HC that a winter passes after Cia's fall and before Ganondorfs attack and they needed winter clothes. and i wanted to draw it. Volga doesnt get cold easily.

link got tired

Zel and I play with the thought of creating a Vaati server :)

I've been through the life and deaths of a few Vaati servers, may I ask some questions?

Hi!

To answer your questions, the server would be geared towards sharing multiple types of creations, discussing things like theories and headcanons, and yes making friends in the process if such things happen (we can’t force it ˆˆ). I personally do not see the purpose of making a server just for fawning over him.

So there is no one demographic focus in particular, one is welcomed to join as long as they bring no drama.

As for moderation, @lavleyart and I agree that it would be more on the stricter side of things so that it can remain a comfortable place overtime. Also just for information we agree as well that no nsfw content would be allowed for the same reason.

If it can ease your anxiety further, Lav has had a lot of experience with the Vaati fandom, and I have moderated quite a few places in the past :)

I am in the Vaati fandom since 2013 and I too have witnessed the rise and fall of some Vaati servers. I've spent my time analyzing how things could have been prevented as mod.

This is why I agreed on a strict moderation because boi I have seen/witnessed the abyss and I do not allow it in our server. Though all strictness is within reason of course. It's possible to talk to us if something bothers you.

Everyone has different opinions on what they consider nsfw, and Im really bad at knowing what is and isnt acceptable among different groups. Are you able to give me an idea of what you consider nsfw?

Let's irresponsibly breed a dog together!

Share as much as possible that dog gotta be atrocious by the end of the week

So far, yall have made my dog. A shitzu dachshund I affectionately call a dash of shit.

Pictured below are:

1: Im not allowed to use all of my hoiseoat, I must share with him

2: I went to the bathroom and came back to him taking over the bed

3: He always insisted on being carried like this for his nearly 17 years of dach-shit. He would cry if I didnt carry him. Only I may carry him.

4: Sleepy fucker having evil dreams, I know it.

Zel and I play with the thought of creating a Vaati server :)

I've been through the life and deaths of a few Vaati servers, may I ask some questions?

I’m going to kiss you on themouth

I was just reminiscing on how hard this fandom was shilling for a complex Ganondorf for the wilds era, and this wasn't even confined to niche parts of the fandom. Every time there was a hint that Ganondorf might be involved in some way, the fandom went wild with speculation. It's like people these days, when defending TotK's poor handling of Ganondorf's writing, forget that a complex Ganondorf, or at least a Ganondorf that had a bit more character depth than a puddle on sidewalk, was something *everyone* wanted. Most people were not content with an "evil for the sake of being evil" Ganondorf.

When the first trailer and images of BotW dropped, a lot of people saw the cloth around Link's forearms and noticed the patterning there. Many thought it was similar to Gerudo patterning. Lo and behold people began speculating that Link may have a close relationship with the Gerudo, and perhaps with Ganondorf him. Cue all the theories and fanart and fanfic of Link and Ganondorf growing up together, being close friends, knowing each other, before Ganondorf's turn to darkness. Okay so as BotW's release approaches we learn about Calamity Ganon and then we see this mysterious old man. He seems pretty large in stature and is dark skinned. Cue the second wave of rumor mills that this may be Ganondorf. Perhaps a weary old washed up soul, or perhaps a manipulation tactic while his real form, the calamity, keeps Zelda trapped inside the castle. The tapestry with the red haired hero. This one causes a big wave of rumors that perhaps the past hero was a Gerudo, maybe an iteration of Ganondorf.

The first trailer for TotK drops, we see the murals, Ganondorf's corpse, what looks like a horrifying vision of how he ended up here. Rehydrated Ganondorf starts trending. People are wild with speculations of who he was. Many link him to the hero on the tapestry. Most speculation about Ganondorf now is what sort of horrendous thing happened to him that he would end up here, and less about how evil he must have been to end up here. The official "rehydrated Ganondorf" art drops. Everyone sees his design, how he seems more heroic in this art piece. Again, people are still speculating on how complex this Ganondorf might be, between what we have seen thus far. Many note he is not smirking in this art as he usually is, perhaps a hint that his character this time might be different. And we have reached TotK Ganondorf, with the most generic evil villain writing we have seen of him yet. Ganondorf is a big appeal of the LoZ games. He deserves more than just being hot.

THIS!!!!!!!

(i wasnt this much in the fandom when botw was new and discovered most zelda people afterwards so i cant tell much how it was then BUT i did see the old man from the plateau and went OMG OMG WHAT IF ITS HIM ... and then it was the king in a dark skinned disguise- what was up with that anyway?)

