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First and Forever Fandom

My very first fandom was The Legend of Zelda. I remember being a small child going through my father's video games and failing miserably at the special GameCube edition of Ocarina of Time, begging him to help me get past the giant rock sphere I was terrified of and then the dungeon in the Great Deku Tree. 

I remember, after inheriting my stepmother's pink DS Lite, playing Phantom Hourglass and being mad about the lack of swimming and too scared to go through caves full of monsters, much less willingly walk towards the blobs that hurt me when I touched them. 

I remember playing Twilight Princess for endless hours until I had the tutorial memorized, but never able to get past the wolf transformations without my father's help.

I remember playing Skyward Sword and getting so excited that I could finally do stuff by myself, but stopping before finishing the game.

I remember getting the special edition Legend of Zelda WiiU with Wind Waker installed, and being so ridiculously happy that the first Zelda game I finally beat was the one that originally came out the year I was born. 

I remember playing Ocarina of Time 3D on my 3DS for hours, months, years, until I finally beat it, even if I was still scared of video game enemies from time to time, even if I procrastinated on the Forest Temple for so long that I completed entire portions of the game intended much later on before the first real dungeon, even if I started as a child and beat it as a teenager. 

I remember coming back to Skyward Sword and making it my goal to beat it that summer. I remember being so frustrated that I couldn't do the Silent Realm trials by myself because the music made my heart race, my hands shake, and my movements panicked, all because I was so caught up in that game. I remember beating it, and the joy that I had, that I had finally beat it with my father by my side, not leading me as in the past.

I remember looking at all of the old Zelda games installed on my 3DS from the previous owner, from Link's Awakening to the installment Nintendo pretends doesn't exist to A Link to the Past to the one that started it all, and deciding I'd beat them all one day, on the car rides stretching between my father's home and my mother's home. 

I remember playing A Link Between Worlds and liking it not because of nostalgia, but because I loved Ravio and I wanted to figure out the ending and I was so excited that I was actually completing the game myself, without even minimal paternal assistance or online guides, even if I got so frustrated sometimes I wanted to throw the game, even if I thought the camera angle was confusing, even if I wanted more story, more modern Zelda. I remember feeling the excitement and sorrow that can only come from beating a good game all by yourself.

I remember hearing about the plans for Zelda WiiU, before it was titled Breath of the Wild, and worrying I wouldn't enjoy the game as much because it was an open world Zelda game, like the old ones I still couldn't beat, and as much as I respected the series' roots, I couldn't deny that I enjoyed the games I grew up on over the ones my parents did. I remember fearing I'd be unable to beat the game, much less enjoy it, for my lack of skill. I remember nearly throwing up from my excitement as I saw the E3 trailers, learned more and more about the changes to the Zelda formula that made Zelda games, well, Zelda games, and becoming more and more sure I would love the new game, regardless of difficulty. 

I remember seeing my father's copy of Twilight Princess HD, and excitedly starting on it at midnight before he even realized I had been dropped off yet, and falling asleep a mere thirty minutes into the tutorial. I remember waking up in the morning and picking it right back up, spending the weekend getting all the way to the Goron Mines on memory alone, and beating the dungeons with the confidence of one who had already played the game.

The Legend of Zelda always has, and always will, hold a special place in my heart. 

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BUT HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF THE MANGAS???????

BECAUSE THEY EXIST, AND LEMME TELL YOU, I LOVE THEM. 

I love these non canon books a liiiiiiittle too much. 

The Four Swords one is my favorite. 

I accidentally made myself ship Red and Shadow, whoops.

 Talk to me about it all the time, please, I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. @PainfulTrash STIIIIIILL HASN'T FINISHED THE MANGA I LINKED HER TO ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND IT'S ONLY TWO VOLUMES.

so...sorry for incoherent yelling, but basically this fandom has taken over my life, specifically this tiny speck that is floating around in the giant ocean of the massive main fandom. and if you like it to, come talk to me. 

I'll probably talk your ear off, but come talk to me.

(pleeeeeeeeaseeeeeeeeee.)