I have a question about Navi:

A small glowing blue orb with wings and a nasal voice that never shuts up, even if you're perfectly aware of the situation, unlike Tatl or Midna, with little character development outside of the beginning and end of the game. Why not hate her? Aside from Wallmasters, all she ever did for me was point out the obvious. She's only behind Tingle and those creepy cross-dressers from Lake Hylia in TP in terms of my hate.
 
But Tatl sounds exactly the same...
 
IIRC, all she does is make a bell noise when she wants attention. Also, Tatl only drops her hint once, and only more than once if you need it. Oh yeah, and she's a better developed character too.
 
Bop1996 said:
A small glowing blue orb with wings and a nasal voice
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Her voice isn't that bad, really. Not nearly as bad and repetitive as everyone says she is...

that never shuts up, even if you're perfectly aware of the situation,
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Come on, name 5 times that she did that. 5 separate times.

with little character development outside of the beginning and end of the game.
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Link, anyone? How about [insert almost any other character in the game]? When I made my personality quiz based on OoT, I had a hard time coming up with good answers for anyone BUT Navi...

Why not hate her?
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Lots of reasons.
 
The Spiked Red One said:
Bop1996 said:
A small glowing blue orb with wings and a nasal voice
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Her voice isn't that bad, really. Not nearly as bad and repetitive as everyone says she is...

that never shuts up, even if you're perfectly aware of the situation,
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Come on, name 5 times that she did that. 5 separate times.

with little character development outside of the beginning and end of the game.
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Link, anyone? How about [insert almost any other character in the game]? When I made my personality quiz based on OoT, I had a hard time coming up with good answers for anyone BUT Navi...

Why not hate her?
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Lots of reasons.
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1. It annoys me plenty.
2.Every time I was participating in a sidequest, either upon start of the game or around every 30 minutes, she mentioned something about the plot I already know. So basically every time I started up the game over a few months. You do the math.
3.I'm not even going to debate this very much. Navi basically states the obvious for every moment and isn't plot-relevant except when she shows up and when she leaves. Any other character, even minor ones, have more relevance.
4.Name enough that outweigh mine for hating her, please.
 
New Super Mario said:
I like her Krizzy. So, you're not the only one. I like her voice, and don't find it annoying.
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I pity you deeply.
 
Now I'm no Zelda fan. But I do have something that may be relevent to the discussion. There was an episode of Chuggaaconroy's Let's Play of Majora's Mask when during the Water Temple he talks about this subject regarding Navi's apparent Hatedom. Again I'm no Zelda series fan and without that fact I can't really be involved too much in this discussion, and I haven't seen all the arguments about Navi. But I think some of his points defending Navi were really good.

If you want to hear his thoughts only. Skip ahead to about 11:45 in the video. His discussion on the subject goes on until about the 15:00 mark.

 
I've heard the arguments for, but most of them fall under Link's feelings, and I always preferred to add a touch of individuality to my Link, which falls under hating everyone that asks for something in a jerky manner.
 
Bop1996 said:
New Super Mario said:
I like her Krizzy. So, you're not the only one. I like her voice, and don't find it annoying.
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I pity you deeply.
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Why?

Bop1996 said:
The Spiked Red One said:
Bop1996 said:
A small glowing blue orb with wings and a nasal voice
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Her voice isn't that bad, really. Not nearly as bad and repetitive as everyone says she is...

that never shuts up, even if you're perfectly aware of the situation,
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Come on, name 5 times that she did that. 5 separate times.

with little character development outside of the beginning and end of the game.
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Link, anyone? How about [insert almost any other character in the game]? When I made my personality quiz based on OoT, I had a hard time coming up with good answers for anyone BUT Navi...

Why not hate her?
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Lots of reasons.
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1. It annoys me plenty.
2.Every time I was participating in a sidequest, either upon start of the game or around every 30 minutes, she mentioned something about the plot I already know. So basically every time I started up the game over a few months. You do the math.
3.I'm not even going to debate this very much. Navi basically states the obvious for every moment and isn't plot-relevant except when she shows up and when she leaves. Any other character, even minor ones, have more relevance.
4.Name enough that outweigh mine for hating her, please.
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1.Okay, everybody is entitled to their opinion. But she does not actually constantly shout HEY LISTEN LINK HELLO LISTEN HELLO LINK WATCHOUT at any point in the game.
2.... do the math? I don't know about you, but when I play a game, I play it through without turning it off and on a lot...
3.What?
4.a. She's helpful.
b. Admit it: without her, you wouldn't last 5 minutes.
c. Without a strictly defined character, the fanfic authors can go nuts.
d. She's easy to draw. Believe me, any character that's easy to draw is fine by me.
e.Tatl: voice sounds like 5,000 other sound effects in that game. Midna: Annoying idiotic jerk with an annoyingly fake-sounding language. Navi at least has a voice that's recognizably english and distguishable from other sounds.
f. I admire the fact that she fought with Link in the final battle.