What the fuck does the Triforce of Courage do?

What the fuck does the Triforce of Courage do?

We've seen what Power and to a lesser extent Wisdom do, has link ever actually used it?

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yes, he uses it in everygame

Not sure. I'd like to see a game where you end up using the other triforces though, or maybe even utilize the full triforce.

as far as i know, courage is just a McGuffan that Link needs to beat the game. nothing really changes when he gets it mid game.

He uses it to spin around in a circle

Idk but it makes Link get prettier as a side effect

The Triforce of courage is actually the most powerful pf the three pieces in that it grants Plot Armor

It's the #courage to come out as a gay twink. Mystery solved.

seems like courage makes your hips get bigger on each generation

it gives plot armor

he has reached some point

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>Link has literally the entire Triforce in Skyward Sword
>barely any difference

Let's you use the master sword to it's full potential and the power to stand against the triforce of power.

the whole triforce is a do-anything wish granter in canon
he just wasnt specific enough, I guess. At the End of ALttP, Link straight up used it to undo everything ganon did, bringing people back to life and shit

Gives Link the ability to perfectly use any weapon or item

The Triforce of Courage is pretty much the counterbalance. Knowledge/Wisdom is likely to always be in the royal bloodline, but Power is kind of a wild card as Ganondorf's proven. Courage essentially seems to be like an opposing force to Power so that someone will inevitably rise up and fight it.

Link absorbed all three pieces in Skyward Sword and I can't even remember what it was used for

THIS. Courage hard counters Power in the event Power gets misused.

he used it to drop that chunk of skyloft to the ground and kill "the imprisoned" form of ganon. Which did nothing in the longrun.

>spooky secrets of the Hyrule Kingdom have been hinted at for years
>only Ocarina of Time practically spells out the sheer amount of people they've killed in the past and the horrific shit they've done to maintain it
>the one time a direct member of royal blood is responsible, it's over in Lorule instead

Except there are timelines where he loses so not really

Anyway when has power ever gone to someone good? Why does Wisdom and Courage always go to someone good?
Actually, I do vaguely remember A Link Between Worlds playing around with who represented each Triforce being different.

It comes with the courage to challenge insurmountable odds.

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Courage gives its wielder the, surprise, courage to stand up to challenge. Because I'm sure as hell never stepping foot into the Shadow Temple. It might also give you combat knowledge too since Link seems to be able to masterfully use any new weapon he gets.

A common fan theory is that it's what allows Link to instantly master every weapon he gets.

In the early days (Zelda 1 and 2 and comics), the Triforce of Courage was hidden and never appeared. It was literally inside Link, implying it was tied to his soul and gave him his "Courage" to do what needed to be done.

Link to the Past changed this backstory so that all three Triforces were just separate entities that chilled out together in the Golden Land waiting for someone to claim them. Other games have done the same.

Ocarina of Time went back to the idea that the Triforces were inside of the main characters, this time applying it to Zelda and Ganondorf as well. And once again Link had the Triforce of Courage inside of him. Many games follow this idea as well.

But it's never said what the Triforce of Courage does. For that matter, the games don't really say what Wisdom or Power do either. We just see their effects as they're used by Zelda or Ganondorf. But it's not like Triforce of Power = evil and red beams of magic. Those come from Ganondorf's magical ability and hate inside. In some games, the King or Zelda take possession of the Trifoce of Power for a short time and they don't get any new powers (except the ability to make a wish).

And of course, there's multiple games where Link is just some dude who doesn't inherit the Triforce.

And now I have become the very thing I hate, spouting Zelda lore. Time to go off myself.

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>In the early days (Zelda 1 and 2 and comics), the Triforce of Courage was hidden
There was more than one triforce in the original Zeldas?
I am pretty sure the whole trinity stuff started with Ocarina of Time. And then they've never let that go.

They don't do anything separately.
When the Triforce shatters, the pieced go to the most fitting individual at the moment.
The reason that Link is always able to defeat Ganon, who was the most powerful, is because through his trials and in the dungeons, Link sharpens his Courage and Wisdom to counter balance Ganon's Power.

It didn't really. Link still had the Triforce of Courage and Zelda the Triforce of Wisdom, it's just that Ganon took the Triforce of Power with him to his grave, so Yuga and Hilda had to resurrect him first to bring back the Triforce of Power so they could get the complete set. The real interesting thing is that Yuga hijacked Ganon's mind and body after he was resurrected, not the other way around.

