#Supportive sidon

[queen-drawing]

OFFSPRING [Chapter 1, page 9]

Hello guys, another page here, this one is quite short and silly but next week’s will be more serious i swear

@mikeanthony321

[Page1] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/743919043401121792/offspring-chapter-1-page-1-cover-english?source=share

[Page2] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/743919140755144704/offspring-chapter-1-page-2-english-spanish?source=share

[Page3] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/743919140932304896/offspring-chapter-1-page-3-all?source=share

[Page4] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/744549701415780352/offspring-chapter-1-page-4-original-fanfic-by?source=share

[Page5] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/744549961612574721/offspring-chapter-1-page-5-next-sunday-i-will?source=share

[Page6] https://www.tumblr.com/queen-drawing/745193497025445889/offspring-chapter-1-page-6-i-almost-forgot-to?source=share

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[outmaww]

broken tablet cannot stop me, my sidlink brainrot must be shared

[jezyan]

some link and sidon scribbles from the past few months!

[gothic-soda]

Accepting help: Tulin and the Champions

For all the problems I have with totk, one thing I love about it is the development of the sages, particularly Tulin.

His arc is about learning how to accept help from others, which is so interesting when compared to Revali, who was very isolated and had to be self reliant. Revali seemingly had no family or anyone else in his life to fall back on, and as a result he had to become the best possible version of himself as a warrior to make up for that. In BotW we see Revali go to EXTREME lengths to be the best warrior he can be.

A comparison could even be made between Revali and the rest of the Champions. What they all have in common is that they all died alone in their divine beasts. No one came to rescue them. Zelda and Link had each other, and that’s ultimately how they both managed to survive the calamity. The champions had only themselves to rely on in their final moments, and in the end it wasn’t enough.

But back to Tulin, his arc (and to a lesser extent the other Sages arcs are about this as well) is about accepting help from others. Tulin has his parents, Link and the other Sages to fall back on. Tulin wanted to prove that he was strong enough on his own, but eventually realised that his strength came from those around him. Tulin receives the Great Eagle Bow when he shows that he can be strong AND accept help when he needs it.

Even the new Sage’s powers are all designed in a way that reinforces this. The Champion’s abilities were all gifts that they honed to use by themselves, they used their powers to fight alongside their allies, but still their powers were never really meant to be used though a second party. In a way, their gifts are weakened when they are given to Link. For example Mipha’s Grace can only be used on Link in BotW, but when she was alive she could heal anyone.

By contrast, the Sage’s abilities are supposed to be used with the aid of another, they are amplified by Link. Tulin’s gust is more or less useless to Tulin himself, but with another person it had a lot of utility. Yunobo requires someone to aim him to get the most out of his charge. Riju is still learning how to control her lightning and needs someone else to direct it. While Sidon could probably use the water shield on himself, Sidon wants to protect others, so his power manifests as a physical shield to protect his friend.

This idea of the champions being isolated and not being able to receive much help from others makes a lot of sense. They were the last line of defence for Hyrule, they were the Plan B incase Zelda did not awaken her powers. When they became Champions, all of them were well respected warriors amongst their people, a lot of responsibility fell on them to be the protectors of not only their people, but all of Hyrule. For them to show weakness would mean Hyrule losing faith in their beloved champions.

The new Sages have a support system that the Champions did not have, they are allowed to have faults and not be perfect, because they have other people to support them and I think that’s beautiful.

[kenneduck]

Sidlink BOTW AU where Sidon WANTS to fancy Link, but thinks Link will only like a Hylian, so Sidon tries to act Hylian around Link... except Sidon doesn't know much about Hylians.

Sidon just squatting and trying to act shorter around Link. Attempting to hide his sharp toothy grin and stop his tail from wagging. He's starting fires when trying to cook Hylian meals. Sidon putting on pants... incorrectly. It's really weird. Everyone in the domain is thinking the Prince is having a midlife crisis.

Sidon IS having a crisis, but it's a gay panic one.

But unbeknownst to Sidon, Link has fallen for these Zora quips. The smile Sidon flashes makes Link lose his train of thought... the way Sidon's tail wags makes Link flustered. When Sidon shook Link's hand with his two smothering strong ones, Link felt dizzy. Link is missing these quirks Sidon would show, so Link is determined to see them again!

When Link and Sidon are alone in Zora's Domain, Link purposely tells a funny story to the Prince. One he KNOWS will get him to laugh. But when Sidon turns his face from Link to "keep cool", Link gets frustrated. He grabs onto the fishy prince's face, asking him WHY Sidon is acting so differently. Sidon tries to deflect such a notion, but Link calls Sidon out on all the weird things he's been noticing... especially the pants.

