#hwaoc link

[mylonelydreaming]

I still love this official Age of Calamity art. They let him be very slightly dirty/bloody. As a treat

[villian555]

You are Link yes, but Link is NOT you. He is his own character, as much as some of you want to pretend he isn't at all:

He is sweet, honest, has insecurities. Has worries. Cares

As fun as "manwhore tarzan gremlin" Link can be in fan content, far too many people treat that as canon just because of popular memes or fanart. When in reality, he's more like. a serious and awkward teen who makes an occasional joke every now and then.

It sometimes feels like people forget he's meant to be a loyal knight and a hero

Just because YOU don't care about anything or Princess Zelda, etc, doesn't mean that Link also doesn't care.

[junietuesday]

i make myself laugh sometimes 💙

[itzurhomiesky]

post work out sesh

bonus:

tfw u and ur bestie accidentally dropped spicy info about urselves so now it's a race of who gets to ask a question first so u can change the topic quickly (wow very specific and relatable)

[chimpukampu]

This is how Link was brought to the Shrine of Resurrection 

[ladyrijus]

Sometimes I wonder how the Age of Calamity's Hyrule is faring in terms of The Upheaval, because if you think about it... The Upheaval takes place one hundred and some years after the Calamity has been sealed, until Rauru's hand no longer has the strength and vitality to hold Ganondorf and his Gloom in place.

Our Princess Zelda and her chosen knight, Link, have long since passed. They served their purpose in turning the Calamity away, a wretched evil that was the one and only of its kind. No one ever thought to question why the Calamity came from the castle, no one ever thought to look underground. Instead, everyone dedicated their lives to the mysteries the Sheikah technology held. It was an era of sacred peace and scientific progress.

But imagine: A princess whose stubbornness rivals that of her grandmother who sealed the Calamity, who refuses to listen to the warnings her father gives her and decides to go underground alone to satiate her burning curiosity about the Gloom plaguing their people. Was she not to seek wisdom, like all the women before her? She will not stand to let either her ancestors, or her citizens, down.

It's all a blur after that, really. The murals, the hand, the stone, the man. And now she's thrown into a different world, alone, and at the mercy of two strange figures. The founders of Hyrule they tell her, and really, she should be more excited. So much to ask, so much to know! But all she can think about is going back home, because what has she done? Her father is still in that castle. The last thing she remembers is the ground crumbling under her. Hylia help her, she must go back.

We don't know what becomes of him, or the people in that castle. All we know, is that the Impa we know and love and her family are still alive to deal with this fallout of a different calamity. This time, there are no instructions on what to do, no leads. Just another myth of the past turned to fact; this one, however, speaks of seven sages, which vastly differs from the four champions Hyrule has grown to dignify.

But where could they find sages, the Sheikah elder wonders, in a world where neither princess nor hero are to be found?

[shentheauthor]

MY GOD THIS BIRD IS FUCKING GAY!!!!!!!

[mistress-light]

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

[jadedrrose]

Text posts as Zelda characters, pt 3

[incorrect-revalink]

replaying hwaoc because i can’t buy totk until i finish my finals so have some out of context bitchy revali

link, trying his best:

revali: you’re ridiculous

zelda: i swear to hylia

mipha: don’t do that

zelda: what?

mipha: swear to hylia

revali: why? i swear to valoo all the time

mipha: and look where that got you

revali, looking at link: shit you’re right

~~~

revali, at his wedding: LOOK WHERE SWEARING TO VALOO GOT ME MIPHA

zelda: I TOLD YOU I WAS FINE SWEARING TO HYLIA IS THIS WHY IT TOOK SO LONG???

[snail-studios]

send me art requests...

[mylonelydreaming]

Something I find interesting is the implication female knights and members of the military did exist in pre-calamity Hyrule, we just never see them. Link's swordmaster who trained him was a woman according to Age of Calamity. I think about this off-screen character sometimes because she must have been an insane swordsman in her own right to have taught Link sword techniques.

[villian555]

Personally, I think Zelda and Link still end up together in Age of Calamity. They literally flirt constantly in that game....

Just because Mipha is alive doesn't mean it would happen 🤷‍♀️

Not to mention that the armor description for the Zora armor is basically making a joke of it in English ("It's probably fine to be wearing this. Probably.") and "Is it really okay to wear this??" in Japanese. Because that's toootally how someone who accepts a proposal acts. Uh huh.

[doesrevali]

goes on ao3 looking for older revalink fanfics, realizes that some have been deleted, gets sad

[itzurhomiesky]

"For... me?"

hii im still alive and back with some revalink <33

[blueblend]

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