Reacting to TOTK Dragon's Tears Quest REVEAL!!! (Spoilers) 

And she became the silent princess... The flower she dearly loves... Such good writing

I was like "I'm gonna take my time and finish the story whenever I want", but then after seeing this memory and realizing that she had been waiting all this time as a dragon, I rushed my way in to kick Ganon's butt.

Zelda sacrificing herself to restore the Master Sword was already emotional enough. Seeing those silent princess flowers after the last dragon tear broke me. Well played there, Nintendo. You made a grown ass man cry over flowers in a video game.

Keep in mind that the last thing you see in Great Sky Island before going down to Hyrule is Zelda as a dragon piercing the clouds. Nobody realized at the beginning of the game.

In case you didn't catch it the first time, you can hear the last of her scream within the dragon's roar. Like it's the last of her humanity slipping away in a final cry for help... No, I'm not okay. Thanks for asking.

I love that the most important tear has to be found at the silent princess area. The symbolism is just beautiful

A nice detail (and a bit of foreshadowing) is that the Light Dragon’s theme plays Zelda’s Lullaby using the same instrument as the Dragons

The draconification scene is impactful

Zelda cant catch a break. Any version of Zelda really. They're always willing to sacrifice themselves. This one really hurt though.

The flowers being there after the cutscene is such a low blow from the devs lol

Your reminder that this blows Zelda being imprisoned for 100 years out of the water. The founding of Hyrule took place tens of thousands of years ago. That's how long Zelda has waited as a dragon.

The writers at Nintendo already demonstrated some courage and willingness to take risks with the last game, what with Zelda struggling to access her powers, and botw's success probably encouaged them to go even further this time around. That's honestly very commendable to be able to write like this, it's got this confidence to it.

Feel sorry for the poor souls who thought “wow this master sword on the map looks cool, I’ll go here first”

when she said "Protect them all!" and cried as a dragon, I cried too

every time i go up to her for some resources, i always sit there for a while and leave a silent princess on her head when i leave

I was thinking Zelda was the dragon when it felt like the dragon was following me. I just remember beating the water temple and mid boss fight I was like wait a minute-dragon?! She was so close to the fight too. After that, it felt like every major story beat the dragon was there. People did say they wanted Zelda to travel with us, but if this isn’t some monkey paw be careful what you wish for crap I don’t know what is.

11:42 There's something so visceral showing her staggering in pain, like in her final moments as a human she's probably terrified that this was a huge mistake.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who bawled. I cried so hard, it was embarrassing. She didn't deserve this, man. I had to stand up for a couple of minutes after this. It only took a few seconds for her to be teleported to a different timeline and next thing you know, this happened.

I have this idea - lore theory(?) that the Geoglyphs and the Tears are how she remembered her purpose across an untold time. That's why she flies over all of them.

I called this from the beginning of the game, but I thought it was metaphorical, that she wouldn't become an actual dragon… I thought it was immortality but you lose your heart and soul… I thought that was why Zelda was acting weird… I was wrong… 😭

At times like these, it makes me wonder what's going through Link's head. Like what's his reaction whenever he realizes the lose of a loved one. I know it must be painful, but he woke up 100 years later to find out all of his friends were dead and now Zelda's sacrificed herself to entrust him with the fate of Hyrule. I wanna hug this man so bad, but I can't.

The TOTK memories need to be added to the list of things one should never feel embarrassed about crying for

“Link, you must find me” I had a weird felling hearing this line in the trailer, thinking maybe Zelda is trapped in some hard to find sky island and Link would have to find this obscure location. It hit totally differently and like a truck when realising what she really meant. This story absolutely destroyed me...

