#Gain courage

[ghostieevie]

Gain Courage

Link was gone, and Ravio couldn’t handle it.

Link came back, left again, and Ravio knew too late that he loved him.

Legend came back, and Ravio was gone. Legend couldn’t handle it.

Now Ravio has to fight in a war that’s not his own. Aiding a different Link through his adventures and fighting his own demons as well.

He has to gain courage. After all, he won’t survive as the coward he is. That isn’t an option, because he has to get back to his Link.

Or: Ravio gets pulled into Hyrule Warriors. He kicks ass, takes names and simps for his Mr. Hero.

Don’t expect a schedule lol

It had been thirteen months, two weeks, six days and ten hours since Link fell through a portal that appeared from under him, and closed before Ravio could even blink.

It had been ten months, three days, seven hours and six minutes since Link came back as Legend three months after Ravio saw him disappear.

It had been one week after that, that Link was torn from him again.

It had been nine months, one week, four days and nine hours since Ravio had gotten the first of many letters which prompted a constant back and forth of writing.

It had been then, as he clutched the precious letters to his chest that Ravio realized that he was hopelessly, undoubtedly and stupidly in love with Link. Head over heels? No no no more like tumbling down several hills and mountains before impaling his heart with a stick.

And it had been exactly one minute, that as Ravio was placing some of his most important items into his bag, that he himself was falling into a dark swirling purple abyss, positively reeking of dark magic.

And as he closed his eyes, he hopes he would end up with Link on the other side. But fate was always one to play tricks.

❦

Ravio hummed a cheery tune as he walked up the leaf covered pathway to Link’s house. He had just returned from the market because they ran out of ingredients durning breakfast. Ravio glanced up at the mid-day sun. Okay, so maybe lunch. He shook his head as he opened the door. Grinning he cupped a hand to his mouth.

“Oh honey!~ I’m home!~” He made sure to drag the ‘o’s out in a typical annoying fashion. Link groaned (good naturedly to the few who knew him) ahead of him, lounging at the table.

“Not married, fuck you. And even if we were, you would the house wife. You stole my line.” Ravio scoffed as he lifted up his hood. He cocked his hip and placed a hand on it in sass and faux confidence.

“Oh? Is that because you never do any housework, go to the market or cook?” Ravio pointed a finger at him. “Well then of course I’m the stay at home partner!” Ravio held back a smile under a playful scowl as Link began to hold in a laugh.

“Oh ho ho? Now your laughing at me? That’s it! We’re getting divorced and I’m taking…” Ravio trailed, looking around the room. He quickly grabbed a small plush rabbit.

“Mr.Hero jr. with me!” And with that it seemed that the man burst out laughing. Ravio began to laugh himself at the inane joke. Internally however his heart melted and he wanted to paint the scene in front of him, he hadn’t had a clue why.

The light from the window seemed perfect, hitting the hero from the side in all the right places. Link himself was still sitting in the rosewood chair, slightly curled in himself with one arm across his stomach and the other held up so his hand could futilely hide his laughter.

Ravio stood mesmerized by the light playing with the pink strands in front of Link’s face he could never manage to stay dyed, from his pink bunny adventures that Ravio would tease him of, hence the soft baby pink rabbit in his hands. He wanted to stop time, for just this moment.

Ravio shook himself out of his thoughts, bringing himself back to the moment as Link stopped laughing. (He couldn’t help but miss the sound) The merchant bent down and began to pick up the cloth bags he used for shopping, that he set down sometime durning the conversation, only to look up as gloved hands picked up half of the bags in one swoop.

“Well I wouldn’t much of a husband if I didn’t help out, no?” Link grabbed a few more and headed into the kitchen, Ravio following suit.

❦

“…nd then he told me that the bread was blessed! If that wasn’t just plain ridiculous, then further proof was that I didn’t sense jack crap from it! Honestly just tell me your up charging bread.” Ravio finished his rant as he bit down angrily on a bite of beef stroganoff… and promptly melted into the bite of his favorite food. (Unbeknownst to him, Link found him quite endearing, perhaps even cute… and mentally slapped himself.)

“I would have figured people would have tried to stop scamming you by now. After all, you are the biggest scam of them all.” Ravio gasped at his words, trying to act offended. Pfft, he knew that he was a scammer. How would he make a living otherwise? Honest profit? Perish the thought.

“I’ll have you know I am but a fair merchant, I’ll even let you take something for free!” He trilled, pointing his fork dramatically to punctuate his statement. Ravio was already planning on giving Link something free for his quest he would be going on after lunch.

“Yeah right.” Link flicked his nose, causing Ravio to drop his fork and hold it with his hands. He pouted at Link as he was getting up.

