#loz coh

[atropazar]

I had to

[rartandcomicprogress]

Yayyy! Drawings!

Going to do these digitally too so they can have color

First one, Octavo doing magic stuff

Second one, Crypt of the Necrodancer heart thing with a glowing… something behind it

Progress photos!

[sefiaazure]

Octavo sketch for fun

[vaalnii]

I finished Octavo much faster than i finished Vaati, i wasn’t as confused on what to do for the shading, since i kept looking back at Vaati to keep it consistent

my favourite music boyo is done, now onto Shadow, and then i sketch out Reborn & Wrath

maybe i’ll also continue with Ravio & Astor as well, but i don’t know much about Astor since i haven’t played AoC yet

Vaati!

Shadow!

[oh-frick-its-cinnamon]

Full page for fellow octavo nerds!! colored background/closer version of the main drawing is Here!

Him being a descendant of Vaati is real to me and I give him fluffy features because that minish/monster blood has to show up somewhere. Ignore how shitty i draw vaati, I don't think i've given him the light of day in ages but I'll draw him more maybe.

[thelittlelegends]

THE LITTLE LEGENDS

This is a blog for sharing and spreading love for the smaller Zelda games in the fandom!

For everyone crying over Spirit Tracks being forgotten, to people who wish someone else remembered the struggle to find a fourth player for Four Swords or sobbing at the end of online co-op for Tri Force Heroes – this is a home to join others in that love. Mainline and third-party Zelda games are all included!

The criteria for which Zelda games count as “small” is hard to quantify. To make things easier, we went by the numbers posted to Archive of Our Own, which has the option to disambiguate which game you’re writing for and is the current best-known fanfiction site. From there, we removed some things to try and narrow it down to core game fics and picked everything that was under 1000 works.

The resulting list of Zelda games is as follows:

CDI games = 14

Zelda cartoon = 29

Cadence of Hyrule = 50

Tri Force Heroes = 51

Oracle of Seasons = 76

Oracle of Ages = 85

Zelda II: Adventure of Link = 93

Zelda (1986) = 180

Spirit Tracks = 183

Phantom Hourglass = 191

Link’s Awakening = 256

Link to the Past = 260

Minish Cap = 290

Four Swords = 359

Four Swords Adventures = 423

A Link Between Worlds = 587

Wind Waker = 739

Some of this will be a case of poor tagging, and things winding up in the wrong place. (eg. Four Swords has 1200 entries, but upon removing all Four Swords Adventures or Manga story tags it reduces to 359.) Others may not be here at all because nobody has posted it under it’s own name vs a related game or “& Related Fandoms.”

While this means these numbers are not absolute, they still represent the problem: it’s hard to find content for your favourite games if it's in the list above, and we want to fix that!

WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL?

The event we’re planning is very chill, very low-stakes way of building up interest and knowledge, and then collecting and sharing fanworks produced.

The event month will be AUGUST, 2024.

Every few days in August we’ll make a post for each game on the list (and any bonus games that were highlighted alongside the main ones), which people can reblog with a link to the fanwork they created! You can also make your own posts and tag the blog plus the game of the day but we cannot promise to see and reblog everything.

In the lead-up to August, we will be doing round-up posts for each of the above games.

Some will be doubled up and treated as “bonuses” due to their small pool of fans (CDI, the Cartoon), and if there are some we don’t know about we may take them on as suggestions!

Each of these initial game posts will include basic stats about the game: when they were released, on what hardware, where you can find them now, and what their story was. It will also include links to a walkthrough or two, for those without access to the necessary hardware.

The purpose of these posts is to be shared!

Reblog them with your favourite artwork, current fanworks you love and adore, your favourite AU they’re featured in! Share the lore you wish everyone knew, and the characters who get forgotten!

Share prompts you’ve never gotten around to using, or ones you don’t feel competent to handle!

Do not feel bad about doing this! Every exchange or event I’ve been in, people desperately wanted prompts and ideas to spark their own imagination!

The goal is for people to learn more about games that they may have never heard of before, or not had the time or ability to engage with in full on their own. And from there we can push up those numbers on AO3 for everyone to enjoy!

