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Liefesa — Ganondorf
Published: 2012-01-08 23:32:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 5776; Favourites: 220; Downloads: 59
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This is a poem imagining the feelings that drove Ganondorf in his earliest days. The concepts relate roughly to several instalments in the Legend of Zelda series, especially Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time.- Hyrule's Darker Side poetry folder here .
Original game (c) Nintendo.
My art and lyrics are (c) me. ^^
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Fantastic! I would consider myself a writer, but my poems never sound this good.
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This... this fits my views on Ganondorf perfectly.
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Wow, I haven't actually seen any poems about Ganondorf, which makes this even better! I love writing poems too, and I love reading yours, especially about TLoZ. Awesome job, and keep writing poems, I'd love to read more!
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Thank you 
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This really puts one perspective differently. You did a great job with this poem. It speaks so loudly of why Ganondorf decided to do what he did. I can't say it enough, but good job you did right here!
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I like to see some motivation behind actions. They did pretty well with that in WW
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how am I suposted to read this? left to right ---- or |||?
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Ah, left to right (so two rows). I'll probably update this sometime to make it clearer!
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:3 I put it as my display pic on facebook
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^^ cool. Just link it back here if possible
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as you wished~ :3
ive recently changed it... but this is it~ :3
I hope you dont mind that I used it as a picture... I forgot to credit you at the time... but if I upload it again/use it again... ill deffantly credit you~ :3
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nevermind figured it out~
this is beautiful!
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There will be more! (plenty of dark / sad Zelda pieces in my gallery!)
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This is so amazing. It's not everyday you get to hear from Ganon's own heart. That's why I love the end of Wind Waker. This was really nice.
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Glad you liked it!
The tale in the Wind Waker was definitely a strong inspiration to care about Ganondorf a bit!
Can't wait to play it on Wii U!
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This is absolutely fantastic, I really imagine this captures Ganondorf's (understandable) road to evil so well!
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It'd be nice to see some more back-story exploration in future games.
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This is so awesome. I normally don't find poems that I like about Zelda but...This, this is just so lovely. Well done!
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Wow, that was an absolutely gorgeous poem! Wonderful job!
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^^ Thanks! I'm glad to give Ganondorf a bit more depth!
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You're welcome! And that's the best part about this poem! You take it to a level that gives reason and more sense to Ganon, despite that we can't say for sure that these reasons are canon.
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^.^
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This is absolutely stunning! I'm at a loss for words to accurately describe my awe at this wonderful piece of poetry. Not only did you show a rarely explored side of Ganondorf, but also the way the poem itself is constructed is beautiful!
The repetition with the wind-borne sand is a lovely break in the storytelling that makes up the rest of the poem. The rhythm and meter fit perfectly which gives it a nice flow.
Gorgeous!
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The return to "wind-borne sand" was to really show that it will not go away...
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I am at a loss for words. Ganondorf's original story already left me with a slight feeling of wonder, because before that he always felt like such a one-dimensional villain. But what you have done is amazing. You turned him from Satan to Job. This isn't the story of a man consumed by greed. This is the story of the unfair trials of a righteous man who has been pushed to his limits.
The language you used is also incredible. Lord of dusty realm with fiery hair 'neath blackened helm. I shivered.
I am, however, a critic by nature, so I have a few suggestions. A few words don't rhyme, easy as that. "Law" and "core" don't match up as far as I'm concerned.
I usually am not a fan of going for a standard serif font, but I think it adds to the elegance of the design here and it's a much more pleasant read than the amateur's choice of a font like Papyrus. So props on that, the color, font and size of the main body is just perfect.
However, the title is something that deserves a more visually appealing font. This is one of those times where sites like dafont are your friend. Readability and uniformity is fine and dandy, but you want something that catches the eye of the reader.
I love the way you emulated the swirly yet choppy clouds that characterize the Wind Waker. The shapes are definitely in order, especially the cloud formation on the right of the subdividers is very interesting to look at. However, the blurriness of the swirls and the way the lines are all the same thickness cheapens the impact. The Windwaker is known for its bold lines and its cell shaded graphics - glowing pencil-thin lines are the exact opposite of that style. I think you wanted to go more for a style like this:
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Now the portrayal of Ganondorf (or in this case, Ganon) is the exact opposite of what you've achieved in this poem, but the style of the image is quite close to yours, but a bit more clean.
As I'm a huge fan of this poem and dabble in graphic design, I am more than ready to offer you my services in case you need the graphical part of the poem jazzed up a bit.
One last thing, I love the layout of the poem. Very clear, very inviting and visually interesting. Absolutely magnificent.
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Wow! Thanks for taking the time to leave such an in-depth comment!
I'm glad you enjoyed the poem!
For font and design and such, I think I need to revise them at some point. The wind symbols were supposed to kind of fade out verse by verse... A chunkier design might help that.
"Law" and "core" are perfect rhymes to me. 
When I get round to revamping this one, or perhaps others, I'll let you know, and maybe collaborate on a piece?
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I would love nothing more. Message me anytime.
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I checked out some of yoor other writings and found tat they are all good. =^.^=
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If you're interested, I'm on twitter now [link] - going to use it for showing Works-in-Progress and so on ^.^
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Very nice. I liked the small "reprises" if I may call them such. It really pulled the poem into something with a song-like feel to it rather than a spoken poem of a story. Nicely done!
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I like to try and make the songs a bit more unique than just direct re-tellings of a story. )
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By the way, I hope you don't mind, I'm trying to write music to your poem. I'm not very good, it's kind of just an "I'm interested" kind of thing, but if I ever finish it, You are definitely credited all the way. I'll also link you to a copy. If you don't want me posting it, that's fine, and just let me know.
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Absolutely beautiful. It really spells out how someone with such potential to do great things turned to the bane of all existence. I'm trying to think of background music to this; it really seems like something to be spoken against some type of bardic music. Instant favorite.
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I never thought of it to music... but some of the old bardic music that Skyrim has would make it feel more like an ancient tale.... cool idea!
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Wouldn't it, though? My first thought was kind of like the introductory scene to Wind Waker.
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Do you read this one column at a time, top to bottom? Or one row at a time, left to right?
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Left to right
It is in six 'parts', so two rows to read left to right ^.^
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Thank you! I was reading it top to bottom. Whoops!
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