Not a question, but i wanted to say that i love the poetry of Gabriel now having to help the newly angelic V1 to get used to its new form, just like V1 helped fallen Gabriel all those years ago.
(Also love the how they basically inverted roles, Gabriel became demonic, and V1 angelic)
it's one of my favorite parts of the au too ;o; i just really love the idea of both of them getting the chance to be cared for in a way they very rarely ever had been, if at all - gabriel shouldered so many burdens all on his own, his "sin" had to be hidden and if he made mistakes, he paid for them without receiving an ounce of sympathy from those surrounding him. in his fall, v1 saw his disgrace, saw how he had been condemned and damned through perceived treachery, it saw all the ugliness made manifest that heaven hated in him...and it cared for him then. it grew in understanding of gentleness, it learned how to be caring just for his sake because it saw suffering, suffering he believed in so many ways he brought on himself, but it chose to still treat him with kindness so antithetical to its nature. gabriel couldn't comprehend that, believed so thoroughly he didn't deserve it, yet he could never change its mind. his light had been ripped from him, he has branded a traitor of god, but he was met with care.
in a similar way, v1 is a machine, a new prototype never before seen - it underwent so many modifications, it was constantly torn apart in body and mind without its consent, without its understanding of what they were changing about it. it would simply wake up with parts added, parts taken, code rearranged and mind altered so many times that it died over and over in the testing phases. but it had to take those changes, it had to adapt to them even if they could stripped from it in an instant and it had to start all over again learning its new body, new mind. so when it's resurrected, it's used to this in a way, it understands it must adjust because this is just what it is now. it is a tool at its core, and a tool must be made most efficient. and it's happy to be most efficient. but then gabriel comes to it, he apologizes for so altering it even if that very altering saved its life. he helps it adjust to the changes, he uses his knowledge because he can understand what he did and what's happening to v1 unlike experimenting engineers in its past. he lets it take its time, he doesn't criticize it or express disappointment as it struggles with some of its new power. he's just as gentle, just as kind as v1 once was in his fall, and for the first time...it can feel fully confident, fully safe in the changes that were made
genuinely curious, since my previous interactions with the zelda fandom were really secluded, happened a very long time ago, and also were not international: was the "liking/dissecting ganondorf's character/his place in the series is morally unnacceptable" trend as prevalent before totk? was this always a Thing or did it pick up steam after the release?
venerable fandom elders, I am interested in your wisdom. 🙏
ik the constellations are supposed to be like the eldritch gods using mortal suffering as entertainment and all but it's hard to be scared when their names sound like a 14 yr old trying too hard to be scary