About
Zelda Response To is a six-pane reaction based exploitable using six incarnations of Princess Zelda, from the Nintendo video game series The Legend of Zelda. The reactions are based on the mood given to them in their games, along with their facial expressions on the banner.
Origins
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The original image was uploaded was to the Japanese art sharing site pixiv[1] on January 31st, 2012. The image (shown below) featured six incarnations of Princess Zelda from various Legend of Zelda games given their reactions to being told “I love you”. It was submitted as one out of over 150 responses[2] to a template, created by pixiv user leopard[3] on January 2010.
Precursor
The image can be seen as an example of illustration fad called “Expression Practice,” which it’s to help out amateur artist to keep a consistent character while trying to fill out the given expressions. Since originating on pixiv, the exploitable fad had since spread into deviantART, giving out over 8,000 results under “Expression Meme”[4] as of November 2012.
Spread
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The image was then uploaded to the art sharing Safebooru[5] on February 2012. On March 28th, 2012, Tumblr user Joouheika[6] uploaded the earliest translation of the image to his page. On Reddit, an alternate translated image was submitted to the /r/gaming[13] subreddit on April 2012. The post managed to gain over 1500 upvotes and over 1100 comments. On 4chan, the earliest known thread featuring the image was first posted on /jp/ (Otaku Culture) board[7], a month later two more threads appeared on /v/ (video games) board[8][9], members began exploiting the image.
Notable Examples
Since then, the original and other versions has been shared on Memebase,[10] Haloz,[11] and Meme Center[12].
Search Interest
External References
[1] pixiv – ゼルダ様が好きだ!と言われた時の表情&セリフ / Posted on 01-31-2010
[2] pixiv – Illustration Response for 彼･彼女から好きだ!と言われた時の表情&セリフ
[3] pixiv – 彼･彼女から好きだ!と言われた時の表情&セリフ / Posted on 01-04-2010
[4] deviantART – Search results for “Expression Meme”
[7] Foolz – Does this Zelda respond like a lover would?
[8] Foolz – Zelda “response” topic (NSFW)
[9] Foolz – >Implying this is not true.
[10] Memebase – Zelda’s Feels Throughout the Series
[11] Haloz – In response to being told “I love you”
[12] Meme Center – Zelda In Response To…
[13] Reddit – Zeldas feelings towards Link throughout the series