“Well then, I’ll just have to show you! Come on Mr.Hero!” Ravio went up to the bedroom with Link behind him. Ravio slid out two small boxes from under the bed. (“How?? How did I not notice that under my bed-“) He nervously chewed on his tongue as he rose to his feet.

“Kay! So this won’t look like much but this will offer you some basic protection from the elements.” Ravio began to ramble as he sat on the bed and gestured for Link to do the same. “Mostly everything, so long as you don’t jump into lava or get frozen in a block of ice for more than twenty four hours.” He lightly glared at Link at the last part. He put his hands up in mock surrender.

“Okay, that wasn’t my fault and it was only half an hour!” Link attempted to defend himself as he took a seat next to him. Honestly, Ravio was worried sick when he came back with blue lips and fingers!

“Yeah, well it happened so this should make sure you don’t die via ice block.” Ravio stuck his tongue out. Link huffed and rolled his eyes before Ravio handed him one of the boxes, the darker one of the two. He held his breath baitedly as the box was examined closely, before it was opened. Inside lay an intricately carved wooden ring. The dark cherry wood was carved to give the illusion that two wooden pieces were intertwined, like a braid but with only two pieces and not three. And most notably, the purple gem that lay in the middle.

Ravio squirmed as the silence dragged on, and began his horrid stuttering. “The taa- Ahem the taaffeite- gah! The taaffeite is said to bring good luck and fortune. I carved this ring myself y’kno- ack!” His sentence was cut short by the hero tackling him into a tight hug. He didn’t know what to do, if he was honest. The last time he was hugged… oh goddess when was the last time? Wait hold on… Link of all people was hugging him. The least tactile person in Hyrule.

“Thanks, Rav. This is- you MADE this for me?…” He nodded before Link backed away. Ravio could actually burst in excitement. He lit up as he remembered one last thing up his sleeve.

“Not only that buuut-“ Ravio opened the other box which held a similar design but with a bright pink thulite gem in place of the taaffetite. He put it on. “I have one to match! Put yours on and I’ll show you why!” Link took a second to look at Ravio’s own ring, probably realizing the matching colors to eachother. It wasn’t what Ravio had intended but it worked out alright. The other eventually slid on his own ring.

Ravio grinned as he pushed a bit of magic through the ring, and watched Links face as his own ring responded with a light glow, and what should be a slight tugging sensation.

“This is so that I can at least know your alive and well. Just push a small- ish amount of magic through, and it reacts.” Ravio explained. Link nodded, and he could feel a small yank, enough to pull his hand forward. The ring glowed bright. Ravio giggled, and waved Link off.

“It shouldn’t take much or any magic. That being said, if you’re completely drained you can also tap it on something containing similar magic to yours. It won’t feel the same, more impersonal than with your own but it should do.” Ravio watched Link concentrate once more, and this time as the ring reacted, it was subtle just like how he himself had done it.

Ravio cheered, he did it! Link rolled his eyes and playfully pushed his shoulder. “Shouldn’t I be the one celebrating? Why are you more excited than me about me being able to control my magic flow?” Link teased. And to anyone else it was in a harsh tone, but not to him. To Ravio it was playful and an obvious attempt to provoke another banter match.

Sadly, Link had to leave before to much longer lest he not reach a safe place before dark.

“Oh hush! Don’t you have stuff to pack?” And as Link walked out of the room, Ravio couldn’t help but want him to stay longer.

❦

Ravio sighed, glaring as he put more rations and snacks in. He had the space! Besides, who knew how long this would take? What if he ended up somewhere with no clean water? Or if there was contaminated food?

“Mr.Hero, it’s not wasting food if it’s a good precaution. I’d rather have a bit of food leftover than you starving.” The man in question rolled his eyes for the fifth time but finally stopped trying to get him to give up on packing more food. Ravio decided to be a little cheeky now. So as soon as Link looked away, he slipped in a bright pink handkerchief with a bunny, tying it to a water skin so it would most definitely be taken out.

What did he expect? After shoving more stuff than necessary into the bag he finally handed it to Link.

“Alright I’m done! You better not be coming back fried like a baked cuckoo, ya hear?” Ravio pushed the bag into Links chest as he turned around, having just strapped on his weapons. The bag collided into him, and he made an ‘oof’ noise.

“Me? You’re the mother cuckoo here.” Link flicked Ravio’s nose, causing him to startle back. “No wait, you’re a rabbit.” He’s taking offense to that!

“Hey! I’m just-“ Ravio broke off. Something felt… off. He focused in. The magic felt weird?

“Mr.Hero? The magic. Something’s wrong.” Almost swirly. It was almost like it was congregating around a point… the floor? Ravio’s eyes widened in realization, and he made to grab Link. His hand was almost there!

