#Linkshipping (Legend of Zelda)

[amanitacurses]

[limited-hero]

Another apology for not having an update! Life like tossing me around but giving me enough time to be gay- luckily

[graves-doodles]

Yeehaw, I'm back to gush about my lil cowboys again!! I just think they're neat :> It's High Noon back to hibernation until October ✌️

[iampp907]

[gumibuki]

Some Vidow from @amanitacurses' Bad End AU!

Thank you for the request, I hope I did em some justice (>'-'<)

[hopeymchope]

The Legend of Zelda and shipping

I can't understand people who are like "I only ship Link in every game with one single character ever." What the hell... HOW?!

This seems to be most most common with people who ship Zelda/Link or "Zelink" — always wanting every Zelda to be with Link, because they're the main characters, though the phenomenon does exist with Malink and some other ships as well. And that’s not to hate on Zelink and Malink, because I love them! SPECIFIC INCARNATIONS of them, I mean.

Because there are a bare minimum of EIGHT different incarnations of Link, and you can’t tell me you think every single dude named Link has chemistry with/should have romance with every single girl named Zelda. Like EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.? I just can't with that. It's unfathomable, IMO.

I mean, OKAY, let me back that up: I get that people find it romantic to think that these are like... some kind of soulmates who always find each other through every reincarnation ala Hawkman and Hawkgirl or something, but it's not like they even display the same personality traits or share memories or something in each version of themselves. They just... act like totally different people quite regularly. Because by all accounts, they are.

Furthermore... shit - if we assume the incarnations are all descendants of one another and the same descendancy lines keep hooking up with the same partner lines, at what point do we wind up becoming dangerously incestuous with this repeated pairing? Because that shit seems INEVITABLE in such a case…?

NAH, my fam — I believe each Link and each Zelda are their own person, with their own traits. Their only unifying truth is that every person Link will ALWAYS look best in a green tunic and matching green, pointy flop-hat. (Sorry; I don't make the rules. Facts is facts.)

With that in mind, these are my sundry ships for various Links. And I apologize in advance for the fact that they're all boringly het. :P

Skyward Sword — Zelink, absolutely. Childhood Friend Romance always gets me right in the heart. I love these two together. The casual playfulness and fondness they display. The lengths they'll go to in order to see each other/protect each other. And although Zelda loses some of her distinct personality when she learns she's a reincarnation of Hylia, she gets her groove back near the end, so it's all good.

Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask/SC2 — Malink with a bullet. The singing farmgirl and the boy without a fairy, two people who felt alone in the world and find each other. The nicknames! "Don't be long, fairy boy." The fact that you can declare your romantic intentions for Malon while you're still a fucking KID! The Gossip Stone that tells you how much Malon pines to be saved from her daily life by a hero on a horse! It's SO GOOD.

Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass — I'm only mentioning this era because this Link is an ACTUAL CHILD. He's like, what? EIGHT? Maybe ten, if we're feeling generous? So I just want to say: Yeah... I just can't bring myself to ship this literal child with anybody. It ain't RIGHT.

Link's Awakening — Marink. If you weren't feeling these two by the time their sunset beach conversation wrapped up, I don't know what to even say to you. This was probably my first serious ship from playing the TLoZ games. Plus this ship is a good reason why the original black-and-white Game Boy version's secret ending is actually the best version of that bonus scene.

Twilight Princess — Ilink. Is there even any other contender worth mentioning? The writing and direction of the cut scenes makes it pretty clear that Link and Ilia are sweet on each other. You barely even meet Zelda in this game, and the only other option would probably be, well... Midna? You know - your partner imp that spends most of the game trash-talking you for her personal lulz and repeatedly slamming her body weight down HARD onto your spine? Mm, I’ll pass.

