#Skylanders Lost Islands

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Seen above: Hoppity Pop Fizz spreading the joy of Easter to Skylands.

[zarvasace]

Here's my silly Linkverse title and timeline! :D say hello to Hearts Linked Together, a Linkverse that won't ever have much content besides character designs!

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Okay a description under the cut. It might get long, I'm unsure how to go about explaining. The four vertical lines are locations, not parallel timelines. I don't take absolutely everything into account (you'll notice a lack of direct Triforce and Ganon stuff) but I like what I ended up with!

PS: I've made a few edits to this and the picture since I first edited. BotW and TotK aren't different Links that was my b. I also added more blue lines to the Gods of the Sky spot to illustrate them moving around.

Important thing to note: the only time travel/time shenanigans in this 'verse is with Hyrule Warriors and Ocarina of Time. And Tears of the Kingdom that too.

THIS BEGINS with aliens. The Zonai and the Minish were the same alien species that settled on the planet of Hyrule to escape civil war on their own. They separated early on and adapted to their environments differently. They both lived in the sky for a while, because Hyrule has naturally occuring skylands, and some of the natural fauna were intimidating. (Monsters, dragons, fey, gods.) The Hylians come from the moon. A small group settled on the planet and struggle to adapt. They lost their technology in the turbulent transition.

The Minish remained pastoral and went to the surface to help the emerging Hylian race. The Minish Cap happens. That Link forges the Picori blade and gathers the elements. (His four copies are spectral.) Shortly after him, Four Swords happens, with the most attention on the cryptid four sword kid who came out to save the world and then disappeared back into the woods. (His four copies are independent but not individuals.)

The settlement prospers, the Minish population decreases, and Hylians spread across the world, into 4 distinct geographic areas. The Zonai, also dying out, descend and intermarry with Hylians, in a different geographic area. The beginning of TotK happens, including the massive Imprisoning War. The consequences of this war are far-reaching and devastating.

The Land of Light and Shadow: this area emerges from the war somewhat unscathed, being on the other side of the world. They continue to build their kingdom. This land is named for the parallel plane that is in close contact with the area, being farthest from the planet's moon's orbital path. Things like Light and Force are also strong here, unknowable forces that occasionally grant powers.

The Land of the Gods: this land is named for the gods that have dogged its history and heroes, and is closest to the moon, which is where these extraordinary individuals get their powers and godhood. The Imprisoning War hit them pretty hard, and one of these moon-touched aliens (Hylia) raised settlements into the air. The First Hero is part of this.

The Land of the Fey is where the Zonai chose to descend, and is hit the hardest by the Imprisoning War. Their small colonies are absolutely decimated and the land is salted. Fey are natural creatures, but aren't always friendly. The Zonai technology and settlements remain high in the air, unreachable and usually invisible. Most non-Hylian or non-Hylian-derived species come from this area.

The Great Sea is a series of islands. They barely hear of the Imprisoning War, and only have a small population of Hylians that grows a bit through the islands.

After the war, all of these areas and kingdoms are cut off from each other. Their histories proceed separately for a time.

The Land of Light and Shadow: a group of people move permanently into the Dark World. Link to the Past, Link's Awakening. The kingdom grows. Link Between Worlds reveals the budding kingdom in the Dark World. Twilight Princess deals more with them. Four Swords Adventures (+manga in case you were worried) unlocks more of the Dark World's secrets. (These copies are individuals, and remain so after their adventure.) The kingdom prospers and begins to explore, eventually resulting in another near-globalization. Hyrule Warriors happens, doing a little time traveling.

The Land of the Gods: after rising into the sky, Skyward Sword happens. Hylia is the strongest goddess of the time, and manages to send copies of the Master Sword to the three other lands. People settle on the surface, isolated from any other places. Ocarina of Time happens, but does not create alternate timelines. Hylia takes the people and places displaced by the time shift and plunks them at the beginning of the Great Sea's time. This kingdom expands and fractures, and Hylia's time shenanigans weaken her, so she goes to the fey land to recover. (coughcough was bullied away because people didn't agree with her coughcough) And then Majora’s Mask. Din, Farore, and Nayru rise as the land's patron goddesses instead, instigating the Oracle games. Triforce Heroes happens to a Hylian passing by Hytopia (The copies are simply doppels.) These kingdoms remain small but grow strong. They have the occasional battle. They participate in the globalization efforts.

The Land of the Fey: this land struggles to rebuild. They are plagued by monsters. The fey (fairies, great fairies, satori, dragons) understand it's a problem, but they do not have mortal minds. Eventually they call a hero of their own. Hyrule Fantasy (aka LoZ 1) and Adventure of Link happen. This land is geographically isolated and doesn't really run into anyone else, until the migration from the Great Sea brings technology. Spirit Tracks happens. The great kingdom is built, they build the Divine Beasts and the Guardians, and drive back the Calamity for the first time. Hylia rises again, older and wiser and less powerful. Then Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom happen. Only after that does this land reconnect with those outside of it.

