History Characters / ATaleOfTwoRulers

* HiddenDepths: He has numerous skills you wouldn't think the King of Evil would have, such as knitting, and easily being able to tell if a woman's pregnant even if she doesn't know herself, [[spoiler: as Zelda personally found out]]. It comes from the fact that he's reincarnated into a female-dominated society.

** Link. Ganondorf takes his defeats by Links hands very personally and nearly flips out when Zelda tries to give the idea to get along with him. Which is incredibly ironic, considering he [[spoiler:gets along very well with Rinku, who he doesn't know is Link's current incarnation.]]

** [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil He clearly despises rape]], [[spoiler:threatening horrible violence onto the tutor who abused Zelda as a child.]]]]

** He hasn't ever raised or used his children as pawns, implied when speaking on how he'd raise Rinku.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though his judgment is clearly clouded by envy, given Vaati's [[HandsomeLech track record with women]], Ganondorf has every right to be skeptical when [[spoiler:the former begins to develop a genuine friendship with Zelda]].

** [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil He clearly despises rape, [[spoiler:threatening horrible violence onto the tutor who abused Zelda as a child.]]]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Vaati clearly has it set for Zelda, who thankfully doesn't reciprocate. He stops flirting with her and instead views her with disgust after she threatens to inform Ganondorf of his advances. He seems to drop both aspects later as he [[spoiler: is met with genuine friendship, and responds with sincere sentiment and consideration going forward.]]

-->'''Vaati:''' Which gemstone do you think she would like the buttons to be made of?\\
'''Ghirahim:''' Sorry, I can't get over how odd it is to see you care about someone other than yourself. What was the question again?

* HumanPet: He briefly floats this idea for Zelda as an alternative to murdering her, keeping her himself while Ganondorf makes it look like she died. [[spoiler: The juxtaposition between this and his later scolding of Ganondorf for being possessive of Zelda is stark, and a sign of just how much her genuine friendship has affected him.]]

* SecretSecretKeeper: After finally giving in and following the instructions of the [[spoiler: Sheikah Stone]], Vaati learns where Link and the Master Sword have been hiding... [[spoiler: he hides the Master Sword purposefully this time, and doesn't intend to breathe a word about Rinku.]]

* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Vaati is a Minish, though we've yet to see his true from as he prefers to appear human. He needs to be wearing a potent and unstable magical artifact to provide enough power to maintain it, and everyone who knows thinks it's a wasteful display of vanity and pride. He clearly wants people to believe he's truly human and twice he's seen in a human-sized bed wearing pajamas ''and the artifact'', strongly implying that he even sleeps in his preferred form.

* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Zelda was raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child, which ended up with her getting pregnant with Rinku. This is the reason why she's fearful of intimacy with Ganondorf and part of the reason she curses the Goddesses.]]

** [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil He clearly despises rape and threatens horrible violence onto the tutor who abused Zelda as a child.]]]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: Vaati is the only character in the comic with no genuine connection to anyone else. His plans are only to further his own ambitions, and every time he's present he's talking about how annoyed he is at inconveniences to himself or thinking of what he wants to aim for next. [[spoiler: His soft, stunned reaction to Zelda's offer of friendship implies this lack of connections isn't something he wants, backed up by the sincere affection and respect he treats her with afterwards.]] After the only entity offering assistance proves a bad call, his self-centred plans don't last long.

* BerserkButton: Mention that he's a Minish and brace for at least a furious glare. Ganondorf and Ghirahim both reularly refer to him as a rat or a rodent, and on the rare occasion that he's not already in a foul mood that does the trick.
-->'''Zelda:''' I'm well aware of your attachment to its power. Without it you couldn't maintain that wasteful spell to look human, could you?\\
'''Vaati:''' ... THAT'S AN UGLY RUMOUR!

* ItsAllAboutMe: Vaati is the only character in the comic with no genuine connection to anyone else. His plans are only to further his own ambitions, and every time he's present he's talking about how annoyed he is at inconveniences to himself or thinking of what he wants to aim for next. [[spoiler: His soft, stunned reaction to Zelda's offer of friendship implies this lack of connections isn't something he wants, backed up by the sincere affection and respect he treats her with afterwards. After the only entity offering assistance proves a bad call, his self-centred plans don't last long.]]