
What if Zelda was the protagonist in the game named after her? UvU

Naomi and I were discussing her fic idea of badass Zelda and other ladies and I proposed Malon is taking care of Epona and that she teaches Zelda to ride.
SO NOW I SHIP IT. *nodnod*
CUTIE PRECIOUS BABIES.
Why would Zelda need to learn how to teach horse riding from a farm girl like Malon? We know Zelda gets combat training, she knows how to ride a horse and even knows how to aim with a bow an arrow while riding on Epona in Twilight Princess. Epona doesn’t even know her and yet Zelda perfectly seems to handle her in that game. Zelda’s badass alright, she doesn’t need training from Malon, she needs training from Impa or knights.
Okay, you realise that Malon is from Ocarina of Time, right.
And so is the Zelda in this picture.
Ocarina of Time is not Twilight Princess.
Therefore, the Zelda in this picture is not the Zelda in Twilight Princess.
Because Malon is not in Twilight Princess, she’s in Ocarina of Time.
Because the Zelda in Ocarina of Time and the Zelda in Twilight Princess are different people.
You do know that… right?
You are missing the point. Why would Zelda hang out with a peasant farmgirl as Malon, just to get trained for horse riding? She has Impa to teach combat etc. She gets schooled/tutored. She even became Sheik because of her ties with Impa. Surely Zelda from Ocarina of Time would get horse riding/ combat horse riding teaching, just as Twilight Princess Zelda got hers. It just doesn’t make sense for Zelda to be teached by a farmgirl like Malon. Lon Lon Ranch is only known to deliver the milk for the royal family, that’s it.
Nnnnno, pretty sure you’re missing the point here.
So, Zelda is an adult here, and Link is not around. Therefore, the implication is that this takes place in the adult timeline, when Impa has become a sage and is no longer around, as implied by the ending of the game, which anyone with a modicum of critical analysis could use as evidence that the sages are no longer around to do things like combat training.
She’s spent seven years in hiding. She’s never had horse riding lessons, since she was in hiding. To avoid being captured. As stated in the game. And no matter what your views on Sheik (and I do indeed have a different view of him! Not everyone views him the same way!), did you see him ride a horse at any point in the game? At all? Ever? No. No, we do not. We see Link (in another time), Ganondorf (sealed), Impa (sage), Ingo (nah), and Malon. Who seems to be rather an expert with horses, and a natural candidate to teach Zelda to ride.
Please don’t tell me how to write my own fics. I don’t tell you how to write yours, do I?
(Also? ‘Teached’ is not a word…)
Didn’t they leave with a white horse? Impa could have taught Zelda horse riding/combat horse riding with that white horse they had. Young Zelda could already have horse ride combat riding since it was implied she was a tom boy. If you check out Impa’s 3ds oot house, you can see a lot of notes about the temples and the items. Impa is Zelda’s tutor and Malon surely is not (not even implied Princess Zelda has a connection with Malon) she surely did teach Zelda a lot about being Sheik. (And indeed not going into the idea of Sheik being a seperate person) It just doesn’t make sense for a peasant farmgirl like Malon to learn a high class Princess Zelda how to ride a horse. Horse riding is the transport in the area of Oot, why would Zelda learn these basics from Malon?
Yeah my english grammar fails me sometimes.
There’s nothing to say that she did learn to ride, as a princess wouldn’t it make more sense that she was taught to sit side saddle while Impa controlled the horse? And you never see Sheik on a horse and training someone to ride a horse when there are more important things like training them how to survive as their disguise seems much more likely.
And Zelda has never shown any contempt for her people, she hung out with Link who was a nameless fairy boy. Now I forget what happens to her father but either way Malon is working prominently on the most important ranch in Hyrule so she’s not exactly just some nameless peasant.
Fleeing on a horse would be a basic training to survive, especially in an area where horse riding is their basic transport and someone like Ganondorf is searching Zelda. Impa also flees on a horse, so she knows how to horse ride. We know that Zelda is Sheik and was highly trained and taught by Impa. I’m just saying that I would rather see Impa train Zelda then a farmgirl like Malon. Sure Zelda and Malon could have spoken words. But the training/tutoring Zelda is a job for Impa.
Ooook but that still doesn’t mean it HAD to happen that way??? This is a fic idea where we can fill in the details ourselves and we said well it’s perfectly possible that Zelda was too busy training to hide and be sheik to learn horse riding….I mean, he could teleport!! And using the conventional method of travel could have been too conspicuous.
And so then they didn’t bother with learning to ride so Zelda wants to learn because of plot and stuff. And so! She goes to Malon.
Also, dayum that farmgirl is fine so Zelda uses that excuse to get to know her ;D
My headcanon is not your headcanon and that’s ok?

