#Ordonian writes

[ordonianhero]

“But I will be late..”

A short one shot. About sky hiding he is sick from the chain because he is still hearing impa’s words of “you are late” in his head.

Inspired by my friend and dedicated to @cannibalgremlin

It started off as a mild ache behind his eyes. As the chain walked on through Legend’s era. The forest was eerie. The fog was thick. It’s like it soaked into your bones. Every step got heavier as he walked with them. “You’re late!” Rang in his ears. So he knew he couldn’t tell them that he need a rest. Couldn’t let his brother’s down.

With how the fog floated in the air, it blocked all sign of sun. So time was unreadable. But Sky was sure it must be later then morning now. They had been traveling a long while. Legend was determined to hike them out of the forest and closer to town. He could hear the vet grumbling.

A few more hours passed before finally warriors suggested they take a break. Though legend didn’t want to, he agreed. A small fire got started as Wild made quick work of making up some lunch. With the help of Four and Wind. Twilight and Time went and walked around the perimeter of the small camp.

Sky hung his head down. Closing his eyes. His head would stop throbbing. His stomach was churning. The cold seeped through as he begin to shiver. Hyrule was one to notice it. He came and sat beside the skyloftian.

“You doing okay?” The fae asked. Placing his hand gently on sky’s back.

“I-I am f-f-fine.” Sky stuttered through his chattery teeth.

Warriors walked over and placed a hand on his forehead. “Fine my butt knight.” The Captain says with a grumble. “Why hadn’t you told us you were sick?”

“N-n-no, I can’t be late. I was late last time.” Sky’s voice came out in a panic tone.

This was when Time and Twilight returned. Seeing both Hyrule and Warriors both around Sky.

“Injury?” Inquired the elder.

“Sick” replied the Captain.

Twilight removed his wolf pelt and placed it over the skyloftian. Sky tried to get up, but hands held him down. As wild made quick work on brewing up some tea with chilly herbs to try and bring down the full on fever that was raging over all over Sky’s body.

“I-I-I can’t b-b-be late. I was late last time!” Cried the young man as warriors and twilight were trying to get his to lay down to rest, after he sipped some of the tea.

“It’s okay sky, just rest. We won’t be late. You will get back to her.” Time spoke in a low soothing voice. His hand gently carding through the youth’s hair. Hyrule laid a cool compress on his forehead.

After some time, a few more mumblings of “I can’t be late.” Sky fell asleep. Surround by his new found family watching over him. Doing what they could to comfort him.

[ordonianhero]

Hyrule tiredly walked down stairs from the room that was lent to the others as they stayed at Lon Lon ranch. He brought a hand to his mouth to stifle a yawn. Walking past Time and Malon in the kitchen. Pulling out some frozen waffles from the ice box.

Malon and Time looked at each other as they watched the young fae toss the brick of ice of waffles into the toaster oven. He stood there blankly staring at them as they cook.

Malon came over and placed a hand on the young man shoulder, “sleep okay hun?”

The fae looked at her blankly, blinking slowly. He looked like he was elsewhere. Legend came running down the stairs with Wild. Rushing into the kitchen. Malon and Time seeing the two others running in.

Magic exhaustion sure did funny things to Hyrule. He would still try to function when he should be resting. Legend came over to Hyrule.

“Hey bud, let’s go back to bed. No need to do anything today. Let the rest help out-“ legend was cut off as he watched Hyrule grab his soggy waffles and bits into it.

Wild snort at the state of his best friend. He walks over to help legend in trying to walk back up stairs and tuck them back in. All while Hyrule continue to eat soggy freezer burnt waffle.

Malon and Time watching as the three young heros leave.

“Remind me of someone I use to know.” Toasted Malon as she went back to start working on coffee and tea.

“I wasn’t that bad.” Time smirked.

“Oh fairy boy, you were.” Winked Malon.

-fin.

Good luck today, hope those soggy waffles don’t ruin your day.

Hyrule has had to dig a mushy waffle out of a toaster cause it got too soggy well cooking from all ths ice coating it (he thought it would be fine)

[skyloftian-nutcase]

for writing requests, the chain givin wars a big ol group hug and letting him cry cus let’s be honest bro is not holding up well

Sunsets were always Sky’s favorite.

It was strange, how much a moment in time could change something like that, though. A few evenings ago, the sunset was stained blood read, dripping with anguish and fear, held together by a firm hand and guidance. It hadn’t come from their leader, however - the Hero of Time had been completely consumed by worry over Twilight’s condition, and Sky hadn’t blamed him for it, particularly after finding out they had a blood connection.

