#hw: aoc

[nocturnalfandomdoodles]

WHAT IF THE EGG HATCHED!!!!!!!!!!

[frickingnerd]

you're the only exception

pairing: sooga x gn!reader

summary: you distract sooga while he works - but does he mind?

tags: silly & wholesome fluff, (implied) yiga!reader

“is there a reason you're staring at me?”

sooga didn't even need to look at you, his eyes still glued to the weapon in his hands that he was sharpening. it shouldn't come as a surprise that one of the top yiga in the clan was able to detect someone sneaking around him so easily.

“i just wanted to see what you're doing, that's all~”

you chirmed and stepped out of the shadows, allowing yourself to observe sooga from a bit closer, as he diligently continued to sharpen his weapon.

“you're distracting me… please, leave…”

sooga still didn't even look at you. it was hard to believe you really were as distractive as he made you out to be. and so, you continued to stay, going as far as sitting down next to him and leaning against his side, as you watched him.

“you know… i would've killed anyone else, if they had dared to get this close to me…” sooga sighed and put away the weapon, before turning to finally face you. “you're lucky i love you, otherwise you'd be six feet under by now”

[imaginethezeldaverse]

Thoughts on Sooga?

Oh you mean that giant hulking mass of a man with the loyalty of a golden retriever and the ability to probably split a tree with his bare hands? Love him.

Here’s a few headcanons I have:

He’s a great listener. He’s the strong silent type, for sure, but given his Yiga lineage, he's learned that listening carefully (be it when someone's talking or in your surroundings) is the best way to have the upper hand. In this case, it would be having the upper hand on being someone you can trust.

His favorite banana-made food item is a banana upside down cake.

Has carried Master Kohga on his back more times than he can count. Keeps himself in the best of shape in order to do so because Master Kohga is NOT light.

The deep cut in his mask was left from the only person other than Link to be able to get any sort of hit on him. A former Yiga, who, in a blind fit of rage at the death of his wife (Sooga's doing by orders of Master Kohga in recompense for treason), hurled his eightfold longblade at Sooga's head before being restrained.

Meditates on top of the Gerudo Highland mountains every morning in order to start his day.

[science-lings]

you guys remember that fic i started over a year ago about Wild being taken to the aoc timeline and he takes it upon himself to fix everything but he’s also kind of hiding his identity and Wolf Link is there, anyway uh, I finished chapter 2

READ IT

[demiboydemon]

[hylianchampion17]

“the Princess, Knight.”

we are so back!! i’m glad to be drawing zelink again. i love the princess/knight dynamic so much!!

credit to Asoiaf Rarepairs on tumblr for the reference :)

[moonteaa]

Zelda doodles!! ✨🤍🌿

[theauthorandtheartist]

I had a dream the other night that i can't stop thinking about, where a new LOZ game was released in a similar vein to TOTK, except instead of collecting sages like in that game, there was a series of dungeons/temples that were directly tied to other LOZ games, and at the end, you gained the ability to summon the avatar/ghost of the hero from said game -like the TOTK sages- to help on your quest (and get a fun power up). All of the links would have stilted dialogue with you at first, but as the game goes on they get more friendly and at the end of the game theres a cutscene where they all "move on" and it's super emotional cuz by this point they're all brothers (player-link actually emotes during this cutscene, the only time he does so, for an extra punch in the gut). I don't remember all of the details, but what I do remember was:

A Palace of the Four Sword dungeon where you gained the Link(s) from FSA. FSA Link was the simplest in terms of abilities, the avatar would split into 4 and distract enemies/fight alongside you. Pretty sure this was the first one/tutorial temple. Later on this link gives you a sidequest after which you gain the Four Sword as a weapon (its the second strongest in the game behind the master sword).

A Tower of Winds dungeon where you got Minish Cap Link to tag along. He allows you to shrink for short periods of time to get through locked doors/escape danger. Don't remember much about this dungeon except that there's a timer to get through it before yiu have to start over.

Forest temple/great deku tree/kokiri forest type place where Oot/MM link joins up with you. He allows you to rewind time for a little bit (basically the recall ability but on everything including you). Later on He gives a sidequest that results in obtaining the Fierce Deity Mask (best armor in the game).

Arbiter grounds dungeon where you get TP link. He's basically a glorified horse; you ride him around.

Tower of the Gods dungeon where you get WW/PH Link to tag along. He's like Revali's Gale and Tulin's gust in one.

The dungeon to get the Master Sword is like the Skyview Temple, and to be allowed to draw it you must beat SS Link as the final boss of the temple, After which he joins you on your quest. He allows you to do skyward strikes with any one handed weapon.

A secret, optional dungeon that you only unlock by falling asleep on this random island. It's kohohlit. The only avatars/ghosts that you can access here are OoT/MM Link and WW/PH Link (because PH was a dream and MM was an alternate reality). By the end, You get Alttp/albw/LA link who can put enemies to sleep for a time. Later he gives you a sidequest to get ravio's bracelet, which opens up a few easter eggs and secret loot.

