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villanelleskiss · 10 months
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i’m forever going crazy over the fact that Zelda used to think she was nothing as a person bc she couldn’t awaken her sealing power when every eye of hyrule was on her and she couldn’t protect them and her own father even had her believing that. so when she met sonia and rauru (even true with urbosa) and they gave her the guidance and comfort she needed to freely use her powers on her own schedule that when she was able to blast away those moldugas with ease that she was in disbelief of herself bc she didn’t think she was capable of doing that. so when she made the choice to turn into a dragon to restore the master sword, it was her final message to herself and the future of hyrule that she wouldn’t let herself be nothing (like she was always told she was) by that final selfless act of love for her kingdom and im a mess about it
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ordon-shield · 1 year
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Link’s Houses Graded By How Liveable They Are
The Legend of Zelda/The Adventure of Link: 0/10, he doesn’t have one. Probably sleeps in caves.
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A Link to the Past/Oracle games/Link’s Awakening: 6/10, surprisingly good! He’s got a bed, a place to cook food, tables and chairs, and even a set of shelves! He looses points because there’s no space for his uncle to live and it’s only one room.
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Ocarina of Time/Majora’s Mask: 5/10, similar to the previous Link. He has a bed, a table with stools. While lacking any method of cooking, that’s probably for the best seeing as everything is made of wood. He also has a sink with a mirror. He looses a point due to the random hay and pitchforks though.
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Four Swords: 0/10, he has no house.
The Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass: 4/10, while you might expect it to be higher, there are a number of flaws with his house. First is the fact that he must share it with his grandmother and little sister, and second is the lack of mattresses on their two beds. They also use their space poorly, as out of three areas in the house only one is being actively used — Grandma should have let Link use that loft as his bedroom. It’s not all bad though— they have a cooking fire and kitchen area.
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Four Swords Adventures: 0/10, also has no house.
The Minish Cap: 7/10, the only truly multi-room house on this list! The bedroom has a bed for both Link and his grandfather, along with a table and stools. The main room downstairs is the kitchen, with a place to cook and shelves for plates and bowls. There’s also an entire forge connected to the building.
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Twilight Princess: 10/10, the best house on this list in my opinion. Like in Ocarina of Time, there is a pitchfork inside, but this time it makes sense with Link’s background, and comes with some horse riding equipment for Epona. His cooking area is also set up to avoid any fires. He even has a sink for his dirty dishes, along with a table and chairs, and a few bookshelves. He also has a basement that he uses to store a bit of cash and some old furniture. The one flaw of this house is the lack of a bed, but this can be excused as Ordon is based in part on traditional Japanese culture, so he may just use a futon.
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Spirit Tracks: 7/10, like an improved version of the ALttP house, with a bed for both Link and Niko, along with a cooking area, and plenty of room.
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Skyward Sword: 8/10, rather than living in a house, this Link lives in the Knight’s Academy. He shares a divided room with another student. The only Link to have easy access to a bathroom, which counts for a lot.
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A Link Between Worlds/Triforce Heroes: 5/10, very similar to his house in ALttP, containing a bed, table with stools, shelves, and a cooking area. While the lack of an uncle with no bed might have brought this house up to a higher standard, there’s one thing preventing that — the presence of a certain merchant who pushes all the furniture aside to set up his own shop.
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Breath of the Wild: 7/10, a decent house brought down by the lack of a kitchen and the fact you have to buy it and the furniture inside at exorbitant prices from an annoying builder who sits around in your front garden once he’s done.
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ganondoodle · 6 months
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rough beast ganondorf design + sketches + notes design combines the typical boar form (dark beast + cloud form from botw), the oni one (demon king gan) hint at the draconic one to come but keep part of his humanity with his clothing being mostly intact
as the battle with Demon King Ganondorf comes to an end, the sages previously knocked out start to wake up again, he is cornered and hurt and as fear of being imprisoned, tortured and exploited overwhelms him he transforms into the Beast form, breaking the arena you were fighting him in and him going for Zelda as she is the biggest threat (he remembers her destroying dark beast gan and she reminds him of sonia, who is the one you sealed his human body back in the day)
you and zelda flee through the cracks of the earth as more earthquakes happen with a beast at your heels thats now truly only out to kill as fast as possible as he burrows after you (first sketch)
the path takes you both just below the surface and as you are trapped in a dead end zelda shields herself and link with her light shield ability, which protects you both from immediate damage but cant soften the impact from gan charging at you, the impact of which breaks you all three to the surface and the battle takes place in the same spot as botws dark beast fight-
fight is very challenging as gan is smaller than the dark best version, jumping and charging at you while still able to cast spells, now truly throwing everything he can at you in the hopes of ending you both
fight ends with you shooting an arrow at zelda, her deflecting it at the right angle and it shooting off the enigma stone on gans forehead; he falls seemingly defeated and as zelda runs to take the stone away gan through sheer panic lunges for the stone triggering his dragon transformation and making way for the final fight
(summary of the end: in the final fight gan snatches up both link and zelda once he transformed into the black dragon and takes flight toward the sky, zelda falls from between his teeth and knowing that she cant get to link and help him in any way from the ground she, while falling, takes out the enigma stone she has kept in a save container in her backpack all this time and swallows it for her own transformation, in her white dragon form she takes active action and charges at gans head so link is freed, then supports him in the fight itself; at the end link plunges into dragon-gans mouth to reach the stone on the inside where he makes use of the 'medicine' previously made using the moonbloom taked from kogas secret lab, link and the stone are spit out and as gan reverses into a human and falls link is caught by zelda and he uses the second charge of it on her to bring her back as well; as all three fall from the skies as the sages have made their way through the tunnel that beast gan made earlier, they help link and zelda getting to the ground safely while the yiga do the same for gan - final end end isnt determined yet but this is waht i got so far and even if i have written this once before i felt it was fitting to do it again and no you cant tell me this is too much of a wishfulfillment thing bc it literally is just that as i cant actualyl change whats in the game, so even if im trying to make it all fit well together i can still do what i want nhakjdbgshdbhsjka)
(totk rewritten project)
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minas-linkverse · 3 months
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Feelings on Minish Cap?
Minish cap is a stellar game. Very much underappreciated and my top wish for what should get remade in HD. The soundtrack is marvelous and I wish I could listen to it all day but the ~bits~ of the good old gameboy just don't work well with my migraine prone head. I truly hope newer fans get to experience the game in all it's glory sooner than later and it get the attention it deserves!!
I think Minish cap has a very unique identity. It has a lot of familiar things yet many totally new and unexpected sights! It almost feels like a fan game, but in like the best way possible. It's got that indie pixel vibe of something made with love.
...asfjggsjkf sorry this is another love letter ramble. Minish cap has a special place in my heart. It was the first Zelda game I ever played, although at the time I didn't know any english and would just run around the few areas that are open before the first dungeon, and I'd slap grass for fun. I was easy to entertain back then.
Years later I found my old gameboy colour and finally actually played the game. It's a real solid entry in the top-down zelda game world, although it could be just a LITTLE bit tighter in gameplay. Link's awakening and Oracle of Ages just really keep you on the move in a way modern games don't seem to.
Also Minish cap just has the most iconic official art in the franchise.
Basically Minish cap to me is an image of childhood. We're currently in an era for the franchise that's openly pointing out the horror of it's lore. I think it's high time we remember the joy and whimsy of the series too. The games that bring back that feeling of being a kid in the backyard playing heroes! The hero trope exists as a tragedy, but also to inspire us.
PS. to clarify I think the game is incredibly solid as it exists right now and the reason I want it remade is not because the current version needs an overhaul, but because I know a remake would give more people easier access to a game that's marvelous and also I'd cry. If you have a way to play it right now like... Do it, yo. No need to wait for an imaginary product I invented in my brain.
