#did you know I’m also into LOZ :3

[link-alou]

I love this game

These are my blorbos Ravio and Link who live with their cat (Epona) and dog (Moosh). I love them more than life itself

[blue-eli]

Ink October day twenty-nine: Wilder

To bewilder; to perplex.

Comparative form of wild: more wild.

[ixtaek]

This is one of the few games that COULD predate Skyward Sword, as the Master Sword isn’t an element at all. However, my theory is it’s between Four Swords and OoT.

They didn’t use the term “Triforce” in Minish Cap or FS, so them still calling it the wrong thing makes sense, with the added idea that they would start calling it a Triforce in honor of Tri, setting up the usage in OoT. Given the design of OoT Zora being more like simplified Sea Zora, but living in freshwater, implies the two Zora villages intermarried and produced hybrid offspring that could survive fresh water, cleaning up that plot point in time for Ruto and her dad to happen. OoT/MM also prominently features Deku Scrubs, which are reduced or non-existent in many other timelines and 100% gone in the BotW timeline (replaced by garden-variety Octoroks) (yes that was a pun). Rock Roast existed in this time, or at least did in Termina, so could have also existed in OoT.

Ganon and The Gerudo being friendly to Hyrule is the hardest one to explain. However, if you look at Moblins in this game, the larger they get the more they resemble Ganon. Lvl. 3 Sword Moblin (whom I affectionately referred to as ‘Big Guy’ when I summoned him) is close in color and only a little smaller. So theoretically, Ganon could be an extra-large, extra-Demise-blessed, demon Moblin. He has Null’s memories when he faces Link at the beginning and says “Oh it’s you again”—Link had been in the Rifts before and had been thwarting them left and right, so it’s reasonable Ganon/Null would know him. As for the Gerudo, a few generations could pass, and a severe drought and the rise of Koume and Kotake as leaders to steer the Gerudo into thievery to survive is still possible. Ganon possesses the Gerudo prince to form Ganondorf and starts looking for the Triforce, and the rest is history.

We have a decently established kingdom (not post TotK), and no massive ocean or trains (not post WW/ST). I’ve seen some valid ones saying it could be post ALttP based on buildings/ruins/the map, but seems weird they’d briefly stop using the term “Triforce” in that era given it’s called the Triforce again in ALbW/LoZ 1/AoL. It could also be after TP/FSA, since those games also don’t use the word Triforce, but there’s no Deku Tree in those timelines iirc.

There’s no real clear answer, and I’m sure Nintendo won’t give us one since their policy now seems to be “lol what timeline”, but this is the closest I can get. Lemme know your theories!

[hetacon]

So you guys know how the most recent thing I posted was a Sidlink fic? That was because I actually got into BOTW about a year ago (it’s been one of the fandoms that kind of just simmers in the back of my brain at all times), and that was pretty much my only knowledge of Legend of Zelda, just that one game…

Oops, now it’s all of them!!

Somehow I wound up getting invested in Linked Universe because of a Sidlink fic and now it’s the only thing on my brain as of the past month and a half! Unsurprisingly given how I got into it in the first place, Wild is my favorite, but I must say that they’ve all weaseled their way into my heart, particularly Twilight and Legend (and outside of the chain, Ravio as well)! The LOZ mania has gotten so intense that I actually bought and am playing through A Link Between Worlds right now and am legit making a Ravio cosplay, help-

All of the poses I drew here were from @mellon-soup’s wonderful references, I love using them for inspiration when I’m not quite sure what to draw, and when I saw the first one, I just knew I had to draw Legend and Ravio!

I’ll put a few of my thoughts on the drawings under the cut if anyone’s interested in hearing about them

1) I love Ravioli so much, their dynamic brings me much joy. I’m very proud of how Legend’s expression turned out

2) I’m absolutely obsessed with the fairy Hyrule headcanon, there are so many cute pieces of art people have drawn of him! I’m surprised I managed to get so much detail on his face given how tiny he is. Also Sky is a total sweetheart and the thought of him protecting Hyrule from the rain was simply too adorable for me not to draw the two of them!

3) I am very emotional over Twilight and Wild’s sibling dynamic! The idea of Twi getting caught sneaking food while Wild’s cooking dinner was very funny to me and so I drew it! I really like all of the little details in this drawing, Wild’s scars are probably my favorite detail. And though I’ve never drawn a wolf before, I think I did pretty good! Originally I was just going to draw Twi taking a small piece of meat or something but then I thought “Nah, it’s gonna be an entire fish!” I headcanon that whenever he’s in wolf form, his metabolism increases and so he needs to eat more food to maintain his energy. Since he mainly transforms to fight, track, or comfort Wild, he’s earned an entire fish! Also it’s important to me that you know that the fish is specifically a staminoka bass :))

4) If you find the pose reference I used for Wind, you probably will notice that I actually flipped it so that he was holding the Wind Waker in his left hand. As a leftie myself, I really love it when characters I love are also left-handed!

Also on the topic of hands in general, can I just say how proud I am of all the hands in these 4 drawings??? They’re so good, we love good hand days

[asterias-corner]

hiiiiii would you care to tell me all about your diety oc (or ocs if you have multiple) I’d really like to know more about them!! It’s fine if you don’t ofc ^^

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Ofc!!

(ramble under the cut)

I’ll start with my deity oc, umbra! umbra is actually an Loz oc- the deity of shadows :3 not going off canon because why not! I designed umbra around the horned statues from botw/totk, being the entity that resided inside! They used the heart/stamina containers to regain some kind of power from lost travelers to escape, it only took a few millennia though… now they watch over whoever they deem interesting through their shadow! Whoever’s shadow their in, is tinted darker, no matter how bright the sun! (Also can time travel cus i said so)

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rain pool!!!!! My sweet lil baby <3

rain pool was originally a lost kit abandoned by two-legs nearby river clan! She grew up there and was raised by not just one queen, but basically all of them. Because my fav characters/story arc is the power of three, she was born around the same time as jay feather, lion blaze, and holly leaf. They didn’t know each other, until river pool had accidentally communicated with star clan. She had been pulled into the dream, surprised but excited, when they turned her away- saying she should not have been part of the clans and she was not clan born- she could ruin the prophecy. This created a resentment, so river pool made it everyone’s problem. She managed to figure out that the prophecy was talking about lion blaze, jay feather, and a kit yet to be born. Holly leaf’s ‘disappearance’ did not go unnoticed. Cue an incident where she made star clan speak to her, ending up in jayfeathers dream, and she attacked starclan, causing them to make a brutal flash flood, and a lightning storm with rough hail. She got dragged away and drowned, now she roams and haunts wherever she pleases :3 not allowed in starclan or anywhere else- forced to stay on the lake.

(that was long- not 100% set in stone, nor going completely off the books- but that’s what I’m going with right now!)

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Link/element! My link oc :3

element is a draconic, a dragon species that are similarly looking to hylians! Element and Zelda became siblings when they were very young, little babies :3 Zelda was dropped in their woods to die, but found by Umi! Elements mom! They grew up, the triforce symbol on their hands wasn’t something they really thought about, their kind was highly secluded and didn’t interact with many other species. They would worship the 4 dragons, each a representing a different element! (Wink wink, hence his nickname) but Zelda goes by Ayla, they save hyrule, and element is an autistic hopeless gay nonbinary king 🫶

[shade-pup-cub]

Febuwhump 2024, Day 3: Twilight, Warriors & Hyrule

Fandom: LOZ/Linked Universe

Summary: Twilight is shot in the leg with a barbed arrow too soon after his recovery from his Shadow injury. Warriors is forced to hold down the strongest Link in the group while walking Hyrule through an arrow removal. Hyrule has pulled out more arrows than he cares to remember, but he has never had to push one through. The Vet was going to kill Wars if Malon didn't do it first.

