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Hey guys! So i forgot to post on here cus im STUPID...

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Courage and The Chain Headcanons

Nicknames and Dynamics

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Time: Their relationship is very formal, like a boss and a coworker in Courage's eyes. Thus he calls his Boss, or maybe even Big man. The second one not as often. Time calls him Guardian due to how he described his role at the castle with the triforce, this sorta enforces the Boss/Employee relationship in Courage's head.

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Wars: Similar to time, due to the group nickname of Captain. However, due to them being slight gossip buddies, Scarfs or Scarfy might be another nickname Courage uses. Wars also defaults to Gaurdian.

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Twilight: Due to the known past of twilight, courage would call him Rebel. He does use Rancher, but twilights past with the rebels in his era stuck to Courage's brain. Twilight calling him either Guardian or Knight.

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Sky: Courage would use a plethora of bord related ones towards sky due to the things he talks about what feels like endlessly. Bird brain and Feather weight being the main ones. For something more normal, he might call him Bard due to his harp. Sky defaulting to Gaurdian for him.

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Four: Courage would call him Smithy, accidentally calling him kid every so often due to his height. He might joke around calling him four eyes but doesn't want to push it. Four mostly calling him Knight instead of gaurdian, if knight gets confusing he uses Scavanger due to his habit of picking up enemy weapons.

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Legend: Courage calls him Fellow Hoarder, or just Hoarder. Its the main thing they bond with, so he cant help it. Legend doing the same in return if he doesnt feel like using Gaurdian.

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Hyrule: Courage and Hyrule often call each other by Brother due to how similar they are, and they kinship they feel. They will use Traveler amd Gaurdian with each other, but tend to stick with Brother especially if its just the two of them talking.

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Wild: Courage would use Cook, or Champion like the others do. His own unique one for wild would be Adventurer, 'Venturer for short due to his own stories hes told. Wild mostly calling Courage Hero or Knight, as Gaurdian would remind him of the guardians he kept fighting. Even calling him Comrade due to the fact their both knights where they come from and its something they often bond over.

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Wind: Courage would use Sailor or Kid the most, but might use punk or squirt wgeb teasing him. He tries making wild feel less like a warrior by using those terms. Wind would use Guardian, but would probably use Punk back, or Bro due to how courage treats him.

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Bonus: For those he trusts with the information of how hes been turned into a Frog. Frog, Froggy, or even Ribbits hes fine with being called, semi embaressed by it but is ok woth it as he trusts them. That being Twilight, Legend, Hyrule, and Wind. Hed call Twilight Wolfie, Pup, or Doggo in return. Legend being Buns or Bunbun in return even of he gets killed after.

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btw do you have a list of things you don't write? If you ever plan to open requests of course

I actually dont know minus the stuff that seems honestly sorta obvious.

This would include anything involving shipping courage with the other links, or all the typical stuff you just dont write. I will say i won't write you doing anything intimate/nsfw to courage in his frog form. Kissing him is fine, but "doing it" i wont write in his frog form. Thats because he needs a kiss to turn back, thats all. Anything past that seems unneeded and is also weird consodering how animal like his frog form is.

I do want to write Yandere stuff, so anything relating to him being obsessive, possessive. Over protective, and possibly going as far as to being threatening to the other links due to it i would write as well. This sorta boils down to a basic dni list but for writing essentially. Other than the stuff relating to his frog form i dont have anything else i personally will not write. Itd sorta need to in a sense, be discovered when im requested of it possibly.

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omfg thank you so much for creating courage content I hope you don't go bald 💞🥺

I love you, I'll follow you home 🥺🥺🥺💞💞💞💞💞💞

Your welcome, no one else was doing it so i decided to just do it myself. 😭😭😭 thank you so much, dw my hair is safe.

Dont follow me home YOU'LL DIE OF CRINGE IN THERE

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I started writing 2 things, a part two for Just A Scratch and a new one that i plan on it being a slower burn thats more full blown. Just A Scratch i didnt think id make multiple parts but the new one i planned on it so its more thought out, least it looks like it to me. I havent thought of any yandere scenarios yet but ill get there.

