#mineru headcanons

[majorasnightmare]

from one mineru lover to another ... can i pleek hear the headcanons you have for her

KICKS DOWN DOOR

YES ABSOLUTELY

some loose context for the headcanons i have for her

the zonai hail from the silent realm and formed 3 major settlements originating from the decaying trial gates, one in the sky islands, one in faron, and one below in the depths (using the eldin gate that had since been buried under hyrules changing landscape). by the time of totks ancient era, the zonai had been slowly and steadily migrating back to the silent realm with mineru and rauru being the last to stay

hailing from the silent realm, the zonai culturally place a massive emphasis on self betterment through trials, self inflicted or otherwise, as a way of marking time through growth, in service to the goddesses

im using the oot elements, so the gerudo get spirit (which manifests as lightning) and mineru gets shadow, linking her to the sheikah and the technology theyll create

rauru and ganondorf are exes who had an EXTREMELY messy breakup before rauru founded hyrule

i can elaborate on that more (and will later) but for NOW

MINERU

so i headcanon mineru as this character thats deeply atheistic and autistic. which doesnt make a lick of sense until i explain it further lmao

mineru, to me, is this person thats deeply materialist, whereas her brother rauru is deeply idealist, and sonia is a staunch spiritualist (which is why her and rauru make such a good match for each other). minerus primary concern is The Real. the golden goddesses are Concretely Real but their influence is negligible. mineru grows up in a culture that dedicates themselves to spiritual self growth through trials of self betterment for, ostensibly, the sake of three goddesses no one will ever see or talk to or be touched by. they exist, surely, because the triforce exists, because their power exists, but mineru will never see them, hear them, talk to them, touch them, or see their hands mold reality. in every aspect she would care about, They Are Not Real. and so ascribing to a cultural norm of "betterment through trial" (needless struggle and self doubt) just. doesnt click for her. why chase spiritual enlightenment when theres shit to do RIGHT here?

shes this kind of gruff, non social person who nonetheless cares deeply and intensely but wants to dedicate her effort and energy to things she considers important. her brothers important. her work is important. vague divine approval? unimportant. shes more concerned with how things tick than the Grand Plan of it all.

a lot of this makes itself manifest in her role (in my headcanons and aus) as the sage of shadow, if you understand shadow as Unseen (Concealed) Truth. why do the islands float? how does zoanite work? what can we do with this energy? what can we make? how can we build on it? shadow magic, imo, requires a strong thread of creativity. its what makes OoTs shadow temple so brutal and the history behind it so heinous. but it isnt inherently bad. its creativity, imagination, the Unreal. its the drawing of a curtain and the throwing it aside. this underlying current, the need to understand How and Why, is what makes minerus cutscenes with this understanding so much more enjoyable to me.

mineru is this character defined by her inventions, whos headpiece mirrors the goggles purah and robbie wear, whos role as shadow, the creator the inventer the counterculture, will be revisited when the sheikah create technological wonders that will spread throughout hyrule. she makes a mech to house her soul to survive the thousands of years into the future. whereas other sages choose a successor, mineru says "youll see me there in the temple my damn self." because if you want something done right you do it yourself!

i headcanon mineru and rauru as hailing from the sky island zonai civilization, and theyre the last hyrule dwelling generation. she grew up watching these senseless tests of courage that just risked major injury for no good reason, and then her baby brother goes off to better himself because he wants to make a meaningful impact in the world, and it just cascades into a dominos of bad decisions. she doesnt put any stock into divine intervention because the only people who can save anything are us. i picture her being endlessly fascinated by her home and the constructs and that curiosity being the foundation for a lot of what she does from there on out. becoming a fantasy mechanic, an inventor, getting down into the nitty gritty of a machine and getting covered in grime and oil but not caring because theres a problem that needs fixing and she has a wrench. voraciously tearing into any book she can find, any historical record, being this treasure trove of information and trivia and history because she cant help but come back to those questions, how?, why?, again and again.

itd be easy to hear her described as anti social and gruff, and see her interpreted as a little standoffish and blunt, and end up viewing her as kind of an ass, and you wouldnt be wrong per se but its really just that mineru only really puts effort into a relationship she cares about, and she really REALLY pro cons that shit. her first and foremost concern is rauru, her little brother, and as the zonai migrate back to the silent realm, her last remaining family. when rauru descends to the surface in search of problems to fix and Be Of Help, mineru correctly assesses his budding relationship with the gerudo royal is one fated for disaster, because nothing good comes from entering a relationship just to "fix them" regardless of how well intentioned and kind hearted you may be. because of this she doesnt invest much into getting to know ganondorf as he interacts with her brother, because shes expecting it to blow up and doesnt want any of that blowback. nevertheless when that comes to a head in the WORST possible way (a situation in the au that results in the creation of the gibdo queen, the first blood moon, the deaths of several gerudo guards and the eventual deaths of koume and kotake, a situation that will then contribute to The TotK situation) mineru beats herself up every day for not being more involved. her brother is sweet, and truly believes in the ideals of the zonai he was raised with, that to struggle is to overcome trial and better ones self, and such an effort is a spiritual responsibility of those hailing from the silent realms, created by divine hands, because of the power theyre capable of wielding. she cant fault him for that, because rauru IS capable of great good and he WANTS to help people so bad, but as mineru surmised years earlier, when your inundated with this concept that You Have Power and your Obligated To Use It, you never stop to think that maybe you arent the best person to solve this issue. you cant use a wrench for a screwdrivers issue. and knowing that, knowing rauru is driven to help but too inexperienced to know what he CAN help with, mineru feels responsible for not stopping him from biting off more than he can chew. (rauru, on his end, solely blames himself)