CW: Injury, slight blood, field dressing, mention of soldiers deaths

“Twilight, stop! Wars hold him!”

“Do you see who we are talking about? I’m trying!” Warriors snapped back at Hyrule as Twilight thrashed in pain as the arrow in his thigh was beginning to be tugged on. He had finally managed to make the Ordonian stop trying to push them away after an arrow met its mark.

Neither had ever heard Twilight scream in pain, causing them both to suddenly stop in their fight against the monster camp they came across after being split up through a portal. To see him fall to one knee, still trying to fight, was heroic in itself, but it was too soon to see him injured after just healing from the Shadow.

“I can’t pull it out.” Hyrule reported, as he held up an arrow from the same monster that had shot Twilight. “The arrow head is barbed. Pulling it back out the way it went in will do more damage that he can’t afford.”

Twilight moved slightly in Warriors hold, sweat beading on clammy skin. “P-push. You have to pu-ush it through.”

Hyrule paled. “You can’t be serious.”

Warriors swallowed thickly. “He’s right. As long as it isn’t in the bone, the only option is to push it through to the other side.”

He hated this type of thing, even during the War when it was an everyday occurrence. There was an endless supply of soldiers needing immediate attention to wounds with no time to make it to a tent or to sterilize anything. Of course with that came infections, amputations and death. He had lost count of the men who died in his arms while he hopelessly told them that they were going to make it, to just hold on. The amount of times he had to tell a mother or wife that their son or husband wasn’t coming home. Funerals were not common for that time period in his era’s history due to the threat Cia and Ganondorf posed.

It was too familiar of a situation with Warriors sitting against a tree, Twilight between his legs to help cage him in. Blood had seeped through the tan trousers where the arrow was protruding out of his mid right thigh. Twilight’s hands trembled as he clung to Warriors arms. It was familiar, but he refused to let Twilight go down like so many he had seen.

“I have never done this.” Hyrule said with a wide eyed expression, face paling more by the second. No doubt due to the idea of what came next. “I’ve pulled out arrows, but not pushed one… in . If you have, don’t you think you should be doing this?”

Warriors gave Hyrule a flat look. “And you hold him during it? I’ll talk you through it. First thing is we need to cut the pant leg high above the working area, then clean the area.”

“Guess I’m gonna match the Vet with the sh-orts.” Twi chuckled. The other two stopped before they also joined in the bit of humor, knowing that this was Twilight’s way of dealing with the situation.

The Captain watched intensely as the healer did as instructed, more focused than panicked. Maybe that was the real goal of the joke. Twilight hissed through clenched teeth when Hyrule cleaned off the arrow shaft, the entry hole and where the arrow would be coming out at.

“Next?”

“You need to push it slow, steady and straight. If it bends too much it can snap inside his leg. Before we do this, go grab my bag.”

The bag dropped at his side, Warriors pulled out an extra belt, instructing Hyrule to cinch it tightly around the injured leg. He quickly found the inch and a half thick block of wood, wrapping a strip of leather around it. There were already teeth marks in the leather and the glare that came from the healer told him that that would be a conversation for later.

“Twilight, bite down on this. I don’t want you breaking teeth.” The Rancher opened his mouth to have the wood placed between his middle section of teeth with a small amount of wood sticking out on either side. The fact that Twi didn’t come back with a comment of any kind, even something dog related, told Warriors just how much pain the he was truly in.

“We ready?” Hyrule asked, looking Twilight over before locking eyes with Wars.

Twilight’s breathing picked up, but he nodded his head yes anyways. Warriors got Twilight to sit lower, allowing for the Captain to drape his right arm over the other’s right shoulder and over his chest. His left hand went over teary blue eyes, saying, “You don’t need to watch this.” There was a slight nod under his palm.

The moment Hyrule began to push the arrow through Twilight stiffened, spine locked. Both hands came up and clung to Warriors arm, no doubt leaving bruises under his fingertips. He held his breath, hissed around the wood, then held his breath again. The wood between his teeth creaked with the pressure. The veins on his neck and the single one in his forehead that matched Times bulged as his skin went dark red from holding his breath.

Hyrule never once stopped or slowed his work, not until Twilight moved his left leg, off setting the Traveler, forcing him to pause. That one movement turned into a string of twitches and flinches away from what was coming, not allowing Hyrule to continue. “Cap!”

Wars quickly slung his left leg over the top of Twi’s thigh, hooking his heel with the back of the knee, trapping the leg down as best he could. Resuming with the arrow, Twilight went rigid again, making the Captain work hard against the ungodly strength of his brother in arms. He just kept praying that Twilight would pass out from the pain.

“Warriors w-” Hyrule started, but was cut off.

“Keep the pressure right there.” The arrow, to his horror, was sharp enough to get through the skin and half the muscles, but it was too dull to push out the other side, catching on only the skin from the inside.

Warriors had to swallow down the bile that rose in his throat when he saw the arrow pushing out the other side, skin not giving way to the triangular blade under it. Instinctively he pulled his knife from his belt, moved his right arm to under Twilight’s chin to move his head from the sight and cut the sensitive skin holding the arrow back. The squelching sound of the first few inches of the arrow finally passing through was a sound that made Hyrule look how Warriors felt.

Twilight let out a final scream before his whole body went still, hands falling limply into his own lap, eyes closed, jaw laxed. He finally had enough, brain taking over to shut his body down.

Warriors laid the now out hero’s head back onto his upper chest, taking the wood from between his teeth and ran his fingers through his wet hair. “He’s going to be out for a while. Go ahead and break the back end of the arrow and pull out the rest. Then we can get him cleaned up.”

Hyrule placed both hands on the open wounds to pour magic into them; stitching the muscle, veins and skin to how it had been just that morning. If only his pant leg would work the same way with the magic. Warriors would ask the Vet to do it since he seemed to be the best out of all them to do patchwork. In no time Twilight's leg was healed, small scars left behind.

Looking at the Traveler, Warriors noticed the teen’s hands shaking. “Hey, you did great.” Big teary eyes looked at him. Oh, oh dear … Legend was going to kill him for adding more trauma to his successor. “Come here, it's okay.”

Hyrule took out his waterskin, washed off his hands, then dove into Warriors side. He held onto a section of Twi’s sleeve, watching him sleep looking tired his own self. “We only just got him back. This was too soon.”

Sighing, the Captain agreed and continued to run his fingers through the dark hair like he had before, easing his own nerves.

The silence was interrupted with a groan. “Time is going to kill us.”

“Ooh no, no. Malon is going to kill us and Time.”

[chaifootsteps]

Anon roll call? I’ve never tagged myself with a name but I’ve sent quite a few anons to ramble about character design and story structure and the like!

Guess you can call me feather anon or 🪶! I’m in my early twenties and first discovered Viv through her Die Young video. I loosely followed her after that, I really liked watching her speed paints and I’d watch some of the other short animations she’d post. I really enjoyed her art style for how expressive and colorful it was- I know we all like to poke fun at the whole “sparkle dog design” thing but I think if Viv continued to strive for improvement then her art really could have been something fun, colorful, and eye catching! My brain always connected it to those Lisa Frank books and stickers-

I’m an artist and a writer, though it’s hard to find the time to engage with them as much as I want to. I love storytelling and analyzing media- I think it’s fun to critique things and it helps me develop my own skills as a storyteller. I like to try and find the positives in media and focus on the things I like, but it is fun (and healthy!) to be a little hater sometimes.