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They way my fanfic popped off while i was asleep??? HELLO!? THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!

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I have an idea for Twiligh and Legend witnessing Courage change into a frog, thing is im unsure if i could write it or draw it. Might do a mix? We'll see.

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Now to watch and feel awkward over posting anything fanfic related online. Social anxiety SUCKS..

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Just A Scratch

Courage (Linked Universe) X GN!Reader

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Summery: Courage has a bad habit of pushing himself too hard, constantly feeling inferior to the others in the chain despite the fact he does indeed pull his weight. Of course, his reckless habits landed him with a bad wound. Not wanting the others to see him fail at something he boasts about he headed back quietly to ask you for help. Despite being the guide for these travelers in this place the dont recall or remember, here you are playing nurse for Courage once again.

Fluff and Angst | Lot of Awkward Tension | Might add more in the future

Notes: This is my first time posting any of my writing online in public. Usually I just share between friends but for linked universe its a smidge harder, this is very short but I wanna share my writing somehow anyways. There's also BARELY ANYTHING FOR COURAGE ON HERE, so I'd like to help add.

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Great, another problem, another reason to get singled out… I doubt even running before I was caught meant anything… Why me…

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You watched as Courage pouted, looking away as you cleaned around the wound on his arm. A very good solid cut that might need more than a band-aid, to say the least. He'd glance over you after a while, humming in thought. Rather loudly, too. 

“What is it…?” She didn't bother fully looking at him, just focusing on the task at hand. 

“Dunno, just curious-” 

“Curious about what?” 

“Mmmmcurious why you haven't kissed it beeeAAAUGH-” he was cut off by the sudden sting of you applying the cleaning solution to his wound directly. His arm clenching and flexing in your hands as he hissed at the end of his shock. 

“Grow a brain, when will you learn your little sly questions won't work on me?” You raised an eyebrow at him. Watching him settle down and shoot a glare at you. 

“Well excuse me for trying- least I don't rub- acid in your wounds when you say no!” 

“Just because you take it like a champ doesn't make it any less annoying…” shed give your words weight with a pause. Watching his expression soften almost reluctantly before you tended to his wound again. 

The silence was deafening, but nice considering Courage was quite the chatterbox. At the same time it felt strange, you peeked up at him, staring at you. His expression was unclear, a hint of confusion or concern maybe. Even if you were looking at him, his next words startled you. 

“Why are you so patient with me?” You blinked in confusion, him interrupting you before you could even speak. “You say I'm annoying all the time… in all honesty, you could've just not helped me. Be it now or any other time you have.” 

“Am I not allowed to just help out??” 

“Theres helping out then theres being oddly trolerable-” he squinted at you, you glared back in confusion.

“Excuse me? We’re scrutinizing how people act now mister ‘flirt every 5 seconds’??” 

“I’m just wondering why you even stay around me!” he interrupted with a bit of a raised voice. The air grew thick as if hard to breath, you both looked away in unison from each other. “I’m not a stranger to people just flat out ignoring me. My own Zelda was very used to doing that. Just coming to me for chores and work… You however go out of your way to help me…”

“You're injured, I can’t just sit to the side and do nothi-”

“I can very easily heal my own wounds, especially on my arms. You know that…” After your words had been cut off, silence filled the room again. Eventually, you’d huff, almost tossing his arm to the side as you came to a stand. Looking down at him with a strange mix of anger and embarrassment.

“Then you do it- the less I have to attend to a meat head like you, the better.” You flicked the rag onto his face, he yelped lightly from the action. As you turned and walked away, you’d hear him call out to you till you slammed the door close.

You don't know why your heart was racing. It felt so stupid, unreasonable. All you were doing was helping, healing him since he stupidly went into the battle and acted like a reckless idiot. So why was it weird when he pointed it out? Why did it feel like an attack on you, your actions, when he mentioned how you stayed despite calling him “annoying”? It made you feel embarrassed, like you were caught doing something you shouldn’t. 

