Daily Debate: Was The Calamity Just A Means To Torture Princess Zelda?
Posted on July 11 2021 by Alexandria Weber
Zelda fans have sat twiddling their thumbs ever since June 2019, when it was revealed that the sequel to Breath of the Wild was in development, that the Zelda peeps at Nintendo wanted to explore further the version of Hyrule built in Breath of the Wild. With the new trailer rejuvenating our hype for the sequel, we can’t help but question what exactly is going on in the mysterious happenings of the trailers.
One of the things, however, that is blatantly obvious is that Ganon in his emaciated, corpse-like form is a threat to the same Link and Zelda that lost to the calamity a hundred years prior, and reunited to seal him away and bring peace to Hyrule. Of course introducing a new threat is an age-old technique to create a sequel, but there could be something more.
Calamity Ganon was a very real threat to Hyrule, but now that we know of Ganon’s corpse, it makes me think that he was a puppet master, not just with the intent of bringing Hyrule to ruin, but taking revenge on Princess Zelda, aka the descendant of the Goddess Hylia.
After the calamity was prophesied, Princess Zelda spent her entire life in fruitless prayer, an entire kingdom looking at her to be their salvation and thus putting a great amount of pressure on her. By the time she unlocked her sealing power, she was too late to save her kingdom, her father, her friends, and most tragically, Link, the young man she was in love with. After he was sent to the Shrine of Resurrection and she returned the Master Sword to Korok forest, she spent a hundred years keeping Ganon at bay at the castle. Even when an amnesia-ridden Link rescued her at the end of Breath of the Wild, their “happy ending” of rebuilding seemed to be one that was not permanent, given what we have seen of Breath of the Wild 2. I did always think that defeating Calamity Ganon was just too easy for how difficult the war seemed in the memories.
Although it all could be just Ganon trying to destroy Hyrule, that seems like a fair bit of trauma on Zelda’s part. Perhaps Ganon wanted to torture Zelda for 117 years before enacting his true master plan to overtake Hyrule.
What do you think? Is Zelda being tortured? Or am I looking too much into it? Let us know in the comments below!
Alexandria Weber is a Senior Editor and an aspiring creative writer. Her favorite food is apple pie and she loves her cat Galadriel. Ask her for pictures!
