#Free Spirit (Hilda)

[armatization]

@tsundeoku :3c.

Hilda’s phone buzzed rather insistently. She didn’t need to look at the screen to know who it was. She knew he totally had her schedule memorised, which was embarrassing, because she didn’t know her schedule.

“Hey Holst,” she said in a chirpy bright voice. Her heels clicked on the concrete floor with every step, echoing in the empty hall. The acoustics in here were worse than her dorms, which was saying something.

“Listen, I can’t really talk. I’m so tired today - um, yes, my classes were long today!” They weren’t. It was an hour long class before lunch, then lunch with Marianne (which she posted on Instagram), before another class before she was released.

“Yes, my hallway has always been this echoey! Jeez, it's like you don't listen to me.” She knew she couldn't keep it secret forever, but she could lie her way through it until they grew bored of each other. The only real end to this thing she had.

“So, anyway, I'm gonna go lie down, take a nap, then I'm gonna study.” No, she'd pay some kid to help her cheat her way through her classes. What was she doing exactly? Oh, never mind; she didn't even want to go to college. It was Holst's idea. “I'll speak to you tomorrow, okay? Promise!”

A promise Holst upheld for her whether she liked it or not.

As soon as he was gone, she groaned. She grabbed her pocket mirror and checked herself out. Her makeup was still perfect, her smile was still bright. She was undeniably hot, and she knew he wouldn't be able to keep his hands off her. That was the plan anyway.

She adjusted her top, and her skirt, and opened the door. It wasn't locked; he knew she'd be coming. The smell of his shitty apartment hit her nose immediately. It smelled of stale beer, and musk. She hated it, and she sort of hated herself for liking him so much. She shut the door behind her before leaning against it.

“Hey Baltie,” she purred. “Did you miss me?”

[rebornofstars]

SEPFEMBER 2024 PROMPTS LIST

HERE WE ARE! AT LONG LAST! THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN (HOPEFULLY) WAITING FOR! GIRL MONTH!

I honestly can't believe this is actually happening. This event was a shower thought a few months ago.

Here's a recap of the event: to participate, make at least one fanwork of any variety during September that features a woman or women from the Zelda franchise as the main character/s. All Linksmeets are welcome in this challenge, as well as general LoZ fans!

Before I drop the prompts list for those who are looking for a little direction, I'd like to mention that I have made an AO3 COLLECTION FOR THIS EVENT. It's open and unmoderated so you can add your works to it freely. And if you post on tumblr, please tag #sepfember !! I'll be scrolling through the tag every day looking for things to reblog and gush about 👀

If you have any questions at all about this event, or you want to chat about it, my askbox is open! I will also respond to comments and reblogs of this post.

Now, onto the prompts. Disclaimer: you DON'T have to use all/any of these prompts, or only create things for certain characters on their featured day. This list is just a GUIDE for those who want it. If you have other plans, go with your heart!

At the end of the day, this is a celebration, and all that matters is that you have fun. I hope some of you will join me next month in giving our girls some time in the spotlight, but if you can't, that's okay! There's no pressure! This is just a passion project of mine, really, and I am overjoyed that people are interested 💛💛💛

(apologies in advance for the terrible quality of these pics and the equally terrible commentary. i thought it would be funny. also, i've never had to come up with a prompts list before and it shows.)

DAY 1: SKYWARD SWORD ZELDA + PURPOSE

(we start at the beginning of course 💛)

DAY 2: MARIN + WASH

(it was SO hard to find a screenshot of her that didn't have link in it. they're both cute but this ain't about him.)

DAY 3: MEDLI + GIFT

(i didn't know she played the harp until i saw this screenshot! i obviously have a lot to learn.)

DAY 4: TWILIGHT PRINCESS ZELDA + FREEZE

(how creepy does she look here?! so awesome)

DAY 5: HILDA + GHOST

(SUCH a good character for real. she has depth!!!! she has a thematic purpose!!!)

DAY 6: URBOSA + LOSE

(two words: LIGHTNING POWERS ⚡⚡⚡)

DAY 7: SPIRIT TRACKS ZELDA + MISTAKE

(babygirl you are 2 entire pixels.)

DAY 8: FI + ORDER

(oh she is everything to me)

DAY 9: MIDNA + SWORD

(she looks so soulful right now)

DAY 10: HYRULE WARRIORS ZELDA + SUMMON

(what a FIRE camera angle??? her armour is so impractically attached but SHE HAS A SWORD‼️)

DAY 11: GODDESSES OF HYRULE + EYES

(hylia, din, nayru, farore, the list goes on...)

DAY 12: ZORA PRINCESSES + TRUST

(mipha, ruto... poor suckers... it can't be fun, falling for link...)

DAY 13: OCARINA OF TIME ZELDA | SHEIK + FATE

(note: I personally hc this character as a trans man, but since this isn't explicitly confirmed in-game and might not be shared with everyone, I've given them a celebration day anyway. you are free to do what you wish.)

DAY 14: MALON + GUARD

(she is adorable. look at her)

DAY 15: IMPA + BOUND

(HOTTEST MOST SEXY MOST BADASS WOMAN IN THE FRANCHISE ‼️‼️‼️ I LOVE YOU IMPA YOU ARE PERFECT. SHUT UP I DEFINITELY DON'T PLAY FAVOURITES—)

DAY 16: FOUR SWORDS ADVENTURES ZELDA + PORTAL

(i loved her in the fsa manga. she's barely in it but STILL. go read it.)

DAY 17: FAIRIES + TIRED

(the great fairies, navi, ciela, tatl, proxi...)

DAY 18: TETRA + LEGACY

(isn't she KICKASS?!)

DAY 19: EPONA + BONE

(our lovely loyal girl 🥰)

DAY 20: A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS ZELDA + HOME

(SHE IS SUCH A GOOD PARALLEL TO HILDA PLEASSSSSE)

DAY 21: SARIA + WISH

(a classic character! isn't this picture so peaceful)

DAY 22: BOTW/AOC/TOTK ZELDA + PEACE

(SHE IS EVERYTHING TO ME. SCREAMING CLAWING CRYING. MY DARLING, YOUR FANARTISTS WERE THE ONES TO DRAW ME INTO THE ZELDA FANDOM. I HOPE I CAN RETURN THE FAVOUR ONE DAY)

DAY 23: CIA + LANA + STUDY

(technically, she's one person. between the two of them they certainly only wear enough clothes for one person... )

DAY 24: ARYLL + HUG

(sister to the hero! but what's her story?)

DAY 25: ECHOES OF WISDOM ZELDA + ARREST

(YEAHHHHHHHHH GIRL MONTH GIRL DAY GIRL GAME!!!)

DAY 26: CD-i ZELDA + HOLIDAY

(hehheehehehe. i bet you weren't expecting her. neither was i tbh)

DAY 27: PURAH + FIRE

(SHE'S CLEVER! I LOVE CLEVER WOMEN!)

DAY 28: ILIA + ERUNE + MEND

(listen. i know erune is a very niche character - she literally only exists in the four swords manga - but consider. i love her)

DAY 29: ALTTP/OOS/OOA/LA ZELDA + MISSING

(she has no canon personality. you know what that means. get the building equipment out fellas)

DAY 30: LINKLE + FAREWELL

(and here we are - LAST DAY!)

THE END! YAY! I CAN'T WAIT FOR SEPTEMBER - CAN YOU?

[soft-sunbird]

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💥🚨 Pregnancy in War🚨💥

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🔥💥Am pregnant 🔥💥

Please read our story carefully and imagine the situation we are living in. 400 days of war and genocide. 😥

There is nothing in the markets, and if anything is found, it is extremely expensive. 😭

The weather is very cold, and the leaky tents are worn out from the summer heat. 🔥

The children cry from the intense cold and the darkness of the night 💥.

