#Cryptid hyrule

[sapphicseasapphire]

My most recent project! I have SO many thoughts about this au, so stay tuned because I will definitely be making more content for this! Do you have a favorite?

[localicecreambiter]

this was supposed to just be a little doodle to test a brush... and because I liked @sapphicseasapphire 's criptid designs, but I a) got carried away and b) lost the reference during lineart phase </3

I was gonna draw legend but I never give hyrule any art attention

[onyx-got-clowned]

eeeeee ok so i decided to write a lil oneshot of the chain as cryptids au, with a little bit of self projection onto wild- (i made him autistic and use they/them - slighting non binary coded on accident🙏 which i hope is ok, i just got carried away)

Gift giving

Cryptid!wild + Cryptid!hyrule bonding <3

Wild was, well- wild. He didn’t take kindly to being forced into a box, some would call them a man because he looked like it, when in reality wild was just wild. Not a ‘man’ or ‘woman’- just wild. He was also told by strangers, whenever in one of their brothers hyrules, they would get caught into conversations somehow and were told that they were rude for not making eye contact and moving around- when in reality that just meant they were paying attention! Hylians were just weird! When wild joined the chain of strange heroes, he felt like an outcast in some ways, these were all beings who knew how to interact with each other, wild liked cooking for them, it was wilds way of showing they cared and did want to be friends, which was not something he normally did, but you know- when your forced to travel with people Sometimes, they would find a stream, and practice facial expressions and giving eye contact, but they’d get lost focusing on the fish darting into their reflection. The stream was going at a slow pace, but the sounds of it rippling through itself was nice. The sounds of the forest creatures coming by to drink the cold water and leaving just as quick made the atmosphere just as good. Eventually sky had came by, probably to come get me to make dinner. 

“Everything alright?”

He chirped, crouching beside me. His wings folded in on himself as to not hit me into the river, since he did have past accidents of doing so. I nodded, my antennas swaying in the wind, i watched the stream carefully, picking out the patterns in the way it moved downstream, i think wind would’ve liked to sink into the water, it was deep enough to sit in. Sky was probably going to say something else, but i saw the sun hit something just right in the water that made it sparkle. I immediately dunked my hand in, making sky jump at my sudden movement, i got whatever it was, and tugged it out of the soil. I shook my hand dry, and found that i had grabbed a bracelet, with sea patterns, strange runes on it, and opal gemstones engraved into it.

“Ohh cool! I wonder what it does! We should ask legend! He might know since it seems ocean themed and he’s a merman of sorts”

Sky ecstatically ushered me to follow him back to camp, so when we got back, sky darted to legend. He had dragged him over, and legend carefully examined the metal bracelet.

“Looks like something to keep you from getting wet, the bracelet i assume is something that can absorb water into the opal gems that would originally get in your clothes or skin and keeps it dry.”

He explained, handing the bracelet back to me. I nodded, smiling softly. If there was one thing i knew, is that hyrule didn’t like getting wet in his fairy form, and he was the few people I’d yet to truly interact with for longer than a few conversations. I knew he was out and about, but i didn’t know where- i decided to wait, sitting patiently in a tree as i swung back and forth repeatedly by my legs on a sturdy branch. Hyrule came back a couple minutes later, with wood in his arms. He set them down and sat next to legend, sparking up a conversation. I didn’t want to interrupt, but hyrule needed to have it! Even if wild did really want it, hyrule would like it more and find better use for it. I hopped down, small bells and chimes sounding from no where as i basically bounced over to where hyrule was sitting. I stood near his field of view, trying to find a pause in their conversation to make movement and get his attention. For a couple seconds, it was quiet between them, and hyrule looked to me. 

“What’s up?”

He softly questioned me, raising a brow. My antennas flicked as i registered his question, and i remembered why I’d been standing there. I extended the bracelet to him, he was a bit taken aback, but smiled and took it. 

“Thank you wild! What is it?”

He tilted his head, looking to me again. I waved a hand to legend, trying to ask him to explain- which he got the memo. 

“Oh! Wild gave you a bracelet that helps keep you dry, it seems the opal and runes engraved on it give it magical properties to keep water off your skin and clothes.”

He explained once more, pointing to the engravings and opal gems he was talking about. Hyrules wings fluttered slightly, in which i hoped was joy, he turned to me and smiled even wider than before. 

