#Crepewriting

[raurusthirdeye]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64961056

I made a thing based on some @zelinkcommunity discord chatter last week:

Me: "Someone should have definitely given Zelda a sword back then." Annica: "Let her cause a little carnage. As a treat!"

Inspired by @sparklyhyperbole's (Crepesnlasagna2) beautifully powerful yet economical writing style. Her ability to write such evocative stories while using so few words is incredible, and I felt the need to try my hand at it. The goal was 1000 words or less and I nailed it! 😁 Also, I noticed you don't have any gifts and decided to rectify that ☺️

Beta read by the lovely @summonerluna (SummonerLuna), who shares the same talent for delivering heavy hitting lines on a carefully curated word budget. I shall be forever in your debt for your time and company this week! ❤️

TL;DR: I'm tryin to be more like you two! 😁

[sparklyhyperbole]

Fanfic Masterlist

Heya, I'm Crepes! I'm an angst-loving LoZ fanfic writer.

Join me on Ao3: CrepesnLasagna2

All my content is SFW. Applicable warnings are in the beginning notes of each fic.

(Due to AI scraping, my works are now locked on Ao3.)

Completed Works:

Charmed - BotW AU. Monsterhunter Link, Princess of Fairies Zelda. A gift fic for embyrintalics!

Cherished - Zelinktines 2024, BotW AU. Sequel to Charmed.

Birthday Seal-ebrations - Zelinktines 2024, BotW post-canon oneshot.

House Arrest and Other Subtleties - Zelink week 2024, BotW pre-canon oneshot, inspired by Pottetto's gorgeous art.

The Longest Burning Fire - Zelink Community prompt. Botw mid-canon (canon adjacent) oneshot. Link approaching end game.

Ongoing Works:

Of Trust and Trickery - Zelinktines 2024, BotW AU. Genie Link and Kidnapped Zelda.

Fanart by Pitchblackespresso ♡

Fanart by Runescrepes ♡

Writing tag on tumblr: #Crepewriting

[sparklyhyperbole]

Thanks for the tag! The last line I wrote just today sitting in my car actually:

"When she sits up, the head of Hylia is staring at her, eyes glowing with urgent white light."

From Of Trust and Trickery, chapter 3, which I have rewritten twice now.

&here's a 2 for 1 special, since I also edited my oneshot for Zelink Week today:

"The guards elbow each other and the maids smile and the overturned ants' nest settles."

From House Arrest and Other Subtleties, for Day 7 of Zelink Week.

Ahem. WHO TO TAG?! 😱

@leiladebees, @hurricane105, @abbyzwrites, @flutefemme, @1up-girl, and anyone with a sentence they'd like to post. Because friend, let me tell you, I want to read it. 🙃

Sorry if you've been tagged already.

Uh, last line tag... Thank you @mistresslrigtar!

Maybe he should give her a not so subtle reminder.

From Inspiration, Illusions, and other Inconveniences, coming to you in August!

I tag @louwhose @aegon-targaryen @jdetan @theangelicstoryteller @nocturnalfandomartist @deiliamedlini @kazraza @michpat6 @sparklyhyperbole @linktheacehero !

[sparklyhyperbole]

Get to Know Your Author

@mistresslrigtar thank you for the tag!! 💕

How many works on AO3?  6 😆

Total AO3 word count? 46,739

Top 5 fics by kudos? Cherished, Charmed, Of Trust and Trickery, Birthday Sealebrations, House Arrest and Other Subtleties

What fandoms do you write for?  LoZ!

Do you respond to comments? Absolutely I do. And if I could give each commenter a big sqUEEZE you hug I would do that, too.

Fic with the angsty ending?  🤔 Maybe the soup one?

Fic with the happiest ending?  Ooo.. probably Charmed!

Do you get hate? Not yet!

Do you write smut? No

Have you ever co-written a fic? Not yet!

All time favorite ship? Zelink and JinMao

WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? In the spirit of full denial, I shall skip this question. 😂 HOW DARE.

Writing strengths? Descriptive language and tension. I also really enjoy sussing out the plot!

Writing weaknesses? Well, I spend the most time pacing over my dialogue and characterization SEND HEELLLP. 💀

tagging @thenwhokilledtheworld, @hurricane105, and @silentsafflina for funsies!