I really did enjoy the concept of Hazbin Hotel presented by the pilot- it was clearly a labor of love- and I really did enjoy the first season of Helluva before Viv decided to start retconning and dropping all the previous set up that drew people to the show in the first place.

I have my own stories I would love to develop sometime in the future- likely through webcomics or just plain writing. I love fantasy and dnd-type settings. I am obsessed with horror and gore- body horror is right up my alley and I love creature features and monsters! I am a monster lover to my soul <3 very aroace but I would romance a dragon if given the chance!!

Don’t think there much beyond that. I haven’t left a lot of the fandoms I’ve been in since I was a kid: MLP, FNAF, HTTYD, Pokemon, LOZ, etc etc. But I also love shows like Bojack Horseman and The Thing (1982) is easily one of my favorite movies. I’ll try to sign my asks off after this but no guarantees I’ll remember! I’m a very wordy person so it might be obvious who I am lol

🪶

High five for dragon romancers! Also, in an eerie coincidence, Lisa Frank was a raging asshole too.

[legend-of-binkus]

I posted 403 times in 2022

That's 180 more posts than 2021!

23 posts created (6%)

380 posts reblogged (94%)

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I tagged 402 of my posts in 2022

#loz - 256 posts

#link - 156 posts

#linked universe - 112 posts

#zelda - 102 posts

#breath of the wild - 76 posts

#twilight princess - 58 posts

#ocarina of time - 37 posts

#skyward sword - 31 posts

#zelink - 28 posts

#linkedmaze - 22 posts

Longest Tag: 108 characters

#if hyrule's occasional sassy one liners were inspired by that awful 80s zelda cartoon i wouldn't even be mad

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Legend's Heritage: Why does he hide it?

An LU Theory (plus some ramblings)

(Spoilers for A Link to the Past)

I promised I'd make a post about this in my last theory, so here it is!

Okay, before we dive into speculating, here's some LoZ context to aid in understanding. The Knights of Hyrule were a special clan of knights. They were not regular soldiers, but skilled bodyguards designated to the protection of the royal family. Breath of the Wild also holds evidence for there being two distinct and separate sets of protectors. However, story wise their biggest role is in A Link to the Past.

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429 notes - Posted January 16, 2022

#4

Woke Up to This...

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452 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

#3

Heroes are on a tight schedule

493 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#2

5 LoZ Details You Might Have Missed in the LU

You know… I’ve seen a couple posts about Zelda lore recently and it got me thinking… it’s fun to write head canons and explore theories and stuff (I definitely indulge in the theory side of the fandom quite a bit) but I also really want to show my appreciation for canon and how well Jojo incorporates it into the LU.

Jojo really understands the source material. There’s obviously more references than just these five, but these are a few that I think are really cool. Also... I've been wanting to make something like this for awhile… just been lazy.

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1. Time uses a mix of OoT's spin attack and TP's jump strike to protect Twi.

When wolfie goes down, Time is pissed. He demolishes a horde of monsters like it's nothing by combining two iconic zelda moves. The jump strike in particular is cool because it's one of the Hero Shade's Hidden Skills— moves he describes as "forgotten ways that do not leave our bloodline."

Love little details like this. Twi doesn't use magic, so it seems the shade actually adapted his techniques when teaching them to fit Twi's fighting style better and I kinda love that.

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671 notes - Posted June 12, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

LoZ/LU Theory

(This theory isn't exclusive to the LU AU, but I’m really into the fandom right now so that’s how I’m going frame and tag this. I'm sure I'm not the first to bring this up either, but I want to bring more attention to it)

So we know that Wind is Time's successor and he’s excited to be meeting the hero he grew up hearing stories about, but did you know that Wind is also descended from "the hero himself"?

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A Huge Post about Wild Fun Facts

I write Ask-LU-Wild, so I look up a lot of stuff about BotW in particular. So I thought it’d be fun to put some things I’ve learned about this game during my time in the fandom. I put some links so you can see what I’m talking about. By the way, if you see me switching from Wild to Link, it’s probably because I’m leaning more into the game than talking about LU.

1. Starting off with a not-necessarily-wild fact. Kass’s instrument is most similar to a bandoneon, which is a type of concertina, not an accordion. That’s why I thought it’d be nice to give Wild an anglo concertina (I have a 20 key anglo concertina because of this...).

2. Apparently the ancient Sheikah technology takes heavy inspiration from art made in the Jomon period (14500-300 BCE)

3. Some of the food in Breath of the Wild caught my eye, based on their descriptions and their game sprites.

   -Goron spice starts off as spicy, but then gets sweet. It reminds me of what I’ve learned about Japanese curry, which is sweet. I’ve only had Guyanese curry so I wouldn’t know first hand. But it’s possible that the curries made in BotW are based on Japanese curry.

  -Egg Tarts are pasteis de natas, which are from Portugal. They’re popular in Japan and other Asian countries.

  -Fish Pies are similar to Taiyaki in appearance. Taiyaki is actually a sweet cake, not made with actual fish. These are actually street food and are made with a certain type of pan (it reminds me of a waffle pan). Even though BotW fish pies are probably... dough wrapped around the fish to get its shape (idk I don’t cook), what if Wild did get his hands on one of these pans and made actual Taiyaki?

4. Paya, in Creating a Champion, is stated to be around Link’s age. Specifically 18-20. It’s possible that Wild is Nintendo-canonically around 17-21. This is gonna be one of the only images I put in this post just so you can see the dev notes from CaC

5. After spending enough time looking at HEMA videos for reference, I’ve come here to say, either the swords in Breath of the Wild are WAY too heavy, or Link really doesn’t know how to handle a zweihander. I know it’s pretty much the same animation used for certain weapon classes and that it’s a game so things are gonna be a little slow, and he does have amnesia, but god damn. I personally think the swords are just too heavy or something. Maybe Hyrule is ass at making swords.

  -Eightfolod longblades look like Odachi

 6. The outfit Link wears in the BotW 2 Trailer reminds me of a Greek chiton and chlamys. The sword also gave off gladius or xiphos vibes. I’d like to say xiphos, that way it matches more with the Ancient Hellenic vibes. Gladius swords are Roman.

7. Idk how much LoZ people care about Xenoblade, but I do. I hear a total number of 0 people talk about the fact that Link/Wild has Rex’s salvager outfit (DLC) and it’s a disservice. 

8. Again, not necessarily Wild, but Mipha's jewelry has a Minish Cap Water Element on it.

9. According to Zeltik, Link can parrey whole Lynels and Taluses (Tali?). I’m aware it’s a video just for fun but he can still do it! Link also, and I can not stress this enough, pushes boulders twice-three times his height. He lifts big rocks and barrels above his head! What I’m saying is he’s STRONG.

10. The earrings you get from the Gerudo jeweler are all clip-ons.

11. Nintendo... on the same page... noted that Link was born from a line of knights, very well trained and experienced... but is not nobility.

I call bullshit every day of the week but I'll leave that for another day.

12. This is specifically LU point. Just a little food for thought, IDK if anybody else has talked about it or used it. I usually see people blaming Wild’s amnesia on the shrine, which is possible. I also saw a post saying that maybe Wild has dissociative amnesia, which is also possible! I never saw anybody bring up the concept art for Wild though.

Explosive damage from a guardian, probably, directly to the head? It’s a surprise that it’s still on at all.

