#ALOS-2

[johniac]

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 15th, 2025

[aloed-barrel]

I <3 Daniel Molloy

[leechlung]

Mal Du Pays

[raiyni-dayz]

Some Halman design ideas/doodles I did today in my spare sketchbook! :DD they are so dear to me :]

+ some extra doodles under the cut!

[zhaitansvisage]

Shoutout to Guild Wars 2 for having extremely diverse dragon designs.

[heartorbit]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NENE 🐠💚

[sakuraonsaturn]

Notice something?

[doodle17]

"Oh hey that's one of those things I need to get for the Gisu side quest. I'll just go over and interact with it and OHM MY GOD that's my soul. That thing just took my soul"

[bisezual]

Yippee ! My friend from internet is going to design an art piece around my Social Security number! ^_^

[smashwolfen]

The most perfect picture of Soshi I may ever take! Noticed she was sitting looking out the window and I had to get up and take this so fast before she decided to move ;w;

[carelessly-sarcastic]

Man, replaying Mass Effect Andromeda now has me appreciating it so much more than when it first came out.

The human and asari models are still bad, and the character creator is ass, but eh, it's definitely better than I remember. I never played it after they fixed some of it.

I forgot how brutal the sarcasm and condensing remarks are toward Ryder. I'm honestly finding it a riot this time round, lol

Anyway, I just dropped like 4000 words today in a new wip for my Ryder. First time writing in months, so I'm feeling pretty good about it!

[tmzu710]

In here to they my boys here

Red stinger Akee Stallia Golden leaf Intensive Carrot Aloe Hot date

Also with for Endurian sofa here

[pumpkinsouppe]

I love how different I treat OOT link vs taol link in my head

OOT link is a tragic character in OOT yes, but his story from Majora’s mask onward is not a tragedy. He relearns what it’s like to love and to live despite the pain and terrors. He is the ultimate symbol of hope and learning to cope with one’s own grief, to forge a bright future despite the past. Yes, maybe if link stayed in the future world of OOT instead of returning to the past he would have found more tragedy or even death, but his story in Majora’s mask is one of the most hopeful stories any link has faced. The damn game ends with a wedding!! The game symbolizes and cherishes love and happiness more than anything, link is NOT a tragic character during or post Majora’s mask.

TAOL Link is the ultimate tragic character in my eyes. Yes we get very little of his story since the games are very old but I would argue that the world tloz/TAOL link lives in is even more apocalyptic than botw/totk. You start as a child in the middle of nowhere, a sword thrust upon you and a destiny you’re forced to follow to save a strange princess from a monstrous pig. Myself and others even theorize monsters originally burned down link’s village and people and that’s how he ended up where he is at the start of the first game, from fleeing that horror. By the time of TAOL, he’s around 16/17 now so 6-7 years older than in the original tloz. He has been in possession of two pieces of the triforce all that time and is forced to find the third to prevent the resurrection of the same monstrous pig. Now this takes context from other games but if you’re familiar with Ganondorf from OOT, you know that his possession of the triforce of power for 7 years has physically altered his appearance. I personally view it as the triforce of power is physically altering him to look similar to the goddesses, more animalistic than human (even if it’s only been a slight alteration between the past and future). TAOL Link has had both the triforce of power AND wisdom in his possession since he was 10… who knows how that has changed not only his body but his mind. With his possession of the triforce of courage by the end of the game, who knows how that will affect his soul too. Most often when link has had the triforce of courage for long periods of time, he loses any sort of fear or care for himself. Albw is a great example of how his sacrificial desire to protect others can cause more harm than good, the same reason why link died in botw (even though I have more thoughts on that). Taol link, a child by all rights, thrust into a terrible world to protect two different princesses, and slowly turning into the perfect puppet of the goddesses. The triforce gives you the power to grant any wish you want, but what if the cost is losing your own free will the longer you have them? Link is harboring the triforce to prevent a resurrection and further ruin, surely that doesn’t come without consequences. OOT link was able to break free from his fate and was forced to confront his greatest fear: himself. The cycle of never ending grief… was broken. However similar to OOT link, TAOL link also had to confront himself. But it wasn’t to confront his trauma and fears, it was a test specifically designed by the former king and the goddesses. A perfectly designed test to prove to the goddesses that he is the perfect puppet and harborer of the triforce: dark link. I think shadow link is a more apt term because dark link is not an evil version of link, dark link is the manifestation and mirror of all of link’s strengths, fears, kills, deaths, and courage. He is a perfect puppet of link just minus his weaknesses, the link the goddesses want him to be. So TAOL link doesn’t confront himself to conquer his grief and fears, he confronts himself to fully submit to the triforce and the goddesses and the kingdom. He is the link who has fully fallen victim to the triforce and may never be himself ever again.

So all that to say, I will defend OOT/mm to my death bed about how link’s story is not a tragic one. And I will argue to that same death bed about how tloz/taol link’s story is.

[2plolohs]

It Is So Fucking Great To See Rose Back In Her Appropriate Purple Attire. And The Short Hair? The Classic Lovecraftian Squiddle Design? Lord Save Me

[tmos-time]

HELLO COOPER HOW ARE YOU‼️‼️‼️

Lately things have been properly shitty. Hangin in there UnU

May I ask for a very happy and warm headcannon in these trying times. Or blab about an oc, either or 🦐🦐🦐

aw, sorry to hear you've been going through it-- im alright despite the canadian thanksgiving season myself LOL

since im preserving my otp brain power for when erisol week approaches, how about i give you the next best thing i can provide; fun tidbits about my ocs ive deemed "the blatantly influenced by erisol ocs" LMAO

honestly cant remember if ive shared these bits on my blog or not, but! they're going in here anyways lmaoo

erodin was named YEARS ago (~2015) because i really fucked up spelling eridan's name in a homestuck roleplay in roblox, LOL. i also added a little bit of intent on the fact his name is practically just "eroding"; he's a nervous guy with a lot on his plate!

alos, on the other hand, was made to be erodin's other half-- his name is intentionally from a typo of "also" to fit this, lmao. alos is very outgoing and friendly, to the point you could call him a golden retriever if you like that character descriptor <3

at the point in their timeline for the story they're part of, they've been dating for about three-ish years now, after slow-burning a little in school. alos caught feelings first, but held back on saying anything until erodin slowly began to catch feelings back as they got close <3 they spend a lot of time together! alos soaks up erodin's company like an enamored sponge, and erodin feels so much calmer with alos nearby