Groosimpa

Groosimpa is the friend ship between Groose and Impa from The Legend of Zelda fandom.

Canon
After Link and Groose have a rough landing during their descent into the Surface, the latter intends on saving Zelda before heading out to the Sealed Temple. It is there where he meets with the elderly Impa to speak with her about Zelda but is upset that he learns that he is not the one who can save her, but the fated one who holds the Goddess Sword which he sneers at Link for getting this special treatment. Once Link learns the Ballad of the Goddess, an earthquake occurs which has Groose trembling in fear at the event, and unlike most earthquakes, Impa notes that this one is unnatural and indicates that the Imprisoned is trying to escape and tells Link to check on the seal at the bottom. After Link successfully seals it away for the first time, Groose bore witness to these events and decides that he is of no use to Zelda while brushing off Impa's words of encouragement that he too will have a role to play and spends his time at the side of the Sealed Temple sulking over his uselessness.

During Link's quest to gather the Sacred Flames to strengthen the Goddess Sword to turn it into the Master Sword; if Link visits Groose without having all the flames yet, Groose will have gone out of his depression and will be working on a weapon that will be essential for the Imprisoned's next escape. He will tell Link that Impa kept on telling him that he does have a role to play even if it's not as grand as Link's but refuses to give any details to Link yet as it's not yet finished. Once Link does get all the flames, Groose has already completed his work on his catapult which he names the Groosenator. When the Imprisoned breaks free, Groose does not freak out like he did the first time and gets into position on the Groosenator while Link heads to the bottom. After they managed to seal the monster, Link is able to open the Gate of Time and Groose stays with Impa while Link goes back in time to meet with the young Impa and Zelda. Upon returning from the past with the True Master Sword that Zelda powered up before going into a millennial stasis, Groose stays with the elderly Impa and after the third battle with the Imprisoned, he inspects a soil spot which Link will travel back in time to plant the Life Tree Seed to access the Life Fruit to heal the Thunder Dragon.

After Link wishes for Demise's destruction, the Goddess Statue from Skyloft falls on the escaping Imprisoned, killing it allowing Zelda to be free from her crystalized stasis. However, the celebration is cut short when Ghirahim ambushes them and kidnaps Zelda to use her to revive Demise in the past age since he can't do it in the present anymore. Groose quickly acts and steps in front of Impa to protect her, but he proved to be even less of a challenge to Ghirahim and they were knocked aside as he takes Zelda back in time. After the battle with Ghirahim that ended with Zelda losing her spirit during a demonic ritual, Groose spends the remainder of the game with the young Impa watching over the lifeless Zelda who is resting behind the doors. After Demise is destroyed, Zelda is revived, and they bid farewell to the young Impa who stays in her own time to ensure Demise's remains will decay. They briefly reunite with the elderly Impa whom they realize who she really was until she suddenly vanishes in death, leaving them to mourn her.

Fanon
Players of Skyward Sword have enjoyed the friendship Groose forms with old woman Impa, with her playing a key role in his reform since he followed Link to the surface world. As she helps Groose find his role after learning that Zelda is to be saved by Link rather than him. While Groose does not accept this at first, he later understands her point about him having a role that is not as grand as Link's and makes himself useful by building a weapon and proved to be essential in the last two battles with The Imprisoned to stall it long enough for Link to defeat it. Groose spends the most time with Impa since his fall into the Surface and after the third battle with Ghirahim, Groose stays with the past Impa until Demise is defeated.

Those who would rather have Groosimpa as a het ship, however, like to feature Groose with young Impa. Since he did have a brief encounter with young Impa, from when he followed Link to the past in order to help him save Zelda.

Fandom

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