my reaction to the final dragon tear/master sword in TOTK (i'm not okay)

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[@IGN_OFFClAL]

The most intense master sword pull of all time, followed by the emotional weight of Zelda's final wishes... then it snaps back in her head "you cannot carry any more melee weapons"

[@WhatifJulia]

🤣 imagine

[@genkotone7979]

Thankfully, the Master Sword has its own special slot

[@luisvelasquezjr]

I like how everyone sees that final memory and get all torn up. Then while they're either crying or trying to hold back tears they collect all the flowers because we are all hoarders lol

[@deen7530]

I cried, then I remembered I needed Silent Princesses to upgrade my armor, so I picked them all while feeling terrible

[@WhatifJulia]

ugh it shattered my heart w her fave flower there 🥺

[@EverythingWasGreat]

I also left one, it felt appropriate.

[@ArtemisWasHere]

Link can’t just leave them there, it’s all he has left of her!!

[@BrownieEXE]

I haven't finished the game yet but found all the memories. This version Zelda is top tier for what she did

[@WhatifJulia]

agreed. i love how they made this version of zelda so much. best one yet indeed

[@woo10gamingtv11]

She waited 10,000 yrs for him it breaks me every time😢😢😢

[@ssjcookie5498]

​@@woo10gamingtv11 I think it's longer than that 10,000 was the first calamity if I remember correctly

[@deen7530]

@@ssjcookie5498 Yeah it's way more than that, because the Zonai weren't involved when Calamity Ganon attacked

[@ssjcookie5498]

@@deen7530 yeah I don't know the actual time but I guess at least double that 20,000 maybe even longer

[@libragamer787]

When I got the last memory, I went straight to the Light Dragon and left a Silent Princess on her mane since I knew it was her favorite. I was in tears the whole time

[@WhatifJulia]

🥺🥺 i think i heard they respawn there which is nice

[@DannyPotato]

They should have made it into a little sidequest thing similar to how you leave dragon parts as offerings at the springs

[@deudrop7114]

i put one on her nose so she could keep smelling it 🥲

[@GuukanKitsune]

I crowned her with an armload of them... THEN I claimed the Restored Master Sword. Her last words as herself were a request. "Protect them all!" I intend to. I won't say 'the Demon King won't know what hit him.' I will make SURE he knows... *_I_* hit him. And I'll make sure he knows WHAT WITH, too.

[@DiabeticlySweet87]

@@GuukanKitsune beautiful said

[@GeneralOlde]

Remember that in the five years between BOTW and TOTK, Zelda was living her life for the first time ever. During that time, she gained a true appreciation for Hyrule, its cultures, peoples, history, and wildlife. She set up a research team and established a school in Hateno where she taught children (to one of whom she became a sort of surrogate mother). She loved her kingdom, and her people grew to love her in return. And that's why this scene is so devastating. Zelda gave up her very existence to save the kingdom she had grown to love so much. And she had complete faith in Link to finish the job.

[@Keyblader7762]

Got to this yesterday. Never have i wanted to take down Ganondorf more in my life. Itll be an absolute pleasure

[@OhioUltimate979]

Not only that, but imagine the emotional toll this has taken on Link. He was chosen to be her knight, had to endure her lashing out, became incredibly close to her, died for her, was resurrected and had to overcome amnesia while fending off the apocalypse, then finally gets to be with her without the weight of everything on his shoulders, she moves in with him, he supports her endeavors, he probably falls in love with her if he hadn’t already, then he goes down Hyrule Castle with her, loses her, searches all over the country for her, only to realize she had to give up her identity to save Hyrule, with seemingly no way to get her back. Either the most emotionally tough being in existence, or needs a lifetime of therapy.

[@Josbird]

I wish the sword would glow gold instead of blue when it enters its activated mode, to show how it became far more powerful than before

[@WhatifJulia]

yeah that would be nice 🥲 i wonder if they’ll release a master sword trials like they did in botw to have it always glow. i know it glowed if it was within the divine beasts but yeah i wish it glowed now too 🙁

[@benjaminlatimer6676]

I mean it kind of has that finish/new texture to it when it's not glowing, but I think that'd be an awesome detail!