“Thank you! This means a lot, since i know you like to hoard things like this, and you’re willingly giving it up for me.”

He sounded slightly guilty in his tone, which i managed to pick out based off his head bowing. I waved a hand in front of his face to get his attention, my antennae’s flattened as i scowled at him.

‘Give you, make me happy, you happy’

I signed to the best of my ability, getting my whole gesture across. He nodded, smiling again. 

“Thank you, again-“

He laughed softly, it sounded energetic, which meant he was happy. That cheered me up, Hyrule hopefully knew i wanted to be best friends now, maybe even brothers! Like how he would refer to legend or wind. Wild knew he would’ve liked the bracelet, but this was a better choice.

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This AU belongs to @sapphicseasapphire

I wanted to write somethin and this AU scratches the blupee coded part of my brain :3 i love the art you make and it always makes me happy stim seeing it!!!

[spirit-tracks]

Pre-Calamity:

Link: I am a very quiet, reserved individual. I'm very skilled with a sword, incredibly well-mannered and respectful.

Zelda: I am an eloquent princess who is regal and authorative, despite it not being the true me. Even when I am allowed to let loose a little, I'm still a little distant and contained.

Post-Upheaval:

Link: I'm a 100+ year old cryptid with Tony Hawk syndrome who has stabbed not one but TWO world ending calamities in the face. My hair has not been brushed in a hundred years, I eat stuff off the ground, my arm glows sometimes, and I run around bare-ass naked for the hell of it. I'll kill Ganondorf with a stick. I will.

Zelda: I am a 20,000+ year old cryptid and at this point being the goddess reincarnate is the least weird thing about me. I made Link eat a live frog once and I probably have eaten many more, for science. I probably cut my hair with a bokoblin fang. I do my homework at the bottom of a well like a goblin. I ate a rock once. I also willingly stabbed myself in the head with a sword. Ganondorf made a puppet of me that appeared and disappeared randomly saying ominous shit all over Hyrule and nobody questioned it because I'm apparently Just Like That Sometimes. I introduced ancient hylians to the iphone. I will turn myself into a worm. Don't even test me I will turn myself into a worm right now.

[fruity-galaxy]

part 2, Hyrule!

here Hyrule, as a fae! They have bird-wing-like ears & butterfly+dragonfly wings.

their face is normally hidden by a mask due to Hyrule’s past of having to hide. his face is kind of a dead giveaway for the whole triforce situation.

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[phoenixcatch7]

Trying so hard to not start fic writing before I've even finished the game but I want so so bad to write a time travel fic where post totk wild gets sent back to pre calamity hyrule in the middle of a lynel or gleeok fight, like he's just covered in monster blood and guts with a mishmash of armour pieces (at least one barbarian piece) hair long and tangled, scars all over, wielding a ridiculously huge savage lynel spear tipped with dragon claw and dripping sizzling blood. Smoke coming off him. Arm looking half rotted.

In the middle of the throne room.

Several particularly delicate lords and ladies faint. All the guards are pointing spears. He nearly takes someone's eye out before realising where he is.

Once he realises when he is it becomes a race of time to make the right waves before zelda comes to pick him up.

[let-dawn-break]

Hey everyone, it's nice to see that people are enjoying my little oneshot! I want to promote a friend's fic while I'm here though as a little kudos to the person who brought me into the fandom in the first place. They are absolutely awesome writing, so I highly suggest you take a look at it! It is yet another win for the fandom.

[weaverofink]

journeys end, but are you sure you ever made it home?

[dumpster-fire-sapphic-failgirl]

Skatune Network released a cover of Vanessa Carlton’s A Thousand Miles and damn if it doesn’t just sum up my Tears of the Kingdom experience thus far

[alfairy]

I broke tears of the kingdom somehow. link is just levitating midair with stamina that never depletes and while spamming buttons to try and figure out how to get him unstuck I accidentally used tulins gust ability so now link is endlessly gliding across the map like some ghoul

[corferox]

@hyruleir​ 

     ❝ YOU KNOW YOU DON’T have to use every ingredient, right ? ❞

[sapphicseasapphire]

Finally did all of my Cryptid boys in color! (And also decided on a Wind design).

