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lithi · 10 months
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Honestly? I see why the yiga are so insane about him. I, too, am utterly charmed by his rabid charm and silly antics
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parksrway · 5 months
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the one!! the only!!!!!
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princeoferror · 11 months
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Master Kohga's sacred bath time :p
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valictini · 10 months
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I was watching a video analysing how the Yiga clan were handled in botw and how the person analysing it lamented the fact that Kohga was a joke character who totally destroyed the much more threatening image the yiga clan had all throughout the game. Although I do understand the sentiment (I felt that way for a long time) I’ve come to realise that we might not be viewing it in the right perspective. I ended up writing a comment under that video explaining how I saw things, and realised that maybe it could interest people here too? So here is the fleshed out version of it:
I think part of why they made Kohga extremely goofy compared to a way less goofy clan of literal assassins is to emphasise how even though the clan originally held some understandable beliefs, it has become a cult of personality over the years, and like most cults, the leader is way less charismatic than his followers make him out to be. Indeed, from the outside, it seems absurd how anyone could take Kohga seriously, let alone kill under his command, but from the inside, Kohga is the Beloved Leader That Guides Them Towards Victory, and anyone threatening him deserves to die.
In a way, yiga clan members feel like vulnerable, impressionable people who were enrolled into a cult and given a Big Family and a purpose (and a lethal weapon) by their lovable Master Kohga who wants the best for them… Except if you want to get out, then you’re a filthy traitor who also deserves to die. It’s especially visible when you beat him and they all get personally mad at you for killing him. They didn’t care about Ganon, they didn’t seem to actually understand the bigger picture, they only cared about Kohga.
It also shows how, like the rest of Hyrule, the Yigas are very much disconnected from their own history, seemingly holding on the grudge their ancestors held more as an excuse to continue to enact violence and perpetuate the cult of personality than fighting for a “noble” cause. Only Kohga seems to actually care about Calamity Ganon, and the rest of the yigas seem to be just tools to him. Wether or not he’s actually conscious of what he’s doing is unclear. Is he a fully aware con artist, or is he purely another product of Yiga indoctrination?
So yeah, to me it feels like a parody/critic/mockery of cult dynamics. It shows that this gang of assassins are indeed a real menace, but for seemingly no reason other than “that one lunatic they admire told them to” and “if they go away they get killed”. The reason why the clan was originally created becomes almost anecdotal. Under the current leader, no one is required to actually know what they’re doing, they just need to follow orders.
In the end, I think it is the intention the developers had because cults are a rampant problem in Japan. At the very least, even if it’s not a actually conscious critic, it’s a concept that is much more present in their cultural landscape than ours and that almost certainly influenced how they handled the Yiga clan. Basically, cults are not cool and can even be dangerous both for the public and their members. Cult leaders especially are not cool and often are con artists. Therefore, Kohga couldn’t be badass, he had to be a doofus getting beaten in the most unexceptional way possible.
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magpie-murder · 10 months
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taboonle · 5 months
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Day 18: Boss
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frankiesbugs · 1 year
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I've read many theories about what will happen to Zelda in Tears of the Kingdom but hear me out, I remind you in the underground there's also a dumbass waiting to be rescued.
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serafina-zephyr · 10 months
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shuuda-arts · 9 months
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Master Kohga's Latest Construct (Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom)
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dumpster-lizard · 10 months
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I'm incapable of taking anything seriously
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awberryy · 10 months
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Link: If I think nobody remembers me, I know the 46 yiga clan members in my area do.
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nutty-play · 5 months
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No wonder this guy has a cult that worships him he fucking slays-
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ishimondoweirdo · 10 months
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It looks like the poochy tummy footsoldier is back from botw lol
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balonioni · 9 months
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princeoferror · 11 months
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Sooga isn't too sure of Kohga's idea for a new uniform....
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maceemayson · 11 months
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Fever sketches bc I got sick the day before totk released. Maybe I will finish them when I feel better
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