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Hey! :D First I wanted to say: congrats on finishing chapter 2! This comic is so good and beautiful- truly a delight to read!!

I have some questions about War. So he's from Hyrule Warriors alright, so that means he has an understanding of Ganondorf, the Twilight Realm, has actually met Fi (that's gonna be juicy when War and Loft meet) and stuff... That's the base game story. But did the extra storyarc -from i believe the definitive edition?- involving Wind Waker characters happened to War? have he, Tetra and Wake already met?

(i have no idea if this was ever asked or talked about before, hope it's not a repeat!)

hi! okay so I’m gonna be so real here, out of all the links War is probably my most oc-ified. I’m doing something very specific and non canon-compliant with him, which involves mostly pulling what is useful to me from HW canon (and there actually is a lot that is very useful to me somehow) and throwing out everything else 😂 HW is an extremely silly game that I am for the purposes of this comic taking way WAY too seriously.

anyway on that note it’s actually Spirit who ends up in the war of ages instead of Wake. full disclosure, the idea for this originally came from @wutheringmights (hi Frankie I hope it’s ok to tag u!!!) who opened my eyes to the potential of both Spirit in the war of ages and hw link being something like an anti-link. I decided to make my life harder by including time loop shenanigans: Spirit is younger than War for the events of bonus links, and older than him during the war of ages. There’s a couple reasons I did this tho. 1) I didn’t really want the hw stuff to be part of Wake’s story. The timing didn’t work well. 2) I didn’t really want Wake to be part of War’s either. for selfish reasons his story is in part about how having mentor/trusted adults who deep down hate ur guts will mess you up. Wake is too good at being a big brother to make that happen 😂 Spirit is not cut out for handling this, so he’s the man for the job. Maybe there’s an au somewhere where it Was wake instead and all of this turns out a little better lol. Anyway Tetra can’t have been there for similar reasons.

All I can say for sure is that besides Spirit and Mask, Ravio and Midna were also there for at least parts of the war of ages. I don’t like including Marin specifically bc it confirms whether or not she truly existed, which is not rlly something I’m interested in confirming one way or the other for the purposes of the comic. Possibly some other figures like Ruto and Darunia show up as well but don’t quote me on that. I think to the extent that War has met and interacted with Fi, it plays out differently than the game. I want him to have interacted w Ghirahim so badly but I haven’t figured out how to make it make sense yet 😂

tldr this is the point at which I am really TRULY going off the rails from canon and just writing whatever i want. sorry <3 we’ll be getting to all this in the comic soon and hopefully ppl stick around thru it lol

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HOMESICK, pt. 15, FIN.

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HELLO I forgot Tetra's scar in this shot and I JUST now noticed 😭😭😭

*waiting eagerly and patiently for directors commentary* :)

IT'S DONE RAHHHHHH ITS FINALLY DONE!!!!!!! I hope you all have enjoyed this chapter but I am REALLY excited to move on to what's next!!!!! i have been waiting literal years to get here,,,,

starting off with a few things: these frames are the same design from pt. 9, just damaged now. it's also uh. literally the same drawings KJSNFKJG listen sometimes I just have to make things easier on myself. also convenient crack through the hero of time's right eye >:-)

okay so the hero of time lore gives me a bit of a headache. let it be known that I understand in wolf's timeline, the events of OOT technically never happened. He knows the "hero of time" moniker bc he's met him, and i could've SWORN that name is mentioned if not somewhere in TP then in the TP manga. suspend ur disbelief for me lol

Anyway the idea is basically that post-game Wolf has done some digging to track down the person the Hero's Shade was when he was alive. I like to imagine he had some kind of bargain with Zelda where if he agreed to come to certain events she'd let him dig around in what survived of the archives after lol. I actually got stuck on this panel for a while trying to think of some other imagery that got this idea across without being so,,,idk on the nose? but i couldn't think of anything so i went with this HAHA. Even if Mask wasn't technically the "hero" in this timeline, I think he still ended up being a prominent figure, and some documentation of him would exist. An unfinished portrait, a text about the history of the royal guard, military records, correspondence between him and the castle, etc.

ALSO ALSO. how do they know they're talking about the same hero of time? well, they don't. they're making an educated guess lol. obviously whoever made this statue of the Hero of Time couldn't make it look exactly like him, but I feel like Wolf has noticed enough similarities between depictions to be like. hey wait a second

wake is trying to give a pep talk here like "come on guys, going on adventures is what we do!!" meanwhile Wolf and Loft are both like. yeah i guess leaving our loved ones behind with little notice to go on dangerous missions we may never return from IS what we do.....

speaking of which Loft is maybe technically being a little bit of a hypocrite here but I really think he's just trying to make sure Wake doesn't make the same mistake he did lol. he's feeling guilty

one of many things I really regret abt this chapter is not having Tetra and Loft have a conversation similar to the one he and BOTW Zelda have. I feel like Tetra's experience of getting to grow up outside of the pressure of the royal family or her role and then basically having it forced on her during the events of WW would be very valuable for him to hear. I had so many things I was trying to juggle this chapter and somehow that just slipped through the cracks 😭 im sorry tetra.

