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[Kakariko Kid]

For a second there, I thought this was young-person slang for smoking marijuana.

....Ok?

But nope, banging pots and pans, I'm sure their protest was percussive.

I don't really understand that part of your post, are you being sarcastic?

In North America, "pot" is a slang word for marijuana. "Pot-banging" would have referred to protesters who were smoking marijuana.

And "I'm sure their protest was percussive" was literal, with a double meaning:

(source - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percussive)
Simple Definition of percussive

• : of or relating to a percussion instrument or to the sounds that a percussion instrument makes
  

Full Definition of percussive

1. 1:  of or relating to percussion;especially :  operative or operated by striking
   
2. 2:  having powerful impact