The scheduled games to be “main” features of this event, and their respective introductory dates, are as follows:

May 5th = Minish Cap

May 12th = Zelda II: AoL

May 19th = Oracle of Ages / Oracle of Seasons

May 26th = Cadence of Hyrule

June 2nd = Phantom Hourglass

June 9th = Four Swords Adventures / Four Swords [Game]

June 16th = Link’s Awakening

June 23rd = Zelda (1986)

June 30th = Link to the Past

July 7th = Tri Force Heroes

July 14th = Spirit Tracks

July 21st = Link Between Worlds

July 28th = Wind Waker

Exact dates for the posting schedule of new fanworks in August will be released soon!

[teamcapwasrightandishouldsayit]

ok wait. so at the end of cadence of hyrule (regular story mode) you find octavo like this outside the final boss room:

and i personally always read this as him being injured/exhausted, but other people talking about this have referred to him as dying. i don't think there's a canon statement on it, so...

*due to the timeline shenanigans after this, or the fates bring him back

**link and zelda come back and give him a potion or a fairy after fighting ganon or something

[ersatz-introspective]

so uhm

[t-5secondsart]

Linktober Day 5: Sacred

the bearers of the triforce

[atropazar]

Octavo and Shadow Link Cadence of Hyrule/Triforce Heroes icon edits I made for self-indulgent hyperfixation purposes. Flash warning under the cut.

AAAAAAAAAAA—

[zeldatourney]

[lordsooga]

A preview of my piece for the @hyruleconcerto Octavo Zine!! There is some amazing work in there and I can't wait for yall to see it all!

[thetriforcetriohouse]

Cadence of Hyrule

Octavo

"It's not a guitar, it's a lute!"

Main Character Syndrome.

Indie composer. Vocaloid producer. His tracks are always amazing.

Stage actor.

Has the combination of being a band geek and a theater kid. He's absolutely insufferable.

Can play an obscenely wide range of instruments. If you hand him something, he can probably coax a sound out of it.

Talented singer. Tenor range.

He doesn't have a favorite instrument or Vocaloid, all of them can be utilized to create beautiful sounds.

That being said, he does have a soft spot for the lute.

He's absolutely insufferable about it, too, because lutes are so much more fragile than guitars. He insists that it takes more skill to effectively play one.

Open to any genre of music. He appreciates the different nuances of each, even if they seem unpalatable on the surface.

Performs at the same local theatre Fi does. Pronounces it 'thee-A-tur'. Gets defensive when people make fun of him for it.

He's a talented actor! Whether it's Shakespeare or a stage musical, he can do it without any problems. The problem is that he can overact and get really hammy with it...

Also plays instruments in the orchestra if they need a stand-in, and will even conduct.

Absolutely refuses to call a movie theater a theater. He calls it a cinema instead. Every time.

Plays rhythm games when he wants to unwind. Sometimes he streams it.

Dating a stage singer named Harmony.

Unlike ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ZELDA VILLAIN I've included at this point, Octavo does NOT want to jump Ganondorf's bones.

On the contrary, Octavo absolutely loathes Ganondorf! He sees Ganondorf as his arch nemesis, and will go out of his way to make life harder for him whenever Octavo sees him.

All because Ganondorf cut him in line at the grocery store one time.

Ganondorf doesn't even remember it. Now there's this weird little twerp glaring at him every time Ganondorf leaves the house.

Skull Kid

Yet another child that gives Link life advice!!

He's got that ADHD + Autism combo.

Besties with Agitha. Currently living in her treehouse.

Hates showing his face. Has a massive collection of masks that he changes out regularly.

Prankster. Nothing outright malicious, but things tend to go missing when he's around...

Has a mean streak, but he feels really guilty about it, so it doesn't come out often.

Unless he's gaming.

He's absolutely screamed insults into the headset when somebody gets a kill on him.

Plays Minecraft with Tulin.

[vaalnii]

These are just sketches, but i suddenly thought about the idea of making keychains for myself in the future :]

featuring two Shadow variants LMAO

[oh-frick-its-cinnamon]

I'd be finding him after the performance.

Link to the full sketch page Here!

[powdermelonkeg]

Have you heard of Cadence of Hyrule?

If you enjoy Crypt of the Necrodancer, you'll love Cadence!

I LOVE Cadence of Hyrule. Probably my favorite Zelda in terms of worldbuilding fun; the fact that game overs are an in-world acknowledged thing, the Fates, the Triforce of Power, everything to do with Gerudo Desert- I could go on and on.

Funnily enough, the whole reason I got CotND actually was because I was in a Cadence mood and my Switch was dead.