#hcau oracle

[merriclo]

hey. hero’s call au.

i remembered that i can indeed make stupid shit about my au and decided that this is how i should introduce Minish’s design and the fact that Oracle fucking hates Mask. context for the vio one under the cut lmao

fsa gives great advice, truly

[merriclo]

first sketch dump i’ve done in a while! don’t look at the last one of your sensitive to dead pigs (it ain’t graphic like. at all but just in case)

as always these guys are from the hero’s call au :)

[merriclo]

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hey guys look it’s oracle and mask’s design ideas. ignore that i forgot oracle’s leg scars

[merriclo]

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yeah i’ve made granny syrup’s design before i’ve made multiple of the main characters’ what abt it

[merriclo]

anyways here’s a list of all the (current) hcau links’ gender, pronouns, sexuality, and any partners they may have/have had. i’ve been queering these bitches since the very beginning

Hero - he/him, he’s too busy with.. well everything to think about his gender or sexuality, has a very complicated relationship with Hylia

Loft - he/they, in the midst of exploring their gender but for now is settled on trans man, bisexual, in a very committed relationship with his Zelda (and is planning to propose soon!!)

Minish - they/them, agender, demi + ace, just started dating their Zelda

Prism - he/him, cis man, bisexual, engaged to his Zelda

Mask - they/he, their gender is complicated but they don’t want to explain so they just say trans man, bisexual, not quite dating Malon yet but very very close (also has a minor crush on Sheik)

Oracle - he/him, trans man, pansexual, he is very far back in the closet so he’s not dating anyone but he was admittedly kind of into Ralph, and under different circumstances he could’ve loved Zelda, too (see this short wip) (also he’s so not over Marin)

Lorule - she/he/they, genderfluid, pan + ace, has the fattest fucking crush on Ravio

Rhythm - he/him, questioning gender, queer, hasn’t figured out if their feelings for his Zelda are platonic or not

Traveler - he/they/it, non-binary, aroace, he and one of its Zeldas jokingly flirt all the time bc they think it’s hilarious but they’re actually just super good friends

Wolf - he/him, cis man, bisexual, not in a relationship because he’s probably never going to get over Midna

Red - he/they, genderqueer, queer, still crushing on Erune

Green - he/him, cis man, bisexual, single

Blue - she/her, trans woman, lesbian, head over heals for her Zelda but refuses to admit it (everyone knows)

Vio - they/she, transfem non-binary, bi + demi + ace, has a…. complicated relationship with Shadow

Wind - he/him, trans man, bisexual, dating Tetra and is so proud of it

Spirit - she/her, trans girl, lesbian, has the biggest crush on her Zelda

Ages - he/him, cis man, pansexual, single but used to have a crush on Ravio during the war

Champion - he/they, was too busy studying the blade to consider their gender or sexuality or any romantic feelings (painfully oblivious to the fact that they have feelings for both Mipha and Zelda)

Wild - any/all pronouns, genderqueer, pansexual, dating her Zelda

here are also some side characters that are queer to some degree!!

Malon - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, very very close to dating Mask (and thinks Sheik is cute, too)

Mask’s Sheik (child timeline) - he/him, trans man, bisexual, not dating anyone but has a fat fucking crush on Mask and Malon

Pipit - he/him, trans man, straight, engaged to Karane

Marin - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, was dating Oracle

Champion’s Zelda - she/her, cis woman, bisexual, has a huge crush on both Champion and Mipha

Ravio - he/him, cis man, queer, has the fattest fucking crush on Lorule

of course there are other characters who aren’t mentioned here that have gotten hit by the queerification beam, but these are all i’ve decided on/can think of at the moment!!

[merriclo]

S. Late shoudl be aslorp rrn but sendig u an ask for.... Bkrobo blingo for ur linkversd

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dragon thank you so fucking much for asking but please take a nap. also i am literally incapable of choosing a favorite. have six different guys w this template

i have so many more links that i could do this for too. they never end. i even have non link characters. this has consumed me.

anyhow. hcau amiright. also Traveler’s aroace just so y’all know. he gets bitches for the bit.

[merriclo]

have some fun facts abt my Links while i finish chapter one of hcau:

Prism and Wind are dyslexic :)

whenever Wild doesn’t want to go through the effort of explaining something, they’ll just say it came to them via divine intervention. Loft believes it every time.

Lorule has never lost a game of dominos. they have no strategy, they bet on blind luck and blind luck only and it always works. Ravio took it upon himself to set up little dominos tournaments at festivals or other town events.

Wind is banned from said domino tournaments due to his excessive cursing.

Wolf constantly tries to teach Spirit how to wrestle. Spirit refuses to learn (it scares her)

Mask can fuck it up on the fiddle

everyone thought Ages was gonna use his “Queen’s Bestie” privileges to meddle with politics even more than his job allows but nope! he just uses it to get access to the royal library. fucking nerd.

