#If Link wants better advice than that he should go to Yona or an ACTUAL THERAPIST

[autistic-sidon]

Always raise an eyebrow when people say they hate the totk Zora story like it's one of three reasons:

1. They genuinely think the characters were underdeveloped and needed more time to get the messages of the storyline across for it to work (this is my reason except I don't hate the story I just wish there was more.)

2. They were one of the people who wanted Sidon to have more depth as a character and then got mad when he had more depth as a character by showing his weaknesses and how he is in fact not perfect (this destroys the Tumblr sexy man version of Sidon they made up in their head.)

3. They hate women. Elaborating, they're pissy because Yona came out of nowhere and ruined their ship even though there's a billion other characters that came out of nowhere yet they're only mad about Yona (she gets in the way of the Temu yaoi which is a massive crime.)

It's usually the 2nd and 3rd.

#sidon #lady yona #loz totk #I hate the 3rd one the most obviously but there's a special annoyance I have for the 2nd #'We need more mentally ill characters!' and then got mad about Sidon for being mentally ill because it 'mischaracterized' him #Even though he's been mentally ill since botw it just wasn't in your face #Totk forces both Sidon AND the player to acknowledge it #And then there's the people who try to say he's not actually mentally ill meanwhile in botw he apologizes for yelling from the river?? 😭 #Also calls himself pushy and unreasonable #Likeeeeee I know you guys like to write Sidon as a therapist for Link because you think he's not got problems of his own #But I cannot stress enough how unqualified Sidon is to give Link any advice beyond 'believe in yourself 💞' #If Link wants better advice than that he should go to Yona or an ACTUAL THERAPIST #Also please don't kill me for shading the yaoi ship...I had to #I might elaborate on what I like about Sidon of the Zora vs. where I think it fell short. Could be fun.