But after that initial horrifying sunset, Sky found that the dusk brought only exhaustion and melancholy, a worry that there would be another sunset that would stain the sky with blood.

Sighing, the young knight glanced out his window and saw the person he’d been looking for. While Time had been by Twilight’s side that entire evening, there had been another Hero who everyone had heavily relied on. Sky had tried to mediate and help as best he could as well, but he paled in comparison, certainly in terms of leadership capabilities.

But everything had a toll. Sky could see it well enough.

Exiting the inn, Sky heard the gentle serenade of crickets filling the air as the sun disappeared beyond the horizon. The town was not as peaceful and quiet as camping out in the woods, but it held a warm sense of safety that they usually didn’t have the luxury to enjoy. Any town gave Sky a small degree of anxiety, as they were all foreign to him, but settlements like this put the captain at ease far more than anyone else.

At least Sky knew Warriors could get some peace somewhere. It was obvious the man was trying to seek it.

Warriors heard Sky’s approach, turning his head slightly. His sharp eyes were analyzing him in an instant.

“Hey,” Sky greeted softly, trying to settle the man’s worries; he’d been on high alert ever since Twilight’s injury, and he’d yet to calm down. It had been three days since then. “I just wanted to check on you.”

Warriors blinked, baffled a moment, not expecting such a remark, and then he huffed out a small laugh. “Me? I’m alright. Are you?”

Him? Sky was fine. Sky was always fine. He honestly didn’t feel much of anything anymore, except that sunsets made him anxious. He hoped that would settle eventually, as he did love them. “I’m okay. But I just… you’ve been on edge, you know. Since everything. Do you… our Ordonian is going to be okay now. They said so. You know that, right?”

“Of course I know that,” Warriors replied, his smile fading, voice growing slightly snappish.

“It’s just… you’re not acting like you know that,” Sky continued carefully. “You’re… anything sets you off. Everything has to be in perfect order, everyone has to be on their best behavior. You know? I just… wanted to make sure you were okay.”

Warriors watched him for a long time, face blank. His eyes steadily moved downward until they were staring at nothing, boring a hole in the cobblestone beneath Sky’s feet. The Skyloftian waited patiently, knowing when to be silent and let someone else process. Eventually, the captain sighed heavily.

“You were a great help that night,” Warriors said softly. “I wanted to thank you.”

“It was nothing,” Sky brushed off. “That’s not answering my question.”

Warriors huffed ruefully in response. “You’re not usually this persistent.”

“No,” Sky admitted. “But I’m not usually this worried, either.”

The captain’s eyes finally snapped back up to meet Sky’s. His stony expression softened, and he smiled gently. “I said I’m alright.”

“You can be, yeah,” Sky commented. “Like… you don’t have to wrangle everyone in now, you know. I’m here. Our leader’s getting back into, well… leading. It’s okay to step back.”

Something in the captain’s expression wasn’t quite readable, a kind of strange gentle amusement and haunting sadness. Sky wasn’t sure what to do about it. So he just walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. Warriors seemed both inquisitive and slightly apprehensive at the touch, so Sky asked to be sure, “Can I hug you?”

The captain looked as if he didn’t even know what to say with such a request. He blinked once, twice, before a breathy laugh escaped his lips, eyes holding a tenderness to them that Sky wasn’t sure he’d ever seen in them. “Yeah. Yeah, you can.”

Sky smiled in return, leaning in and letting the captain wrap his arms around him. Sky gave what he received, not squeezing too tightly when Warriors’ embrace was hesitantly gentle. As they stood there, though, it seemed like the older knight settled into his predicament a bit more, letting himself relax as Sky held him tighter. Being a little shorter, Sky settled his ear against Warriors’ shoulder, and the gesture made the captain shift a little, resting his own head against Sky’s. His breath was shaky a moment, and Sky heard him swallow thickly.

It only lasted a few moments, but it was enough. Sky ached for the contact, honestly, and wished he could hug him more, but he knew better than to push the matter. Slowly, the two pulled apart. If Warriors’ face was a little more flushed than before, neither of them commented on it.

“Thanks, Sky,” the captain said quietly.

Sky’s smile was brighter than the sunset. “Anytime.”

[wayfayrr]

Mossss!!! I just got off of work and I haven’t been able to stop thinking of Sky being a human <333333 ! He’s just so babygirl, a scrunkly lil baby <33

Making me think of reader sticking close to Sky- honestly projecting rn, he just looks so warm and safe to be around, I’d be taking so many naps with him <3

But also making me think that Sky would probably do better in the modern world, considering it’s all humans and precious bean would never have to worry about monsters again. And Sky with cats!! Getting to hold cats!!! AND THE PUPPIES <33333

But also I’d love to hear any other headcanons you have about human Sky <3

~🍀 anon

I hope your shift went well clover!!!

