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The colour of the Master Sword, Just a thought...

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gr33n_sl33ves	Posted: Apr 11 2008, 09:15 PM
Aunty Social Group: Hylian Posts: 382 Member No.: 47 Joined: 9-September 06	So a train of thought this morning led me to the colour of Link's famous sword. It's a sort of blueish-purple colour, but I've always thought it's leaned more towards the purple end of the spectrum. I thought that perhaps the game designers coloured it so because you can get the colour purple when you invert green, and since green is the iconic and representative colour of Link, they probably wanted to choose a colour that would somehow relate to our verdant hero. And then I remembered that purple is merely the colours red and blue mixed. And in the Zelda universe, red = Power, blue = Wisdom, so therefore purple would be a combination of those two elements. And I think that's quite a bit more poetic, considering that Link, while he starts his quests off with courage, has to grow in both power and wisdom before he's able to acquire the Master Sword. What do the rest of you think?

Hylian Sword Master	Posted: Apr 12 2008, 10:00 AM
Member Group: Hylian Posts: 117 Member No.: 317 Joined: 7-February 08	Wow. You thought that up in a morning. I bow to your wisdom. I agree with you though.us

CrazygurlMadness	Posted: Apr 12 2008, 05:06 PM
Keeper of Link's Handcuffs (and local smartass) Group: Hylian Posts: 329 Member No.: 15 Joined: 8-June 06	It's a possibility, but then maybe they chose purple because it contrasted with Link's green, rather than as an attempt to bring us back to it. After all, could you imagine Link dressed in green, wielding courage, which is green, and on top of it having a green sword? It'd be like a green overload. Maybe they wanted him to be set off by a secondary colour, much like Zelda wears purplish-pink and white, and Ganondorf has red and yellow. Or brown. Or whatever. Also, purple has always equalled magic, and what's more magical than the Master Sword? Hasn't HP taught you anything??

gr33n_sl33ves	Posted: Apr 12 2008, 07:43 PM
Aunty Social Group: Hylian Posts: 382 Member No.: 47 Joined: 9-September 06	Oh thanks! Now I've got an image of Link prancing around in purple and pretending to be Uncomfortably!Gay Dumbledor!

CrazygurlMadness	Posted: Apr 12 2008, 08:58 PM
Keeper of Link's Handcuffs (and local smartass) Group: Hylian Posts: 329 Member No.: 15 Joined: 8-June 06	Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. DUMBLEDORE Snape. Snape. Severus Snape.

LZ Angel	Posted: Apr 17 2008, 09:12 AM
ZeldaxLink forever! ^_^ Group: Hylian Posts: 170 Member No.: 80 Joined: 29-July 07	Link. Link. Hero of Time GANONDORF Link. Link. Hero of Time

zelda-in-disguise	Posted: Aug 7 2008, 04:09 PM
I am hidden, yet obvious...I am Zelda in disguise... Group: Hylian Posts: 136 Member No.: 390 Joined: 27-July 08	Snake snake! Ooh it's a snake! Although, in some games the Master sword is blue. Like in tWW.

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