There is no electricity, the water is contaminated, no education, no healthcare, and no medicine. 😓

Pregnancy has exhausted me, and I wonder how my child will survive in these conditions if they arrive. There are not even vaccinations or clothes for children. 😥

Some of my relatives are covering their children with pieces of plastic to protect them from the cold due to the lack of any income sources. 😰

In addition, the sounds of bombing, gunfire, and drones mimic the sounds of wild animals and screaming to frighten people in their sleep. We don't know how long this suffering will last or if we will truly be able to endure it. 😔 🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉

We want to reach our goal, we're still in the beginning 🙏🙏

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Hey, Tumblr. This is Hilda, who I care about so so so much. So much that I'm willing to be brave and vulnerable and share my own story under the cut. I ask that you make a donation to either of the below links if you can; Gofundme minimum €5, Ko-Fi minimum $1 AUD. Link to her Gofundme | Link to our Ko-Fi (Ko-Fi proceeds are split between the 20 families I'm supporting, but you can ask that your donation goes to Hilda directly) TW: loss

I was around Hilda's age when I got pregnant, too. I wasn't expecting it. I wasn't ready. My life was just beginning, and I had no money, and I had just escaped from a household that wasn't being very kind to me. I was NOT ready to be a parent. I was extremely distressed. My partner and I talked about it. We decided that, although it broke our hearts... it wouldn't be fair to bring up a child in the circumstances we were living in. We promised that one day we would try again, when things were better, when we'd both grown up a bit. So I booked an appointment, shamefully borrowed $1,000 from a friend, had a surgery... and I wasn't pregnant any more. And that was 9 years ago. I am still sad about it, because I think about what my child would look like, what their favourite animal would be, what their favourite food would have been. I will never know.

In those 9 years, I've been living my life. I'm 30 now, and I have only just started to feel like I understand myself, and what's important in life, and how to participate in the world. I am strong, I am brave, I am good.

But it's not the end of my story. I still get to look forward to meeting my child. I feel capable of raising a kind, gentle, creative child that becomes a passionate, strong, thoughtful adult. The thing is, although they were still overwhelming for me, my circumstances then were so much better than Hilda's are now. I had food, I had a safe place to live, our hospitals are free and operational. I WISH Hilda had that privilege right now. How will she cope, if she's already struggling to find food, taking vitamins in place of meals because she has no other choice? If her tent is already flooding, her bedding soaking wet and freezing cold? Will she have a safe birth with medical care, or will she be alone and afraid and in pain? Maybe Hilda would make the same decision I made, if she had the choice. I think she's very brave. I know she's very lovely. I have no doubt that if her child makes it into this world, she'll do an excellent job with the limited resources that she's got. I would be overjoyed to know that her soul carries on in the spirit of the next generation. I would hope so dearly that her child might grow up in a safe environment, that the war will end soon, that this crisis is something that her child is taught ABOUT, rather than having to live through and experience firsthand. I hope so. I really hope so. What I do know is that we are Hilda's best hope to survive this monumental life change, as safely and comfortably as possible. Whatever happens, I want her to know that she is loved and supported. That she matters, and so does her unborn child, whether they make it into this world or not. That they are worth fighting for. Give a little, or give a lot.

[remnants-of-shadow]

The King of Almyra and the Free Spirit Commission done by @sethkiell (The King of Almyra x Tiana von Riegan) (Claude von Riegan x Hilda Valentine Goneril)

[kumeko]

Prompt: 3houses questioning their initial feelings for one another. Could be Claude wondering if he has any 'right' to love Byleth while he's keeping secrets from everyone or maybe Byleth has that whole "he's a student and i'm the teacher" moment despite their ages being close.

A/N: For th3n0v1c3 for the @claudelethgifts exchange! I really wanted to do your first prompt but I haven’t played Hopes yet so…did this instead! Byleth really struck me as butterfly meme “Is this a feeling?” for the pre-skip part, and kinda falling for Claude later, while he was smitten from the start so…going with his pov for this one.

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4.

Byleth was beautiful.

Claude rested his chin on his hand as he idly stared out the window to where his teacher stood in the courtyard. Her messy dark blue hair ruffled in the wind as she awkwardly lifted a teacup, still unused to the tea culture of high nobility. From the few times they’d sat across each other in the garden, the tiny table keeping them close and personal, he’d seen intimately just how gingerly she’d hold the fine porcelain, as though afraid her calloused hand would break the handle.

It had been months since she’d started teaching, yet that hadn’t changed in the least. There was none of her confidence that she wore like a badge in battle. Her hand lowered now and though he couldn’t hear it, he could just picture the loud clack as she set her cup back on the table.

Claude hid a smile. He’d never say it aloud but it was endearing. Her hands held the power to change the course of battle, yet a single afternoon snack could completely undo her.

It was too bad he wasn’t sitting across from her now. While she never showed her embarrassment obviously, he had long learned to read her tells: the nervous clench of her hand, the squaring of her shoulders, the way her eyes would shift back and forth as though looking for an escape.

Perhaps beautiful wasn’t the right word. She was captivating.

“What?” From across the library table, Hilda looked up from where she was painting her nails a bright pink. She raised a brow and snorted derisively. “Don’t tell me you’re just realizing that?”

Claude started. He hadn’t meant to say that aloud. He hadn’t meant to do a lot of things these days, especially in the presence of Byleth—little by little, it felt like he was losing control over what he said, did, felt. It was worrying. It was exhilarating.

It was a secret he wasn’t ready to share just yet.

Forcing his eyes away from Byleth, he focused on his partner in mischief. Claude chuckled and shook his head. “Of course not.”

“Then? Why’d you point out the obvious?” Hilda asked, bemused. Her brush perched precariously between her fingers as she glanced at Byleth. As she fanned her still drying nails, she stated, “You’re not Sylvain.”

It would have been easier if he were. As it was, they were in the middle of Hanneman’s homework, a boring essay on crest history that he could finish without thinking and Hilda had charmed someone into starting for her. Idle musings on Byleth, true or not, had nothing to do with explaining how sub-crests came to be.

And for all of her laziness and free-spirited attitude, Hilda was not as dull as she pretended to be.

“Just…” Claude paused, searching for a reasonable explanation. Something that she would buy without pressing the matter too hard. “The Millenium Festival is around the corner. How many invitations do you think she’ll get?”

Hilda’s eyes lit up. This was a topic that was more up her alley, and she pushed her textbook away as she leaned over to peer out the window. “Good question. She is pretty. And popular.” She dipped her brush as she hummed. “And not just with Sylvain.”

“Right?” Claude grinned, hiding his relief. “The bigger question is who’ll she’ll accept.”

Hilda smirked, her sharp eyes locking with his. “Are you going to try?”

“Me?” Claude laughed. He’d mis-stepped, but this was an easy dodge. “I prefer to watch. You know I’m not one for the spotlight.”

And it was true, he wasn’t. The shadows suited him better, where he could plot and plan and prepare.

The shadows suited him but for some reason, his eyes kept getting drawn to Byleth’s light. Even now, as he chatted with Hilda, his body was still angled to his teacher, watching her from the corner of his eyes. A year ago, he hadn’t even known she existed, yet now he was all too aware of her every action.

Just when had that happened?

3.

Byleth was…strange.

Claude couldn’t think of a better word to describe her. It had been several months since she’d joined the academy, several months of battles, training sessions, and classes, yet he kept circling back to that one word: strange. Sure, she was strong. Confident. Oddly apathetic toward all the norms of society. Her strategizing and battle prowess was matched by no one.

She was also extremely weird. Claude had caught her talking to herself, when she thought no one was around. Her gaze focused on a small spot in front of her, her expression serious, as though she truly were debating with an invisible spirit, as though she really was listening to inaudible answer. Other times, the only discussions she’d have were ones of steel and metal, swords clashing swords. Byleth knew how to use most weapons as though they were extensions of her limbs, to talk with them as though they were her natural language.

She had an uncanny sense of danger, catching mugs before they fell, stopping arrows before they hit.

She stopped to pet every cat in the monastery, as though in a quest to corner every feline in the continent.

Every week, she picked a different activity to help out with, no rhyme nor reason behind her class schedule or her mentoring.

Her face seemed to be carved from granite at times—was she happy? Sad? Angry? Surprised? Who knew.

There was a class bet circling as they all tried to figure out their mysterious teacher. Lorenz thought it was due to her years as a mercenary. Lysithea guessed it was because of her travelling and experiences. Raphael thought she needed to eat more.

Claude wasn’t sure himself.