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maple-the-awesome · 5 months
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Friend or Foe || Part 3/3
Part 1 || Part 2
Pairings: Warrior, Sky, Twilight x GN Reader
Overview: Link visits an alternate world without its hero and, more importantly, a version of you without your Link. Unfortunately, it seems even the smallest of details can lead to disastrous results. In spirt of Halloween, I've decided to do a little evil prompt because none of the Links have enough emotional damage yet😈
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Every soldier has something they fight for - something they'd risk it all to protect. For Warrior, that motivation has always come from you. Admittedly, your relationship was a bit sour and competitive at the start since you were both trying to be Hyrule's best soldier, although overtime, spiteful taunting turned into warm banter, and warm banter became affectionate flirting. Do you even know his compliments are genuine? Do you know how weak at the knees you make him or how smitten he truly is? Not to be dramatic, but Warrior would die for you. How would you react if he told you that openly - no hint of teasing or insincerity to be found in his voice? The question has long weighed heavy on his mind, yet he supposes he'll have to wait longer for an answer because there's no way he'll get it straight from this version of you...
Goddesses, Warrior’s tired. It’s been a rough few days of walking to absolutely nowhere through a barren wasteland which has left his feet sore, his back aching, and his eyes barely able to stay open, yet he still volunteered to patrol the area around camp before turning in for the night because despite how worn out his body is, he can’t truthfully say he isn’t used to it. 
As a soldier, he’s traveled similar distances while cutting his way through whole armies, so he isn’t about to really complain about a quick walk around an empty forest even if it is pretty creepy and foggy. Besides, as you’ve always hypothesized, the more tired you are, the more rewarding sleep will be, and you aren’t wrong about that; when being this exhausted, Warrior shouldn’t have any problem passing out the second he collapses onto his bedroll.
Thinking about you during his journey is typical, especially during quiet moments like this. He wonders what you’re up to right now, placing internal bets with himself on whether you’re worried about or have barely noticed his absences. Somehow he convinces himself of the latter, after all you always claim you’re too busy to babysit him, although the former is still a nice thought even if a bit heartbreaking to imagine you becoming weak with concern over his whereabouts. Maybe you just miss having someone around to playfully critique. Maybe it feels too quiet with no one to annoy you throughout the workday. Whatever the reason, Warrior won’t allow himself to think it’s because you miss the man you love; that’s a dangerous thing to hope for.
His lonely pondering must be put on hold when he hears a sound from behind, turning just in time to see the glimmer of a blade being swung towards his head. In an instant, Warrior drops down, dodging the weapon then stopping it with his own which had been drawn swiftly. 
There were a lot of possibilities for his attacker’s identity. It could have been a bokoblin or moblin, perhaps even the same dark lizard the Chain has been hunting for this whole time, yet the very last answer Warrior would’ve imagined - something that took his breath away upon realizing - was for it to be you staring down at him with your lips pulled into a snarl.
He speaks your name in stuttered surprise, eyes as wide as dinner plates as they scan your face just to be sure despite how extremely unlikely it would be for him to ever mistake you. He could identify your beauty anywhere and he knows what it’s like to be at the other end of your blade, the difference being the lack of mischief or hidden admiration in your eyes. Instead, there’s only hate and malice after a bout of shock from your victim somehow knowing your name.
Not letting it be of concern, you bring your sword back and swing again, yet Warrior recovers from each attempt on his life, having sparred with you enough times to understand your strategies, although that isn’t to say you don’t still give him a run for his money.
“You resistance fighters just never give up, do you?! Always trying to play the hero as if you could possibly stand a chance against the Demon King! Look around you! What are you even fighting for at this point?!”
Warrior does look around. He looks around at all the dead trees and dry grass. He looks at the dark sky and the many scars that litter your face. You look as if you’ve been through something similar as the Champion, your entire body torn after many harrowing battles. This isn’t how he left you. He left you back in his Hyrule, a hand over your mouth as you tried to hide your laughter after some dumb joke he made. You were happy then, but this version of you - who he now realizes is not his own - looks miserable and tired, as if all hope has been drained from their body.
“I’m not a resistance fighter - (Y/n), it’s me. It’s Link.”
“The hero Link…?” You ask and, for a moment, Warrior has hope that you’ll halt your attacks. Surely even in this world, you must know who he is because if there’s someone who looks and acts exactly like you, there must be an equal counterpart for him, yet instead of helping him, you scowl before swiping your legs under his, knocking him to the ground with a heavy ‘thud’...He forgot that common move of yours…
You point your sword inches away from his face, for once your expression showing not anger, but rather sorrow as you gaze down at him, “Well, if that’s true then you came too late. Ganon’s already won meaning there is no longer a Hyrule to save. You weren’t here when we needed you most.”
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Everyone in the Chain has your name memorized and it's not because they know you personally (you've actually never had the pleasure to meet), rather it's because of how often Sky gushes about the love of his life waiting for him back on Skyloft. Think of any pleasant word in the dictionary and that boy has probably used it at least a dozen times to describe you, be it to his brothers-in-arms or a poor shop clerk who was unfortunate enough to make a sale to him. There isn't a single negative thing Sky could associate with someone he believes to be as perfect as you. Even now, he's struggling to remove his rose-colored glasses to see the truth before him...
This is by far the worst problem the Chain has run into during their journey. Practically the second they walked through the last portal into a disastrous world of demolished forests and smoky skies, they were surrounded by a large army of moblins led by a familiar face Sky can’t say he ever missed. 
Ghirahim, despite being from a different version of Hyrule, is just as annoying and weird as Sky remembers. His minions had no difficulty grabbing a handful of heroes each where their shouts and kicking did nothing to prevent them from being taken to a dark castle on the edge of Faron, or at least what used to be it. Once there, they were promptly taken down to the dungeons, forced to listen to Ghirahim’s egocentric rambling during the whole descent until a new voice interrupted:
“What’s this?”
Sky cries out your name without any hesitation, the sight of you making him forget all about the current circumstances. He’s so happy to simply see you again that he doesn’t question right away how or why you’d even be here. Hell, it doesn’t even process that this wouldn’t be his version of you.
“Do I…know you?” The confused yet disgusted look you send him is what brings him back to reality, crushing his soul as you glance from him to Ghirahim in question, “Where did they come from?”
“Does it really matter? They’re just little rats who were found sticking their noses where they shouldn’t have,” He waves a dismissive hand before snapping his fingers which prompts the moblins to roughly toss each hero into a jail cell then slam the doors behind them.
You cross your arms, not pleased with Ghirahim’s poor explanation, “I’d say it does matter. There shouldn’t be loose Hylians running about. It’s important to know where they came from so that -”
“- So, that you run away and join your own kind?”
You shift uncomfortably at the accusation, “...No, I’m only worried how Demise will feel about this. There’s a reason he killed all unloyal Hylians, you know? What if one of these boys ends up being the prophesied hero, hmm? ‘can’t imagine Demise will be happy to know you took a chance letting his enemy go unnoticed because it ‘didn’t matter’.”
Ghirahim snarls, mumbling curses under his breath before ordering you to just make sure to keep watch over the prisoners while he talks to Demise. With a flip of his hair, he walks off, leaving you to pinch your nose in irritation.
The other heroes are quick to shout protests, yet Sky’s silent as he crawls his way back over to the door just to make sure his eyes aren’t playing tricks on him. It really is you - at least it looks like you as you make your rounds ensuring each cell is properly locked. All the while you look bored out of your mind. It’s only when you make your way to him that you pause to scoff, “What are you looking at? ‘got a concussion or something?”
“...You know, I have a version of you back in my own Hyrule,” Sky’s voice is soft as he meets your eyes not with hate like the others, but rather sympathy and sorrow, “They’re a knight on Skyloft and they’re the kindest, most generous person I know.”
You make a face at his strange comment, “I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about -”
“- My point is, I know that like them - like my feather - you must be a good person deep down. I don’t believe you want to be evil, you’ve just made the choices you had to in order to survive during bad circumstances. You’re afraid, and that’s okay. Seeing how this Hyrule turned out, I don’t blame you, but if you help us, (Y/n) I promise I won’t let anything happen to you. We’ll protect you - you can come with us and we can find somewhere safe for you to -!”