so shes a bit More Present when he meets sonia and when his idealism leads him to found hyrule, she stays close, but she really can NOT be assed to be dragged into politics because jesus christ. no. but she continues to be like. Peak Older Sister. every time rauru has a problem, shes the one he turns to. every time rauru wants advise, he asks mineru. he loves her a lot and relies on her guidance because he considers her one of the smartest people he knows (she is, along with sonia) and even though most of the time its rauru once again trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, theyve basically been abandoned by the rest of their people (who have written hyrule off as this kind of Fun Ordeal but Not Worth It as they go on being fucking. philosopher kings in a realm of Eternal Silent Trial where you can freely perfect whatever magic bullshit you want without worry of a body count or, ya know, consequences because very little is physically tangible there). mineru isnt going to like. continue that trend, and just leave rauru to it. hes a grown adult for sure, but that just means its his responsibility to grow and change as a person, not that he cant ask for help. especially because she doesnt want him to handle everything alone

so shes hands off with the hyrule business, and plus sonias got a good head on her shoulders, shes a nice balance to raurus Impulsive Do Gooding and helps him move from individual action to Systemic Good (tho that in itself is another one of Raurus Bad Impulsive Ideas because founding a Divine Kingdom of Good is a fools errand). and for the most part mineru is fairly assured that it wont blow up too horribly (*loud incorrect buzzer*) but man. when they show up with zelda.

so raurus very much a "im divinely obligated to help people" and sonias v much a "fate ordained our meeting" type and mineru is very very much Not That. but zelda? zelda is so much closer in personality to mineru, so when rauru and sonia show up with this girl from the future that theyve basically adopted, minerus like "alright you are once again Back On Your Bullshit so im NOT getting Into It" AND YETTT. zelda ALSO cant stop asking how? and why? (because light and shadow are closer than most people think), and zeldas so invested in what makes this tech work, how it functions, what makes it go, and while rauru and sonia try to give zelda the best they can, zeldas also similarly thrilled to get her fancy white dress all gunked up with oil cuz theres a plug that needs reconnecting and mineru cant get her hand thru the gap. they get on like a house on fire and despite herself mineru loves zelda. absolutely adores her. which was NOT on todays to do list, for sure. and so despite herself mineru is now including zelda in her (very small) circle of family and similarly mineru is this gruff no nonsense figure zelda can earnestly talk to whos similarly concerned with the Real and the Practical and how it can be applied to solve our problems instead of omens chasing and prophecy fulfilling. which is why mineru goes out of her way to help zelda in a way she generally doesnt for sonia because well. zeldas basically her niece. and sonia can handle herself. and also zelda loves hearing about weird programming quirks in the constructs. so its really just kind of inevitable

but minerus pursuit of knowledge is why she knows about draconification (and rauru doesnt), and why rauru comes to her for help because thats kind of his habit. its a lot like asking big sis to beat bowser for you cuz you cant get it, and like she clowns on you for it but still takes the controller.

and when rauru and sonia are like "the ganondorf situation is Our Problem and we arent involving zelda" mineru is 100% behind that because uhh YEAH rauru it IS ur problem this is YOUR ex and your series of Questionable Decisions, but also why she throws herself into it because she does still carry that responsibility. she still feels that guilt for not protecting rauru from himself as his older sister, and that so many people suffered, and that now more people she cares about ARE suffering and WILL suffer. a feeling thats compounded by raurus sacrifice sealing ganondorf

understanding how the sky islands float was a childhood dream of minerus, to understand the hand of the divine and make it tangible and real, and while she achieves that, with the help of someone who really truly gets her and her work, the context surrounding it is so grief stricken and heart rending it thoroughly spoils the joy of scientific pursuit, which is probably why it isnt something mineru records in a lot of detail. in a lot of ways mineru loses all the people she considers family to that same Hand of Divinity, which imo makes mineru being atheist more richly thematic and adds to her character. its this combination of "am i being punished for my lack of faith?" alongside this determination to assert your individual power in SPITE of divine influence, taking herself to the present by her own craft and the sheer power of ingenuity and creativity and the aid of an equally learned peer. also her spirit bond is on the middle finger. i love that for her

this is long as fuck so im throwing bonus thoughts in the tags

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[zoroshark]

So this was also in the works before the game came out, but I finally finished it now, at least the first part. I have a headcanon/AU where the three dragons (Naydra, Farosh and Dinraal) were Zonai before the whole dragon thing and they were basically auntie/grandmother figures and advisors to Rauru and Mineru. I’m planning on draw the other two later, but for now, have my iteration of Naydra! (its a rough mini ref, so it’s a little messy)

In my headcanon. Naydra was the youngest of the trio and the closest to Rauru. While she’s mostly quiet, she was very sweet with a bit a mischievous side. She was very protective of the two siblings as they are the youngest of what's left of their people. Like her dragon state, she has the ability to control and manifest ice. Her and Dinraal tend to butt heads the most out of the three, but at the end of the day they usually make up and still care/love each other very much.  What the little writing says on the mini ref: (pointing at her) Shortest of the 3 dragons. (pointing at Rauru) Closest to Rauru. (pointing at Naydra) Most protective of the three. (pointing at Mineru) Thinks babies her and Rauru too much

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[fawkoff]

Headcanons with no proof but I js feel it y’know?

Ganondorf is flat. That man has no ass.

Sidon doesn’t know fully how to express love because when Mipha died he didn’t interact with many people for like 20-50 years.

Link and Zelda have separation anxiety.