[@Leet-iz2fz]

Could also do that as a reference to some of the oldest games where the maximum sword upgrade was golden.

[@andrealityisgone]

when they first mentioned the dragons i was like “oh she’s gonna be a dragon” then got totally distracted by everything else then got the last memory and cried like a baby back bitch 😢😢 i am still not okay

[@WhatifJulia]

🥲

[@Zyaire286]

Man, they nailed the overworld cutscene to that of botw. Interesting enough if you return to the forgotten temple, you would have an interesting interaction with Impa as you informed her what you found from the tears you memorize. But unfortunately it is very depressing for her to say that she would look over the sources they have but could not do more for the state of the light dragon. Not much to the importance for the story but it is a very sad interaction between her and Link to basically can’t do nothing after their discovery.

[@TheSansationalSans]

You can talk to Purah and she has something to say about it as well.

[@gabrielmendozajr.1434]

The emotional music The devastating gut punch The slow realization "She's a swallower"

[@mookiestewart3776]

Lol most of em are

[@WhatifJulia]

using humor to cope y’know 🥲

[@depl0rable_scum254]

10:40 if you listen closely to the dragons roar, you can faintly hear Zelda screaming, which I didn't notice at first but now I cant unhear it.

[@WhatifJulia]

OOOOOOH i never noticed that either!!! woah

[@bluesky896]

If you talk to the great deku tree before getting the sword, he tells you where he feels the energy of the master sword, and it is a moving dot. Got the sword before cleaning up the dragon tears quest.

[@Sidus666]

same

[@stephanoluiz3798]

This game have so many little details, when you put the Master Sword on the altar and she travels back in time to reach Zelda, after that moment the Light Dragon apears in the present and soaring in the skies opening the path for Link to leave the sky island. If you don't noticed, the light dragon only apears after you do that.

[@WhatifJulia]

i did get to notice that yeah! the memory order i discovered in was great for that thankfully. i didn’t notice when she turned into a dragon all the tears dispersed in that moment too 🥺 i don’t think i caught that the first time but rewatching i did

[@philipsparks6089]

Sorry but this isnt true :( the light dragon was clearly visible as soon as you exit the cave of rebirth. It would make a lot more sense if what you said was true though!

[@WhatifJulia]

@@philipsparks6089 holy shit you’re right. that was her 😳 i thought that was naydra

[@stephanoluiz3798]

@@philipsparks6089 now i see, i thought was farosh because of the color scheme, and now replaying the intro i notice something, the master sword is not in her head... 🤔 Damn, my theory was good because i thought that was another dragon.

[@philipsparks6089]

@@stephanoluiz3798 the story tellings kinda genius lol. Your mission is to Find Zelda, and you can find her almost instantly :)

[@Niojoki]

Her flower is called "Silent Princess" because Zelda IS the Silent Princess

[@WhatifJulia]

she is now especially 😖😭

[@billystokes3917]

Honestly the best part of this game for me was the music. Hearing different themes and motifs from previous Zelda games made me super emotional every time.

[@WhatifJulia]

right!! like the integration of Fi’s theme broke my heart, and hearing it combine with zelda’s lullaby made me so sad. them both working together to aid eachothers journey 🥺 ouch.

[@headfangs]

missed opportunity not making it a gold master sword tbh!

[@WhatifJulia]

right?! wouldn’t have that been a cool change? like a combination of fi with the healing of zelda’s golden light. i kinda wouldn’t be upset by that

[@whoyoufightin1442]

I've watched this scene three times (three streamers) now, and I sob every time wtf 😭😭

[@WhatifJulia]

yeaaaaaah 🙁🥺

[@whoyoufightin1442]

Zelda is definitely the main character, something about those dragon eyes and I'm leaking tears lol

[@TwilitKage]

I just noticed that the restored Master Sword has the same blue sheen as the light dragons spikes

[@WhatifJulia]

oooooooh!! yeah! great catch

[@peterseaboldt1250]

The blade looks like it was woven from the fur on the Light Dragon's head.

[@MisterSpocktopus]

Hell yeah I was looking for something to have a mid-day cry to

[@WhatifJulia]

comin right up 😭

[@ecotton600]

The Light Dragon is in the game the whole time. That's the dragon that opens the cloud barrier that lets you leave the Great Sky Island at the beginning of the game.

