The Master Sword is in the most EMOTIONAL location in Tears of the Kingdom

I was actually holding back so many tears for this (see what I did there?) This might be my FAVORITE Master Sword story yet, what did you think?
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[@Xandrick64]

To think her dragon form was around for 10,000+ years, too...

[@Nythical]

She was waiting for so long 😭

[@ZaldaFan_24]

It's actually a lot longer than that, since she went back to the time Hyrule was founded

[@kelticsage]

10k years ago was the height of the sheikah tech which was based on ancient zonai archaeological finds of that time. So really she waited 100,000 or more years

[@Xandrick64]

@@kelticsage Oh, seems I got my times wrong then. I do know she went back to Hyrule's founding but I guess I was using the wrong measure of years.

[@Churroo]

Never have i been more shook by a Zelda game than this reveal

[@Nythical]

It was INCREDIBLE. I was thinking about it for a good 24-48 hours afterwards

[@Churroo]

@@Nythical i just did this part today! i probably will as well. I just wanted to see if other people reacted the same way I did!

[@Nythical]

@@Churroo ooh the story just gets even better after this too…so excited for you!!!

[@Churroo]

@@Nythical oh really? damn. Im so hyped!

[@kriscynical]

I was glad that they made it where the Master Sword was just wrapped up in her hair rather than... like... _embedded_ in her head. I think that given how long she was guarding and fortifying it, to feel ANYBODY messing with it caused that instinctual reaction to protect it. In my mind that bit of her consciousness that was still in there recognized it was him, which is when and why she calmed and let go. AND THOSE SILENT PRINCESSES ALL AROUND HIM MURDER ME _EVERY TIME._ 🥺🥺🥺

[@narommalagonmorales2663]

it was enbebed in her head lmao, the hair was just wrapping it up

[@kriscynical]

​​@@narommalagonmorales2663 No it isn't. lol He wouldn't have been able to lift it up so gently and effortlessly if it was embedded in her skull. In the shot of him lifting it the blade isn't long enough to have been IN her head. The sound effect isn't of a blade being unsheathed from anything but just being lifted against something soft, ie the hair. The sound effect is different when the blade is pulled from being embedded in the pedestal across both games.

[@CaveChad]

When I first got the Master Sword and saw the cut scene. My first reaction was ohhh I can't wait until Nikki and Carmen see this!!

[@Nythical]

It was incredible!!! Seriously a beautiful story 🥰

[@Patralgan]

I did the Master Sword quest before I knew it was her. Only after I sought the memories I realized and it hit me very hard. The beauty of the game is that no matter how you get the Master Sword, it just works. Even if you only get it at the very last moments of the game.

[@Nythical]

It’s so special 💜

[@lordnul1708]

Link actually visibly emotes if you're not wearing a headpiece that either hides his face (like the Divine Beast helms or Majora's Mask) or locks his expression (like the Fierce Deity's Mask).

[@kriscynical]

He absolutely does, and I love it. It's _so_ subtle but fitting for his character, especially given her diary entry about _why_ he's so quiet in BotW. For him to emote at all shows how much he was feeling at that moment.

[@GeneralOlde]

Upon closer inspection, you’ll see that the sword isn’t stuck in the dragon’s head but rather wrapped up in its hair. Cool detail.

[@MattTOB618]

6:09 "When she said 'Come find me', she meant 'Come find my dragon'." (Spoilers for what happens directly after all 4 Regional Phenomena are completed) Uhh... Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Ganondorf's Puppet Zelda that said that? Ganondorf himself says that his puppet "made it so easy to mislead you-To keep you occupied...", and the chase around Hyrule Castle establishes that Puppet Zelda does indeed have the ability to telepathically communicate to Link. Puppet Zelda even says "Come find me" right before the end of the chase! So unless Zelda can speak while her mind is asleep within the Light Dragon, and unless Ganondorf can overhear her talking to Link so that he can take advantage of the situation and trick Link, then there's no real way that the person who said "Find me" at the beginning of the game was anyone other than Puppet Zelda.

[@supra-storm]

I like story type game but this is awesome 😊

[@creamoftomatosoup]

That VahMedoh hat was hysterical 😅

[@Nythical]

LMAOOO

[@dwaynemorgan2922]

My lil cousin blurted it out b4 I got off the sky island. Knew it the whole time...got the sword...cried like a baby. 33y/o man lol

[@Nythical]

It’s so emotional, Zelda was so brave for doing that!

[@kupo3769]

im sure the next game they will make zelda a leprachaun

[@kupo3769]

ofc only link can do everything

[@kupo3769]

bathed in sacred power? is there a lake called sacred power? that cutscene didnt make sense how they worded it

[@rohangardiner]

Sacred power is like energy that the sword is being surrounded by and absorbing. So it does make sense

[@kupo3769]

@@rohangardiner i guess

[@hardensoul7248]

Zelda as the dragon is emitting/healing the Master Sword with her sacred power. Bathing is just another way to worded! Also those sword isn’t really stuck/stabbed in her. She is holding sword with her hair! Bathing in sacred power!

[@kupo3769]

@@hardensoul7248 id get the the game if you could play as zelda i have a feeling Nintendo will e never do that. but your explanation makes sense to me

[@kriscynical]

I'm not meaning this in a condescending way, I promise... but is English not your first language? Because "bathing" can just mean covering, enveloping, surrounding, soaking, etc, not just bathing as in washing your body. Like how laying out in the sun to get a tan is also called "sun bathing", because you're bathing in sunlight to get a tan. Zelda possesses a "sacred power that can dispel evil", so by holding on to the sword and "pouring her power into it" for all of those millennia, the blade was bathing in that power and absorbing it. Zelda needed to not only find a way back to her current time period, but also let the sword spend a LONG TIME soaking all of her scared power into itself in order for it to be strong enough to defeat Ganondorf. Dragons are immortal, so by becoming a dragon she insured that the sword would not only find its way BACK to Link through all of that time, but also be steeped in her power for all of that time, too.

[@jfiffl7]

Having a Mind Probed for Directory Really doesent do Productivity Any favors :( But Marriage to a Like-Like Does strange and Magical things.

[@kupo3769]

so zelda is a dragon?

[@Nythical]

I was SHOOK finding this out. 😭 it was totally unexpected

[@ThiccBoiDaniel]

I legit cried

[@Nythical]

I was holding back tears tbh I’m surprised I didn’t cry

[@ThiccBoiDaniel]

@@Nythical whew I let them fly lol, mom had to come ask me what happened 😂

[@kriscynical]

Also, did you notice... when the classic "you just pulled the Master Sword" music starts playing, they added just those first three notes of Zelda's Lullaby to the beginning of it this time. It's NEVER been there before. 😭🥹

[@Nythical]

The way they added a bunch of classic Zelda songs into this game is iconic. Like link humming them while he cooks 😭