When link gets sick it hits him like a freight train but he’s only sick for like 3 days. While Zelda is the opposite it comes on slow she is out of commission for a day in the middle of it but otherwise she’ll have not more then a cough, congestion, and maybe a sore throat if its really bad.

Mineru is Rauru’s older sister and she makes sure to tell Zelda ALL the embarrassing stories abt him.

Sonia sometimes gets sick with things with similar symptoms to what killed out the Zonai so it worries Rauru

Link and Zelda got married 2 years before the events of totk

5 years passed between BOTW and TOTK

Link is 4’11

Idk thats all for now.

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[cryptid-called-ash]

Totk where everything is the same but link is the sage of spirit and a descendant of mineru.

Rauru being confused when the spirit ring is already active when link wakes up despite not being able to summon anything.

Meanwhile in the past, mineru just starts laughing hysterically for no reason and everyone is confused.

Link and mineru have time-travel psychic zoom calls and gossip about things. Mineru using the information link gives her to fuck with the others.

Chaos gremlin + wine aunt = pure fuckery.

Link gets a spirit form and can sorta interact with the tear visions, but only mineru and Zelda can see him.

Link having dragon horns, a tail, and markings in his spirit form.

Rauru’s arm permanently fusing to link, even appearing in his spirit form.

That’s the good shit

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[dracocheesecake]

I imagine when they were small Mineru was the type to always bring Rauru to everything. Like she would not leave her baby brother anywhere alone she would just pick him up or hold his hand when he got a little bigger and be like "Can my brother come, too?...He's coming, too."

Basically she didn't need a baby doll she had Rauru.

#legend of zelda #loz tears of the kingdom #rauru #mineru #headcanons #I'm sorry this just popped into my brain and I had to share it because wholesome #also rauru is the little sibling that grows taller than the older sibling

[avalypuff]

I have more headcanons that I don’t think I can make into detailed stand-alone posts on their own, so I’m going to compile them here.

If it wasn’t clear, I absolutely love Rauru, Mineru, and what little we know of Zonai as a whole, so these are all about them as well a few snippets of their culture. Please refer to this post for my views on hybridization with other races.

Headcanons are under the cut. Oh also, just to clarify, I’m a believer that BotW/TotK are their own separate entities totally separate from all past games including SS. Please keep that in mind if anything “doesn’t add up with the timeline” :)

Food

• Zonai are carnivorous (this I believe is more than just headcanon, going off the fact all their teeth, even their molars, are sharp). While they can eat fruits and vegetables in small portions, they can’t sustain a healthy vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and will eventually become malnourished and sick without meat.

They’re also uniquely capable of digesting monster parts, unlike Hylians who get sick even from thoroughly cooked parts. Zelda was particularly surprised/concerned to see Rauru enjoying some Octorok calamari, and the following occurred:

“You can eat that?” -Zelda

“I can. Unfortunately you cannot.” -Rauru

• Rauru loves sweet food, such as glazed meats, and brown sugar steaks, while just about the only thing Mineru enjoys enough to eat consistently is a simple dish of spicy meat skewers. Rauru himself has no tolerance for spiciness. Never had, never will.

Physiology and Culture

• Zonai men are commonly known as “bucks” and women are “does” (like deer—goats too, lol)

• Zonai shed. Particularly in spring, as the weather gets warmer. Their fur might be short, save for areas where it grows longer and scale-like, but it doesn’t go unnoticed, especially when you’re sharing sheets with one.

• The third eye doesn’t have the same type of sight that their main eyes have. It’s an organ used to focus their magic, hence why it never opens unless they’re conjuring a huge spell.

• Males grow four horns, which, if not filed regularly*, can grow up to several inches, with the lower set remaining smaller and shorter.

Females cannot grow horns at all.

In the case of trans individuals it’s not uncommon for does to choose hairstyles that would hide their horns from view, but it’s in no way frowned upon to show one’s horns or lack there of if gender doesn’t align with physical appearance. De-horning is an extremely painful procedure, and not expected, though some opt for it anyways.

*Rauru files his horns each morning as part of his personal care routine.

• Fancy headdresses that give the wearer large, ornamental horns (think the dragon armor sets Link wears) are worn by both does and bucks during ceremonies or even celebrations/parties. Everyone loves them.

• Zonai don’t really have surnames. Instead they practice naming conventions based on their fathers’ names. In Mineru and Rauru’s case, their father’s name also ended in ‘ru. This wasn’t practiced by every family, mind you, but definitely by nobility.

• They don’t really kiss. Their lips physically can’t curl outwards like that. Instead, they share affection with tender nuzzling (gentle biting and licking when things get steamy).

Rauru loves being kissed by Sonia though, and always returns her affection in a Zonai way.

• Families typically consisted of mother, father, and one or two children at most. They had slightly longer lifespans than Hylians (Think a couple decades. Nothing extreme.) but didn’t breed as often, so their numbers were already low when they began going extinct. More on that in a minute.

• The same attributes of Zonaite that made it an efficient fuel source also give off a strange and poorly-understood radiation that invokes feelings of greed in those who spend a lot of time with it. This is part of what originally lead the Zonai to the surface, then later all the way into the depths, where they built mines all throughout in their desperate search for more.

As fate would have it, the depths concealed more than just tons of Zonaite. There is an entirely different ecosystem down there, with plant life, animals, and insects unknown to the surface world, as well as less... desirable life forms. Opening up and exploring the depths, as well as putting forth massive construction efforts to build mines, exposed the Zonai explorers to the first strains of a virus that would eventually devastate their entire civilization.

It didn’t happen all at once, but gradually over time they realized people who spent time in the depths were getting sick, and for some reason it was only the Zonai who were succumbing to the illness. More Constructs were brought in to aid with mining in place of people, but the damage had already been done and the virus was making its way to the surface world as well as the sky.