Her oddest trait, however, was her obsession with fishing. Even without the fishing contest, it wasn’t unusual to catch her at the docks, staring at the fish like hawk ready to swoop at its prey. Now that she had a good excuse to do so, Byleth had set up a stool and a small desk near her rod, ready to field all of her tutoring by the pond-side.

Claude couldn’t hold back his laughter as he sat down beside her. The papers on the table were already water-stained and Lysithea wasn’t going to be happy with the fishy smell. Gently, he teased, “Teach, you know the prize isn’t really all that impressive, right?”

Byleth shrugged, half of her attention on her rod, her hands tense by her side. “I’m not after the prize.”

“Could have fooled me.” Claude shook his head. The textbook in front of him was closed, a mere excuse to visit his beguiled professor. “Do you really like fishing that much?”

She adjusted the tension on her line. “Not really.”

A lie, or did she not realize it herself?

Jeralt hadn’t looked twice at the pond, so she couldn’t have got it from him. The other mercs hadn’t seemed partial to fish, but then again, Claude had met them for maybe a few minutes several months ago; his data wasn’t the strongest. Was it from her mom? A mysterious gene passed alongside her mysterious crest? Or something far stranger and more unusual?

“I haven’t seen fishermen fish like you do,” Claude paused as a stray thought hit him. “Did the ghost of a fisherman possess you?”

Byleth stared at him. “There are no—,” she passed, reconsidering her words. Her eyes slid past him, to his right. “I have not met any fishermen ghosts.”

“So, you’ve met others?” He couldn’t resist the obvious opening. If he were a better man, he’d feel bad about how easy it was to tease her.

“I…” Byleth worried her lip, her brow furrowing. She half-cocked her head, as though listening to someone. “I don’t think so.”

…what sort of answer was that? Claude stared at her, then glanced at his side. There was no one there. There was no one else here. Yet, the way she looked, her wording—just who or what had she met that made her unable to say no? “Then—”

Byleth sprang from her seat, mere seconds before her rod tugged, as though she had sensed the fish biting the lure. Her lips curved slightly, a rare almost-smile. “It’s here!”

It was silly yet Claude watched, transfixed, as she battled the fish as seriously as she did their enemies.

2.

Byleth was strong.

He had known that from the moment they’d met, her eyes ablaze as she swung her sword in the battlefield. No human could be that powerful.

He hadn’t realized just how strong she was until now, in the Battle of the Eagle and Lion. Byleth had taught their class for only a month so far, most of her time divided between studying his classmates’ quirks and learning from the other professors how to teach. They had spent the first week discovering the hard way that proficiency in battle wasn’t the same as proficiency in teaching.

All of the Golden Deer’s cohesion came from a few practice skirmishes, a handful of session they’d managed over the month. And even then…Claude grimaced as Leonie once again charged off on her own, too eager to prove herself. Sword raised, eyes sparking, the ginger-haired girl made a beeline for the Black Eagles. It didn’t help that Jeralt was nearby, leaving her even more raring for a fight than usual.

“Leonie! Don’t go too far!” Claude shouted.

It was too late. She was already out of earshot, disappearing into the nearby thicket. At least she had enough sense to hide herself.

Stomp. Stomp.

Not that it mattered when Raphael followed her, axe in hand.

Claude groaned, turning back to the rest of his classmates. At least they’d all stayed here, awaiting orders. He’d accounted for this. Mostly. As long as no one else went rogue, they’d be able to take advantage of their two…distractions.

He caught a glimpse of dark blue and turned. Then again, this wasn’t technically his battlefield. His plans meant nothing if Byleth wanted to do something else. “Hey, Teach.”

“You anticipated them,” Byleth stated, her electric blue eyes meeting his.

Had she assessed his skills already? Claude shrugged. “Hard not to. They do it every time.”

Her lips tugged slightly—a smile? —before her expression flattened once more. “You want me to go after Leonie.”

This he hadn’t anticipated. Claude stared at her, surprised. That was precisely what he’d hoped for. “Yes.”

“Then I’ll leave the rear command to you.” Byleth nodded before taking off.

Maybe it was her years with Jeralt, but after that, the battle flowed smoothly. As though she were reading his mind, Byleth darted from spot to spot before he could even open his mouth. Seamlessly, she slipped in and out of skirmishes with her students, supporting their fights, aiding those who needed a second wind.

There was no need to massage the course of battle to match his plans. No need for back-up ideas, careful suggestions, or gentle ego manipulation. All it took was a nod, a gesture, a single word, and Byleth turned his thoughts into reality.

1.

Byleth was a stranger.

Kinda. She was Jeralt’s daughter, she had saved his life, and she was a future teacher, so Claude supposed she was beginning to become an acquaintance. From the corner of his eye, he surreptitiously watched as his saviour walked next to him, her body tense as she curiously regarded their surroundings. Her head craned left and right as she peeked into rooms and studied the arching ceiling.

She hadn’t heard of the Knights of Serios, despite her father being a former member. When Rhea had asked him to guide her around, Byleth also seemed entirely unfamiliar with the archbishop that her father once served.

Even children in Almyra knew of the basics of Fódlan’s politics. Curious, Claude asked, “Jeralt never told you about Garreg Mach Monastery either?”

Byleth shook her head, twisting her body as she watched a guard pass by. “Are most schools like this?”

“No, this is a special one.” Just what had her father taught her then? Aside from the sword? “It’s one of the few neutral places in all of Fódlan.”

“Neutral…” Byleth frowned, as though uncertain of why that was important. She returned her focus to him. “No…I didn’t even know this place existed until now.”

Maybe her father had wanted to keep the entire religious order a secret. “I take it you aren’t acquainted with the Church of Seiros either?”

“Seiros…” Byleth furrowed her brow, digging into her memories. Recognition flickered in her eyes, but she shook her head. “The name sounds familiar but the rest…”

Claude chuckled. Her responses were oddly refreshing. “Make sure you don’t say that to anyone else. Some might consider that blasphemy.”

“Oh.” Byleth took his throwaway joke seriously. She glanced at his arm. “All three of you are skilled fighters. Did you learn that here?”

How much had she assessed from that single battle? Then again, it didn’t take an expert to notice Dimitri’s strength or Edelgard’s prowess. Or his own skills, regardless of how far in the backline he’d hovered. “Well…we will. But what you saw was something we already knew. Most of the students here learn the basics before enrolling.”

“There are some flaws with your stances but…” Byleth worried her lip. “If all the students here are like you, there won’t be much for you to learn.”

Flaws with our stances? Now he really wanted to know what she’d observed. She’d used a sword that day—was that the only weapon she knew? “It’s not like the only thing we’re learning is how to fight.”

“Oh, really?” Byleth looked confused as she refrained from asking anything else.

And he had a sinking suspicion that if she had, her question would have been What else is there to learn?

That was the face of a woman who didn’t know what else a school was for. Yet, Lady Rhea had mentioned she was a future teacher. How? It felt like she needed to attend class more than he did.

“Claude—” Byleth paused. She frowned. “Is that fine?”

“What is?”

“Should I call you that?” Byleth asked. “Or am I supposed to use titles here? Jeralt always handled our deals with the nobles, so…”

Now she asked? It’d been an hour since they’d started the tour, weeks since they’d last met, and he was certain that Rhea had mentioned his status if Jeralt hadn’t informed her. Despite that, she hadn’t once asked changed her tone or behaviour toward him, acting the same as she had when they’d first met. While Garreg Mach claimed status didn’t matter, that was easier said in theory than in practice.

“Claude’s fine,” he answered with a grin.

Maybe he should get her to teach his class after all.

0.

The woman in the battlefield was unrestrained.

Whether it was in her actions, her words, her decisions, there was nothing tying her down. She ran across the field, her long hair flowing behind her as she darted from enemy to enemy. Prince or commoner, she didn’t seem to care who protected, how noble their blood or where their alliances lay.

For a moment, Claude paused, his arrow nocked on his bow.

She did not look like a woman weighed down by secrets.

She did not look like a woman chained to her past or weighed down by responsibilities.

She looked free and something in him tugged.

5.

Byleth was in front of him.

It had been months since she’d joined the school, months since they’d met and talked and defended each other’s backs. She knew his name and lineage. She knew the alliances and politics in the school. Yet, despite that, nothing about her had changed.

