#because zelink vibes

[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'

[lost-technology]

It’s kind of sad to look up fanfiction for something you love and it turns out that almost every fanfic is for a ship you don’t vibe with and the second most popular ship you see is also something you also don’t vibe with.   Probably even more sad when you do vibe with a less popular ship, but you’re mostly a non-shipper who just wants gen-fic, family / found family and friendship and philosophy style fics.   Romance and sex, bleh!   I’m not anti-ship.  I am very happy to see others have their fun - it’s just I’m that kid in the corner of the playground not interested in the games the other kids are playing...or something.   

[good-beans]

Hadestown is so good though! Would love to read about the inspired aus :)

👀👀👀 Thank you for enabling me anon!! I may have written a lot I’m sorry!!

So I have two legit Hadestown aus (like, about the canon characters) and then several that are basically just a bunch of other ships placed into the Hadestown story. It’s funny, though, because you can’t really do a traditional “modern/fantasy/coffee shop Hadestown au” because the play itself is already “steampunk au of the Orpheus myth” LOL, so it’s kind of just my interpretations and ‘what if’s of the play. My crossover ideas include erasercloud, forsython, serirei, korrasami, and zelink!

Idea 1: I know some people like the thought that the characters are stuck in this sort of time loop thing. My sister firmly believes it's all happening within Hermes' mind, and he's trapped within a cycle of reliving these memories. I like to play around with the idea that the whole show is in Orpheus's mind, and the loop is a relatively good thing. (I’m still calling it au, but I guess nothing visibly changes in the play. It’s just adding extra context that changes Orpheus’ internal thoughts. It’s my fix-it au without actually cutting out the tragedy.) His mother was a muse – what if she was Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and with Hermes’ help and prompting, she gives her son this loop as a blessing. He's just falling in love with the love of his life over and over, saving the world over and over. Even if Orpheus lost Eurydice in reality, now he’s always with her in his memory. 

I like to think that he's very self-aware of his role in this loop. He’s viewing everything with complete knowledge (but still unable to act any differently since it's just a memory), but it brings him peace. Not only is it wonderful to relive all his time with Eurydice, but replaying the tragedy so much it slowly likely takes away a bit of the sting and offers him closure. With every repetition he's analyzing everything. At first he looked to what he did wrong, or blamed others, but over time he starts making new realizations and connections. He starts seeing how so many variables fit into the story rather than just the fateful looking back moment. He sees everything in the play: Eurydice’s private songs, the gods’ fights, and even gets that look into Hades’ thoughts about himself. Just as I'm learning new things about the connections and consequences and themes every time I listen, so is he.

Idea 2: This is more of a traditional au because it’s just ‘what if’s. Here, Orpheus is reliving all this without the help of any muse – he’s obsessively repeating his “mistakes” trying to dissect what he did wrong and trying to change them now that he can see the bigger picture. First, he stays with Eurydice during the storm so she never dies in the first place. He thinks this would have given them their happy ending, but things only get worse since Hades and Persephone still hate each other. The world continues out of balance and dying, and Orpheus must live with the knowledge of the workers still trapped in Hadestown. As things spiral, he tries to use his song but can a) never get an audience with the gods because he can't sing himself into Hadestown now that his motivation to do so doesn't exist or b) he gets there but he's too late and the gods' relationship is too far gone. As the world falls apart, he’s haunted by the knowledge that he could have fixed it. The next loop, he tries to negotiate better with Hades once he reaches the underworld. No deal about looking back. The only way Hades agreed was to demand the workers stay, and Orpheus takes the deal and escapes easily with Eurydice. Similarly, he can’t actually live happily ever knowing that he damned those workers to their eternity. 

This continues until the only choice he’s left with is just… not looking back. But every time he tries, something makes him do it. He’s worried she’s not there, he’s worried it’s a trick, he thinks the workers aren’t there, the silence gets to him, or even because of good reasons (one of the original versions of the myth is that he turned back in celebration because he was out and thought she was too). No matter what Orpheus does, he always ends up at that moment, looking back. It always makes me emotional thinking about that “mistake” as fated to happen in order to save the rest of the world, or just unchangeable human nature, or his unchangeable nature, or set in stone because of myth/history. Even with infinite looping chances where Orpheus can break free from his story, all roads lead to the same spot, and there is only one outcome. 💔

Lmao and then we have the crossover aus, because the main relationship has everything I could want from a love story (aside from the dying RIP) so all the songs make me think “but what if this was my blorbos” :0

I actually already did a bit of doodling of a bnha erasercloud version! This one has fit the best because their canon relationship really did end in tragedy, so I don’t need to add any extra angst in my life when I run through the plot beginning to end asdfsd. I think they suit the roles really well, and there’s so much reflection of the weather/wind that could go hand in hand with Shirakumo’s cloud symbolism. Also, there are so many lines about seeing the world a certain way, and the fact that Aizawa’s power is centered around sight (and that Shirakumo canonically dies to protect Aizawa’s sight) is super significant.

