#BOTW link

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

658 Days since Tears of the Kingdom Released. Yeah this is Botw art but it makes me think about all the tunes Link hums when cooking in Totk.

-Link humming noises-

[kbluebirdart]

Happy BOTW day!

[aaruaalislost]

wishful thinking…. Zelda as an archer companion in totk…..

[demiboydemon]

[intooned]

Is it weird that I'm very attracted to dark-skinned women with lightning? That's weird right? I blame Yoruichi.

Day 42– GERUDO SHELTER

Bularia’s irritated, Riju’s exhausted, and plots are to be had with the gutted insides of ancient war machines.

(This totk rewrite au is called Familiar Familiar! It all starts when Zelda doesn’t get sent back in time and the butterfly effect devolved from there.)

((Wanna support me? Check out my patreon, with my throw away sketches and references! Remember to use web or android folks, apple charges 30 percent tax.))

[funsizedcrow]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thesunxlx]

Re-posting my favorite commission from last year because it’s a really great time to commission me rn (I’m in a crisis and taxes are kicking me in the ass and I need work)

Anyways I do anything and everything! I’ll draw your otp, pet portraits, regular portraits, wedding invitations, book/fanfic covers and so on. Literally anything but nsfw stuff and furry art. I’m not talented enough for that.

My rates are here and you can dm me about anything unless you’re a commission scam bot even though those will probably be the only ones contacting me.

If you reblog this I’ll love you forever. Bye

[zipperqwerty]

I like drawing AU link

Asl for sure 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[grac3hylia]

LOOK AT THEM AHHHHH

I love them, he's trying to be taller standing on his tiptoes

THE SILENT PRINCESS BEHIND HIS BACK UGHHH THEY MAKE ME CRY

Zelink

[nocturnalfandomartist]

The Light...

I'm sick and running on three hours of sleep but it's the Breath of the Wild anniversary so I am at peace with it

This game was what pulled me back into TLoZ after the obsession died down for a little while... and oh my goodness I will love it forever. While I love Tears of the Kingdom, something about the loneliness yet endearing, hidden sense of love and trust makes me SICK!!! (positive) LINK AND ZELDA ARE THE LIGHT TO HYRULE AND EACH OTHER AND THEY MAKE ME SICK!!! (still positive)

Time Elapsed: 2 hours, 9 minutes

Program Used: IbisPaint X

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REBLOGGING IS ENCOURAGED, BUT DO NOT REPOST.

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nobody asked but here is my take on Yona because I need to get it out somehow.

This is a pro-Yona rant from a sidlink fan, addressed to people who enjoy media analysis. Because I don't think it's necessary to pretend a whole character doesn't exist in order to enjoy a ship, if you can learn to look deeper. I am not claiming to know the universal truth, this is just my opinion and my read on things.

I don't want to spend too much time on this first point, but a lot of people seem to be of the opinion that Yona's existence in Tears of the Kingdom was a ploy from Nintendo to bury sidlink. I personally don't think that's the case, firstly because I think it's overestimating the reach of sidlink to assume that Big Nintendo would care to go out of their way to sink the ship, and secondly, a lot of things just do not make sense if that indeed was their intention.

Now, I can't claim to know what every writer and game dev involved in TOTK was thinking, but from a purely logical standpoint, why would they include so many gay ass scenes if their intention was to destroy the ship? I'm thinking first and foremost about the scene where Sidon gets on one knee and gives Link a ring as "proof of his vow." There's just no way that not a single person in the writers room saw the implication there, let's be honest. Why on earth would they put this scene in there if they cared at all about killing off sidlink? It's like using oil to put out a fire. Like I said, it simply makes no sense.

Onto the topic of Yona herself, and the reason I'm posting this in the first place, I don't think I'm the only one who noticed the lack of chemistry between her and Sidon. We know the TOTK writers were capable of writing good chemistry because they did it with Rauru and Sonia, and through just a couple cutscenes at that. So I don't think it's a coincidence that Sidon and Yona don't have that between them.

If you've not read the new zora stone tablets written by Sidon scattered around Lanayru, there is one where Sidon describes how he had once seen Yona as a sister and how he admired her just as he did Mipha. Yes, granted, it is written in the past tense, but why on earth would they include this in the first place? why not say they were merely childhood friends, why precise that they viewed each other as siblings (or that Sidon did at least)? As for the part where he says his feelings have grown harder to describe with time, that is such a vague line it could literally be interpreted any way you like. I have no clue if this is unique to the english translation, so if anybody reads japanese and has read the tablets, please let me know if this was originally intended.

Regardless, Sidon also mentions that Dorephan informed him that Yona would be his bride, implying in no uncertain terms that this was an arranged marriage. The lack of agency in this relationship doesn't exactly scream romance, now, does it?

LASTLY!! the most significant on screen interaction between Sidon and Yona by far is the scene where Yona scolds him (rather sisterly behaviour I might add) for refusing to go to the Water Temple with Link and let her help with the sludge. She accuses him of projecting his grief over losing Mipha onto her and letting himself be paralysed with the fear of losing a loved one again. Similarly, the most significant interaction Yona has with Link is when she fixes his Zora armour up for him – the very armour that Mipha had made for him. I'm gonna say this straight up, it is odd how much the game directs our attention to the parallel between Sidon's supposed love interest and his sister. That is, unless, there is in fact no romance between him and Yona.

So. Rather than writing off Yona entirely as many people are quick to do, I invite you to think deeper on her role in the game. Yes she's very underdeveloped as Sidon's love interest, but ask yourself if that even is the most interesting way to view her. I know a lot of people don't care to think about sibling relationships, even less so chosen family, but for those of you who do, I'm asking you to try to revisit Yona and Sidon's relationship in that light.

Consider the tragedy of losing one sister to war and another to politics, of growing apart from someone you considered family and be robbed of the opportunity to rekindle that bond because you are now betrothed to them. Imagine suddenly being nobody's brother, nobody's sister.

Even if that interpretation isn't as compelling to you as it is to me, at the very least, I'm tired of seeing unwarranted hate for a character that is nothing but helpful and kind. You are perfectly allowed to like or dislike any character, you are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to misogyny. If your only reason for hating a female character is that she "gets in the way" of a ship, you are being sexist. Full stop.

[alicitas]

butchfemme zelink but its me and my butch

[comettingmurder]

I love this goofy piece of broccoli, he's perfect

BONK *fanfare*

[rottencandyapp1es]

Happy 8th Anniversary BoTW 🎉

A beautiful experience from start to finish 🧡

[demiboydemon]