Sky is simply the sckrunkliest link - he's so babygirl and lovable in everyway <333 no there's no bias in who I write for the most wym?

Sticking close to him would just be so lovely in hyrule, he's the one in the chain that understands the most about you - he's got the kindest/calmest demeanour of them all and he's tied for best cuddler with twi what else is there to really want? if you chose him out of all of the others he'd try his hardest to prove to you it was the right choice.

sky is 100% the fastest link to adapt to the modern world you're so right about that. he struggles with tech about as much as all the rest (cept wild and tears ofc) but the other things? he's not got the same issues with food because milk isn't alcoholic to him (milk powder can be found in bloody anything so the rest of the chain are struggling for a bit), he isn't as intertwined with magic so he doesn't have any withdrawal symptoms seeing as earth doesn't have any. the animals are just another cherry on the top for it!

as for other headcanons?

✦ I think I've touched on it, but sky growing up in skyloft is the reason for his poor stamina. Hylians tend to handle high altitude and lower oxygen environments a lot better than humans and hence his stamina is way lower than it should be. (he also gets very confused when he sees you struggling with the altitude until it's pointed out humans aren't built for it)

✦ The chain are very shocked when they see him bleeding for the first time! another hc I have about hylians is that they have orange blood (this is based on botw/totks shading) so when they see his red they think there's something wrong with him

✦ He can't use most potions and magic has a lot less of an affect on him, less because he grew up with it outside humans it has next to no affect, so he has to take specialised potions and has them prioritised seeing as worst case scenario anyone else can have rulie heal them. Wild is in charge of altering and making sky's supply! Luv handed over her recipes for a good lot of rupees when they made it back to skyloft again <3 wild's the most consistent at making them so sky just has to put his life in his hands.

✦ His resting body temp is also a little higher than the chains, they had to be reassured several times that he wasn't simply running a fever

✦ the both of you are immune to a fair few hylian diseases and the ones you do get have different symptoms, however the two of you can both get each other sick - so no cuddling while one or the other is by order of time :(( Rulie also gets very sad he can't heal the two of you

✦ The rest of the chain are almost jealous of how fast you and sky bonded, and it's over things that none of them share with you. The most is twi having experience with Ordonians who are human. But being able to talk to you about human issues and get close to you through things like that? yeah they're envious to say the least

[minty-mumbles]

Linked Universe Survey 2023

The long awaited results of the survey. Sorry it took me forever, making graphs is hard.

There were 452 responses to the survey as a whole, which is almost double what we got last year, so thank you to everyone who participated!

If you want to see the raw data, you can find that here. I had thoughts about the data, but compiling that into another post would be too much of a hassle. Feel free to send me asks about it though!

The rest of the post will be under a read more as it it large

Demographics

Other: Demigirl (4), Transmasc (3), Grey genderfluid, Unlabeled, Demiboy, Demiagender

Other: Omnisexual (4), Poly (2), Trixic, Abroromantic or Bellusromantic, Demisexual

General Questions

Other: Quotev, Discord, their own google docs

Other: Discord, Variations of "I haven't posted yet, but I pan to" and "I haven't posted my fics in ages",

Other: Wattpad, Deviantart, Discord

Other: Crochet dolls, Custom dolls, Roleplay blogs (2), Fan translations, Headcanons (2), Piano music

The purple section in the “Warriors vs Warrior” chart is supposed to read “Warrior.” I made a typo.

Favorites and Least Favorites

Selected Free Response Answers

im sorry warriors i just can't play your game (it is very very hard. i am stuck very early on in the game)

I love cats meow meow meow

was extremely tempted to put twilight for least favorite. unfortunately he is my favorite to write from the perspective of (he has taken over most of my wips. help) and that probably counts for something. WILD on the other hand. hooo boy how the hell do i characterize this gargoyle. why is he Like That. least favorite it is

Twiddy

very good fandom to be in :) everybody is very nice

It's a straight up crime that Wars lost the aesthetics poll so quickly. He has such a peak Link design with the best colors. Ugh I'm getting wistful.

FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. ALSO HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS. FROGS.

I will fight Hylia herself and the next person who implies Twi can't handle spice. If we're going to lean into him being southern/Midwestern, which is an alright stero type for our rancher, please keep in mind the culture you're basing him off. The south and midwest can handle their spice, I assure you. Have you ever had authentic Louisiana gumbo? It will melt you tongue off. Or some good old fashion spicy fried chicken? I promise the real stuff has quite a kick. (In all seriousness, though. It's more important that you're having fun. And even I can admit the idea of Twi being an Ordonian who can't handle his spice is more than a little funny.)

