derrickwildsun · 1 year ago
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ZELDA TOTK SPOILERS (but mostly an alternate scenario for post-TOTK)
UPDATE:
I just made a drawing based on this idea! You can see it here.
I’m imagining an alternate version of the aftermath of the events of TOTK where although Zelda has been restored to Hylian form, she mysteriously retains the ability to transform into the Light Dragon and back at will. She loves using this ability to let Link and the children of Hateno ride on her back as she soars all over Hyrule, letting them take in the beautiful scenery; she essentially acts as a tour guide for these “field trips.” Link sits on her head, of course, where he pats, scratches, smooches, and snuggles her head; she never gets enough of these displays of affection. Meanwhile, the children are like, “We love our dragon teacher so much! She’s the prettiest dragon in all of Hyrule!” She makes sure to keep clear of enemy encampments while carrying the kids out of concern for their safety (although she herself has nothing to fear from enemy attacks due to her strong scales), but whenever she has only Link on her back, the two sometimes swoop down and attack bands of bokoblins because the two of them are for real the most chaotic couple in all of Hyrule. The first time she transformed at will, she was so scared and worried that the kids would be afraid of her, but they recognized her as the same dragon that occasionally flew by the village and were very happy to see her. No, I’m not getting really emotional with butterflies in my stomach as I type this. Why do you ask?
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musical-chan · 27 days ago
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Hey hey hey you should talk about your blorbos
OH GOSH SHOULD I! (I'm sorry, I know this was sent a while ago but I've been so busy!)
You know, a year or so ago I was on the LU discord server and I was really starting to write fics again and was having a grand old time and somewhere in all the chaos, I picked up a fascination for the Fierce Deity.
And it was a lot of fun because there wasn't a lot of things known about him, just that he was a being trapped in a mask and that he could be many things but he was also extremely powerful and was worn predominately by a young boy named Link, the Hero of Time. Who just happened to be my favourite Link from way back in the early 2000s when I first dipped my toes into the Zelda fandom.
Perfection.
Previous fandom re-engaged! And it was so much fun writing about this mysterious god in a mask and I had a lot of early ideas about him making taking over Time occasionally or maybe he was more benevolent and just all SORTS of things! And then one fateful night in a channel where people were talking all sorts of ridiculous headcanons, I (like many other people) started to wonder what would happen if the Fierce Deity had gotten free from the mask and instead of being a god of destruction and horror, ended up adopting the very young Hero of Time.
And thus, the beginning of Father of Time was born.
The idea of the Deity as a father is not a new one. Plenty of people have thought the same! But I had *ideas* of a confused god that was honestly just doing his best to raise a very unusual mortal child, who could do so much and yet was still utterly perplexed by some of the behaviours of this boy that he desperately wanted to protect. It was so much fun coming up with scenarios that they could be put in. The Deity visiting Talon for advice, carrying an angry Link under his arm. Getting stabbed in the shoulder by a sword when trying to teach Link how to be a better swordsman. Link being a gremlin with moving time around and the Deity not being fussed by it one bit.
I loved them so, so much. I loved the Deity trying to be a dad and Link trying to figure out how families worked and I wanted them to live in their little house in the Lost Woods forever being a cute father and son duo and then-
And then came the plot.
It was all over for me at that point! Almost a year and 460k words later, Father of Time has reached word count levels that might mean some people will never pick it up and read it but I love it SO SO MUCH and I'll never regret any of those words. I've created a whole pantheon of deities for the story. I sent Link back to Termina, TWICE. I tossed him into the War of Eras. I've taken the canon from the games and I've expanded it and tried to fit things in with that that make sense but are also, at the same time, not at all canon. And I've been ramping up the promise of another, final conflict with Ganondorf that will kick off in Father of Time part two, just as soon as I'm done with the fic now.
I love them, all of them. I can't wait to tell the rest of their stories.
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derrickwildsun · 1 year ago
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HUGE TOTK SPOILERS (well, more of a What If scenario)
An alternate version of the aftermath of the events of TOTK where although Zelda has been restored to Hylian form, she mysteriously retains the ability to transform into the Light Dragon and back at will. She loves using this ability to let Link and the children of Hateno ride on her back as she soars all over Hyrule, letting them take in the beautiful scenery; she essentially acts as a tour guide for these “field trips.” Link sits on her head, of course, where he pats, scratches, smooches, and snuggles her head; she never gets enough of these displays of affection. Meanwhile, the children are like, “We love our dragon teacher so much! She’s the prettiest dragon in all of Hyrule!” She makes sure to keep clear of enemy encampments while carrying the kids out of concern for their safety (although she herself has nothing to fear from enemy attacks due to her strong scales), but whenever she has only Link on her back, the two sometimes swoop down and attack bands of bokoblins because the two of them are for real the most chaotic couple in all of Hyrule. The first time she transformed at will, she was so scared and worried that the kids would be afraid of her, but they recognized her as the same dragon that occasionally flew by the village and were very happy to see her.
It’s been a while since I had done any kind of digital drawing, but TOTK has revitalized my interest in drawing. I might do some more doodles in the future. Let me know what you think of this drawing!
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