You don't care for his flirts, never have. You made sure to take the chances to stay far away from the possible battle fields to avoid the typical “Kiss me as my reward”, “Saved you again, kiss me”, so many others, you lost the other variations under a few hundred more. Sure they were annoying, but at the same time he was oddly charming over it. In a stupid way. Stubbornly, your heart fluttered, remembering the countless times. You couldn't help but let out a groan of frustration as you went into your shared room with Wind at the inn. Flopping onto the bed and muffledly screaming into the mattress. 

Courage was sitting there awkwardly, his mind swirling with so much that it was almost overwhelming. He let out a sad huff. He took the rag and did the cleaning himself. Slow with his emotions, like a pouty dog almost. He’d move to get the wrapping, starting to wrap the wound once it was cleaned. Almost glaring at it as if it was the one that opened its dumb mouth to ask questions, not him. He couldn't help but lecture himself in his head, he should've kept his mouth shut. Once he was done he haphazardly put everything away, shoving the sleeve of his shirt down to cover the bandages. Walking around the inn to possibly look for you. He felt a sorry was needed after his blind impulsive actions. 

Yes, he wanted to know why you bothered with his presence, but he shouldn't have asked that way. At least he doesn't think he should have? He just doesn't know. There was all those times he messed with Zelda in the past, being stubborn on purpose. But it started to feel weird the more you rejected him. He had already slowed down on his pestering because of it, and part of him wondered if you had noticed. But the more genuine he got with his words, the more it somehow stung when you said no. This was new, even for him. No, he didn't like it one bit. He wasn't used to his heart aching so much, sure he’d think about a few ladies here and there. But you? You lingered in his brain so much that it was like your own form of annoying. While he pesters you in real life you pester him in his head. It was getting to the point of being concerning for the hero, considering this was all new for him.

He had paused once he stepped in front of your inn room door. He didn’t wanna go as far as to check in there, if you were in there, you'd probably wanna be left alone for all he knows. At the same time though, his need to apologize to calm whatever he was feeling in his chest felt more important. After one last sneer at himself, not liking how that thought sounded so selfish of him. He knocked on the door. 

You jumped slightly from the sudden knock. Just as you were going to get up from the bed to answer, you paused, glaring at the wood barrier.

“Who is it?” you sat up as you spoke. Meanwhile on the other side Courage felt at a loss. Like he regretted even disturbing you.

“It’s me- listen- please im-”

“I don't want to hear it Courage. If you still need help maybe don't say you can just do it yourself.”

“Wait, please! Please, I just wanted to say sorry!” was that desperation in his voice. That was new for you, it caused you to almost instinctively get up. Gently cracking the door open to see him. He looked down at you, the embarrassment very clear on his face. Even if a hand was clapped over his mouth, the tips of his ears practically glowed. It caused you to avert your own gaze from being flustered. Your heart fluttering stupidly again. 

“Sorry for what exactly. You just spoke your mind..”

“For insulting your abilities- I guess.. And questioning you like that it was wrong of me.” wrong of him? That was strange to hear from him too. When you looked up your eyes locked with his. It was strangle unsettling. Like this was the first time you had ever held eye contact with him at all. You were scared your own ears were glowing. 

“Apology accepted- seeing as it's the first time you’ve ever apologized..”

“You say that like it was bad…”

“Something like that can be debated… but… I appreciate it…” the silence between you two as your gazes stayed locked, was everything under the sun, awkward. He let out a huff as you took his arm, lifting the sleeve slightly to check his work. “How does it feel- is it ok?..”

“It- its fine.. Really… I managed.” he grew startled from your sudden movement. Watching your hands as your fingers grazed over the wrapping carefully. “Does it meet your standards nurse?”

You let out a huff, unable to resist the slight smile creeping on your face. Looking up at him you could see him flash a cheeky, innocent grin. You rolled his eye, letting go his arm as if to drop it.

“Yes, it does weirdo… I forgot you've had to bandage yourself before.” you let out a sigh, relaxing, trying to ignore you fast paced heart in your chest. Just as you were going to say something Courage cut you off almost awkwardly.