Of course I’ve have forsython thoughts – the amount of times I’ve played through “Come Home With Me/Wedding Song” with Forsyth as the wide-eyed, optimistic poet in love and Python as the jaded, poor pessimist (featuring Hermes-Lukas as his wingman). I’d keep the steampunk setting exactly the same. Forsyth’s intense hope despite the world fits “Wait for Me” so well, and he’s prone to self-doubt when pushed too far. Python suits the role so well, and I think there’s some good stuff around “Flowers” and the consequences of his apathy. I toyed around with Mila/Duma being the gods: Mila has a summer song about a bountiful harvest and fun, while Duma’s city is dominated by work and power. Obviously in my head, the love they rekindle would be familial – but the whole point was that there were parallel romances, so I never could commit to that idea.

It was a bit more of a stretch than the previous two, but it was really fun thinking about a seirei version! It’s take place in the normal mp100 setting, and leaning into that hell train vibes from the OVA. Reigen’s totally faking that he can sing this super-powered song to fix the out-of-balance world (I mean, really, what kind of lyrics are ‘la la la’?) but he’s completely earnest in his attempts to show Serizawa how beautiful the world could be. Serizawa is torn between returning to his safe isolation or venturing out in society with Reigen. After he starts getting out more, he gets tangled up with two insanely powerful spirits who pull him into that other dimension by train. Reigen bluffs his way into this dangerous spirit dimension with his “psychic” song. He has a knack for accidentally becoming a leader to large groups of people, so the workers (suffering spirits?) are quickly attracted to him. When he gets there, though, his genuine love for Seri and the world are what convince the spirits to let everyone go. But when it comes down to it, Reigen starts panicking that he’s a fraud and the song wasn’t real. His imposter syndrome and doubt makes him look back :(

A super quick idea was a korrasami one, although tbh Korra may actually may be too self-assured and determined to look back so maybe it ends up okay 😅 It’d be set in a mix of Republic City and the steampunk vibes, with Yue would be Hades and her failed romance would cause the tides to go crazy and harm the human world. I didn’t spend a ton of time on this one because it’s been a while since I’ve had atla/lok brain but maybe I go back to it eventually…

My most recent comparison has been a skyward sword zelink version simply because of how well it fits. A slightly clueless but heartfelt Link plays his special song on the goddess harp. He travels “down below” to save his lover, who previously was unhappy with the way things were. Hylia and Demise used to bring balance to the world but she spends so much time caring for the humans that he gets jealous. The major difference here is it’s interesting twist: “Eurydice” and “Persephone” end up being the same person, much to their lovers’ surprise. How they rekindle a love with two separate people at once I’m not quite sure, but I’m working on it hehe

Like that original post said, I doubt there’s a big audience for any of these -- but either way I really enjoy them and maybe someone else will too! :D

[shadowlinktheshadow]

ok fuck it im finally gonna write down ramble about the similarities between castle in the sky and spirit tracks rhghghrr

case #1: the characters

in my very private and running around inside my mind headcanons, I see a lot of close things between pazu and link

pazu is a sweet boy (maybe even naive) who helps those in need (like every protagonist) hes a very dedicated worker in the mines, and loves machinery

same could be said for link, who never talks in game but shows his shyness and and also sweet nature. (perhaps this is only around zelda,) you could take the fact that he doesnt even want to get up at the beginning of the game to take his exam because he dislikes the job, but this is where my headcanons come in. in short, hes a child genius and a perfectionist and works himself a little too much, and gets really eepy. so yes he loves machines (trains) as well

oh, and they are both orphans. (link is a bit difficult because hes usually always some type of parentless/guardianless child but anyways-)

and even other than personality and hobbies, their looks have similar parts too

of course, theyre not carbon copies of each other (such as colors being different) but the gloves and, especially to me, the cap is the one that sticks out. like. no other zelda game has him wearing a hat like that

(I just realized the gloves r the same color holy shit 💀) ((bruh and the posture lmao💀💀))

now I dont have much to say about sheeta and zeldas similarities (sorry) but they are both royals (well 1 of royal descent)

case #2: character relationships

spirit tracks zelink is what is keeping me alive so heres some similarities

I love love love the "hopeless romantic commoner falls in love with literal princess (she loves him back)" trope. which, pazu and sheetas relationship is a little different, but the vibes are the same

both couples? pairs? are so innocently in love with each other (maybe link shows it more) but just look:

they are so rhghghrhHRHFHFJJ HISS HISS HISS 💜💜💜💜💜😭😭🔥🔥💜

and finally the catching part in the movie

now you may ask "oh totk link caught zelda something something skyward sword falling blah blah blah" (im joking pls dont hate 💀) but this catch is different than those

they arent both falling, bro is already on the ground

you know who else is on the ground?

THIS BITCH

pazu may seem more.. graceful in catching sheeta compared to link, but (according to my dad) the whole joke of link dropping zelda comes from this movie (I havent finished it so idk) but I do know pazu struggles under the weight of sheeta after all the magic stuff goes away 😂

case #3: minor stuff

so I havent watched the entire movie yet, but heres some other things I saw

birds

they r both doves...... interesting....

though different, they also both play an instrument (link plays a panflute and pazu a trumpet)

also the design similarities in the robots and the phantoms, but ive run out of photos and time so that's kt

thanks for coming to my tedtalk (to the 3 people that will see this 💀)

[sheikfangirl]

Positively adore your art!! Thank you for sharing it!! Also, would you happen to know of any fics that sort of resemble your art style or ones that inspired it? I’m right there with you I love the basic vanilla vibe and I have been trying to find a decent fic to get into before I finish totk

thank you!!