Other links/games were included as easter eggs but they don't stick around. BOTW/TOTK Link is a recurring ghostly NPC who you can find in all the weirdest places, offering seemingly nonsensical trades that change every time you see him (10 frogs for 13 bombs, a ruby for an apple pie, 35 monster parts for a single ancient arrow, etc). There's a few places around hyrule where you see two-bit LOZ1/LOZ2 Link just vibing. ST Link takes the place of Purah or Robbie as the eccentric scientist/engineer who will upgrade your stuff if you bring him materials, and he can also upgrade your ghost-Link-friend's abilities as well since he's -y'know- Hero of Spirits.

There's murals in the castle from Cadence of Hyrule, and there's "ancient history books" about HW and AoC. Throughout Hyrule you'll meet various NPCs claiming to be from different countries here to see "the birthplace of the hero of Holodrum/Labrynnia/Calatia."

Various Zelda's would show up too. You get a sidequest where you have to sneak aboard a ghost pirate ship. It's Tetra's. There's a mysterious sheikah warrior who repeatedly accosts you on your travels to loredump and test if you're ready to fight the big bad. She only ever brings you down to half heart, at which point she makes a disappponted comment and leaves. you aren't able to beat her until near endgame, at which point she reveals herself as sheik, has a brief conversation with Oot/MM Link, gives you some cryptic foreshadowing advice and a few fairies, and dips. BOTW/TOTK zelda is similar to her link since she can be found all over the place, but she deals exclusively in ancient materials and dragon parts. TP Zelda gives lore/exposition when you finally make it to the castle, right before the big bad fight.

Big bad is an amalgamation of all ganons/ganondorfs/big bads across the timelines. He telegraphs attacks via shifting forms to look like various bad guys (forms tentacles like bellum and Majora (at the same time) before slam attack, gets blue pig face before charge attack, long purple vaati hair and bat wings before AOE gust attack, scales up his arm and X on face before big AOE lightning blast, and big fuck-all sword and gerudo features before slashing. 2nd phase has it split into like 5 separate beings to fight you and all your friends at once (each one has different features: one is similar to bellum/majora, one is more beast-ganon, one more demise, one Vaati-esque one, and one Ganondorf-like one). The music is harsh and disjointed, cobbled together from many other games, and the noises that the beast makes are screeching and painful.

By the end of the game, there's a big deal made by SS link that you are the final Link in the cycle, that it's over, that you finished what he couldn't. There's a sense of hope, but also of sorrow, since all your new friends are leaving now. They're ghosts, they're dead, they've done their duty and it's time for them to rest. Before they go, though, each one gives you one last gift (the ability they've been helping you with this whole time) and one last sidequest (one for each of them) for you to accomplish: find their treasures, keep them safe.

Post game is you running around without the ghosts (FSA Link's ability duplicates you now, giving you 3 buddies to fight with, but they can't give dialogue and they last like 30 seconds so it's not the samel), doing mini-dungeons and fetch-quests in order to obtain major key items (all old and unusable anymore) from the Links' adventures, (the Beetle, goddess harp, spinner, shards of the fused shadow, deku/goron/Zora masks, gnat hat, various kinstones, pictobox, deku leaf, LA instruments, Ocarina of Time, wind waker, etc) and some from games not mentioned previously or not from your gaggle of links, (Harp of ages, rod of seasons, silver arrows, a doppel, ST panpipes, a revival doll, Cadence of Hyrule Lute, HW blue Scarf, old and broken Terrako, champion's tunic, BOTW champion's picture, trirod, etc). In post-game, there are new NPCs to replace the links/zeldas that used to fill those niches, but it's not the same. They're gone. It's a bittersweet feeling.

After you finish all the post game and get all the treasures (basically 100%ing the game), you get an achievement called "archive of the ages" and a special cutscene where Player Link sets the Master sword down on the side of his bed, looks out the window of his house at the brilliantly setting sun, smiles, and falls asleep. You may no longer play on that save file anymore. The adventure is over.

Basically I dreamt up a game that was a love letter to the entire series, and I'm sad it was just a dream. Logically i know this will never happen because that would mean tying up LOZ and it's too much of a cash cow for Nintendo to ever stop making, but it was a wonderful dream to have for a little while.

[cupcakegal25]

more botw/hw:aoc and @dear-ao3

bonus totk:

[readwritebeawesome]

does this make sense to anyone...

ignore that tulin's image is from totk

(meme template by @gallusrostromegalus here)

[sunset-peril]

I am a big fan of the egg hatching

WHAT IF THE EGG HATCHED!!!!!!!!!!

[sweetblueberrymuffin]

I imagine Astor was very confused when he first entered the Yiga clan.

[jitterdogart]

A Teba to go with my Revali post

[theseveredspirit]

Age of Calamity is a HOLY send from Nintendo, because what do you mean we get to play as our Favorite Champions and have them to survive the Calamity and get the happy ending they deserve we know they needed?

Even moreso, they were able to interact with each other in wholesomeness and along with their Century Apart Successors???

I couldn't even imagine how excited everyone was during this time 😭 (I'm 4 years late into this)

[demiboydemon]

[hotstreak2k3]