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An extreme form of nostalgia that the Fallout video game series terms as "Old World Blues".
That being, "a form of depression and anxiety, manifesting as an unhealthy obsession with the Old World. The Blues causes the affected person to distance themselves from the world around them, withdraw from society, and become apathetic. Old World Blues can destroy valuable members of society, rendering them incapable of properly functioning in the present and planning for the future."
What I mean to say is Link and certain characters experiencing a nostalgia for the long destroyed and defunct Kingdom of Hyrule to the point it inflicting depression upon them. However, instead of completely succumbing to the blues and letting it completely destroy them, said characters have to go through a long and rocky process to be able to overcome and move on from it. To be able to look forward and plan for the future instead of clinging to the past and destroying oneself in the process.
Like this psychological isn't just limited to the characters in the game but also to some extent, the person playing it. Seeing all those ruins and landmarks from previous games destroyed and forgotten and glimpses of the kingdom's glory days in those memories collected instilling a sense of nostalgia that could lead to the aforementioned "Old World Blues" washing over them and breaking them.
There are two terms in the Fallout series that are derived from it.
In Fallout, "Old World Blues" was also one of the causes for Ghouls to undergo feralization, where an unhealthy level of nostalgia experienced by ghouls caused a form of insanity that contributed in them becoming feral. For the case of Zelda, I'm not saying that this sort of nostalgia will turn people into monsters, I'm saying here that this extreme nostalgia would have the capacity and plausibility of driving someone insane and mad with grief to the point of it either turning them into outcasts or causing suicidal ideation.
That being, "a form of depression and anxiety, manifesting as an unhealthy obsession with the Old World. The Blues causes the affected person to distance themselves from the world around them, withdraw from society, and become apathetic. Old World Blues can destroy valuable members of society, rendering them incapable of properly functioning in the present and planning for the future."
What I mean to say is Link and certain characters experiencing a nostalgia for the long destroyed and defunct Kingdom of Hyrule to the point it inflicting depression upon them. However, instead of completely succumbing to the blues and letting it completely destroy them, said characters have to go through a long and rocky process to be able to overcome and move on from it. To be able to look forward and plan for the future instead of clinging to the past and destroying oneself in the process.
Like this psychological isn't just limited to the characters in the game but also to some extent, the person playing it. Seeing all those ruins and landmarks from previous games destroyed and forgotten and glimpses of the kingdom's glory days in those memories collected instilling a sense of nostalgia that could lead to the aforementioned "Old World Blues" washing over them and breaking them.
There are two terms in the Fallout series that are derived from it.
- "Old World Blues, New World Hope" - Paired with the expression "New World Hope", it slowly stopped being used to refer to a disorder of wistful yearning and began a new life as an expression describing the potential for the future.
- "Old World Blues, New World Misery" - Alternatively, it could be paired with the expression "New World Misery", a withering form of nostalgia for times long past. Viewing Science as evil, technology unchecked as the source of all ills, all misfortunes. It was all this and more.
In Fallout, "Old World Blues" was also one of the causes for Ghouls to undergo feralization, where an unhealthy level of nostalgia experienced by ghouls caused a form of insanity that contributed in them becoming feral. For the case of Zelda, I'm not saying that this sort of nostalgia will turn people into monsters, I'm saying here that this extreme nostalgia would have the capacity and plausibility of driving someone insane and mad with grief to the point of it either turning them into outcasts or causing suicidal ideation.
