And the "Zelda never contributes anything" crowd takes another L

It was an extremely risky move, but at the same time was the smartest move on Zelda's part. Literally killing 3 birds with one stone. Giving the Master Sword plenty of time to heal, charge it with power within that time, AND being able to live long enough to make it back to her era without aging out. All at the cost of not being conscious through it all

All those Silent Princesses is what

Another cool easter egg is if you watch the intro sequence at the start of the game again, when the logo shows up, Zelda as a dragon is flying right by it. Genius foreshadowing!

That “Protect them all” scene was the most incredible show of badassery that Zelda could ever do

Her clinging so closely to the master sword with so much fear and uncertainty of both losing herself and being alone for 10,000 years all can be seen in her eyes and it HURT me 😭

Poor Zelda. She became trapped in a body that wasn't her own

The first time a mainline Zelda game made me tear up.

It’s not real it’s just a game don’t cry don’t CRY DAMNIT

What makes it more sad is the last memory is surrounded by silent princesses, her favorite flowers.

I really admire Zelda's characterization in BotW and TotK. This woman is FIERCELY badass. Imagine loving your people and your kingdom so very much that you devote your entire life to learning the sacred power to seal away Calamity Ganon, then holding him down ALONE in the ruins of your home for 100 YEARS while everyone you knew either died in the Calamity or escaped it only to die of old age. Imagine coming out of that 100 year stasis to a kingdom and people you don't recognize, then doing your best to assimilate and serve the children and grandchildren of the people you gave up everything for, founding a school and finally being at peace enough to start over and start living again. Imagine your kingdom and your new friends/subjects then being threatened by the mysterious Gloom diseases plaguing the kingdom, witnessing Ganondorf's awakening, the destruction of the legendary Master Sword, realizing the Calamity was just a taste of what's coming and then being shunted back millions of years to another era entirely, AGAIN to a kingdom and people you dont even know. Imagine loving that kingdom and it's founders and your ancestors STILL and choosing to stand and fight with them and then losing those comrades again. Imagine the strength of heart and spirit when not even that crushed your faith or your love for your kingdom and all its people so that when the ultimate sacrifice of everything you are is the only way forward to have the slimmest hope, you don't even hesitate to lose yourself to the dragon for millennia in stasis to keep the legendary blade safe, to travel back to your own era and pray that Link will save all the souls in peril and bring the Demon King to his knees. I admire her so much. She's so courageous and clever in this story.

3:15

Zelda heals the master sword. Meanwhile Link is building tanks and aircrafts

As a person who was obsessed with the spirit dragons in botw, the light dragon made my jaw go through the fucking floor when i first saw it, i wanted the dragons to play a role in a story but this is pretty close and good enough for me.

The thing is that even after completing this quest the "find Zelda" quest isn't completed. So despite knowing Zelda is a dragon now and that process is supposed to be irreversible Link just doesn't accept that.

3:48

I’ve played every Zelda game and this was the most epic ‘get master sword’ moment I’ve ever experienced. Soaring up into the sky to land on dragon-Zelda and pulling the master sword out of her locks of hair, just pure art.

Each time I watch this I get more emotional.

Getting the master sword first and then doing this quest was the best decision. Having that realisation of who the dragon is afterwards was just a crazy feeling

Anyone else cried like a fucker watching this?