I don’t wanna go into too much detail, because what I’m thinking is quite gruesome. If you’d like me to elaborate on this, or any other note feel free to ask. And if there is anything you noticed that you would like to add, then please do. As you can see, I like this funky little dude!

[sky-squido]

Linking Adventure!!!

OKAY SO I FINALLY CAVED

i’ve been daydreaming about link redesigns for years but always figured it was too big a project or nobody would want Yet Another Link Redesign but i actually love every link redesign i’ve seen and there have been more and more lately (props you guys they’re all awesome) so here are mine! i have no intentions to turn this into a full AU even if i do have the plot for it kicking around my brain, i just wanted to share my fun character ideas :3 obligatory disclaimer that this is not LinkedUniverse (or linkedmaze, or linkverse, or bonus links, or—) so don’t tag it as such!

it’s called “Linking Adventure” because *cough* maybe it was an adventure but also because the Point of the adventure is to link the three timelines together before the universe disintegrates. fun! this selection of links, then, is all the ones who get recruited for the quest.

here’s how that went down btw:

Hylia/Zelda (“Vega” in this AU): UGGGGH SkSw Link (“Altair” in this AU): what’s wrong? Vega: I JUST COMMUNED WITH THE GOLDEN GODDESSES Altair: oh no Vega: THEY LET THIS NINE YEAR OLD BREAK THE FABRIC OF REALITY. TWICE Altair: oh no Vega: AND NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FIX IT Altair: yay? Vega: BY SMASHING ALL THE REALITIES TOGETHER Altair: oh dear. where is this? Vega: in like a buncha millennia Altair: oH. so wait where will you be you at the time? Vega: I doN’t KnOW! Altair: can i help? Vega: yes please Altair: cool. how do i do that. Vega: I’m gonna yell at Nayru and get her to yeet you into the future. there’s three heroes, one in each timeline, whose help you’re gonna need Altair: nice Vega: Oh also go grab the Hero of Legend, too. He’s pals with her oracle and will definitely come in handy Altair: sick Vega: cool okay so to stabilize the Convergence you’re going to need to find the full Triforce in each era and merge them together—that should hold most of reality together pretty solidly. you’ll need each timeline’s master sword to do that, though, since it’s the only artifact strong enough to withstand that kind of power. Also you can’t bring your own Master Sword because that might break reality. i’m sorry. is that too much? you’ve done so much already, you don’t have to— Altair: this isn’t like last time, though. i’ve got more experience, there’s no demon king to fight, and you’ll be safe. that’s all that matters. Vega: thank you. so much. Altair: just don’t erect any statues in my honor while i’m gone Vega: no promises!

and then he went and found everyone and they had a little adventure. here’s the gang! (transcriptions and clarifications of the handwritten text under the cut)

And here’s just some concept sketches about how they’d all fit together as a team

transcription: Favored battle positions (this is really loose) Wind— ranged support Altair— taking out main enemy’s weak point Fire— high damage output Traveler— distract enemy Night— misc.

Anyway! don’t expect more content of this! i just don’t have the patience for comics and i wouldn’t want to tell the story any other way. 

cool! transcriptions below the cut:

FIRE: “The Big Guns” [LoZ 1 & 2] 19 yo (she/her) Nicknamed herself for her favorite spell - uses she/her, don’t question it - has Down Syndrome & ASD - is mostly nonverbal - can speak with a stutter but prefers to sign - if she gets emotional while signing, her hands Will catch fire - abandoned as a baby and raised by fairies - insane magical potential - near-constantly casting life to counteract various health complications - her favorite spell is fire. - she did not hide from Ganon’s cult - fiercely protective & loyal - is very no-nonsense; to the point - when she casts fire, the ends of her scarf flare out like fairy wings - her hands always glow faintly so she can be “heard” in the dark - solves problems with fire - prefers to speak with actions over voice or sign

TRAVELER: [aLttP, OoA, OoS, LA, ALBW] 17 yo (he/him) Nicknamed himself for his passion in life - LOVES adventuring & traveling - hates fighting—prefers to avoid/distract enemies - incredibly fast & agile—attacks by surprise - the lightning strike just before Koholint made him almost completely deaf - and gave him arrhythmia (tachycardia) - gets chest pains/short of breath sometimes - when he’s backed into a corner, he’ll go feral with his magic rods - kid’s a walking encyclopedia - super kindhearted—cannot refuse someone who needs help - incredibly curious & nosy (if someone needs help, he will find out about it) - prefers to sign, but can still talk, since he could hear for most his life, but sometimes he’s hard to understand b/c he’s been deaf for a year. - his eyes are really, REALLY vibrant blue ever since he used the Triforce the second time—they glow faintly in the dark - somehow more level-headed when in danger than when he’s safe - he’s like a freaking cockroach he WILL NOT die - damage reduction items have no effect on pain <3 - pretends Koholint never happened (claims to have only been on 4 adventures) - ✨avoidance coping✨ (Dialogue Sample): “hey, is this place upsetting you? If it helps, I’ve catalogued 4 separate exit routes and have strategies set up for handling all the monsters we’re likely to encounter here!” (Outfit Description): he has pegasus boots, the magic cape from aLttP (which turns him invisible and invincible), the Protection Ring from OoA/OoS (which makes him take 1 heart of damage from every attack), the red tunic from ALBW (which reduces damage taken by 75%), and the Heart Ring L-2 from OoA/OoS (which heals him over time)

WIND [WW+PH] 14 yo (he/him) Nicknamed himself for his position as Wind Waker and his love for the ocean’s breezes - ADHD (hyperactive) and misophonia - he will flip out if a noise bothers him too much - somehow, he always seems upbeat—master of mind over matter - never loses sight of the big picture - can be curled up in a ball, crying, hands over his ears, and still say with full certainty that he loves life - “I’m not okay, but I will be, and that’s enough for me.” - If he loses hope, the world is literally ending - Really Freaking Good with a bow and arrow - his ice, fire, and light arrows are so OP - uses one of Tetra’s cutlasses ever since he jammed the Master Sword into Ganondorf’s skull - he’s had a no-killing-humanoids policy since then, too (clarification: he’ll only kill things that burst into purple smoke upon death) - even though Phantom Hourglass took 10 irl minutes, he counts those months towards his age - has no items from PH except for the empty hourglass - the Pirate’s Charm around his neck glows faintly in the dark. members of the Royal Family can speak through it—everyone else can only play the messages he’s recorded on it - oh yeah, he can record and play audio messages on it (Dialogue Sample): “how dare you! that’s the same as just giving up!“ (Outfit Description): friendship bracelet Aryll made (a set of 4 for her, Tetra, Wind, and Grandma); bracelet of grass he learned how to weave in the Ocean King’s world; custom made coat a 13th b-day present from Tetra (he’ll grow into it); socks were a gift from Aryll

ALTAIR [SkSw] 22 yo (he/him) Nicknamed himself for his Loftwing, who he named after the brightest start in Aquila, the eagle constellation - ADHD (inattentive) - has prophetic dreams - Team mom energy - usually tries to avoid combat—focus on support/defense (clarification: unless he deems it appropriate to draw his sword, in which case, Oh No) - may or may not be the King of Hyrule - he is trying to be very diplomatic—likes to talk things out - loves talking about everyone’s feelings but his own - he’s the kind of person you grow really close to really fast and tell everything to and then realize several months in that you know NOTHING about him - kind of under a lot of pressure—acts like it doesn’t affect him so people still feel comfortable coming to him for help - he’s nominally in charge cuz Hylia sent him to grab the others but he honestly doesn’t care—it’s all Laissez-faire - unless you make him angry - it’s very hard to make him angry - but when he is, he’s like a completely different person—grows completely silent and becomes brutally efficient - his left eye’s been purple ever since Demise—don’t worry, it’s totally fine and normal for it to be doing that.

