#Dimensional Links

[wolfy1298]

I just love their dynamic

[kaweeella]

Red and Lore from dimensional links by @changeling-rin

Textless versions under cut

They’ve been rattling around in my brain for months now 👍

[changeling-rin]

Art by Leg from the Discord!

The artist says: "Made a silly comic from chapter 19"

I adore everything about this, but especially the look on Steam's face as the Spirit Train goes by. It's flawless.

Thank you so much!

[natlysblog]

lore my friend lore

boy from dimensional links by @changeling-rin

[note-in-a-bucket-8-0-5-8]

I don't have any commentary to put here (except that I did first #Day 28 than #Day 27)

@changeling-rin

[starlight-banisher]

Dimensional Links but everything breaks and Ocarina ends up having to do Triforce% from AGDQ 2022.

Demise breaks everything and steals the whole triforce, which backfired since there’s way more courage than he expected. Ocarina gets thrown back (forward??) in time to the start of his adventure. The rest of the chain can watch but not interfere from somewhere (goddess panic pocket dimension creation?), as Ocarina does the most random things (aka SRM setup and the entire rest of the run), much to Mask’s utter confusion and stress. Ocarina successfully gets the triforce, thanks the forces that helped him, and gains some insider info about a new Link.

With the quest completed and triforce claimed, there’s a flash of light and he ends up with the rest of the Links who all tackle him. Mask is very stressed, Vio has lots of questions, and everyone had forgotten that they were in the middle of a boss fight until Demise starts to recover from magical backfire. He promptly gets stabbed with 17 swords because I can’t think of a better ending.

[strawberry-link]

Link may get lost 24/7 but in his defense EVERYTHING looks the same! You try navigating through countless ruins! D:<

[uncharted-constellations]

The entire ALBW team

Links about to become Lorules #1 hytopian fabric exporter

[zamorakas-the-king-of-ocs]

Couple more: Glen: This Link was born and raised in Glenior, also known as the Runescape! The World Guardian and the Hero of Lumbridge, he's known around Glenior for his kind demeanor and helpful additude! The best survivalist of the group, and the best cook alongside Rune. Does his best to teach Gen how to cook.... does it go well? Who knows. Cultist: Okay, this one's a bit of a weirdo. Raised in a cult that worshipped... Old Gods, he's a bit of a kook. Doesn't help that he's building what looks to be a Necronomicon, and that he's got a pretty warped sense of morals. He tries to help though! He really does!

The Extended Chain

@changeling-rin Oh, god, I forgot that you've haven't met everyone just yet. So, for DLinktober, here's all my OC Links! Doomguy: This Link was inspired by a joke theory that Doomguy was just another version of Link. The dad/grandpa of the group, he's a soldier by trade, a god by design, and a hero through and through. Outlaw: A wild west inspired Link, he fights a regime where Ganon rules with an iron fist. He uses mostly old guns, and is an older brother figure to many of the younger Links. Heretic: A half-dragon by birth, he lives in a version of Hyrule where Ganon started a church that now rules the kingdom with religious doctrine and terrorist actions. Branded a heretic for praticing magic without the church, he fights against their regime and doctrine with draconic fury... Sixes: A Link that traveled to the Fallout universe due to magic, he was raised by a scientist in Vault 101, before he was kicked out and earned his nickname in a poker game. He later became a Courier, making the city of New Vegas independent through his actions. Kvatch: A version of Ocarina/Mask that went through MM and OoT, he soon found himself in the country of Cyrodiil in the Nirnic Empire, he soon found himself fighting against the Cult of the New Dawn, a cult that worshipped the Daedric King of Destruction, and he saved the world. Now he must stop Ganon once again, who has the backing of the same Daedric Prince, and now has the backing of the Empire. Is called such because his title in the Empire is The Hero of Kvatch. Spook: This ones' the weirdest of the Chain, as he is a Link raised by the Addams Family. Yes, The Creepyest, Kookiest family on Earth somehow found their way into Hyrule as well. Being raised by such a family, he has no fear of the macabre or the darkest parts of Hyrule. He comes with a dog shade, too. He calls the dog Baskerville. Hunter: Another alt of Ocarina, but this time he's also a Belmont! Yes, his version of Ganondorf is also Dracula! Yes, he has Vampire Hunter along with the Master Sword. No, he's not a healer, go to Kvatch if you got bit by Ghirahim, Lore, we don't need a vampire in our group. Rockstar: Yeah, this guy's just a bard. Specifically, he's a bard that uses his music as magical attacks. He was inspired by the games No Straight Roads and Brutal Legend, and it shows. He often can just summon speakers out of thin air to amplify his attacks. Sprout: An alternate of Speck, this time, he has the same style of fighting and abilities, with one key difference: Pikmin. Yes, he got training from the Minish version of Captain Olimar, and now uses Pikmin as a part of his fighting style. Zookeeper: This guy's just a Hylian Stever Irwin. He has pets from all over the globe, and fights and hunts alongside them. He also has druidic magic, making it so that he can summon these animals where-ever he wants. I make no apologies if they somehow make it to the Hylian Jurassic Era.