Byleth was still free. Still herself. Still unchanged. Her help was the same whether it was for her student or another’s, whether it was for a noble or a pauper.

It was easy to say. Harder to do.

And she did it every day.

“Claude?” Byleth cocked her head as she watched him approach. “Was there something you needed?”

Yes, but he didn’t know what. Ever since he’d seen her from the library window, he’s been unable to sit still, no longer content to be at a distance. No, maybe it had been long before that. Maybe it had been weeks or even months ago, when she’d changed from stranger to acquaintance to friend.

Things had been easier when he’d just thought of her as curiosity.

Now, tongue-tied and filled with an unfamiliar nervous energy, he didn’t know what to do, what to say. Only that his conversation with Hilda had haunted his thoughts—Byleth was beautiful.

There were many who wanted a dance with her tomorrow night.

He just hadn’t expected to be one in their number.

“Have you heard of the legend of the Goddess Tower?” Claude asked. He wondered what side of Byleth he’d see if he took her hand and led her across the dance floor. If he stood side by side with her, staring up at the Goddess Tower.

If he told her his real name, his real home, his real self.

“No.” Byleth shook her head.

He smiled. “Then, let me teach you for once, Teach.”

Claude wasn’t sure what this burgeoning emotion inside of him was, but he was determined to find out.

[meshaamem-li]

content I CONSUMED

idk this is just a list of shit I watched or played and stuff, ignore this I just like making lists.

rankings (my rankings are subjective and based on how much impact that thing had on my psyche, don't take it too seriously):

SS S A B C F

ANIME:

a silent voice

aggretsuko

assassination classroom

attack on titan

BNA: brand new animal

carole and teusday

darling in the franxx

death note

death parade

dungeon meshi

evangelion

fairy tail

full metal alchemist

full metal alchemist brotherhood

free

haikyuu

high-rise invasion

hunter x hunter

jujutsu kaisen

Komi can't communicate

kotaro lives alone

kuroko no basuke

madoka magica

Magical Girl Raising Project

my hero academia

noragami

ouran highschool host club

parasyte

scott pilgrim takes off

soul eater

spy x family

stars align

summertime rendering

the disastrous life of saiki k

your lie in april

BOOKS:

percy jackson

CARTOONS:

arcane

avatar

back in the barnyard

bee and puppycat

big hero 6 the series

bojack horseman

carmen sandiego

danny phantom

ducktales 2017

fairly OddParents

glitch techs

gravity falls

hazbin hotel

helluva boss

hilda

how to train your dragon (the tv series)

infinity train

inside job

kim possible

kipo

lackadaisy

miraculous ladybug

murder drones

my little pony

Phineas and Ferb

rick and morty

rise of the tmnt

scooby doo mystery incorporated

She-Ra

steven universe

tangled the series

teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012

the amazing digital circus

the legend of korra

the owl house

the penguins of Madagascar

velma

wander over yonder

GAMES:

ace attorney

deltarune

detroit become human

genshin impact

hollow knight

mystic messenger

omori

project sekai

the stanley parable

undertale

underworld office (small mobile game)

LIVE ACTION SHOWS:

BBC sherlock

merlin

the good place

queen's gambit

הפיג'מות

MOVIES:

101 dalmatians

a goofy movie

aladin

arrietty

atlantis

bambi

beauty and the beast

bee movie

big hero 6

bolt

brave

captain underpants

cars

cinderella

coco

cruella (I'm mad at how good it was)

deadpool

encanto

everything everywhere all at once

finding nemo

frozen

hercules

Howl's moving castle

how to train your dragon

inside out

kiki's delivery service

klaus

kong fu panda

lilo & stitch

marvel movies till endgame

meet the Robinsons

megamind

moana

monsters inc

mr. peabody & sherman

mulan

mune guardian of the moon

my neighbor totoro

nimona

onward

peter pan

pinocchio

princess mononoke

puss in boots

puss in boots the last wish

ratatouille

rise of the guardians

road to el dorado

robots

scary movie

scott pilgrim vs the world

shrek

sleeping beauty

snow white

spider man into/across the spiderverse

spirited away

star wars (original trilogy)

star wars (prequels)

tangled

the emperor's new groove

the fox and the hound

the hunchback of notre dame

the incredibles

the lion king

the little mermaid

the mitchells vs the machines

the nightmare before Christmas

the prince of Egypt

the princess and the frog

the son of bigfoot

the sword in the stone

toy story

treasure planet

up

wall-e

whisper of the heart

wreck it Ralph

zootopia

OTHER:

hermitcraft

sanders sides

here's my watchlist, feel free to suggest me stuff!

[tokiro07]

With Zelda finally taking on the hero role and my speculation goggles firmly adhered to my eyeballs, I find myself asking an interesting question: what if each Princess Zelda had a title the way that each Link does?

Skyward Sword: For her status as the Goddess Hylia reborn, Princess Zelda the Divine

Minish Cap: For the strong concentration of the Light Force she holds within her, Princess Zelda the Radiant

Four Swords: For her lovely visage that bewitched even the wizard Vaati, Princess Zelda the Beautiful

Ocarina of Time: For the seven years she spent training, biding her time and preparing to overthrow Ganondorf, Princess Zelda the Patient

Link to the Past/Echoes of Wisdom: For her ingenuity and clever use of magic to personally face the Demon King, Princess Zelda the Wise

Oracle of Ages/Seasons (if taken to be a different Zelda from LttP OR if EoW is a different Zelda after all): For the faith and optimism she inspires in her people, Princess Zelda the Hopeful

Link Between Worlds: For the magnanimity shown in forgiving her captor, Princess Hilda the Fallen, and bestowing upon her a miracle of the Triforce, Princess Zelda the Loving

Zelda 1: For her great fortune in finding the Hero who not only saved the kingdom in its darkest hour but also revived the slumbering princess, Princess Zelda the Blessed

Adventure of Link: For her great tragedy in being put to eternal sleep by her own family, Princess Zelda the Accursed; alternatively, for the love shown in preserving her body and memory for all time, Princess Zelda the Treasured

Twilight Princess: For the grave choices she bore upon her shoulders, sacrificing her pride to protect her people and offering her life to save another, Princess Zelda the Resolute

Four Swords Adventure: For her trust in her allies and commitment to cooperation, Princess Zelda the Harmonious

Wind Waker: For her rebellious spirit and rejection of both tradition and throne, Tetra the Free

Spirit Tracks: For her proactivity to save her own kingdom and the bravery to face her greatest fears, Princess Zelda the Spirited

Hyrule Warriors: For her bravery to fight amongst the vanguard and power to vanquish her enemies single-handedly, Princess Zelda the Mighty

Breath of the Wild: For her stoic dedication to her research, Princess Zelda the Studious

There might be better titles I could have chosen, and some iterations of Zelda really didn't give me much to work with in the first place, but this is definitely something I'd like to see explored in canon if for no better reason than to help differentiate them aside from saying "the Zelda from such and such game"

I'm particularly proud of the Zeldas of 1 and 2 being the Blessed and the Accursed, if they got their own game I think that would be a very fun angle to approach their comparisons, contrasts and dynamics from

[jammyjams-safespace]

Hug the Scares Away

Request: Fanfic for caregiver Wilbur and fem!regressor reader for anon

Heavily apologise for this taking so long!! Only recently got the motivation to finish writing this fic!!

I made a mini reference to my other fic Baking Mishap. Can you spot it?

Summary: Wilbur and Y/N decided to watch a show while they were hanging out, but Y/N has a slip so now their plans had to change a little

Word count: 764

Wilbur and Y/N sat quietly on the sofa, occasionally commenting and making fun of the little plot holes and mistakes that were left in the show they were watching, Squid Game. Like how in the scene where Gi-hun bumped into Sae-byeok, the latter’s actor was laughing, and in one of the lunch scenes the actor of the main character scooped up nothing and put the empty spoon in his mouth (pls it’s very funny). 

Wait, but how did they get here? Well, when Wilbur decided to invite his little cupcake over, Y/N couldn’t say no to spending time with her favourite caregiver. It was the evening and they both wanted to do something more chill, being tired out from the fun they had earlier that day. How they chose the show? Well it was trending, and Tommy seemed to like it, and they trusted his opinion. And he was right! It was definitely pretty good. Maybe a bit sensitive but it was alright.

