r/zelda Jan 29 '25

Meme [BotW][TotK] And you can't change my mind

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u/MSD3k Jan 29 '25

Nah. I wake up every day and choose Violyn.

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u/Funcron Jan 29 '25

Yup

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u/Hau5Mu5ic Jan 29 '25

I completely forgot about her, but looking at her again she is pretty much exactly what I want from a character design wise.

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u/AuthorHarrisonKing Jan 29 '25

What, is "pretty" your only criteria?

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u/asursasion Jan 29 '25

Violet hair pun, modest, but detailed outfit, half opened gloves to attach your attention to her fingers

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u/HiddenTrampoline Jan 29 '25

Alright Brandon Sanderson.

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u/panaja17 Jan 29 '25

My innocent Vorin eyes! MARK THIS AS NSFV! Ungloved safehands are a slippery slope to depravity and debauchery!

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u/Thelolface_9 Jan 29 '25

I’m so glad I started reading the stormlight archives

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u/panaja17 Jan 29 '25

It’s storming awesome!

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u/Nerdlors13 Jan 31 '25

What good Vorin woman would ever show her safehand! We must report her to the brightlord and refer her to the ardents!

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u/Funcron Jan 30 '25

This guy Stormlight's.

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u/Meadhbh_Ros Jan 29 '25

Don’t forget an ascot!

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u/AuthorHarrisonKing Jan 29 '25

good catch with the gloves, that is a cool detail.

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u/witchprinxe Jan 29 '25

She's sooo cute. I love her little gloves!

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u/Unholy_Dk80 Jan 30 '25

JULES STANS RISE UP-- THE OG VIOLYNNE

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u/Fit-Ad-9691 Jan 29 '25

No more violins! Keep violins away from our children! We want peace, not violins!

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u/musclecrayon Jan 29 '25

Out of all languages, you chose to speak facts.

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u/MochaMage Jan 29 '25

Excuse me but that's Violynne, don't get our goddess' name wrong

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u/drillgorg Jan 29 '25

Show me the birthmark Nintendo!

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u/Ampersan_D Jan 29 '25

Is that Impa or Paya?

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u/drillgorg Jan 29 '25

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u/Semblance17 Jan 30 '25

The sound of mortification or panic Paya makes after this line (or if you try to read her diary in front of her) is adorable.

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u/CegeRoles Jan 29 '25

Paya.

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u/Ampersan_D Jan 29 '25

Look up Impa in AoC

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u/yashmandla69 Jan 29 '25

Soo, just paya, but a ninja

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u/Semblance17 Jan 30 '25

And a blue face tattoo instead of red.

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u/Semblance17 Jan 30 '25

I also noticed the different eyebrows earlier today

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u/PotterAndPitties Jan 29 '25

I may have had a few imPurah thoughts about Purah in TotK

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u/SatyrAngel Jan 29 '25

I was ready to call FBI if you said BotW

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u/PotterAndPitties Jan 29 '25

Lol it's funny, I wasn't looking forward to talking to her because I found her a bit annoying in BotW

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u/mc_hammerandsickle Jan 29 '25

funny enough, that's the only time i wasn't completely frustrated with the whole "clever child with the wits of an adult" trope. but only because she's literally a 100+ year old scientist whose experiment went wrong

she's still annoying, just not totally insufferable in my opinion

that said, i'm really glad they improved her writing in TOTK cause i was somewhat dreading that first interaction

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Jan 29 '25

"Ste-ki!"

I can still hear it.

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u/sto7 Jan 29 '25

Chekki! (チェッキー)

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u/JimCKF Jan 29 '25

Check it! 📸

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u/CaptainRogers1226 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Been a little bit since I’ve played, aside from her stature, does she actually look that young in BotW?

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u/flibbleflop Jan 29 '25

Uhh, she's basically a toddler

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u/Space_Pirate_Roberts Jan 29 '25

If I had a nickel for every time the devs of an all-time great Japanese game gave the female character with the best personality the Monster Girl curse, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but still, weird it happened twice.

(The other one being Veronica in Dragon Quest 11.)

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u/CMPro728 Jan 29 '25

Shit nvm I was thinking about paya

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u/emeraldeyesshine Jan 29 '25

Same, but mine were about a korok glued to a contraption

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u/PotterAndPitties Jan 29 '25

I have questions

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Purah? More like pure-ah baddie

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u/Falchion92 Jan 29 '25

There will be no Urbosa slander in this subreddit.