Despite the best efforts of researchers and doctors, the virus was spreading and mutating too fast, and 100 years after originally digging into the depths and unleashing the sickness onto the world, almost all the Zonai were completely wiped out.

• Mineru and Rauru were born at the tail end of the pandemic/mass extinction, and by the time Mineru was a teenager and Rauru almost as well, they were the last of their kind.

Rauru and Mineru

• Rauru, while used to being revered as a god by Hylians, doesn’t exactly enjoy it. …This I feel is supported somewhat in the scene where Ganondorf is loading him up with praise. Granted Rauru’s clear discomfort could just as easily be attributed to Ganondorf’s thinly-veiled threats. I like to think it’s both, as we also learn from the Ancient Tablets side quest that part of what caused him to fall in love with Sonia was that she was unafraid to speak to him as an equal, unlike everyone else who reveres him. This headcanon is a play on the trope “it’s lonely at the top.”

• When Rauru first proposed to Sonia, with a Secret Stone no less, she rejected him. Her reasons being she didn’t want to marry out of convenience, or duty, but for love above all else. A kingdom cannot thrive without love, after all.

Also, despite her excellent judge of character, and knowing that Rauru’s intentions were pure, more than anything she wanted him to understand his own reasoning for wanting to marry her, as well as to be aware that she’s her own person, and just because he is Zonai does not mean he can have whatever he wants all the time. (Referring to the previous headcanon, he may not like being treated as a god, but he’s used to it. It’s important to remember that, even in fiction, people are complicated.)

Sad, but wishing to understand and consider Sonia’s words, Rauru was going to let her keep the Secret Stone, but she gave it back to him. Their friendship continued to grow from there, and the next time Rauru asked for her hand in marriage, having grown as a person himself, Sonia accepted.

• Rauru doesn’t enjoy being called cute. It embarrasses him a lot, actually. By adulthood he’d decided it’s a waste of time to try and protest (he’ll always be Mineru’s cute baby brother) but he tries his best to ignore those comments.

• Mineru used to call him “Ru” or “Ruru” when they were young. He absolutely hated it.

• Mineru was very small as a baby. Even as a child she remained short, and when Rauru was born she was delighted at the prospect of being a BIG sister. Her joy was relatively short-lived however, as by age 10 Rauru had already grown taller than her. Although she’s taller than any Hylian, of course, Mineru is still short by Zonai standards. It doesn’t bother her anymore.

• We know that Rauru would often sneak away to hunt in favor of his duties as King, but I like to think it was not animals he was hunting, but monsters. He loved a thrilling fight.

• Rauru’s earrings are all clip-ons. By his own admission his ears are way too sensitive to endure being pierced ten times! In fact, because Zonai ears are one of their most sensitive parts, clip-on earrings were very common for others as well.

• Mineru learned all about Zelda’s friends from their time together, but nothing could have prepared her for meeting Purah 10k+ years later. Despite Mineru knowing she didn’t have much time left after Ganondorf was defeated, she enlisted Purah’s help in building a flying machine big enough to carry everyone up to Great Sky Island. The two bonded fast—maybe even faster than Mineru bonded with Zelda. Had things been different they might have even shared a romance… alas, as she often had to remind people in the present day, “I am only a spirit.”

Purah still thinks about her often.

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footnote: I left politics out of this post to keep things neutral so these could apply either way. I have my own opinions on Rauru’s leadership, but that’s for another time. :)

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[juniette13]

Purple Mineru my beloved

I’ll be drawing Rauru next, I’m aiming to make headcanon designs for my LoZ RP server

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[tumblingdowntheway2019]

Master List Here!!

Because it has yet to be told what Zelda did or felt exactly during her time in the past, other than learning with Sonia as her mentor about her powers, spending time with Mineru for studying and what we see in flashbacks, I decided to have some fun and make a huge list of Head Canons about her time in the past. Enjoy!! (Under cuts for spoilers and not taking up your feeds space.)

💪😎💕

1. After the initial introduction between the Past King and Queen of Hyrule, Zelda fainted. It was Sonia who was able to catch her as she fell forward and noticed the plume of Gloom eminating off of Zelda.

2. With the use of the Light Power from Rauru and some Sundelions used in their herbal medicines, Zelda was as right as rain by the next day. She would explain the events leading up to her being sent to the past and how Link took the brunt of the Gloom, but her adrenaline rush meant that she didn't notice that it got her as well, just enough for her to feel feverish and drained.

3. This had also lead her to be near inconsolable during her first few hours there as she was worried sick for the people of her home, especially for Link.

4. The only way she was able to calm down was thanks to Sonia. She promised that she would teach her to control and understand her powers, more so the Time Powers as Zelda currently has the Secret Stone in her possession.

5. Zelda had offered to give the stone back on many occasions upon learning that it bore the same etchings as Sonia's, so it must have been hers originally. But Sonia, again reiterating that she sensed her and Rauru's power within Zelda, trusted her to keep a hold of it, even making the necklace we see her wear.

6. Zelda had actually borrowed one (1) Sonia's old dresses from when she was younger, until her own outfit was ready by the Tailor Construct.

7. Zelda had felt uncomfortable with it at first as it reminded her of her time praying to the Goddess, Hylia, for her to grant Zelda her abilities that came too late to make a difference over a hundred (100) years ago.

8. Sonia understood and apologised, she understood what it meant to do such a rigourous task, as she had to do the same for her Time Powers. It was easier but still unpleasant.

9. This was when Zelda started to realise that it was nice to be understood from her point of view. The conversation even made her forget she was wearing the dress.