NIGHT [TP] 23 yo (she/her) Nicknamed herself night because night is what comes after the twilight and she felt really lost after the events of TP - just kind of a girl dw about it - what happened to her leg? well she HAD it when she fought Ganondorf... idk where it went~ she’s got her knee but nothing below that - she got that canon repair guy to make her a new leg - it has a gun in it. it shoots explosive rounds & has 10 shots - she’s ambidextrous and decided to take full advantage of that by dual wielding blades - ever since she lost her leg, she had this awesome fighting style where she switches frequently between hylian and wolf, darting around the battlefield on 3 legs before shifting into a hylian in midair, lashing out with both blades, and landing as a wolf. she’s very good at it but after a long battle she’ll be sick for a little while from the magic. - takes on the leader role determinedly. fiercely protective - she cares so, so deeply and honestly all the time. it hurts so much but she can’t help it and doesn’t want to. she’ll keep caring even if it kills her. - has, on some level, lost hope that she’ll ever be happy. Ordon feels intensely wrong, somehow, and she doesn’t know where else to go. everywhere she goes, she feels trapped. - Midna said “see you later” and then destroyed the portal. Night doesn’t take people at their word. She won’t be vocal about it, but she won’t believe them, either. - harbors distrust towards Altair but still cares so deeply for him. fully expecting to get backstabbed and that the pain of it will kill her (clarification: this killing is metaphorical)

more art of them here!

[earthnashes]

Happy Holidays ya’ll! :3 Since I’ll be on a small hiatus for the next few days due to said holidays, I’m gonna post up the next LoZ headcanon a couple days early, so here it is! The Ritoooooo (with Link thrown in for height comparison)! Of all the LoZ races the Rito are the ones I did the least for, so I’m actually pretty happy to finally show ya’ll something on them. :3 Hope you like the headcanon and feel free to ask any questions! owo

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-Medli is the kind and polite apprentice of Kass, who in this timeline tends to the temple dedicated to their patron deity. Despite her small size she packs enormous personality, and is often open and compassionate and... well, stubborn. She takes her job seriously and has a deep love for music, especially her favored harp.

-Teba is one of the best warriors the Rito have to offer; his size makes him slower than the typical Rito but he more than makes up for it for raw strength and his ability to tank most blows thrown his way. He and Revali often clash against one another due to their different attitudes (Teba more composed and humble, Revali more showy and a bragger), but despite the tension the two share a surprisingly friendly rivalry with one another. That "frenemies" friendship soon went sore when the village chief chose Teba as captain of the Rito Champions over Revali.

-Like Teba, Revali is one of the best warriors the Rito have at their disposal. Arguably, he's an even better warrior than Teba, even with the older bird's experience. Revali is quickest, the quickest of his brethren, he never misses a shot, and above all of that Revali is a surprisingly talented magic user. Rito are notorious for being low-skilled in magic (something they more than compensate for in their archery prowess), however Revali has been able to utilize his magic in ways Rito rarely dream of. Specifically, his signature Gale Arrows: instead of using regular arrows to fire from his bow, Revali is able to summon and compress his wind magic in a tangible and dangerous projectile.

Yes, on every account, Revali truly is the better warrior... the best warrior the Rito have seen in recent times. And even then, Teba is the one who is chosen for Champion, not Revali. The Rito is furious about this decision; he's wanted that title all of his life, and feels cheated in something he knows he should have gotten. As a result, his friendship with Teba has soured and is little more than jabbing, scathing remarks.

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-The Rito are native to the tall, deep canyons in Hyrule, with their capital residing on the highest mountain spire. Their homes and structures are embedded into the mountain’s cliffsides and tops, often with bridges built to connect the natural spires to one another.

-The Rito aren’t terribly magically inclined in more than wind-based magic, but they make up for it with their scarily stunning accuracy with the bow and arrows. The practice of archery is so revered in their culture it’s almost a religion: almost every Rito practices it and become adept at it at young ages.

-Speaking of archery, I’d surmise that the Rito are warrior-centric in culture. For the most part, all Rito are encouraged to take training in combat and especially in regards to archery, and every male Rito is expected to serve their military for at least 10 years after the age of 20. This isn’t exclusive to just being a soldier though: their military is all-encompassing and serves the tribe in every way imaginable. This includes being a hunter, a mentor, a law enforcer, an engineer, in any capacity. In this way it might be more accurate to say the Rito believe in serving their tribe and not so much serving just the military.

In the past, while they were also taught combat female Rito were discouraged from being warriors and were moreso encouraged to serve their tribe in more peacekeeping or artistic ways, such as being judges, musicians, cooks, historians, artists, writers, teachers, so on. It was generally frowned upon in the past for males to take one what was once considered a “female role” and vice versa, but ever since BotW that belief has since changed. It’s now more common to see female Rito in combative roles and male Rito in more artisan roles, and the culture has grown more for it.

-The Rito have an animal that’s sacred to their culture. That animal being the Dragon. It’s believed that the Guardian Spirit of Dragons, Valoo, is what granted the once flightless Rito the ability to soar in the air, granting them their feathers and wings in return for their patronage. On the highest peak of their spire sits a shrine dedicated to this dragon, where the Rito are known to make the long voyage to make offerings and to pay their tributes. Valoo does exist but is rarely seen by the Rito, and seeing him is thought to be one of the highest privileges known to their culture.

Dragons as a whole are seen as sacred due to this belief, and seeing any dragon is seen as a sign of good fortune to come.

-Speaking of, the Rito are not related to the Zora in any way in my headcanon. They evolved from the Rito in the Wind Waker game but those Rito aren’t evolved Zora either in my headcanon. For me, they were always bird-like, but overtime evolved to be even more bird-like and obtained the ability to fly without the aid of Valoo’s blessing.

[minty-mumbles]

LU Survey Responses Part Three: Favorites and Least Favorties

Part One: Demographics

Part Two: General Questions

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#1:

#2:

#3:

#4:

Other Responses: Legend/Ravio/Marin (4), Wind/Tetra (2), Wild/Ravali, Time/Nabooru, Hyrule/Aurora, Four/Dot/Shadow, Every single WLW Zelda ship, Some variation of "I love them all, fuck you" (4), Who cares about ships I want found family

#5:

#6:

#7: An assortment of answers from the free response, under the cut because there are many:

:p

The Snail From the New Update!!!!!!!!!!!

🌹 for you!

I love the Legend of Zelda and Linked Universe! Also I don't dislike any of the Links, and Legend is pretty much tied for favorite with Time for me. Really just depends on my mood or something (or how recently I've played one of their games).