The Great Sea: this area is mostly empty until Hylia places the time-displaced Hyrule on one of the larger islands (called antidiluvian, or before the flood). It wasn't a stable island, though, and most of the kingdom fell under the ocean in a great big wave. People rebuild and make their own cultures. Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass happen. They find the shores of the Land of the Fey, and facilitate a migration to that land.

Each of the yellow stars (and the colorful ones in terms of FSA) represents a different Hero.

[doctor-disc0]

These are most of the games I played up until I turned 14 and was allowed to start playing Skyrim and Oblivion. After that, I had Elder Scrolls brain rot and rarely played any non-Elder Scrolls games

Also, honorary shout-out to The Legend of Zelda: the Twilight Princess. I did, in fact, try playing it when I was a kid. However, I never got very far. I always got lost in the first dungeon as a wolf, lol.

I would love to hear about the video games other people played as kids! Feel free to leave your favorites in the comments or reblogs <3

[brokerkisser]

Gold Coin/Trigger Happy - Skylanders Phighting au

(click for better view & image id under keep reading) I'll also add on legendary & spring variant designs when I have ideas for those.

IMAGE ID : First image is Gold Coin drawn as a bloxy robloxian it has a paper white skin tone and it's color is a browny red It's horns are shaped like pointed bunny ears that point backwards with a smaller pair of horns under it's face has a brown marking across it's eyes with a mischeivous look on it's face with it's fangs and tongue poking out of it's mouth Gold coin is wearing a cowboy hat that sits betwen the gap of it's horns the cowboy hat has a gold coin emblem on the front it also has a orange torso and legs it's torso has a small star to the right that's half covered by the vest it wears with a belt with a coin buckle it has a pair of gloves and boots on the glove cuffs are clipped with the same coin emblem on the back of it's vest is the Cloud Scape symbol a simple cloud behind a floating island it's gear is a dual pair of golden revolvers the revolvers are stylized and blocky with a large barrel and handle with a small circle with a star at the top of the handle at the hammer Second image is Double Dare Gold coin it's redish orange in color it's wearing a tan helmet with red orange lines and orange visor with a tan full body suit that has red lines and orange shoes with a pair of tan gloves with red orange lining and orange tassels on the side the body suit is undone on the top with a knot revealing it's chest and a single curly chest hair on it's back is a knee length cape that's a dark red orange underneath with a tan and orange outlined front that has a gear design it's gear is a dual pair of golden cannon barrel looking guns that have red and orange detailing with a gear attached to the back and a ring of fire at the front and a small star keychain dangling Third image is a info sheet that has a small doodled portrait of gold coin to the top left with it's catch phrase under it " No Gold, No Glory! " the info text reads Name: Gold Coin Nickname: Trigger Happy Race/Species: Demon Age: 42 Pronouns: It/Its Mirror nouns Faction/Region: Cloud Scape Class/Job: Part time super charger and phighter full time cow boy Height: 3'2, 97 cm Gear: a image of it's dual golden revolvers next are a row of sliders reading Nice Neutral Mean Nice is hightlighted Brave Middle Cowardly Brave is highlighted Silly Neither Serious silly is highlighted Honest Mix of both Liar mix of both is highlighted Famous Average Off the grid average is highlighted Questions: " Any Notable friends or relatives? " Generally refers to many phighters as an ally. Gold Coin respects a fair worker A good friend to playground & theives den. Lightly weary of Lost temple, but it's chill While concerned and untrusting all of blackrock, It respects Hyperlaser's work Gold Coin refers to Hyperlaser as a fellow worker, and does have an interest in helping the man out " How about enemies? " While not very knowledgable, Subspace and Medkit give it bad vibes. Not enemies by any major means for medkit at least Gold Coin has no trust in Subspace, It's weary and neutral on Medkit. It does not like or trust Biografts at all It finds Biografts facisinating but their use and creation are not it's fancy " Are they good at their job? and do they like it? " Gold coin spent many years training, so it's quite good at it's jobs as both a gunslinger and supercharger It never takes it's job that seriously, always having fun roleplaying as some sort of sheriff or stunt devil Gold Coin is also well versed in phighting gear and machinery, It often tinkers around with engineering Health: 200 Shield/defense: 30 m1 pew pew guns m2 golden charge, hold down m2 to charge up a laser shot Q Lucky Sheriff's Coin Flip, RNG self status boost, Tails - slow debuff, Heads - Damage buff E Pot 'o gold - throws a pot of gold at enemies, short blast radius, slows down enemy Ult Golden machine gun Activates a golden turret machine gun, short radius blast when activated

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The mobile game Skylanders: Lost Islands was removed from the app store in August of 2017. The reasons were never made clear but the head of Vicarious Visions was quoted as saying, "What is this? I don't remember this? When did we make this? What is that? Throw it out. I hate it."