10. The Tailor Construct had Zelda's outfit ready within a couple of days and this is the outfit we see in the game.

11. Time with Rauru had been the same, he told stories of his youth. The difficulty he had when he learned of his light powers and his Zonai heritage and the expectations of living up to that, especially now that he was a King.

12. Now comfortable, it was time to meet Mineru, who had been keeping tabs on Zelda via Sonia and Rauru. She had done some studying on how to help the stranger who claims to be from the future. It would give her a break from creating her Golum Construct after all.

13. It didn't take very long for Mineru to believe Zelda, as seen in the her flashback. Shiekha were not commonly seen at this point in time, considered an Urban Legend. So to see the Purah Pad and their symbols on it, it was without a doubt that Zelda is telling the truth.

14. After their meeting, Mineru offered Zelda the opportunity to use her library should she ever want to. Even if it's not searching for a way back home. The door is always open. Zelda did about a week into her stay there.

15. There was no doubt now that they were related, Rauru and Sonia found them hunched over a load of books and papers as they were talking about possible attachments for the new Golum Construct.

16. "Ok hear me out, anything. You can detach what you don't want. Fans on your back for speed, rockets, gliders. And cannons for each arms!" Aaaannnnd they've been hooked on the possible combinations and what the battery consumption would be ever since and missed the evening bell for dinner.

17. They had to be dragged out. Zelda being over Rauru's shoulder as he held Mineru around the waist to drag her. Zelda was like a confused kitten at that point. Sonia had seen this many times between the Zonai siblings but now their descendant? She couldn't stop chuckling at the thought of it now.

18. When Zelda had learned about the Zonai Diving Ceremony, she had eagerly asked Mineru what it was. The answer? "That's how I found out about that I can separate my Spirit from my body, I swear!"

19. Rauru offered to take her to one (1) of the sites for the Diving Ceremony, while also backing up Mineru's claim. It had been a running joke since their childhood. She even learned that Sonia got to try it as well and that what made her eager to try it out.

20. She immediately began regretting it as soon as they were at the location. She knew it involved diving into water. But not from THOUSANDS OF FEET!!

21. Sonia, with her own sky diving outfit, did not hesitate to jump as she charged off the edge, finding it funny how Zelda yelled "WHAT IN THE NAME OF HYLIA-" before the winds cut off the rest of her sentence as she decended to the pool below at high speeds with a loud "WOOHOO!"

22. As Rauru explained more about how it was the Zonai Tradition that allowed them to prove their courage and enter adulthood, Zelda couldn't keep her gaze off of how casually Mineru walked to the edge, seeing how far down her sister in-law had gone before turning around.

23. She then proceeded to lean and fall backwards off the edge. Arms folded and everything. Zelda gasped at the sight before running to the edge to see that Mineru had turned to dive properly. But not before giving her a little wave while doing so.

24. Rauru couldn't help but laugh at the reaction, remembering his childhood as he watched the others partake in this challenge. He offered Zelda to hop onto his back so she won't be left up there since the others jumped before he did. Zelda agreed. Link does this all the time, surely she can face the challenge no problem. It's a straight down fall, no obstacles.

25. "M-move ov-over Mineru, I-I-I declare myself the new Sage of Spirit!" Zelda declared with her jittery and shaky voice as she had a death grip on the stone of the waters edge. The adrenaline rush was marvelous and she felt alive, but not eager to do it herself anytime soon. She think she lost her spirit halfway down, no idea, don't care, let's do it again.

26. She dives with everyone a few times before she decided to finally do so herself. Sonia had promised to be with her should anything happen. Zonai were built for this sort of thing, so a fellow Hylian brave enough to literally dive head first, not even seconds upon arriving might Zelda add, is comforting.

27. After confirming she knows what to do, and that Sonia's time powers can recall her if need be, they await for Zelda to jump.

28. Thirty (30) seconds. Not bad. The experienced did it in half the time but Zelda still beat the thirty-five (35) second record. This, actually made Zelda anxious.

29. The First Royalty were very concerned at this. It was then they learned that Rhoam had always expected Zelda to push herself to do things perfectly. To always out do the opponent and if you couldn't do it, it was deemed worthless and to get back to studying and unlocking her powers. She was afraid that they would scold her for not getting the record broken. That she wasn't worthy of trying again after being told how to and practiced with them so many times.

30. Well now, that wouldn't do, it took a little convincing, but the Trio assured the young Princess that it had taken them many attempts to even just jump from that height. Rauru especially because he always had Mineru to care for him. If she wasn't comfortable jumping, she doesn't have to. Or they could jump with her, they don't mind, they've done it before.

31. Zelda gathers herself for a few moments before deciding to jump with them. Eventually getting the hang of it to jump herself. The Zonai had allowed her to grip onto their backs due to their height, so now Sonia had the task of teaching her how to do it on her own. Even taking off her gear to prove a point.

32. This is when Zelda came to truly appreciate the experience. The thrill of having the wind blow through her hair, freefalling and diving towards to water below. She felt free in this moment. Whooping and cheering with pure joy as she had beaten the her own record by a couple of seconds.

33. The three (3) chuckled as Zelda didn't even wait for them after finding out that if she beat the twenty-five (25) second record, that a piece of skydiving equipment was a reward. Seeing Sonia wear the whole outfit made her determined.

34. Zelda finally completed the Courage Island Dive and got this shirt to prove it.

35. She did not do the other two (2) however cause way too many obstacles to do without a paraglider...and a few fairies...yeah she'll stick to the ground thank you very much. For now anyway.