Consider the following: Golden Sword FI

Froggie

i wanna see shadow in the comic so fucking badly jojo please 😭

One time I was playing the og Loz and I couldn't find the second dungeon to go to but I managed to find the second last dungeon or something by running past a horde of lynels and I managed to bs my way through half of it until I got stuck in a room with an enemy I had to kill to leave but wasn't able to kill with my lack of tools and it couldn't kill me so I had to restart the whole game and I haven't played since. Also if you attack a cucco in Twilight Princess, it doesn't attack you; instead you become the cucco for a few seconds and can flap around and scream

Do u like Mac and cheese

yeah twilight princess is my favourite game and i haven’t played it but in my defence i’m a goth

the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon DX remake of the song "Sky Tower" bangs and you should check it out (if you want)

Four is all but canonically the spirit of the Four Sword, and there's so much evidence for it in his games and even his personality in LU, but I feel like this is underrepresented in people's headcanons because people don't know as much about Four.

i hope youre having a good day <33 -@soul-of-rei

Fun Fact: The “Ballad Of The Windfish” from Link’s Awakening is in the melody of the Hyrule Castle main theme (outdoors) for some reason snd I noticed it like yesterday and I can’t tell if they did this with consideration for lore or if they just used it because the Ballad Of The Windfish only shows up in one game and is therefore a less well known and less likely to be noticed detail so they reused the song to not have to make a new song. On the other hand, TP and SS were two other games remastered for Switch and beyond simple convenience both games have a lot of interesting details that show up in and add to botws lore so maybe Link’s Awakening has significance to botw or botw 2 too and no one noticed hrmmmmm sorry this became an unintended theory ramble

Why does ganon hate the internet? There are too many links hehehehe

Tell your followers they're amazing!!! - Nayra

I really like linked universe. There’s so much room for creativity in the fandom. I love to see all the different interpretations of Link! :)

Vultures throw up when they feel threatened

We got a new kitten, his name is Maui, and he likes head boops. This has nothing to do with LU but I thought it was important.

the ocean is soup. this is an undeniable fact.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

This section I like to call "gushing over the various Links"

i don't think enough people realize that wind killed a man

I love wind so much he's my little guy I wanna pay for his college tuition

Wind deserves much more attention in the fandom he's my little pirate dude

Shout out to my boy Hyrule for being so cute

#BringSkyBackFromTheGasStation

Wind is best boy

Wolfie is best boy

Wild is my comfort for my mental health. I guess I project?

Grandaddy Wolfie >>>>

The fact I could only choose one favourite hurt, I was here for like 3 minutes deciding who to pick between Sky and Warrior's :'D

spent a solid 10 minutes trying to decide who i could say was my least favourite link because i love them all so much

And I'm not pasting the whole thing in here, but let it be known that the entire bee movie script, the wikipedia page for the chair, and the fitness gram pacer test were submitted

[sunsetcurvetaintedhotdog]

Flash From The Past ✩

Request: I have a request and I was asking if you cans do a ghost!Luke Patterson x alive!reader but she is older. Like in the 90s they were but then he died and she got older. But Julie had went through his journal or stuff and found a picture of them and he wrote a song like the Scene when he and Julie went to his parents house but the reader. I’m really bad at explaining things I just wanted to request an angst story please :) <3 Like a little of they’re romantic relationship and then show the aftermath of after he died and Julie kind a like confronts her with Luke like ep 8 <3

Warning: Angst, probably some grammar errors.

Word Count: 1,401

Song Used: “Somebody To You” By The Vamps

“Luke be careful your gonna hit the car in front!” I scolded him as were were entering the drive in movie parking lot. He dismissed me with a sway of his hand. “I’m an excellent driver love, no need to worry” He smiled at me before making an abrupt stop.

“LUKE!” I yelled at him. He just cheekily smiled at me and shrugged. “That’s his fault for going so slow then stopping not mine” I rolled my eyes. “Nothing ever your fault” I said. He looked at me after he finished parking. “You know it baby, I’m an angel” “Yea, yea, keep thinking that” I leaned forward and pecked his lips.

I stretched myself to the back seat to get the food and blankets we had brought and opened my door to get out of his truck. He also got out and slid the trunks small door down so we had space to lay down. We put the blankets and pillow where we wanted them and cuddled up to watch the movie.

After the movie was done I had my head on Luke’s shoulder, he rested his on top of mine. “I love you” I froze. That’s the first time he’s ever said that, I haven’t even said it yet. My eyes started to water and I lifted my head up to look at his eyes. “Yea?” I whispered. “Yea. I’m completely in love with you” he smiled at me. I leaned forward and kissed him like never before. The kiss lasted a few seconds before I pulled away. “I’m in love with you too” “Yea?” He whispered. “Yea.” I giggled and kissed him again.

“Shall we try this again?” Julie questioned from her keyboard looking towards the band. “Yes please. But remind us later there’s some Sunset Curve songs to show you.” Luke told Julie while standing up. Julie got intrigued and moved her mic to the side “Oh, show me now.” Luke nodded and went to reach for his song book next to him.

He looked at his notebook strangely. “Home is where my horse is?” He turned around “Reggie stop putting your country songs in my journal.” He side glanced at Reggie while throwing the paper out of his notebook into the guitar case. “That was a gift!” Reggie said offended. Luke rolled his eyes “thanks buddy.” He patted Reggie on the arm.

Luke turned back to Julie handing her his notebook. “I dog-eared the ones I think you would slay”. Julie started going through the pages until she reached a specific page that wasn’t dog- eared but caught her interest. “Somebody to you?” She questioned. Luke quickly got defensive. “That one isn’t dog- eared” he protested reaching for his notebook but Julie pulled it further away. “ “Look at me now I’m falling can’t even talk still stumbling” wow Luke I didn’t know you were such a romantic” she smirked at Luke. “That one is actually about-” Luke cut Alex off. “No one it’s about no one if you go to the next page there is one I think you’d like”. Julie dropped the subject since she saw Luke didn’t like talking about but she was still very interested.

Band practice couldn’t have gone worse Luke wasn’t focused after Julie mentioned the song. Y/N has been stuck in his head causing him to mess up. “Let’s take a break yea I’ll be back in an hour” Julie got up from her keyboard and walked out. “I’m out, gonna go hang with Willie” Alex disappeared. “Ima go see what Ray is up to” Reggie said and disappeared as well. Leaving Luke to entertain himself.

He couldn’t stop thinking about you. Where you married? Did you have kids? Did you move away? What happened after you found out he died? How did you cope with it?

Standing in front of the mirror making sure your outfit looked good you heard the house phone go off. You rushed downstairs and picked up the phone.

“Y/L/N Residence” you heard someone sniffle on the other side. “Y/N their gone” “Who’s gone?” you questioned. “Bobby talk to me! Who’s gone?” Panic started sinking in. “The boys they got food poisoning they’re dead Y/N” the phone fell from your hand and you dropped to your knees. You truly felt like you were dying. Tears where coming out of your eyes. The boys you have grown up with the love of your life was just taken away from you in a matter of hours. You were meant to see them preform tonight they weren’t supposed to go. Not yet. They were too young they had so much to live for.

It’s been two weeks you were invited to their funerals but you haven’t been able to leave your room yet. All you’ve done is cried until you fall asleep and repeat the same cycle everyday. Apart of you is missing and you don’t know if you’ll get through this. You’ve thrown everything that reminds you of them specially Luke in a box and told your mom to throw it away. (She didn’t throw it away) His shirts, guitar picks, hoodies, pictures, everything. You can’t bear it. It hurts a lot. Everything hurts. Your not gonna go to the funerals you can’t just stand there and get condolences from people who never really cared. You can’t pretend your ok.

“Julie you sure this is a good idea?” Luke questioned. They were on your doorstep. Julie had this great plan to give you a letter that she made Luke write for you. If you seemed stable enough she would tell you about her and the band. For now it was just the letter. The closure that you needed that you didn’t get back in 1995. Julie found you through your Instagram account apparently you became a photographer. One of her classmates is your son so he gave Julie the address. “I’m positive....um.. if it’s too much Luke you could go and I’ll tell you how it went.” Luke shook his head “no I’m good” Julie nodded. She reached forward and ringed the doorbell.

