#Chuuya setting fields on fire to burn a bunch of Bokoblins and cooking up horrible meals

[sensitiveheartless]

Ok so in my sick and weakened state I have been watching a very relaxed Breath of the Wild stream to chill, and just hear me out—I think a BOTW AU with Chuuya in the role of Link could be really fun (not that I need more active AUs but let me live, it’s a coping mechanism)

The two of them share some similarities as characters (both short, powerful, missing memories, and also most of their friends are dead)

And Chuuya is just such a melancholic character, I think the atmosphere of BOTW would work for him. I like the idea of him wandering through Hyrule and having all of these quite moments camping out in nature. (Interspersed with the chaos of fighting monsters and running from guardians, of course)

…and of course, then there’s the opportunity for Dazai to be in Zelda’s role. (A member of the royal family who can nullify the calamity as long as he’s paired up with Chuuya’s destructive abilities) Which a) has LOTS of angst potential, and b) has lots of potential for hilarity because, well—Link hears Zelda’s voice periodically throughout the game. Can you imagine what Dazai would do with the power to be a disembodied voice haunting Chuuya? He would pop in whenever he could just to snark at him and try and nudge Chuuya towards regaining his memories.

Dazai, waking Chuuya up in the shrine of resurrection: Chuuya! Chibi! Oh most loyal hound—! Oh, finally, it’s about time you woke up. See that slate over there? Go fetch!—if you can reach it from all the way down there, that is. Hurry it up, now, ah, Chuuya is so sluggish in the mornings! Time is of the essence, oh grand hero!

Chuuya: …I just woke up and I don’t know wtf is happening but I am suddenly full of rage

Dazai, when Chuuya gets thrown off a horse: *ephemeral snickering* Ah, how majestic. The kingdom is in such good hands. Ohhh, what a strong a kick to the stomach from your noble steed, you really went flying — that’s our chosen hero for you!

Chuuya: >:|

Dazai when Chuuya finds a new hat to wear: Oh for the love of Hylia not again. Are you telling me that even without any memories at all, you still have an utterly horrendous sense of style??

Chuuya: …You know, you really aren’t encouraging me to save you from that castle.

(Also Mori would get to be King Rhoam, who did admittedly have the best interests of the kingdom in mind but in the process did things that were not good for his kid’s mental health)

(Which means Chuuya would get to meet ghost-Mori on the Great Plateau, and Mori is the one to very roundaboutly start Chuuya on his journey to being able to fight the Calamity with Dazai, which kinda fits—but also the idea of Mori chopping wood and flying around on a paraglider in this part is really hilarious to me)

Oh, and last point: this way, Chuuya would get a SWORD >:D (lots of swords actually lolololol)