#sksw ghirahim

[lithi]

#this is literally what happened #skyward sword #the legend of zelda: skyward sword #sksw #tloz skyward sword #tloz sksw #loz skyward sword #the legend of Zelda #loz #Ghirahim #sksw link #sksw ghirahim #lord ghirahim #demon lord ghirahim #tloz

[gust-jar-simulator]

Skyward Sword being about humanity vs inhumanity, and the layers to that, is going to make me lose my mind.

Like- let’s look at the main players. Hylia and her weapon Link, Demise and his weapon Ghirahim. Yes, I get that Fi is the Goddess Blade, but thematically speaking Link is the one exacting the will of the Goddess and carving her will into the world in the same way that Ghirahim does for Demise.

Link has a divine plan and Ghirahim has a couple of ideas backed by a lot of determination, but that’s just a side note.

Over the course of the game, you fall into the rhythm of ritual, of the three-act fairytale. Complete impossible tasks like sailing the desert. Chart the uncharted. Conquer yourself, even if you don’t fully understand why you do what you do, because all roads lead to your princess. I read too many fairytales as a kid to not see the signposts.

And then, in the background, you get a glimpse of Ghirahim. He’s chasing your princess, but in a way he’s also chasing his own. Your princess, to you, is your friend and home and love. Ghirahim’s princess is the chance for a miracle, revolution, getting back what he has lost and a return to his old status quo.

In order to get your princess, you have to become a weapon. You even get tempered like one. In order to get his princess, Ghirahim became a person.

And then, in the final act, when it’s just you and a god and everything is terribly simple, I think Link is at his most human when he decides to follow Demise to his chosen battleground and kill him. They’ve been following the ritual up to this point, but now his princess is dead or dying and this is personal. You can see it on his face.

And it’s when Link is at his most human that Ghirahim is wrenched back into being a weapon, and we never hear from him again.

Demise never cared that his knight grew a soul. But Hylia did, Zelda did, and she loves you back. The difference is… I need a minute.

#skyward sword #sksw ghirahim #sksw link

[manya-aa]

I ran out of ideas for captions

Also, this is a redraw and if someone is interested I can post the older drawing too!! These characters have been stuck in my head for the longest time.

#legend of zelda #loz skyward sword #skyward sword #the legend of zelda #tloz #zelda fanart #drawing #my art #art #digital art #illustration #digital illustration #sksw #sksw link #loz sksw #sksw ghirahim #link #ghirahim

[strawberrycircuits]

can you 🫵 draw. geewaheem

bitch fuck skyward sword and its fans i hope they get exactly one more installment and ghirahim marries a woman

#merry xmas. im going to BED #ghirahim #skyward sword #sksw #sksw ghirahim #that caption is a joke. im referencing a tweet. het ghirahim isnt real #<- thank god #strawberryscribbles

[hylianchamp17]

heavy metal lover🎶

it’s Ghiriham!!!

he’s so gay i love him

instagram @ hylian_champion17 :)

#legend of zelda #zelda fanart #skyward sword hd #skyward link #skyward sword #skyward zelda #skyward ghiriham #ghirahim #loz fanart #loz skyward sword #loz sksw #skyward sword fanart #sksw ghirahim #hes so babygirl #gay #gayboy #hes so fruity

[demiboydemon]

Ghirahim is like, the most annoying theater kid ever. Shut up edgelord, talk about how hot you are somewhere else and let me go find my girlfriend 😤🙄

#He’s right that he’s hot but he is clearly not Link’s type and he needs to accept that #The legend of Zelda #Zelda #legend of Zelda #Skyward sword #sksw #tloz #loz #loz sksw #tloz SkSw #loz ss #tloz ss #ss Link #Skyward Link #SkSw Link #ss Zelda #Skyward Zelda #SkSw Zelda #tloz Link #loz Link #Link legend of Zelda #Zelda Skyward sword #Link #SkSw zelink #zelink #ss zelink #sksw ghirahim #loz skyward sword #ghirahim #zelda x link

[luwyv]

It’s been i while since I drew him

#sksw ghirahim #loz ghirahim #ghirahim #loz #loz skyward sword #ghirahim skyward sword #sksw #sksw hd #Will I ever draw Ghirahim in a not sexy pose? #never

[alphagirl404]

#shang tsung #ghirahim #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat #skyward sword #legend of zelda #mk 1 #mk #mk shang tsung #loz skyward sword #loz sksw #loz #sksw #sksw ghirahim #loz ghirahim #try to convince me that these two do not give the same vibes

[horsegirlganondorf]

Rest and Relaxation 🤍

#sksw ghirahim #ganondorf #ghirahim/ganondorf #ghiraganon #ganondorf/ghirahim #ganonghira #whatever #look!!! they r being lovey #my art

[fawkoff]

I want to beat the absolute shit out of Ghirahim

#the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #tloz #Sksw #Skyward sword #live laugh love ghirahim #sksw ghirahim #ghirahim

[lithi]

Is this anything

#ACXKDOSOSLXM frustration #skyward sword #the legend of zelda: skyward sword #tloz skyward sword #tloz ss #tloz sksw #loz skyward sword #loz sksw #loz ss #ghirahim #sksw ghirahim #lord ghirahim #demon lord ghirahim #groose #sksw link #link

[gust-jar-simulator]

Ohhh my god my heart.