[sparklyhyperbole]

Me: picking out a sweater and dimming the lights and lighting a candle and selecting which tea pot and tea will be my table top companion so I can sit down facing a blank wall and write fanfiction.

Also me: I REALLY am such a down to earth person haha

[sparklyhyperbole]

WIP Wednesday

Of Trust and Trickery, chapter 5.

"

Her eyes open at that. She tilts back to look up at him. A swath of hanging fabric catches her eyes instead. Gauzy drapes affixed to a low ceiling swoop suggestively around the dim room. She looks down to discover dark linens, woven in Gerudo patterns.

"Are we in the lamp right now?"

"We are."

"Am I in your bed?"

"You are."

"Oh."

There's a pause in which her face heats distinctly.

"…Is that a problem?" He prompts.

"

Chapter 5 is ready to go, and will be up Friday morning, as my valentine to you all.

😂

[sparklyhyperbole]

It's me!

Fae & Fortitude by @sparklyhyperbole

Monster Hunter AU | Teen | AO3 | Complete

Synopsis: Link is careful with precious things. He doesn't have very many of them— well, just her actually, and ten years as a monster hunter has taught him that Hylians can be just as monstrous as Hinox.

Content Warnings: Some displays of graphic blood and injury

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Fae&Fortitude is a story about monster hunter Link and fae Zelda. Through little glimpses into Link's live as a monster hunter, we learn about the harsh world he's living in and how he met the princess of the faeries. In her tiny faerie form, Zelda accompanies Link everywhere, even into battle, much to Link's sorrow. When he accidentally brings her into a dangerous situation, things go down fast, but thankfully for us readers, their bond is strong enough to overcome the obstacles set up for them. I first discovered this story and sparklyhyperbole's writing through zelinktines and immediately fell in love with the style. Sparklyhyperbole's prose is iridescent like Zelda's wings and I've been a fan ever since, no matter which story I read. - ZeldaElmo

Oh, so, so magical. The way CrepesnLasagna weaves words together to paint a picture is truly beautiful. Lovely and romantic. Zelda and Link’s relationship in this is fascinating. I love her childish, spunkiness and his no-nonsense approach. Such a departure from how they are typically portrayed. They compliment each other perfectly, and the ending... gorgeous story-telling from beginning to end. - Mistress Lrigtar

A charming exploration of a grim Hyrule and two characters falling absolutely in love with each other in a dangerous, rogue land. Absolutely worth falling in love with these two as they travel together to find each other and their space together in their world. - amelias-hart

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You can find @sparklyhyperbole at AO3.

[sparklyhyperbole]

So, I had a flirty bit of fluff for @zelinkcommunity's event This or That, cake or soup week.

It turns out pure fluff does not hold my attention, so this... is not that. 🙈

Enjoy the spooky soup? (Look, there's some smoochy soup here too, okay.)

Thank you, @raurusthirdeye for poking my dead body with a stick while I laid facedown on the ground and contemplated fic writing. THE THING IS POSTED!

[sparklyhyperbole]

*me, pretending it doesn't take one thousand years for me to write like ten words.*

Look at this breezey new chapter?! 🤲

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Bear man?! (Bear Hylian? 🤔)

Oh yes. Bear man!

I shall forewarn you that this one is rather angsty (with a comforting ending b/c deep in my heart I am a pudding pop)

TW for contemplated suicide, nonexplicit.

Have you ever heard the stories of the Bear King? They say he rules over the honeyvores of that dark forest beneath the frontier settlement on Angel Peak in Faron. He's said to morph between a blue eyed bear and a shaggy haired man whenever it pleases him. The forest is his home. It's unwise to hunt there without a token of good will to leave on the first stump you find. It's even more ill-advised to fool with one of his honeyvores.

The people of Angel Peak have learned this the hard way.

But they have hard times of their own. Sometimes grief and adversity consume a person; like when Zelda, an intelligent and helpful botanist loses her parents to a difficult winter. Spring arrives, and with it the news that her parents' debtors have come to collect. Presented with vile and unfathomable options, hopelessness drives her to the edge of a cliff on a stormy night.

Conflicted, she falls.

