Big exciting weekend
So this joke isn’t great but I was watching that interview with Stephanie McMahon and Chris Jericho and figured it was as appropriate as anything considering I didn’t have much of an opportunity to think of anything better. Triple H and Stephanie have such a delightfully video game esque relationship, it’s perfect. I’d love to see Zelda as some kinda Stephanie-esque feels-so-good-to-be-so-bad heel. and I mean, not hard to see how Link fits into all this…
One cool thing that came to my attention, this duder I used to babysit like fifteen years ago back when he was like nine and living across the street from us and pals with my little bro grew up to be a pretty accomplished amateur wrestler and just put together an audition video for WWE’s Tough Enough that you can share on the various social medias and watch and vote up to help him out!
Second, more immediately exciting for me, order of business; I just got engaged!
Life milestone unlocked! Celebrate by checking out my fiance, Brett’s rad webcomic, Glam Rock Gorilla!
Congrats!
Wooohoooo congrats \o/
Congrats on the engagement.
also I have no idea who Hunter Hearst Helmsley is.
Triple H. It’s what his H’s stand for. WWE used to have a whole storyline about him kidnapping CEO Vince McMahon’s daughter Stephanie and running off with her like some kinda French Canadian Donkey Kong, but ironically enough after spending so much time working together on this bit they ended up happily married with three kids in real life.
Oh God. I lost it at “French Canadian Donkey Kong”.
Almost choked on my cereal, and grats, is that a band of tentacle? Awesome.
“French Canadian Donkey Kong” is a brilliant turn of phrase. :-)
Congratulations on your engagement!
And that’s not even counting the whole storyline where Triple H ruined Steph’s “wedding” to Test by revealing that he had kidnapped her and, while she was unconscious, got married at the drivethru of some form of Vegas White Castle/Marriage place.
Congratulations on your engagement.
The whole HHH/Steph angle was insane, even by WWF standards…
Congrats on the engagement! I wish you and your husband a long and happy marriage!
IS THAT A CEPHALOPOD RING?!
I saw it as a (coela)squid ring, though my interpretation may be very narrow. That was my first reaction when I saw it:
“Huh, that’s an interesting design, kinda like a squi-OHOHOHO well played!”
Congratulations indeed. I will add my congratulations to the myriad of others, until the giant mountain of congratulations falls apart under its own weight.
…I have a habit for making very strange metaphors.
Funny, I don’t watch wrestling but just a day or two ago I was watching that Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling video on youtube that tell the long story of Triple H. It was fate for me to get the reference!
Also even before reading Ganondorf’s mug killed me.
Even more importantly: CONGRATULATIONS!!
That’s exactly why I got the reference too!
Congrats, Coela, and if that’s a tattoo on your arm there, it’s a cute one.
First Katie Tiedrich, then you. Is any other webcomic artist suddenly engaged now?
Oh cool, I had no idea Katie got engaged! I’m so happy for her, she and Norrin are adorable together!
Sometimes it almost seems as if all the webcomic artists know each other in some way. Even if it is a hate thing it just seems like you’ve all met on somedays and the world so tiny. @.@
A lot of us end up meeting at cons
I’ve always been curious about that, ever since Hiveworks started being a thing. I don’t really go to cons, so I just sort of assumed every creator who joins that group is in touch with the others…
Unrelated: is Glam Rock Gorilla normally so slow to load? ‘Cuz it is taking forever, I dunno if it’s a matter of the host’s connection, or if it’s image-heavy, or what, but I’ve got 15Mbps downstream now and there are only a few sites that take so long to load on this connection. I can’t really navigate the site reliably, under these conditions, so I figured I’d better say something here where I can…
Also slow to update :((
I think it be the traffic making it slow to load today, however the updates don’t always go at the speed he’d like because he pays his artist a fair wage for her time, so update schedule depends on what he can afford. There have been occasions where he donated blood and plasma to pay his artists, Glam Rock Gorilla has literally saved lives.
Congratulations on the engagement! That is an awesome cephalopodian engagement ring (gonna avoid saying the word epic for fear of Commander’s “Epic Jar”).
Also, I love the fact that that is Ganondorf’s reaction to being asked if he’s married to Princess Zelda: One of surprised disgust at the very notion. Really helps establish that, while he may be a villain most of the time, he’s still got some moral standards.
Or at least better taste.
That’s a super cool ring! Congrats on the engagement.
I’m wondering how Ganondorf being married to Zelda would even work…I mean she’s usually a reincarnation in the games right? Wheras he’s gone from being a pig man to his current version which has been banished and come back but not really died so much or if he has been dead he’s still been brought back as is rather than reincarnating…. Man that would make marriage a mess.