[flickynightdarkness]

List Of Fandoms I Am In

FNF

ENA (Season 1/Dream BBQ)

Pizza Tower

Hercules

Aladdin (1992)

DC

Marvel

Moomin

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996)

Cinderella (1950)

Puss In Boots

The Bad Guys

The Grinch

How To Train Your Dragon

The Lorax

Toy Story

Lilo & Stitch

Stitch Series

Nightmare On Elm Street

Friday The 13th

Halloween

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

M3gan

Child's Play

Shrek

Mulan

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Sleeping Beauty

Peter Pan

Pirates Of The Caribbean

Pinocchio (1940)

Encanto

Luca

Turning Red

Coco

Wallace & Gromit

Predator

Alien

Goosebumps

Monsters Inc

Home Alone

Captain Underpants

Madagascar

Penguins Of Madagascar

Scooby Doo

Skatoony

Regular Show

Sanrio

Shaun The Sheep

Timmy Time

Phineas & Ferb

Garfield

U.S Acres

DCAU

Arkhamverse

Injustice

Harley Quinn Series

Gotham

The Batman Series

Hey Arnold

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob The Musical

Loud House

Winnie The Pooh

Mickey & Friends

Humf

Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command

Miraculous Ladybug

Steven Universe

My Little Pony

Mr Men & Little Miss

Mr Men Show

Total Drama

Island Of The Slaughtered

Codename: Kids Next Door

Evil Con Carne

Futurama

The Simpsons

Owl House

Fairly Oddparents

Amphibia

Mao Mao: Heroes Of Pure Heart

Chikn Nuggit

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

Kakegurui

Bluey

South Park

He-Man

Todd McFarlane's Spawn Series

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Helluva Boss

Hazbin Hotel

Shopkins

Grossery Gang

Hanazuki

Happy Tree Friends

Ever After High

Monster High

Welcome Home

Murder Drones

Mandela Catalogue

Needlem0use

My Hero Academia

Demon Slayer

Mario

Mario DIC Cartoons

Super Mario Bros Movie

Crash Bandicoot

Epic Mickey

Five Nights At Freddy's

Amanda The Adventurer

Resident Evil: Village

Dead By Daylight

SCP

Kirby

DOORS

Bendy and The Ink Machine

Bendy and The Dark Revival

Undertale

Underswap

Underfell

Deltarune

Warioware

A Hat In Time

Pokémon

Skylanders

Henry Stickmin

Moshi Monsters

Ratchet & Clank

RAINBOW FRIENDS

PIGGY

Poppy Playtime

Garten Of Barban

Rayman

Cookie Run: Kingdom

Binding Of Isaac

The Stanley Parable

Portal

Half Life

Sonic

Sonic Movie

Angry Birds

Sugary Spire

Sonic.EXE

Five Nights At Sonic's

Five Nights At Treasure Island

Five Nights At Candy's

Petscop

Andy's Apple Farm

Pokèpasta

Creepypasta

Big City Greens

Duckman

Courage The Cowardly Dog

Lackadaisy

The Amazing Digital Circus

Criminal Case

Captain Laserhawk

My Life As A Teenage Robot

Underfist

Ed Edd N Eddy

Dexter's Laboratory

Misadventures Of Flapjack

Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

Chowder

Happy Tree Friends

[yin-yanglulu]

Does anyone remember Silena from Lost Islands?…

Yeah, her….

For some reason I’ve come up with the headcanon that she and Flynn were childhood friends since they both grew up in Boom Town, and no they never did develop romantic feelings for each other, they bonded over having similar interests (Both of them are mechanics), but they never really saw each other again when they left to go do what they do now

I do also hc that Silena is from the same part of Skylands as Cali is, since they’re both the same kind of Mabu, but Silena grew up in Boom Town, I hc that Jess from the Pirate Seas expansion is from the same place as them too

I know Silena might already have a backstory, that has absolutely nothing to do with Boom Town, but I’m not sure how much of Lost Islands is canon soooo…..

[hungry-skeleton]

Oi Skylanders Lost Islands has been revived apparently-/pos

Like actually for real or is it just announced and not done?

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There's no bigger Tree Rex fan in all the Skylands. Cheering as Tree Rex tackles Trolls or scares off Sheep, Tree Rex's #1 Fan is always there waving a Tree Rex flag. "What is one thing you would tell Tree Rex, if you had a chance?" Tree Rex's #1 Fan says: "I've planted ten trees in my backyard!"

[bruggle]

Calynn day 5 prompt: Modern AU (technically Coffee Shop AU before the day prompts were changed lmao)

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If You’re the Coffee

The sound of an alarm clock woke Cali from her dream.

Grumbling to herself at being jarred awake in such a rude manner, she tiredly groped around for the annoying device. It was time to wake up, but that didn’t mean she was going to be super happy about it. Turning the alarm off, she slowly sat up and shook her head. Trying to bring up the memory of the dream that had been interrupted was fruitless; Cali rarely was able to recall her dreams after waking up. It kind of sucked, but was handy for nightmares. After checking her phone for any new messages, she finally swung her legs off the bed and prepared to get dressed for the day. She had the early shift today.

Paying for an archeology degree was by no means easy, even with all the scholarships she had managed to nab. It had always been a dream of hers to find the Lost City of Arkus, but the legalities that surrounded doing something like that demanded at least some credentials, hence why she was going to this school. It was also why she had a part time job at a local coffee shop.