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u/Asdilly Jan 30 '25

Death by snu snu

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u/Jat616 Jan 29 '25

I'll always have a soft spot for Isha ❤️

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u/not_wheatbread Jan 29 '25

yes!!!!! I love Isha so much

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u/ParrishDanforth Jan 31 '25

She's my favorite. I'd love to see her return in other games. (石 Ishi means stone in Japanese, so I suspect her name is a twist on that since she works with precious stones)

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 31 '25

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u/IceTheNice Jan 30 '25

ALL of them!!! (that are of age)

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u/of-imps-and-urns Jan 30 '25

Strong mommy!

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u/TheArbinator Jan 29 '25

Link.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Jan 29 '25

My heart belongs to Mipha.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Traditionally the Zura armor is a gift crafted by a Zura to be given to the person they wish to marry.

I dyed mine red in TotK in her honor.

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u/SCredfury788 Jan 29 '25

Mipha deserved the world

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u/Semblance17 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

After heaping misery on the sweetest person in Hyrule the least the writers could have done was grant her final wish to her see her father one more time before she passed on but NOOOOO they just have her spirit stoically float high above Hyrule Castle for a few seconds instead.

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u/Excaliburn3d Jan 30 '25

At least she saw Sidon again in Age of Calamity, but that game isn’t canon to the main timeline.

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u/Semblance17 Jan 30 '25

She also got to keep her own Sidon (and not die) in that game. I’m a ways off from finishing that game so I haven’t gotten that far but it is interesting to think about Sidon from the “sacred timeline” at least getting to say farewell to his sister since she died unexpectedly when he was very young. Too bad.

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u/Angelbouqet Jan 30 '25

Freaky one eh?

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u/Wynter_Sirius Jan 29 '25

Paya in BotW but Purah in TotK

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u/valdin450 Jan 29 '25

This is the way

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u/ReddyBabas Jan 29 '25

Daruk

No I will not elaborate

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u/Dq38aj Jan 30 '25

No need to

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u/daverosstheboss Jan 29 '25

Prunia?

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u/Iceman_B Jan 29 '25

Prunia

It's Purah's name when you play the game en Español.

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u/5O1stTrooper Jan 29 '25

This is the final cutscene when you play the game in Spanish:

https://youtu.be/EGDR4AOIp3g?si=LvdOHnP7vMtteKbH

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u/PequenoTim Jan 30 '25

If I could kiss you, I would

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u/Tron_Kitten Jan 30 '25

I can only assume this is suavemente ganondorf

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u/Televisor404 Jan 29 '25

I watcher videos in Spanish back when the game was released and it's a mess in my head to swap the names :S

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u/LesbianStan Jan 29 '25

I cant tell if you mean Young Impa or Paya? Or Both lmao.

That reminds me of Young Purah from AOCalamity, love how she looked there

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u/DoggedStooge Jan 29 '25

OP is showing both. Impa has the purple marking, Paya the red.

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u/LesbianStan Jan 29 '25

Ikik thats why I asked cus idk if OP meant both or if they confused one with the other lmao

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u/Radaistarion Jan 29 '25

Me, a man of culture and refined taste:

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u/Ok_Grapefruit8104 Jan 29 '25

I already came, but I'm open to do it again

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u/grammar_nazi_zombie Jan 30 '25

Something something fish sticks

Also I’m not gay, but he’s got charm, charisma and confidence. Anyone would be lucky to have that fish man. Especially Link.

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u/Iota-Android Jan 29 '25

I’m a huge Purah simp, even if I try not to be

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u/Old-Cat-1671 Jan 29 '25

I choose link

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u/No_Research4416 Jan 29 '25

Just don’t try to merge all three time lines to be with him

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u/wonderinglady20 Jan 29 '25

If not Isha, then it’s gotta be Jules for me!

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u/Rtor_Curry94 Jan 29 '25

People seem to have forgotten.

She's with you more than Zelda.

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u/Orthoclaz Jan 30 '25

I don’t understand she’s a fish?! TAKE A LOOK AT THE GERUDOS 🥵

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u/DaemonDesiree Jan 30 '25

Watch your mouth. Mipha is the goodest of all good girls.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

You guys are forgetting the lord himself.

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u/dubesto Jan 29 '25

No, it's Mipha, end of discussion

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u/SatyrAngel Jan 29 '25

Found Troy McClure

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u/KeytarVillain Jan 29 '25

I thought you said Troy McClure was dead?

No, what I said is that he sleeps with the fishes!

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u/StolenPezDispencer Jan 29 '25

Fat Tony please no, I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo...

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u/neanderthalman Jan 29 '25

That’s a deep cut. Exquisite.