“- There is nowhere safe! There isn’t a corner of this land Demise doesn’t control! You’re looking for light that doesn’t exist, so just give it a rest!” Sky’s cut off when you slam your fist against the wall next to his cell, yet contrary to your act of anger, there’s a great pain in your eyes as you look down at him, maybe even a few tears that are barely visible through the darkness, “...The faster you do, the safer you’ll be…”
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You are from a whole different life than Twilight. Born into riches and raised by high nobility, you had no reason to take any more interest in a simple farm boy beyond his heroic title...but you did and always have. How did he manage you? Well, Twilight's been asking that question for years. Your parents feel conflicted, your friends often scowl, yet you still pull him away by the hand and kiss him slow in hidden corners during parties, confessing aloud how much you'd like to get away from all this stress of high standards and live in Ordon with him which is a dangerous thought that only makes him wonder how much longer he'll drag his feet. Could you truly be as happy as you say or should he leave well enough alone, after all you have everything. Why throw it all away for nothing? Until this point, Twilight hasn't been sure of that answer…
Time has warned the group before that they should be careful when it comes to approaching locals, concerning that too many strange questions about a shapeshifting lizard and mysterious portals might rub them the wrong way. Heeding his word, the boys have cautiously navigated their interrogations so as to not raise any unnecessary fears amongst those just trying to go about their days. Sure, they’ve still received some raised eyebrows or even glares here and there, but no reaction has ever been as extreme as this one.
“Who do you think you are, disrupting the peace of our tranquil town through baseless claims of monsters and beasts lurking beyond on our doorstep?! Why, we haven’t seen so much as a keese in decades, yet now you have caused innocent families to enter a frenzy worrying about Ganondorf’s return!”
If he wasn’t already so accustomed to the nonsense nobles can spew, Twilight would’ve rolled his eyes at this man’s dismissive speech. Judging on his own personal military and the gold that decorates every wall of his home, he’s clearly in very high standing here - a self-declared king of sorts, one would think based on his fancy robes and ringed fingers. It makes sense for him to be concerned about strangers spreading news of possible danger. Hylia forbid any townsfolk panic and leave for who else would there be to exploit in their absences?
“Strip them of their weapons,” The nobleman orders and there is nothing the handcuffed heroes can truly do as his guards obey, taking their swords, shields, and anything else that could be deemed useful for rebellion all while Time once again tries to appeal to the man’s reason.
“Father, what’s all of this about?” Negotiations (if they could be called that) are put on hold as another joins the party. While none of the other boys bat an eyelash, Twilight’s shocked to recognize the voice, nearly giving himself whiplash just to get a good look at you as you wander into the room with a rather bored look upon your face.
“Nothing to worry about, my dearest star. I will have this little situation taken care of shortly,” The nobleman’s voice changes dramatically when addressing you, suddenly laced with honey as a smile graces his face; a far contrast from the slim he directed towards the Chain earlier. Twilight doesn’t even feel bad that he hadn’t recognized him earlier. Even back in your shared Hyrule, he never paid much attention to your parents seeing as he was only returning the favor by doing so.
Although this you isn’t his own, Twilight still finds himself trying to catch your eye, hoping to appeal to your generosity because surely it’s a universal trait of yours. If anyone could call off your father’s hounds, it would be you, yet it seems Twilight is being too hopeful with that thought.
“Well hurry it up! My friends will be here soon and I don’t want to have to explain to them why my father has a bunch of filthy travelers sitting in our parlor!”
Twilight’s distracted from the horror he was about to feel upon hearing such harsh words leave your mouth when a guard begins emptying his pockets next.
“Hey -!” 
“- What do you have there? Show me.” 
The guard ignores Twilight’s protests in favor of bringing his findings up to his master, holding his hands out as if offering them on a silver platter, “A ring, shire -” 
“- Let me see!” You decide greedily, plucking the ring from the guard’s hand before he can hardly finish his sentence.
“Is it to your liking, my star? Consider it yours then.”
Twilight was about to object to your father’s offer which isn’t his to give, yet you beat him to it, turning the ring over in your palm a few times just to confirm your disgust, “...Nah. It’s hardly worth anything. I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing such a mediocre pebble.”
“Then give it back!” Twilight can’t help himself from shouting, the venom in his voice gaining him the surprised attention of everyone in the room.
“How dare you speak to my child in such a way you -?!”
“- Why?” You cut your father off, an amused smirk tugging at your lips as you make your way towards the cuffed man. Kneeling down, you match his height with the ring pinched between your fingers for him to see, your next words scoffed in his face, “Oooh, I get it: you’re planning on proposing to someone, aren’t you? What an unfortunate soul they must be for this to equal their supposed worth to you. Let me go ahead and save you the time: the answer’s ‘no’. No one in their right mind is ever gonna marry someone like you with a ring like this.”
Dropping the ring in front of him, you then walk away as he bows his head, yet you’d be shocked to know his reaction isn’t one of shame. 
Twilight has often doubted if you’d be happy with him, somehow convincing himself you’d be better off in the life you already have instead, yet seeing this version of you and their corrupted, twisted greed, those insecurities melt away because the you Twilight knows and loves isn’t this selfish. The you he loves begs your father to open his doors for innocent travelers and beams cheerfully at gifts. The you he loves would never judge any ring, in fact he’s now convinced you wouldn’t even notice one to begin with. You’d be too busy saying ‘yes’ to him, jewelry being a forethought in your mind compared to the promise of spending the rest of your life with your beloved farmhand.
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genericpuff · 9 months
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what other webtoons would u recc? any lo fanfics u love?
Right now a lot of the stuff I'm reading are actually outside of Webtoons. I've been stepping away from the platform quite a bit over the last little while just because of how drained it's made me, both because of LO (even when I did try to stop reading it the app would shove so many ads down my throat, ugh) and just because of how the platform is designed in general, it feels very soul-sucking. I've been looking to get back to independent platforms, where it all started :' )
Some of the stuff I keep up to date on:
AwkwardZombie, a gag comic that's been around for like 15 years, I stg it's like the Simpsons of the webcomic world, it'll never die LMAO A lot of them are only as funny as your own knowledge of them (they're gaming comics after all) but the ones that do make me laugh usually manage to make me piss myself and that's pretty impressive for a comic that's been updating every week since 2006.
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Alfie (18+, not for minors!), it's truly the gold standard of "porn with plot" and has some of my favorite original worldbuilding out there) It's drawn beautifully, has some great ships, and it tackles the whole mother-daughter-relationship-strained-by-ingrained-purity-culture subject WAY better than LO ever has.
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A Tale of Two Rulers, a Zelda x Ganondorf comic that only updates maybe once a month but is WAY more gorgeous than it has any business being, fr this comic is beautiful It's got Zelda and Ganondorf getting married to solve their political differences and then slowly but surely falling in love with each other (while dealing with the massive differences that often come between them). Again, the art is gorgeous, and it's got one of my favorite versions of Zelda out there.
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Tamberlane, an anthro comic where a klutzy bat finds a young girl stranded in the woods and opts to adopt her. Great art and great worldbuilding in this one, think of Tamberlane like Boo from Monsters Inc haha
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Tales from Alderwood, a fantasy comic centered around a budding wizard and her owl familiar. It feels like reading a D&D adventure, lots of hijinks and hilarious dialogue.
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As for Greek myth/LO adjacent stuff, check out Punderworld on Webtoons, which is just about to make its big return from a long hiatus!
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Theia Mania (18+) is one of my personal favorites, the art is very unique and you can tell the creator has a lot of passion and knowledge on Greek Myth. Exactly the comic you wanna read if you want some justice for Demeter, she's the best in this lol and a small mention, I find the comic is very body and sex positive, it's not afraid to depict women with body hair or chubby men, which I can always appreciate <3 <3
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And then there's Talisman, which isn't a comic, but a fanfiction over on Ao3. It's a LONG read, I still haven't caught up with it myself, but it's a pretty interesting re-write of LO!
