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AU in which Link was raised by Ganon & meets Zelda for the first time

I had fun designing emo chunibyo Link! Inspired by TOTK Ganondorf's clothes and gerudo voe outfit - Link here mainly fights with gloom sword (katana style) but it weakens him 💔

He can control gloom to a certain degree but he also... isn't immune to it so he's perpetually gloom damaged rip😂

I want him to lose his memories in a fight and get adopted by the champions, fall in love with Zelda, and defect!! Give me all the cliches!!

EDITED TO ADD:

Ganondorf is not very good in this AU!

He's a demon king in hiding, biding his time for conquest. He snatched up Link as a child & raised him to be a lonely henchman.

Ganon taught him everything Link knows (so he can be useful to Ganon) but Ganon definitely does not have Link's best interest in mind💔

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Her future

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the infamous potlid incident

Ever since I saw Daruk's diary I can't stop thinking about this scene in my head. A literal pot lid got Link appointed to be Zelda's guard.....

Impa probably scampers over to check on Zelda and Link uses that moment to crabwalk away before he can make a bigger fool of himself😂

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Based on the Witch hat atelier ch. 85 cover, but with the Hero of Time!

Got the idea from mizaruwu and their drawing of LU Legend ^^

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GOT x TLoZ Since writing the next chapter is a bit stuck at the moment, I decided to cheer myself up with a ✨sketch✨

In the process, I even came up with a little comic featuring these two 😏— but who knows when I’ll actually get to it 🫣

Just trying to explore different angles. I’m not entirely satisfied with it yet, but I’ll keep working on improving my skills!

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link needs a girl disguise. obviously.

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literally sobbing

I wrote something before and today I decided to draw something depending on it. Don't know how to translate... So here's original text↓

林克搞懂了塞尔达要彻底恢复人类的神智需要多久的岁月后，决定带她去旅行。他们用脚印丈量这片土地太多次，犄角旮旯都残留着回忆的碎片。他带她去捡拾它们吗？还是去创造新的回忆留给未来醒来的她？又或者，他只是想整理思绪？总之，他们上路了，带着普尔亚调试好的新的平板。

他们去每一个角落，去沃托里的沙滩，去卓拉领地边缘的悬崖，去奥尔汀新喷涌出来的温泉，去海布拉最寒冷的山峭，去城堡，去平原，去河边，去见终于归来的卡西瓦，甚至去海拉鲁之外，在深谷那边一望无际的虚无，除了草地和天空什么都没有。林克已步入中年，长出白发，早年的伤痛越来越显露痕迹在他身上，而塞尔达依旧年轻，没有情感地微笑着，龙角在黑夜里闪闪发光。

他们在格鲁德歇息。璐菊初为人母，叫女儿和塞尔达一起玩耍。她想问林克什么，但是又不知道从何说起，林克只是沉默地坐在蒲团上整理箭羽、写手记，于是他们便再不说话了。

节日要起盛大的篝火，挂彩灯彩旗，喝整夜的酒，唱整夜的歌。没有人比格鲁德之民更知道这两人曾与什么战斗，又为这片土地付出了什么，她们为他们奏响音乐，边境的乐曲婉转悠扬节奏明快。塞尔达在庆祝的人群中跳起舞来，光脚踩在砂砖上，手拍着节拍，他为她编起的长发散开，在火光中闪耀着明媚的橙黄色。林克意识到，那是格鲁德的传统舞蹈，她身上有乌尔波扎的影子，篝火中他们的记忆影影绰绰交织在一起，与世界分割开来。

璐菊刚要去擦自己的眼泪，就听到身边人的呜咽声。不惑之年的勇者在篝火的阴影里捂着脸蜷缩起来，哭得像个孩子。

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I have this saved as "iveneverplayedbalatro.png"

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Oh, folks, guess what? I drew a crying Korok today because yesterday I hit myself with such angst that I even scared my husband by bursting into tears while staring at the screen😅

Now I’m gathering my courage to go back and re-read that emotional mess.

Promised you "romance" for Valentine's Day? Nope! Grab some tissues — you’re gonna need them.

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Wow!

been obsessing so i did a little painting !!

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For a while now, I’ve had this idea of writing a series of short stories connected by a common theme. One summer day, when I was feeling down, I put on Ed Sheeran’s first three albums, and suddenly, inspiration struck — I wanted to write stories inspired by his songs. But no matter how much I worked on them, something always felt off: the plots didn’t feel strong enough, or I’d convince myself it was all pointless. Classic case of creative struggles. Eventually, I set the idea aside, thinking I’d come back to it someday.

At the year's end, I decided to take a break from working on my longfic to recover from burnout, and that’s when I revisited this concept. I even shared it on my Telegram channel, inviting my followers to join in and let their imaginations run wild. One of them wrote a short story based on Perfect. It wasn’t quite what I had in mind, but hey, that's another point of view and it was close enough — so it gave me the push I needed to finally bring my own ideas to life.

That’s how this story — which still needs a bit of polishing — and this cover art came to be. Honestly, I’ve spent more time drawing than writing so far, haha.

So, what do you think? Can you guess which song of Ed inspired this artwork?

Here is the first sketch of it:

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Art by 土豆LCZ

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I am soooo glad I did it! I actually like it even more than the sketch ^^

UPD. I made a small adjustment to the shadows and colouring. Check it out below!

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Sweet Hylia, I can get so stuck on sketches sometimes! 🙈 I’ll spend hours tweaking lines back and forth—hands, head tilt, noses, and, ugh, HAIR...

I feel like I should just take it easier, but I just can’t help myself.

Oh, and yeah, this is for the next chapter! 😁 It’s so massive that I got lost and decided to take a little break to draw instead.

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Mind-blowing!!

drew this over the course of like three days!!!

have i beat ganon yet?

no!

Were not gonna talk about that.

In the middle of drawing the champions! Will link here as I go:

Urbosa

dont put my art into ai pls!!

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Burnout and end-of-year fatigue hit hard, but somehow, creativity found its way back to me. I ended up making a Russian translation of the fanfic "All I Can Think About Is" by @bahbahhh. And as if on cue, inspiration for a little illustration popped into my head right after. 🌟

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It's me! Hi! ^^ I'm the problem

me as a writer