I am an OoT Link edgelord and have been since early 2017. So, in September of that year, when an artist by the name of jojo56830 puts out a lineup of nine different Links and the Hero of Time is there – the oldest, no eye, Hero’s Shade armor? I saw that one sketch and just thought “oh this is gonna be bad.” Yeah of course he has the coolest design. By the way, it’s only a matter of time until Fierce Deity shows up in the comic and I have reason to believe it could be this current Dawn arc. Dawn … Dawn of a New Day … and who brought about the Dawn of a New Day? Fierce Deity. Twilight is recovering but still injured and what will happen if he falls again? Fierce Deity is coming and we need to be prepared. In this essay I will—

Remember that time when someone put the whole script of the bee movie in here? I’m not that dedicated, and I don’t have that time, but let us remember and hope someone else does it again this time. Cause someone is bound too. We’re all crazy enough to do it. Alright, love you and stay hydrated pls!

Hi! I joined this fandom really recent but i’ve always seen LU stuff on pinterest and elsewhere. Only recently have i actually took the time to understand the fandom and get back into LOZ stuff and i adore the characters and story! The more and more fanart, fanfics, and comics i see about the different Links the more i love them all. It’s such a pain to pick just one i like or one i don’t like because they’re all so unique. I love this fandom and hope to get more involved!! Have a wonderful rest of your day :]

Epona is an underrated queen

your mom

I really don't get why Zelda is called Artemis. Athena makes more sense???? It perplexes me

Anyone seeing this should check out Breanna’s E!Wild AU

Something something queer every Link into oblivion!

[tenderleavesbob]

Hi I love your writing so much, and I have something you could use for one of your mini fix if you want. What if warriors smokes. So I’m not in the military, but I have a lot of family members who are and if there’s some thing I’ve learned about the military, is it will give you three addictions, alcohol, nicotine and adrenaline. I understand that kind of thing makes some people uncomfortable. But I would love to see what you would do with this idea if you wanted to use it.

Hi! Thank you! Let's see what I can do...

Warriors picked it up during the war. Mask and Tune loved telling him that it was a dirty habit, but he thought that the scent of blood was stronger than the scent of smoke. A sword to the gut would kill him quicker than the cigarettes did.

He didn't do it often. During the war, he made a point of only doing it away from Mask and Tune. Both of them did it at least once in mimicry of him, and it was one of the few times he raised his voice to them. He never saw them do it again, and he usually only did it when he was with his other soldiers.

Or when a battle went terribly. Mask and Tune said nothing on those nights when the Captain found somewhere quiet and smoked, staring at the sky. No amount of smoke from his cigarettes compared to the smoke rising from the battlefield, after all.

After the war, his smoking briefly increased. Mask and Tune weren't there to scold him and it didn't leave him with a hangover like whiskey did. It helped when no amount of words from Zelda or Impa did.

By the time he met with the rest of the chain and began his first real adventure, Warriors barely smoked at all anymore. The occasional smoke when the noise in his head was too loud and when shadows filled his vision more than living people.

Tonight was one of those nights. He sat outside the inn and exhaled a plume of smoke. Flimsy gray filled his vision, blocking out the dark sky. Warriors stared at it. His chest hurt and he wished he could blame the cigarette.

"I didn't know you smoked," Sky said quietly, sitting beside him.

"I usually don't." Warriors switched hands so the cigarette was farther from Sky. "I picked some up from the apothecary. I'll be back inside soon."

It was a polite dismissal. The last thing Sky needed was to breathe in the smoke. Sky, being a Link, ignored the cue.

"Are you all right?"

Warriors stared into the darkness and put his cigarette back to his mouth. It scraped against his dry lips. The burn was like an old friend. He tried to blow out a smoke ring, but he wasn't good at it. "Of course. Is everyone sleeping?"

"Even Time," Sky confirmed. "You should be sleeping, too. You've had a long couple days."

"After I'm done." The gray dissipated in the night air. His cigarette was burning low. The tips of his fingers looked dark, but that could have just been the dim light.

"Twilight is going to be fine," Sky said. His words were soft but still struck Warriors like a blow. "He's sleeping well now and will be ready to move out in the morning. You heard Hyrule."

But it would have been so easy for it to end otherwise. Warriors expected it toward the end. He had already been planning his funeral.

During the war, Warriors had to learn everyone's funeral preferences. Too often, he couldn't find out in time or couldn't respect them due to the sheer amount of deaths. Only during this mess did Warriors realize that he didn't know Ordonian funeral customs.