Hope you enjoy some of these! <3
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littlelightfish · 3 months
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Four Swords boys, the sames from the manga, but my version of them.
They're around 15-16 here
Under the cut for my headcanons and closeups <3
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My personal favorite
Blue is less explosive after his adventure, but an overall grumpy introvert, and is autistic. Talks very little with his brothers, but he talks to no-one else. Doesn't know sign language, he has to express himself the best he can, and since he doesn't always has something to write on, he ussually just doesn't try to socialize and can be mistaken for someone rude when he doesn't reply. He doesn't have friends aside from his brothers and Zelda, but is mostly fine with it, and his love language is acts of service, since he doesn't know how to express love very well, and likes making the people he cares about happy. He isn't great with his body language when he's not trying to express something in particular. Ussually stands arms crossed and grumpy face.
Usually goes on missions with one of his brothers (since the events of the manga, he doesn't like being outside alone at all), and he's the strongest colour, at the same time, the most scarred of them (usually takes the first hit and tries to avoid his brothers getting hurt in battle at any costs). Gets a bit jaleous when he notices how many friends Green and Red have, and when he's left aside or behind (on purpose or not) he tends to overthink and aisles himself. Claustrophobic, can't sleep with closed doors and without a light, hates the cold, and when stressed can be very sharp and mean. He has outbursts when stressed but he usually doesn't mean what he says or does when he's having it. His brothers and the castle guards know this, but town's people don't, and that's why he isn't very loved in town, and why he doesn't like going outside and getting involved into situations that may stress him. Sometimes he hates himself for being like this, and hates that he can't help it, but at least he's got his brothers support. His farher doesn't understands him, and often makes him upset trying to be nice, which he gets, but it drains his patience and pushes him to be sharp with him.
Has an obsession with weapons. He knows every single one of them, he loves them, he likes to take care of them, polish them, test them... His room is always tidy because he just can't stand when something is out of place. Has sensory issues with certain foods and doesn't like animals that much. Only Red's kitten. He's the only one that truly understands him.
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Green hasn't changed that much, he's a loud extrovert and spending time with people is his love language. Is Zelda's closest friend, they share everything after the adventure. He doesn't like being the center of attention, but manages it well, at least better than the other colours. Uses a ponytail because Zelda told him once that she liked soldiers with long hair, and is the one with the most common sense, against popular belief.
He is terrified of solo missions, and likes Blue's mute company the best when outside, but he enjoys time alone in the castle and their home. He's the one the people are talking about when they say "Link", and therefore the only one that reacts at that name. Has ADHD, can't sit still even in serious situations, even when he tries, always forgets what he was going to do and that's why he writes down everything he's been told to do. Usually is the one to carry all the healing items, as he's the most agile and fast of them, and can hand or throw a bottle with precision while running. He's really good at sparring and is usually the last standing colour in a fight.
He is worried sick about his brothers well-being, much more than he cares to admit. He is often at Blue's side at all times (unless when he says that he needs/wants to be alone), and is beginning to worry him the way people in town looks at Blue. He's got an obsession with insects. He knows every family of insects, every variation, the evolutive line of every single one of them he sees. Yet, arachnids do not count. He HATES spiders with all his might. Still, knows everything about them. Specially the bet way to get rid of them.
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He's seen things. Usually soft and caring, but often too tired to get out of bed. Is really sweet and never means to make anyone upset, and even though he doesn't know how to say no, he knows to stand for others, to tell if someone is being reckless, and can see when someone is a bad person right though.
His brothers are afraid he might be developing some kind of disorder, and they suspect depression or bipolarity (1), and he has come to admit he isn't as happy as he was before, and he would like to know what's wrong with him, because he realizes it isn't normal to behave like he does. Lately he's been having meltdowns more frequently, and struggles with basic chores.
Reliable in battle, is always trying to get everyone to safety once they can't continue fighting. He's very perceptive and can tell when someone is hiding an injury easily, at the same time, he's the best hiding them (when he believes it's nothing that important). Usually is the one to save Blue's ass when he is very focused on being the human shield of the group, and the best at not getting hit. They've decided lately that's better not to take him into missions until he feels better. Is a terrible survivalist, likes to cook and eat very much, and can't stand being alone at any time, otherwise he'll start overthinking and end up crying after the first half hour. He has many friends in town and all over the map, is by far the most loved of the colours, likes to write letters to them and his love language is giving gifts. He's the reason they adopted a kitten. He is empathetic, bot doesn't know how to handle other people's meltdowns or outbursts. Likes Vio's silence company the most, but enjoys everyone's. He really doesn't like dark places, and being alone is his biggest fear.
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After his adventure, he's shown to be someone who doesn't like being disturbed while focused, but that enjoys company. He's really talkative and objective, but even being the brains of all them, he lacks of common sense. He thinks everything way too much, is always the pessimist vewing the worst possible outcome, and because of that he's always prepared for the worst. He knows every enemy's weakness only by looking at it, but he's the worst at fighting and the first always to fall. He prefers to be shooting arrows from a safe distance because he isn't that useful during a battle (he knows this and doesn't like going on missions at all). The scars on his face are Shadow's courtesy, and he doesn't like to talk about it. He's the closest to Red and the one that knows the first when somethings off about him, but sucks at reading people in general. He knows the best how to get Green to focus on something, and how to manage Blue's outbursts and prevent them. His love language probably is phisical contact, but he is really selective in this. He's afraid of heights and often avoids the third floor of a building or a dungeon if he can, especially if the room he has to go to has windows or a balcony. If he can avoid going into stairs, better.
He doesn't really likes to talk about his feelings at all, but no because he's shy about it, but because he doesn't understands feelings well, even tho he knows how to behave and react when someone's being emotional. He often feels guilty about Shadow, and wonders if he did the right thing back then. "It was probably the best outcome", he thinks to put his mind at ease. He didn't had any kind of feelings towards him, he was only hoping to be useful to the other colours with his actions.
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He was very little time with the colours, and no-one seems to know what happened to him after he disappeared. After saving them he was presumed dead, but he lives in the colours shadow and has enough movement to unsettle someone looking carefully. He wishes to be hylian and live the lovely lives they all seem to live, but he knows every messed up thing that happens in the colour he's under range of vision/hearing, even when said colour doesn't. When the colour he's being the shadow of falls in battle or asleep, he, if wants to remain conscious, has to move to the shadow of another of the colours, but it's really hard to do, since he has to be touching the other shadow for it. It's easy in dark rooms, but since they don't seem to like them very much, he just falls unconscious.
He truly hates being reduced to a mere shadow, he misses talking so much... He's always the first to know when there are enemies nearby, when someone's about to get ambushed, and when an item is cursed. He usually avoids being at Green or Vio's shadow, because Green's always close to Zelda, and because of what Vio did. He had a hard time getting over it. He prefers Blue's shadow the best, and is worried sick about his and Red's well-being since they're often struggling with being alive, and he grew a soft spot for them both with time. When far from Zelda, Green's shadow is his fauvorite. He's always moving and doing something, it amazes him a bit, actually.
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They all go by he/him, but they don't mind being misgendered my "they/them", it makes sense. Every other pronoun would offend them and they will kindly (or not so much) tell what their pronouns are.
Red is hetero, Blue is demi, Green hetero as well, Vio aro, and shadow doesn't know what we're talking about neither cares.
If you read all this, thanks for liking it enough to read it all <3
If I mispronounced something, I'm sorry, English isn't my first language :')
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multicolour-ink · 10 months
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A Thousand Years as Dragons AU
MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM.
also FYI I have not played TOTK myself yet, but I do know about the spoiler to an extent - no one spoilt me that was my own doing! - this AU will not be following the story of TOTK, it's all just based on one major plot point.