Thank you so much for your kind words for my art

🙏 I greatly appreciate!🙏

I have a confession to make dear friend! I hadn't read fanfictions in several years but beating Totk made me go FERAL for Zelda material and explore what's been written since BotW came out.... oh boy the rabbit hole is deep!

There is a lot of good stuff out there but I have read so many fanfics in a short time that the whole thing is a blurry mess in my brain. BUT! There is one in particular that really stood out and left a lasting impression on me: Displaced written by socksock https://archiveofourown.org/works/21128084/chapters/50279321 It was originally written in 2018, before the release of TotK so there are some small and harmless inconsistencies that can easily be ignored because, duh, it was written BEFORE totk. I particularly liked this fanfic because it has all the qualities I'm looking for!! Also several key moments and general ideas in that story are extremely close to my own headcanon to the point it almost scared me. The story focuses on Zelda trying to find her place in post-calamity Hyrule. The characters are very well written and credible, Link's personality is player behavior accurate (MORE OF THAT PLEASE!!!!!!!!) and obsessed with completing his quests backlog and I thought it was amazing. Damn i love a player accurate Link!!

It's a wholesome slow burn romance, lots of humor, it's sexy, does not take itself too seriously but can be very emotional at times. Also, I was amazed by one scene in particular....I don't want to spoil anything for you, but the Big Damn Kiss moment is *CHEF KISS*: the setting, the tone and the resolution HSGDKJS, I would've slow clapped if i could've (I was holding my phone lol)

Reading that scene, I thought to myself : F*** YES! This person gets it hahaha !!

My own Zelink Big Damn First Kiss moment shares a lot of similarities with that fic so, Im going to say it now: when 'll post the Zelink first kiss i'm currently crafting, be sure to know that Socksock and their fic Displaced did something in the same general vibe FIRST! They are awesome. I hope i answered your question haha Have a great day!

[demiboydemon]

Trying to write zelink smut but I just wrote the word ‘bulge’ and it made me think of the bulging discs in my neck. This has completely messed up the vibes needed to write porn. Perhaps when my neck is better, I will be able to write ‘bulge’ again without feeling icky. But probably not because it’s not a very sexy word to begin with.

[fawkoff]

Rating Tloz ships but I’m actually just a hater and should not be listened to.

Zelink: 10/10 — I js love the dynamic of Princess and Hero leave me alone

Ganzel/Ganlink — 2/10 dynamic is cool but the groomer vibes are intense(in some cases it’s straight up fictional pedophilia)

Midlink: 4/10 — not my favorite flavor tbh but I can enjoy it

Illink(ilia x link) 3/10 — Idk I like childhood friends to lovers but idk I just don’t like them together

Midzel: 8/10 — ARGSHSNDKNSHS!!!!!!!!

Ghiralink: 0/10 — Its so creepy like yes good dynamic but its still a 17yo and an ancient demon so even if link was 18+ it would still creep me out because of the age gap

Ghirademi: 9/10 — AAAAAARRRRGGGHH!!!!

Ghirazant: 7/10 — Do I need to have a real reason for this?

Malink: 10/10 — I js like it

Zant x Link: 0/10 — I don’t like it

Sidlink: 1/10 — I can understand where the ship comes from but also I can’t

Groose x Link: 7/10 — enemies to lovers or wtv

Ghirazel: 0/10 — same reason as ghiralink she’s 17 and he’s ancient

Sidona: 10/10 — I js fucking love this ship

Ghirahim x Ganondorf: 5/10 — Its cool i guess but I don’t love it

Sonia x Rauru: 10/10 — its canon and their relationship is sweet

Sonia x Ganondorf: 0/10 — Naur

Rauru x Ganondorf: 5/10 — I can understand the dynamic

Idk I ran out of ships¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[geminiskulleta]

Ok I decided that I’d show all of the songs that remind me of LU here (and I’ll add to it as I go along) because I need you all to see how RIGHT I AM /j

Also if anyone wants a more detailed explanation for any of these songs (or wants to give me recs) don’t be shy!

ANYWAYS

Time:

• Home to me - Devil and the deep blue sea (Malink)

• Always a Woman - Billy Joel (About Lullaby)

• Take on me - aha (vibes idk lol. I feel like he’d like that song)

• Things to do - Alex G (OOT trauma and his destiny)

Twilight:

• Sunday - The cranberries (Midlink)

Wild:

• A hundred days - The Bengsons (Zelink)

• Bitter Water - The Oh Hellos (pre-calamity Zelink)

• Where is my mind? - pixies (wilds memories)

Legend:

• Please Please Please let me get what I want - The smiths (wanting to keep all the good things he has in his life right now/ Zelink)

• Heaven knows I’m miserable now - The smiths (depression)

• Back to the Old House - The smiths (realising love for fable but still feeling guilty about Marin)

• The moon will sing - The crane wives (Could be about either Hylia or Zelda)

• The Galway Girl - Shannon Shannon and Mundy (Marink)

• Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton (Grief and guilt after Marin)

Warriors

• Pretty fly for a white guy - The offspring (wars slander with @emissary-of-the-moon)

[ultimateinferno]

Not usually a shipper. There are dynamics i think are interesting sometimes but I don't hinge my consumption of media on who looks the best kissing. That said the nature of Link and Zelda as a pairing does have some interesting pieces to it.

