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You Know You Play Too Much Zelda When...
-You own an ocarina
-... And it's the blue one from
Songbird
Ocarinas that looks like the Ocarina of Time
-... And you can play it fluently
-You are afraid to look up at night,
fearing that the moon will have a big scary face on it
-You have a REALLY bad day (or days),
and play the Song of Time on your Ocarina, and are very surprised when
time doesn't rewind to The First Day.
-You put on a mask and are quite
surprised when nothing happens.
-You own a sword
-...And put yourself in the hospital
trying to learn how to do a spin attack
-You tear up the neighbor's bushes
in search of rupees, hearts, and other goodies
-You tear up the neighbor's landscaping
in search of hidden grottos
-You see a lizard and run from the
room screaming "DODONGO! IT'S A DODONGO!"
-You talk to rocks. When asked about
this, you try to explain it's actually a Goron.
-You put on a red shirt and attempt
to go inside a volcano and suffer severe burns and poisoning.
-You put on a blue shirt, weigh
yourself down, and dive into a lake. You get rescued and taken to the hospital
to recover from nearly drowning.
-You are deathly afraid of pigs.
-You actually pay someone to make
a custom sword for you that looks like the Master Sword (or any of the
other swords from the series)
-Green is your color. 'Nuff said.
-You go looking around in forests
in search of legendary swords.
-You go looking around for a portal
to the Dark World (Sacred Realm, Evil Realm, etc etc)
-You worship Din, Nayru, and Farore.
-... And let's not forget the Goddess
of Time!
-You get a triforce symbol tattooed
on your right hand
-You SWEAR your school principal/boss
is Gannon in disguise
-... So you go in search of the
Master Sword and the Temple of Time so you can stop his/her evil
-Your license plate reads something
like "HROTIME", "EVILKNG", "TRIFRCE", "OCARINA" or something along those
lines.
-If you're a guy, you think the
Gerudo are incredibly cute
-... Especially pointing scimitars
at you
-If you're a girl, you think Link
is incredibly hot
-... especially when he's older
or wearing the Fierce Deity Mask (mmm... large swords... =p)
-You can actually pull off the quick
spin attack where you rotate the control stick and hit the button.
-You write LoZ fanfiction
-... and post it, no matter how
good or bad it may be
-You have figured out the order
in which all the Zelda games occur. (IE- Ocarina of Time first, then Majora's
Mask, then Link to the Past, etc etc)
-You and another fan get into a
lengthy argument about the exact chronological order of the events in the
games
-...this argument turns violent
-...and eventually involves swords,
shields, arrows, a hookshot, and a boomerang.
-Your children don't play cops and
robbers. They play Heroes and Evil Kings.
-You participate in an LoZ based
roleplay.
-... and you're the one that started
it.
-You and another fan get into an
intense debate. If Ganon tries to take his revenge on Link's descendants,
who did Link from Ocarina of Time end up having kids with to provide said
descendants?
-You write your term paper about
Hyrule and its history, and how the land has changed since Ganon was first
sealed away.
-... and actually get an A on it.
-You and a friend get into a huge
argument over the correct spelling of "Gan(n?)on"
-You get into an intense theological
debate with someone concerning God and the three Hyrulean goddesses.
-You take the time to develop a
theory as to the evolution of the Great Fairies. From scantily clad, crazy
nuts with annoying laughs to pleasant, winged fairies that don't laugh
like banshees... How DID that happen? (Not that we aren't grateful.. =p)
-You own ANYTHING LoZ related- the
board game from the 80s, imported soundtrack CDs, imported manga, the old
cartoons, Nintendo Power's Link to the Past comic...
-... about the LttP comic... you
not only own the graphic novel version of it in mint condition, you also
have the issues of the magazine it ran in, also in mint condition and kept
under glass.
-You carry a sword and shield with
you everywhere you go
-... and have been arrested for
it several times.
-You've been in a really bad situation
and whipped out your ocarina and played the Oath to Order.
-... then boggle at the fact the
four giants didn't show up and save you.
-Link is god, Ganon is the devil.
'Nuff said.
-When walking through a particularly
large puddle, you keep checking to make sure your reflection didn't disappear,
which would be a sure sign you're about to face your dark self in battle.
-You can identify any piece of Zelda
music from any of the games in under 5 seconds
-You think that Link's swimming
stroke is actually possible and effective
-... and have tried it
-... and almost drowned
-... but then, with that sword and
shield weighing you down, not to mention those boots with the iron sewn
into them...
-You mistake a pair of rollerblades
for hoverboots.
-You curl up on the floor and attempt
to roll somewhere
-... and you're surprised you end
up in the hospital with a severe concussion?
-In an attempt to generate an electrical
field like Zora Link, you stick your finger in an electrical socket, or
a fork in a toaster.
-... Again, you're surprised you
wake up in the hospital?
-You get a horse and attempt to
train it to come when you play Epona's Song.
-You have a bad dream and immediately
assume it means you're about to be summoned to undertake a journey to save
the world.
-You can sympathize with Tingle's
predicament of not having a fairy companion.
-You can somehow relate ANY topic
of discussion to the Zelda series. (Giant mecha? Goht!)
-You can do a perfect rendition
of Link's "Well excuuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!" from the cartoons.
-You know and fully understand the
circumstances behind this line- "ZELDA LOVES ME! ZELDA LOVES ME!"
-You write a Link x Ganon yaoi fanfiction.
(Firefury: I've seen one out there. Be warned. *cringes*)
-You swear you got a phone call
from the Skull Kid first time you saw the Moon impact sequence in
Majora's Mask, and he laughed his
creepy little laugh at you for losing.
-You spent days locked in your underground
fallout shelter just in case The One's attempt to save us
from the parallel world's falling
moon failed.
-You actually BELIEVED that whole
Z-science and JRAMOA thing.
-You can't seem to understand why
people look at you oddly for running around carrying a bush,
pot, or some other object over your
head.
-Whenever you get something new,
you hold it up over your head expecting an explanation to
appear explaining it.
-... You find it odd that this does
not, in fact, happen in real life.
-You dress up as Link, Gannon, Darunia,
Darmani, etc for Halloween
-... even though you're a girl
-You dress up as Zelda, Ruto, Malon,
Marin, Saria, etc for Halloween
-... even though you're a guy
-You dress up as the scariest thing
you can think of- the Terminan Moon.
-You have had, shall we say, 'indecent'
fantasies about some of the series more... 'unique' characters.
(Ruto, Darunia....)
-You actually make your own masks
-...and expect them to work
-...including that replica of the
Fierce Deity's Mask that you went to so much trouble to make
-...especially since some punk stole
your Majora's Mask replica.
-You constantly wonder if all your
existance is merely the dream of some godlike entity
-You wander around dressed as a
Gerudo
-...even though you're a guy
-You can spot two or more constellations
in the Terminan night sky
-You can spot two or more constellations
in the Hyrulean night sky (If so, then you are a far better
astronomer than I.) |