“I- have to ask.. Should I stop?” you paused, giving him a confused look. “I.. should I stop being i dunno… stupid? Flirting like a jerk basically. Because if it bugs you I don’t- wanna do that.. Despite my actions, I do genuinely care about you- your feelings I mean.. So…” your heart was pounding so hard in your chest, it was like it was all you could hear minus his words. Why was he even asking this? Why now of all times, here of all places? The moment it hadn’t felt awkward his stupid mouth made it awkward again. He grew more and more concerned from your silence as it went on. “Uh… if I uhm, asked a stupid question you can… make fun of me now… hello?...”

You shook your head, a hand holding it slightly as you looked down at the floor.

“Courage- can I ask what caused you to ask that?”

“W.. well I said why I- well you see uncomfortable when I ask, I guess? You get annoyed, for good reason. If it's genuinely something you want me to stop I'll doing it I swear-”

“But- it's… have…” it was getting worse and worse, his heart was sinking into his stomach. Now he was getting confused by his own words. “I… don't know courage?? I just don't-”

“F-forget I asked then. I retract my question.”

“Well I never said that-” you shot your gaze back at him, you could see him huff in almost panic as he rolled his eyes.

“What do you want me to do then!? You're getting more and more confusing, this sorta thing is… important.. To me…” what is he even saying!? You could feel your heart almost stop for a solid second, his own face faltered in concern as if he could see you stumble slightly. 

“What are you insinuating here Courage??”

“I-I’m not insinuating anything!” he waved his hands defensively. “Please- I just want to make sure I'm not somehow hurting you.. I-I realized how stupid I keep being, I mean, I made you stomp off. Even if- I… dunno, am a meat head, I still care about you-”

“Do you not hear yourself!?” you stepped back from the door, this was almost scary. He grew even more confused at your action. He tried being upfront for once and you seemed to be acting as if he was saying unspeakable evil. He let out a groan as his hands came up to rub his face in frustration. 

“I DO AND I'M STARTING TO THINK I SHOULD CUT OUT MY OWN TONGUE-”

“Guardian!?” Both of you jumped, looking down the hall. That was Time’s voice. Courage himself felt his heart sink now past the floor. He swallowed his nerves as he started to walk off down the hall.

“C-courage come back-”

“No- just… think about my question. I dunno- give an answer later or something.. I.. need to make sure it doesn’t look like I ran from battle…” 

He walked out of view, you standing there awkwardly. Nervously. You didn't know what to think or do. His words felt like a strange half confession. Why was he asking about his stupid, nonsensical flirts? It's not like he ever meant them, but did you ever act truly hurt or annoyed by them? You never were, so you almost hoped you didn’t. At the same time, why were you even hoping if that was the case, if he just stopped, everything would be better, right? You wouldn't have to deal with it anymore, at least. So why..

Why did your heart hurt at the thought of him stopping..

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THERES SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR COURAGE TO HAVE SUCH INTERESTING INTERACTIONS WITH THE CHAIN N ITS SAD NO ONE ELSE HAS POINTED THESE OUT FROM WHAT IVE SEEN--

For instance, the episode alone where Courage experienced being turned into a frog. No one has said how interesting this concept could be in terms of him interacting with Legend, or Twilight.

With Legend, there's the fact they both change into such "weak" creatures. Then there's also the fact that when Courage transformed he still retained a humanoid form, Legend could be so confused and feel like its even more unfair for him just with that alone.

Then there's twilight, yet another person who can change appearance/form. That and we saw how Twilight psychoanalyzed Legend when he was unknowingly transformed. His thoughts on Courage's frog like form would be interesting to know.

I feel so bad for the cringe links, but especially COURAGE, koridai i guess is easier to make content off of cus you just need the short cutscenes. BUT WHY HAS NO ONE TRIED GOING IN DEPTH WITH COURAGE AND THE SHOW, PLEAAAAAAAASE!!

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Old habits die hard [he was a frog for like a few hours]

Poor legend had to be a witness, courage forgot there was someone behind him…

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if you had to give Zelda show link an Lu nickname, what would it be?