Wild and Loft both love bell peppers

Wind is besties with both Mask and Oracle. Oracle fucking despises Mask. Wind is desperately trying to convince Oracle that Mask is actually Rlly Fuckin Cool (tm). success levels vary.

Traveler doesn’t own a bedroll. he sleeps in the dirt. if they’re at an inn it’ll sleep outside anyways. they love it.

Wind is very superstitious

Oracle just straight up fistfights monsters sometimes

Wild’s a mouth-breather

Loft stole one of Kolokto’s swords. don’t ask me how he just did.

Oracle has one of his wanted posters nailed above his bed. he thinks it’s funny. no one else shares this opinion.

during hyrule warriors Mask got a wizzro in a corner and just beat the everliving fuck out of it

Wolf is an adult man horse girl

Red, Green, Blue, and Vio all have the thickest scottish accent

[merriclo]

> from the Hero’s Call AU <

here’s some redesigns, as well as a few links y’all have never seen before: Vio and Mask!! (and ravio and wolf but they’re in goober form so they barely count <3)

as always, sorry if it’s blurry or a little tilted, i don’t have my glasses still and i can’t rlly tell if it’s good quality or not T.T

[merriclo]

I don't know yuore oc names uuuhh. does mario kart exist in your world. if it did who wld yr characters main

AHAJDKKA THANK YOU FOR ASKING <3

so the OCs i mainly refer to on this blog are my hero’s call au characters so, tragically, mario kart would not exist in their world :( BUT this is such a funny question that i’m answering it anyway. modern au time bitch. answers below the cut bc damn that’s a lot of guys

going with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe here because that was what first came up when i googled Mario Kart :)

Hero: Luigi. god bless this man he does not know anything about the Mario franchise outside of the first few Mario games. he chose Luigi over Mario because he likes green more than red. (plus he asked Spirit if that was a good choice and she said he was fine so)

Loft: Yoshi. he likes the look of him and he always felt really bad for dropping him into the abyss when playing Mario as a kid so this is a sort of apology

Minish: Toad. they can do a perfect impression of Toad and is not afraid to use it to terrify people.

Prism: either Dry Bowser or Princess Daisy. listen okay this guy is an elite gamer and also a huge fucking nerd, so obviously he’s crunched the numbers; he also really likes Game Theory and watched that one video where MatPat claimed that Dry Bowser (and a specific kart build that i don’t remember) was the fastest. bUt he’s also kind and hates absolutely obliterating his friends every single time, so he tones it down and chooses Princess Daisy (her specifically because his fiancée, Zelda, loves Daisy. if it weren’t for her he’d be Villager Male.)

Mask: Shy Guy. little guy with mask 🤝 little guy with mask.

Oracle: Bowser. this bitch is here to win, but, unlike Prism, he doesn’t have the time to crunch the numbers. so he just.. googled what the best build is and goes with that

Lorule: Birdo. trans rep.

Traveler: Waluigi. he’s obnoxious as hell what else do you expect of it.

Wolf: it’s between Cat Peach and Donkey Kong. HE’S A FURRY he loves both cats and monkeys, but he chooses Cat Peach a little bit more often because he’s also a #feminist

Red: Isabelle. Red is an Animal Crossing player at his core. plus he also loves dogs very much

Green: Dry Bowser. this man is a strategist at heart, he’s gonna do his research and perform as best as he can. though he’s a little embarrassed about how much effort he’s put in to Mario Kart

Blue: Bowser. it’s the exact same story as Oracle: she’s here to fucking win. bUt she isn’t an absolute loser and so just quickly googles who the best is and goes with it. tragically, she’s horrible at video games and loses almost every single time.

Vio: King Boo. she is a huge fuckin nerd, but just not in the video game way. she has no damn clue who to choose, and ends up picking King Boo because ghosts are fun, and definitely not because Shadow mained King Boo. definitely not that at all—

Wind: Inkling Girl. this guy is pretty good at all games, with the single exception of racing games. so, when it comes to Mario Kart, he relies on the wisdom of his little sister, Aryll, who consistently mops the floor with him whenever they play. she mains Inkling Girl, and he hopes and prays that that’ll let him at least not come in at dead last.

Spirit: Dry Bowser and Princess Peach. yet another person who’s a complete and utter nerd. i’ve mentioned this before, but Spirit loves optimization. she’s an engineer, she’s gonna figure out the best combinations and she’s gonna figure them out fast. but, just like Prism, she’s actually nice and doesn’t want to straight up obliterate everyone she plays with, so Princess Peach. (ngl i was tempted to say Birdo again because trans rep but Spirit is such a Princess Peach girlie.)

Ages: Mario. while Ages is also a huge strategy guy, he’s not really a fan of competitive games. give him a pokémon game and he’ll do fantastic, but a racing game?? ehh…. truth be told, he mostly plays story driven games, so he’s very lost in a competitive setting. same story as Hero, really, lmao. they both go for the ole reliables.