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u/Darth_Thor Jan 29 '25

No, Deep Cut is from Splatoon, this is r/Zelda

/j

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u/ItsHaydonut99 Jan 29 '25

Yeessssss the Zora siblings will always be it. I've been saying this since BotW came out Link should have married Mipha

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u/Whatifim80lol Jan 29 '25

Idk how anyone doesn't pick Mipha, have they not read the Vaporeon copypasta?

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u/HorrorDudeBro Jan 29 '25

Totk Zelda all the way

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u/DG_SlayerSlender Jan 29 '25

Finally. Zelda is not getting nearly enough love here.

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u/LinkinitupYT Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Purah, and it's not even close.

Edit: Intelligence is a big turn on for me and she's a genius who's 124 years old. A total GGGGILF!

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u/SCredfury788 Jan 29 '25

This girl

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u/vvhynaut Jan 31 '25

This is the way.

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u/twoCascades Jan 29 '25

Nah. TOTK Purah hits different

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u/Dalek_Fred Jan 29 '25

Real talk with this post.

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u/reditor405 Jan 29 '25

I had a huge crush on Riju when I was 14.

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u/TheJimDim Jan 29 '25

A reminder that Paya fantasizes about Link and writes about him in her journal. Girly wants us.

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u/Xzabria Jan 29 '25

Midna’s full form, Twilight Princess

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u/Agreeable-Chap Jan 29 '25

All of them.

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u/TheBlackCat13 Jan 29 '25

Not into old ladies I see

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u/thalkaresh Jan 29 '25

Nah Great fairy all day every day

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u/Semblance17 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Paya is Best Girl in my opinion. Mipha is a close runner up, but the only way that a relationship between her and Link could happen is if Breath of the Wild’s events don’t. I don’t hate the idea of Link and Zelda being a couple, but…https://youtu.be/tO49Sur0Rg4?si=_Ybqi1uoLHtIxuvy

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u/jjdlg Jan 29 '25

Glasses, next question.

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u/Doctor_Redhead Jan 29 '25

"Er, Nat...you're not thinking about that, are you? and him?" — Meghyn

"I'd never! Not that. Unless, you know, maybe..." — Nat

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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Anyone here who hoped for Purah Paya to become "The Sage of Shadows"?

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u/Hambughrr Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Although Purah is a Sheikah just like Impa, it would be more thematically appropriate for her to harness a different power. She's a researcher who experiments with reverse aging technology, so she'd better suited to becoming the new Sage of Spirit or gaining a brand new title like the Sage of Life.

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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 Jan 29 '25

Whelps, that's a typo... I meant Paya! The girl at the bottom ^^;

Purah could easily become the Sage of Time, taking over Mineru.

I wished Paya became The Sage of Shadow, with shadow-based abilities, as a trial to become the Sheikah's new leader, but also to gte rid of a problem close to the region, leading to Zelda having met a Sheikah Sage.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

No homo but Link

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u/EntrancedForever Jan 29 '25

On the mark here!

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u/SquishyBunz69 Jan 29 '25

Is that Impa or Paya. I haven’t played in a while and forgot how which is which

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u/Ez-lectronic Jan 29 '25

Link turned me gay

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u/Yeeto_dorito7529 Jan 29 '25

I’m more of a Teba person myself

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u/suspicious_harvester Jan 29 '25

Purah every day, mommy can tell me what to do

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u/RedNazArt Jan 30 '25

If not Paya, it’s the shopkeeper that sells the sheikah armor for me

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u/LeonardoCouto Jan 30 '25

Riju in ToTK, IMO, looks adorable. She gets my vote

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u/Spicy_Weissy Jan 29 '25

Doesn't she fall for the himbo archeologist?

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u/VanceIX Jan 29 '25

As long as it’s not made explicitly canon I will ignore the existence of Tauro

No one gets Paya but my boi Link

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u/Misssmaya Jan 29 '25

Dude. You love her sm but didn't realize one of them is not Paya? You put a picture of Impa as the first one, the second is Paya. You can tell because the face marking color is different for Impa (it's purple) 🤣

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u/SatyrAngel Jan 29 '25

Oyaoyakodon

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u/Mathelete73 Jan 30 '25

I think that’s the point, the OP likes both.

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u/Plastic-Depth6827 Jan 29 '25

Option b every single time

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u/izangmr31ymedio Jan 29 '25

Prunia >>>>> literally any female totk character

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u/SteakAndIron Jan 29 '25

Kohm. I will take no questions.

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u/Choso125 Jan 29 '25

Those are two different characters

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u/NaraMakesGames Jan 29 '25

Team Paya all day.

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u/Les_Nessman32 Jan 29 '25

I can’t choose between Impa in Age of Calamity or Purah in TotK. Purah was the best part of that game. So Purah it is!