36. Sonia mentioned how it's after the diving that's her favourite part. Zelda didn't know why until they were drying themselves off.

37. Oh Hylia, Zonai are super fluffy!! She knew that their body was all fur but it still caught her by surprise at how fluffed up they've gotten when they dried themselves. She couldn't help but reach out to Rauru's ear to feel it.

38. She quickly backed off when she realised what she was doing when the King looked at her. He just chuckled and said he didn't mind, Sonia did it all the time.

39. It was also the first time Zelda had seen Mineru with her ears going downwards. And couldn't stop laughing when she made a sassy comment and Rauru response was to shake the remaining water in his head, soaking her again.

40. All in all, it was a fun day for Zelda and made her more excited to learn their culture and language.

41. Each of the Trio had their own job when with Zelda. Sonia taught her how to control her Recall abilities. Rauru taught her the political and job part of being a royal as well as understanding more of her light powers despite hers being stronger due to her being the reincarnation of Hylia. And Mineru taught her the language of the Zonai, their history and technology.

42. They had no set timetable for this. Zelda was free to learn whichever she wishes to learn on whatever day, so long as she informs them before hand. It was no suprise that she spent just a bit more time with Mineru. It reminded her of her time with Purah, Robbie and Impah.

43. One (1) day, while they were studying more into what could help Zelda on what could return her to her time, her arm accidentally brushed against Mineru's ear while she was in a ladder to get a book. That was how she found out that on instinct, a Zonai's ear would flatten against their head. (Inspired by a gif of Zelda and Mineru I saw here but can't find anymore. If you see it, I commented on it, please let me know. 😭😅)

44. This has become a fun way to get her attention when she is mostly distracted in reading.

45. Zelda would also just place her head on top of Mineru's, similar with how Sonia does it with Rauru, cause fluffy. Mostly when she is sleeping or bored and this gets her attention, though she had to be higher up to do so.

46. Rauru had introduced Zelda to the leaders of the Zora, Rito and Goron and a Gerudo Warrior who has been working close with them since she left the Gerudo Desert years ago. She reminded Zelda an awful lot like Urbosa and Riju.

47. While still under the guise of just being a close relative staying with them, Zelda would retell stories of her companions. Often accidentally upsetting herself but thankfully most of those memories were happy ones that long made her no longer cry.

48. She even gave some advice on medicine and techniques from her time, that may have unintentionally ended up being passed down to their descendants and back to Zelda, only for this loop to happen again.

49. Sonia often walks with Zelda outside of the castle grounds, teaching her more about her Recall ability, reminiscing of how she and Rauru met as children, how Mineru was often protective of her little brother due to the fact that she mainly raised him, how to put on their body paint and wash it off, essentially the mother Zelda longed for after the death of her own and Urbosa.

50. Zelda was often found in the Library, on occasion sleeping there because she wanted a way home soon, but not as urgently as before and using this opportunity to learn more to help those in her time.

51. She and Sonia were caught mimicking the Zonai one (1) time. Mineru had left her her head piece in her office, and Zelda originally impersonated Purah, which Sonia responded by mimicking Rauru in their make belief argument about the use of a floating stone, then the Zonai walked in as Zelda mimicked Mineru in the best sounding wise voice she can, and both turned red when caught by them laughing at the door. The headpiece falling onto Zelda's face as it was a little too big for her.

52. It wouldn't be the first time that Rauru and Sonia found random plaits in their hair after sitting back to back with Zelda. Sonia and Zelda often play around with Rauru's, adding flower decoration and ribbons or helping him get knots out of it in general. Sonia even mentioned how Mineru's reminded her of a brightbloom seed, to which the latter just leaned over and said "she's not wrong."

#tears of the kingdom #loz tears of the kingdom #princess zelda #mineru #queen sonia #king rauru #legend of zelda tears of the kingdom #legend of zelda #totk headcanons #rauru #Sonia

[sageospirit]

rehashing some things from the carrd because i feel like its important to reierate. sorry if my rambles are a mess. i just... vomit words sometimes...

i'm aware that M.ineru while possessing the P.urah Pad was most likely dormant in canon (considering she says she was supposed to wake up when Link recieved the P.urah Pad and all that), but i constantly think of M.ineru sleeping in that device for centuries regretful, grieving and furious. she only mentions "as a Z.onai, i bear my share of blame for these events" but i personally like to go further into it and say she completely blames herself for most, if not all, of it. and she knows that she can't shoulder all the blame, but she's had years to think about it and has a bad habit of overthinking about the 'what-ifs'. it's especially bad because she knows now that she could've had the power to do something about it as one of R.auru's council and simply didn't because... not even she's sure why at this point. and by the point R.auru seals G.anondorf and Z.elda chooses to sacrifice her literal self, she just felt so purposeless at that point M.ineru's whole purpose in life (outside of the expressed purpose of aiding Link in the future) became dedicating herself for righting the wrongs she feels like she did because like. what else could she do anyways if she feels more solemn and grieving and frustrated (covered up by presenting herself as a calm and collected person (not saying that she isn't one but like) ), this is why and i'm prematurely stopping myself from going into a longer tangent because i have so many thoughts i cannot express into words. help.

