvtrïna = Name of the Gerudo Goddess of Love, Passion, & Marriage. A sort of carry over from Hyrule as she was originally a Hyrulean goddess. Loosely translates to "bond of passion."

Tïsàla = Joyous.

Nīra = Amrit or nectar or pure water or liquor.

Sàvàrï = Circle of goodness. The name I've given to the ancient Sage of Lightning from TotK.

Male:

Jawàrik = The name of the Gerudo god of war, conquest, & strife. Ex-husband to the Goddess of the Sand. A name meaning "a strong, powerful warrior."

Gàlondo = Gerudo god of war, power, conquest, fire, lightning, pride, destruction, bloodlust, & the burning desert sun. The only begotten son of Geladïna & Jawàrik. Means "one prepared to battle in the sands."

Amïn = Safe. Translates to reliable, secure, faithful, loyal, straightforward, & honest.

Asïm = Protector; also an old name from before the all-female curse.

Jubàr = One who mends.

Hànrysé = Clever or proficient. The name of a prominent figure in the Gerudo myth called "King Hànrysé's Folly." In which, he was a Gerudo king from before the Division War that ended in the female-only curse. Due to his portrayal in the story, the name has now become associated with foolishness or arrogance.

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I'm sure that there are some names here that aren't of Gerudo origin such as Rhondson & Mattison likely are.

LoZ Cultural Masterlist

#loz #gerudo #gerudo culture #gerudo names #nomenclature #legend of zelda #naming conventions

[lanayrutower]

going from the hylink depictions in fandom and all the zelda games where link dedicates his life to saving and serving her to the skyward sword prequel manga is wild because you meet the first link, and he's just like. idgaf about hylia (the goddess). you gods are just as pathetic and powerless as we humans whom you supposedly reign above. why are you coming to me to fix your problems. why do we even keep you around. i don't want your stupid sword. the bird is cool, though.

#and then he dies and hylia is so enamoured by him she gives up her divinity just to figure out what his damage was <3 #we never find out what he was imprisoned for but i like to think it's blasphemy that got extended to treason (since hylia's ruling family #is directly attached to the goddesses) & they let him out being like 'sorry for the blasphemy and treason allegations. we know better now' #and he's like 'oh yeah no the blasphemy was 100% real. the treason not so much but i am very much blasphemous' #and then he walks off to save the day #skyward sword prequel manga #first link #freya talks loz #wkdhdks i love him very dearly. if i dont laugh i'll cry. i think if anyone deserves a ghibli adaptation it's him #his is the only loz story i've seen so far whose themes even remotely match up with ghibli's anyway imo

[lanayrutower]

ALSO does no one find it even a little weird how the old Zelda games firmly state that it's Hylia who built/was the first ruler of Hyrule (the king is just. sort of there), and then totk comes in and is like ahaaa no it's actually rauru who's so special and godlike actually. yeah, his wife was actually his priestess who once served him and then died stupidly because she wasn't paying attention. mmhm, she was also the reason ganon was able to take over hyrule and be super duper evil btw. uwu.

#THIS FUCKING GAME. THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!!!!!! stepping away from the imperialism and racism to talk about the misogyny for a bit because #haHAAAAaaa this game fucking has it all apparently!!!!!!!! #totk critical #if you're gonna be like oh but sonia very much isnt shown to be subservient to him and is actually depicted to tease him and shit #then that's good for you that you can see it that way but all i see is them realising what they did & desperately trying to course correct #while still refusing to change the power dynamic THEY created. they could have made her hylia's priestess! they chose not to! #and if youre gonna be like oh but it's the same with hylia and her chosen hero. there's a power imbalance there too. #yeah? there is?? i dont care??? i do have double standards but also please refer to systemic misogyny and women continually being placed in #positions lesser to men for my justification. but also no one is asking you to read this or agree with me and i dont feel the need to #justify myself #okay im done. sorry sometimes i remember this game exists and get filled with wrath #freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

this is who he is to me.