I always thought the Silent Princess was fitting for Zelda. I remember in BOTW, the memory of her and Link in the field behind the castle. When she was telling Link how the Princesses were rare but they couldn’t get them to grow domestically. That they only thrived out in the wild and that they hoped that the species would be strong enough to propagate on its own. Zelda is the same, she thrived when she wasn’t cooped up in the castle… caged. She thrived out in the wild as well. ❤️❤️❤️

I'm pretty sure that the dragon in the background when the title card appears during the big skydive out of the cave of awakening is the Light Dragon. She was right in front of you at the very beginning

Zelda: Link, would you still love me if I was a wyrm? Link: Yes. 😭 I want to believe that Zelda deep down had faith in Link to somehow restore her; she just wasn't 100% certain and was more concerned in that moment with repairing the Master Sword so Link could use it to defeat Ganon. Her love for Link and Hyrule is so strong. Still, it's sad that she's suffered so badly. She may have been asleep during her dragon phase, but I can't imagine the mental anguish she went through in deciding to undergo the draconification process. Zelda must have been stressed from head to toe, and in the time leading up to her decision, and it looked like she was in pain momentarily when she swallowed the stone. I don't know if she would have trauma from being a dragon so much as from contemplating the decision, considering the possibility of never changing back, and then actually executing the decision. In her last moments before the transformation completes, she's probably thinking, "This is it; my life is over. Goodbye, Link... forever." God, there's so much angst in this scene, I can't bear it! It just makes me want to cry thinking about it!😭

At the end of the game, when she said "I felt like I went to sleep and just woke up" game me peace of mind, otherwise. Imagine being sentient for 10k years waiting for something to pass. 100y were enough bro

After that final tear I stood there looking at her fly off in the distance for a good 10min before being able to continue playing. Such a strong moment

I am so happy that the erhu is finally getting some love as a heartbreaking and haunting instrument.

after seeing all of the tears and zelda's story in this game, i go visit her whenever i see her flying nearby i always drop a bundle of silent princesses on her forehead and just relax with her for a while, taking in the scenery and the music i wish there was a 'Hug her' button

I never expected a Nintendo game to have a story to make me cry. I’m glad Zelda was the first. The sadness of this moment loomed in the back of my head till the very end.

Hollywood should take notes. This is how you write a strong female character who's also a badass.

the point where the cutscene ends and you can play again broke me. The Tear on the minimap, the silent princesses around you, zelda in the sky. I cried

This time it is truly the Legend of Zelda Tears of the kingdom. A princess who sacrifices everything and even more a second time to save not only heir kingdom but also every single person in it.

I was all good and not crying until they played the Zelda theme as she struggles to grab the sword. Damn I had to hold back tears.

First she was trapped in the castle for 100 years keeping calamity ganon sealed and now she went back in time and lived out thousands of years as a light dragon.. god damn lmao

After watching that last scene I literally froze after realizing that Zelda is the Light Dragon (I got Master Sword first and thought "Oh cool a dragon maybe it was sent by Zelda.") and I just watch her fly or soar through the sky until she was nothing more that a faded blob in the sky. I definitely feel the same way on how you felt, well except for the crying part but I did get emotional lump that forms in the throat in emotional situations.

You can only imagine how link must feel. All while staying strong and stoic. Carrying on while knowing what has become of zelda.

Witnessing this after getting all the geolyph memories before doing the actual main quest felt crushing. I legitimately felt the emotional weight behind this moment. I was in a state of absolute silence while shedding a single tear the moment I saw the Silent Princesses once the cutscene ended.

I now fully understand exactly what it means that Zelda is the embodiment of Wisdom in this universe. Each version of Zelda understand clearly the cost of salvation, and they’re always willing to pay it forward for the lands of Hyrule, no matter what it costs her personally. The faith she chooses to place in others, the loyalty and love that spirit commands, how much her desire for knowledge and progress is clearly inspired by her pure love for those around her. THAT is wisdom. The ultimate wisdom of this world is that self-sacrifice is what’s required for life to continue, and she’s the ultimate representation of that. It makes sense that she’s the reincarnation of the creator goddess of this universe. The goddess Hylia was the first being to sacrifice their own divinity to put life and creation into this world in the first place. Beautiful storytelling.

These final 2 Memories, plus when you recover the Master Sword destroyed me.