AT LAST!!! ANNA FROM FROZEN!!! when all that was going down a few weeks ago i was like GUYS GUYS WAIT. HE'S ALMOST HERE. does this mean I have to get a new icon now

in case its not clear (and it probably isn't) he's in the ALTTP lost woods!

okay so some of you may have noticed this, but up until now we've basically been following the thread of mainline games, starting where the timeline merged and working our way back to where it split in OOT. ALTTP is technically part of that, as the timeline where the Hero of Time dies. I have them all connected through the Lost Woods. The pitch for this was basically "wouldn't it be so fucking funny if Mage could've joined the story way earlier but didn't bc he was the only one with enough sense and also enough gall to just throw something through it." and then I couldn't NOT do that

so on that note, this is the BOTW lost woods. If you look closely, you can see Wolf in the distance.

I wanted to do something to establish him as a magic user! he could have just pulled these out of his bag but where's the fun in that. you might also notice that he's not wet because the rain isn't actually hitting him

ALTTP ZELDA MY BELOVED!!!! that's all

that's all i've got for now!!! bonus links turned 3 years old 3 days ago which is. wild. thank you all for sticking with this story for so long!!!

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Fanart for @bonus-links, my favorite tloz comic

According to my tablet this took me 48 hours total 🙏

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Some things I loved:

His EARS 😭 is he scared? Sad to leave? What is he thinkinggggg and yet it still conveys so much. I love expressive ears

Loft how do you keep ending up on iffy terms with all the different zeldas 😔 (or tetras in this case XD)

He looks so guilty here... 🥺

I love expressive ears I love character says one thing and their ears say another :-)) glad ppl noticed!!

yeah he’s 3 for 3. loft say sorry women. In all seriousness Tetra isn’t exactly angry with him in particular but more abt this situation. she honestly argued more with Wolf than him lol. and also she’s squinting suspiciously at him. were ur eyes always that color,,,,

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i am so proud of being the one to make a comment that'd turn into a reocurring joke within a fandom. anna from frozen finally made his first appearence !!!!

HEHE thank you for your contribution!!!

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CONGRATS ON FINISHING HOMESICK!! IT'S SO GOOD BE SO EXCITED AND PROUD OF YOURSELF!!

THANK YOUUUUUU it took way longer than I expected which has been. frustrating lol BUT IM PROUD OF MYSELF FOR GETTING IT DONE!!! IM SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT!!

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Given Wake’s shift towards awe when he was like, “might explain where he went though,” I’m under the impression that potentially meeting the Hero Of Time is a major factor in why he ultimately decides to leave??? If so meeting Mask is gonna be such a funny case of ‘dang I thought you’d be taller’ 🤭

yeah that is a big reason!! so much of his quest was like. in the shadow of the hero of time. he's dying to solve that mystery

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*waiting eagerly and patiently for directors commentary* :)

IT'S DONE RAHHHHHH ITS FINALLY DONE!!!!!!! I hope you all have enjoyed this chapter but I am REALLY excited to move on to what's next!!!!! i have been waiting literal years to get here,,,,

starting off with a few things: these frames are the same design from pt. 9, just damaged now. it's also uh. literally the same drawings KJSNFKJG listen sometimes I just have to make things easier on myself. also convenient crack through the hero of time's right eye >:-)

okay so the hero of time lore gives me a bit of a headache. let it be known that I understand in wolf's timeline, the events of OOT technically never happened. He knows the "hero of time" moniker bc he's met him, and i could've SWORN that name is mentioned if not somewhere in TP then in the TP manga. suspend ur disbelief for me lol

Anyway the idea is basically that post-game Wolf has done some digging to track down the person the Hero's Shade was when he was alive. I like to imagine he had some kind of bargain with Zelda where if he agreed to come to certain events she'd let him dig around in what survived of the archives after lol. I actually got stuck on this panel for a while trying to think of some other imagery that got this idea across without being so,,,idk on the nose? but i couldn't think of anything so i went with this HAHA. Even if Mask wasn't technically the "hero" in this timeline, I think he still ended up being a prominent figure, and some documentation of him would exist. An unfinished portrait, a text about the history of the royal guard, military records, correspondence between him and the castle, etc.