Ganon already had Power in the Zelda 1, and you were piecing together Wisdom.
Zelda 2 introduced Courage, because why would there only be two pieces of a Triforce?

wtf do you mean what does it do!? It gives you courage!
You think that's nothing? Or some metaphor?
It's a big deal buddy.
Courage can make a person face any danger. Not because they are not afraid, but because they act anyway.
Let's see how brave you are taking down hordes of monsters, facing the most powerful wizards down with a sword and shield. It gives you the power to push yourself to do anything.
Courage turns children born in trees, into HEROES.

No I meant the Lorule triforce, with Yuga being Wisdom, Ravio being Power, and Hilda being Courage. Or something like that.

Zelda 1, you were collecting the 8 pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom to open Level-9. Then when you defeat Ganon, a second Triforce (Power) drops from the ashes of his body. The game didn't show the third triforce, but mentioned it in the manual for Zelda 2. And of course the comics expanded on it (but was later retconned by the games).

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Lorule's Triforce didn't have the three virtue attributes attached to it. That was something specific of the Hyrulean Triforce, and Hilda and Ravio were marveled by this.

Sort of kind of not really. The wish Link made to the Triforce was to kill Demise for good, because nothing they had could keep the Imprisoned down for long. This would allow Hylia/Zelda to finally awaken from her sleep of sealing and they could move on with their lives. They just celebrated too early, and Ghirahim brought Zelda back to the past to change the future. Link in turn changed it instead by manually stabbing Demise to death in the past, which I guess erased his presence in the future.

Allows you to achieve victory in the face of insurmountable odds

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It protects.

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Oh really? So it didn't have anything attached to it, or was it just not those attributes?

It either had no attributes, or they were different. The game didn't specify what those attributes were, but they could be vices opposing the Hyrulean Triforce's virtues.

you know what the Triforce of Courage does, user?

like the other fragments, it allows the wielder to commune with the gods to convey inhuman levels of the respective aspect.

with this, Link becomes a fearless being, almost as if he's being controlled by something or someone without a fear of death, dumbass it's you, the player.

It allows the player to take control of Link.

I think, based on this, it's likely specific triforce pieces don't have specific powers, but rather all give a sort of general, vague power and plot armor boost. Twilight Princess seems to imply once Ganondorf got the Triforce of Power, literally nothing could probably kill him unless one of the other Triforce holders came along. We've gotten very little indication that anything any piece does is unique to it or even anything specific. Zelda and Ganondorf get magical power buffs, it seems, and Link is also usually just "can cut his way through entire armies of shit." In a few games he has magical power of his own too, though in less spectacular fashion. The whole "noble beast" thing TP Link has going on too gets contrasted to with Ganondorfs pig beast form. Triforce pieces seem to largely differ in how they "choose" their hosts rather than their powersets like a lot of discussions focus on.

I don't know, it's mostly just that the triforces don't ever get called out as doing much of anything individually other than marking the important heroes/antagonist and sort of being powerful on their own somehow. Typical Zelda lore, really.

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Plot armor.

>In a few games he has magical power of his own too, though in less spectacular fashion.
I want Link to be a wizard again. Magical artefacts and equipment are cool and all, but it was cool playing Zelda II and cast genuine spells and stuff.

I've always been a fan of the "Twilight Princess Zelda's hair is brown because her family lost the right to be divine."

They clearly did some fucked up shit to the Gerudo in that timeline. What with there being no actual Gerudo left, and their sacred spirit temple now standing as a giant prison with A LOT of corpses locked away inside.

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Power is super strength and ability
Wisdom is super knowledge and cleverness
Courage doesnt exist and is not a trait any human has ever expressed in the history of mankind. You're all fucking cowards.

>no actual Gerudo left
TOO FAR PRINCESS

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>Power is super strength and ability
Ganon and Demise have this without the Triforce of Power.

>Wisdom is super knowledge and cleverness
Of which no Zelda ever had.

>Courage doesnt exist and is not a trait any human has ever expressed in the history of mankind. You're all fucking cowards.
Oh boy, we got an angry Klingon here.

That's what courage is though. It's doing brave and heroic things even if you're scared as fuck about doing them.

>Nintendo can't even change character appearances slightly without causing a wave of faggots to spew random fanfiction about why they look different

Jesus fucking Christ.

But you have control of him long before you get the triforce...

The Triforce of Courage grants unfaltering courage in the face of evil, boosts the wielder's base abilities marginally (somewhat tougher, stronger, etc.), and gives the wielder an innate knowledge of how to wield/use/operate nearly any conventional (read: non-magic) weapon or device, and even many unconventional ones. It also might grant Animal Magnetism, but that's not clear.

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I personally always thought of it as being a power boost. A brave person get even more brave with Triforce of courage. A powerful person get even more powerful with Triforce of power. Zelda on OoT had her dreams, Ganon could turn into a beast and such but those characters already have the traits of being wise/powerful. It just got bump up to the extremes. Courage is basically a lore friendly way to explain why Link doesn't mind jumping into a pool of lava and slowly burn to death just for a few rubies.