Variant:

#i thought about it for two seconds and said yup. i'll make that #skyward sword prequel manga #first link #freya talks loz #i amuse myself if no one else

[lanayrutower]

wh. why does he just stand there and dance.

#i love how the guy playing (SourceSpy91 on YT) stops and watches him for a second too. like yeah same dude #hsksgdksb i love zelda's design in this one she's very cute #freya talks loz #loz four swords adventures #shadow link

[lanayrutower]

im gonna say it. why didn't zelda just go back and slit ganon's throat with the wrecked master sword once she got it.

#'oh it's because the master sword was at less power' girl we don't KNOW that. all we saw was that even a tiny shard could pierce his skin #why didn't she just prance back in and stab it through his throat. botw zelda is my girl but totk zelda is dumb as bricks im sorry #she didnt even have the wisdom part of the triforce light up for her lmaoooo. im being mild but this fucking game still makes me so mad. #it's so fucking stupid im sooooo mad it won against spiderman 2 and jedi survivor. it deserves nothing. #totk critical #freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

Epona's name being an auto-input with the amiibo is actually so funny and sweet because it implies that, while Link may not remember Zelda or any of the other Champions, he remembers he had a horse, and her name was Epona.

#HORSE GAME! HORSE GAME! HORSE GAME! #botw #loz breath of the wild #botw link #freya talks loz #if the game wanted urgency they should have been like 'ganon has your horse'. i would have bolted. #on a more serious note it's like. he couldnt talk to anyone when he was alive but he didnt need to with her. they understood each other #through everything. i cant believe they dont just let me find her. MESSED UP. #botw epona #totk should have let him start a ranch. it's what he wants. i know it.

[lanayrutower]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mipha/Revali (Legend of Zelda), Link/Mipha (Legend of Zelda), Implied Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) - Relationship Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Implied Relationships, Love Triangles, Pre-Relationship, Post-Calamity Ganon, Unrequited Love, Rebuilding, Alive Champions (Legend of Zelda), Well. Some of them, Selectively Mute Link (Legend of Zelda), POV Multiple, Basically the fic where I try to answer the age old question: Can a fish ever truly love a bird?

Summary:

The sky and sea had lain in perfect reflection of one another since the dawn of days, waves tinted by the sun’s grace and wind sweeping like the ocean’s pathways; it was only natural that they should find themselves so in the Goddess’s chosen ones.

 They were locked in eternal symmetry, she and he, paralleled in their orbits yet never colliding.

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In which Revali and Mipha find each other in death the way they never did life.

#me posting anything is always that metronome meme with 'i want attention' on one side and 'if anyone sees this I will Explode and Die' on #the other. so if anyone sees this no you didn't <3 but also leave me a comment please <33 #loz breath of the wild #botw #miphvali #mipha #revali #botw fic #freya talks loz #I get on a plane soon. I don't have to deal with the consequences of being cringe for another five hours at least

[lanayrutower]

being a child of divorce will make you conscious of things like 'bird misogyny' and 'bird grounds for divorce'.

#making a post about it because i've reached rito village and i find it SO FUNNY how no one mentioned that the two most prominent rito women #(saki and amali) talk like they're being oppressed. saki is like 'my husband is teaching my toddler how to be a warrior even though i dont #want him to become one and also he's gone on some murderous revenge rampage that will likely get him killed and leave me a single mom. #could u help.' and it's like. girl im not sure ANYONE can help you now. leave him. meanwhile amali is juggling 5 kids while kass is off #doing... what /is/ he doing? fulfilling his teacher's wish? smtg like that? anyway they should both leave. it's not worth it. #freya talks loz #it's so funny. literally all i've ever heard about botw's rito is that they're warriors so i walked in assuming that meant everyone #and also the very many fanfics/art/comics talking about how teba would feel conflicted about leaving medoh to link because he's so young #like sorry babes i know he's hot but teba does /not/ feel conflicted about rearing child soldiers. he's creating one in his own house. #maybe he's different after the vah medoh quest or in totk but the whiplash of expecting that and warrior rito women and realising that's #not how it is at all is SO FUNNY. #rito women need to fly south to meet the town filled with hot muscular women to teach them about feminism. and bisexuality #i think i've met harth's wife too but i dont recall either her or him saying much about each other.