[@EllaBirt]

Tingles, cries, thinking about transformation and letting go of old forms.

[@WhatifJulia]

aw yep 😞

[@josepha9306]

one thing I love is the fact that I got a extra sword storage because my sword section was full then I got a free extra storage somehow

[@WhatifJulia]

yep 🤣 i was expecting that epic scene and then it cutting to “your storage is full” and i’m glad it didn’t LOL

[@josepha9306]

@@WhatifJulia same it’s way easier because if it happened we would probably have to drop a weapon and restart the cutscene😂

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Them putting the silent princesses after the last tear was like putting lemon juice on a paper cut

[@CertifiedWaffler64]

This game man, I love it. Also I realized that the sword actually has a different colour for the majority of the blade, and it marks out the damage that it received

[@HeronKij]

Zelda's a fucking legend. Its in the goddamn title.

[@timchen5968]

there are actually two Zeldas (created by time travel), the dragon already exists at the beginning of the game when Zelda and Link are in the dungeon

[@mookiestewart3776]

Yup that means “your Zelda” is still stuck in the past for thousands of years 😢

[@kungolaf4499]

Also in BOTW. The Light Dragon is somewhere around there as well.

[@WillShackAttack]

I didn't even know it was Zelda when I flew up to her on my hover bike, then I found the Master Sword on her head, grabbed it and pulled it off. I already saw the cutscene where Zelda was told that she could turn into a dragon by swallowing her secret stone. I was like, "Hey Light Dragon! Let me get on yo head! Wait, is that the Master Sword? Zelda?? I that you???"

[@KommAndR]

I love that the intro is the Milk Bar Inn from Majoras Mask! Very cool! 😊😊

[@smashkindredSK]

"Zelda is a swallower confirmed" Pulled me right out of the emotion into funny XD. Loved it.

[@WhatifJulia]

LOL

[@piplup10203854]

😭 Not me realizing by having this scene included it completes the story for Ocarina of Time

[@WhatifJulia]

ooooh as in making sense of the 3 split timelines??

[@piplup10203854]

@@WhatifJulia 👀 Yes it's all coming together now, this scene ties it all together

[@cutermew]

I feel bad.. i didnt have any of the memories when i got the master sword. I started by grinding stamina so i could explore the the depths more easily. Talked to an npc dont even remember which, got master sword quest and pulled the sword, smacked her for a scale to sell to beedle and took some selfies.... 😢 felt bad after watching the memories..

[@WhatifJulia]

oh wow dang that must have been a bit more confusing for sure!! i understand going that route though

[@MrBigNicholas]

The "protect them all!!!" Absolitely broke me

[@Robin_hood27]

Nawww after the final tear, when I saw all the silent princesses… I just cried inside. This game really do be a masterpiece

[@BenjaminSteber]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you talk to the deku tree that will bring the light dragon closer to the ground again. No hoverbike needed. You have to fight gloom hands in the depths first, but it's worth it because it also gives you four more shrines.

[@WhatifJulia]

yep! i went to the korok forest just a couple days ago and he’s like “oh…you already have the mastersword” 🤣 funny timing

[@Rizky-Gumilar]

I really love this incarnation of Princess Zelda and Link. Zelda Design is peak with that short hair

[@WhatifJulia]

agreed!! and as a dragon 🥹

[@speedude0164]

I just had a thought. That golden sky realm where we pull the Master Sword is totally the heavens where the sky islands came from and where the dragons flew off to in Breath of the Wild. It's so perfect for Zelda to take us up there as a dragon to finally hand us the sword she's been powering up for tens of thousands of years.

[@melinduhh]

Did I click this super fast? Yes. Am I going to cry again? Also yes 😭

[@WhatifJulia]

i cried more watching this back then i did live LOL it's so heart breaking

[@melinduhh]

​@@WhatifJuliaI'm definitely crying more. I noticed things I didn't notice live. I'm not well lol

[@itzshiori7403]

"zelda's a swallower" LMAO that killed me

[@ready2learn87]

I haven’t watched any other Zelda vids (yet) but the thumbnail on this one has me rolling. The insta post was funny. I gotta see what happened.