It wasn’t all bad, most of their customers were fellow students who were too wrapped up in their studies to worry too much if she hadn’t given them enough cream. Plus, the owner allowed all employees to have one free cup while on shift, and even gave them a discount when they were off the clock. The tips didn’t hurt either. Well, the tips from the few non-college going customers at least. There was one customer in particular that always gave very generous tips. Probably as an apology for always making the most complicated orders known to mabu-kind.

Most of her fellow coworkers hated taking his order, but Cali found that she never minded. Well, at first she had. The guy never stopped talking about himself, and how great of a pilot he was. Yet, he had managed to get a job with the Skylanders. So maybe all the boasting wasn’t quite all talk and no show; and after a while of serving him, Cali found that she honestly really didn’t mind listening to his tales (even if he exaggerated them on occasion). He was also kind of sweet, never failing to complement whoever was making his drink for him. Thus, Cali slowly came to the realization that she was, in fact, crushing on a regular.

She really didn’t know what to make of it, either. She had always thought that all that silly romance movie stuff never actually happened, and yet here she was. And this week, whenever the guy came in next, Cali was going to shoot her shot. She was going to ask him out.

As she entered the coffee shop, she saw two of her fellow coworkers behind the counter. One that had been hired the week before, and thus Cali was unfortunately still trying to learn her name. In her defense, the girl’s name was rather long and complicated. Cali knew she insisted on going by a nickname instead, but even that wasn’t a super common name either. The other was Tessa, a fox mabu from the Cloudbreak Islands. Tessa had become a fast friend for Cali, since they more often than not shared a lot of the same schedule. She was also trying to pay for college, since with how far out the Islands were, there weren’t quite as many scholarship options. Poor girl wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do, but figured getting the basic courses than any major would require out of the way would be a good idea. Cali couldn’t blame her, she had seen students that had waited a year or two drop out specifically because they had lost their grasp on basic mathematics in their downtime.

“Hey Cali!” called Tessa when she saw her. The new girl nodded in her direction. “Hey guys,” Cali greeted. “Has it been super busy?”

“Not really,” said the new girl. “But, the day is still young.” That was an understatement. The sun wasn’t even up yet. “Go clock in,” said Tessa. “Poor Perry has been here since nine last night.” Cali winced. That was a brutal shift, one she has worked before.

Cali hurried to the employee break-room, quickly checking her phone one last time in case any texts had popped up during her walk to work and putting it in her locker. She then put on her apron, picked up her card and slid it into the time puncher. After placing her card back into its slot, she quickly walked back out to the main room. “Alright Perry,” Cali announced. “I’m in.”

“Freedom!” Perry called, lifting up her arms tiredly. Cali let out a chuckle as she opened the counter door and let the girl out. “So how long have you been here?” Cali asked Tessa. “Since three,” said the fox girl. “I kind of understand why this place is open twenty-four hours, but at the same time, it’s a little ridiculous. We’ve seen maybe two customers.”

“Yeah, but I can’t tell you how many times this place has saved my grades,” Tessa merely hummed in response. They were interrupted by the break room door being shoved open, the brunette stepping out tiredly with her possessions. “Ya’ll have a good day,” Perry grumbled. “I’m going to sleep for five years.”

“See ya, Perry,” Tessa called, while Cali waved to her. Now it was time to prep.

It was now ten o’clock in the morning, halfway through Cali’s shift. They had made it though the early morning rush, and were now refreshing their prep work. That was probably the worst part of this job; you could never do enough prep work. Things were constantly running out. Unfortunately for them, however, while they were refilling the coffee grinder, the sound of the bell on the front door sounded. Tessa looked up, and immediately let out a quiet groan. “It’s Flynn,” she grumbled.

“I can get it if you want to finish this up,” said Cali. “You sure?” Tessa asked. “You got the last four customers.”

“Yeah, you just get the next couple, okay?”

“Sure,”

Cali nodded, leaving Tessa to refill the grinder as she walked over to the register. “Hello sir,” she greeted. “Welcome to Lucky Star Café, what can I get for you?” The male mabu didn’t seem to register Cali’s greeting, as he was scrutinizing the menu. He did this every time, but never ordered from it. Yet another point of contention for most of the other baristas. Mentally, Cali was preparing for yet another complicated drink. It really didn’t help that the guy never ordered the same thing twice, either. It was always something new. “I’ll have a- Oh! Why hello there, gorgeous!” Flynn said. “Didn’t know you were working the counter today.” The fact that Flynn was constantly flirting with Cali is honestly what gave her hope to try asking him out. Granted, he was always overtly friendly, but she noticed that he never treated any of the other baristas quite like her. It had been annoying at first, and she had even contemplated complaining to the owner about it. She was now glad she hadn’t.

“Yeah, been here since five this morning,” Cali told him. It wasn’t really professional for her to complain to a customer like this, but she knew Tessa wouldn’t rat her out. She was aware of Cali’s crush on the ‘suave’ pilot. “Oh my,” sympathized Flynn. “Sounds rough. I’ll make sure not to make my order too complicated then. I’ll have a…”

He proceeded to order the most complicated drink Cali had ever heard of.