While I'm sometimes all for Zelink in some games, I'm very much not for others. Skyward Sword and BotW/TotK are both easy Zelinks for me, but something like Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess, don't super vibe.

Which I think improves Zelink when it does happen. These two people, quite often strangers, are bound by fate to take reat part in the cyclical battle between good and evil. However, that's all that matters in the grand scheme of things. Fate doesn't care about them as people. They only matter for the role they play, so it couldn't give three shits if they're true lovers, or hell, even particularly friends. I haven't read the TP manga, but in the game, they come off more as like people who hang out purely because they have a mutual friend.

They're soulmates in the same way that two sailors are crewmates. They're here for a job, and what they do on their own time doesn't matter to the captain. So, while romantic soulmates as a narrative are compelling for some people, the fact that they aren't a foregone epilogue for every installment makes the times that they more or less are impactful because that's something they genuinely want.

I don't play Zelda for the romance. Hell, I'd argue that there really isn't any to begin with. That's actually a good thing, I think, because this open ended nature of relationships with our protagonists provides enough of a seed for people to develop their own interpretations (like mine right now), while those who put the leave it in take it or leave it far less to actually leave.

[sugarspikesart]

Sometimes i think about how so much of RWBY was probably inspired by Zelda. (Maybe not but I'm a hardcore zelda fan, and i will associate everything i like) and i love it bc it's not...too obvious? Like, you can clearly point out the similarities and even after noticing them you don't see RWBYs story as a copy or anything (bc this is probably a strech BUT I DONT CARE)

The two brothers /the spirits of the relics -> the three goddeses

The blacksmith / the brothers -> hylia

The two brothers represent different aspects of life and the world -> so do the brothers, they divide their work

The triforce -> the relics

Gathering all of them has very important and potentially horrible consequences but it also can be used for good -> both the triforce and the relics

The pieces by itself can grant some sort of power or effect on the wielder -> the pieces of the triforce represent the goddeses and grant powers (using the light power, super strength, being able to wield a legendary weapon) / each relic has it's own purpose

An innocent soul drunken by power who is also a victim of an ancient god-like entity who seeks reuniting all the pieces of the triforce/relics -> salem / ganondorf

Someone who ended up being cursed to live again and again and again, as a mortal inmortal being whose purpose is to stop the great evil that is threatening the world -> hylia / zelda and ozma

Hm, and somebody innocent who due to this original curse was thrown into all this mess, starting to aquire memories from years and years and decades and centuries before they were born that belong to someone that is merging with them so that innocent person becomes the next soul in the curse and has to stop this great evil because is their fate? -> zelda (skyward sword) and oscar I'm looking at you two

And you're telling me that there were lies and manipulation involved? -> zelda again and ozpin I'm looking at you both

And who did you involved in all this? A brave warrior with a heart of gold and a simple and peaceful background and life who ALSO HAPPENS to be gifted at fighting who carries something unique, the only thing capable of harming that great evil?? Hmmm... -> ruby, link, I'm looking at you both

And you're telling me that having that thing is not as easy as it seems and you need to unlock it and learn how to unleash it's true potential? -> maybe like the silver eyes? Or maybe the master sword?

And you're telling me that these two souls are bonded by fate to meet and have A LOT of pararells and they complement each other? -> ruby and oscar I'm looking at you

And you're telling me that their story resembles and is a pararell to the original story of lovers? -> ozma/Salem - ruby/Oscar and the first link/hylia -zelda/link

And you're telling me that the soul who merges with this magical ancient being also carries light themed magic? -> zelda? Oscar? Explain

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT EVEN IF THERE'S A MAIN HERO, THEY CANNOT DO IT ALONE AND THEY NEED HELP?

Hmmm like RUBY AND ALL HER TEAMMATES AND LINK AND HIS COMPANIONS?

Oh, and you're also telling me that there are very important and powerful people who carry a fraction of the power of the gods? Like the maidens? Or like maybe the sages? (I'm not including the champions bc botw came out after rwby)

So yeah, there's some similarities. And i LOVE IT

Also i ship zelink and rosegarden and I CAN ASSURE YOU. THEY'RE THE SAME. SAME DYNAMIC, SAME VIBE, THEY'RE SO DEAR TO ME OH MY GOD.

[cryiling]

Hi, crow! How are you doing? 😁

for the ship ask game: revalink (hehe), botw/totk zelink, and miphlink (i think that’s the correct ship name??)