ALSO ALSO. how do they know they're talking about the same hero of time? well, they don't. they're making an educated guess lol. obviously whoever made this statue of the Hero of Time couldn't make it look exactly like him, but I feel like Wolf has noticed enough similarities between depictions to be like. hey wait a second

wake is trying to give a pep talk here like "come on guys, going on adventures is what we do!!" meanwhile Wolf and Loft are both like. yeah i guess leaving our loved ones behind with little notice to go on dangerous missions we may never return from IS what we do.....

speaking of which Loft is maybe technically being a little bit of a hypocrite here but I really think he's just trying to make sure Wake doesn't make the same mistake he did lol. he's feeling guilty

one of many things I really regret abt this chapter is not having Tetra and Loft have a conversation similar to the one he and BOTW Zelda have. I feel like Tetra's experience of getting to grow up outside of the pressure of the royal family or her role and then basically having it forced on her during the events of WW would be very valuable for him to hear. I had so many things I was trying to juggle this chapter and somehow that just slipped through the cracks 😭 im sorry tetra.

AT LAST!!! ANNA FROM FROZEN!!! when all that was going down a few weeks ago i was like GUYS GUYS WAIT. HE'S ALMOST HERE. does this mean I have to get a new icon now

in case its not clear (and it probably isn't) he's in the ALTTP lost woods!

okay so some of you may have noticed this, but up until now we've basically been following the thread of mainline games, starting where the timeline merged and working our way back to where it split in OOT. ALTTP is technically part of that, as the timeline where the Hero of Time dies. I have them all connected through the Lost Woods. The pitch for this was basically "wouldn't it be so fucking funny if Mage could've joined the story way earlier but didn't bc he was the only one with enough sense and also enough gall to just throw something through it." and then I couldn't NOT do that

so on that note, this is the BOTW lost woods. If you look closely, you can see Wolf in the distance.

I wanted to do something to establish him as a magic user! he could have just pulled these out of his bag but where's the fun in that. you might also notice that he's not wet because the rain isn't actually hitting him

ALTTP ZELDA MY BELOVED!!!! that's all

that's all i've got for now!!! bonus links turned 3 years old 3 days ago which is. wild. thank you all for sticking with this story for so long!!!

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HOMESICK, pt. 15, FIN.

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Hey! I have a question. Do you have a better look at Loft's necklace? I'm working on something and it's a bit zoomed in, I can't seem to find a good close up reference of it.

forgive this quick drawing lol but it's just a leather braid with 3 amber beads on the side like this!

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another round of birthday requests from patreon!

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HOMESICK, pt. 14

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Hello! Was recently reading through this comic and all the little tidbits, it's all so very cool!! LTTP has always been my fav of the games so I am really excited for Mage content, just wanted to ask if there are any thoughts about the fact that besides Loft, he is the only other Link to have used the Triforce?

there’s a third Link, mirror uses it at the end of albw with Zelda! there’s also a secret 4th Link :-) other Links that have been in the presence of it but not held the full thing themselves are Wake and I think War (?) off the top of my head. Mask and Wolf have held pieces of it

ANYWAY in regards to Mage having used the Triforce, I think that experience contributes to 1) his “nothing matters. yay!” brand of whimsical nihilism and 2) his obsession with magic. like, im not sure if its an urge to chase down power, but it is an urge to bend the rules of reality to ur whims, and to understand the intricacies of it.

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hi i just wanted to appreciate these one/two panels very specifically

usually it takes you mentioning it in the director's commentary to notice all the really cool little details you put in the borders and throughout the comics, but the way the portal literally splits the room in two (+ Time's statue slightly popping out the frame to make it's presence feel bigger) was actually amazing to notice the first time

THANK U hehe yeah I wanted the whole statue in the shot so out of the frame it goes

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How did you decide on the look for the portals? Was it just a cool design idea or did you intentionally use the gutter to make them stand out from the page despite being more "page" than the actual panel? Either way they look cool as hell!

thanks!! the process was basically like. I wanted the portals to feel like they were truly breaks in reality. and in a medium like comics, gutters split the bounds of reality into panels, so tearing through them felt like the best way to convey that. it’s something that would really only work in this format! the one limitation is that it requires a white gutter to work, which is usually not an issue, but I really struggled with it this update bc I felt like the palette was dark enough the gutters should be black lol

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is Slate holding any particular sword in the hyrule castle flashback panel there? the guard looks winged, but we know it's not the Master Sword...

the royal guard claymore! I didn’t really look up any reference tho bc it was so small haha but they have a winged guard as well