![]() ![]() In fact, when the princess went missing he was working together with her to investigate the source of the vile swampwater flowing forth from the temple. There’s one glaring problem with the proceedings, however – the monkey is completely innocent. Take a good look at his face! - Deku King ![]() I’ll show him what happens when you do that! That foolish monkey is up in that cage. We’re about to punish the foolish monkey who kidnapped the Deku princess! He has insulted the Royal Family. As he inquires about the situation he meets the leader of the tribe, the Deku King, a rather ridiculous despot hell-bent on punishing a young monkey, whom he believes has made off with his daughter and fed her to monsters in Woodfall Temple. When Link arrives at the Deku Palace at the heart of the Southern Swamp, he discovers another case of grief: the Deku Tribe’s princess has gone missing. When denial is no longer possible, it is replaced by misdirected feelings of despair and envy. But, armed as he currently is, he has no way of stopping it, and in the end he too is forced to enact a sort of denial by using the Song of Time to reverse the flow of time, undoing the events leading up to the great fall and giving himself a second chance to set things right. By midnight on the third day, his efforts have brought him to the top of the Clock Tower, where he stands face-to-face with the giant Moon. In contrast, Link spends his every waking hour in pursuit of the Skull Kid in the hope that he can retrieve his Ocarina of Time before it’s too late. The sword-master has retreated to a back room, where he lies trembling in fear and despair. By the night of the third day all of the carpenters and merchants have evacuated, leaving only Mutoh and all his stubbornness behind. Eventually most of the Carnival Committee is forced to face the music as the Moon, drawing ever closer with each passing hour, gradually becomes more and more difficult to ignore. The denial can only ever be temporary, however. In both cases, we see an inability to grasp the reality at hand and foolish fantasies arising to take its place. Similarly, the master at the sword training center entertains the idea that if the Moon comes too close, he can simply cut it to pieces with his blade. They laugh openly at the idea that the moon will fall, and refuse to allow it to interfere with the Carnival. The Carnival Committee, unwilling to acknowledge and account for the looming danger, choose to ignore it rather than deal with it. What seems like a petty squabble between bureaucrats we can actually interpret as a metaphor for denial. This carnival will be a success! I’ve never heard of a defense unit abandoning its town! - Mutoh the Carpenter If the soldiers wish to run, then run, Viscen! We councilmen will stick to tradition. The soldiers couldn’t prevent the panic, but outside the town walls is where the danger is! You want answers? The answer is that the carnival should not be canceled! You cowards! Do you actually believe the moon will fall? The confused townsfolk simply caused a panic by believing this ridiculous, groundless theory. As the people live out their everyday lives, running errands, making appointments, and setting up for the carnival, an ominous Moon looms overhead, threatening to crush the whole land.īecause of his Deku Scrub form, Link is confined in terms of where he can go and what people are willing to tell him, but a visit to the Mayor’s office reveals an important struggle brewing just beneath the surface of all the goings-on: Link arrives in Termina through the Clock Tower, which ticks ever onward in its countdown to the Carnival of Time, the great festival that comes each harvest time. The first stage of grief is denial, a defensive mechanism against ill circumstance typified by an inability to rationally acknowledge that something has happened or is happening. This chance meeting drags Link into Termina, a land wracked by death and grief, where Link is forced to face his own emotions. As if to emphasize the depth of his feeling of loss, his trip takes him deep into the Lost Woods at the very fringes of Hyrule, where he encounters the Skull Kid, a character whose friends scorned him and cast him away. Link has parted ways with Navi, his dear friend, and in his grief sets out to find her. Happy 11th Birthday, Majora’s Mask! As many of you know, this game is a staff favorite here at Zelda Informer, and while all the Skyward Sword news of late has been keeping us busy we couldn’t go without giving this one some special fanfare in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary! Here’s to Operation Moonfall! ![]()
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