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Water II
🕑 Added 2017-06-20 16:01:00 +0000 UTC So yesterday, I quickly sketched this - a wet, Dark Link. It's a neat idea I've given thought to before. I'd like to bring something new, perhaps with more depth, to the idea of a Dark Link. I briefly entertained the notion during a commission, with Link's counterpart being a reflection in a dirty pool of water - which I think offers a lot of neat themes. Ocarina of Time featured Dark Link as the mini boss in the Water Temple, so there's certainly that connection there.I don't quite know that it's necessarily entirely water, and not a literal shadow. Perhaps it's both, or neither. Maybe the ambiguity makes it a bit eldritch in nature.
Water is often used as a symbol for change in a story, within a character, with the world, etc. Link's battle with Dark Link is often a battle with himself, which works well with the theme of reflection and change.
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Antonio B.
I always liked the dark side of characters that are done well , the pent up inhibition , a mixture of pride, hate, love, doubt and more, All emotions a Hero would need to cast aside to be 'Good', but the reflection of all that a character in itself. One would see the water creating all that you are not, yet its your true inner self staring back at you. Perhaps thinking with a different motivation, influenced or not. Perhaps with your reflection 'Good and Evil' have lost their meaning.
