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casiavium · 1 year

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As his sight began to blur with glowing light, Link caught sight of a woman remarkably like Zelda, blonde hair whipping in the wind as she watched on with centuries of suffering etched into her face. Milky eyes saw through the storm and into his soul, his in only name but hers to command for the countless reincarnations to come. Her tattered, bloodstained sleeve showcased the struggles of the gods as she raised a hand to banish him, fingers outstretched in a warning, not a goodbye.

Hylia is going to be soooo cool in this fic

#she's persephone for the plot but hecate in design #cherrywrites #for the orpheus/eurydice ghiralink fic #it's at 4000 words and I haven't even gotten to ghirahim. I wrote in days what it took me months to write for dc/us ;-;

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casiavium · 7 months

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I didn't really have a song in mind for Link to be playing in my ghiralink Orpheus and Eurydice fic—mostly just unnamed song in an unfamiliar language because that was easy lol—but I'm listening to Zelda music and I think it would be fun if it was Laruto's Lament :) it's a simple harp melody, and the lyrics are in Latin, which would call back to the Greco-Roman origin of the myth:

Ad idem, Ad infinitum

In memoriam, cor unum

vi et armis, vale

As is the same eternally

in memory, one heart

with strength and arms (weapons), farewell

The Latin isn't... great. Also I did the translation while listening to the song so I may be

If you look it up online the most popular translation is

Ad Idem (Of the same mind) *idk where they got mind from, and ad mean to/towards not of

Ad Infinitum (Without Limit)

In Memoriam (In memory)

Cor Unum (One heart)

Vi et Armis (By force and arms) *vi et armis is ablative, so it could be with or by, usually determined by context that doesn't exist here. This translation went for a darker interpretation

Vale (Farewell)

We share one mind

Time cannot bind us

Remember

The heart we share

Now the enemy arms destroy me

Farewell

Which isn't exactly what it's saying but works well enough!

#it fits the sequel I haven't written where Link and Ghirahim become permanent inhabitants of the temple #the sequel if from botw Zelda's pov visiting the spring of power and sws Link shows up as a spirit to guide her #because he was also 'late' in becoming the hero and seen as weaker than his previous counterpart(s)#but he succeeded #and he's kind of like. do you really want hylia to answer you? this action will have consequences #Ghirahim's there but sulking in his sword form for some reason. Link mentions him and warns Zelda that botw Link should avoid him #and it would get into what I set up from the previous fic about how Ghirahim can only be drawn by someone who is worthy and would except #the dark power without changing it #mostly it would be a link&zelda thing #I'm just thinking about sws Link who in an Orpheus/Eurydice situation took Ghirahim's curse on himself as well #and is now stuck with him forever but in like an underworld spirit-y kind of way #the spring of power being revered by Hylians as the place where Hylia trapped Demise's sword #because power is usually associated with ganondorf and therefore the hylians see it as bad #and sws Link there to tell all who come after him asking the gods for help to hurry up fate or change it or something #that it doesn't work #also I like the song #ghiralink

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