- The Mushroom Kingdom is attacked by a deadly entity (even worse than Bowser) with truly dark magic, and during the battle, Mario and Luigi get hurt to a point that the entity seems to have disabled their Firebrand and Thunderhand...
- Merlon explains that the only way to defeat them is by getting a magical item that only exists in the distant past. The other problem is that they can only be sent back in time, not forward. So they would need to find a way back to the present with the help of past Merlon.
Let's just say that Merlon is so powerful to the point he's ageless. I think that was supposed to be hinted at in the Paper Mario series.
- This is an incredibly uncertain risk, but Mario has confidence in Merlon, and immediately volunteers to do this task, but Luigi is totally against it.
- At first Mario doesn't understand - if he's going to the past, and the threat is happening in their current time, then it will only be in the blink of an eye to everyone else!
- Luigi understands this logic; but what Mario fails to understand is that, yes, it will be immediate for everyone else, but Mario will be alone in the past for a long time.
"I can't let you do this alone, bro."
- And immediately Mario knows what his brother wants to do, and desperately tries to convince him otherwise. He says he'll be fine, that he'll be safe, and Merlon might be able to find a way to get him back to the present faster!
- But Mario only has to look in his brother's eyes to know that he's lying to himself. The fact of the matter is that he's scared. He just wants to do the right thing, to protect those he cares about. He can't bare to drag anyone into something so dangerous, especially his own brother.
But he also knows that Luigi will follow him no matter what...
- So the Bros hug each other, hold hands, and are sent into the past by Merlon.
- They manage to find past Merlon, but to their dismay they find past Merlon has no idea what the item is they need, nor a way to get them back. But they decide to make the best of it until something comes up...
- For a while, they happily settle and live out a time in the past, hunting, fishing, setting up a cosy house, helping out the village they are staying in, but all the while trying to figure out not only what they need to save the (now) future, but also how they can get back.
- During this time they learn some important pieces of information:
"Only great magic can restore an immortal dragon to their original form."
"A power that is wounded and was originally gifted by Gods, will take a thousand years to return to its full potential."
"The spell of the immortal dragon is one that is frowned upon. While one can be forever immortal, to become an immortal dragon is to lose one's self. You forget who you are, and drift around with no sense of purpose..."
- Later on, the Bros discover a younger version of the entity attack the village, after power. They warn Merlon that this is the same entity from their future, and that they are much stronger there!
- During a great battle, Merlon manages to seal the entity away, but warns the Bros that this means the entity will awaken in the future, and the events of this will be set in motion...
- Knowing this, the Bros decide what they must do...Even though it is an unforgivable act, they beg Merlon to make them immortal dragons, in order to buy enough time to not only get back to the future, but to also regain their Firebrand and Thunderhand.
- It also means that, for a time, they will forget who and what they are. Drifting aimlessly for years until they are restored to normal.
- Mario does try to talk Luigi out of this; Merlon might find a better way to send him back! But he can't let Luigi lose himself. Like he'll just be in a long dream...
- But Luigi pulls him close, foreheads pressed together and says
- And Mario doesn't speak. Just holds Luigi closer...
"I can't let you do this alone, Mario. I'm with you, no matter what. Even if we forget everything, at least we'll protect each other.
- Merlon gives them the potion to take, as well as some gemstones to amplify their powers and to take with them (it will ensure victory, as he ominously says) and the Bros decide to do this alone...together.
- They stand outside, far on the edge of the village, and drink the potion at the same time.
- Only a few seconds later, they are overcome by agonising pain. As they are surrounded by a bright light, terrified, they cling together, refusing to let each other go for a second.
- "Luigi", Mario chokes out.
"I'm here."
- And with that, the Bros transform into the Fire Dragon and the Thunder Dragon, their bodies coiling around each other as they rise into the sky....
A thousand years pass and the people of the land tell stories about two dragons that fly the skies together. No one knows where they came from, other than the dragons are never seen apart....
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legacyshero · 4 months
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alright. *breathes in... exhales...* I suppose I should EXPLAIN why i PERSONALLY do not like z.elda/l.ink ( censoring this since i honestly do not want to get flagged down by scummy strangers again ). but moreover, this is just my personal explanation and reasoning as to why I just do not LIKE the ship.
this is simply for folks who are INTERESTED in understanding and for those who would, perhaps, like to write with me.
But for those who don't WANT to read the entire thing: the SHORTENED version is that i just personally don't think it is a healthy relationship.
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obviously as a disclaimer that this is not to shit on other folks' ships and what they want to do. i can wholly respect anybody who wants to write that ship or does write that ship ( or draws it for that matter ). if you ship them, by all means, feel free to. the world is your oyster.
the ship is just not MY cup of tea. and below is an explanation as to WHY it isn't my cup of tea.
again, i am writing this just so my writing partners can understand how i see this ship, and so i don't have people assuming or thinking otherwise. The last thing i really want for people to think is that im okay with the ship.
the reality of it is that it's an uncomfortable ship for me and i don't like it when its romantically pressed on me.
let it be known that i do, in fact, ship z/el/ink. but in a different era. Skyward Sword to be precise. it's actually a ship that i love and adore so very much and would consider an OTP. but that is SS. this is purely for BOTW/TOTK. it's just a different dynamic and therefore i cannot simply say that i ship the characters in general because i do treat each era/game as completely different people and are completely different ships/dynamics.
Now... Why do i think its not a healthy dynamic?
that would require me discussing the background of Link and Zelda's relationship. Oh which i actually did sort of discuss and mention in THIS post. But allow me to bring up the explanation i had with another when i was explaining it to them. ( edited and modified for sake of brevity and understanding - but just understand this is a copypaste of what i told another )
the following is in discussion of the memories ( so pre-BOTW )
so the reason why its just really discomforting is because of how zelda treated him in the beginning. [ the first memories you have in BOTW ] like. yea, i get it. i truly do. i get that she has A LOT of pressure coming from her father especially. like she's supposed to be 'the chosen one' and yadda yadda yadda. but that ABSOLUTELY does not excuse her actions and behaviour ( especially hostile ) towards link. like he has JUST as much pressure - just in different ways.
like for him specifically. theres just SO MUCH. [ as linked in the previous post ]. which doesn't help that Revali is just also an ass to him. its absolutely asinine.
1. he's short so like... people are like.. THIS is the hero? this is the chosen protector of the princess? like what a joke.
2. he also struggles to speak cause he just internalizes EVERYTHING. he CANT say anything because if he says something wrong then fuck, the judgement hammers are gonna come down on him. but his silence is also just being judged as well but at least... with his silence... its not like words can be misconstrued you know? that and he believes that actions ABSOLUTELY speak louder than words. ( he's also just on a neurodivergent spectrum too so like..... talking for him is hard when hes on the spot, you know? )
so yea... like link has just a LOT of pressure. but also just the inner turmoil happening cause hes trying. hes trying REALLY fucking hard to do his best for zelda and she just.... really shits on him in the beginning.
she yells at him. she's SUCH a fucking brat and im just thinking. link literally did NOTHING wrong. he's doing what he's being told to do.
He's trying to avoid the heat from rhoam. ( yes rhoam loves his daughter but holy hell that's the king, and you don't want to be in the hot seat with him.) link has to do what he's told and he has to do it right. [ this is even WITHOUT taking zelda and her interactions ether because , according to her, he doesn't need to to that and he's doing it WRONG. ]
theres so much pressure for him to perform and GODS he DOES perform extremely well with the cards he's been dealt. but that does not mean that he should be shat on either, you know???
with zelda's constant berating and yelling at him..... its.... hurtful. like really and genuinely. and it eats at him.
he cant talk back or say anything back to her either. because 'how dare he clap back at the princess'. [ again, remember he doesn't want to be in the hot seat with rhoam but also ultimately, yelling doesn't do anything either - and he's not the type to sass back. ]
he DOES want to help, like truly. he wants to offer her advice, but shes not asking for it either. and hes absolutely not inclined to give her any help since shes already hostile towards him.
