Twinrova: Ganon’s Mother - Lore and Origins (Legend of Zelda)

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  @Zeltik · 4 years ago · pinned

  please just pretend that I didn't get their names the wrong way around for the whole video

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• SA

  @sansnom5269 · 4 years ago

  I love the parallel between Link and Ganondorf. Two children of war, born under mysterious circumstances,  created by surrogate parental figures inside a secret land. While Link is not accepted into Kokiri Forest for being different, Ganondorf is adored  exactly by being the different one.  Their protectors see them as messianic figures, one guided to save the land,and the other to conquer it. Their destiny and stories are more similar than they like to admit. Zelda acts like the bridge between them two, once again, in mirrored ways. One seeks Zelda for guidance and Wisdom, and the other seeks Zelda as a tool for more power. One cycle that keeps repeating itself, incarnating on tragic figures from age to age.

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• AL

  @alexnewby2004 · 3 years ago

  Fun fact, twinrova does actually make a small appearance in totk! In one of the memories, there are two gerudo  knealt behind ganondorf. While they dont stand out much, they look identical, and their clothing has their names on them

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• LA

  @LamiaDusk · 4 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact: The boss title of Koume and Kotake is not Twinrova in the German version. For some reason they changed it to Killah Ohmaz which would kind of translate to Killah Granniez. And also their fused form is called Sexy Thermo Hexy (Sexy Thermo Witchey) and that's... a thing that the translators decided to do for some reason

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• CE

  @cecillewolters1995 · 4 years ago

  Watching this video finally explained the fire and ice powers of the twins.<br>The fire represents the harsh desert sun, scorching all life.<br>Ice are the cold nights, freezing all that lives.<br>The two faces of the desert, night and day, fire and ice.

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• MA

  @MardukGodSlayer · 4 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;d always assumed that the fused Twinrova was Ganondorf&apos;s actual mother, imbuing him with all her magical power, and Kotake and Koume raised him as surrogates as it would have been far too draining to maintain their fused form all the time.

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• CO

  @corruptedplayer · 4 years ago

  did you know that the <b>official</b> german name for Twinrova is &quot;Sexy Thermo Hexy&quot; (Sexy thermo Witch) and Koume and Kotakes titles are &quot;Killa Omaz&quot; (Killer Grandmas) the old german translations were full of those things. don&apos;t let me get started on LA

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• UL

  @ultraspinalki11 · 4 years ago

  After learning in Windwaker that Ganondorf once had noble intentions (saving his people from the harsh desert), I like to imagine it was the twin witches who triggered his descent into villainy by making him aware of the existence of the all-powerful Triforce. Thus, becoming obsessed in acquiring it at all costs.<br><br>After all, the witches are centuries old, they would be the most knowledgeable when it comes to the mythical Triforce after the Deku Tree and the Royal Family itself.

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• AR

  @ArcadeTheatre · 4 years ago

  I always theorized that Kotake and Koume appeared in the Downfall Timeline because they faked their death in Ocarina of Time. The whole &quot;angelic ascension to heaven&quot; that they do at the end of the Spirit Temple always seemed really suspicious to me.

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• SI

  @sirhenrymorgan1187 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Y&apos;know, I dunno if supplementary material ever answered this, but this gets me thinking:<br><br>Who was Ganondorf&apos;s biological mother? And how did Ganondorf come into Twinrova&apos;s care instead of his actual mom?<br><br>One could assume either Ganondorf was taken from his mother and Twinrova did away with her in some way, or his mother willingly gave him up to Twinrova because they were chief of the Gerudo before Ganondorf was king. Or even that she was reluctant to give him up, only to be brainwashed by Twinrova into handing him over to them.<br><br>Maybe Ganondorf&apos;s mother died after he was born? Death by childbirth? A victim of the civil war, not dissimilar from Link&apos;s mother? I suppose it isn&apos;t important, and I guess we&apos;ll never know. But it&apos;s still interesting to ponder: who birthed the Great King of Evil? What was she like? And what if she got to raise Ganondorf herself, instead of the sadistic Twinrova? Well, he likely would&apos;ve still lusted for power, much like his Four Swords Adventures incarnation...

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• DA

  @davidgorman994 · 4 years ago

  Definitely one of the more interesting parts of Ocarina. An interesting area and cast of characters

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• DO

  @dodiswatchbobobo · 4 years ago

  I’d love to get a flashback in BOTW2 to ancient Gerudo where teenage Ganondorf is chief, but Twinrova are his overbearing regents.

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