[ zeldafic ]
had the sudden unquenchable urge to give one of the characters in this goddam cast a cat and 1) tfw it'd be more personal for link to have a cat vs 2) there have got to be SO many cats at the castle lets be real here
i mean i guess the answer si the ever versatile "why not both" but i'm goin thru it
link is going to name the cat navi and his mother is going to have half a conniption if she knows enough about history to know why that's significant.
sheik is friends with every cat in the castle but is at the age where he thinks he's Too Cool for that and would die of embarasment if anyone knew. unfortunately for him zelda is also friends with all these cats.
now i gotta figure out if anyone in this cast can talk to cats. on one hand we are in a magic world so i would believe any of them. on the other hand the implications of link being able to understand animals considering Plot Noises; i feel obligated, legally, for it to be him
unfortunately zelda and sheik being able to straight up talk to cats is both lore sound (magic in one way or another) and impossible for me to let them both be able to because it's an ability JUST rare enough
thats fine 1) zelda can find out sheik loves cats another way 2) quite honestly i don't think sheik minds zelda knowing considering how close they are already 3) IF LINK FINDS OUT HE'LL BE MORTIFIED, THOUGH, SO
having the most lore important thoughts ever this morning: ARE THERE CATS IN THIS NARRATIVE AND WHERE ARE THEY.
UPDATES:
i was planning on opening chapter 1 proper with sheik bumming around the training grounds mostly just to kill time but he COULD be hanging out with a cat instead. decisions.
KICKS DOOR IN LISTEN TO ME. sheik thinks hes very subtle feeding navi (the cat) treats where link wont notice but link can understand navi so she absolutely mentions it at some point, much to sheik's dismay