Wild: Toad. she saw a little dude with a fat ass mushroom hat and immediately decided to main him. oh and he can also do a perfect impression of Toad. do not leave them and Minish in the same room together or else they will both lose their voices from talking like Toad for hours.

Champion: Wendy O. Koopa. this man(?) is an enigma, no one knows why. he probably doesn’t either.

Rhythm: Waluigi. he’s a middle school band kid for fuck’s sake, of course he’s gonna choose fucking Waluigi.

sorry for any and all typos and tense changes, and thank you again for this question Strawb <3 it’s very fun i had a blast answering it, even if i had to google a lot since i rarely ever play Mario Kart lmao

[merriclo]

dialogue is: “the fuck happened to your moral compass?” “pawned it for some cash =)”

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have some low quality Oracle and Wind!! this is actually false information because Oracle isn’t taller than Wind by a long shot ahajsja woopsies

[merriclo]

ayo i found old doodles of Oracle and his Zelda and oml they’re so adorable i love these two sm

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[merriclo]

uhh anyways. i was testing out an idea for Oracle and his Zelda’s relationship so here have a wip i wrote late last night. warning it’s a little angsty ig lmao

this is for hcau, but it can be read separately from it

Zelda bites into the apple, and the flavors twist her lips into a smile. Juice drips and stickies her fingers, sliding all the way down to the pearly bracelets on her wrist, but the way she looks at Link tells him she doesn’t mind.

His laugh is warm against the cool autumn day. “They turn out okay?” he asks, and Zelda nods enthusiastically.

“More than just okay, give yourself some credit,” she says once she’s swallowed.

“Well, I’ll make sure to send a bunch to the castle for you, then.”

She makes no attempt to hide the way her face lights up, and it occurs to Link that, maybe, if things were just slightly different, he could have loved her. Maybe if they weren’t chained to the triforce, if she wasn’t a princess, or if he was born right and didn’t lose himself in dreams, then maybe he might’ve just loved her.

Of course, the very thought appalls him, the selfishness of loving her on purpose, but that doesn’t stop it from lingering, from staying there in the back of his mind as he watches Zelda enjoy the fruits of his labor.

Link knows he can never tell her, so he settles for sitting back and watching the girl with the lemon hair eat in his orchard.

idk if this is coherent like at all but i’m obsessed with the “maybe in a different life we could have loved each other” trope. it’s so good. maybe expect more of these idiots and their stupid narrative by which they’re both doomed. i love them both i promise

[merriclo]

writing something for hero’s call rn and lmao rip oracle he goes from being a complete hermit and only rlly talking to the local witch and her granddaughter to being constantly surrounded by over a dozen other heroes, one of which he has an intense and undying hatred for

[merriclo]

blorbo sheet game thing - your Oracle

i love how most of the asks i get abt hcau are abt Oracle. everyone loves this funky little guy (for good reason)

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[merriclo]

okok so i realized that i can’t actually reveal the actual most fucked up stuff and that i have to keep it sort of vague as to not spoil stuff, but here ya go. just in case tw for violence, hypothermia, and the topic of abuse

Ages killed his dad and doesn’t exactly feel bad about doing so.

unbeknownst to Ages, Mask saw the entire murder take place and has never said a thing

the entirety of Lorule’s family is constantly engaged in like,, a psychological war, of which he is not entirely innocent. granted, she was like 14 when she left

after the events of four swords adventure, Blue, at the start of an identity crisis, cut off all contact with her siblings and left, leaving only a three sentence long note. she briefly became an ice harvester, where she ended up contracting mild-hypothermia. after recovering, she worked as a farmhand on a ranch nine hours away from her family. it took her seven more months to return home.

Vio’s entire betrayal of her family and then of Shadow are definitely up there, but she also caused mass devastation while working with Shadow. the entire situation (which lasted over a year) left them with pretty grey morals. oh and also they did actually stab Green.

huge spoilers if i elaborate any further but Oracle says some fucked up things to Mask

Ages helped lead a war. i trust y’all understand what that means.

the main villain of the series (Keeva) is a cult leader who purposefully manipulates an innocent and traumatized little girl into doing a lot of her dirty work. she also kills someone very important to one of the characters by bludgeoning them w a brick to the mouth

what if i dropped the most fucked yo things my Links have done. what then.

[merriclo]

hey so there’s been major adjustments to the hero’s call AU. i seriously might just not post anything else abt it and just start publishing the fic and posting any needed info alongside it. like whenever a new character is introduced i’ll post their basic information and all and that’s like. it. hajskdkak

i’ll still keep the original posts up (as well as any oneshots n such) but, save Foraging for Fuck Knows What, they’re not entirely canon anymore. almost every character has had such a major change to them made that lots of it is now very inaccurate!! the general ideas and concepts that i had and the directions i were taking are largely still the same (with a few exceptions) though, so if u had a favorite they’ll probably be decently similar <3