[ and please, nobody can tell me that this is a healthy relationship. like honestly. I actually cannot stand for this sort of interaction and dynamic for these two because it is not healthy. for me, personally, i wouldn't take that sort of bs from anybody. and for link, how i PERSONALLY write Link, i just dont tolerate that sort of dynamic for him. Like, yes, i do explore this similar dynamic elsewhere with another ship - which ultimately is something that i have spent YEARS to grow and develop but thats just it. its a dynamic that i don't take lightly nor do i romanticize in the slightest either. with z/el/ink specifically its not something i am inclined explore super publicly either since the zelda writer that i DO semi-ship with is 1: canon-divergent and 2: is very scarcely on tumblr. ultimately its just not a ship i want to explore elsewhere ]
[ anyway back on track. ]
like there's absolutely NO trust there at all. and yes, at some point he does, in fact, say, 'fuck it. im not some punching bag for this girl. this is a job. once im off duty, then im OFF duty. don't talk to me.' [ which ultimately causes him to be EXTREMELY distant and slightly cold towards her. he'll still give her common decency, but fuck if he's going to get further involved with her more than he has to. ]
but again. YES. he understands she has a LOT of pressure, and he can relate to it somewhat. shes valid in her frustrations, but god being the recipient of that aggression and hostility.... is just.... HARD... cause yes, he would do anything for her. he DOES care about her. but she's hurting him. and his feelings also matter too. so when she stops being aggro on him and starts listening, he does sort of open up.
[ but he also just can't like... completely forget what she's already done.] its very much a 'well the damage is there, so tbh, i cant just forgive and forget.' he respects that she wants independence, but there's still a lot of healing that he needs to go through to even remotely have fully trust in her. you know? Which... ultimately.... does eventually happen. but it takes some TIME.
by the time it comes to the part where he falls in battle, like yea, he does trust her and they did repair that trust, but [ for me personally, i just don't take it romantically, mainly because he'd still be slightly weary of her. ] its still very much a 'i havent forgotten what you did'. he can be proud of her growth, but he also needs to remember where that growth came from you know?
[ again personally ] he just sees her as a friend ultimately and that's why he protects her and 'dies' in battle.
Now. THAT was just for... pre-botw.... so what of during BOTW???
during BOTW:
so now during botw when he has this amnesia… he's forgotten that, right? well yea. so he's definitely more 'free' compared to his past self. where his past self he felt like he was always suffocating and shackled and he has just so much weight and pressure. [ of which i will probably discuss that at some other time as well but not here ] but during botw he's free from that….UNTIL he remembers his memories. and then its just a MESS™️
the issue is that, yea, he has zelda rooting for him and telling him that he's hyrules only hope at this point ( since shes doing her best to seal ) but its basically like… reopening old wounds that he didnt even KNOW were there. and it just feels so horrible. its definitely whiplash for him, but like he's beginning to experience a lot of trauma that he once got over.
he doesn't know how to feel, he's fighting with his past self, because he has to be the image of what he WAS. there's pressure on that, but now its like… 'well im a different person now.. but i dont know how to feel about what did happen to me.'
like his personality has shifted, YES, but like at the end of the day, he really just doesn't like that pressure. there's new pressure now but also the old pressures are also coming back. and its back to this suffocating cycle for him. he genuinely feels SO OVERWHELMED and absolutely terrified. but he has to do it, which is why he pushes on.
yes, he IS MORE thankful for zelda, sure. and he's definitely far more open to her now, especially since she seems to be FAR more understanding now especially since shes definitely interacting with a broken and shattered form of himself.
but he's also just definitely the type to be like 'yea you're the only one who probably understands me the most but im also not okay, and i dont know if i want to share that with you.' mainly because he doesnt KNOW what zelda is really seeing from him.
it feels like nobody is looking at the new him, which is hurtful. cause hes not the link that he was, but god everybody knows him as the old link. thats some big shoes to fill. and he just sort of just wants her to see him for HIM and not as this 'appointed knight.' he wants to be done with the knightly and protector duties, he just wants to like…. do his own thing you know?
is she seeing the old him?
or the new him?
[ something i want to add and point out is that. one of the most healthy things to do for yourself and others is when you can understand that maybe YOU aren't ready for a relationship yourself. it does take A LOT of effort and work and ability to be THAT reflective of yourself to understand that you aren't ready for a relationship ( which is what many people don't realise and ultimately get in possibly bad/unhealthy relationships without realizing it. ) Which is what i personally like to explore in the BOTW version of Link. like yes, he does explore other relationships too. and i dont mind shipping him with others, but in the same process, its very much a sort of thing where... he's exploring himself and coming to a place where he is okay with himself rather than trying to be with somebody who knew him before he lost his memories ]
[ but this is all basically like during BOTW right. i dont really have much more to discuss other than its the fact that, link doesn't see Zelda until the very end. and he does TRULY thank her for all that she's done. but its also just weird ( for me ) to just... suddenly ship him with her. especially since this is a new 'link.' i like to think about it as 'we grew apart'. but he didn't do anything out of LOVE. he didnt save hyrule and help zelda because he loved her. he did things out of DUTY ]
Now... in regards to TOTK
[ i have a few things to really say here both in the convo i had with somebody but in general ]
[ So ] in botw when you are building your house and all. [ which for link its like. yep this is something that is MINE. its my place. i worked very hard on this. ] it just seems like zelda really took over his house ( as you can see in totk ) and for him its just kind of like a smack in the face.
like yea, he could have said no, but he also is too nice as well. he let zelda kinda move in because it was one of the only places that really like was 'officially' settled. [ for me that's just a nasty vibe personally ] like yea she was just there as a roommate and to have a place of lodging, but then it was like… well zelda lives here now and its link that is the roommate, and it just bothers him a lot.
zelda really just took what link worked on by himself and basically made it her nest and its really upsetting for him. but still he doesnt voice it because hes too kind.
so yea ultimately, its a really toxic relationship. [ its sort of parasitic too ] because again its just a lot of her yelling at him [ at first ( pre botw ) ] and then later she basically takes over what hes worked on. [ between BOTW and TOTK ]
like i can imagine just doing a group project and then suddenly, the project that he worked on mostly by himself is just taken by zelda and now its HER project and shes in charge and he's just like…. well OKAY…. its really unfair and hurtful.
like he gets zelda wanting to be in charge, but its coming at the cost of him and its silencing him and im just like… i dont support any relationship like that where somebody just takes charge you know?
Some final words.
botw z.eli.nk is so heavily IMBALANCED and its just simply not healthy in my honest opinion.
it COULD be more balanced and they could work on one another, and i do have my own zelda that i do ship with but thats because we have really thoroughly discussed the dynamic. but its also in a place where both zelda and link work on themselves to make a better relationship. but thats between me and my friend.
from like canon material, i just dont like it or support it at all. and from the canon material, a lot of what the fandom ships is just…. not really healthy. like it doesnt make me comfy at all.
ultimately that's just my personal issue and my personal squick about it. and, again, folks are MORE than happy to agree to disagree. Again, i TRULY DO NOT MIND IF PEOPLE SHIP Z.ELDA AND L.INK TOGETHER. Its purely and strictly not my cup of tea.
I am sure that their dynamic CAN be a healthy and a good one ( as i have said that i also personally explore ), but taking from what we see in the canon material. there's just not much to go off from. Which is why i will always support and love headcanons and canon-divergencies. i welcome it, actually. but its normally after thorough discussion and character development, which is, sadly, not seen so much in the content we have in the games.
its all up for interpretation as well. so if folks have something else completely different, then thats fine. this is just my personal analysis and explanation.
and again, i really do truly want to be STRONGLY adamant that i genuinely don't mind if people do ship them. I just don't, and for anybody who is every interested in writing with me... well THIS is the reason why. and the reason why i ask that folks genuinely try not to convince me to ship them otherwise.
and.. btw. it really doesn't make me an anti. because if i were an anti, i would be strongly against the ship. I do genuinely see the potential for this ship, its just not something i personally want to explore. and i do hope that people can respect me for that.
anyway.... my deepest apologies for the ramble. dshlkfd i do also apologise if this is not super formal or well-written. a lot of it just kinda flowed from the brain and are just the thoughts ive had. im sure theres probably more, but this is really just the main reasons.