Only to wake to the snuffling nose of a blue eyed bear.

I do intend for this to turn very soft at a certain part of the story. But not before we cry a smidgen.

💜 Thank you muchly for the ask, my friend!!

[sparklyhyperbole]

For WIP ask game!

Every one of those sounds delightful, but cruise ship assassins? I love me a good mystery so fire away

Yes!! This one is relatively new.

@zeldaelmo also asked about it too!

"Cruise Ship Assassins

Do I spot a Spyxfamily reference/crossover here??? 👀"

Yes, absolutely 😂

The inspiration on this one is threefold;

-An Affair to Remember, with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

-The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (the criminal syndicate and ocean liner scenes, specifically)

-Spy x Family

Cruise ship assasins is a TP zelink AU. TP Zelda is intelligent and sophisticated in a standoffish way, so I invisioned her in this role.

Zelda is the heiress to her family's jewelers empire. They own diamond mines, cut gems, and sell finished products. She's been summoned home from overseas, so to avoid tabloids and fanfare she independently books a cruise that will dock at her home city's port. She assumes a different name with false papers and all that.

Link, a talented ex spy, now assassin for hire is also on the cruise. More to the point—There's a special gem in her possession which marks her as his target.

She's been instructed to guard it dearly.

He's been tasked to steal it and make her death look accidental.

Except he's not the only one onboard who is dangerous, hired to kill, or not what they seem.

I intend for this to be 2-3 chapters at most.

It's my zelinktines project this year!

Thank you both for the ask!! 💖💖

[sparklyhyperbole]

For the WIP game: of trust and trickery please!

Ohohoho! Thank you for the ask! Here is a snippet for you from the upcoming chapter 4.

(OT&T is a Botw zelink AU in which Zelda has been kidnapped by the Yiga for a failed ransom, but discovers a handsom unhelpful genie in her bid for freedom)

"

They passed through the crowded areas without incident. Empty scaffolding and piles of rubble characterize the ever darkening halls. It looks a similar project to when the servant's halls were expanded beneath Hyrule's castle. Supportive logs are wedged upright every so often, temporary pillars to maintain structural integrity.

The Yiga are apparently widening their halls in this area.

"Link," she whispers. "Where are we going?"

He shakes his yiga head.

Zelda grits her teeth. This is the third time he's shut her down. The third time she's felt the stirring suspicion that perhaps where they're headed is actually straight to Kohga himself.

"

[sparklyhyperbole]

WIP Wednesday

From Chpt 3 Of Trust and Trickery (the cursed genie AU)

"

What she needs to do is press on. Hunger ought to take a back seat to reason and logic. Gurgly protests sound again, her belly grieving its emptiness. It's an unflattering noise for a princess; demanding and needy. Weak, she thinks, frowning. The same weakness that earned her a place in murderous Yiga hands to begin with.

Her head bows over her arms, scrutinizing bare feet. Dirt rims around her toes, filthy from the floor of her cell and every other step she's taken in this goddess forsaken spit hole.

Several wet droplets plunk down atop her feet, catching her by surprise. Then it's her vision that swims with moisture, and with an even greater sense of ineptitude she's crying against her own will.

Which of course is exactly when he manifests back into the room from within a gust of smoke.

"

😃😄🙃🤔🤨😬😬😱😖❌🤏😧😯😃 <- writing really do be like this but I am almost done with this chapter (again) I swear—

[sparklyhyperbole]

Chapter 3!

We have an update! 🙃

[sparklyhyperbole]

PLEASE tell me about either cruise ship assassins or 1920s exorcists

You got it boss. 😎💖

I have more to say about the 1920s exorcists AU so here we gooooo:

The gist of the main arc is that demons are growing in power and audacity, and hailing the return of their King. New Castle Town and all its steel and glass architecture and motorways was built upon the ruins of Old Castle Town, same as most major cities and villages. However, in the exorcists investigation of this dark phenomenon, the Order discovers waves of power eminating sporatically from the depths of these catacombs.

They are especially strong during the hours of power, which is inconvenient on its own.

But the worst part is that at their strongest, they measure awfully like a heartbeat.

Thank you for the ask!!!

[sparklyhyperbole]

The final chapter of Cherished is here!!! 🥳