“Ravio! Don’t-“

It was too late. Ravio’s fingers only just brushed fabric as the hero fell, far from his grasp and far from him. He couldn’t breath. Link was gone. He was gone. Ravio was useless AGAIN. Ravio couldn’t shake the hero’s expression from his mind, the panic in his eyes. And he…

He tried to save Ravio. He tried to make sure Ravio didn’t fall in as well. It seemed the portal wouldn’t let him though, because he stomped on it. The concentrated magic swirled but it was only like glass for him. He fell to his knees and banged on the portal over and over again, until it disappeared. His knuckles began to split but he didn’t, couldn’t, care.

He kept hitting the ground, as if it would spit him back out. And when that didn’t work he screamed at the ground but nothing made a difference. Eventually, Ravio couldn’t even scream anymore.

❦

It was an hour later that Zelda arrived, feeling the magic imbalance. All that she found was Ravio, his hands bloody and bruised. He was only staring blankly at the floor.

“Ravio?” At the mention of his name he slowly dragged his gaze upwards to meet hers.

“He’s gone.” Ravio whispered. He clutched his hair with bloody hands and tugged his hood back on. “He’s… he’s really…”

Zelda fell before him, tugging him into an embrace as the first tear fell.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Look what we've become.

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[unavidas]

A while ago I gave myself a drawing prompt: What if Elrond was the one who found and rescued Celebrían?

[miagour]

I insist anybody not to listen to Hank by any means, honestly

A bit out of context, but the main thing is that this is AU, where Cesar's alternate is not evil (and Mark is alive, too), which leads to complicated relationships with… "Gabriel" (aka Lucifer, for this universe)

upd: adding this note because it's important to clarify, and I don't know how soon I'll draw anything new — human-Cesar is also there! Furthermore, his presence is essential since au mostly focuses on his relationships with alt. "Cesar" (besides, he'll get his own name eventually).

So there are actually two Cesars in this drawing, not Cesar and Mark :')

[shalaaex]

Thank you cass, your series has really created such a happy little fandom that I find is not my safe space. You have inspired thousands of artists and if it weren’t for you. A lot of people wouldn’t be where they are now. I’m excited to see what else you make, rise or not. You’re an incredible person and I’m glad I was able to follow along this comic. It truly gave me something to look forward to.

Thank you, cass

‘I’ll be grinding a conclusion animatic…

[cappycodeart]

"So say the word and I'll be running back to find you A thousand armies won't stop me I'll break through I'll soar the endless skies for only one sight Of your starlight"

No the Simon brainrot hasn't left me, it's just evolved into... super duper self-indulgent AUs now.

Meet Glitchy!Simon (nicknamed Itchy by some friends, hahaha). I got inspired to make a whole AU because of this one little glitchy moment in the finale. I mostly just wanted to play with the aesthetic and it suddenly developed story?? And lore?? And I've been doodling him for over a month now?? I'm a mess LOL...

I've been too shy to post any of my shenanigans for him publicly, but I was really proud of this comic and figured it was a good way to introduce him!

[nitro502]

How come everyone else got an internal Senshi telling them to eat healthy? All I got is an internal Chilchuck and Laios.

Chilchuck is neat because he tells me to remember my worker’s rights and take advantage of being in a union.

But all my internal Laios does is tell me to eat whatever weird shit I want and wear a tail.

[newvision]

— James Baldwin, from If Beale Street Could Talk

[ninyard]

Hellooo i saw that you were asking for asks (that sounds funny) and I wanna know some of your hcs on Kevin and Allison being besties/ kevjean relationship

This is my chance to finally share some Allison/Kevin hcs so I'm gonna seize this opportunity with both hands and give you this total MESS of a brain dump

- Allison is the only fox that doesn't make fun of Kevin's eating habits. Kevin KNOWS his relationship with food is fucked up because of the nest and Allison knows it too, so she refuses to make bets or make fun of the way that he eats. Kevin only realised because she once tried to quietly tell Nicky to knock it off when he was pushing Kevin to have dessert or making fun of what he'd decided to have instead.

- Kevin also knows not to talk about the numbers or macros in front of her, too. They have a weird unspoken mutual respect RE: food and they both appreciate each others efforts on that front without ever actually mentioning it. they also have a gesture for each other that's code for "i want a snack do you have anything" and they'll throw each other protein bars if they're out/on a long bus journey etc.