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journalsouppe · 11 months
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Hello!! Are you interested in journaling your experience with the new Zelda game? I made a free downloadable spread available in both PNG and PDF! Unfortunately the design was not very conducive to making a printable version, however, you can import these files into programs like Procreate, Goodnotes, etc. Again it is free, do not feel obligated to pay anything! I just wanted to use a reliable file download site.
I also left the pages blank to promote your own writing creativity, but if you need inspiration on how to set up the journal you are more than welcome to check out my other blog posts! (but do be warned for spoilers)
The design of the spread is above! You could even just download the image above but the quality could be compressed. Thank you if you do download and feel free to tag this blog or @pumpkinsouppe if you decide to post your experience! I believe there's something truly special to documenting your experience with things you love and having the ability to look back on that experience.
Here's also a very quick example of how I would set it up but you do not have to follow it!! Format it to what suits you the best!
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jheselbraum · 5 months
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zelganlink au where zelda and ganondorf are in an arranged marriage but they're both normal about it and are totally fine seeing other people as long as there's no scandal made about it. So Zelda starts sneaking out to see her childhood friend who lives on a small farm just outside Castle Town. He doesn't talk much but he never turned her in to the guards whenever she'd run away as a kid and he always listens to her. Ganondorf on the other hand starts sneaking out to see a truly fascinating Hylian voe he met on his way to the wedding, who beat back ten bokoblins armed with nothing but a tree branch and, not realizing that the ten foot tall Gerudo man decked out in gold, silk, jewels, and other finery was the future king of Hyrule and instead zeroing in on Ganondorf's fucking gigantic horse, proceeded to infodump about horses to him for the next four hours. Neither of them think it's really worth mentioning exactly who they're going to see, since the idea is to keep the whole thing under wraps, so they neglect to tell each other that the guy they're seeing is a ranch hand named Link.
Ganondorf immediately assumes that Zelda, brilliant mad scientist that she is, is just really good at keeping her lover's identity a secret, and knows exactly who his lover is, and wanting to show that he is committed to preventing a scandal, swears Link to secrecy.
Zelda's had the time to get to know Ganondorf and now knows he's not going to stop her if she wants to turn an entire wing of the castle into her personal study, so like, he can do whatever. To preserve her passion project-- importing the Gerudo concept of "algebra" into the Hylian school system-- she swears Link to secrecy.
Link is pretty sure Ganondorf and Zelda have forgotten that he's not royalty and therefore faces actual, head severing consequences for breaking the law, but he also doesn't want to cause trouble for either of them by getting himself caught and he definitely doesn't want to stop seeing them. He thinks that Ganondorf and Zelda are perfectly aware of the entire situation, and has no idea that they're non-communicative idiots.
Link is still the chosen one, or whatever, but this version of Ganondorf gets defeated by Link every tuesday night no master sword required, so he doesn't realize that he's also immune to legal consequences for courting both the king and queen via "if you want to kill him you have to best him in combat" shenanigans.
Impa knows everything but TV hasn't been invented yet so she keeps it to herself
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clarajohnson · 5 months
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the magicians s1e10
i love how the neitherlands are conveyed through spooky tilted camera angles
penny normally: >:-( penny when eve implies santa claus is real: :-o :-D
the neitherlanders are extremely interesting actually. wish we got more of them.
IF YOU WOULD JUST SHUT UP FOR TWO SECONDS THIS SEX DREAM WOULD PASS THE BECHDEL TEST QUENTIN
alice knows julia is his lifelong crush they've known each other for like three months pleaseeee
it was 1943 it wasn't a dirty thing to say back then
we just can't talk enough about eliot and margo's friendship truly i love them beyond anything
julia's online handle being vicious_circe... be mine miss wicker !!!!
the magicians, trying to convey an air of potential danger and creeping fascism in the library: so the camera is always tilted severely
free trader beowulf is one of the loveliest things in this show for the short time it exists. it's so sad.
thibadeau's planar compression. it's really not a big deal.
ALICE'S PARENTS !!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEE !!!!!!!
they are such assholes but also so fun like they're such an unexpected but sense-making part of alice's full context
zelda's pants are so yass and slay
"richard may be about forgiveness but i'm sure as shit not" as though that's not your best friend in the whole entire world kady
if my mom made me call her by her government name i would also be a little insane
i need us to spend much more time in alice's room. the butterfly artwork. the garden state soundtrack. my god.
she made him give me the version from the seventies because she thinks that kids should know what pubic hair looks like
"i'm really into damaged chicks" was about 90% of my reason for hating q the first time around
PLEASE QUENTIN IS THE WORST BOYFRIEND his limp little "oh my god" while alice is talking about family shit she's probably never in her life told anyone oh my god oh my god
i know a hundred ways to break in
ELIOT HAS TWO BOOKS
"filleted goat penis." "that's very thoughtful of you, dad."
you haven't even touched your penis!
alice's parents/joe throuple. it's a delight.
god i wanted margo to be able to deck him in the fucking face
"our friend is trapped in the neitherlands" "...acquaintance"
stephanie, this one DOES seem like an awful lot of work. which is why it works for eliot and not alice.
don't take this the wrong way mom but shut the fuck up okay <3
margolem is evil i think he should've been killed for that
"sometimes the only thing we do is spoon" "UGH"
shitty boyfriend q episode of all time where's that post about his internalized heterophobia
julia using "kludgy" she is a megadweeb
as i always do i love that the magicians as a show just kind of shrugs and says all gods. yes all gods. they're real.
ELIOT NEVER GETS TO OPEN UP
did margo have sex with the margolem yes/yes
"i like you a lot and i don't know why" is not what you say when you're interested in men i don't think
bite me.......................
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Hey Alexis. I have to say your Darlington legacy is amazing and Zelda is the cutest and I love her story, and omg don't get me started on Antoine. I want to start the decades challenge myself, I’ve tried and failed before, but reading your story is making me want to do it. BUT, how? I’m not asking for a long detailed explanation, but more like your top 5 ways or something, you used to start it? Mods, cas-blogs, etc? And only if you got the time and of course want to share it with us/me?<3
Hello, there! Thank you so much for the kind words! And I’m incredibly glad to help. The Decades Challenge is a bit of a beast compared to other sims gameplay. It takes a little more research, effort, and organization to make it really enjoyable. So if I can push a few people deeper into historical sims life I’m happy to do so 😉
A key point before we get in resources below the cut (because prepare for paragraphs babes), how do you want to play the decades challenge? Do you want to stick to the original challenge? Do a version with more realistic aging? Just play casually for the gameplay? Have a meticulous storyline planned out (ahem 👀)?
In case it isn’t super clear, I’m not playing the decades challenge anymore. I have used it as a jumping off point for storytelling. Truly, I play the game very little. Usually I try to recreate the story posts in gameplay for myself but I do not try to achieve any of the challenge goals or gameplay rules (although I do have my own rules).
For this reason, I am not the best resource on gameplay mods. There are some mods that I’m dimly aware of that make the challenge more fun, like those by @janesimsten and this mod which I used a lot in the 1900s.
That being said, there is a lot of freedom in the the historical simblr community to craft the experience that you want. You can always try one idea and change it as you go. When I started the Darlingtons it was meant to be about 50/50 gameplay/storytelling with randomized death rolls and challenge goals. Then, I realized what I enjoyed and leaned further into that. I think this is the key to sticking with the challenge, because otherwise it’ll just feel like checking off boxes and you’ll give up sometime around 1900.