(ask game from here)

omg hi iri!!! I'm doing well hru? imyy thank you for the ask 🥺🫶

revalink - ship

what made you ship it?

last february i was going through my zelda phase again and i was looking for fics to read. previously i had read a lot of sidlink fics so I was looking for something new, and I decided to check out revalink fics and. oh em gee. i got hooked 😭

I remember insisting I only liked it ironically but 💀 look where I am now. #1 revalink shipper oopsies 🤭 their dynamic really stood out to me, I've shipped a lot of rivals to lovers before so I guess once I started to consider it revalink just made sense to me. also revalink fics are devastatingly good, like there's a couple that I reread religiously 😫

what are your favorite things about the ship?

omg I LOVE THIS QUESTIONNN. saurr many things like. I mentioned it already but I love their dynamic, especially when you start to analyze it beyond the surface level. I love headcanons about why revali lashes out at link in the first place, especially in relation to the champion's ballad dlc and how revali's diary reveals that he's just really insecure about himself. I think they're such good character foils to each other and that makes their interactions, both as rivals and as lovers, so much richer than some of the other ships in the game. their relationship is so open to interpretation and that makes it one of the most satisfying ships to make content for SHFJDBF

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

hmm not that I can think of! i post a lot of headcanons and stuff but I don't think they've ever been unpopular, maybe just unique. like my all the president's men au 💀 i still think abt that sometimes LOL

botw/totk zelink - don't ship

why don't you ship it?

aghhh ok ok hear me out. i don't ship them romantically BUT i do think they are peak queerplatonic vibes. it's just, the idea of knight x princess already feels like a weird dynamic to me, like I'm not a huge fan idk? ughh idk how to explain it. to me I've always preferred them to have more of a sibling dynamic. urgh I know I said hear me out but I'm not explaining it well. the voices told me not to ship it idk

what would have made you like it?

ok tbh I think zelink is cute in like every other game! just not these two 😭 so I guess if you put the two characters in literally any other game I would like them? aghhhh idk what it is about this one that makes me not want to ship it!! maybe in this game if they had a different backstory I would have shipped it. but tee bee ache link was so unhappy as a knight that I'm rooting for him to leave the whole royalty system behind and go live in the woods with his bird boyfriend idk 😭

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

I literally think zelink makes the most sense as a ship, they're soulmates and they would go to the ends of the earth for each other, I'm sorry I feel so bad for not shipping them 😭 BUT on the other hand, I think all that can be true without having to be romantic yk? that's why I think they're a really good queerplatonic couple, they understand each other like no one else could, they always look out for each other and they can't imagine not being in the other's life. it's just not romantic. aughh I think they have such a good relationship but just not romantically 😣 maybe it's bc I'm also aspec

miphlink - don't ship

why don't you ship it?

I feel really bad but like mipha's crush was so clearly one-sided 😭 it's weird bc my absolute favorite trope is childhood friends to lovers, and they check the childhood friends box, but the ship just feels too vanilla/basic to me. I do think they're besties tho, because since they grew up together they'll be super close and know each other very well. but imo link doesn't see her like that and mipha eventually moves on

what would have made you like it?

I think a.) mipha's character should have been fleshed out more because she felt so one-dimensional and it kind of bothered me, her character had so much more potential and I love seeing fanon version of her where she actually has a personality. and b.) if there was a little more pining on both link's and mipha's parts. the best part of childhood friends to lovers is the pining!!

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

I love mipha and I love link and I think they'll always look out for each other and be besties forever!! the end 😽

[sciencelings-writes]

My tLoZ and LU Masterlist

UPDATED 11/19/2023

Of Dubious Sophistication: 6/? posted chapters, Wild meets the chain on a day when he has to act like an important person and decides to fuck with their initial misconceptions of him. Mostly formatted to give each of the Links to come to their own conclusions about Wild, a Compilation of oneshots with a vague overarching plot.

Another Second Chance: 2/? classic Wild gets pulled into the AOC timeline and is tasked to help prevent the calamity. But he looks different enough from his counterpart that he doesn’t reveal his true identity. He accidentally parallels Astor in the whole mysterious sorcerer/ seer vibes as he both knows the future and popped out of nowhere in a dramatic cape and ancient technology. Lots of interaction between Wild and the champions and there is both angst and hijinks. There’s also stuff about the new champions as most of it follows the plot of AOC. Also Wolfie is there because I thought it would be funny for him to bop around the baby egg guardian.

The Silence of the Knight: BOTW pre-calamity fic that’s mostly an introspective fic about why Link went silent and how everyone around him reacts to his lack of outward emotions. I just saw the concept of people seeing him as not quite human because of his refusal to show any emotions and wanting to catch a glimpse of how/ if he reacts when tragedy strikes, just to see if he has the ability to feel anything at all.

Heavy in Your Arms: Wild hated getting his memories back. They could be triggered by seemingly anything, they forced the entire group to stop or have someone stay with him until he got over it, which mostly ended up being Twilight, and he tended to end up feeling terrible. Even the good ones were bittersweet, when he saw glimpses of a family that was long gone or a fleeting moment when his life wasn’t destined to be a nightmare, only to open his eyes a century later having lost everything.He knew it was starting to become a hindrance on their quest and the last thing he wanted to be was a burden. (part of a series focused on the Wolf Trio)

I’ve Seen Hell (But This is a Bit More My Style): BOTW Fem!Link fic focused on how being the first female incarnation of the Heroes Spirit would be treated with a little bit of Zelink as a forbidden relationship. Link is angry and all of her past lives are just as pissed as she is. She’s seen as a harbinger of the calamity rather than the hero sent to stop it. And she’s seen as a mistake of the goddess and proof that the 10,000 years of peace was now at an end. General woman problems you know? (Sequel incorporating LU in progress) also please mind the tags.