- they are the BEST drinking buddies. Whenever the team starts drinking/partying/clubbing more together post-TKM, they are literally CHILDREN when they're drunk together. Kevin gets tired of the monsters being boring when they go out and there's only so much dancing he can do with just Nicky and Aaron alone. So Allison pulls him up to the bar one night to do a tequila shot, and they literally have the most unexpectedly fun night ever. Kevin loosens up a whole lot without the threat of Riko etc post tkm, and when I tell you he is such a fun drunk. now he doesn't really drink THAT much during the season but off-season? oh he's a party animal. I could write thousands of words about him and Allison getting drunk together and becoming literal best friends as soon as they have a drop of alcohol in their systems but here's some things I think they've done drunk

stole a shopping cart and sat in it as they pushed each other down the road in it (and fallen out of it and laughed so fucking hard) ((but were bruised up as fuck the next day because of it)

he's sat her on his shoulders - while dan sits on matt's - as the two girls try to push the other one off

he's really easily convinced to do things by her. another shot? sure. and another shot IMMEDIATELY after that? alrighty! karaoke? well, okay. jockeyback? stealing traffic cones? pulling pranks and fucking with the other foxes? acting like actual teenagers? okidokie!

she's probably the only person in the world who has successfully convinced kevin day to sing

he holds back her hair if she has to puke

she convinced him to let her do his makeup once. full glam. like a serious look, fully beat, full coverage look. there's a picture out there somewhere of it that she saves for blackmail.

fucked. make out sometimes. strip poker. they dance together :)

he never lets her walk alone anywhere when she's drunk. if she can't find one of the girls to accompany her to the bathroom at a party she'll take him.

she's taught him full dance routines

she was joking that there's no way the raven warmups could be that different to theirs, and bet him that she'd be able to do them without breaking a sweat (he won)

they've both ugly drunk cried in front of each other (but they never talk about that sober)

she's pretty light so he's bench pressed her before

- They know each others drink orders/favourite shots

- if Allison is out, say she's with her friends and not with the foxes, and she has to wait alone for a taxi or walk somewhere alone, she'll call him and he'll stay on the phone with her until she's safe

- They make fun of each other and bully each other like there's no tomorrow (affectionate). the whole "Allison hates Kevin" thing WAS true for a while, but once they get closer, she just pretends to hate him. he's like an annoying brother to her

- Allison is really easily frightened, and Kevin thinks it's funny to scare her. she's never safe walking around a corner or into a room if Kevin is there and in a good mood.

- they're not BEST FRIENDS. like they're not in each others pocket all the time and laughing and joking ALL THE TIME but she can read him like a book. she knows when he's having an off day, or thinking about something too much.

- She also knows when he's being serious and when not to joke around. She knows when he doesn't want cheering up or to joke about something and knows when to back off. The same with him - he knows when she's having a mood that requires being cheered up, or a mood that requires him to leave her the fuck alone.

- He's a big reason why she puts a whole lot more of herself into Exy post tkm. She's always been invested, but once they talk more, and they consider each other friends, she listens to him talking about Exy and it really clicks for her. his dedication. and also how fucking talented he really is. She doesn't do the night training with him but they'll occasionally go to the gym together or start practice a half an hour early to run some basic raven drills.

- They're iconic when they get together to do press after games. they bounce off each other like nothing else. they're just so funny. and he's also like andy murray in that he will ALWAYS defend her, dan, and renee's talent if interviewers start to focus more on him instead of the girls. he'll step in if an interviewer says something shitty or misogynistic. she LOVES directing objectifying and misogynistic questions his way.

- She calls him a bitch and makes fun of him for being a nepo baby. He calls her an asshole and makes fun of her for being a rich kid.

- Have gone to banquets as each others date.

that's just a few random thoughts off the top of my head but yes. Allison and Kevin. Literally the only Two Pretty Best Friends ever to exist.

[tessa-james-elliot]

OKAY SO

As we all know, some stuff happened in episode 8 and I already saw people rubbing it in other people's faces. Which obviously is not a nice thing to do. Like, I get it. This fandom has a long history of aggressive and endless shipping wars, and me pointing it out won't put a stop to it, but I feel like someone should say this:

Do not shit on other people for stuff they ship

Can't we all just be nice and considerate for fuck's sake Please Pretty please

[ghostieevie]

Guys dw I finally posted the next chapter of Gain Courage-

[himejo]

in the end, you were the wrong one.

[nikoforgot]

I FINALLY DELETED MY TWITTER ACCOUNT!! IM SO HAPPY!!

[jadespams]

the girl i like is coming over to visit me today 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 my roommate is gone for the day too 😁😁😁

[pretzlforpresident]

I cannot get that god damn video out of my head. Sorry for this

it’s the delivery that gets me every time 😭

[nomlioart]

i was supposed to do it earlier but i was really lazy lol, but here you go

my pepstavo hcs in a nutshell

a lil more in the tags 👁️