i so dearly miss the time after botw was a little out and every detail was looked through and theorized together and everything for years on end by just how much it let you speculate about it and how much i seemed to hint at a bigger picture that all fits together-

but the time after the first 'botw2' trailer truly was the height of it (that i lived through) and i think it was glorious, the trailer seemed to be going in the direction botw was leading up to and the little scene with gan seemed so DIFFERENT, it was so ominous that even the most mainstream theory guys dared to put videos out suggesting that gan wasnt an irredeemable evil manbeast and perhaps was wronged or exploited in a way (i will never forget the battery theory ......), perhaps, maybe, it would be a case of a greater evil showing up and them having to band together!!! betrayal!! deception!! gan working together with zelda and link is sth alot of people have been longing for too

i think its in part why i felt so WEIRD for how i started to feel more and more worried the more info we got on totk bc it then seemed to go more off track but i was still on board to see how it played out, surely nintendo wouldnt waste all that potential they built up with botw- and then the game came out and the longer i played the more i felt like i was missing something, wheres the turn, wheres the hook, wheres the interesting bit hinting to more (wheres the connection to anything botw besides the reused world??? that wasnt even changed meaningfully????), once i reached the end it all fell apart for me but whereever i looked everyone was praising it as the best game ever- but the fact how ANYTHING that could have been interesting about gan was thrown out, not just fro mthe game itself but also from the players is kinda of driving me nuts-

the game ... welll you know how it turned out, but it felt at tiems like it was actively trying to shoot down anything that could make gan more than the most flat evil guy to ever evil, like the ancient hero bit was soooooo interesting, that tapestry detail was so peculiar- and then its ... apprently now whatver the fuck its supposed to be (it doesnt even look sonau like with the dog features and tail no one but maybe rito got a tail??? where did that come from??? not even lyelns got a lion tail????) with its design all such a weird mix of everything and saying nothing at the same time, its the weirdest thing but not in a good way imo (plus any and all connection between shiekah stuff and gan ..... that all didnt mean shit either i guess wahooo)

and even now you get people going "ganondorf should always be the most evilest one note evil guy to ever evil like hes always been and thats a GOOD thing" and be SERIOUS about it, if you dare to suggest soemthing more interesting suddendly everyones done a complete hell turn, what? we never wanted gan to be intersting lol? hes the evil guy what did you expect? after i saw all that there was to totk i was just ... i felt like i played a different game somehow bc where did everyones want for complex gan go?? (among more) its like anything that was theorized before has been erased (like enything from botw in totk) and suddendly its like a non problem ?? everythign was taken at face value, and now YOU are weird for wanting something more? or being disappointed? how dare you??

like ww gan is largely regarded as the most complex when its pretty much A SINGLE LINE OF DIALOG right at the end, like how low is the bar?? and now its fine and even wanted that it never reaches that 'height'??? huh???

its why i dont say anything on twitter about it anymore bc i just get swarms of people in the replies accusing me of stuff and ranting about how i am wrong or something like you are not allowed to even DARE to SUGGEST that the writing is not great or its gameplay isnt perfect either, anythign mildly critical and if it gets outside your bubble of people that also think so or those that can take a critical look at something even if they like it you are done for

I think the reason I enjoy totk so much is that I held no expectation of it.

*Gnaws on the walls*

I wanna add him so bad agh.

You've already got a fruit salad, whats oone more?

This is how healthy teenagers communicate

the old lady is going to lose her shit when the teeny demises show up

Huge fan of when my speech patterns rub off on people enjoy when thay happens

NEVERMIND MY GRANDMA JUST SAID SKILL ISSUE

you grow a beautiful tree and then balk at its fruits?

Hearing my church-mouthed grandma spitting out classical strings of cuss words when getting up to answer the phone right after sitting down will always be my moment of crowning glory.

Me, after being traumatized by a crazy person sneezing directly in my face when I worked at a cafeteria.

Being tall is not an advantage when the sneeze guard on the counter does not protect you.

You hand these out without including a actual tip you are a terrible person and Jesus is disappointed in you.

I would like whoever makes these to find a SINGLE person brought to faith by one of these. Find me ONE.

These things reinforce every negative stereotype about Christians and push people away from Christianity. They’re not clever, they’re not loving.

We need to be better representatives of Christ than this.

Leave a tip and then feel free to write a Bible verse on the receipt. Better yet, talk to the people in your life who you actually have a relationship with and invite them to church before you try any of these cheap tricks to “reach” strangers.

people will always be more receptive to a scoop of warm stew at a soup kitchen accompanied by a simple "God bless you" than any amount of dirty "evangelization" tricks.

Put that trash right back in their own collection plates at church and see how they like it.

Back when I lived in The crack town and my mom was the owner of the restaurant least likely to result in food poisoning, we had our regulars. People and groups who would come in frequently enough to recognize. One of them was an ultra religious group of women in their late 50's to early 60's. They fancied themselves elders despite acting with the maturity of their 20's, and were as catty as teenagers.

All of them thought they were hot shit, with their fake snakeskin calvinklein purses, and hospital-giftshop style watercolour and rhinestone shirts. Their sense of moral superiority at being "Good christian women" was pretty fucked up considering they were living in the town where people end up when they have skeletons in their closet and no options in life. Literally a cream of the crap town where the only thing to do as a kid was lose your virginity at 13 or join one of the only two acceptable extracurriculars the town respected.

And these snobby women always tipped with a fake 100$ folded on the table under the coffee cup. One of the waitresses (I didn't like her, she bragged about being a bully in school despite knowing I was being bullied, she was later fired for giving free desserts to her friends) got fed up with the bullshit tips and waited for them to get ready for their quick exit. The bully wanted to catch them publically.

The evangelical cloud sniffers paid, finished their coffee, and got up to leave thinking no one was watching. The waitress closed in on them with a speed only a disrespected service worker can muster, starting to clean the table and ask them how it was, being overly cheerful and kind.

She picked up the still folded tip and started getting emotional, blubbering about how god had heard her prayers and acted through these women, how she could replace her kids stolen sneakers for school. Making a scene thanking them for their generosity.

I only heard about it secondhand, but humiliating snobs is the best goamn response.