Swordcrossed Lovers: Fluffy oneshot of the above au, Link and Zelda go to Gerudo Town and flirt while sword fighting. Zelink Week 2022 prompt: Sparring. 

Champions Possessing Wild Oneshot Collection: The champions possess Wild sometimes, it leads to some shenanigans 

The Unironic Magical Properties of True Love: totk role swap, Zelda find where Link has been hiding since being stuck in the past.

*NEW* Forever Changed: post totk zelink, where they both come back a little differently and have to deal with the immediate aftermath of... everything.

Requests/ short oneshots:

The Idiots of the Wind: Wind makes friends with the spirit of Revali and they team up to mess with Wild, mildly traumatizing him in the process. 

A Waste of Pretty Faces: Wild and Warriors bond over something they didn’t expect (mind the warnings and tags)

To Kill What’s Already Dead: Set after sunset pt.7, Wild deals with not being allowed to see Twilight and with the very real possibility that his mentor is dying.

A Mosaic of Broken Glass: Link has a lot of scars, they don’t like them very much. Zelda is determined to help them work on loving themself. Non-Binary BOTW Link and I accidentally made Zelda asexual.

On Top Of The World: Day 1 prompt for Zelink week 2022- One Last Look, Link and Zelda reunite after the final battle with the calamity. Idk what to say it’s just pure fluff. 

Frightful & Delightful: Wintery LU fic that is Hyrule-centric for a secret santa. Hurt/comfort, but mostly fluff. 

3 Sentence Fics: Lots of short fics in one place, including LU, botw Zelink, and my own AUs!

The Many Duties of the Princesses Appointed Knight: Fluffy pre-calamity zelink hair braiding, not me basing a whole fic off of a vague idea... 

The Caretaker of Holy Things: OC fic made for a zelda creators collab, the Priestess of the Temple of Time remains at the great plateau while the calamity rages around her, unfortunately, she’s due to have visitors. 

Whumptober 2022:

Prompt 2: Nowhere to Run: Aryll from my priestesses AU meets the Fierce Deity for the first time.

Prompt 5: Hypothermia: Link and Zelda from my Golden Priestesses AU journey up to the Temple of Nayru to the spring of wisdom.

Prompt 9: Caught in the Storm: Zelda spends one hundred years fighting the calamity, even though he’s slumbering in the shrine of resurrection, Link still finds a way to help her keep her head above water.

Prompt 10: Whipping: Wild from my Fem!Wild AU has to reveal some things about her past after having a panic attack post-battle. Kind of a rewrite of part of the comic where Wild throws himself in front of Wind during a fight, you know the one. 

Prompt 15: Emotional Damage/ New Scars: Wild visits the forgotten temple after the events of LU, he mourns. 

Zelink Week 2023: 

Day 1: Yearning: All In Good Time: Fem! Zelink AU during the events of LU, Wild misses her Princess. 

Day 2: Forbidden: The Ballad of Frost and Flames: Fem!Zelink AU, pre-calamity while Link is still in hiding, they meet at a masquerade ball. 

Day 4: Hand in Hand: The Fable of the Dragon and the Phoenix: MAJOR TOTK SPOILERS, Zelda makes and eternal choice and Link learns to rise from the ashes.

[creative-hanyou-girl]

It started off as a holy trinity:

Now it's a pentagon:

.....Of human girls and the supernatural boys that love them!

I'm telling ya, you guys NEED to read Annette Marie's stories!!!! If you guys love InuYasha and Kamisama Kiss, you'll ADORE the Red Winter Trilogy. Her Guild Codex: Demonized series gives off similar vibes as well.

Seriously, if you haven't read her books, what are you even doing here?

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I'm tagging you guys because these books are SO GOOD and I need people to scream about them with.

And if you must know to help convince your thirsty asses, there's smut. (But like, further in the stories, and it's not too explicit. It more detailed in Demonized tho)

[crazylittlejester]

Hey, I'm going to be a tad bit ranty, and this by no means is targeting anybody but-

I am getting tired of some Zelink shippers on the internet man.

Like, I get it. It's a pretty darn cute ship and in some cases I love it to peices (Skyward Sword and Spirit Tracks Zelink my beloveds), but I swear some of us are straight up insane.

They go out of their way to beat down anybody who doesn't only ship Zelink or completely despise other female characters because it gets in the way of the "correct ship". Seriously I cant be the only one to notice the pure hate Ilia gets because she's another one of Link's love interests. Like, I get it, seeing ships you don't like is annoying, but to harp about how only one is right and above the rest is plan stupid. In some cases it doesn't even make sense, like for TP, but if you dare mention it it's as if you insulted their mother 🙄.

And don't even get me started on the homophobia. They act as if Link kissing a man or Zelda kissing a woman will send them into a coma.