"I know," Warriors said. "I'll be inside soon."

The cigarette smoke was drifting toward Sky. Warriors never understood why that happened. When Sky didn't move or even flinch when the smoke brushed against his face like a morbid caress, Warriors knew it was time to wrap up.

He took one last drag. The rush it provided wasn't as comforting as he hoped.

If they had cremated Twilight, Warriors wouldn't have smoked then. It was a silent agreement among soldiers. The smoking and drinking came after, the only form of grieving available during wartime.

Warriors could practically hear Mask scolding him, but it was just Sky and Warriors right then. Mask was sleeping, absolutely exhausted after the terror of almost losing his descendant. After hours of watching Twilight fade away while Warriors couldn't do a damned thing to help.

"Let's go," Warriors said. He dropped the cigarette under his foot. He crushed the soft burn with his boot heel. "Make sure you wash up before you go to sleep. Smoke lingers."

Terrible things always did.

Sky didn't argue his words, so Warriors didn't argue when Sky took his arm and led him back inside. The scent trailed behind them. Gray wisps slowly faded to nothing.

[crazylittlejester]

DAILY BRAINROT

I'm having my regularly scheduled gender crisis, and it got me thinking that Twilight would be the one doing those "am I gay" and "am I trans" quizzes online and then have no idea what to do with the results and just continue to overthink the whole thing. He is a disaster in every single way.

Which brings me to the actual point. I need more genderfluid Twilight. I only have 2 genderfluid Twilight fics in my bookmarks. So I'm adding it to my agenda with all the other tags I intend to contribute to.

I have so many thoughts about Twilight being queer. Like, maybe he gets some of his cluelessness from Time in some AUs. Maybe in others he never returns to Ordon for fear of being ostracized. Or maybe Ordon is actually more accepting than Castletown, and they don't really care what he does as long as he keeps being Ordonian.

And of course he's a Link, so just about anything fits. He can be whatever you want (and that's one of my favorite parts about it).

TWI WOULD SO TAKE AN AM I GAY OR AM I TRANS QUIZ AND I KNOW IN MY HEART ITD BE AT 2 AM AND HE’D CRY AND LET HIS HEAD THUMP INTO HIS DESK

i dont think ive ever even SEEN genderfluid twi, but i love it, its an amazing headcanon. we really need more stuff about like, the queer experience. i really wanted to write a fic for pride month like that but i got burnt out, but maybe ill still write it and post it some random time

[aikoiya]

LoZ Cultural Masterlist 1

General Hyrule Culture:

Hyrule Courting Traditions

Dating VS Courting

Lurelin Romance

International Relations - Speculating on other countries across Hyrule's Earth.

No Port Town?

Hyrule Sports

Humans are the Countryfolk of Hyrule

TotK VS BotW Weapons

Ordonian Culture

Hyrulean Cultural Aesthetics

Pre-Hyrulean Culture

Hyrule Cultural Patterns

Rauru Era Hyrulean Culture

Faron Cultural Tidbits

Hebra Cultural Tidbits

Hyrulean Royal Transition of Power

Ordona Folktales: The Tale of the Stáblad & the Tangled Capaill

- Skyloftian-nutcase made a short prompt of my folktale! X3

The Pre-Aurelian Culture of the Loachnàdraeil - The origins of Hebran, Ordonian, & Hatenan culture.

Fashion:

Cece Brand Fungal Pirate Set - Something to go with the hat.

No Cece Brand Wedding Dress???

Hylian Fashion Trends

Hyrule Holidays & Festivals:

Hyrule Festivals & Holidays

Hanami Festival

Hyrule Pantheon:

Hyrule's Pantheon

My Thoughts on the Fierce Deity

- The Bargainer Statues

- The Fierce Deity's True Name

- The Fierce Deity's True Form

- Fierce Deity Unmasked

- FD the God of War

- FD Depictions in Hebra

Karina Goddess of Love & Passion | Warning: Mature Content (Nothing explicit, but it has some adult topics.)

Hylia as a Character

- Depictions of Hylia

- Hylia's Sacrifice

- Hylia = Amaterasu, But What Does That Mean?

Hyrule's Pantheon in Sumi-E

Gopongan Depictions of the Hyrulean Pantheon

Created Cultures, Races, ect:

Wolf Link & the Búralupán Race

Lupán Cultural Tidbits

Full Hyrule Settlement Restoration Map

- Discussing A Compiled Map with @jullbnt

Cajun Zora CONFIRMED!!!

