#HW:DE

[turbofanatic]

Lana is not optimistic about her chances of surviving this war.

OoT/MM Link (left): Feral weirdo going through about four different types of puberty.

HW Link (bottom): 16 years old boy chosen by the goddesses. This is not good for his psyche.

ST Link (background): He just wanted to be an engineer and do math, not this shit again.

WW/PH Link (right): He'll step in if they're actually going to kill each other. Probably. For now, it's hilarious.

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

༺ Day 64▪︎ 35 Left

In Hyrule Warriors, Zelda takes on the disguise of Sheik like her counterpart in Ocarina of Time. Not only was she inspired by the tale of one of her many predecessors, but by Impa herself. In the face of her army being deceived by their own loyalty to her, Impa is really the only one she can trust completely - as she fears Link could fall into the same trap as her other knights. Having grown up alongside Impa, Zelda believes she can use styles of combat that imitate Impa's to both conceal her identity and give Impa a reason to keep Sheik close. Ultimately, it works; she's just surprised that Impa didn't realize who Sheik was sooner, even as she questioned the legitimacy of the fake Zelda.

[batrogers]

FebuWhump 2025: Day One -- Vocal Chords

War of Eras, Young Link.

Implied compound fracture, and screaming himself hoarse... Enjoy!

Also on AO3

III

Eventually, Link’s voice gave out and he gasped in air and tried to breathe instead. He was panting, then, still struggling – still too weak to think.

He’d fallen under the cavalry, he thought. He supposed he was lucky to be waking up at all but...

As soon as he thought about it again, the pain was back, lancing up his leg like knives in his flesh. He lost track of time again, facedown in the bloody mud, and whimpered while his throat was still too sore to even scream again. He couldn’t hear battle anymore, not as much at least but that was little comfort: it meant nobody was nearby, either, and he was so small...

Small, and splattered in mud. He wiped it off his face once he could move and looked around. Was there any movement? Not really. The cavalry were gone, as were the monsters they’d been chasing down.

Link had been in the fray, and probably too small and wet and bloody from knifing a bokoblin in the throat to be seen... And, even if he had been seen, there was no way the charge could���ve been stopped in time. He knew that – didn’t blame them...

But, Gods and spirits, his leg hurt. He twisted in place, trying to look without moving his hips but it was hard. He could move a hand down his leg, towards his femur. He could feel the swelling, then a tear in his skin that stung when he touched it, and something sharp. He couldn’t see – he was too covered in blood and muck to make out much. His shorts had torn, he thought, and couldn’t figure out much else.

He wasn’t bleeding to death that fast, or he’d already be dead, he knew. But that was... that was bad. He swallowed hard all over again and made a small noise in his throat. He needed to move – to get up. He needed to get found because he definitely couldn’t walk like this. Even moving his hips sent spikes of pain that wanted a scream and couldn’t even get that much from his throat...

And what use was screaming on this field? Nobody would be able to tell him apart from anything else. But he couldn’t... couldn’t talk. Couldn’t make the words work – had never been able to make words work. The tears were burning against his eyes and he bit his lip as the helplessness stole over him and robbed him even of breath.

He just wanted the pain to stop, wanted someone to help him, but h-he couldn’t...

He couldn’t cry out. Couldn’t even beg for help.

And his leg wouldn’t stop hurting.

[emissary-of-the-moon]

so now that i think about it. the Temple of Souls has a bunch of statues of previous Links, and Wars definitely had to realize that they were previous heroes.

but there's just a wolf there?? and then he meets the same wolf later after meeting a bunch of other Links-

[crystalis]

i wish that enemy guard wasnt nerfed in hw:de, i feel like it probably made the combat a lot more interesting in the original version hw1.. hw:de seems a lot more mashy & you dont really have to care if enemies are blocking bc it barely reduces damage so you can just spam attacks anyway

like when i see people talking about hw1 and how they rank characters, they always bring up how much damage a character can get out of combos / launchers or how well they an deal with enemies spamming guard.. and that just doesnt really apply to hw:de

like in hw1, volga is really OP because his C1 breaks guard & so he kinda "cheats" that part of the game, but it isn't nearly as overpowered in hw:de bc enemies guarding just doesn't matter as much.. nerfing enemy guard did make the game a lot more balanced, but i feel like that was kindof a lame way to do it. bc it feels like it just makes the game easier & removes some of the depth from it

[jeldacat]

More LU update commentary wahoo :D

Dawn pt. 9

Twi apparently loves shopping sales! If that’s the case, I bet he would he would love thrift stores too (I love thrift stores). And Four has chores to do, uh oh 😆

Poor little Sky, I’m so sorry. He misses his Zelda so much 🥺😭 I wonder if that line was just for laughs or hinting at anything more specific. There’s no actual line in LU canon (that I’m aware of) that confirms they’re dating or anything. I hope we get some more backstory with him soon.