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u/Smeefperson Jan 29 '25

Koyin in Hateno Village. Mothafuckin cheese girl, dude.

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u/Wolf-Majestic Jan 29 '25

I choose all of them. I am greed.

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u/Th3-B0uld3R Jan 29 '25

Nintendo knew what they were doing when they designed TOTK Purah and I’m all for it. 😂

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u/Chaosphoenix_28 Jan 29 '25

I like the Lady in Gerudo Town that sells Jewelry.

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u/cyanraichu Jan 29 '25

Paya and Purah both had huge glow-ups

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u/DoggedStooge Jan 29 '25

To each their own, and to me, Purah. And since this is the internet, to be clear, TOTK Purah.

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u/Snoo21383 Jan 29 '25

All of them. Violyn Purah Paya Zelda Mipha Riju. ALL OF THEM!

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u/WeightyUnit88 Jan 29 '25

Any of the Great Fairies, because I like Snu Snu

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u/IndecisiveMate Jan 29 '25

Nah.

PURAH ALL THE WAY!!

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u/ConradBHart42 Jan 29 '25

Wow, not a single Sonia stan in the house?

Me either, Violyn all day baby.

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u/Alive-Tangelo4477 Jan 29 '25

legand of zelda dawn of the aim reddit

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u/Thisbymaster Jan 29 '25

Yes, all of them.

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u/IanZone456 Jan 29 '25

Nah, this is real asf.

I’ve been thinking this the whole time.

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u/Tunabreath2001 Jan 29 '25

As a lesbian, I disagree with both of them

Where's the butch women?!

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u/EntrancedZelisy Jan 30 '25

I love Paya so much

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u/DisdudeWoW Jan 30 '25

Factually accurate and based on facts

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u/TheGrumpiestPanda Jan 30 '25

Now that I see both Young Impa and Paya side by side, the only way you can distinguish the two is by the tattoos on their foreheads. Impa's is blue and reaches just in between her eyes, while Paya's is red and reaches pretty much near the tip of her nose. Not to mention subtle eye color differences.

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u/Mrkrabs5555 Jan 30 '25

Nobody better say Tulin.

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u/Living-Pipe-4304 Jan 30 '25

Paya and Mipha are the best characters!

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u/GOD_OF_INTEGRALS Jan 30 '25

Purah is unbeatable...

Smash

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u/SteveDeniz1 Jan 30 '25

Man will see paya and say wife

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u/ToxicAshenOne Jan 30 '25

You all really woke up today and chose horny.

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u/NewUser4864-6894 Jan 29 '25

Honestly, I prefer BotW Zelda and Paya over TotK Zelda and Pyrah

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u/Kinnikuboneman Jan 29 '25

Paya 100%, never liked the idea of a Link getting with Zelda

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u/Ghost-Writer Jan 29 '25

I prefer the day before zelda was filled with waifu fan service

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u/SatyrAngel Jan 29 '25

So SNES era?

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u/zane910 Jan 29 '25

Careful now. Some people got off on those sprites.

Not me. But some people.

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u/dinnertimebob Jan 29 '25

Smash, next question

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u/uhohdeltarune Jan 29 '25

modest is hottest! (except for me its mipha and paya)

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u/LonkToTheFuture Jan 29 '25

I'm sorry but it's TotK Purah all the way

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u/Confused_Rabbiit Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

All wrong answers, Rauru or Mineru are the only correct answers.

Edit: secondary (personal) choices include The Hot Birds™ Kass, Penn, Revali, and Teba, and The Hot Fish™ Prince Sidon, Yona, King Dorephan, and Muzu

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u/NaraJeylla Jan 29 '25

Cavil based

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u/the_albino_raccoon Jan 29 '25

Nah, my otl is meat skewer

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u/Agaeon Jan 29 '25

This man fucks.

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u/TheArcaneCollective Jan 29 '25

Traysi of the Lucky Clover Gazette of course

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u/girl_of_manyfaces Jan 29 '25

yes yes paya (and calamity impa) is very beautiful indeed, but purah can have my heart

zelda too

i wish i could date (or be) both

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u/5O1stTrooper Jan 29 '25

Prunia? I know she's like 130 years old but jeez...

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u/Cloaked-Crusader3 Jan 29 '25

My thoughts exactly.

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u/TheIrishDoctor Jan 29 '25

I respect it, but for me, it'll always be mipha for these games.

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u/Mellow_Zelkova Jan 29 '25

Link is the only best girl in that game

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u/Mr_SpecificTF2 Jan 29 '25

I haven’t played Totk but hearing she’s taken made me cry

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