I was gonna simply wait and do ALL the headcanon for the Twili, including Midna, in one post, but I’m leaving for Baltimore in two days and I honestly don’t have the time so, here’s a post dedicated to Midna!
I know I already designed her for my headcanons and the timeline I’m working on but I figured I should tweak her design more and give her a more unique shape in terms of her body shape. Here she’s longer-limbed and has a bit more of a sharpness to her, and I’ve opted to flatten her chest a little more in exchange for wider hips. If anyone should have BIG OL HIPS and legs for days it’s Midna; like I dunno why but she strikes me as the type to just flaunt them bad boys. I could make them bigger but I think this works fine. O:
ANYWAY, onto the actual headcanon stuff!
-The first picture isn’t just a design tweak but to also show off a couple other looks my version of Midna undergoes. The first is her in her “deity” getup, the outfit and hair style she wears when super official matters require her to do so. As informal as she is she doesn’t don this getup often. I wanted at least one look of hers to draw most of its inspiration from her imp form and this is the one I decided would do it, particularly with her hair and helmet (which was turned into a crown).
The second there is of her in her “normal” outfit, the one she prefers to be in. Simplistic but elegant enough to at least please her council since she often forgoes the traditional wear of the previous outfit.
The final one is just to show off her markings and her tattoos (of which you can see on the far right in full) as well as just how long and wild her hair actually is. With nudity not being particularly a big deal with Twili, seeing Midna fully nude like this wouldn’t really put any of the Twili off. Midna rarely ever goes without at least a loincloth but when she’s feeling particularly lazy, she’ll at least let her mane fly in all its glory.
-Still on the first panel here but that wolf crest up there is something of great importance to the Twili. The Twili Wolf is a sacred animal in their culture, a creature who was once of the light realm before adapting to the Twilight Realm way before the Twili even inhabited the land, they are a symbol of survival, freedom, and power. Being part of the royal family, Midna has associations with the Twili Wolf, but hers runs far deeper.
Due to her adventures during the events of Twilight Princess, including merging her soul with Zelda and partnering with Link while he was in his wolf form, as well as her now immortal lifespan and immunity to light, Midna is now seen as a sort of deity among her people (a lot like Zelda is to the Light Realm actually). She’s long since stepped down as queen to her people, believing herself to be in charge for so long not being entirely fair to them, but that doesn’t stop them from seeking her out for guidance. It’s because of this association to being a sort of higher power that Midna still holds more political sway than the actual king of the Twilight Realm (not that he particularly minds to be honest)
-The two separate panels below the first depict Midna training both Zelda and Link to use Twili magic. I haven’t quite figured out how she’d come to teach either of them: in Zelda’s case I initially figured her parents would ask on her behalf but, I like the idea that Zelda seeks her out on her own better. At some point in the current timeline’s story, I’d figure the heroes would have to face the fact that they aren’t strong enough to fight off the incoming threat of a new demonic entity so they’d have to seek out ways to become stronger and overall more prepared, and in Zelda’s case that’d be to get a better handle on her magic and, in proxy, be able to harness the full capacity of her power. She’d probably choose Midna after researching about her or somethin’ but she approaches her and asks to be taught, of which the Twili is very apprehensive about at first. Eventually she relents thanks to Zelda’s persistence, and that becomes a catalyst for the two to grow closer. >:)
As far as Link goes, it’s probably the same deal but maybe Midna actually offers to teach him and isn’t persuaded to do so, if only because she feels more at ease around Link than she does Zelda at the time. For him, though, the training might be more around just teaching him basic spells since Link has absolutely no magic skill whatsoever… in fact he’s kinda bad at it. In addition to that I could see her being able to teach him new abilities for his wolf form he didn’t know he could preform, since that form is still a bit influenced by Twili magic. O:
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But uhhhhh…. yeah. A bit of a mouthful there but I hope it was worth the read! Thank ya’ll so much again for takin’ a looksie, more to come soon! <:
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