Cali thanked her lucky stars that he had showed up after the morning rush. This was utterly ridiculous! “He’s lucky you like him,” teased Tessa. She had finished refilling the coffee grinder and was currently helping Cali out. “I’m starting to rethink that,” grumbled Cali. Tessa merely chuckled in response. As Cali set the espresso to brew, she got the cup ready. She hadn’t asked Flynn for his name, he was a regular by this point. But… she had a plan this time. Writing “Flint” on the cup, she then took it over to the all the flavor pumps.

Tessa glanced at the cup, and then gave her a puzzled look. “Uh, Cali?” she asked. “You good?”

“Yep,” Cali beamed.

“Um… Why’d you write Flynn’s name wrong?”

Cali chuckled. “Well, he usually takes his coffee, leaves his tip, and then runs off,” she explained. “So, I’m making sure he doesn’t run off straight away.”

“Okaaaaaay…” Tessa said slowly. “Why is that?”

“Because,” Cali smirked. “I’m going to ask him out.” Tessa gasped. “Oh my gosh,” she gushed. “Cali!”

“What?”

“You’re going to ask him out?!” bubbled Tessa. “Shhhhhhhh!” panicked Cali. “Keep it down!” The fox girl merely waved her off. “Oh please, Flynn doesn’t pay attention half the time you call his name," she pointed out. "But seriously! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!” Cali rubbed the back of her head. “I mean, I didn’t know if he was coming in today or not,” she admitted. “Plus, I kind of just decided today.” Tessa let out an aggravated sigh. “Really?” she huffed. “Cali, you don’t just ‘decide’ that stuff out of the blue.”

“Sure you do,” Cali countered. “People do it all the time.”

“Yeah, in movies,”

“Whatever, let’s just finish this up before anyone else comes in,”

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“Flint? Flint?”

Of course Flynn would choose now as the best time to not pay attention to anything around him. He was literally the only person in the café, yet no amount of yelling from Tessa was getting his notice. And Cali had planned this so well, too! Tessa would call out the wrong name, Flynn would (of course) say something about it, then Cali would admit to making a mistake and offer to make up for it with dinner! Foolproof! Yet here they were, stuck on the very first step. Utterly embarrassing.

Tessa gave a slightly panicked glance over to Cali, mouthing ‘what do I do’. Cali groaned and face palmed. “Just… just call his name,” she huffed. At least she had the foresight to write the name on the cup wrong, so this could still work. “Flynn?” Tessa called. “Ah! That would be me!” answered Flynn. “I sure hope it wasn’t too much trouble for you, I tried to make it easy for ya.” Tessa merely gave a tense smile. If the guy hadn’t been genuine in actually hoping he wasn’t making an inconvenience, Cali knew the fox girl would have gone off on him. “Uh… wait…” he drawled. Cali perked up. Had he noticed? Was it her time to shine? “I uh… I think you’ve got the wrong name on this cup.”

“Is it?” asked Tessa.

“Yep,” Flynn said. “I get it, you’ve got a lot on your mind. It’s not everyday the great Captain Flynn stops in your store.” Sometimes Cali wondered why he was the guy she liked out of the entire world. “But, you gotta learn your customers! It makes them feel appreciated!” It was now or never. “Sorry! That was my bad!” Cali jumped in. “I just… I was in such a rush to make sure you wouldn’t wait too long for your coffee.” The red scarfed mabu let out a chuckle. “That’s quite alright,” he soothed. “That’s not even the worst way I’ve seen my name spelled before. Heh, you should have seen the name the last guy I got coffee from put on my cup! It wasn’t even close!”

“How about you tell me about it over dinner?”

“…Pardon?”

Cali took a deep breath. “I said, how about you tell me about it over dinner?” she reiterated. Flynn stared at her in shock. She was now holding her breath. Why wouldn’t he answer already? Instead, he slowly looked away…

And then left the building.

And Cali’s heart shattered.

“Oh, Cali,” Tessa consoled. “It’s fine,” Cali blurted. “It’s… It’s fine.” She was not going to start crying in the middle of her shift. It was… It was just a rejection. She could handle it. It didn’t bother her.

It didn’t bother her.

It was way too early to be up.

Well, not really. It was closer to lunch than it was morning, but Hugo was still utterly exhausted. There had been an emergency curtsey of Kaos trying to, yet again, use a harebrained scheme in order to take over Skylands. Hugo really wished the guy would give up.

This particular plot had involved the use of ancient technology written in a multitude of dead languages. Dead languages Hugo had been required to be on the scene to translate. Thus, he had been forced to tag along with Flynn, and a handful of Skylanders. They had been successful in beating back the would-be tyrant, of course, but it had taken the entire night (stupid moon glyphs). And Hugo would love nothing more than to be back below the deck of Flynn’s ship and be asleep.

Unfortunately for him, however, Flynn had decided he needed some coffee. Why he chose Hugo as the best choice to watch the ship while he was gone, was anyone’s guess. So here he was, struggling to stay awake, waiting for Flynn to come back onboard.

At least he had a bagel to look forwards to.