When i first saw the dragon i thought it was Nydra but then got excited finding out it was a new dragon and made it my goal to ride it. She was stupidly high up in the sky when i made it and i was shocked to see the master sword there but couldn't pull it out. After spending time riding with her and collecting a scale like i did with the other ones i really started to look at her and said "This one looks realllllyyyy different then the other three. why does it have blond hair and shorter ears? Why doesn't it have a cool name like the other three? Wait... Zelda was suppose to have the master sword? oh shit it cant be right?" i started to realize then and spent the rest of that time having my fears confirmed.

there are too many hints at Zelda not really "losing herself" (those that finished the game knows) I think the whole "lose oneself" is something added to scare people from doing it, the stones are already sought after due to their base powers, it would be worse if you could become god-like beings from simply ingesting them. Not everyone is ready to sacrifice their minds for it, because it would be considered "useless" I think that, deep down, Zelda knew she would be 'fine', she wouldn't become a mindless beast, she will remember her purpose. Hints that stops at getting the tears, there's more at the end of the game but I don't wanna spoil: -She always sticks around the Great Sky Island at the start of the game -She opens Link's path -She calls out to him to shed the last tear -She calls out to him once you get all the tears -After getting the tears (and so knowing her full story), she'll start flying closer to the ground so that it's easier to get the Master Sword

I had to hold my tears back, Link and Zelda need a long happy life together.

1:54 I didn't notice Fi's motif here at first. Cool that its there.

That moment when you realize that's the same dragon you saw at the beginning of the game. So you did see Zelda at the Temple of Time.

Doing this quest made me audibly go "no fUCKIN WAY" and now everything hurts

The final memory has some of the most amazing music in the entire game, or even the series. The amount of musical callbacks, the menacing, agonizing contortion of Zelda's Lullaby for her transformation, and the clarinet solo at the end as she slowly ascends... I get weepy every single time I experience it

I've seen some people immediately take all the Silent Princesses with them out of respect after seeing that memory, but personally I couldn't bear to pick them from their place by the tear. I had to leave them undisturbed.

This was the best plot twist ever. So beautifully done ❤

The two games of sacrifice by Zelda are truly the most heart wrentching stories. Sure, Zelda is always missing or captured, but aside from Skyward Sword, which was a bit more in your face about relationships, this is about loss, and how to recover from it, the silent princesses now being relatively common in Hyrule now, since it was given room to grow, and prosper. This game was about an end, I think in more ways than one. Obviously the whole Oroboros thing, but its like, now that cycle has been broken, finally for the first time in at least 100+ years, hyrule truly has a chance to recover. Love it.

I like to imagine if that last tear had a geoglyph, it would take the form of the Light Dragon curling its way around the Rist Peninsula, with the Tear situated inside its pupil.

omg this is how it’s meant to be seen 😭😭😭😭 livin vicariously through your tears

I got the sword before learning the backstory😢 that would’ve destroyed me inside if I did it in order so I kinda lucked out…still left me shook..

So glad I saved the master sword/lost woods for last... what storytelling.

hands down best cutscenes in any zelda game!

Zelda's Lullaby from the second trailer playing at the end really got me. Everything made sense at that point. The truth was right in front of us even in 2021.

Hearing Fi's theme once more is when the waterworks began falling for me.

thank you for this upload, this quest is so beautiful and breathtaking

yesss thank you for uploading

I figured out she was the dragon way before cutscenes made it obvious and it hit me like a truck once I realized that dragon was flying around the very opening island throughout entire tutorial. As if Zelda was watching over me despite losing her conciousness

that scene always gives me goosebumps & makes me tear up

I’m curious if Dinraal, Farosh and Naydra are formerly Zonai who consumed secret stones. Like Zelda retained some of her features while being the Light Dragon. The trio all have super long ears like Zonai and some other close features.

I don't know who you are or what you do but this video made me fall in love with you lol your reaction to this is amazing and beautiful. I love how you freely express your feelings... i wish i could do that. You made my day!

