#cryptid Wild

[sapphicseasapphire]

Thank you for one year!!!

On September 25th, 2023, I posted the original character sheets for the Chain as Cryptids au. It had been a brainworm for much longer than that, but one year ago today, I mustered up the courage to share my silly little ideas. And I think that might have been the best thing that’s ever happened to me!

Over the course of this past year, I have found so much joy in these little guys. Looking back at the oldest CAC posts, I’m really proud of how my art has improved, I feel more comfortable sharing my stories, and I have made some of my closest friends. So to everyone who’s stuck around for this year and everyone that’s come more recently, thank you so much for allowing me to create! This has meant the world to me.

I will be taking CAC art requests to celibrate, but I’m going to be very real with you guys- Echoes of Wisdom comes out tomorrow. Please be patient with me if it takes me a while to draw haha. I fully intend to be sucked headfirst into that game!

So if you have a request, please send it in an ask so I can respond to it directly! I’ll pick as many as I can and I’ll draw them as soon as I have the time!

[tashacee]

@sapphicseasapphire's wonderful cryptid bois, hanging out! I love Legend and Wild so much, they're such lil guys. Legend doesn't hate Wild! He's just Legend and Like That. Wild loves Legend. He has MANY shinys.

Thank you to @a-manicured-lawn for the idea of the Chain keeping whole ass drinks in Legend's hair lmao

[quartzlightz]

Drew Wild from @sapphicseasapphire ‘s AU - Chain as Cryptids

(Somethin ain’t right with this drawing and idk what it is but it makes me not like it😔 Maybe it’s the eyes… I don’t usually make the eyelashes— eyeliner?? So thin.)

P.s I couldn’t find the colors that went to Wars so…. I just made most of it up.

[asterias-corner]

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

Gift giving

Cryptid!wild + Cryptid!hyrule bonding <3

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

“Everything alright?”

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

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

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

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

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

“What’s up?”

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

“Thank you wild! What is it?”

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

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

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

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

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

‘Give you, make me happy, you happy’

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

“Thank you, again-“

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

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This AU belongs to @sapphicseasapphire

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

[tadc-survival-isles]

The energy/sugar rush these three are going to experience in the next 30 seconds... that poor 7 eleven employee is going to go through it /silly

I asked Krow what else should I add to this drawing before I post it and he would not stop begging me to give Remains gas station nachos... so he now has gas station nachos. He is going to get robbed in the next 3 seconds.

Remains Jax belongs to @rorydrawsandwrites and Cryptid Jax belongs to @sunifixation! :]

[britcision]

So in TotK (and I think BotW) Link will hum the game music when he’s cooking, from all the other games

And I know why they did it, it’s for us, it’s a callback

However:

Link can hear the game music

And I don’t mean just he’s heard someone play the songs somewhere else

I mean our favourite little cryptid hylian can hear all the game noises in world

So when he finds an item, Link and only Link hears the item pickup noise. He hears the monster ambush noise, he hears every sound cue in the game as it happens

No one else can hear these environmental sounds around them, when they’re triggered

They can hear Link’s humming

If he hums the item pick up jingle, they look around expecting to find something

If he hums the shrine opening noise they look for a door

Link did not do it maliciously at first, but… well, one day he was humming the fight music

And everyone around him got real tense and on edge and couldn’t explain why

Because it’s the first time they’ve ever heard that tune, but their subconscious knows what it’s supposed to mean

All the sound cues work like that; Link hears them every time, and if he makes the noise everyone else expects the cue

How much he intentionally commits crime with this new power is up to you

[cryptidclaw]

I feel like the first signs of Bluestar's failing mental stability already start to show in the first book...

Of course in actuality its just the Erins needing her to do things that don't make since for the plot but I choose to read into it anyways.

Like Bluestar choosing Tigerclaw as Deputy does not make since! She knows how violent he is, she actively has to undermine and lie to him several times because she knows that if she doesn't he will do something violent/bad. She literally secretly plans with Firepaw (a child, which is a whole other sign tbh) a plan to find Yellowfang without Tigerclaw knowing so he doesn't KILL HER.

Blue knows Tiger is a violent cat who with make brash and unfair decisions. Yet she made him Deputy when she knew he could very well become leader due to how few lives she had left. This decision does not make since. And I choose to believe that Blue is already loosing it at this point. After so many cats dying she is desperate for someone strong that she believes will not die on her like her previous deputies, she wants a cat that she can depend on to be there. So she ignores all of Tigerclaw's flaws and chooses him. She willingly stays blind to Tigerclaw's red flags too, I think her brain just cand handle processing how bad he is bec she needs him as support so she refuses to see all the alarming shit he does.