It was… something… to binge watch an entire season of gore and blood, especially since it would take up most of the two's day. It was fine, it was the weekend, and they didn't have any extra plans for it. Well, they didn't watch the ENTIRE thing. There was a bit of a… slip?

Y/N squeaked in fear at the sound of the gunshot, hiding away in her caregivers arm. Wilbur immediately took notice of the change in behaviour, pausing the show as fast as possible so the little one didn't have to be scared anymore. Y/N whimpered as he pulled her closer.

"Cupcake, what's wrong?" He rubbed her back gently. "Was the show too scary for you?" He spoke gently. Y/N nodded as she curled into his embrace. Wilbur softened. "What would cheer you up? Cuddle time with Mr Waffles?" He gently held up a little blue dragon plush and smiled softly. Y/N immediately made grabby hands towards the plush and cuddled it close once it was in her hands.

Wilbur grabbed the remote and switched over to Netflix Kids. He put on a cute children's show called Hilda, a young and free-spirited adventurer that moved from the wilderness to the bustling city. Y/N was immediately entranced by all the sweet looking characters, eyes following the very bouncy weather lady. Figuring that she would be okay on her own for a few minutes, Wilbur got up and headed to the kitchen, pulling out some leftover chocolate chip cookies that Tubbo and Ranboo had baked him from the fridge. They were shockingly decent. He put the cookies on a glass plate and placed it in the microwave to heat up.

Wilbur tapped his foot as the microwave hummed, peeking out of the kitchen as he heard the silly lines from the bird, followed by joyful giggles from the girl on the sofa. The microwave beeped not long after, and Wilbur pulled out the now warm cookies. He quickly looked out to observe Y/N. Her speech seemed to be fine, albeit higher pitched and maybe a bit lacking in usual vocabulary, and she seemed to understand what the weather spirits were saying. He took a guess that she was possibly around 7-12 years old. He grabbed some milk from the fridge and poured it into a plastic cup before bringing the snacks back to the living room.

"I have cookies and milk!" Wilbur said, placing them on the coffee table in front of the sofa. "But we have to share, okay?" Y/N nodded in understanding.

"Alfred can have some!!" She smiled. Wilbur furrowed his brows in confusion but smiled fondly anyway.

"Alfred?"

"The elf!!" She giggled.

"Ohh, the elf!" Wilbur played along. "One of the little men that I can't see, right?"

"Mhm!" Y/N picked up a cookie and broke off a small-ish piece, placing it on the table for the 'elf' to eat. Wilbur just sighed, knowing he'd have to clean that later. The two continued watching the show, the girl giggling happily as she ate her cookies. Wilbur let her take most of them.

Eventually, Wilbur felt a weight on his shoulder. Looking down, he saw the little sleeping softly against him, hugging Mr Waffles close. He smiled and gently moved Y/N so that she was lying comfortably on the cushions of the sofa. He turned the TV off and put a blanket over the sleeping girl. He switched the lights off for the living room and headed to the office in his home.

"Sleep well, my little Cupcake."

[byte-your-tongue]

What I'm Willing To Write

Content:

x reader romantic

x reader platonic (default unless you specify)

x reader familial

x reader queerplatonic

fluff

canon x canon ships

i'm bad with angst sometimes but i can try

gore/horror

specific reader traits(to a certain extent)

poly ships

queer reader

gender neutral reader(default unless you specify)

female reader

transfem reader

trandmasc reader

nonhuman reader

if something isn't listed feel free to ask!

Fandoms/Characters:

Splatoon (Marie, Callie, Shiver, Frye, Big Man, Marina, Pearl, Harmony, the agents(IF ROMANTIC I WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ADULTS. OTHERWISE SPECIFY AGE), Acht, Finn, Spyke, Sheldon, Mr.Grizz, Tartar, Octavio, Warabi, Yoko, Tao Blu, Kiki)

Overwatch (Pretty much any of the playable characters but i have a better grasp on some of their characters than others, Maximilien)

Rick and Morty (Rick, Beth, Rick Prime, Summer, Morty, Unity)

Honkai Impact 3rd (Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Otto, Welt, Void Archives, all Flame Chasers, Klein(human and ELF), Dr.MEI, Senti, Fu Hua, Roza and Lili, Sushang, Theresa, Coralie, Songque, Sera, Thelema, Helia, Senadina, Lantern, Himeko, Ai-Chan, Durandal, Rita, Susanah, Kallen, Sakura, Siegfried, Tesla, Einstein, Seele, Seele(other), Sin Mal, Cocolia, Gray Serpent, Raven, Sirin, Any Captainsverse Characters) APHO VERSIONS OF MEI AND BRONYA ARE AVAILABLE FOR ROMANCE, BUT NOT THEIR TEEN COUNTERPARTS.)

Honkai Star Rail(Welt.... again..., Himeko, Dan Heng, Trailblazer, March 7th, Bronya, Seele, Sampo, Sushang, Herta, Natasha, Ruan Mei, Asta, Sparkle, Clara, Svarog, Argenti.) As i play more i'll add more characters to this list

Dungeon Meshi (All of the Touden Party, Mithrun, Thistle, Kabru)

Mario Games (Peach, Daisy, Luigi)

Soul Eater(Maka, Kid, Soul, Black*Star, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki, Crona, Ragnarok, Meme, Anya, Tsugumi, Kilik, Ox, Ragnarok, Kim, Jackie, Stein, Spirit, Medusa, Azusa, Sid, Naigus, Blair, Eruka, Giriko, Arachne, Mifune, Marie)

Pokemon(Akari, Rei, Volo, Adaman, Irida, Ingo, Emmet, Elesa, Guzma, Hilda, Selene, Arven, Nemona, Penny, Leon, Raihan, Melony, Allister, Cilan(anime), Iris, Korrina, Skyla, Nessa, Kabu, Cynthia, Kukui, Gloria, Jessie(anime), James(anime), Meowth(anime), Lana, Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, Lillie, Faba, N) You can Specify Anime or Game Counterpart For Some Characters, Feel Free To Ask :)

Wakfu(show)(Yugo, Amalia, Dally, Rubilax, Remington and Grany, Eva, Ruel, Qilby, Nox)

My Little Pony G4(Mane Six, Discord, CMC, Luna, Celestia)

Obey Me!(Mammon, Lucifer, Satan, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Luke, Diavolo, Barbatos)

Undertale(Pretty much anyone)

Roblox: Pressure( Painter and Sebastian)

What I'm NOT Willing To Write

Content:

NSFW content (im aro ace and just not comfortable with it)

Pedophilia/Lolicon/Shotacon/Underage

Zoophilia

Incest (including stepcest)

Reader character being seriously mean to a character. (it makes me sad to think about anyone being seriously rude to a character... enemies to lovers/friendly teasing/rivalries/etc are all allowed, just no serious rudeness to characters.)

Pokephilia

amab male reader. (i am afab genderfluid and just don't have any perspective on this. sorry!)

Fandoms/Characters:

Harry Potter (self explanatory)

Jerry Smith (just don't like him)

Belphegor (i don't take pleasure from writing him....)

[blehbet-arts]

Hi! I know it's old, but I just stumbled upon your fe3h x genshin au recently. It seems really interesting, so I was wondering if you could elaborate some of the lore 👉👈

oh!! of course!!

this will be a lil long because of how character focused it is, so feel free to look at whichever one interested you the most. the yapperning, shall now commence :3

Byleth Eisner - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Anemo Delusion: Pyro Weapon Type: Sword Region: Sumeru (formerly Snezhnaya) Affiliations: The Akademiya, (formerly the Fatui)

An ex high ranking Fatui officer, Byleth escaped the clutches of the Fatui upon the discovery that their father was killed by one of the Fatui Harbingers (feel free to guess who did it...). Finding easy mercenary work in Sumeru, they worked their way up from an escapee to a trusted hired sword for the Akademiya. On request, they're also willing to teach scholars basic combat. Because of them and their strange, but effective teaching methods, there's unsubstantiated rumours flying around that the Sages are considering the implementation of a new Darshan.