Unless I’m totally misremembering everything. Which is entirely possible, I play a lot of Zelda but I never grasped the timeline.
It is rather complicated, yes, especially when you get into timelines and alternate universes. I’ve got this distilled primer here that might help:
Originally, it was the goddess Hylia and the demon god Demise, back in the Skyward Swords era. Hylia reincarnated into Zelda to help kill Demise once and for all (who some in the fandom interpret as having been in a relationship before the start of the game, based on their interpretation of some hints and clues peppered throughout the game). Demise, as a giant “screw you” to Link and Zelda/Hylia, cursed them and their descendants/reincarnations to always be hounded by an “embodiment of my (Demise’s) hate”.
What this means is elaborated on by Nintendo’s Hyrule Historia, their companion bible to the series so far: Just like Hylia, Demise would reincarnate himself into a human body so as to get free access to the Triforce. This turned out to be Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time.
So what we have so far is: Two gods who may or may not have been in a relationship at some point, followed by a breakup of literally biblical proportions, reincarnate into mortal lives. So far so good. Things get tricky after Ocarina of Time though, as it’s during that games events that we get three separate timelines: The Child Timeline, the Adult Timeline and the Fall Timeline.
In the Child Timeline, after Link is sent back to the past by Zelda, following Ganondorf’s defeat at the end of OoT, Link is able to “call the cops” on Ganondorf and get him arrested. This leads into the events of Twilight Princess, which after Majora’s Mask is the direct sequel to Ocarina of Time. Ganondorf escapes the Twilight Realm (where he had been sealed into after the Sages were unable to execute him immediately after OoT), sets the events in TP in motion, and finally dies at the hands of Link at the end of the game, ending the life he’d started back during the OoT era. In the sequel to TP, Four Swords Adventures, Ganondorf is reincarnated again, but instead of reclaiming the Triforce of Power, he uses The Trident of Darkness in order to regain the powers he had in his previous life, and sets the events of that game in motion (before finally being sealed inside the Four Sword itself).
Now, that’s the Child Timeline. In the Adult Timeline, Ganondorf is able to escape from the Sacred Realm at some unspecified point in the future, but since Link was sent back to the past, there was no Hero to stop him. The gods of Hyrule flooded the land in order to try and stop Ganondorf, which lead to the ocean that we see in The Wind Waker. That Ganondorf is the same one as the Ocarina of Time Ganondorf, only now older and wiser and willing to let Link and Zelda/Tetra live in peace, so long as he gets the Triforce to raise Hyrule from under the depths. At the end of the game, he’s killed, and in the remaining games of the Child Timeline (Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks), he doesn’t reappear again.
Finally, we have the Fall Timeline. This is the timeline where Link, for all his efforts, dies during the final battle with the transformed Ganon. Zelda and the Sages are still able to seal Ganon into the Sacred Realm, but because Ganon now has all three Triforce pieces, he’s able to turn the Sacred Realm into the Dark Realm. This is the timeline where Ganondorf is predominantly in his Demon King Ganon form. All this leads us directly into A Link to the Past, where Link in that game is able to finally defeat this version of Ganon and kill him, ending the life he started all the way back in Ocarina of Time. In the Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons games, the witches Koume and Koutake try to resurrect Ganon, but are unable to fully succeed in doing so. Ganon would go on to be truly resurrected at a later point, where he would go on to steal the Triforce of Power back from the Hyrulian Royal Family, leading into the events of the very first Legend of Zelda. He’d die at the end of that game, with the threat of being revived once again should the player get a game over in Adventure of Link.
So, based on all that, we can surmise that for all of the Zeldas and Links that there have been in the series, there’s generally been one Ganondorf/Ganon, who is himself the reincarnation of the demon god Demise. Because of time-travel shenanigans in Ocarina of Time, the series has had 3 versions of the same Ocarina of Time era Ganondorf. In one timeline he’s stayed permanently dead so far (all games after Wind Waker in the Adult Timeline), he’s reincarnated a second time after being killed in Twilight Princess (in the Child Timeline), and instead of being reincarnated he’s repeatedly resurrected (in the Fall Timeline).
All this to say that yes, a marriage between Zelda and Ganondorf MIGHT be messy, if it were the same Ganondorf married to multiple versions of the same Zelda. Thankfully, there are two solutions to this: 1.) Cosmically, it’s the spirits of Ganondorf and Zelda who are married to each other, so multiple lives are a bit of a moot point for them, or 2.) Zelda in the MGDMT universe is the same person, she just takes on multiple roles in the franchise like Ganondorf does here.