Generally I think Bluestar is just desperate for someone dependable, that she believes will not die or leave in some way. After all the people she has lost in her life she just can't handle loosing someone again. Which is also very much so shown in her relationship with fire, who she believes to be a prophecy cat... so of course he won't die on her, he is sent by Starclan.

[puppetmaster13u]

4am Cryptid Batfam Idea

Just had a sleep deprived au idea of Constantine rambling about Gotham and mentioning how it's a cesspool of curses and magic races hidden and how there's three big monster Families who run everything.

The catch is that the three families are in fact the Waynes, the Bats, and the Malones. No one knows that they're the same people, and Constantine was not aware that Batman is in the same room- and he is about to have a great time with his kids fucking with the league.

[aceftw]

when the hero dies and hylia decides to choose some forest spirit to replace him

[muttinthenest]

I'm just an animal.

Humans and I aren't the same species. Somehow, it's like they see the animal in me. Speak to me as rarely as they can, skirt around where I step like I'm a danger to them. They speak in a language I don't recognize, make quips about how ragged I look, how uncanny my behaviour is, and how sharp these teeth and claws I hold look in their eyes.

I am not built the same as them. My mind and body are made from different flesh. And they can tell. They can tell just from looking at me. Not one of us, I see the thought behind their eyes. I can't understand the concept that one of them could not be a danger to me, that any of them don't want to hurt me the way they have my whole life. I snarl and bite my teeth at them, then cover my mouth in hot shame. I can't even mimic their rage.

My teeth are inhuman and monstrous. I look at them in the mirror and see a wide animal maw staring back at me. I learned early to not smile or laugh in a way that shows them off. Humans don't like when a beast bares it's teeth at them.

My voice is garbled and broken, throat damaged from mimicking a language my vocal chords didn't evolve to speak. I used to take comfort in growling, snarling, crowing, screaming. It became clear that did nothing but scare them. I stopped.

Finding ones that aren't a danger is almost worse. Longing. I can be a good animal for you. Bite my tongue and hide my teeth away from you. Never speak so you can say anything you want to me. I can lay on the floor so you don't have to share your furniture with a filthy creature. Let me stay, I can be a good animal for you. I would be so good at it.

I'm as much a human as I am a rock or a leaf in the dirt below their feet.

[tea-slur]

Hi friends!! I wanted to remind all of you that these patches (and so much more fun stuff) are up for sale on my ko-fi shop, which you can find using the linktree in my bio, or using this link right here!!

I am in the process of adding a whole bunch of pins and buttons to the shop to add to what I already have, so let me know if there is something you’d specifically like to see!

[sapphicseasapphire]

No thoughts, just Cryptid Wild.

[nicmares404]

Cryptid Sightings my beloved. I loved this story so much!

@naffeclipse Aghhhhh this chapter shattered my soul. I wanted to shake MC so badly!! Like I understand their thought process, but man 😭 /lh

(This took absolutly forever to make. I had no idea what I was doing half the time, but hey, it worked out lol.)

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(Looks naked without the text lol)

[asterias-corner]

uhmmmm this lil guy has been rotating in my brain like microwavable Mac n cheese all day

He spots the shiny >:)

(au by sapphicseasapphire!) sorries for tagging twice in a day! Hope you don’t mind!

[lilcreaturethingfromthewoods]

Honestly, this might be an unpopular opinion, but I think botw Zelda is definitely far weirder (affectionate) than people give her credit for being and the only reason she appears to fit the image of a princess is because of her upbringing. I mean, this girl goes out by herself, wears leggings, crawls around on all fours, catches frogs with her bare hands and you're telling me that that is how princesses are expected to act?

I firmly believe that if Zelda had a) no big important fate-of-the-world-rests-on-your-shoulders expectations, b) a healthy parental figure that doesn't die and c) the free rein to be as weird and un-princessy as she wanted, she would have become a far more well-adjusted and self-confident character far sooner (not to mention more feral cryptid Zelda would have been glorious).

[cryptidclaw]

Smudge is literally so unbothered by seeing Fire again like... why do ppl act like he's sad and alone without him??? When Firepaw found him in the forest Smudge was shown to be completely content with his life and not at all upset about Fire being gone.

They both moved on!! They grew up!! Why do ppl act like Fire abandoned Smudge to be alone forever???