Currently in their possession is the Sword of the Creator, a heroes' relic passed down into their grasp from civilisations of old - an object in which they stole in the midst of their retreat.

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Cryo Weapon Type: Polearm Region: Snezhnaya Affiliations: The Fatui

Adopted by the Tsaritsa under mysterious circumstances, Dimitri was raised in accordance of the Fatui's ideals. Growing up to be a capable fighter, he'd then take on the role as one of the Tsaritsa's military generals and plays a critical role in her personal vanguard. As of now, he is currently on the hunt for traitors of the Fatui, and that just so happens to include a certain professor...

Currently in his possession is Areadbhar, a heroes' relic once wielded by upstanding Khaenri'ahn soldiers. It was given to him by the Tsaritsa.

Edelgard von Hresvelg - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Pyro Weapon Type: Claymore Region: Mondstadt Affiliations: Knights of Favonius, (Khaenri'ah)

Born and raised amidst the Mondstadtian uppercrust, Edelgard has led an uneventful life as a Knight of Favonius. However, beneath this seemingly unshakable visage is a secret that even she is yet to fully grasp. In her spare time, she can often be found surveying ruins, most of which have been prescribed to the ancient civilisation of Khaenri'ah. Her curiosity is sourced by her dissatisfaction with the current ways of Teyvat.

Currently in her possession is Aymr, a heroes' relic that she found on one of her personal expeditions. Even so, she can't help the feeling that its placement, upon being discovered, was notably purposeful.

Claude von Riegan - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Anemo Weapon Type: Bow Region: Sumeru, Fontaine Affiliations: Corps of Thirty, Temple of Silence

A free spirit - Claude takes to new environments well and is rarely seen stationed in one place for too long a time. As a dedicated member of the Corps of Thirty, he maintains Sumeru's security, albeit in his own unique ways. While relations between the Akademiya and the Temple of Silence have improved, he also secretly acts as an undercover agent for the Temple should this bout of trust prove misguided on the Akademiya's part. As of now, he is currently on vacation leave, which he is using to travel around Teyvat. Residing in Fontaine, he is accompanied by one Hilda Valentine Goneril and Lorenz Hellman Gloucestor.

Currently in his possession is Failnaught, a heroes' relic that was gifted to him by his grandfather. Though mysterious, he trusts that he'll wield it well should the time of its use come.

Yuri - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Electro Weapon Type: Sword Region: Inazuma Affiliations: The Shuumatsuban

Like many Shuumatsuban ninjas, Yuri's past is shrouded in mystery, but this fact has never hindered him from his job. Specialising in undercover work and assassinations, Yuri is thorough while maintaining a casual air that would ease many away from suspicion. Even so, there is a part of him that yearns for a better life for him and his fellow ninjas.

Currently in his possession is the Fetters of Dromi, a heroes' relic that was salvaged from Fatui supplies on one of his missions. While its use is unknown to him, he keeps it close in the case that it one day becomes useful.

Seteth and Flayn - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Geo and Anemo, respectively Weapon Type: Polearm and Catalyst, respectively Region: Fontaine, (formerly Liyue) Affiliations: Adepti

In the wake of Rex Lapis' death, Seteth and Flayn took to travelling, which eventually led them to Fontaine. In the current day and age, they live a quiet life in the Fontainean countryside, caring for the surrounding wildlife and tending to their farm. In the past, however, Seteth and Flayn were devout Adepti who fought by Rex Lapis' side during the Archon War.

While not much has occurred in the peaceful life they currently lead, Seteth senses an incoming global change. Any measures made to further seclude themselves is for the sake of Flayn's safety.

Shez - ☆☆☆☆☆

Vision: Electro Weapon Type: Sword Region: No set region, encountered in Sumeru Affiliations: Treasure Hoarders

A prolific member of the Treasure Hoarders, Shez is renowned for his many escapades in locating and finding treasure. While being a Treasure Hoarder often gives people a bad impression of him, those who know him are well aware of his intentions. Likewise, his past is also shrouded in mystery. Not even Shez himself is fully aware what landed him in this position as a notable Treasure Hoarder.

Currently in his possession is the Asura Blades, a heroes' relic that Shez found (stole) from Khaenri'ahn ruins. Upon closer inspection, he too found it suspicious how it was positioned - as if the intent was for it to be found.

Dedue Molinaro - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Geo Weapon Type: Claymore Region: Sumeru Affiliations: Aaru Village Guard, (the Fatui)

Reliable and steadfast, Dedue is a formidable member of the Aaru Village Guard. In truth, he also harbours a secret connection. Taken in by the Sumeru division of the House of the Hearth at a young age, Dedue was raised and eventually recruited by the Fatui. Proving his worth, he was then brought into Dimitri's vanguard, which then led him to being stationed out in Aaru Village for the sake of tracking down 'the professor' and maintaining safe passage for fellow Fatui personnel to pass through.

Hubert von Vestra - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Electro Weapon Type: Catalyst Region: Mondstadt Affiliations: Knights of Favonius

Earning quite the repute as a Knight of Favonius, Hubert has often been questioned for his motivations. Though he makes it clear that his loyalty is solely towards the Knights and Edelgard herself, there are some who still cannot shake the feeling of something else beneath that cold visage of his. But others yet chalk this up to his role as an undercover reconnaissance mission soloist.

Ferdinand von Aegir - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Pyro Weapon Type: Polearm Region: Mondstadt Affiliations: Knights of Favonius

A noble, but only in name, Ferdinand is determined to re-prove the worth and mettle of the Mondstadtian nobility in light of the many controversies that have come to darken the region's past. This is spurred further on by his father having gone missing, the trail of evidence leading itself outside of Mondstadt's borders. Right now, he is at a crossroads; should he stay and take on his role as the last remaining Aegir noble, or should he leave Mondstadt to uncover the mystery of his father's disappearance?

Hilda Valentine Goneril - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Pyro Weapon Type: Claymore Region: Fontaine Affiliations: Spina di Rosula

Hailed as a master of her craft, Hilda is known for her work as a jeweller in Fontaine's fashion sphere. She is also a trusted member of the Spina di Rosula. That all being said, she is also just as well-known for her habit of leaving her projects to the very last minute, if not outright asking her employees or other members of the Spina di Rosula to complete projects for her.

Lorenz Hellman Gloucestor - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Electro Weapon Type: Polearm Region: Fontaine Affiliations: Spina di Rosula

As an upstanding member of the Spina di Rosula, Lorenz's family has a long history serving the presidential line of the organisation and have often been seen supporting them by way of sponsorships. Though he may hold some qualms over how the Spina di Rosula currently runs, one can trust him to be loyal as a thoughtful confidant to whoever sits at its current head.

Ignatz Victor - ☆☆☆☆

Vision: Dendro Weapon Type: Bow Region: Sumeru, (formerly Fontaine) Affiliations: Akademiya

A Vahumana scholar that was sent to the Akademiya because of his merchant family's encouragement and desire for him to become well educated, Ignatz is reluctant but willing to learn in due thanks to the financial trouble it took for him to travel and apply. As much as he is determined to learn about Teyvat's history, his heart lies in the arts. Secretly, he's a widely renowned artist, known for his landscape and candid painting work. He works under the pen name of 'Verdi'.

[multiversal-pig-outing]

botw hilda being a free spirit gremlin that was just a expert of magic but has no tech skills.

[fever-project]

What’s Ravio’s relationship with the others like?

Warriors/Link

Impa

Zelda/Artemis

Midna

Yuga

Young link and wind?

Ravio generally gets along with everyone…after a while that is. When he first got shoved into the war, he really amped up his “cowardly, feeble merchant” facade. He didn’t really want to get involved in a time war, but he sure did want to help out. He got along well with the Links first, with everyone else either having mixed feelings on Ravio, tolerating him, or just not liking him.

Ravio would do basically whatever Captain Link asked him to. And if he didn’t want to do it, depending on the task, he would comply in the most malicious and mischievous way he could. The Captain quickly learned what he could and could not ask Ravio to do. He never could get too annoyed at Ravio though, because he could tell that the merchant was a genuinely good person who wanted to help as best he could. They’re friendly, but they don’t really hang out with each other when they have the free time, at least not just the two of them.