I really like this community, but the shipping discourse is atrocious and trying to find somebody who also likes Zelink but isn't insane is difficult and if I mention I like it people are afraid I'm one of the crazy ones too. It's disheartening and is the reason why I don't even dare go onto Zelda Twitter anymore despite the amazing artist.

Sorry about the rant, but I really had to get this off my chest because I had the misfortune of stumbling upon somebody here doing the exact thing that ran me off of Twitter 🤦‍♀️.

I’m sorry you’ve had a bad online experience with that, I luckily haven’t had too much of that happen around me

I understand why people ship Link and Zelda in all the games, and while I personally don’t, I don’t disagree with people who do. I think it’s a bit insane (/pos) of nintendo to not really confirm anything and leave everything up to the player’s interpretation, and the best part about that is that we don’t have to ship Link and Zelda in every game. There are so many other great ships in the games! And yeah, homophobia is really disheartening and I hate to see it happen in fandoms I care so much about as a queer person myself. Personally every single version of Link gives me queer vibes in some way, and seeing people being so outright homophobic makes me sad.

Keep shipping who you like, as long as it isn’t problematic 🫶🫶🫶 The best advice I can give it to try not to let others ruin a fandom you enjoy, I just block homophobes when I see them

[blackstarchanx3new]

FSR rambles PT 4

Over explaining the decisions in my own comic once again. UwU

Smth fun about these pages is ZELDA. My lady.

Something I'm not sure was how well this portrayed that this was shortly after they put the sword back (like maybe a year at most?)

I kind of like to think for FSR at least, they were all around 13-15 during the events of the manga (This isn't my opinion tbh, though in the bonus pages they buy child tickets for the theme park so they aren't canonically adults.)

Link's old enough to drink in FSR so he's at least 21.

(I've never really liked the idea they're YOUNG kids during FS it just lends itself better to FSR specifically. I really write them however old I want for whatever scenario I'm writing because Link's as fluid as a Vocaloid when it comes to making fan works and cannon is my bitch. Writing them as adults during the events of the manga usually lends itself to MORE writing opportunities but not for FSR. I don't really give a shit what other people decide to do when making fan works either.)

You'd also notice the 7 years it takes FS Link to pull the sword is a reference to the seven years Link misses during OOT.

Anyways onto the page itself: Zelda's a sweet girl who cares deeply about her childhood friend. Link means a lot to her and she makes time for him. He waits for her too. Zelink shippers I got you lol.

Something I always found WEIRD was how Link doesn't talk in the pages after he reformed. That's so odd to me. The fan "theory" It's basically cannon in BOTW/TOTK at least Link's selectively mute. That Link's mute is also something I took inspiration for FSR Link.

So Link doesn't respond to Zelda verbally but she still makes the effort to talk to him.

Shadow Link is very disapointed he can't get hugged by the princess. Because as he stated earlier in the comic he loves her. Zelda addressed him too so she tries to include him.

This page shows off just how gradual the curse was: So funny enough at the START of the comic it was actually going to be explained how Link utterly deteriorated but I decided to add that later. (Wanted to get to funny shenanigans with the boys so I put it off)

It started with him just hearing whispers, then full voices then the what I call "Headspace" fully appeared.

Blue mentions liking Zelda's hugs Haha "Where's my hug???"

Vio just says Zelda's name, Vio's relationship with Zelda is something I'd love to expand upon later down the line.

Green's more focused on food oof.

Red's just happy to see Zelda.

Green was right about being hungry, so Zelda invites him over for DINNER-

Shadow Link's still just vibing.

Zelda lifting Link up in this panel just shows she's there for him.

Link is just dealing with the fact he can hear them by himself. Also dad is still alive.

Lol he's actually making his dad proud which was something he didn't do often before the OG book.

Zelda hanging out with Link and his father kind of shows them as a family.

Shadow Laughing in the bg but he's away from the rest.

So the captain died in a fight, and Link blames himself for it because he can't think straight when there's 4 people constantly talking.

Daddy's demise was really the start of the snowballing downhill for him.

Lol. So Vio's daddy issues are apparent for the SECOND time in the comic. He was uncomfortable even bringing up Link's dad before and this is partially the reason why:

Vio's the only one not crying or overtly emotional about their dad dying.

But something to consider is if he's truly talking to Link or himself in that panel. Because the man is still SHOOK. We have the liberty of SEEING Vio here, but Link doesn't.

So he takes this statement very poorly because:

Well, Vio's seeming "no shits given" attitude is unsettling enough coming from an outside source but that IS apart of Link.

A part of him, seemingly doesn't care his own father kicked the bucket and that's scary to him.

I think anybody would have lost it at this point.

Too bad Zelda saw Link screaming his lungs out at his father's grave lmao. Poor man.

Bro can't do anything but plead for Zelda to help him at this point. She's really the only person he feels he can turn too anyway.

Our girl comes in clutch with them hugs.

This was the conformation Link was actually not speaking in the comic Felt like I had to outright state it cause I wasn't sure if people would notice it otherwise.

Something I REALLY wish was a thing in Zelda manga:

Zelda and Link BOTH lose their parents. Usually their mothers.

And we never get any sort of bonding over that. And I find that a complete waste of potential.