Naomi and I were discussing her fic idea of badass Zelda and other ladies and I proposed Malon is taking care of Epona and that she teaches Zelda to ride.
SO NOW I SHIP IT. *nodnod*
CUTIE PRECIOUS BABIES.
Why would Zelda need to learn how to teach horse riding from a farm girl like Malon? We know Zelda gets combat training, she knows how to ride a horse and even knows how to aim with a bow an arrow while riding on Epona in Twilight Princess. Epona doesn’t even know her and yet Zelda perfectly seems to handle her in that game. Zelda’s badass alright, she doesn’t need training from Malon, she needs training from Impa or knights.
Okay, you realise that Malon is from Ocarina of Time, right.
And so is the Zelda in this picture.
Ocarina of Time is not Twilight Princess.
Therefore, the Zelda in this picture is not the Zelda in Twilight Princess.
Because Malon is not in Twilight Princess, she’s in Ocarina of Time.
Because the Zelda in Ocarina of Time and the Zelda in Twilight Princess are different people.
You do know that… right?
You are missing the point. Why would Zelda hang out with a peasant farmgirl as Malon, just to get trained for horse riding? She has Impa to teach combat etc. She gets schooled/tutored. She even became Sheik because of her ties with Impa. Surely Zelda from Ocarina of Time would get horse riding/ combat horse riding teaching, just as Twilight Princess Zelda got hers. It just doesn’t make sense for Zelda to be teached by a farmgirl like Malon. Lon Lon Ranch is only known to deliver the milk for the royal family, that’s it.
Nnnnno, pretty sure you’re missing the point here.
So, Zelda is an adult here, and Link is not around. Therefore, the implication is that this takes place in the adult timeline, when Impa has become a sage and is no longer around, as implied by the ending of the game, which anyone with a modicum of critical analysis could use as evidence that the sages are no longer around to do things like combat training.
She’s spent seven years in hiding. She’s never had horse riding lessons, since she was in hiding. To avoid being captured. As stated in the game. And no matter what your views on Sheik (and I do indeed have a different view of him! Not everyone views him the same way!), did you see him ride a horse at any point in the game? At all? Ever? No. No, we do not. We see Link (in another time), Ganondorf (sealed), Impa (sage), Ingo (nah), and Malon. Who seems to be rather an expert with horses, and a natural candidate to teach Zelda to ride.
Please don’t tell me how to write my own fics. I don’t tell you how to write yours, do I?
(Also? ‘Teached’ is not a word…)
Didn’t they leave with a white horse? Impa could have taught Zelda horse riding/combat horse riding with that white horse they had. Young Zelda could already have horse ride combat riding since it was implied she was a tom boy. If you check out Impa’s 3ds oot house, you can see a lot of notes about the temples and the items. Impa is Zelda’s tutor and Malon surely is not (not even implied Princess Zelda has a connection with Malon) she surely did teach Zelda a lot about being Sheik. (And indeed not going into the idea of Sheik being a seperate person) It just doesn’t make sense for a peasant farmgirl like Malon to learn a high class Princess Zelda how to ride a horse. Horse riding is the transport in the area of Oot, why would Zelda learn these basics from Malon?
Yeah my english grammar fails me sometimes.
There’s nothing to say that she did learn to ride, as a princess wouldn’t it make more sense that she was taught to sit side saddle while Impa controlled the horse? And you never see Sheik on a horse and training someone to ride a horse when there are more important things like training them how to survive as their disguise seems much more likely.
And Zelda has never shown any contempt for her people, she hung out with Link who was a nameless fairy boy. Now I forget what happens to her father but either way Malon is working prominently on the most important ranch in Hyrule so she’s not exactly just some nameless peasant.

Naomi and I were discussing her fic idea of badass Zelda and other ladies and I proposed Malon is taking care of Epona and that she teaches Zelda to ride.
SO NOW I SHIP IT. *nodnod*
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I have a novel and about fifteen thousand WIPs to work on, but after last night’s episode all I can focus on is how much I’ve been broken over no one (himself included) valuing Derek Hale’s life.
So here, have the beginning of a story about…
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midna tries to flirt w/ zelda but zelda doesn’t notice because she thought midna was just being friendly and midna asks link for help
“how do i get zelda to like me”
“buy her a goat”
“no god damn it link ugh”
midna leaves and then the next morning she visits zelda and sees her staring at a goat with the words “midna thinks ur cute” shaved in its fur and link’s hiding in a bush nearby giving midna a thumbs-up