Footsteps on the plank alerted Hugo to the fact that someone was coming onboard. After a second of panic, he realized it was only Flynn. …With a star struck expression on his face. …And no bagel. Dang it. “Hey Flynn,” he called. “Uh… What’s going on?” The self proclaimed ‘Greatest Pilot in All of Skylands’ didn’t answer right away. Instead, he simply began to pace on the deck. “…Flynn?” Hugo called.

“She asked me to dinner,” Flynn said in bewilderment.

“Uh… what?” asked Hugo.

“She asked me to dinner!” he reiterated.

“Who, Flynn?”

“Cali!” Flynn stressed. “You know, that girl I told you about?”

“Flynn, you have never told me anything about any girl you have been speaking to,” Hugo deadpanned. “Well, she asked me to dinner!” Flynn said, ignoring Hugo’s comment.

Sighing, Hugo rolled his eyes. “Good for you Flynn,” he said. “Now where’s my bagel?”

“And she looked so adorable while asking!”

This was going nowhere fast. Not that Hugo expected anything less. Once Flynn had his mind on something, it did not detract very easily. “Alright,” Hugo huffed. He was happy for his friend. He really was; but he was running on too little sleep, and the broken dreams of a nonexistent bagel. “So when is your dinner date?”

“Uh…” Flynn faltered. “What?”

“You’re date,” Hugo deadpanned. “When is it? What time?”

Flynn hesitated, looking more and more panicked as the seconds ticked on. Oh no. “Flynn,” Hugo began calmly. “You did agree and set up a time, didn’t you?”

“Uh…”

Oh by the Ancients.

“You have got to be kidding me,” Hugo exasperated. “What, did you just walk out without saying anything?!” Flynn gave another panicked look. “FLYNN!! I can not believe you would do that to the poor girl!”

“What do I do?!” screeched Flynn. “Well don’t just stand there!” barked Hugo. “Go back and apologize every single last way you know! And then get a time and date set up! Geez!”

“Right!” said Flynn, heading back down the plank. “Oh wait, can you hold this?” He held out the …concoction that he had previously ordered. “Fine,” Hugo sighed, taking the drink in his hand. Flynn then immediately turned around and ran off back into the town. “AND GET ME MY BAGEL!” Hugo yelled.

He doubted he would get it, though.

Flynn quickly made his way back to the Lucky Star Café. He could not believe he had just left Cali like that. Of all the times for his brain to flake on him! Why did it have to be at such a crucial moment?!

As he rounded the corner, the café came into view. At least it was simple; all he had to do was walk in, apologize to Cali, and set up their date! Easy as pie! And with that, he opened the door…

And nearly walked into the back of a large badger type mabu. “Pardon me,” the stranger said, moving forward just a hair. Ah. It got a lot busier since he left. Looking over at the counter, he saw a molekin woman and her daughter, patiently waiting for whatever it was that Tessa was grinding up. What Flynn didn’t see, however, was Cali. That made his heart sink. Had she… Left? He would just have to ask the fox girl whenever she was done serving the current patrons.

Looking back at the badger man, Flynn saw that he was scrutinizing the menu much like he had earlier that day. It would probably take him a good while to be ready to order, so Flynn started making his way around. “Oy!” called the badger. “What do you think you’re doing? Line starts behind me!”

“You’re not ordering yet, though!” argued Flynn. “Doesn’t matter!” the stranger snapped. “It’s poor manners to cut in front of people!” Flynn sighed. “Look, I’m not going to order anything,” he said. “I just need to speak to the barista.” The badger seemed to consider what he said for a second before sighing himself. “Oh, very well,” he muttered. “But no orderin’!”

“Thank you,” Flynn said, stepping in front of the badger man. As he did, the molekins were handed their drinks and happily made their way out of the building. “Hello sir, and wel- What do you think you’re doing here, Flynn?” hissed Tessa. “You have a lot of nerve!” Flynn swallowed thickly. He knew he wasn’t that popular with the fox girl, and his latest mess-up obviously hadn’t made that any better. “Look,” he started. “I need to talk to Cali. Has she left?”

“What’s it to you?” Tessa sneered. “You’re the last person she needs to see!”

“I need to apologize!” he reasoned. “That’s great,” she huffed. “But don’t you think it’d be best to at least give it a few days beforehand? She doesn’t need that wound reopened the same day it was left!”

“What?” Flynn sputtered. “You made it clear you weren’t interested, Flynn,” she exasperated. “Give it a few days before you hurt her again!”

“Tessa, I wouldn’t-“

“Wouldn’t what?”

Both Flynn and Tessa turned to see Cali standing there with her arms crossed. “Uh…”

“Tessa, I appreciate the sentiment, but I can take care of this,” she said, and then turned to Flynn. “So, what is it you wanted to say?” He took in a deep breath. “Cali, I wanted to apologize to you,” he started. “I appreciate it,” she said, preventing him from finishing his thought. “Now I got to get back to work.”

“No!” Flynn yelped, startling Cali and causing Tessa to narrow her eyes. “I mean, that’s not all that I wanted to do.” The mabu girl turned towards him. “Alright,” she agreed. “What else?”