Sidon cracks under the gaze of this Hylian! Link not only sees right through Sidon's changes, but Link seems to DISLIKE them, too! Sidon is embarrassed, and he deflates from the realization that Link doesn't like the prince. Sidon refuses to look at Link as he tells Link half the truth, that he wanted to be Link's... FRIEND. That he thought Link wouldn't want to be with... well FRIENDS with... a Zora. Link pauses, as he KNOWS that Sidon knows about he and Mipha's friendship, so something STILL feels off. It isn't until he notices Sidon's blushing that he understands what is truly being said.

After Link makes sure Sidon looks into his eyes, Link reassures Sidon that the things he likes about Sidon are what are truly him. His heroic grin, his playful tail wags. His champion-like swimming abilities. That Link enjoys Sidon. That he wants to SEE Sidon... all of him. Quickly, though, after Sidon lets out a flustered wheeze, Link realizes how his words came across, stating he just meant for Sidon to take off the pants! Sidon wheezes louder. Link gets more embarrassed and tries to explain he just meant Zora don't wear pants, so he'd want to see Sidon without-

It's great. They're great. They're trying.

It takes a bit more time after this convo, cause clearly the two are terrible with communication, but they reveal their romantic interests.

And they burn that infamous pair of pants.

[baglorbin]

Check out my kofi for early access to more sidlink sketches and finished drawings! Also you can help me with what to draw next👀

[lunian]

I feel bad that I don't use Sidon's summon in totk at all, he is just... there, being pretty and using his spear sometimes

but when I realized that four people walking with me is A CROWD, I needed to make a choice and Sidon didn't win for just being pretty 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

A BETRAYAL, SHAME ON ME SHAME

[newtsnaturethings]

Sidon and Yona are adorable and I love them

[gayforsphaghettios]

@kenneduck Thank you so much! They just arrived in the mail today!! 😁💜💜

[aili-not-ally]

BRO HERE'S AN IDEA

What if Yona found out about Link and Sidon's crushes on each other and offered to marry Sidon to deflect suspicion? Fake arranged marriage go brrrr

[camiliar]

loz is literally doing so much for the Slutty Men’s Rights movement i really appreciate it

[doorstoplord]

SidLink prints are now live!! Links will be in the reblog or visit mg Etsy store, SkyGrovePress!

[radiosummons]

I have no horse in this race, but I am kind of enjoying the lavender marriage angle a lot of SidLink shippers are going with. Mostly because it's above and beyond way better than a lot of the super sexist and hyper misogynistic vitriol that a certain portion of the LoZ fandom was spouting a few days ago.

But also, of course I am absolutely going to dig more queer headcanons!!!! I love this angle so much!!!!

Gimme more queer LoZ characters, I don't care how major or minor they are. I don't care if it's fanon or canon, either. If y'all wanna headcanon Yona as a lesbian, dude I am so fucking down you don't gotta convince me otherwise!!!!

[dramatical-gatsbytalia]

Idk where the whole "Yona hate" is even coming from. Like we must have different social circles because every sidlink fan I've talked to (myself included) is either A. Disappointed or B. Poly shipping them all because why not which honestly? Both are valid. I've yet to see any hate. Critcism I've seen on her character, but not hate.

And definitely not shipping wars. Holy balls, guys, I was part of the Hetalia fandom in 2011/2012. THOSE were shipping wars. I started shippinng in like 2006 or so and man the fanfiction was absolutely bananas. Inuyasha fans literally feral then over Kagome vs Kikyo.

Like holy shit. This stuff is tame compared to what I've witnessed. Stop making mountains of molehills. Bring 'er down to like a four, antis, because you're at an eleven when you got no need to be.

[7-oh-ta1]

Smth I don't praise enough is YunoboCo. LIKE FR they're my favorite part of totk. Basically Yunobo takes it upon himself to do some community building after Death Mountain becomes dormant again, which goes from volunteer work to opportunities for employment -- literally obliterating the Goron Mining Co which is fine imo becs that led by the Elder who. Is an Elder and it didn't have much direction beyond mine mine mine. The community project was supposed to make lives better for the gorons -- the majority of which were employed under Goron Mining Co, and they ended up just being absorbed into YunoboCo as a mining branch like Yunobo really said take care of your workers or else.

They also paved TWO new roads into Goron City because getting up and down the mountain was proving too dangerous, and they're pretty long roads! They also are the ones who hung up the colorful lights around the city to bring back the bright atmosphere the lava originally gave, and overhauled the entire minecart system. Like YunoboCo went SO hard. Death Mountain glew up in totk and I wish everywhere else got the same improvement treatment

[yorshie]

Anyone else have a *chest of denial*?