You answered the door and Luke’s breath hitched as soon as he saw you. He wanted to step forward and hug you and apologize for what he might have put you through but he can’t. You look almost the same just as beautiful but time has aged you. You and Julie started talking. She explained how she had found this song and a letter written at the bottom of the song page addressed to you. So she decided to bring it over. As you read the song you kept it together no tears. Luke is someone you thought about each day since the moment he passed.

It’s been 8 years since Luke passed away you are now 25 and have been traveling the world. Staying in Loz Feliz only made you sad you started your photograph career and have been traveling here and there. You haven’t meet anyone nearly as good as Luke so your still single. You don’t know if it’s guilt or if your the only one holding yourself back from dating again but you always put it off and say that you don’t have time for that. Will you ever go back to California? You don’t know.

After reading the letter you thanked Julie and she walked away you closed the door and slid down against it finally letting go of the tears you’ve been holding back. Things possibly couldn’t get worse, you thought you’d move on find someone who was just as great as Luke but you didn’t, you married someone you didn’t love and ended up getting a divorce. Having a kid and moving back with your mom in Loz Feliz. You weren’t happy. This letter didn’t make matters better your even sadder now it was like a flash from the past. Knowing that you could have had a future with Luke made your heart ache. He was your person, no one else.

On the other side of the door Luke stood there completely shocked that you didn’t react at all to his letter. Did you move on? Did you even care about him anymore? Was he only now a distant memory? What he didn’t know was that you were crying on the other side.

He disappeared back into the studio thinking about you. Maybe in a different life.

Sorry this request took so long I have been extremely busy because I had to get surgery but I finished it now. Hope you like it :)

@charliegillespiewife

[im-totally-not-an-alien]

Final Fantasy 7 prompts #75 (FINAL LIST)

1. Iflana does not trust Cloud, not one bit. She can sense the calamity inside him and wants him to leave. Too bad both her husband and daughter seem enraptured by his very existence. Her husband rambling on about his mutated and 'safer' J-cells, as if that thing could ever be considered safe. Then it was her daughter, who seemed to take him in, as though he was no more than an injured bird needing treatment.

This thing would be the death of them. She just knew it.

2. "In my world its pretty rare for monsters to talk."

The large gray rabbit riding on his head paused to consider this, "Maybe they're just stupid?"

"Duh. They're basically wild animals. They're not really like you Loppy."

"Lopmon." The bunny creature corrected. Again.

Aka Cloud wakes up in the digital world as a twelve year old and has to find his friends...with the help of his partner digimon of course.

3. Genesis used to think mermaids were one of the most beautiful creatures in Ancient lore...until he saw a blond one swallow a fish whole. He wasn't so sure after that.

4. Au where Cloud and the remnants are escaped expiraments from a non-Shinra lab. They travel to Midgar and become mercenaries.

One of them winds up being captured, prompting the other three to rescue them, but they're otherwise preoccupied by normal human things they never got to experience. Loz loves donuts and other sweets, Yazoo adores taking long hot bathes, and Kadaj always seems to have headphones on, etc.

The holy trinity are shocked when the four don't recognize Sephiroth. Genesis also nearly has a heart attack when he catches them roasting a doomrat over an open flame. "You're not actually going to eat that, are you?"

5. Hojos alarm was triggered at three in the morning. Usually this wouldn't be an issue, creatures attempted to escape Shinras (and by extention his) clutches on a regular basis. They were usually recaptured or destroyed within the hour.

What was strange was the fact that this was Jenovas alarm. His goddess tended to not move much beyond bobbing up and down in her tank.

Upon checking the security feed, he witnessed something infuriating. A blond man was holding an armful of wildflowers and bossing around three silver haired teens as they dismantled her shrine and stole her away. Jenova herself seemed...interested? Approving? He wasn't sure, but it looked like she was cooing at them. Further analysis was required.

6. Time travel au, but the whole thing is from Hojos perspective and he suffers

7. Cloud and Reeve were having a discussion about Clouds Jenova abilities and why he never used them, which eventually lead Cloud to picking up a pebble and stating, "Its not like a can just force some of my life energy into a rock and make it a planet"

And then he did. Tfw

8. High fantasy, no materia au.

Magic is rarely seen in humans, rather a tool used by monsters. On the day Clouds mother is murdered his abilities awaken, creating a powerful snowstorm that ripped the town of Nebilhiem apart.

Ten years later and the storm rages on, having grown to cover nearly the entirety of the mountain, rendering communication with nearby kingdoms difficult and travel impossible.

The famed General Rhapsodous is sent to slay whatever great beast is causing this catastrophe. When he is faced with a young man living up there in complete isolation, he chooses to stay with the mysterious man until he can locate the monster.

What will become of Cloud once Genesis discovers the truth? After all, a witch is considered a form of monster.

9. "I should have just remained a puppet!"

Genesis mulled over the words as though they alone could unravel the mystery that is Strife.

Some part of the redhead felt a little bad about using the strange man's emotional outburst against him, but things were getting desperate...

10. Time traveler au where Genesis dresses in drag to save this "Tifa" girl from the Don. He then tries to get her to go to Shinra for questioning and is punched for his efforts

11. Cloud is thrown into a world where he never existed and Shinra still reigns supreme. Worse, he has no memory of who he is or how he got there (cause Jenova destroyed them). He only has his bike and his sword and begins traveling to find a purpose, all while avoiding Shinras detection.

He often stops at inns and rest stops and often sees the same group of people. The large man with a gun arm grew suspicious from seeing him everywhere they went.

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"Go away."

The knocking came again. "I know you're in there blondie." A gruff voice replied.

"I'm not gay."

The man on the other side of the door began sputtering. "Look," another voice began, "We just need to talk."

"Yeah. Sure. Talk." He said flatly. "In the middle of the night." He went over to the door anyway. Opening it revealed the man with a gun arm and another man with wild black hair.

"Zack?" The blond blurted, startled. What was one of Shinras Supreme doing out here?!

"You remember me!" The man beamed, "SOLDIER First Class Zack Fair, at your service! Now the real question!"

The man leaned down a bit to the mysterious blonds level, "Who are you?"

12. "Can you do it?" The softness of Denzels voice seemed to make the situation all the more horrifying. "Can you kill me?" Eerie mako green eyes stared up at where Cloud stood frozen.

Denzel pulled a knife from the block, "Or will your son kill you?"

Aka Seph plays mind games by possessing the kids from Advent Children and using them to torment Cloud and make him look like a lunatic

13. Cloud gets sent back in time/ alternate reality, ect. but gets turned into a white materia. He's careful not to roll around while people are looking, but that doesn't stop people from saying, "Hey, look! A materia! " and picking him up. He has no real power...other than apparently soothing anyone/anything he comes into contact with.

Strangely, he keeps getting slotted into bracers (among other things) regularly. Ya'll, he's so annoyed.

14. There were two of him. Two Sephiroths. The blond began regulating his breathing, desperately trying to ward off an ensuing panic attack. He wouldn't stand a chance if they decided to work together.

Luckily, one insulted the other and thus a catfight of epic proportions began, all while Cloud had a panic attack in some long forgotten closet.

15. Au where child Sephiroth overhears a scientist talking about her 'prayers being answered' and he asks her what that meant. After a brief explanation, he later prays to anyone who can hear him to get him out of the labs and/or away from Hojo.

It works.

