dipping my toes back into the zelda/LU fandom bc there's some good ass fanfiction that I haven't reread in a couple years and remember when people got pissy when Wild's child soldier status was explored as if that isn't an extremely fascinating thing to consider about the character.
Like sure some of the links were young on their adventures and that's great trauma for them but for some reason it was annoying when people mentioned that Wild pulled the sword way before the calamity struck and was forced to train and be very visibly in the public eye from a young age. Like the pressure of being the hero everyone needed him to be impacted him so much that he went mute, he was a weapon the king was trying to forge to face the calamity and his mere existence is an omen for oncoming disaster and even with all that time to become the best warrior the kingdom has ever seen, it was still not enough and he didn't even make it to the castle.
That's amazingly devastating, it's such an interesting subversion of the zelda formula of 'surprise, normal kid gets a sword and is sent off to save the world'. Sure, at some point he was just some guy but it wasn't like completely a surprise attack like it usually is. There was a prophecy and warning signs and time to try to prevent the calamity and it was all destined to not be enough. No matter how much he trained or how many weapons they had on their side it wasn't going to be enough and that's so important to the story.
My only pet peeve about the stories that do touch on Wild's past is the implication that he's somehow worse than the Link that fled the calamity. As if his work to regain his former strength and skills really meant nothing and the guy before, who remember, DIED BECAUSE HE WASNT STRONG ENOUGH, because that guy has years of training and a more soldier-y disposition he's a better fighter than Wild, who has the same skills but isn't restrained by protocol or proper technique.
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an interesting thing about 90s sonic media thats only based on the original 2d games and nothing else is how they get certain character design elements or lore details wrong but theres not many games to go off of at this point and this was also in an era where sega didnt really take much control over non game media and just let those writers and artists do whatever . so you can kinda see where they would have gotten that idea from. like yeah sonics super form being a completely separate person who sometimes attacks his friends blatantly contradicts the games but back then the games hadnt really given us any reason to believe thats NOT what happens. so .
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Part 1/who knows of my SplatFits series! Just me drawing a bunch or outfits i rock/would love to rock in-game! Can you tell i live in splatsville yet
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Some more lovely babies, introducing Ma-ya and Mits! Some beautiful babies made by Vismay and @phlurrii Meau!
So Ma-ya named probably by Meau for the little merping Ma-ya-ING chirps and calls as a baby. They take the most after Vismay and are therefore more 'old world' than Ancient mew but still developed a crown split into two due to Vismays tendency for doubles with two tails two sets of arms ect, long muscular tail like Meau that attempted to split but didn't reach full separation. They will probably become quite the beast one day.
Then there's Mits! Who takes more after Meau but was named by Vismay for their mitten like second set of arms that lack any digits like mitten gloves. They're considerably more Ancient mew sporting a flatter crown that's more closely connected to the back of their neck so no real gap and not as mighty as their sibling or the other ancient mews but still there and likely creating a healthy safe channel of power flow. However unfortunately when I make twins usually one of them is the runt and Mits is a bit lacking their double tails being quite short considering their heratage and smaller than their sibling. It is possible that they will grow with age and their current lacking tails may grow too, I imagine they may develop a more upright bipedal posture with age too for the tummy like a mewtwo
They both have a fusion of their parents patterns with them having dark and light fading on their paws and Vismays finger stripes, internal ear fluff coloring and almost Meau noses that are wider in color due to Vismays own nose pattern
While I consider Ma-ya the more powerful twin I do think they'd end up being a bit of a megalomaniac with age XD toooooooo much power going to they wee little head which is why Mits is the more ancient mew of the two either by sheer chance or destiny Mits has the gentler nature needed for such immense powers that they will inherit so it won't go to their head at least not in the same way.
Mits would understand the severity of such ability and the dangers and duty they now might hold while Ma-ya wants to turn into a dragon make things go boom XD
At least that is my sorta headcanons/what I've thought up while I've been designing them both because oops all lore. Free to be ignored tho I just tend to ramble.
I forgor their original sketches, Mits was always destined to have tiny tails I just couldn't get them to fit on paper so it was adjusted digitally
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