A few come to mind, Hero sticks out because of the fact everyone in the show in some way hold it over his head, even courage himself does it too. The intro of the show has you hearing zelda say "nice job hero" over n over again so that does help. He dwells on this fact about him a lot, in the furst episode he complains about being stuck in the castle not living his life outside. Its become his identity at that point, it both bugs him and is something he always pushes to live up to. Its like its all hes known for, just a hero, and its a title he both hates but is desprate to have cus thats all he is now.

Froggy is another one, due to the instance where he became a frog in Kiss n Tell. That implies the others know that about him though and they definetly wont, courage would refuse to tell them that.

Guardian makes a lot of sense for him. Seeing as his only job is to guard the triforce of wisdom. His bedroom is the room where its being held in to begin with, and its all hes ever told to do minus chores around the castle. Its his only purpose at that rate in his story, seeing as the show takes place AFTER his adventures in hyrule. This falls in line with the hero one from before, but its changed to match what hes stuck to being instead of what hed rather be. Hes a hero, not a glorified body guard. But hes stuck watching over the physical triforce of wisdom weather he likes it or not. As much as he wants to go out and tavel the world living off the bare minimum he cant, hes stuck at the castle, guarding the triforce cus hes the only one who can.

Other than those, Courage makes sense as of now. Its been heavily established and with how zelda herself in the show has a strong connection to the triforce of wisdom, even if theres no triforce of courage in his hyrule he still has the title of a hero of hyrule.

If ganon owns the physical triforce of power, and zelda owns the physical triforce of wisdom. Courage not having his, yet still guarding the triforce of wisdom, makes sense for him to still be named courage.

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Courage and how he feels about The Chain

And vice versa

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I made these on a whim, theres more i wanna go into detail with but everytime i see someone mention courage with the others it feels off. As someone obsessed with the games n show ever since i was 6 i had to post my own spin on thing.

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Time:

Courage is a little intimidated by Time, hes sorta the first person that hes ever seen so gritty and wirn down from experience. Courage definetly respects Time, enough to try his hardest to not complain or show his outward reluctance to do what he considers "chores". Hed feel the need to prove himself to Time, and because of that Time often has to talk him down from being a reckless idiot.

Time sees courage as a strange outlier, hes like hyrule yet not as adept almost. Looking at courage makes him wonder if this is what Hyrule would become in some sort of way, but at the same time since the two are so different hes unsure. Seeing courage push himself so much worries him, but he only ever lectures him if he endagers himself.

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Wars:

Their relationship is weird, on friendly terms one moment then being competative the next. Courage sees him as sorta of competition, seeing as hes a guy who keeps trying to flirt with any girl he saves -- wars being just as charming but possibly successfully so bug him. He also never appreciates it when wars tries lecturing or giving pointers on how to be a knight. He doesnt see himself as one, despite the fact that unlike hyrule he was knighted. Courage refuses the title. The most these two bond over is over women, talking about the ladies they remember meeting, and maybe gossiping about the others in the chain.

Above all else though, courage refuses to tell wars about the time he accidentally kissed a monster disguised as a lady and got turned into a frog.

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Twilight:

Courage himself feels a lot of envy but also admires twilight at the same time. Seeing as twilight is the strongest physically, no enhancements, he likes to challange him a lot. Even if he losses every time he gets a sort of pride seeing as hes the only one to come closer to being as strong as twilight. The two also bond heavily over simpler lives, not as much as say wild, or hyrule, but they still show a fondness over missing it with each other.

Twilight likes to always check up on courage just in case, he can see he works himself hard a lot. He feels bad that courage seems to cobstantly compare himself to the others, he sees a lot of the people in his past, even himself, in courage because of it.

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Sky:

Its strange for sure, they dont quiet know how to feel with each other. Courage is very curious over sky namely with how fondly he talks about his zelda. It makes him look back on his relationship with wisdom [courages' zelda] a lot. Sometimes he musters the confidence to ask sky what he should do if he sees her again, but at the end of the conversation just brushes his own worries away.