Okay so I read stuff about the Ancient Near East for fun and also my major, and this post has me thinking about the parallels between Skyward Sword and the Epic of Gilgamesh.

To grab a couple of excerpts from sisterofiris:

[…] just like death is tied to life, suffering is tied to love. What prompts Gilgamesh’s desire to escape his lot isn’t pride, but the loss of his beloved. In short, we’re human because we die, because we die we suffer, and we suffer because we love.

The question of being human can be broken down into the state of being human, and the quality of being humane. So if that’s the argument for the state of being human, what is the quality of being humane?

To the Hittites, being a good human - generally a good king, though the concept also seems to apply to common people - meant being merciful. The Hittite word for mercy, genzu-, overlaps with the concepts of love and benevolence. Etymologically it derives from genu-, “knee” or “lap”; thus what makes someone humane is their ability to (figuratively) take someone onto their lap.

And this, my friends, is where I tear off into fandom territory.

Ghirahim is notably struggling with but determined to express mercy at the beginning of Skyward Sword. Textually, we’re given the reasoning that a lack of mercy is “unbecoming of a lord”. Meaning, if we take the idea that a lord is supposed to be an example for his people, that a person should be merciful. That, in addition to his need to vent emotion, is something that immediately characterizes him as human.

(Granted, you don’t need emotions to be human, but I’m using fairytale rules here.)

Ghirahim expressing a lack of mercy coincides with his physical and irreversible change into his weapon form, up to and including the moment where he attempts to kill Zelda and is then finally turned into a sword.

I’d also like to point out that this version of Link is essentially the progenitor of all the others. In essentially every game, you are immersed in the idea that you are not the first hero, but part of an unending mythos. Minish Cap, for example, references the Hero of Men who exists only as a throwaway line for no other reason than to immerse you in the idea that Heroes have Come Before; you are an heir to and part of the overarching legend.

I don’t entirely know where the fandom got the term Hero’s Spirit or the Spirit of Courage, but the idea sums up the concept I’m going for in the same way the Shezarrine in the Elder Scrolls does. Namely, the hero as an individual might be mortal, but as a concept and legend he is immortal. The hero never dies. Because we buy the next game.

Ghirahim, and most every other secondary villain in the series, is incredibly human because his existence is temporary. He doesn’t get a legend. He doesn’t get an impact on history. That’s for the godlike figures who matter, like Ganondorf and Link and Zelda. Ghirahim only exists, in his moment and his time, and then he simply doesn’t. He gets no kleos, and not even a eulogy.

Definition from Wikipedia for you:

Kleos is the Greek word often translated to "renown", or "glory". It is related to the English word "loud" and carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you". A Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds.

[…] besides the meaning of "glory", kleos can also be used as the medium (in this case, the ancient Greek poetry or song) which conveys glory.

Kleos is invariably transferred from father to son; the son is responsible for carrying on and building upon the "glory" of the father.

That quality of the transfer of kleos, I feel, carrying it on and building it up, is exactly what the Legend of Zelda does by introducing the myth of The Hero and then giving us a cute little enby with a sword to sic upon the world. We, the player character, build upon the legend of our predecessors.

Despite the fact that we’re Hylian and destined to die (sometimes several times), and we’re fighting immortal demons: our story lives on, and theirs doesn’t. So who, in that case, is more human?

At the end of Skyward Sword, Demon Lord Ghirahim has been fully transformed into a weapon spirit, and asks us in raw disbelieving curiosity what we are. Coming from a man who’s just confirmed himself to be a magical AI, who we can narratively assume knows quite a lot about everything there is to know, it’s kind of chilling.

Because we get the girl, we get the glory, we get the validation of our god, we get a future. But I think in the process, past how human our desires are, what we are is something on a mythic scale. And Ghirahim, though he wants exactly the same things in his own way, even though he’s a weapon, is only human compared to us.

It’s a fairytale. We’re the hero. In the face of that inevitability, he never had a chance.

#loz skyward sword #sksw ghirahim #sksw link

[elufire]

Selfshiptember Day 1 - Coffee Shop AU

Having a lon-lon-latte with everyone's favorite demon lord. Prompt courtesy of @strawberry--bat

#legend of zelda #loz #zelda au #the legend of zelda #eluart #self ship #self love #sksw ghirahim #ghirahim #ghirahim x oc #skyward sword #loz sksw #ghirahim fanart #self insert #selfshiptember #selfshiptember2023 #selfshiptember 2023 #self shipping #self shipper #self shipping community #f/o #fictional crushes #fictional other #digital art #oc x canon

[triforce-of-mischief]

i cant explain it but trans-siberian orchestra wizards in winter has ghirahim vibes

#sksw #sksw ghirahim

[goldieclaws]

Saw a new art meme and wanted to have a go~

When I was younger, I used to draw characters as close as possible to their models so being reminded how to draw Ghirahim's ice cream hair was a funny little nostalgia trip for me.

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[demiboydemon]

Last day of women’s history month and I just want to say: for one more day, his name is GhiraHER.

#the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #zelda #loz skyward sword #skyward sword #sksw #tloz #Loz #loz sksw #tloz sksw #loz ss #tloz ss #ghirahim #sksw ghirahim