[@WhatifJulia]

it’s a lot 🥲

[@EverythingWasGreat]

She has been a dragon for more than 10000 years.

[@snakekingblues3017]

So... no one want to peel that stone off ganon🤔 Just saying🤷‍♂️ On a side note thinking on it the light dragon the only one that does not attack link at all

[@WhatifJulia]

i was able to ride the other ones!! but yeah they attack in botw :(

[@snakekingblues3017]

@@WhatifJulia the other one shot there Element at you

[@robertjv]

I randomly just came across the autobuild under the depths and was like ' wait what, for REAL!!!?'

[@MrYeet-mz6wu]

Zelda's such a big fan of Pokemon, it looks she even has a Tera Type from Scarlet and Violet. I guess I just never expected that Tera Type to be Dragon.

[@ja1212az]

12:38 I love the Silent Princess ending in botw, and here too

[@jodscience3741]

I always cry every time I watch this.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

...There are no words. Only gratitude...and sadness.

[@cripheponine]

5:27 that comment killed me! ^^

[@themiIes]

Did you know the right "order" to collect them in? because this was my third memory so for me it wasnt really a "big surprise" in the end, I knew from the beginning "oh so she did that and became a dragon, what a trooper" still impactful but I feel like this would have been a way cooler reveal at the end of the game and not as a random cutscene in the beginning of my game

[@triforcelink]

In the forgotten temple the murals are laid out in order on the wall going clockwise. Impa leads you there through a quest.

[@WhatifJulia]

i actually didn’t know the correct order i just chose to do them in that order. i’m so glad it worked out 😅

[@thelegendofGrr]

Zelda becoming the “Silent Princess” was very poetic 😢

[@silvercomet4785]

Lmao when i first did this i didn’t connect the dots that immortal dragon was literally a dragon, so i thought that puppet zelda was her and shed lost herself 😂😂

[@EsporHB]

What armour were you wearing at 4:48 ? I think I missed it or mine has the wrong color, I absolutely love that armour.

[@WhatifJulia]

i found it in a cave near rito!! it was along the road heading north towards the hebra mountains. there were to two gals outside of the cave

[@EsporHB]

@@WhatifJulia hmm then I must have it too. I may just not have noticed before what a jewel it is, and not adjusted the colour

[@dshinigami1]

that zelda lullaby killed me

[@Sarah_H]

Asking the big questions: "Where did the f****** thing that holds the sword come from?" BUT REALLY IN BOTW TOO WHERE WAS IT STASHED THIS WHOLE TIME???

[@Fangria]

Watching zelda final memory while link is wearing the lil slutty dress is hilarious

[@WhatifJulia]

HAHA

[@piplup10203854]

😭 Dude, what are they trying to do to me! Hello my heart would like a refund please! Nooo!

[@javonilewis9094]

Listen no game has ever made me cry and Zelda did that, this was too much to hold back, it was very emotional

[@user-ej2lv8re6d]

とっても良いリアクション動画でした！ How good reaction video!! I like it!❤

[@WhatifJulia]

thank you!

[@BradTheDead]

I suppose it's only appropriate that Zelda lets you live for failing the Master Sword pull while the KING KOROK kills you for it in BotW

[@adrianrennie5153]

wait a min how can zelda fly around the sky for 10,000 years but she was with link before she went back in time? doesn't this mean there already 2 zelda as one went back in time and the other zelda was flying high in the sky? how can she travel from the past and back in the present day in 10,000 years? so me that 2 swords and 2 zelda.

[@Raymail-tj4cf]

Your Korok looks like Makar from Wind Waker.

[@Yvonne1137]

too soon 😭

[@WhatifJulia]

😭

[@RandomTransGurl]

This Zelda has lost and sacrificed so much at this point she deserves so much better

[@hilmigotchardsatsu2923]

Wah keren kak semangat main game legand of zelda tears of the kingdom

[@3d_wafflehouse]

zelda saw the secret stone n said omnomnom

[@WhatifJulia]

LMAO

[@kaileykinsey3093]

did I watch this live? yes. did I immediately come to this video to watch again and cry AGAIN? also yes. 🥹

[@WhatifJulia]

🥺🥺