Euryhaline Zora & Coastal Rito Port Town

Food:

Goron Spice

Sky Island Fruits

New Ingredient Ideas - Flora & Fungi

New Ingredients Ideas - Fauna & Byproducts

New Ingredients Ideas - 2nd Tier Ingredients

Beastiary Expansion

More Meat Variety

Flavor Differences Between Browned Butters?

Wild Cultural Recipe Ideas - Includes all the canon settlements in BotW/TotK.

Wild Ruined & Non-Canon Town Recipe Ideas - Includes the ruined settlements of BotW/TotK & some other perspective settlements.

Kakariko Food Culture

Ordon Food Culture

Koholint Food Culture - Eventide Island Settlement(s)

Gerudàn Cuisine

Ealiyah Town Food Culture - Town of the Highland Gerudo

Other LoZ Masterlists:

LoZ General Masterlist

LoZ Wild Masterlist

LoZ Cultural Masterlists: 1 & 2

LoZ Scenario Help Masterlists: 1, 2, & 3

LoZ My Fanfic Masterlist

LoZ Great Fics Masterlist

LoZ Linked Universe Masterlist

Other Useful Masterlists:

Aikoiya's Writing Tips Masterlist

Master Masterlist <- Go here to see some of the other fandoms I mess around with.

[thenmichael]

Hero of Twilight, ie Reaper

His name is Reaper cus, it's cool asf, and it has both connotations of farming and death (the tool and grim reaper etc etc) wolf go bark. He is stubborn, especially when it comes to people helping him, it's foreign to him ig, having ppl relay on him for stuff in a small village without giving anything in return does smth to a guy.

He is a perfectionist (after me :3) he is very VERY passionate about what he thinks is best for him, and he dislikes being criticised about something the other person doesn't know the full story to (This led to an argument he had with Shad during his adventure, i wont spoil tho).

Only him, Zelda and Midna know about wolfie, and its very isolating having to keep such a big thing secret from everyone. (Just listen to Bottom by McCafferty)

It took a WHILE for him to kind of accept that he will never see Midna again and to help with that he dates the only other ginger in Hyrule that's around his age, Shad !! (in this au Link is 19, Shad 21 so two years post game) At first their relationship was very much Reaper trying to grasp onto anything that could remind him of Midna, ie, ginger hair, and that got his mind off of it for a while, but he still felt empty, Shad began to realise and asked him about it, Reaper, reluctant the first few times he was asked, but eventually he had to come clean about SOME things. Still keeping it vague, like

"There was someone who I loved. She didn't see me that way, and she had to leave forever," yada yada. Shad, obviously is hurt after this, and steps away for a while (a week or so to gather his thoughts) this destroys Reaper, and so he uses the twilight crystal for the first time in a year or so and just runs, no goal in mind, he stays in Faron woods for a few days, specifically the spring of faron, and folks at ordon r like "oh shit, wheres Link? He normally says when he is leaving, what the hell"

Time goes on, Shad and Reaper make up I don't wanna have this whole thing just abt that situation, but I will say, Colin is the one to go out and try and find Link.

Zelda wanted to make Link a knight of Hyrule post game, and he refused, cus he already has a life, and goats.

Rusl is a Father figure to Reaper

Reaper is half ordonian, I was debating on making him fully ordonian, but I liked the ears. His ears are shorter than regular Hylians, fun stuff.

His face markings from when he is a wolf fade over time when he isn't constantly transforming, same with his teeth (sharper) but it's a slower process.

He has one Shad's bracelets on his left wrist, Shad gave it to him after they made up.

He is ambidextrous, I thought this was a cool way to link (get it) his Wii and gamecube/HD appearances, he uses his left hand to fight (switches between them on horse back), he can write with both, but he uses his left hand more, since he is left handed in the majority of games he's in (the versions of tp)

( @mosaixe )

+ doodles of him

(More will come, I will link this, and others, to my pinned post)

[pluviatrix]

PLS info-dump about anything dadlink related 🙏🙏🙏

hii you've caught me fresh off dental anesthesia so i am ready and willing to infodump

the arboreal sea is a forest that no one's found the end to. it borders link's homeland, the northlands, and contains the Lost Woods in its depths. it is home to several sub-forests, each with its own kind of magic and gimmick -- some benevolent, some malevolent. i'm currently writing a horror fic inspired by one of these sub-forests.

the majority-sheikah province is home to a city that, within the next 10 years or so, will surpass castletown in terms of population.

ishka's home city is the scientific, educational, and cultural hotseat of not just western Gerudo, but the entire Gerudo nation.

you know how link kills, skins, and sews a coat out of a rabbit like it was nothing? this actually comes up later but link's father was a fur trapper and link was training to become one before. you know.

pherse is the baby of her family.

ordonians with round ears exist, but they are not common in mainland hyrule and link doesn't see someone with round ears until he's like, 19/20.

almost every single main character is some flavor of trans or gay. being cishet is the exception, not the rule LMAO

[lyrabythelake]

I love your Lost Prince AU so much!! Do you have any snippets to share? :)

Hi Anon! I'm so glad you like my Lost Prince AU!! I'm afraid I haven't had nearly enough time or motivation to write much over the past few months and that AU seems to be fading into the background. I might get back to it one day but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Instead have an extra long snippet from the next chapter of A Dark Horizon that's been sitting in my drafts for a million years. I hope it does a little to make up for it!