Demise is a demon king. I think he has his power by right. And Ganny gets even more power from his piece. It's how he turns from a thief to a powerful sorcerer and gains immortality.

he's always been the chosen wielder of the triforce of courage, it's always been linked to him, ever since it was split.

Ganondorf got magical power from his mother(s). The triforce does seem to amplify it. But its not like he gained magic from getting the triforce.

Could the pieces all be a 'One Ring' situation?

The effect isn't specific. It's more an enhancement of who the individual already is. So when an asshole gets a piece of it they become even more of an asshole. Like Ganon.

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Makes you a blonde ladyboy.

>blonde hair means divinity in Japanese folklore and legends
>Princess Zelda's are usually blonde, and the descendant of a goddess
>the game where the royal family almost certainly committed genocide they suddenly don't have blonde hair anymore

It makes sense though. That's why it's interesting. Also it's just a cool theory calm your tits.

>blonde hair means divinity in Japanese folklore and legends
[citation needed]

the triforce of courage is what lets us control him

Would this mean the 'failed timelines' only happen cause a game wasn't made about them and thus no one was there to control Link?

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could be

Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.

Marta please, you outright murdered someone.

Link is never around when Hyrule is up to it's sketchy bullshit, only after it's all over. I like to think the "failed" timelines were because no actual hero showed up because Hyrule couldn't stop doing it's evil bullshit those times.

But Koholint is still gone, Richter.

The power is meta.

You, the player, are the one who gives Link the "courage" to go through the 3-8 dungeons per game.

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It turns you into the playable character

he uses it all the time

he is brav

>People automatically assume 'failed' heroes are versions of Link that failed
>Rather than being the trope that others have tried to fix the land before and weren't up to the task, but are you?

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Honestly, I'm still wondering why a single game has yet to end with

"Finally, Link you've defeated Ganondorf and saved the day. Now come pound me like a bongo drum."

No, Skyward Sword barely alluded to anything if my memory serves. Any vibes I got from that ending was friendzoned up the ass

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Miyamoto is a manchild. The thought of cooties probably repulses him...romance even moreso.

Zelda was begging Link to pound her when they were still up in Skyloft. The ending has them basically alone and stuck on the ground, with no way to go back to Skyloft. The implication is they have to repopulate the world. Not much else you can get from that.

Spirit Tracks

They can call their Loftwings any time they want now that the cloud layer is gone.

>handheld shit

Ugh, doesn't count.

The triforce of courage gives courage to people who need it to actually be any match against Ganon. The only one who didn't need it was windwaker Link since he had balls of steel instead.

how much longer before he's breedable

>doesn't count.
Opinion discarded

That's why he can have more than a single heart.

I liked WW Link because it was the only Link that had a sibling. It felt like this Link wasn't the predestined Link but just some random who earned the Triforce of Courage. Then it turns out he really is the reincarnated spirit of the "Hero" and not just some literal who

Good you don't deserve Ghostie Zelda anyway

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Not in SS
Bad things happen when Link is alive because Demise's soul revive with him, if Link isn't alive them nothing happens

he has 2 kids nigga

>Power: massive magic boost, can change landscapes, long life, turn user into a monster, take over the world
>Wisdom: great magic boost, protection from curses
>Courage: minor protection from most curses and magic, slight physical boosts

>source: my ass

Your mother's ass was a pretty good source of grip when I was fucking her senseless last night

ooooooo

Could you imagine having to be the hero that goes through all the shit he does? The horrifying boss monsters that would gobble down ordinary men like meager snacks, and giant fucking lizards hopping around with swords, and ghosts and shit? It’s the triforce of courage and is probably the reason he never hesitates. That’s enough of a power. To call forth a warrior who will not back out of the perilous journey. Give him some credit

How will user ever recover?

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But he doesn’t have the journey going in the beginning, and one could say he is an incarnation of that courage. Controlling him doesn’t matter, he’s possessed by fearlessness

>No, Skyward Sword barely alluded to anything if my memory serves.
Guaranteed Link was pounding Peatrice after he saved the world.

all me

ironically this

Congratulations, user, you have been chosen to create the entry in Link's Smash 5 trophy

What information are you going to put about Link's mundane life?

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Something something Link had kids with Saria, Ruto and Creamia something something Link had kids with ST Zelda

it's what gives Link the courage and ability to flawlessly use weapons with next to no training.

Well, at least in TP it prevents Link from turning into a ghost thing like the rest of the people when inside the Twilight

there's a theory that claims it allows link to come back from the dead. So every time you respawn its because of the triforce of courage.