[lanayrutower]

ww link reigns supreme because has has three things that other links dont:

a stable home environment

a loving family

soup

#aaaaaaaaaand post. i love him sm <3 i was just gonna say a loving family and stable home but i think mc link might have that wjakdhsk #anyway. him <33 he also has that dgaf attitude and like 17 more expressions than the other links but let's keep it simple #ww link #wind waker #loz wind waker #freya talks loz #he has a sister! a grandma! soup! he doesn't know or care about hyrule's legacy! the king lets him ride on his back! he has a conductor's #baton he can use to control gods! he participates in auctions and wins! he's 10 years old! #i love him!!!!!!

[lanayrutower]

how is everyone so normal about loz ii the adventure of link. wdym it had two zeldas, one of whom had a brother who accidentally got her cursed into an eternal sleep which he physically tried to stop and then felt so guilty about that he ensured she would be protected for generations and that every single princess after would be named after her in hopes that she would someday be saved. what.

#INSANE. loz could make the ultimate game if they just brought back every single pair of siblings they've ever introduced. #loz ii the adventure of link #loz ii zelda #this is what aa understood. the sheer power of siblings. #someone must have made a post about all the siblings in loz by now. i must find it. i must know what parallels people have found #freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

bitches hate me because they're jealous of my mipha collection

#I STILL CANT DECIDE ON A PFP. I didnt think having too many good mipha pics would be my problem but she literally kills it in each shot #i chose this one because it semi matched with the blog but im not sure i love it. her other shots tend to be quite dark but she's so #gorgeous. this one kind of looks like she's the sun on my blog <3 i could just not make the pfp visible on the blog itself but. i want her #here :( anyway if i change everything 5 times over dont be surprised. #mipha #botw #freya talks loz #i also forgot i was supposed to be following loz blogs now so uh. if anyone wants to rec blogs thatd be cool sjkddhks

[lanayrutower]

this was too mean to put on anyone else's post, but it's actually vile how totk has some of the most beautiful imagery in all of video games. truly showing that sometimes, you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

#ok that last bit was really mean HAHAHA im sorry. obviously nothing against anyone who likes the game #my relationship with botw is complicated enough but /totk/???? vile. hate it. hate that it's so beautiful. they have a dragon girl and #a shot taken directly from movie hmc. affront to me personally. #(<- that's a joke) #totk critical #freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

now. why would you make him say that.

#context for 💕kate💕 in case u see this: yona is his fiancee #every time i remember anything about this stupid game i get annoyed but whipping out the history textbook and flipping to the japanese #occupation during ww2 and talking about how it might not be such a good idea to make a main plot point about swearing fealty to a god-king #who wants to 'unify' everyone seems a bit. y'know. intense so we'll complain about silly things instead #totk critical #freya talks loz

[lanayrutower]

girl, couldn't you have left me a note or something.

#THIS SCENE WAS SO NICE BUT THEN SHE SAID THIS LINE AND I WAS LIKE. YOU /KNEW/????? NOT EVEN IMPA OR PURAH WERE 100% SURE #zelda dearest i know you were pressed for time but couldnt u just. at least have told impa so she wouldnt have to find out 100 years later #and be sad. and also so they had time to write me a biography or something i could have had allergies i needed to know about #whyd u do me like that girl #botw #loz breath of the wild #botw zelda #freya talks loz #it's so funny i was like 🥺🥺🥺 zelda... and then 🤨 #im sure that's not how they meant it but it's so funny to think she heard impa talking about how he could lose his memories and knowing he #will and just going '.... eh. he'll figure it out.' so thats what im choosing to believ