Sky feels bad for courage due to how he describes his strange feelings towards wisdom. He diesnt know how to go aboit it though and opts to just give reassurance and advice. He doesnt exactly like how forwards courage can be but courage is a very blunt forwards guy in general, so its hard to say anything.

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Four:

They dont talk much, courage feels confused by four namely because he has so much knowledge despite seemingly being a kid. He does get ideas quiet often, seeing as he always picks up whatever weapons his enemies drop he likes to give them to four to see if maybe he could do something with them. He gets bummed when four says no and often questions why hes giving a bow to a blacksmith but four always humors him saying he'll try looking at it.

Four doesn't like courages sass snark and ego but he does appreciate how courage comes up to him a lot asking about his skills. He still gets chills of disgust remembering the sword gave to him once. The flimsy weak one courage claims he got for free having been scammed. Four just tries his hardest to make sure courage doesnt get that sort of dissappintment again. He takes pride in his work, so seeing courage get excited with his now modified weapons makes him happy.

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Legend:

Despite the fact that he's another Link from the failure timeline, Courage probably has a tense relationship with Legend. They bicker sometimes, mostly because Courage would like to assume he has a bit more experience especially in a rougher almost primitive feeling version of hyrule. Legend himself would get tired and annoyed over any complaints he said, or ego he showed.

However, there are a few sparks of friendship between them from time to time, namely, with hoarding. Courage wouldn't dare touch legends things, and vice versa, but in terms of finding new things, it's sorta competative in a friendly way. While Courage is jealous of the huge house legend has where he can keep and display his items without getting hounded on. Legend is jealous seeing courages basically bottomeless pouch where he can keep and take everything with him, no restraints.

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Hyrule:

Seeing as he's not just another failure timeline link but also a variation of Hyrule, Courage actually sees him in a very fond admirable light. Courage feels like Hyrule is a sorta long-lost brother. They'd both probably talk in detail over their adventures and what it was like for the two of them.

There would be some slight moments of embaressment on Hyrules end, most due to how Courage behaves and carries himself. Despite the fact that Hyrule would come off as looking younger compared to Courage, he would take the time to coach and sorta lecture him on how to fully behave. Courage probably feels like hes being talked to Spryte cus of it, not knowing Hyrule himsslf is half fairy.

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Wild:

They wont stop talking about their adventures, let alone what it was like starting out. Courage always complained about the clean home body life he was living while protecting the triforce. So when swapping stories, and hearing wild talk about what his adventures were lkke he was obsessed. The two fawn and get excited hearing about how rough and dirty they got into their respective adventures.

Wild sees courage as a sorta brother in arms for sure, he doesnt remember much about his fellow knights, the memories of the champions stuck with him more clearly. But talking with courage feels like them simpler days, before he even drew the master sword or before the calamity war. Just sitting and talking with the others he trained with. Seeing another person who can use just about anything as a weapon as well comforts him a bit.

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Wind:

Courage gets worried for wind a lot, not just because he's a kid but because he knows so much despite being a clear kid. With four, yes, he's short, but he definitely doesn't act like a kid, wind however clearly does. Hearing about winds adventures always gives him a pit in his stomach, especially when he describes his ganon. Sure, every itteration of ganon when describes confuses him. He's so used to his, and how admittedly stupid he seems. But hearing wind talk about his hurts.

He likes to try an uplift wind, have fun and make games out of everything they do just to go the extra mile to keep that childlike spirit going. Doesnt want wind to miss out on being a kid entirely. He loves playing the part of a "wise courageous hero", whispering advice to him sneakily.

Wind himself enjoys courage, find him pretty stupid for sure but loves the fact that someones going far to make sure hes safe and has fun once in a while. A part of him somewhat sees linebeck in courage. It causes him to automatically feel a sorta brotherly connection to his old friend, one he didnt see after the adventure was over.

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Wanted to draw him snoozin

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My take on the hero of courage himself, I tried incorporating elements from the cover art as well as the show itself. I love my mullet wearing flirt.