“I wanted to say I accept,”

Cali opened her mouth as though to protest, but Flynn stopped her. “Not out of pity, or anything like that,” he assured her. “I do genuinely like you. I just…” Now everyone was starting at him, making him self conscience. “Sometimes my brain doesn’t work that great and I get ahead of myself,” he finished. “When you asked me out, I was so, SO excited, I had to go tell my best friend! And I guess I just… forgot to give you my answer first.

“So will you go out to dinner with me?”

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The anticipation was killing him.

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Was she going to answer?

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It would probably be best if he-

“Yes,”

“What?” Flynn gasped. “I said ‘yes’, you goofball!” Cali exasperated. “I accept your apology and agree to go to dinner with you.”

“You do?!”

“How many times does she have to say yes?” Tessa deadpanned. Cali waved her off. Flynn was completely at a loss for words. How did he proceed? What should he say now?! “Asking for a time and date would be a good idea, youngin’” chimed in the badger man. Flynn had forgotten he was there. “Right,” he said. “What would be a good time and date to pick you up?” Cali tapped her chin in thought for a second. “Well, I’m free this weekend,” she mused. “So maybe Saturday night?”

“It’s a date!” he winked. Tessa scoffed. This was by far the cheesiest thing she had ever seen. It was kind of sweet though. Made her wish she could find someone like that.

“Alright, I’ll see you there,” answered Cali. “Now I really need to get back to work.”

“Oh yeah, me too,” mused Flynn, turning to make his way out the door. However, the display case of pastries caught his eye. “Wait!” he exclaimed. “I need to get a bagel!”

“I TOLD YOU NO ORDERIN’!”

[dove-skulls]

Dove I’m begging you to info dump about Juno, gimme the info

ABSOLUTELY I WILL INFO-DUMP ABT JUNO

Context for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about:

The Shattered Earth’s premise is that the Skylands were actually created when the world (s) from Spyro exploded, forming the Skylands that float around the Core of the Skylands, a molten core similar to our own earth. The Fire Vipers live around this core, and only leave to hunt. Prey is most abundant on the surface layer of the Skylands, but the problem is they have to travel up through the Abyss to reach the surface. The surface is guarded by a group of Mabu clans that surround the hole into the abyss (they have a central ‘government’ called the collective). This is where Juno and Cali (who are siblings) are from originally. I’ll explain more later but for now-

Juno, for a villain, is actually incredibly calm. She enjoys listening to classic pop and classical music, especially while sitting outside

Juno owns a flying motorcycle, similar to the image below!! (She also has a motorcycle helmet)

Juno’s lip scar is actually from a training accident with Cali! It had been a lot worse at the time.

Juno used to use a spear, but lost it when she left the border territories and eventually replaced it with her signature halberd.

Back when Juno lived in her clan, she was told by her elders that her stripes had a meaning. There’s a belief in the collective that a Mabu’s stripe pattern can represent that Mabu’s personality and be used to predict their future. The ribcage/spine stripe pattern was predicted to represent bringing strength to the clan, and the eye-like patterns on her arms and shoulders were thought to represent her watchful, diligent nature.

Juno is fascinated by worms, and has been her whole life! She thinks they’re incredibly interesting creatures, and makes sure to move them to safety whenever she sees one! This habit eventually caught on with Cali, too.

Juno does occasionally hold grudges, though not usually over petty things. She tries to not let these feelings interfere with her work as best as she can, but it doesn’t usually work out that well lol.

Juno often pulls all-nighters as she generally has trouble sleeping at night, occasionally stargazing in an attempt to calm herself down enough to get some sleep.

Juno dislikes sticky foods, she says that the feeling of having to get them unstuck is really irritating to her. There may be some exceptions but none that I can think of at the moment-

Juno actually genuinely sucks at using phones and such, mostly because she doesn’t care to learn.

Juno loves rock climbing and tree climbing, but prefers rock climbing. She says that reaching the top of a cliff is a lot more rewarding than reaching the top of a tree.

Juno has a crossbow that she uses as well, but it’s her secondary weapon and she only uses it when she absolutely has to.

Juno’s favorite place in the Skylands are the Cloudbreak Islands. She enjoys the scenery, and would’ve liked to live there one day.

Juno actually cannot stand Kaos. She thinks he’s the most annoying Portalmaster who’s ever existed.

Hugo is actually the one who helped Juno find the book that taught her how to use runes! They met at a library and Hugo didn’t know who Juno was at the time, he just wanted to help out. Juno still appreciates him for this.

Juno tends to not celebrate her birthday anymore, it doesn’t feel the same since she left the border territories.

Despite being frustrated with the way her mother put her family in second when she was alive, Juno is also frustrated with the fact that her mom was never given the chance to be a good mother, which is why she doesn’t like the Portalmasters or (to a lesser extent) the Skylanders.

Juno tends to keep her spaces tidy, she likes making sure everything has a designated place and that everything is in its designated place.

Juno’s never been good at small talk, it’s awkward and uncomfortable to her.

Juno’s secretly always wanted to live in a cabin deep in the wilderness, to have some peace in her life and stay out of the trouble of the world.