Such a heartwrenching scene! Zelda once again sacrificing herself to save everyone. She deserves so much credit as Link for saving Hyrule for the second time (in the BotW universe at least)

Can't believe that my brother DIDN'T cry about the Silent Princesses

since the first generation of Hyrule royalty she's been repairing the Master Sword, and have been flying as a mindless dragon through all those years. It hurts that that's the only way she can get to the present.

Glad to know I’m not a freak for sobbing my eyes out and that y’all did too 😭

When you said "Shut up motorcycle!" I felt that

the way i did this quest on launch the day i got the game and im still not over it

I did not see this coming whatsoever because I watched these memories out of order and didn’t put two and two together even when it showed the dragon shedding the tear. Hit like a truck.

I cried too. ;o; such a beautiful story

you can hear fi's theme when she first gets the mastersword, so cool

Gives me the goosebumps every single time i watch this cinematic.

And to think that Zelda spent thousands of years in dragon form roaming the skies of Hyrule, the faith she had in Link was greater than all those years of suffering and loneliness.

When i finaly realized who that dragon was, i would alway take any opportunity i could find to take a stroll on her head for a good 10 minutes or more while enjoying the view. Link way to give her some company when ever he can. Althought she isnt conscious at this point of the story in her light dragon form...

This scene brought tears to my eyes also.. not afraid to admit it

on my first playthrough and after finding all memories.. this scene actually shocked me haha.

I just finished this quest line and I swear, I felt the time stopped when I realize something while watching those cutscenes. I felt my eyes getting bigger and my mind going blank. I'm not even exaggerating. Damn, I can't hold back my tears. I'm just casually trying to get the master sword cause it was an unbreakable weapon but I'm not ready for this. Beautiful and tragic at the same time.

I looked this video up so I could have someone to cry about these cutscenes with 💖 Thank

That little bit of Zelda’s theme to the dragon tune… omg.

"I'm counting on you." to me is a reference to find a way to make me not an immortal dragon in 10k years.

Even we knew what gonna happen in last few tears. The way the last tear delivered still make players feel emotional. Great job by the writing team.

When i got this memory it made me and my brother tear up immediately. This one was a little hard to take in. Zelda is the true hero of this game. Totk all day

Zelda: _”I will sacrifice myself to save Hyrule”_ Ganondorf: _”I will sacrifice myself to FUCKINGDESTROYY Hyrule”_

Kudos to you for doing this on a live stream, I ugly cried like a baby and definitely wouldn't want any to see that..... This game..... "Tears of the Kingdom" because they make you cry so hard.....

Just saying, this is probably one of the most badass things any Zelda reincarnation has ever done. 🐉

Thousands and thousands of years she waited and it breaks my heart

i had a heavy cry when i first got to this on my play-through.. story 10/10

"She's staying by our house" Probably just eyeing up our next property to steal. Like she did in hanato village.

This is one of those cutscene that will make people cry for decades, if not forever.

So these are the tears of the kingdom… 😭🐉👸🏻💧

Awesome reaction video.

Yeah I cried as well. Just soo incredibly sad. Well written. This part of the story alone makes this possibly my favorite Zelda

Glad to know I wasn't the only one to cry like a baby during this quest... The last tear broke me so hard. Then you realise why you saw the Dragon in the beginning, when the game first tells you to find Zelda (while the Dragon of Light is flying in the background). Smart, touching. Incredible

I was wanting to see a reaction of someone who discovered it just like me, luckily the only tear I got out of order was the one directly below the first island, after getting all others in order and getting the master sword one and seeing the dragon just like the video I just froze up "nope, nope, no, I don't..." after that I got the last tear and went for the master sword, thing is, if I see one armor that needs light dragon parts I can't bring myself to upgrade it, I know it has no implication on the story, but I'd say that's the effect of a good storyline.

Crying challenge Bree vs Light Dragon

And the music... Zelda's lullaby with a... twist.

Your reaction is relatable. What a sad sequence of events.

Everynow and then I sit with her as she flies through the sky.