There’s a common theory going around about what Time’s letter is about… If it turns out to be true, awesome. If not, hmmm…

Twilight’s face here is precious! He goes from surprised and smitten to absolute joy right away. Even Epona has a big “!” showing that she’s just as happy to see him too. 🥰

“You see how quick he turned?” Gotta love the brotherly teasing. Wars and Wild knew the “special lady” line would grab his attention right away XD. I do wonder, though, did a particular person come to mind when Twi heard that? Ilia perhaps? Hmm…

Parkour!!!

“Guys… come on, be normal” My man, Warriors, they are teenage boys with boundless energy, they don’t know the meaning of “normal”

Legend STILL refuses to believe that Warriors has money 😆 Bro, he’s a royal knight, a recognized hero in his time, and the max amount of rupees you can get in HW:DE is like ten million or something. If anyone has money, it’s him. Though I wonder if this has any significance for the future. Is Wars’ career/ salary going to have some importance later on? Or is this just meant to be a running gag?

Love a good group picture

I like this little conversation between Wind and Hyrule… they may have been goofballs just a few pages ago, but they know their mission, and they’re not dumb. They also never interacted much in the past from what I can remember, so it’s nice to see them talking together.

I also like this final panel of seeing the town from a distance. It feels like… when you finish the last page of a book and close it, being satisfied with the ending but still knowing there’s a sequel on the way.

Another great update and a fantastic conclusion to the Dawn arc. My utmost respect goes to Jojo on continuing this series for as long as she has been and at the amazing quality that it is. The story is only just beginning, and I look forward to the next chapter of this adventure ❤️

[crazylittlejester]

I've been contemplating buying a Zelda game but I don't know which ones i should get cuz it's between HW:DE, Echoes of Wisdom or Links Awakening

apparently I have to choose quick too so I made a list of stuff I know abt each of the games and side tracked into "what happened to the Heroes Shade? How did OOT link die?" so currently I have nothing and head is tumble weed right now ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

I don’t know if this will help your decision at all but I can say a bit about each (no spoilers ofc):

1. Echoes of Wisdom is super fun and the fighting/combat style is pretty different from the other games, which I’ve been having a blast with. If you do pick this one, a lot of people are playing it rn so you’d be able to talk with them about that, however you will have to be careful about spoiling it for others. I’m not the SMARTEST video game player and when I get stuck I tend to look up guides (after struggling for 30 minutes) but I’ve done two dungeons now and have only had to phone a friend once

2. I havent finished Link’s Awakening but I enjoyed what I’ve played so far. The animation style is adorable and it’s a very classic Zelda game (even if it is a remake)

3. HW;DE is a fighting based game, so if you want more “exploring” the other two are better for that, but the cutscenes are incredible and the animation is gorgeous. There’s a lot to do (between different hame modes) and there are a lot of characters from other games either directly in the main plot or accessible through adventure mode

Any of the 3 is a good choice honestly, and you’ll have fun with whichever you pick!!

[ketchupkio]

Tired but short thing: the Temple of Souls is my favourite thing from HW:DE. I watched a walk-through and the overt story was so distracting it wasn't until I played the game myself that I realized just how FUCKOFF CREEPY that level is, with the huge roses and the giant portraits and statues. It's the epitome of a creepy stalker house, done so very very well, and it's WASTED in the game by them focusing on the forced overconfidence narrative rather than the "What the FUCK is wrong with this woman." Let Cia be as evil as she deserves to be! Let the game be creepy! I've done a few things that kinda get the vibe, art and fic, but they do play it very straight as stalker vibe and I know that's not everyone's thing to engage with. Mostly it's a great horror-vibes level between the twisted geometry and the wall of portraits and it's so undersold.

i watched my brother play that level! it was so freaky, you're right. the timeline of the game always fucking confuses me bc it seems really all over the place, but i remember how freaky it was as my brother played it. i made him go back and look at a statue like "is that sksw link?? it IS, i'd know those pants anywhere"

[fever-project]

hmmm I’m indecisive. thankfully, poll

like I have enough money on my switch but I am racking my brain right now. EoW I am dutifully awaiting, it is so close to coming into my open arms. But also HW:DE is staring at me with puppydog eyes on my wish list, and Hyrule Warriors week is soon…I’m going to explode. Give me your thoughts pls

[thebleedingeffect]

"And the universe said I love you because you are love."

Hello there! My name is Echo, and this is my silly little blog where I put everything I like into one place <3 I'm an adult, and I've had this blog for more than a decade now!

💫 ~ I'm aroace! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 and I like to go by she/they pronouns <3

🌟 ~ No interest in the slightest over discourse, and I have long since stopped caring about wars in fandom. I am sipping my pink strawberry lemonade and leaning back in the sunlight to reblog my images on tumblr dot com.