[magnetic-rose]

for the record even if ganondorf is irredeemably evil and tries to kill everyone i’ll still support him. he’s my boo. my cinnamon apple. my rotten soldier, my sweet cheese, my good time boy. he’s my babygirl, the apple of my eye, the reason i get up in the mornings. my forever galpal.

[kaweeella]

Hi, I wrote something

[changeling-rin]

New DL Chapter!

Chapter 33 is live and officially titled "The Average Squid Abducts Eight Heroes A Year". Sorry it took me so long, but I hope to never repeat this sort of gap in the future.

Read the AO3 version here

Read the FF.net version here

[changeling-rin]

Thank you very much for everything you did for DL, and I hope all your future projects are successful!

Announcement!

This blog will no longer be active due to the artist being unable to keep up with questions, and because of inactivity on the artist's end.

This blog will remain up, but will be inactive in posting and engagement with others.

Thank you to everyone who asked and submitted asks! The engagement was very appreciated!

I hope everyone has a lovely day, and thank you for your understanding!

[natlysblog]

old art, new art, fluff art, midna (it turns out she is very fun to draw!) dimensional links by @changeling-rin as usual

[note-in-a-bucket-8-0-5-8]

So yeah, is late (almost a month later). But the school.

Three games, three wishes to the Triforce

@changeling-rin

[leciraofthewilderness]

So, despite some faults, I really enjoyed totk, and on its anniversary I want to say something about it. Other people have said similar things before but it’s really important to me and actually a big part of why the story of totk was meaningful to me, so I want to also say it:

Zelda needed to come back from draconification. The story needed that. It wasn’t lazy and just ignoring “consequences” because (imo) that was the *point*

The point is to feel like there are going to be terrible consequences and then say actually, no. You can come back from this, with the help of other people.

To me at least, that was the theme of the whole story.

If botw was about how the world goes on past loss and grief and starts to heal (how flowers grow in the ruins and the world can be beautiful again, be worth saving, even if it has changed)…then totk was about a more personal kind of healing.

The weight of the world should not be on your shoulders alone…you, alone, should not have to fix everything…you should not have to sacrifice yourself, but when you do, someone will be there to save you from it.

This turned into a really long ramble so:

You (Link) gained so much and now it’s gone. It feels like you’re back to where you started and yet you know you have to do it all again…you were weak and you failed and you’re weaker now…but

You go down to the surface. Monsters swarm across it once again. Other people are fighting them too though. You help, but it’s not just you…

You go to the Rito, the Gorons, the Zora, the Gerudo…just like with the divine beasts, there are friends who help you save each region. But this time, part of them comes along with you when you leave. It’s nice, you realize, the first time one of them protects you from a monster you weren’t prepared for. You’re still weaker than you were before, but someone has your back…

When you go up to the sky you see a strange new dragon there. There’s something about them that feels familiar. You try not to think about it.