He ran his fingers over it curiously to find that it was, in fact, made of real animal fur, and on further inspection a pelt of some kind, not unlike those some Ordonians wore. Usually, they were made from rabbit fur, or, less commonly… from wolf fur. Twilight pulled his hand back suddenly as if struck by static. He recognised it now, could smell it in the air, a scent that should not have been as familiar as it was.  Did someone see him last night? Had they somehow connected the dots? His heart pounded as he ran through what that meant, how the people of his village would hunt down wolves and wear their skins like trophies. He had worked himself into quite a panic before he saw the letter, a small piece of parchment gilded with the royal crest and folded once over. It held merely two short sentences, a piteous number of words considering the embellishments surrounding it. A gift from your brother. Beware the Crystal - Time Twilight’s first thought was relief. The pelt was from King Time, ill-thought out as he believed it was–-was it a joke? It seemed a little insensitive given last night’s harrowing experiences–-it meant there wasn’t some unknown stranger somewhere who knew his secret. His second thought was that Time had called him his ‘brother.’ Realistically he knew it was a fact, a strange one that he still hadn’t quite wrapped his head around, but to have it written on paper, for the king to truly see him in that way to an extent to sign his name as such, a small village rancher who would otherwise had lived and died in Ordon, was still baffling to him. He had never had a big brother and had always taken on that role with Colin and the other children in the village, but the idea of having someone be that for him was not a bad one.  His third thought brought a dry sort of smirk to his face. What would it mean, truly, to wear this pelt in public? It would be a statement in many ways–a statement of fashion, for wolf pelts were most certainly not in line with Hyrule’s eclectic, but distinguished, style; a statement of personality, for to wear this would be truly embracing his agricultural roots and would set himself apart from his brothers in a way the aristocrats of Hyrule wouldn’t be able to deny. Lastly, of course, and it was this thought that brought the smile to his face, it would be blaring last night's events in plain view. To Twilight, and his rather unusual sense of humour, it was an entertaining idea. So it was that he adorned his usual green tunic, the clasps altered to suit his simpler acclimations, and fit the pelt over the top. It was thick and bulky, and there was no denying it would make him noticeable, a prospect he had tried his best to avoid up until this point. It was not often that Twilight look at himself in mirrors; he had never been one to care particularly about the way he looked (something that prompted Ilia to tell him begrudgingly once, “you don’t care because you don’t have to. You manage to look good with your face smeared with goat dung; some of us have to actually try,” to which he blushed fiercely and hastily changed the subject), but he looked at himself now in the large, ornately framed looking-glass on his wall. The pelt gained him a sort of barbarian-esque look, and as he turned to look over his shoulder, he found that he liked it. He had tried so hard thus far to fit in, to mirror Castle Town’s expectations of how a prince ought to look, that he quite fancied this new, powerful, and considerably un-princely, style. Besides, the hood would keep him warm this Winter.

[ordonianhero]

As the rancher laid in bed after a frustrating sword practice. He knew he had only just got healed the night before and it was a new day. However, he felt in his mind he should be able to swing the sword like he could, but it was clear he hadn’t. Time had noticed this frustration. Feeling sympathy for his pup.

When they all made their way back to the inn. Sailor seem to happily chatter how impressed he was. Warriors saw the rancher true feelings. His shoulders were bunched up. A frown plastered on his face. Tears threatening to escape.

Who can blame him for how they felt. Going from being able to swing a sword with such strength and not having that- feeling like you are useless. They entered the inn, warriors was about to say something, however the rancher ignore him and went back to the room he had been laid up in. Flopping on the bed and curling up.

Though he wasn’t involved in the news sky had reported back. Nor had he noticed the letter from ilia beside his bed. He woke when a pair of kittens that were curled up with him. He tiredly blinked before scooping them up and cuddling them closer. Their purring was relaxing. As they tucked themselves into him.

Time smiling as he witness this moment. Before his son fell back asleep.