Breath of the Wild/Age of Calamity/TotK — Miphlink/Miphalink, no items, FINAL DESTINATION. Their story makes my heart just ACHE. The flashback to Mipha healing him up... Mipha's diary (OMFG that diary)... the Zora armor and its descriptions... holy SHIT, fam. And even if that story DIDN'T melt me into a complete puddle, Zelda put herself out of consideration by stealing my fucking house. I don’t understand why she pulled that, but given her privileged upbringing, I doubt she understands the value/expense of home ownership. So maybe she thought this was like yoinking a french fry. :P

Haven't Played — The only major entry I haven't played yet is "Spirit Tracks" on the DS. So I can't speak to that incarnation at this point. But the two things I can say is A) The Zelda/Link relationship sure appears cute? but B) This is also the same style of Link seen in Wind Waker, so I won't be surprised if she's supposed to be a LITERAL CHILD again (and therefore not a shippable character for me).

[thelegendofmik]

chain means pack memes because i felt like making cringe memes so here we are

Alternative title: A single fanfic has me regressing to my 2014-2016 tumblr fandom days and I need serious psychological help.

ALSO DO NOT TAG LU THIS CONTAINS REFERENCES TO LINKSHIPPING PLS

@first-renegade enjoy my bullshit

[irisadielsart]

have some cute Twime sketches

[shinobi-addiction]

Exactly one person complained about Linkshipping in the LU fandom and now Linkshipping fics are popping up like daisies on Ao3 the past week.

Keep up the good work, authors!

[wordwitch00]

Holy shit, I did another chapter of this instead of A Family Made... I should be grounded.

[deiliamedlini]

Just another promo!

With TOTK getting closer, we’re starting to get a bit more excited and a little more active! This invite is always open (feel free to PM me if it says it’s ever invalid), and we’re looking for more people to talk general and shipping LOZ, regardless of the game! Only real caveat is that it's 18+

Each ship has its own opt-in section so if you want to join for only one thing, that’s totally fine, but if you’re a multi shipper or a trio+ shipper, we do have over 40 ships with their own spaces! Each section has a small community right now, and we’re always looking for more people to share new ideas with! we also have venting areas for characters or ships people don’t like so none of that ends up in the main sections of the server! But we also have areas where we can talk in general, games, art, wips, etc!

Screenshot of shipping channels below the cut so you can see our current sampling lol

We lost a lot of content when we transitioned to forums, but we do have areas for a *ton* of ships, and we have room for more!! We also plan to add for TOTK if there's new characters to ship (which we're assuming there will be!). I crossed out names that aren't mine for privacy.

And Trio +

[amanitacurses]

Downfall Trio!

[lolabearwrites]

Just some soft modern WildLight cuddles <3

I'm actually really proud of the highlights in Wild's hair!

NOT LU

[graves-doodles]

Koridai beloved <3 He's gonna be a full blond later he just got some brown tips

[seasons-of-spice]

Rating: EXPLICIT Category: M/M, Words: 4,023 Summary:

“Sorry about that,” Twilight huffed, rubbing his face tiredly. It did little to protect him from Hyrule’s fury though. “‘Sorry’? What the hell Twilight!? What was your deal?” Twilight flinched back- Hyrule hardly ever yelled, let alone seemed to be truly angry about anything- and held his hands up. “He was clearly trying to use you.” Hyrule crossed his arms angrily, his fists clenched as he narrowed his eyes at Twilight. “Oh really? How so? Because I clearly saw it where it was a mutually beneficial transaction.” Twilight’s world screeched to a halt. “Huh?”

[irisadielsart]

HELLLLL YEAH @st0rmyskies

Thank you so much for this wonderful gift!!! im over the moon, over the sun, over the galaxy!!

HOPEFULLY, i can do some more sexy sketches, but for now! accept this humble offering

New Twime Fic Drop

The Team Bonding "series" continues with this latest commission for a very dear friend of mine. The group lands in Ordon Village, and there just aren't enough places in Twilight's home for eight heroes to sleep. A sort of "there was only one bed" scenario that turns out as you would expect for Time and Twilight.