Which, to be honest, makes me now wonder what MGDMT Ganondorf would have to say to a MGDMT-verse Zelda. What would they even talk about?
“So be honest, that kid drives you up a wall as bad as he does me, right?”
‘Oh gawwwdddd yes, you know he’s proposed to me three times afterwards?’
“Yeesh, that must be awkward.”
‘Why do you think I don’t come around much?’
Adding to this, is when Ganondorf isn’t the villain in game, it’s normally someone from the demon clans or has been infected by the demon clan which were under Demises control (dude thought of all the loopholes.).
On Link’s end he was a mortal chosen by the goddess to assist her. Which in all honest suck worst for him and his descendents/reincarnations a lot worst all things considering. All the fun mental scaring of being a hero at various ages and canonically knowing that one link died in battle and wanders the earth. Which is why I tend to look at MGDMT Link as the bad apple of the Link incarnations.
And that scarred ghost grandpa Link tries to scold him to be better but to no avail. He’ll probably send MGDMT Link to Palutena’s school for wayword heroes at some point.
dude, the Hero’s Shade could not have died in battle, he got lost in the Lost Woods once again after escaping following the events of Majora’s Mask because he is obviously a variety of Stalfos who occur when adults get lost in there.
A marriage between Ganondorf and Zelda would be…problematic, considering Ganondorf is the incarnation of Zelda’s past life Hylia’s mortal enemy Demise’ death curse. Ganondorf’s entire existence revolves around making life miserable for Link and Zelda’s reincarnations/successors before messily killing them both. As many times as it takes. When a demon lord curses people, they don’t do it half-assed.
I know this is a bit late to reply, but Demise’s dialog suggested to me that he was really into her, and if they weren’t mortal enemies he’d be trying to woo her.
Congratschuulations!
Congratulations! Marriage is awesome, I hope you have many years of happiness.
Wedding Pro Tip: On your honeymoon, make sure every restaurant you go to is aware it’s your honeymoon. They are more than happy to give you free dessert. My wife and I learned this.
On to the comic, I had never thought about Stephanie and HHH that way, but now that you’ve brought it up I am amused and delighted. Amused and delighted indeed.
Another wedding tip: Don’t say the word wedding when planning reception stuff. It’s a “gathering for extended family.”
Apparently in many places “wedding” adds a decent chunk to the bill.
And Another wedding tip, If price is something you’ll be concerned over contact a local culinary arts college and ask if they have students who’d like to make a series of decorative cakes for some cash, parents did this and had it so each table got 2 different cakes and it saved them a ton and they all looked fantastic. Also Wedding cupcakes are another option to ask about as well.
Congratulations!
Gave that guy’s video a like too. :P
And I’ve been out of touch with the WWE shenanigans but I lol’d at teh reference.
And now I can’t stop imagining John Cena going like excuuuuuuuuuuse me princess to Stephanie…
Congratulations on the engagement.
Also, read from top to here and excellent work.
Is G-man protesting a little too much? :P
Totally got that Triple Aitch reference (even though haven’t watched since some panda’s stole the title belt off of a rambling Rock)
Wait, what about Bowser? Quite sure he and Peach are actually close friends or something, what with them always go-karting and playing tennis together.
Mario lacks a consistent timeline. Nearly every game is it’s own standalone thing so their relationships are constantly in flux. Sometimes Bowser is the ultimate evil, sometimes he’s just the grumpy neighbor and sometimes he’s that friend you have that’s kind of a dick but his hearts in the right place.
woohooooo~! congratz on the engagement! cool ring!
also… cute tat. is that a sun conure?
lovebird
Grats on the engagement, also I can see why he though Trip H was Ganon. Did you design them to look similar at least around the face?
Yeah, come on commander, he just needs her blood to break the seals on the dark realm and her soul to power him back up to an ancient primordial demon king, and getting the triforce piece she often has is a big bonus. Considering the sisters he was raised with, most incarnations of her would come across as really boring to him, and the ones that aren’t are probably annoying.
Also congrats!
Congratulations!!!
So the punchline is a professional wrestling thing? Darn. I don’t know anything about professional wrestling.
Congrats!!!
Congrats!
First off, I want to congratulate you on your engagement! It seems like everyone’s getting married now, and I like that. :)
Second off, a LOOOONG time ago you said you weren’t going to be making any Manly Guys merch unless you could figure out some stuff that wasn’t using copyrighted characters. Ganondorf’s pig mug. MAKE THAT MUG. Also, Jared’s hat. I’d definitely be one of the first to order both.