I'd like to dive further into that with FSR or some other Zelda work I do because: HOLY SHIT THEY COULD BOND OVER THEIR LOST PARENTS????

Also Zelda's unfortunate phrasing here with "You can talk to me" she means just, that he can confide in her in general lol.

He's still struggling to actually speak. Poor guy.

While keeping him from doing knight duties kept him PHYSICALLY safe it was just another thing he lost to the curse Vaati laid on him.

So the obvious: Zelda had to watch the person she cares about most completely fall apart before her eyes and she couldn't do shit.

They weren't even aware this WAS A CURSE from Vaati mind you. They were completely in the dark trying to solve this.

Something horrific about this situation you might have also considered:

Not only did Zelda have to watch Link deteriorate but so did Shadow Link.

Shadow Link couldn't even offer much comfort. Zelda could offer physical comfort and attempt emotional comfort but Shadow was completely fucked.

And with the new context of "Link was mostly mute" the fact he wasn't actively TALKING to Shadow Link makes a lot more sense.

Still didn't make that fact any less painful in the moment.

Shadow literally could not participate, was isolated and lonely and had to watch someone else slowly get isolated and lonely and couldn't even help.

Link and Shadow Link literally felt the same way and could not help each other even though they were right next to each other all that time.

Also with the new context of what Link was going through, Shadow's persistence to be there for Vio starts to make a whole lot more sense: He can actually DO something now.

Vio's just stating the obvious at this point and his broken record nature really pissed Link off.

I'm sure you noticed what he wore color wise matched his emotions lol.

Vio technically is 100% right: They think Gannon is in the sword. It would literally be INSANE to pull it knowing that.

But Link's kinda at the point of not giving a shit.

Zelda would get hurt no matter what his "solution" to the problem ended up being.

Shadow Link trying to cheer Link up by reminding him he's there is so sad. Mghhhh

And for the first time in the flashback we actually have Link fully acknowledge Shadow Link's presence.

Vio was outright in denial the man was still alive and didn't want to acknowledge his existence so Link fully embracing Shadow Link here was a big moment between the two of them.

Shadow Link started to figure out what the man was planning but couldn't do squat about it. (He also couldn't communicate with the 4 or HEAR THEM.)

Link shows up in the head space! :D

His words imply he wasn't SURE he could properly communicate with Green like this alone...Which is no surprise considering Vio thinks how odd it is they were able to do that in the first place.

I kinda scrambled to think of what to have him look like hah. Ended up with him wearing white. Since white is the lack of color, white reflects all wavelengths of light so it literally kinda REJECTS color. (Apposed to Black which absorbs light, which funny enough his pants are black...)

And it symbolizes rebirth, peace stuff like that.

It can also symbolize death but we're ignoring that one lmao.

His nails are all the colors + Shadow Link too.

Lmfao when you gaslight yourself.

Okay in all seriousness the Link lays down just how DIRE the situation is since the other 3 don't seem to be quite aware.

And the "Promise" Green made to Link is what had Green so shook at the start of the comic for.

And the weight of the line "Can I trust you?" really sinks in as we'll see.

Link's kinda spooky haha. You can tell he wasn't sure Green was going to help him but that's quickly overtaken by how overjoyed he is Green is for sure on board.

One of my favorite panels from this batch is how happy he is. He's so relived he can finally just rest.

Green can't though. The crushing weight of keeping everything "Okay" is a heavy burden to bare and Dark Link spits those words right back into Green's face, and just holds him.

Green doesn't seem to hate the hug as much as Vio did hah.

Green doesn't even seem to acknowledge his presence while Vio not only NOTICED but was actively terrified of him to the point of trying to grab his sword.

He also mocked Vio more throwing Vio's own words back in his face, but just repeats what Link said to Green.

How. Odd.

And that's all for this batch. Hope ya come back to read my rumbly thoughts about my own comic.

[sheikfangirl]

Based on many of your recent posts and a lot of your art I want to commend you on your fantastic taste in movies. I'm a huge sucker for movie references, so watching you combining movies with Zelink art is literally my dream come true because it's 99% of my head-canon. I bet you could hold a conversation using only movie quotes. :) Oh wait, I'm supposed to ask a question: What's your favorite John Carpenter movie?

Oh snap, a fellow cinephile!! 🤜💥🤛 Well thank you for noticing! I "might" be a movie addict who "maybe" went traditional animation school 😉 I am extremely influenced and inspired by cinema of all genre, some shots and scenes are just burned in my brain. It's also one of the reasons most of my drawings are in 16:9 ratio. I often try to catch the emotions and feels of movie scenes...Example: Link on his knees ugly crying while the light dragon flies over him? I thought of the energy and vibe of crying Leo in the desert from Romeo+Juliet 1996 while drawing it (I have a lot of personal attachment to this particular film, but that's another topic) Your comment inspires me to do other direct redraws. I had so much fun with Blade Runner 2049 last week... OK!!! So, fav John Carpenter movie you ask, hmmm? Funny you assumed I was a Carpenter fan.... Are you familiar with this little movie, "Big Trouble in Little China?" 😉

"The Thing" is also a cinematic masterpiece🤌 Cheers!!