#BUT IM GENUINELY SOOOOO EXCITED. THRILLED EVEN

[rebornofstars]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH RIV!!!!!! im so so so soooo excited to read!!!!! screaming crying thrashing like a beached whale i cant believe u made me a birthday present??? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

wind and hyrule are the blorbos of all time!!!!!!!!!! im vibrating out of my skin!!!!! cant wait to see what youve done to them 👀👀👀👀👀

happy (super super late) birthday @rebornofstars!!! here's a silly little fic that is definitely on time and not like 5 months late or anything haha

preview under the cut!

Hyrule landed with a grunt. He fell kneeling, one hand gripping his thigh and another planted firmly on the ground to steady himself.

“Ooh!” Wind exclaimed, scurrying up to the front of the room. A rusted old treasure chest sat on a pedestal, lid creaking as the sailor peeked at its contents. “Aw…”

Hyrule stood up, brushing his hands together. He glanced around the room, examining the situation. They had been portaled– it was still swirling above him– but only he and Wind were here.

That was odd. Shouldn’t the others be here by now?

“Hey, Wind?” Hyrule called, frowning as he stared at the door opposite the treasure wall. “I think we might be trapped.”

Wind’s head shot up. “What?!” He dashed across the room, slamming himself against the door. “Shit!”

The traveler frowned, making eye contact with Wind. “Where do you think the others are?”

“Dunno. And just when I was gonna ask Wild for a snack, too,” the sailor grumbled, waving a hand. Suddenly, he blinked in surprise. “Oh. Wild.” Wind reached into his shirt, pulling out his strange blue rock.

Wild’s voice crackled through the stone, barely audible. “Wind? Where are you?”

“Stuck in some fucking room!” Wind complained, leaning back with a dramatic groan. “We can’t get out. Door’s locked from the other side.”

“We?” Legend’s voice butted in. “Is Hyrule with you?”

Wind glanced back to the steps where Hyrule had sat down. “Yeah, he’s here. Can you just get us out of here?”

-> read the rest on ao3!!

[ziracona]

ive spent all day reading your dbd fic and i have sooooo many feelings about all of them that i dont even know how to put into words. your grasp on the characters is just so incredible, there were characters i didnt know or care about who i now absolutely love and would do anything for purely because of how you wrote them and made me connect to them. i've been reading a lot of dbd fic despite only having played (and failed at) one entire game, and your characterisations will always be my gold star i think, no other has ever seemed to capture the characters so genuinely in a way that doesn't just also excuse their actions, i love how indepth you go into the moral ambiguity of it all. either way, out of all the fandoms im in no other fics have ever just made me actually feel so much, made me physically ache and hurt with what's happening to these characters.

i also really love your character interactions, found family is my all time favourite trope it makes me all gooey and tender even when its also angsty and made me cry like your anna fic did (my mom 😭). also love the dumb teenage antics and interactions between joey & quentin in both their fics, and im also ridiculously invested in them now when before i couldnt tell one legion from the other 😭 i already loved quentin from watching noes but your joey pov and the glimpses into his psyche and history and feelings has won me over too.

ive also set aside my entire weekend to read and absorb and analyse and contemplate and ponder in living memory, im beyond excited 😌😌😌 sorry for this ramble i was just emo

TuT God this is all so sweet I have no idea how to respond! Thank you! 😭💙

I am so glad you enjoy how I write my kids! Character is my favorite story element (surprising no one I’m sure lol), so I am always thrilled when people like how I do that! TuT ahhhh that’s so sweet; thank you! And I am really happy tou enjoyed my like, secondary humanity & virtue ethics study threads—dbd is /such/ a complicated and intricate situation for the charcaters in it, and there’s just so much fascinating black and white and so much grey to just kind of try to think about. Any individual living through either role in the realm would just have so much awful shit to unpack, and god even being one of the sympathetic killers even if you were lile, Rin and had no control, or Adiris and lied to, it would be so hard to get over or through what you did and experienced and even know /how/ to move on. I really like realism and complex character study, so I was living getting to just dig into personal journies for 20+ major charcaters. AH and I am so happy you really enjoyed that side of it in particular too! It’s one I only hear people bring up every so often and I am always ecstatic.

Seriously, thank you so much. Knowing I was able to create that level of emotional impact is priceless to me. TuT💙💙💙 Thank you. And I am glad you like the Found Family! Damn if that isn’t just the best ever trope. ^u^ 💙 I love it. Life really just kind of is all about hope and trying to become a better person each day and learning to know and love and forgive yourself and do the same with the people you gravitate to who are worth it and find you worth it and become the family you both deserved I cry. 😭 Ahhhh and Half-Life! That one messed me up too but god, she’s trying and they’re both so awkward and uncertain and sad but sweet and trying. Eeehhh, yeah! The JoeyQuin fics are so fun to write they vibe so well, and I am so happy you’re invested in them!!! Me too bro, haha. I am working on NDF rn because I really want to update it’s been too long. TuT

AH!!! A fellow NOES2010 fan! Bless; loved him in that too. I am so glad you love my son and I hope you continue to get the best of times watching the poor boy try to do his absolute best while suffering. 😭 Love him.

Also WHOA, holy shit! I wish you the best of luck, but don’t push yourself! ILM is a fucking /long-ass/ fic, and while I know someone read it in two days once, I truly live in awe of anyone who did it in two weeks or less. Godspeed however it goes speed wise though, and thank you so much for this incredible comment, and I hope you enjoy! 💙💙💙 Seriously I cannot thank you enough for giving me such a meaningful and sweet message to read and taking time out of your life/day to brighten mine. It means more than I properly know how to express.

Goodnight, and I hope you enjoy ILM! I think it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written.