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rynlingI wrote this as a reply to a comment on my Legend of Zelda fanfic novella What Dreams May Come, but it's worth sharing here as well:
This entire story was built around that one detail - namely, how uncanny it would be to encounter a Rito for the first time. Like, at first you think they're wearing a plague mask, but then you realize that's their actual face. From there I got the idea of an outsider traveling into Hyrule. And then, how much more intriguing if that outsider were Zelda herself, who has a deep (and deeply unhealthy) connection to the ruins that no one ever told her about?
This is essentially the story of Silksong, by the way. I feel like Team Cherry made that game specifically for me.
I want to add here that, at the (true) end of Silksong, Hornet makes the same decision that Zelda makes at the end of my story. This is, incidentally, the decision that Agnes makes at the end of my original gothic fantasy novel An Unfound Door.
Specifically, if this is what happens to a society sustained by a torture nexus, perhaps it makes sense to disable the torture nexus. Idk man. When it comes to the torture nexus (ie, capitalist imperialism), I think it's important to tell stories about what a joy and a pleasure it is to destroy the loathsome thing.
This entire story was built around that one detail - namely, how uncanny it would be to encounter a Rito for the first time. Like, at first you think they're wearing a plague mask, but then you realize that's their actual face. From there I got the idea of an outsider traveling into Hyrule. And then, how much more intriguing if that outsider were Zelda herself, who has a deep (and deeply unhealthy) connection to the ruins that no one ever told her about?
This is essentially the story of Silksong, by the way. I feel like Team Cherry made that game specifically for me.
I want to add here that, at the (true) end of Silksong, Hornet makes the same decision that Zelda makes at the end of my story. This is, incidentally, the decision that Agnes makes at the end of my original gothic fantasy novel An Unfound Door.
Specifically, if this is what happens to a society sustained by a torture nexus, perhaps it makes sense to disable the torture nexus. Idk man. When it comes to the torture nexus (ie, capitalist imperialism), I think it's important to tell stories about what a joy and a pleasure it is to destroy the loathsome thing.