Young Link (Mask we’ll call him) mostly just sees Ravio as an eccentric merchant. He finds himself hanging out with Ravio more than he would want to, but doesn’t mind it too much. Mask does likes to listen to Ravio babble on about whatever, and will buy some things from him from time to time. They’re friends, but Mask would hesitate to call him that.

Wind buys a bunch of stuff from Ravio. Wind Waker, the game, let’s you have a lot of money compared to what you can have in AlbW. Wind takes advantage of the low prices Ravio initially had to buy out practically everything Ravio is selling. On one hand, Ravio made a profit, on the other hand, now he had nothing to sell. This started the arduous process of Ravio adjusting his rates to accommodate the average amount of rupees one can have/hold in their wallets across all the different times. Ravio charges Wind more than he charges others from his time, out of spite. Wind is still more than willing to cough up the money, leading to an overall good relationship between the two. Bonus mention, Spirit, who looks a lot like Wind, helped him with getting discounts on items. Since Wind can dress up like Spirit, or Spirit can just get the items himself, there would be no bonus charge. This worked well the first few times, but Ravio quickly caught on and also charged Spirit more as well.

The first one to come around to Ravio was Impa, surprisingly enough. She found him to be extremely loyal and helpful to everyone, and the few times he actually went onto the battlefield, he was surprisingly competent despite his incompetent facade. Impa grew to respect him, and Ravio respected-and somewhat feared-her as well. They weren’t friends or anything, but they have a mutual respect for each other.

After getting along with Impa, Zelda is next to change her feelings about him. She had mixed feelings about him at first. He was a great merchant and helper, but she found him to be extremely annoying. Honestly still finds him annoying, but now respects him. She reminds Ravio a lot about Hilda, mainly her determination and unwavering commitment to her people. Mutual respect.

Minda and Ravio are those friends who insult each other all the time, in good fun. A lot of teasing and a lot of pranks. When they teamed up, things would get extremely chaotic.

Ravio hates Yuga with a passion. The moment he sees Yuga on the battlefield, he beelines for him and tries to kill him as soon as possible. He is not successful. And Yuga also hates Ravio, but is more annoyed by him then anything.

Some more bonus mentions! Ravio gets along well with Marin, but can get a bit overwhelmed by her competitive nature when it comes to games and with how much better she is than everyone at all kinds of games. She also loves Sheerow and is the first one Ravio would leave the bird alone with. Lana and Ravio bounce of off each other well, and get along swimmingly. They never seek each other out though, but do consider each other as friends. Linkle occasionally drags people along with her when she wants some adventure, Ravio being one of these people. Why? Because she think he’s a fun person to hang around with. Ravio thinks she nice and energetic, but maybe a bit too much for him at times. They get along though.

New paragraph for the sword spirits. Ravio likes Fi and is grateful to her because she’s the Master Sword! In her future, she’ll not only be helping his own hero, but other heroes as well. Nothing but respect towards her. Fi doesn’t really have too many feeling towards him, but does respect his eye for business and skill in battle despite not being much of a fighter. Ghirahim thinks Ravio is annoying, but he thinks most people are annoying honestly. But Ravio is one of the few people who bother to address him as Lord Ghirahim, so he respects Ravio just a smidgen more than everyone else in the time crew. Ravio thinks he’s very creepy and terrifying, but if he sucks up to him a bit, than maybe he’ll turn out better than the others in the end.

[jullbnt]

Linktober 2023 – Masterlist

Day 1. Merchant (Ravio)

Day 2. Temple (ALttP Link exploring an old school dungeon)

Day 3. Friend/Helper/Companion (OoT Link and Epona)

Day 4. Sage (Nabooru)

Day 5. Race/Species (Midna and the Twili)

Day 6. Mask (Fierce Deity Link and all the masks!!)

Day 7. Sky Islands (TotK Link with the broken Master Sword)

Day 8. Constructs (Soldier Constructs)

Day 9. Deity (Hylia)

Day 10. Zelda (ALttP Zelda)

Day 11. Monsters (Dancing Redeads)

Day 12. Princess (Hilda)

Day 13. Spirit/Ghost/Phantom (Hero’s Shade)

Day 14. Ganon/Ganondorf (WW Ganondorf)

Day 15. Favorite character (Hero of Time)

Day 16. Dragons (all the dragons from TotK/BotW)

Day 17. Prophecy (Master Sword)

Day 18. Boss (WW Gohma)

Day 19. Zonai (TotK Zelda with the ghosts of Rauru and Sonia)

Day 20. Fire/Lava/Heat (Darunia)

Day 21. Link (TP Link)

Day 22. NPC (OoT Impa)

Day 23. Child/Children (OoT Link and Zelda as children)

Day 24. Korok/Kikwi/Kokiri (WW Link with Makar and Fado)

Day 25. Fairy (OoT/MM Great Fairy taking care of young Link)

Day 26. Overgrown (Minish Link)

Day 27. Plants/Forest (Saria)

Day 28. Light/Sparkle/Bright (OoT Rauru)

Day 29. Aquatic/Water (Ruto)

Day 30. Favorite game (Ocarina of Time)

Day 31. Free for all (OoT Zelink)

I’m also making posts grouping them by game or theme! In order of appearance:

A Link Between Worlds 

A Link to the Past

Ocarina of Time

OoT Seven Sages (six actually!)

Twilight Princess

Majora’s Mask

Tears of the Kingdom

Hylian religion

The Wind Waker

The Minish Cap

Hope you guys like them :D

These are available as prints on my Inprnt page! (I still need to add a few of them)

[devout-khajiit]

Gonna flood you with PCP questions >:3c

Gonna make you choose with the first question. Who is your favorite PCP entity you worship/work with?

What headcanons about the entity you worship/work with do you love? What do you hate?

Of who you work with, who is the most like their canon counterpart? Who is the least? (You can't say Molag Bal for the second part, that's cheating and I already know that one.)

If you had the choice, what fictional species would you want as a familiar or other form of spirit companion?

Do you pick and choose from pantheons or do you prefer to work with whole pantheons? Does your source even have a pantheon?

~Jasper

Well met, internet traveler Jasper!

Who is your favorite PCP entity you worship/work with?

O... only one?

Oh gosh.

If I must choose, probably... Molag Bal at this exact moment in time (with Hermaeus Mora being a very close second). I have a lot of very big, important feelings about how much help He's been with this haunting, so He gets to take the cake, at least this time!

What headcanons about the entity you worship/work with do you love? What do you hate?

Hmm... I'm gonna go with Touhou Project, because that series actually has rampant headcanons.

Reimu Hakurei... one of the headcanons I love because it's so funny is that Reimu's a zombie. It's a fanon thing because ZUN, a few times over, colored her skin in such a way she looks jaundiced, so we just... decided she's a zombie now.

And I don't like the "she's physically violent for any money, even a small yen coin". I find it too far out of the realm of her actual character as a kind, albeit sometimes bold, person. It's one of those headcanons where it's just a bit too far off actual canon to be fun to me.

Of who you work with, who is the most like their canon counterpart? Who is the least? (You can't say Molag Bal for the second part, that's cheating and I already know that one.)

HEY @ the Molag Bal part. but okay yes that's fair.

Hmm... Flandre Scarlet is probably the most like her canon counterpart, off the top off my head. Her personality is about 1 for 1.

But, actually, for someone who isn't Molag Bal but is very different, I'd have to saaaaaay. Meridia. She's never been an anti-free will person to me, nor does she seem to care that much about the undead and stuff. But other than that, pretty close to canon... it just goes to show how utterly different Molag Bal is to canon.

If you had the choice, what fictional species would you want as a familiar or other form of spirit companion?

Amusingly, not from my actual sources, but a Deerfox from the Hilda series. They're as the name implies, foxes with deer antlers. They're essentially implied to be cosmic beings, but actual lore on them is scarce.

Do you pick and choose from pantheons or do you prefer to work with whole pantheons? Does your source even have a pantheon?

Elder Scrolls has a pantheon, Touhou does not, unless you count the Aki sisters as a pantheon and then Suwako and Kanako as a pantheon. But I very much work with whole pantheons, I just still do my usual of entity juggling. I pick and choose who to work with based on what is best for me at the given moment.