Bonus: Cloud and Sephiroth were fighting again in the Midgar desert when Sephiroth slashed the air, creating a portal. He had intended to use it to appear behind his puppet and impale him again, but the blond rushed forward and slashed through the portal with his own sword, expecting the portal to disappear as he sailed through were it once was.

Unfortunately, it was still very much there. Just...different. Cloud wasn't given the chance to properly examine it before the feeling of being plunged into ice water overwhelmed him and he was spat out on the other side.

It was another desert, but not like the one he left. He could feel no life here. No plants, no animals, no...no lifestream. The only thing around is another version of him. One that was used and abandoned by the Sephiroth of this world.

The other blond stared at him in confusion, wielding twin sabers in a defensive position.

[ocarina-of-memes]

7, 30, 37 for the ask thing? 👀✨ (hope you get better soon, Snicks!❤️)

Awww thank you friend!! 💖

7. Favorite dungeons?

Unfortunately I still haven’t played all the games so it’s only going to be from the few I’ve had a chance to play, but this is what I have so far! 

Number one is easily the Forest Temple from OoT! I adore almost everything about this dungeon from the atmospheric music to the puzzles to the Dark Ganon boss fight. The item incorporation is also super great, what a great place to introduce the bow. Only complaint is about the wallmasters, but that’s just because they give me anxiety every time I hear that “whoooosh”.  

Second place goes to Arbiters Grounds from TP because I love being a beyblade and Stallord is such a fun boss fight. They also did a good job using the wolf and human elements. 

30. Favorite title theme from a Zelda game?

Oooooof this is hard, because I love them all for different reasons. I love how sweet and simple Wind Waker’s is, I love the nostalgic feel of Ocarina of Time and the original theme, and Ballad of the Goddess is such a BOP. But I have to give it to Twilight Princess (yeah I’m pretty biased sue me). I love the way it builds, I love that it starts as a reorchestration of the original LoZ theme and then slowly morphs into its own song while adding in Midna’s theme at the end, and when the wolf howl comes in I get chills.

37. Least favorite enemy?

Unfortunately this list is long, so here’s a quick run through of the worst offenders. 

5.

these bitches. god FUCK these bitches. I don’t even know what they’re called. I don’t care what they’re called. I hate these hocky puck bastards.

4. Jellyfish from Jabu Jabu’s Belly. I’m getting angry just thinking about them. They actually made me ragequit the game and I have a save file permanently saved after this temple so that I never have to play it ever again. 

3. Wallmasters. They’re terrifying and best and a huge nuisance at worst. I’m looking at you, Shadow Temple. 

2. Redeads. Specifically the OoT ones. I don’t think I need to elaborate. 

1. Spiders from TP. I won’t link a photo. These trigger my arachnophobia more than anything else in these games. Who decided to make these spiders HUGE and FREAKISHLY REALISTIC and thought that was a good idea??? Nope no thank you. 

Sorry this got kinda long, I have a lot of Feelings (and free time) 

[forgive-me-your-highness]

Hello, fellow LinkedUniverse fan! You’ve been randomly selected to start a random questionairre just to get to know the fandom more! You can answer these questions and tag however many people you want to pass it on!

1. Who is your favorite LinkedUniverse character? 2. Why are they your favorite character? What drew you to them? Be as detailed or as short as you want! 3. Have they always been your favorite character or has it been hard choosing? 4. What do you like least about your favorite character? 5. What do you like most about your favorite character? 6. What do you like most about your favorite character’s design? 7. What interaction/relationship with your favorite character do you like most, or that you want to see more of? 8. What’s your favorite Zelda game and is your favorite character from that game? 9. One a scale of 1-10 with 10 being most likely, how much would you die for your favorite character?

1. Who is your favorite Linked Universe character?

Sky & Wind both take first for my two favorites!

2. Why are they your favorite character? What drew you to them? Be as detailed or as short as you want!

Sky:

Skyward Sword Link has been my favorite- design wise- for a while now. He’s sweet- has the capability to be snarky- and all around a great dude! In both Skyward Sword & Linked Universe he’s proven to be a trust worthy guy, someone who has your back no matter what. And while I don’t ship Sun & Sky in all aspects- they are adorable together! Definitely close friends whose bond goes very deep. One that has had the chance to blossom over the years- whether it be platonically or romantically- to grow into a powerful bond. That’s something I admire in both fiction and real life people.

Wind:

Wind was always a character I found comforting in an emotional manner. After all he is just a kid, one who has been through too much too soon in his life- and one who was left to pick up the pieces once more as a thirteen year old. Wind became my favorite because he’s someone I’d find myself to be friends with if given the chance. He’s stubborn, cunning, and a generally sweet kid when he wants to be, and I like that. He has so much depth to his personality and character that I’ve seen only a few explore- and the possibilities are endless for all heroes- but I see Wind as having the most untapped potential of all Links.

3. Have they always been your favorite character or has it been hard choosing?

Like most other new Linked Universe fans Legend was one of my favorites along with Wild. Breath of the Wild was my first LoZ game so BotW Link has a special place in my heart but I found that I didn’t like the fanon characterization of Wild in the LU fandom, and repeated Legend angst honestly got boring- so I branched out and I’m so happy I did. Wind & Sky have a fresh slate, their characters just waiting to be explored bit by bit, and I’m more than happy to do so!

4. What do you like least about your favorite character?

Hm well the characters themselves are fine, it’s more of the fanon portrayal that I would critique.

Sky:

It’s very comforting to see a character struggle with the same things I do, in this case sleep. The only thing I dislike is how that has become his main character trait. With the help of Skyward Sword HD’s release I’ve seen more and more Sky center fics and art and with that comes more character exploration and I couldn’t be happier!

Wind:

There’s not too many downsides to his characterization. Lots of people seem to nail the “child like wonder” combined with what he’s had to go through. Personally I’d love to see more of Wind and Tetra and explore their friendship but I honestly have no complaints.

5. What do you like most about your favorite character?

Sky:

He’s loyal, level headed, and an all around great guy! His sleep issues are relatable to me personally, and that just adds further to his charm.

Wind:

He’s a funky little dude! Still new to the world of adventuring and I love to see the small changes in him as he learns and observes the others around him. He’s growing up quite literally before our eyes.

6. What do you like most about your favorite character’s design?

Sky:

I ADORE HIS TUNIC. Every piece of his attire brings me so much joy. His sail cloth & green tunic especially. I love how his sailcloth is so casually included in his design.

Wind:

His Outset Pajamas being what he wears. I mean come on, we all know teenagers who wear pajamas near 24/7 or were said teenagers. I think it’s cute when you step back and think about it.

7. What interaction/relationship with your favorite character do you like most, or that you want to see more of?

Sky:

I would love to see more of his interactions with Time or Twilight. Yes I am a bit biased because I love those three- but I truly would love to see more of “The First Hero”’s interactions with anyone really.

Wind:

LEGEND, PLEASE! Bubbly ray of sunshine and overcast bunny I would love to see more of that. So very much opposites but I feel as though they would get along.

Four also. I like the idea of Four being Wind’s mentor, offering the kid a hug when he needs and teaching him tips and tricks of the trade.

8. What’s your favorite Zelda game and is your favorite character from that game?

My all time favorite is Majora’s Mask! Sadly no, Time is not my favorite, though I do have a very fond respect for the guy. Skyward Sword comes in close second, and indeed Sky is one of my favorites.

9. One a scale of 1-10 with 10 being most likely, how much would you die for your favorite character?

Sky: 6-ish

Wind: 8

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