History Webcomic / ATaleOfTwoRulers

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Upon successfully testing the portal they're working on, Zelda admits that she'd like to consider him a friend, having now interacted with him in a context where he's not making unwanted advances towards her. Vaati, who is planning to kill her husband Ganondorf, spends the night asking Ghirahim how he can advance his evil plans while remaining guilt-free.

** Impa is significantly more restrained than Ghirahim, but she doesn't approve of the situation, either. She tries to burn Ganondorf's apology letter before Zelda can read it.

** [[spoiler:Zelda knows her own child is the hero's incarnation. Part of the reason she proposed is to try and and break the cycle before Rinku is put in danger. When Zelda believes Ganondorf has poisoned her, her first action is to send Rinku far away, both to protect her and to train her for a future battle.]]
** In the middle of a nightmare, Ganondorf attacks Zelda [[spoiler:(who is pregnant)]]. She’s unharmed and understanding, but Ganondorf refuses to share a room with her that night so it won’t happen again.

--> '''Librarian:''' ...I have no idea. But either way, I strongly recommend asking ''politely''.

* ArcWords: ''Are You A Man Or A Pig?''
* ArrowCatch:

** Rinku is left-handed.
** Often when Ganondorf flashes back to his previous lives, they're direct references to games in the series, such as [[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/post/150334967257/part-74-of-a-tale-of-two-rulers-new-comic Twilight Princess]].
** When Zelda is trying to help understand Ganondorf's perspective on things, the art in the history books reference [[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/post/150662098642/part-75-of-a-tale-of-two-rulers-new-comic Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, and the original Legend of Zelda]].
** When Ghirahim betrays Ganondorf's trust, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword he turns him into a sword]]

** In Part [[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/post/169737817592/part-144-of-a-tale-of-two-rulers-jan-15th 144]], Rinku's first [[spoiler: memory being Link, is remembering]] the events of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Skull Kid's possessed rampage in Termina with the moon looming ever closer.]]
** Impa references and explains Link's status as a HeroicMime... [[DeconstructedTrope he's so traumatized by his memories that he no longer speaks.]]
** Early on, Ganondorf summons the two swords he uses in VideoGame/HyruleWarriors.
** Skull Kid has Link's scarf from VideoGame/HyruleWarriors.

** The trauma Link has on being reincarnated over and over, as he's a HeroicMime now because of all the memories of war with Ganondorf.

* HeroicMime: Averted with Rinku, but according to Impa, that will change when she inherits her PastLifeMemories and is traumatized into silence.

''[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale of Two Rulers]]'' is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a unusual piring set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, Ganon [[spoiler: accurately diagnosing Zelda's pregnancy]] leads to Rinku commenting on it.

''[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale of Two Rulers]]'' is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a CrackPairing set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.

!!A Tale Of Two Rulers provides examples of:

** Impa references and explains Link's status as a HeroicMime... [[DeconstructedTrope in the saddest way possible.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Zelda and Ganondorf's relationship and the comic's setting is a deconstruction of the relatively light-and-soft, fairy-tale-esque ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', bringing in FridgeHorror InferredHolocaust that is rarely, if ever, alluded to in the games. Examples include:

** Impa is significantly more restrained than Girahim, but she doesn't approve of the situation, either. She tries to burn Ganondorf's apology letter before Zelda can read it.
** A more straight example is Vaati, who is plotting to get Link and Gannondorf to go at it, and he'll kill the victor, in order to get Zelda. He's even started trying to figure out how to kill Gannondorf without the aid of the Master Sword.

** Vaati plays this straight as the royal wizard, actively planning on killing Gannondorf and seducing Zelda.

** This trope likely true for Ganondorf and Zelda in at least one reincarnation cycle each. Ganondorf explains to Zelda that he was once a mother in a previous life. And while it’s yet to be seen in-comic, Fig did post a picture of Zelda as a man.

* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: {{Zig zagged|trope}}. Played sort of straight when Zelda throws Vaati out a window, and he protests that she didn't know he could fly and the fall could have killed him. Then subverted when Zelda dryly says the moat would have broken his fall, though the expression on her face suggests she wouldn't be too put out if he had gone splat.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zelda ends up drinking quite a bit of gin when Ganondorf first settles into the castle. WordOfGod takes a less comedic interpretation, stating that it's part of her self-destructive coping.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Zelda accepts that in offering marriage, she's also offering herself as the mother to Ganondorf's future children, and everything that comes before children. She later suggests that old Hylian traditions enforce this for both partners by having them wear ''blindfolds, earplugs, and mittens'' during sex. It is then deconstructed and averted: Ganondorf refuses to do anything she clearly doesn't want to happen, while [[spoiler:Zelda's primary apprehension about sex stems from her past abuse. It's only after they're both comfortable being intimate with each other that they consummate the marriage.]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Ganon [[spoiler: accurately diagnosing Zelda's pregnancy]] leads to Rinku commenting on it.

** [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].

* SealedEvilInACan: Gannondorf seals Ghirahim in his sword for going against his orders.

** When Ghirahim betrays Gannondorf's trust, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword he turns him into a sword]]
** Link references saving up for the big wallet.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Last Thing He Expected Her To Ever Say]]

** Impa is significantly more restrained than Girahim, but she doesn't approve of the situation, either. She tried to burn Ganondorf's apology letter before Zelda could read it.

** Impa is significantly more restrained that Girahim, but she doesn't approve of the situation, either. She tried to burn Ganondorf's apology letter before Zelda could read it.

* GenderFlip: While it appears at first that Link is nowhere to be seen, [[spoiler: ''she'' has been around the whole time, this time reincarnated as Princess Rinku.]]

* {{Naytheist}}: Zelda is of the "GodIsEvil" opinion ''if'' the Goddesses exist, as they allow death and destruction to occur while demanding worship.

--> '''Impa:''' I respect the beauty of your craft... but the only reason I'm not ''hurting you right now'' is because this is the most ''entertaining'' thing that's happened to me in months.

* ShapeshiftingSeducer: Vaati attempts to pull a HoneyTrap on Impa, then {{Sex Shift|er}}s into a busty woman when it falls flat. Impa is emphatically NotDistractedByTheSexy.

** Thoroughly played with dealing with Ghirahim. For starters, the leader he betrays is the King of Darkness, although DarkIsNotEvil is at work here. And his betrayal appears to be motivated by a deep love for Ganondorf, rather than hatred or a lust for power.

** [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[AwesomeMoments flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].

* EvilChancellor: Thoroughly played with. For starters, the leader he betrays is the King of Darkness, although DarkIsNotEvil is at work here. And his betrayal appears to be motivated by a deep love for Ganondorf, rather than hatred or a lust for power.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Ghirahim is intensely loyal to Ganondorf and usually willing to listen to his orders, but he believes the ultimate goal of this marriage should be to kill Zelda and take Hyrule before she gets a chance to kill him first. [[spoiler:He tries to manipulate Ganondorf into poisoning Zelda, then goes ahead anyway and poisons her himself. To say Ganondorf is furious about this is a ''vast understatement''.]]

* ArrowCatch: Zelda's training with Impa includes grabbing arrows out of the air.

''[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale Of Two Rulers]]'' is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a CrackPairing set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.

[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale Of Two Rulers]] is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a CrackPairing set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.

* {{Hypocrite}}: When Zelda suggests Ganondorf could get along with Link, he gets angry. He states that forgiving him would mean forgiving all the times Link has taken away his kingdom, family, and even his life. He is seemingly unappreciative that he has done no less to Zelda [[note]] Except for killing her, although even that is not for lack of trying[[/note]] in past lives, and she has managed to forgive him for it.