Thanks as always for indulging me, and extra thanks for the help with the actual ask game! Gods know I'm not active enough in PCM to come up with a load of great questions.

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This awful nightmare month had FOUR paralogues. So tiring. And they don't even let me kill Flayn or Seteth! Or let me see Rhea murdering those two NPC imperial suckups. Disappointing all around.

To get my notes under the char limit, I'll put the part about the first paralogue here.

Immediately after Claude's death/deportation, we get invaded by Almyra. Holst "fell ill" but big doubt.jpg, since he does not show his face to either Hubert or Edelgard (Hubert can only comment that "it's said" that Holst looks and smells awful). The Alliance supposedly can't cooperate enough to muster forces to support the Locket, even though we just spent lots of time playing up how Claude maneuvered everything to go down with the least amount of damage possible and how the Alliance has been extremely peaceful and cooperative to our occupation and invasion. The Goneril soldiers book it immediately when we arrive, no green units for us. And at the end, Holst politely passes the duty of guarding the Locket to the Empire. Which is another way of saying he refused to do it anymore, possibly on account of the dead little sister. You know, just maybe.

This is hilarious in general, and you can read all kinds of funny things into it, especially since this is the route where the game lies to you all the time with a straight face, so you are free to interpret practically all things you're told as complete bullshit (and you'll be provably right at least half the time).

Personally, I think it's very funny to assume everyone who says the Alliance occupation is going oh so well is either wrong or lying. I mean, sure, Claude supposedly arranged it so things would go peacefully whether he won or lost, BUT he was wrong at least twice about his allies surrendering peaceably and his dying words are about how he misread the entire situation. Yeah, logically this is all structured to contrast how the Kingdom and the Church won't go down as peacefully, but it's funnier if the Alliance is also not peaceful about this at all.

Almyra certainly is not looking like a future friendly neighbor, despite Edie's optimistic outlook.

Live blogging:

Hubert reports that Thales has started collecting the Relics from the Alliance (cool! definitely not a problem! Hilda wasn't casually able to oneshot everyone with that awful axe!)

He also suggests that we have one of our Lions recruits pretend to be a hostage to force their family to betray the Kingdom. Lovely man, so practical.

Byleth: you're using too many Proper Nouns, I can't keep tracks :( Edelgard: don't worry about it, kitten

Nader's in good spirits, at least. The Almyran forces have a lot of wyverns, mounted archers and also giant birds.

Edelgard thinks we can befriend Almyra, she would even consider a treaty. It's not a land ruled by blind fealty to the goddess (lol), so as long as communicate openly and respect the differences between our cultures... OK. We're not gonna mention Claude at all, which is funny.

Next paralogue! Hubie is investigating Solon, Kronya and Arundel. He wants to know their identities, their origins, their numbers, their base of operations, their plans, and where they acquired their dark powers, how they disguise themselves. He calls them "those who slither in the dark."

Now, working backwards from this, it means that he doesn't know these things in early war phase (where we are now), unless we assume he got further in his investigations in other routes.

Also, as has been pointed out, although this is a descriptive name that Hubert came up with, it's also used by Rhea for some reason.

It's a shame that Arundel is just Thales, he has a pretty nice design.

Hubert calls Arundel "Regent" even now. Weird!

We're sent to help some Agarthans who were experimenting in the Sealed Forest but their demonic beast subjects ran wild. Hubert later suggests that this was all a setup to make Edie's faction feel powerless in the face of the Agarthans' experiment (because they are aware Hubert is investigating them), but it backfired because Hubie isn't intimidated at all. He's looking forward to when Edelgard finished uniting Fodlan, and then House Vestra will fight the Agarthans in the shadows. (Hilarious from a narrative standpoint.)

Incidentally, you only need to save more than half the mages to get Arrow of Indra. The "Mysterious Mages" that you save also do not have Agarthan Technology abilities unlike the shapeshifters. Ladislava is popular with the citizens of the empire. She doesn't put up airs, is talented and also beautiful. She's known as the Scarlet Warrior.

There isn't much unrest in the former Alliance territories, perhaps thanks to Caspar's dad's strength (aka keeping them in line by force).

Riegan was once a branch family of Blaiddyd, which is very mysterious given their different crests.

Ladislava's troops depart at the end of the month (February) to the western front. They have high mobility. iirc she's a wyvern rider.

It's a bit funny to get the quest for the Almyran merchant same month as the Almyra invasion paralogue.

Claude told Lysithea roughly that she shouldn't focus too much on whether they win. Unlike Judith and Hilda, she listened lol.

Hubert hanging out in the Deer classroom, thinking about Claude. Relatable. He says that Claude has a compassionate exterior, but underneath is cold and calculating. Harsh! Also, not really in line with Claude's behavior toward his allies.

Linhardt says that there's a passage from the Holy Mausoleum to the Holy Tomb, but he can't figure out the mechanism. It's not really clear where the Holy Tomb is, and I've seen the speculation that it's under the amiibo gazebo... but the Holy Mausoleum is in the cathedral, so the two being connected... it's possible both are true, but kinda weird if so.

Dorothea: They'll write operas about this... I'm sure a pretty actress will play you :) And Edie :)) Maybe they'll throw in a love story :)))) hahaha (extremely awkward laugh)

Just realized you steal Zoltan's idol from the advisory room in the cathedral. Nice.

Hubert and Edie A: He emphasizes again that he's devoted to her due to personal feelings but also that he's not loyal in the sense of following her orders. He does what he thinks is best and if Edie disagrees, or doesn't like it, or is kept in the dark for her own good, well, that's how it is. He also mentions that his devotion became personal after Edie returned from the Kingdom, which calls back to how he and Ionius treat it as some kind of malicious kidnapping.

Petra paralogue: Church is threatening Brigid :( Well, per the Empire's perspective. Catherine is here <3

Jokes aside, Petra's perspective is interesting. Brigid is trapped between the Empire and Dagda, and they don't have the ability to stand against either one. They were dragged into war with the Empire by Dagda, which they then lost, and Petra's father was even killed. So they became a vassal state of the Empire, but given the whole racism issue, they probably were not in a good position. So Petra is focused on basically proving that Brigid is a useful and valuable ally for the Empire. Which is a rather practical approach.

Leonie paralogue... Interesting details that you need recommendations to get into Officers Academy. In the Alliance this means paying nobles to get them. Raphael mentions that his family sold their business to pay for him, iirc, since he wasn't up to running it anyway. Ignatz's parents are more successful, so perhaps they could just afford it. Leonie's entire village had to chip in to buy her way in. Presumably Ashe was sent by Lonato directly (though interesting choice given that the uprising happens very early in the year, so he must have already been planning it). I think the only other commoner is Dorothea, who... well.

Linhardt brings up the crests perpetuate the nobility angle and says to take it up with the Goddess for handing them out like that. But given where Leicester crests actually came from... sigh

Linhardt read about the legend of Saint Indech, so it's free real estate for any other character to read in an AU. Very nice.

Lake Teutates... Indech is a giant turtle. Man, these "dragons" are all kinds of shapes lmao. He attacks with water spikes.

Leonie calls the Immovable One a "magic beast" which we haven't seen so far, only wild beasts and demonic beasts.

Linhardt immediately caught on that the Immovable One is Saint Indech.

Petra has been in Fodlan for 9 years as of the war phase, so she came 3 years before the Academy.

Garreg Mach can be entered from the north by following Aillel, the Valley of Torment.

The map this time is a modified version of the monastery defense map from end of Academy Phase and second battle of the other routes. Previously, I didn't realize that the right hand third is gone. Presumably, this is the gorge that Byleth fell into...

We're fighting an expeditionary force led by Alois, while Rhea and Catherine hold off the rest of our army at the Sealed Forest. Aaah, they're so cool <3 They're also set up an ambush.

OK, so the situation with Flayn and Seteth is that they just retreat when defeated, regardless of who fights them. I thought there would be some scene about specifically sparing them, but nah. They just leave on their own. You don't even have any unique dialogue with Seteth, and Flayn just talks about how she won't kill you since she owes you her life.

Rhea murdered the heck out of Ladislava and Randolph off-screen. Shame, I would have loved to see it.

We killed Alois tho! He felt that, since we betrayed Rhea, Jeralt would not have approved.