✨ ~ Sometimes I reblog horny posts because I am an adult who occasionally likes adult things. Filter out #horny hours on echo dash if you wish to not see them.

☀️ ~ My two big tags are #fav art, which is all of my favorite art, and #awesome stuff, which are all of my favorite posts.

🌙 ~ My ao3 is thebleedingeffect!

🌻 ~ Legend of Zelda is my absolute biggest hyperfixation, and I've been playing the games and been going insane over the franchise since I was a kid! <3 If you'd like to explore, the tag #echo talks loz has many of my loz ramblings.

🌷 ~ So far, I've officially played through and finished: OOT, TP, SKSW, HW:DE, HW:AOC, BOTW/TOTK, and LA. I have plans to play all of the loz games, though! The next one on the list is Majora's Mask.

🌹 ~ Hyrules Curse is my own original loz multi-link, multi-zelda, and multi-world au surrounding OOT, SKSW, TP, BOTW/TOTK, and HW. The story is split into two main povs: the Link's and the Zelda’s! Feel free to search through the #hyrules curse or #hyrules curse ramblings if you're curious about it!!

-> [IMPORTANT] This au is not involved or inspired by lu or any other loz au whatsoever. The Link's share the same names, but they are not inspired by or are those characters. Please do not tag lu or any other loz au for any of my hyrules curse posts.

🌼 ~ My other big hyperfixation is Minecraft! I've been playing the games ever since I was young <3 If you wanna see my builds and what I've been up to, #buildcraft is an archive of all of my pics of finished builds.

🪻 ~ I'm also incredibly into Yu-Gi-Oh !! Other interests of mine that are also very likely to pop on on this blog: Naruto, MP100, Assassin's Creed, and Death Note. I have other interests, but those are much more sporadic.

💫 MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE GUYS OF ALL TIME: A BEAUTIFUL LIST MADE BY ME. 💫

- Link(s) LEGEND OF ZELDA.

- Cia HYRULE WARRIORS DEFINITIVE EDITION.

- Fierce 'Majora's Mask' Deity LEGEND OF ZELDA

- Kaiba 'BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON' Seto and Atem 'KURIBOH' YU-GI-OH.

- Light 'Kira' Yagami DEATH NOTE.

- Desmond Miles ASSASSIN'S CREED.

- Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake, and Naruto Uzumaki from NARUTO. THE ANIME OF ALL TIME.

- Reigen 'Shishou' Arataka and Shigeo 'Mob' Kagayama from MOB PSYCHO 100.

[blupeeblep]

Uhm... I think I first saw it with my dad? Maybe? When we... Actually, saying that wouldn't make sense. Uhm... Age 12? Maybe? Whatever I was then. But, I was young. My dad played... I think it was BotW. Yeah... Yeah. We then got LA, which I was allowed to play. (I wasn't yet allowed to play BotW yet. That will be later, when I'm... 14? I think? Yeah...) I was allowed to play HW:DE at age 14 too. I was told that I couldn't play more then two of LoZ games at a time, cause otherwise I wouldn't finish any, so I finished LA. Uhm... Before I finished LA, I was introduced to LU by my wonderful sibling, @scoutwolf . I learned of the fandom of LU later, also by my sibling, with the fic A Guide To Living (Again). That's when I fell in love. (Age 13 or 14. I can't remember.) I really liked Shadow (obviously). I didn't have the FSA manga yet though, so I didn't understand everything. I kept reading on Ao3 with Shadow too a while, being confused but absolutely loving it all, before I actually got the manga. Wait. Wait wait wait wait! Actually... I liked LoZ a lot before I knew what LU was. My sibling only introduced it to me when I told them about how much I liked LoZ. Anyways! I started writing (kinda. It was more random things I wanted to write) around the time I first started liking LoZ and knew LU. Actually wrote stuff after I got the manga (I think...). I think I've been in it now for... Three years? Maybe? Two? Idk... It's been a bit. Lol. Longer than anything else I've been in, ha! (I happily blame it on the fact that there's a lot you can do here.) Yup!

Long story short, knew it from Dad, got really into it a bit before sibling told me about another part of it, then I really got into it.

No pressure: @scoutwolf @layraket @toshi-tori and anyone else who'd like ta!

A question!! Maybe a chain?

When did you get into LoZ, and how?

For me, I played BotW years ago and really enjoyed it but couldn’t get really into any of the other games. About a year and a half ago (I think?) I happened upon Linked Universe. I didn’t know who half the cast was but I was SMITTEN. After that I started ALBW and it was all over for me.

No pressure tags

@starwolfie @kilgoreontralfamadore @chibinur @raven8224

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

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The reason Zelda and Impa must command the army together is because Zelda is the lone member of the Hyrulean Royal Family during the War of Eras. Although she became used to the tide of battle and accepted the costs that came with it - she would come to grieve any damages deep in her heart. Outwardly, she would rejoice for what wasn't lost, but this could only extend so far if she was left alone. She would visit the infirmary for her soldiers often and personally create memorials for any lives lost: even including Volga.