I experimented a lot with Twilight, Wind, and Wars. For Twilight, his most prominent feature (his facial markings) are usually covered by his bangs so I wanted to see what it would look like if he tied his hair back. For Wind, I finally found a design that I like! You guys voted a while back and I completely ignored it. Sorry. (He’s not usually gonna look like this anyway, he’s gonna look like a Hylian). And the same goes for Wars! He’s most likely gonna look like a Hylian or a sword, but this is his Sword Spirit form.

Anyway! Sky, Hyrule, and Time are my favorites out of this batch! What about you? Do you have a favorite?

[selenityshiroi]

Zelda travelling around Hyrule after the Calamity and people are tripping over themselves to tell her stories about the Hero because they love that feral cryptid mad man and are so proud of him

'I met him when I was about to get eaten by a Hinox...he jumped off a horse, fired 12 arrows in the blink of an eye and then got smacked in the face with a tree...but then he came back and hacked away at it's legs with this stupidly big sword until it finally died'

'He was wearing this weird patched together mask that looked like a monster but he made enough curry for everyone so we didn't like to ask'

'But...the hero was a girl? She wore these lovely green silks and every time she came out of the Gerudo Canyon she had a bag full of electric safflina to sell to Beedle over there. The Gerudo think she's an amazing fighter, which says a lot, and she always thanked me for looking after her horses when she went into the desert'

'I swear to Hylia that he ran through here wearing nothing but his underwear and a mask shaped like a leaf...claimed he was looking for the Children of the Forest. Sorry, Princess, but I'm not sure he was quite right in the head at the time'

'He used to creep in here silently wearing this grey mask and with enough lizards and beetles that we could make enough elixirs to last for a month. Not sure I ever saw his face without it'

And the entire time Link is stood neatly dressed, three steps away, listening to every word and no one pays him the slightest bit of attention. Because none of them cotton on that 'prim and proper Royal Knight' Link and 'I will defeat this Lynel with a stick, a pot lid and a bucket load of adrenaline' Wild Child Hero is the same man. Especially with how many masks he owned.

When they walk away and are out of sight and earshot Zelda just raises her eyebrow with a smile and he is like '...I can explain...it made sense at the time'

[dokidibi]

can't even be too upset that Zelda is missing again because the way she just pops up all over Hyrule and disappears into the sky in shards of light all while scaring locals shitless like she is some kind of cryptid is just hilarious

oh and there are also the "crop signs" because my girl is really committed to the bit

[snarky-art]

Zelda being spotted randomly around Hyrule, just doing and saying weird shit with no explanation and then disappearing just as suddenly as she appeared,,

Babygorl has gone full cryptid good for her

[averagemorrowindenjoyer]

LU headcanons bc I have nothing better to do

-Legend HATESSSS, DESPISESSS storms bc of what happened in Link's Awakening

-After, like, the second day of them traveling together Time adopted them

-Except Wars bc that's his big brother

-Twi accidentally called Time "dad" once and was so embarrassed. Time pretended to not care but he was mentally jumping with joy

-Legend and Sky are besties I fear. they're always together. either legend's w sky or he's w Hyrule.

-Wind is a fucking gremlin. with a personality of course

-Warrior's will audibly scream if his makeup gets ruined. tbh I don't blame him

-Legend pretends to hate Ravio but she's secretly atrociously in love

-Time knows. he knows everything. about everybody. You can blame his fucking stalfos form for that. he was nosey and started watching them

-Time loves Wind like a little brother (or son, depends on the way u see it) but boy was he FURIOUS when he found out he could use the master sword at 12(he didn't show it obviously)

-Wild sees Twilight as a big brother and will rip ur organs out if he hears an OUNCE of Twi slander coming out of ur mouth

-Twilight is super motherly to the other Links. like, he gets super bad anxiety when one of them disappears into the forest like a fucking cryptid (im looking at u, Hyrule)

-Hyrule is literally feral. somebody do something abt this creature

-Twilight thinks of Time as a father figure

-pretty much everyone except Warriors has almost called Time "dad", in fact

-Legend is a pretty pretty princess and will not let anyone tell her otherwise

-Legend and Warriors will get into the most stupid arguments and, like, five seconds later will be gossiping abt bitches

-Legend looks amazing in the legendary dress(is that what it was called? i don't remember) and he knows it.