You could also sell turtle-shaped scented candles, come to think of it.
By the way, congratulations on your engagement!
Congratulations on the marriage news, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a unique wedding ring before, not even in fiction. It’s also a funny coincidence that you announced this under a strip that involves a Legend of Zelda character, as the two factors reminded me of my cousin’s wedding, where she and her fiance walked down the isle together to the orchestral version of the LoZ theme music.
‘Grats. Good luck.
Congrats on the engagement! I discovered your comic a few month’s back and binged through the whole thing in a weekend, I really enjoy your work, thank you!
Congratulations!
First: funny comic, and through my friends being wrestling fans for so long, I understood the HHH joke through the info I’ve just absorbed being around them. That’s just funny.
Second: the link/Cena picture is pretty damn funny too, and such a subtle joke (maybe someone at nintendo/koei was using that image as a reference?)
Third: congratulations on the engagement/impending wedding. It seems like everyone I follow online is getting engaged/married this year…and my wedding is in 3 months…damn that’s soon.
I think you’re the first person on here to even mention the Cena thing, so I’m just gonna put this here: “Word Life, this is basic Dungeonomics!”
Ganondorf’s pig mug is a really nice touch.
I know you don’t know who I am, and I’ve never commented on any of your comics before, as I’ve always been happy just to read long quietly and laugh to myself.
However, I felt the need to congratulate you on your upcoming nuptials!
Good luck for the future, hope you both have a lovely time together. :)
Cool ring, congrats
Woo! Congratulations on the engagement!
Congrats on the engagement, getting a partner in crime is always fun.
On a different note, I am currently getting acquainted with Glam Rock Gorilla and I think you might have sent a lot of traffic into that comic today, haha, the DB burps an error every now and then.
Your fiance’s comic is gold.
Excellent judgment on your guy’s part! Congratulations to you both!
Congratulations!
Didn’t get the reference, congratulations on the engagement.
I’m kind of hoping your fiance has a matching lovebird tattoo. Because seriously that tattoo is adorable, and it’d be at least 2x as adorable if he had one too.
Nah, Axi was my baby bird, I had him from when I was ten until I was about 24.
Tentacle Engagement Rings are the best.
Congratulations! May your marriage be as awesome as this comic (i.e. VERY)!
You just got engaged, so I’ll forgive this joke that I didn’t understand.
this time…
:p
Congrats on your engagement! And that is also a cool looking engagement ring too!
Congrats! Also, I can’t help but feel that this is Gannon drawing the line as far as evil goes. “Yeah, I’ll create an age of darkness and send hordes to loot and pillage and all… but I don’t do the date rape thing. You want a date rapist, go find a vampire. Those guys are all about the date rape.”
(Seriously. Dracula, Edward… I live with someone who’s been binge watching an old soap opera called Dark Shadows, and Barnabas is a textbook example. “Gonna kidnap girls and try to brainwash them into thinking they’re the woman I loved centuries ago.” “You mean the one who jumped off a cliff rather then live with your vampiric ass?” “Yeah, that’s the one.”)
grats on getting engaged, who’s the lucky guy?
Or girl if you swing that way.
Never mind I’m half asleep right now so I didn’t see the last line when I read it.
Looking at the lineart here, I really get a good feeling for how much detail you put into this – Ganondorf’s hair especially looks amazing.
Congratulations, friend! May the marriage be long and happy!
Congratulations! May the very fattest of doves fly to celebrate your union!
Hehe Gannon’s face. The disgust there is almost palpable.
Congratulations!
Commenting for the very first time to say Congrats on the engagement. Hope you and your guy have a long and happy life together.
Hey, congrats! Here’s hoping to a beautiful and happy marriage!
congrats and everything, but that ring looks like it’d be very itchy after the first ten to twenty minutes of being worn.
Grats for the engagement, Coelasquid ^_^
Jesus, I WISH Cena couldn’t speak.
Congratulations!
OMG CONGRATULATIONS SQUEEEEEEEEEE <3 <3 <3
Congratulations. And because squid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCg6Mm3APeQ
Love Gannon’s mug too.
Will Commander and Jonesy get married when you and Brett do? <3
Wow. Both you and Awkward Zombie got engaged relatively close to each other! All the cool ladies of webcomics taking the big step!
After watching Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling, this cracked me the hell up.
Yeah, I figured I’d post about WiW as well, and I hope it’s the youtube vid Crestlinger posted up above.
Gawd, that disdainful Ganondorf face is great. He loves it! XD also Link Cena cracked me up…
God, I love Commander’s faces on the last two panels.