You go down to the depths too. It’s terrifying at first. You hate it. You only want to get what you came for and get out of the dark….but slowly, the light grows. You get stronger. The dark feels like a challenge you can face (and someone has your back).

There are spirits down there. You don’t know when they’re from, but some part of you wonders…are these all the people you let die in the Calamity? (You help them find rest from their wandering. The weight on your shoulders feels a little less heavy).

There’s so much gloom. The first few times the sky turns red and hands chase you (a reminder of what you’ve lost, how you failed) you just run. Eventually though, you have to fight. It feels like the (second) worst day of your life again. But you manage to get free of the grasping gloom and stand and fight, as wild and desperate as it is. Beneath the manifestation of your worst fears, there’s another thing to fight, but this time it has a face (a voice in the back of your head says…you know this isn’t all on you and your failure…it’s really Ganon’s fault right?). You get through it.

At every turn in your travels, it seems like something reminds you of Zelda. Her passion, her curiosity, her kindness. You miss her.

At first, the tears you find reassure you. She may be in the past, but she’s safe. She’ll come back somehow…but then you hear the word draconification for the first time. You want to believe she wouldn’t do it but you know her and the fear sits cold inside you. (Zelda is a lot of things. She’s been allowed to be more of them, since she was freed from her hundred year battle, without her father holding her back. But deep down inside her, there’s a vein of self-sacrifice that still runs strong. It’s what saved the world before, after all).

She did it. She really did it. She’s gone from you (from Hyrule) forever, and it’s all your fault. If only you hadn’t failed so utterly in the battle (you can hardly even call it that) under the castle. If only you’d caught her. If only you hadn’t let the sword break. You should have protected her you should have been better it’s all your fault and now she has to live with the consequences, forever. Everything really is on you, you should have been better.

(Zelda POV: you couldn’t call upon Hylia’s power in time, you were too content to let it wither and fade away from you, ready to be free of it. You shouldn’t have. He got hurt, the sword got hurt, it’s your fault…Sonia and Rauru help you channel it again, Sonia helps you learn how to turn back time…but you don’t save her. She dies because you couldn’t save her. Rauru dies not long after. There is no one left to guide you, once again. You could spend years trying to figure it out on your own. But you did that last time. It didn’t work. Self-sacrifice, stepping in front of someone you love, that worked. (You do what you can, to call upon the sages, to help Link in the future, first). And then you swallow the stone. You’ve come a long way, in the past five years, allowing yourself to exist. But in the end, self-sacrifice worked last time. It’ll work this time too.)

You (Link) go down beneath the castle. You were supposed to bring the sages but you didn’t. It’s nice, for someone to have your back. But no one else should get hurt to fix your mistakes.

They follow you anyway. They fight with you, against the hordes, against the greatest enemies you defeated together, along the way. They’ll have your back, even if you don’t think you deserve it.

You fight Ganondorf, and then the demon king, in the hardest battle of your life. You think it’s over and then the demon king decides it’s better to lose himself completely than let you win. You’re exhausted and afraid of yet another battle, but up there in the sky, when you’re falling, the Light Dragon catches you (you wonder why she changed her path to catch you, you wonder if there’s still something of Zelda left in there to save). With her help, you win.

And then you’re in some other realm. The spirits of Sonia and Rauru are there. You remember how the two of them and Zelda channeled such incredible power together. You think about Recall. Turning something back to the memory of what it was before, like Sonia said. You stand with them and you allow yourself to hope. Maybe the Light Dragon can remember the form she took so long ago, the person that she was.

And then you’re falling, and Zelda is falling, but this time you catch her. You catch her. She’s back home with you, finally, finally.

And maybe, one mistake doesn’t have to be the end of the world. You don’t have to be perfect. Sometimes, someone else can stand with you, and it’ll all turn out alright. (You can put the weight of the world on your shoulders, you can sacrifice yourself, but someone will be there to catch you, someone will be there to pull you back to yourself, when all is said and done).