#✦ — 「 headcanons & meta. 」 #totk spoilers - #// i assume everyone knows about Mineru if you follow me but i'll try not to spoil more than i need to #also. i finally looked up the offical translations for these cutscenes in english for this post #im so normal about totk. i promise

[head-empty-river]

huge totk spoiler but i NEED to talk about this

they did a transhumanism!!! in a mech suit! like they're leaning even harder into the scifi magic flavor in this game and i love it so much.

it lets you be so creative with puzzles with the options for combinations of things. like you can attach a minecart to a shield and it's a skateboard?? my little brother told me that idea and now i always have one on hand bc hell yeah. but also attaching things has definitely added to my hoarding tendencies bc i just put things i can't pick up on my shields and break them off in terry town when i have room.

speaking of, i get to make my own house holy fuck. continuing the animal crossing fulfillment of millenial and younger pipedreams of home ownership.

i've gotten the little medal for lighting up the whole underground map. and now i'm using that to find all the shrines. i was a little disappointed to not get something more useful for all that work though, since a lot of shrines are in caves so knowing their spot on the map doesn't help much.

also mineru lets short king link pick apples without cutting down the tree or climbing it, so that's cool. i headcanon that as trans (or at least queer) solidarity, and you can't stop me.

#totk mineru #mineru #totk is now a mecha anime #zonai in the machine #totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom #terry town spoilers #totk underground spoilers #trans link #trans headcanon #trans mineru #or just wlw #she's definitely gay for zelda #zelda/mineru #idk if there's a ship name (yet)

[kingofprosperity]

// tag post. wip.

// Sorry everyone lmao

#─ era. ANCIENT ✧ ⎨ time was a dying thing in our hands ⎬ #─ era. REVENANT ✧ ⎨ grief was eating all that i'd let it ⎬ #─ era. CLASSICAL ✧ ⎨ carved anew by the details of my devotion ⎬ #─ era. UNASCERTAINED ✧ ⎨ for i do not know where else i belong ⎬ #─ ic. CRACK ✧ ⎨ in the meantime can i just say how opposed i am to all of this ⎬ #─ ic. ANSWERED ✧ ⎨ i'll burn alone and i'll pierce you like a spear of light ⎬ #─ ooc. HEADCANONS ✧ ⎨ let rain wash us in our ruins. wash the corpses. wash our history ⎬ #─ ooc. LITERATURE ✧ ⎨ and the sea sang with a murmur of light ⎬ #─ ooc. ILLUSTRATIONS ✧ ⎨ displayed on the hollow walls of my heart ⎬ #─ ooc. MUN ✧ ⎨ there is a morning in which i erase and am erased ⎬ #─ oath. OUROWNDEMISE | ganrau ✧ ⎨ yet how deeply my body is stained by yours ⎬ #─ oath. DUTIFULSILENCE | raulink ✧ ⎨ you brighten this darkened ruin with the flames of your burning heart ⎬ #─ oath. ABYSMALWITCH | ravrau ✧ ⎨ speak of the endless ache in your bones ⎬ #─ oath. REDEMPTI & TOPAZ-ADORNED | ganbahru ✧ ⎨ though we are endlessly bound by love ⎬ #─ prayers. RAURU ✧ ⎨ where can the heart be hidden in the ground and be at peace forever ⎬ #─ prayers. MINERU ✧ ⎨ like a ship that carried me when the waters raged ⎬ #─ prayers. GANONDORF ✧ ⎨ and then there was nothing resembling a heart ⎬ #─ prayers. SONIA ✧ ⎨ loving you is a long river running ⎬ #─ prayers. GODDESS ✧ ⎨ i used up this body longing for one who does not come ⎬ #─ prayers. ZELDA ✧ ⎨ abyss. ruin. and the soft untold ways of water ⎬ #─ prayers. LINK ✧ ⎨ child of the clouds and of hope ⎬ #─ prayers. BUSSABA ✧ ⎨ whatever the sun will always sing. that is you ⎬

[fawkoff]

More loz headcanons!!!!!!!

Zelda gets very blushy when link shows her any and all affection

Sidon cries when he experiences any very strong emotions.

Rauru snores Sonia has gotten used to it but you can hear it even when down the hall from his room. He dad snores.

Zelda’s pan and Links bi

Zelda sleeps very lightly.

Ganondorf is the biggest hater, he will not ever stop hating.

Mineru is demisexual and a lesbian

Yona is so sweet she might as well be 99% sugar

Yona and Sidon have the fluffiest of all relationships

#the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #loz #legend of zelda #tloz #zelink #botw link #tloz link #tloz zelda #zelda #loz headcanons #headcanon #lgbt headcanons #queen sonia #tears of the kingdom rauru #loz rauru #loz sonia #Sonia x Rauru #mineru #loz mineru #yona totk #sidona #sidon x yona #king sidon #botw sidon #ganondorf

[hybryda]

Finally done with the Zonai

Have you noticed all of them have the same switch around the middle? even Mecha Mineru has one : D 1. Mecha Mineru is such a nice model : D Look, there is nice place for link to sit in with tiny handles for his tiny hands : D and even place for his tiny legs : D comfy place for a baby hero <3 2. The grey one is the training one you meet at some shrines.

3. Getting the bows for Captains for pain but the look so much better with bows than weird hands that as far as I know have one more other form? ugh 4. I tried to pose them a bit bc the t-pose for most of the robots is even worse than dranon's. Need to make proper IK rigs for them as even that simple thing was a mess 5. Oh and headcanon time The soldiers were left on the sky islands and some other places to protect them and in theory help future Hero, but they are still robots programmed to scan for malice and attack and guess who is still full of malice OUR BOY LINK! We can see bits of it leaving with every shrine and I don't think we are fully rid of it before the final fight with Dranon... That's why I posed them with Mineru and the Helper. All of them are Mineru Copper babies, some jus have a bad programming inside, needs update to the kill filter X"D

#Mineru #Zonai #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #robots #I really should dig out Yunobo and Daruk and Goron Sage #but also maybe more Hylian NPCs? #any suggestions what to get next?