[emissary-of-the-moon]

i miss my wife (button mashing and saying im gonna kms)

[crystalis]

hw:de would be so good if there were just like certain things that were different.. i love all the characters theyre fun

i always wonder what it would be like if they were all copy pasted into age of calamity, its really fun to think about

i always thought giant blade impa felt like an aoc character, i love how she slides forward really far at the beginning of her C6. & i imagine that when she kicks the sword into the air it would expose WPG before she does all the slashes

im not sure how some characters would translate into aoc mechanics though, like wizzro or young link.. or great fairy

[crystal-dragon-of-dreams]

For the rest of the suggestions: Four's Hammer: Interesting that you suggested Four giving Hyrule the hammer to use, considering that Hyrule *does* have his own and, like Wind with his skull hammer, had the tool to help Four out without needing to borrow from him. I do believe this is a jojo redesign for the Z2 hammer, as it looks more metallic and sleek while the FSA one looks more wooden and textured. But unless we see Four using it or Hyrule borrowing it like Warriors did with Legend's fire rod, evidence does point to it being Hyrule's own hammer (and it matches the placement being with the magical rod and by the ladder, both of Hyrule's items too). Warriors Hammer: The design of it does seem to be a LU original, as none of the artwork and sprites matches it. BotW doesn't have any hammers and neither does SkSw, but HW:DE does happen to have a hammer. Maybe Jojo gave Warriors his own hammer instead of sharing a design with another game like WW or ALTTP? Dragon Scale: Due to the shading I've seen it as a toss up between Farosh and Naydra's scales, but since the artwork does have a certain tint to it (a blue-green tint?) it looks like Farosh's scale may be more likely. Naydra would have looked more like a deeper blue. The book: that's a good question to be honest. I think the emblem being a cross-like shape would bring in mind the Magic Book, but I agree, the *angst potential.* The glass: The Magnifying glass. The Mirror from Z2 was part of a fetch quest where he returned it to its original owner, so it cannot be his. But that does bring *more questions* about the status of LA's items huh... Maybe the hookshot *could* be also from LA, after all. Welp. The hookshot: Plain Evil. The shovel: Plain evil. Again. We do need more info. The Potions: The shape of the bottles are definitely peculiar, and the closest bottles that come to mind are the secret medicine bottles from, you guessed it, Legend's games. At least they fit with the magic jar too. Until proven otherwise, I guess they remain as Legend's bottles. Also, I'm glad to help out! If there's anything else I've missed please be free to tag me again.

Edit: looks like I missed the the seeds question: The Seeds do not correspond to the Companion Flutes. They're different items that happened to share the Gameboy's limited color palette. (Also the one next to Moosh is not even one of the seeds, it's the symbol of the Tune of Ages for, well, the Harp of Ages.)

Alrighty! Credit where credit is due; This is @linkeduniverse 's art with a link to the original piece, and this whole thing was originally @triforce-of-mischief 's idea, listing which items belonged to which Link, etc etc. SO! if u like this, a good chunk of the inspiration came from her, so show them some love loll

I also made a spreadsheet- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MDGRXQAUfzvoCEysxkM7cV831yj9QvbTyyiS9DX_mCc/

I'm gonna go celebrate NewYear's now jfkldsjfklsds

[crazylittlejester]

sorry if this is redundant or if you already knew, but in HW:DE, a key turning point in Link's character, arguably the only character plot point ngl, is that with the master sword he overestimates his power, gets lured in by cia, seperated from his allies and lowkey defeated by the dark links. It acts as the transition from the cia focused story to the ganondorf focused arc. Its a big complicated battle with three key parties but essentially resolves in lana coming in clutch and saving link's ass. Link basically realises his recklessness, uses the power of friendship to save the day, everyone retreats and the ganondorf focused arc begins.

from memory this is where a lot of the headcanons surrounding link being overconfident, but also self conscious originate, and while i havent seen it explored much within the linked universe fandom, nor in other links meet style stories, people do like to see HW Link as a character highly dependent on allies and their eventual departure is occasionally explored. The game is honestly so strange as an outlier from all other zelda games, except maybe HW:AoC, especially with how it follows random other characters, linkle is particularly odd as she low key deconstructs the idea of the chosen hero??, and with sheik being an identity zelda uses to run off from her duties, and volga's evilness being solved with... a fair battle to the death?? lmao?? it is honestly such a hilarious game. apologies if none of this is new to you, i just saw a post of yours responding to someones headcanon about his recklessness and wondered if you knew the significance of overconfidence in his character arc lol

Don’t worry anon, I think I understand the significance of overconfidence in his character arc, but thanks for this