[margindoodles2407]

Consider: Languages

Awakener muttering curses in Great Sea Gaelic

Orpheus slipping back into Kokirish when he's excited, angry, or stressed

Additionally, Orpheus being fluent in Dekuspeak, Zoran, and Gorondi, but ONLY when wearing his masks

Dawnbringer using Ordonian Idioms in his Ordonian Accent :)

Odysseus being a polyglot with a natural talent for learning languages and, by the end of his adventures, being fluent in Mudoran, Koholish, Holodrumi, Subrosian, and Labrynnan AS WELL AS Old Labrynnan

Language and grammatical barriers between the heroes during Hyrule Warriors (because languages change over time, even if they're all speaking Hyrulian)

Fractal and Radiance speaking Picori to each other when they don't want people to overhear their conversations

The Colors all having mostly similar but just-different-enough-to-be-unsettling vocabularies, speech patterns, and inflections

Skylian incorporating tweets, whistles, and other bird noises into its pronunciation

Sunshine learning Zonai in the distant past and reviving it in the present after the end of TotK, writing down the alphabet, grammatical rules, and writing the first-ever Zonai-to-Hyrulian dictionary

Genesis and his Calatian dialect :) and Somnia awakening at the end of Zelda II and speaking an older version of Hyrulian that's just different enough to present a language barrier

VISIONARY AND ODYSSEUS INVENTING THE HYRULIAN EQUIVALENT OF BRAILLE

In A Link Between Worlds, Hyrulian and Lorulian having the same words and grammar but different pronunciations of said words (like tomato and tomahto)

THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS

Quick key for those who want it:

Hyrulian= common language

Zoran= Zora Language

Gorondi= Goron Language

Dekuspeak= Deku Scrub Language

Kokirish= Kokiri Language

Koholish= Koholint Island

Labrynnan= Labrynna

Old Labrynnan= Labrynna’s Distant Past

Holodrumi= Holodrum

Mudoran= what is in the book of Mudora in ALttP

Skylian= Proto-Hyrulian, spoken on Skyloft

[skyloftian-nutcase]

I personally can't see Twilight and Dusk becoming lovers at any point. I think mostly that's because of the fact that we barely really get to know her because she spends pretty much the entire time either trapped in a tower or being puppeted around. Plus, in the Twilight Princess's era, it seems that things like class and wealth are considerably more present amongst the aristocracy. I can see twilight and dusk as like besties, possibly saying each other as siblings, but I don't think either Dusk or Twilight would be all too known on marrying each other. Twilight is pretty hardcore in love with Midna and has Ilia as a possible wife in the future, not to mention the fact that while he is defended from the Hero for Time, hero or not, he's still a ranch hand from a backwater town in the Ordonian province.

So yeah, you were asking about possible dynamics, that's my theory about twilight and dusk, just being besties

Honestly, I can get behind this. I don’t mind giving them the benefit of the doubt for having a romantic relationship, but it doesn’t seem likely. I’d love for them to be besties! ☺️ I should write some more post-game LoZ stuff, it’s so fun

[jellyfishvibes]

Thank you to the comment on this, I totally forgot to post this but the jewellery list!

Each Link made/gave one of them to him and here's your cheat sheet

Sky- The red feather with wooden beads in his hair, the symbols on each bead he couldn't recognize are the symbols that surround the Gate of Time

Wind- the threaded knot cage, this one was easy, I do hc that Winds grandma taught him macrame to make it tho

Time- the gold spikey cuff, it's the goron bracelet! The back is opened wide cause it was made for his tiny child wrist, it's the only jewellery he had with rubies on it

Twilight- the thick leather cuff, the horn animal he stitched is an ordonian goat

Wars- the intricate earrings, I think it's what he would want to wear but he can't cause it's a risk in battle, idk he seems like he would work metal like the zora do

Legend- the gold band with chains and carved words, he's carved healing and protection spells into it, he would never tell anyone that though, the big eye is meant to look like the bracelet ravio gives him

Four- the rings, each colour made a different one but rings as a whole was Blues idea, because brass knuckles, it is the only jewellery he would willingly wear, the copper one is Red's, the metallic white is Vio's, the dark silver is Blue's and the gold is Green's, I think I didn't write that down so that's now me's opinion, not past me's

Hyrule didn't make him one, he hadn't moved from healing him since they were both carried to Rito village

[faroreskiss]

i adore how you write twilight <3 i wish more people acknowledged his ability to tone-switch between an ordonian accent, and what is considered a ‘proper’ way of speaking. he’s a very multifaceted character.

Thank you so much for your words anon, I'm glad you enjoy him <3 I wish to write more of him in the future and have him react to more complex situations (I hope)