[dracocheesecake]

Going back on an idea from a previous post:

Imagine when they were little Mineru, having no one else to talk to, would bring pieces of constructs she was working on- perhaps even a construct she was currently repairing- to her baby brother as he sat in his little chair. He is very tiny, still too young to even sit up on his own without it, and yet as she talks to him about technology, everything she's learning of wires and energy and how it all works, he folds his little hands together, his eyes seeming transfixed on his older sister, his large ears occasionally twitching in her direction; suddenly, the short attention span of a baby is rapt and unyielding. Mineru notices. She puts bits of machinery- things much too big for him to eat, but big enough for him to hold- on the shelf of his chair in front of him, and explains the function of each one as he picks them up (occasionally, despite her protests, nibbling). She knows he doesn't really understand yet, of course, he's only a baby responding to stimulus- but she treasures these moments all the same.

How fortunate that nothing changed, even after he became king: only their ages, and the size of the chair he sat in.

#the legend of zelda #rauru #mineru #zonai #tloz totk #tears of the kingdom #headcanons #oops! It's a drabble now #rough but it's out there

[werewen]

I saw a lot of people saying that the Ancient Hero is a Zonai so I compiled some notable differences. the bottom image shows the difference between the Ancient Hero's arm and the one Link borrowed from Rauru. speaking of, did you notice that it's slightly longer than Link's arm?

EDIT: yes it’s entirely possible that nintendo could confirm the ancient hero is a zonai and the differences between individuals are way bigger than between Rauru and Mineru. but as of now there is no evidence that is the case. THIS POST IS JUST FOR FUN IF YOU WANT TO THEORIZE OR HEADCANON DO WHAT YOU WANT I DON’T CARE.

#tears of the kingdom #totk #tears of the kingdom spoilers #totk spoilers #totk rauru #zonai #ancient hero's aspect #the legend of zelda

[the-depths-au]

FAQ

*this post continues heavy totk spoilers

How did it start?

A lot of people started posting some really cool art of a TotK ending where Zelda returns as a hybrid dragon creature thing. I saw a few that called it a “bad” ending and I noticed she was often portrayed with dominantly human-features just like, with horns or a tail, or the purple eyes, etc. I love to play video games(clearly) and I enjoy the challenge of seeing various endings, not just “secret endings” (think Heavy Rain, Until Dawn, The Witcher 3, Drakengard- anyone else play this?) I got to thinking about how her coming back didn’t really like a true “bad ending”. To me, a bad ending, really, would be one in which she didn’t get to magically, miraculously come back in any form. A bad ending to me would be Mineru’s warning held true. And in doing so, it would become The Legend of Zelda because she becomes the stuff of myths. Of true Legend. Fulfilling destiny (botw-era and the series as a whole). My brain sort of took off from there regarding the implications this would have on Hyrule and specially, our boy Link.

How could you! A Bad ending? Is this story at least hurt and eventual comfort??? Does it have a happy ending??

I could tag this hurt and comfort, but usually people who read these types of stories have certain expectations of what “comfort” is (and that’s okay!). Same with a “happy” ending. I don’t need stories to be wrap up in a bow with warmth to enjoy them. Honestly, some of the stories that have touched me the most over the years have had “sad” endings/negative character arcs/tragedy. That being said, I don’t particularly enjoy pure whump, either. What I feel is most important and what I am to do with this story, is to make any suffering meaningful. With purpose. And hopefully- maybe- you’ll see the “comfort” that is possible even in these types of stories.

Wait! So Zelda remains a dragon?

Yes. They defeat the demon dragon. Rauru and Sonia appear in a silent thanks, then they disappear and Link falls from the sky alone into the water. The Light Dragon continues along in her flight above him.

Link is also the only one who can see/has ever seen the Light Dragon.

Are there any other major changes from TotK?

It follows the game pretty closely. It’s just hard to say exactly what is in this story from TotK because there is just so much. In BotW, I headcanon Link took his time. He doesn’t remember anything. He is alone, lost, and the world is a vast, broken place. Therefore, it is plausible/ realistic in my head for all the side questions to be done prior to the ending being reached. In TotK, especially with the headcanon he and Zelda were together in the time between BotW and TotK, I had a hard time imagining Link would waste much time on anything unnecessary to save Zelda. So, with this in mind, I’ve had to justify the side questions to include in the story. Link’s journey is a bit different than my own. Whereas I actually spent 80% of my playthrough exploring the depths, this Link only went down when necessary. Meaning many of the lightroots have not been unlocked and he only has part of the armor of the depths. In the Linktober and the early concept, he has the entire set but this has been changed for the main comic.

How far after the events of TotK does this take place?

Five years.

Is it completely planned out?

Yes. I have a complete rough story outline done. It’s 17 chapters. I am anticipating some editing as I go, but regardless, it’s a big project. A huge shout out to @zeldaelmo and @fioreofthemarch for helping me get the story set. They are both phenomenal writers for the LoZ fandom so be sure to check them out!

What happened to the comic?

I made the decision to tell this story (initially) in writing. I have a very specific style in mind for this story as a full comic and honestly, I just don't feel like my artistic ability and overall proficiency is where I want it to be at this time. I'm still learning! I will be continuing to post art, concept art, and some comic panels here as I go and eventually, I would love to adapt the story into a full comic, but for now, I'll be telling the main story in writing.

How long have you been drawing?

I’ve been drawing all my life. Just for fun, although I took a few classes in school. Digitally, self-taught, since fall 2022. Still very new to this with lots to learn! I have a minor in creative writing and feel much more confident and comfortable with that.

Feel free to send me a DM with questions anytime! I plan to update this periodically.

Last updated 2/26/24

#FAQ