Since Juno doesn’t know how to use most modern technology very well, she prefers typewriters, landline phones and record players (or turntables).

Juno’s always wanted a watch but she’s never really gotten the chance to go out and actually get one.

Juno looks more like her mom than Cali does! (Although there are quite a few differences between the two)

Juno really genuinely enjoys churros but rarely gets the chance to have them unfortunately. When she does get to, she often takes a break that day to allow herself a small break from her work.

As much as Juno is annoyed by Dove and Nightshade’s antics, she does try to keep them out of harm’s way. She cares about their wellbeing, even if only a little bit.

Phew! Okay, that’s all I have for now!!

[thorn-amidst-roses]

Trying to throw together some TotK thoughts/theories now...

It’s pretty apparent that they saw people making rolling minecarts in BotW and went “hm, maybe we should make an actual system for that”. What I’m wondering is how it’ll tie into the larger game - I could see crafting mechanics and new skills being tied to Purah and Robbie, but I’m not convinced of that based on thoughts I’ll go into in a bit...

The lights around the Sheikah towers suggests to me that a large portion of the game will probably be dark. What I’m debating with myself is whether this means that there’ll be a stretch of time where we’ve effectively lost inner Hyrule to Ganondorf, whether it be in the past or present.

The wrench in that thought is that the geoglyphs are present both when it’s bright and when it’s dark, so my theory that the geoglyphs would feature in the “past” sections of the game is pretty much shot.

I still very much believe that we’ll be seeing sections of the Ancient Hero/First Calamity. The game will delve into the origins of the kingdom’s war against Ganondorf, and I suspect a pact/alliance between the Hylians and Zonai (some are insisting Twili, but I’m standing firm on Team Zonai - that’s not to say, however, that the Zonai aren’t maybe a Twili predecessor. See Also: Typhlo Ruins).

Some of the skylands (for a bit of side info, I’ve been pronouncing this not as “sky-lands” with an emphasized “and”, but like “islands” with an “-ind” 🤣) mimic the shape of the Mysterious Hand’s stone bands/jewelry. I find that Mildly Interesting but have no other assumption to make based on that.

I believe a lot of the tech is Zonai rather than Sheikah. Sheikah tech themes are metal, blue, orange - this is a lot of stone and green. (Which admittedly does again tell me ‘Twili ancestor’...)

The cutscene with the people grasping hands is 100% Zelda (I’d bet actual cash that it’s Ancient Zelda) and Mystery Hand, the same that was binding Ganondorf in the first trailer. I believe this is the same scene depicted in the Ancient Mural from Teaser #2:

Which makes Mystery Hand the figure we’re never shown. I am not convinced that Mystery Hand is the Rabbit-Eared Deity:

Since they’re very careful to never show who Zelda is grasping hands with, but they show the Deity in full.

Here’s a thought...what if Mystery Hand is actually the Ancient Hero, and that’s why it’s being kept a Big Damn Secret by Nintendo? It’d be a twist for the Ancient Hero to be the final seal on Ganondorf’s body when sealing is typically the job of the Sages/Zelda, but it would give some explanation for why it was able to work with Link so easily, kind of like the Hero’s Shade in TP.

I’ve had a few theories cooking around this based on Zonai ruins - we see statues of the owl, the dragon, and the boar. This suggests to me that the Zonai in some way had a Triforce legend (owl - wisdom (and the Deity does somewhat resemble a horned owl), dragon - courage (and there are dragon gods in BotW), boar - power. The boar statues are few in number, and those that exist are destroyed. I’ve said before that this tells me that the boar somehow lost favor with the Zonai religion - a betrayal, maybe.

Also worth debating is whether the murals are depicting past events, or a prophecy. Both are valid in the Zeldaverse. Personally I’m leaning towards a “history repeats itself” interpretation, since that’s a major theme in Zelda lore.

As for where the islands have been all this time...I don’t know. Originally I’d thought that maybe they were in the past segments, but I doubt that now. I don’t think we have enough information to go off of.

Although Link seems to be getting airdrops from them lmao.

So that suggests that someone is up there.

[theherds]

Herd Airistos

Territory: Overgaard Skylands. Their territory mostly consists of open skies with floating islands scattered about.

Founder/Patron:

Founder: Airistos

Patron: Nike

Patron’s Partner: Flame

Patron’s Children: Addis, Emberic, Helia

Royal Family:

King: Uranus

Queen: Anemone

Prince: Ebenos

Princess: Cirra

Other Titles:

Jester: Hilario

Minstrelle: Hummingbird

Page: Brioso

Chatelaine: Cosima

Countess: Allegra

Knight: Corcel

Lady: Honora

Maiden: Cindra

Steward: Zephyros

Quote: “Fly Ever Higher”

Info: Herd Airistos honors Nike’s quest for excellence. This herd values setting high goals and doing your best to achieve them. The Order of Nike is granted to those who work hard to better themselves and achieve worth goals.

Herd Airistos is one of the four legendary herds. It’s founder Airistos lost his life defending Rolandsgaard Castle from Wolf Riders. This herd is mostly made up of winged horses.