So without further ado, let’s get on down below the cut:
First and foremost, and I cannot stress this enough, start a mod organization system from day one. Playing historically requires a good deal of CC and if you don’t organize at the beginning, it gets very very difficult to sort stuff out later. This can easily make historical simming overwhelming and frankly, unenjoyable. I personally would start with a clean mods folder. Keep this separate from your regular (modern) mods as well. I have three mods folders, one for regular (modern) gameplay, one for building vanilla, and one for the Darlingtons.
For the Darlingtons, I have everything organized by mods, CAS, and then BB. Within these folders I organize by decade. That way when I enter a new decade it is easier to pull things in or out. I also have a folder on my desktop for subsequent decades CC, so if I ever find anything that isn’t easy to save on my Pinterest (more on that later), I download it then and there, and put it into the appropriate folder. Then when I hit a new decade I already have a bit of a CC collection going.
Now for finding CC, I am really not the best resource on BB stuff. I just don’t download a lot of it, and what I do is usually super specific or things that I see others using regularly. There are a couple of pieces of mainstay BB CC that I use consistently, and I’ll be glad to point you in the direction of those if you see something you’re interested in. However I don’t really have a central resource on BB they way that I do for CAS. So without further ado (because CAS is really why we’re here for historical simming, isn’t it?)….
Lookbooks, lookbooks, lookbooks. Seriously. Pixelnrd’s lookbooks we’re one of my first references, and I find them so helpful that they’re the reason I started to make my own. Just looking at a couple lookbooks can be much quicker and easier than scrolling through pages and pages of CC. But if you’re willing to go a little deeper down the rabbit hole, @twentiethcenturysims has truly made the resource to end all recourses. Their CC is categorized by decade for easy scrolling, and they also have a lookbook tag if you prefer to get your CC that way.
Now, and this is a personal one, I have used Pinterest SO much for this legacy I cannot even stress it enough. I have two boards: one for poses and one for CC. The poses one is a whole different beast, so if you ever want an answer for poses and storytelling please send one. But I’ll refrain from diving down that rabbit hole right now too.
My Pinterest CC board is organized like my mods folder, by decades. I also have a board for BB, general mod finds, hair, and (this one helps me a lot) CC that I have already downloaded so when I do lookbooks or get a WCIF, the link is already there for me.
These boards serve two purposes. Whenever I find a piece of CC that I like, I do not have to download it immediately. I save it to the appropriate decades board and it’s there, waiting for me, whenever I reach that era. This makes the hunt way easier, and also makes me SUPER excited to get to the next decade because I already have CC that I can see the characters in.
Secondly, Pinterest is an amazing resource in and of itself. Once it “learns” what you’re looking for, Pinterest will pull CC from all over the internet, including stuff that I’ve never seen in people’s lookbooks or the resources listed above. Then it’s an easy click to save this link for myself for later.
So scrolling through Pinterest then turns into a sort of inspiration board as well. This is a broader point regarding the tendency of people to quit the decades challenge: find what inspires you to do it and what makes you excited for the next decades.
For me, part of this is the storyline and seeing my characters reach the next plot that I’ve written for them. But much simpler, it’s the clothes! I’ve always been into fashion history and historical CC is actually how I found this community in the first place. So often if I’m tired out with writing or editing I’ll just go look through Pinterest for new stuff or scroll through my historical inspiration blog (which is linked in my pinned post if you’d like to check it out).
But above all, honestly, just don’t take it too seriously. Sometimes I see rather stringent calls for fashion accuracy or anachronisms but like…it’s your game. Start whenever you’d like, play however you’d like, for as long as you’d like. Hopefully this just gives you a bit of a framework for making that happen ❤️
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fimcg-radiosilence · 7 months
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i just fished TOTK and the game may not be perfect and does have it's fair share of flaws but the ending was a masterpiece I am in tears I that love there was much emotion in it and I loved all the subtle references to Studio Ghibli films now I really want to make a 2d animated version of the ending now(Though I know I will not do it justice) the end boss fight and ending cut scene were truly Zelda at it's best.
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A Nice, Relaxing Genie Massage
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You really think I was going to let the concept of a geniefied version of my sona be a one off thing? Hell no, I wanna make this a proper AU of them! Especially since I’ve had a fair amount of idea’s revolving around them recently! Such as this one that I got :iconONO-FIRE: to draw for me of them getting the second best champion from Zelda Breath of the Wild as there new master. (The first best is Mipha, don’t @ me!)
It's actually kinda fitting the next thing I get involving Genie Michael after this AU’s conception is of Urbosa though considering my own actual experience with Breath of the Wild. Because Vah Naboris, the Devine Beast that Urbosa was meant to pilot before Calamity Gannon pulled a UNO reverse card on everyone, was actually the first of the four Devine Beast’s that I cleared on my first playthrough of Breath of the Wild back in 2017. Oh and for everyone saying that Thunderblight Gannon is the hardest of the four, I did this very early in my game, didn’t have the master sword and managed to beat it second try. Get gud!
Of course, this isn’t the Urbosa we all know and love. I mentioned this a while ago but one thing I do kinda wanna do with this AU, and also extend to the Naga AU of Mikaela as well, is more or less pull a Majora’s Mask where it’s sorta the same characters we know just different. Really different. For this one, Urbosa is not a champion of Hyrule but rather a brave and strong pirate sailing the seas of Termina who in search of some treasure stumbled upon Michael’s lamp. And what was her first wish? Well, it WAS going to be to wish for immortality until Michael stopped her because “Why not think about what you want, what you truly want. And, I got some suggestions as well if you’d hear them out. After all, you must be tired after going though all you did to find me. Those traps in the temple, the monsters in all the floors especially that Lynal. Why not give your body a rest? And I can give you the most relaxing massage in the world if my ‘mistress’ so wishes for it.”
And she did wish for it. Urbosa got a nice, relaxing massage that was made even better thanks to the powers Michael had. And as that massage went on it put her into an even more relaxed state. A state that made her more suggestable. And while that massage was going on soon Michael realized that granting her immortality might be a benefit. To him! So while Urbosa was in this state he planted the idea of what her remaining two wishes should be. Her original wish of immortality but also one that Michael planted, wishing to be his eternal guardian and protector to ensure the lamp and his power never fell into the wrong hands. Urbosa was no longer a pirate anymore but now the eternal guardian to the genie of the lamp.
Artist is ONO-FIRE.
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Zelda, with all due respect to royalty? You need to get your ass to a therapist. There are MAJOR problems here to work out and something tells me we haven't seen the half of it.
But if this version of you is close to one I know? Your father was cruel to you. He left serious scars that show to this day. Not physical, but behavioral. Emotional. Your constant need to do everything right or you'll break down. The incessant over-explanations. There's so, so much more.
I can't force you to go. But if you truly are trying to get better, please. For both your sake and Link's? Go. To. Therapy.
...It's also entirely possible you have some kind of unmedicated psychiatric disorder as well, but one step at a time.
I...
You-- I-- listen. Father was... he was trying to help me. He was under a lot of pressure as well, what with his failure of a princess unable to do the one thing she was needed for on top of all of his kingly duties. I wish I could go back and apologize-- I didn't see just how hard he was working back then.
Maybe it's not fair, but I wasn't born into fair circumstances. I'm not allowed to be like this. I'm not allowed to be weak, because then the kingdom crumbles if I am. I can't be, not when I was already weak for the first seventeen years of my life.
I don't have the means to go to therapy, regardless. I wouldn't particularly want to, even if there was something wrong with me. Mental health wise.
It's fine. Really. I'm fine. It would be best if the matter is dropped entirely. If I don't think about my past, it slips out of sight and out of mind. And then there's no issue!
zelda please.
What?
this person just took all the words out of my mouth. you need help.
I don't-- look. I just... want to study Pokémon and travel around this world because it is really fascinating. Now can we please stop talking about this?
i hate to do this but... you can't even hear the word 'guardian' without flinching.
Stop. Now.
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