#hcau shadow

[merriclo]

first sketch dump i’ve done in a while! don’t look at the last one of your sensitive to dead pigs (it ain’t graphic like. at all but just in case)

as always these guys are from the hero’s call au :)

[merriclo]

okok so i realized that i can’t actually reveal the actual most fucked up stuff and that i have to keep it sort of vague as to not spoil stuff, but here ya go. just in case tw for violence, hypothermia, and the topic of abuse

Ages killed his dad and doesn’t exactly feel bad about doing so.

unbeknownst to Ages, Mask saw the entire murder take place and has never said a thing

the entirety of Lorule’s family is constantly engaged in like,, a psychological war, of which he is not entirely innocent. granted, she was like 14 when she left

after the events of four swords adventure, Blue, at the start of an identity crisis, cut off all contact with her siblings and left, leaving only a three sentence long note. she briefly became an ice harvester, where she ended up contracting mild-hypothermia. after recovering, she worked as a farmhand on a ranch nine hours away from her family. it took her seven more months to return home.

Vio’s entire betrayal of her family and then of Shadow are definitely up there, but she also caused mass devastation while working with Shadow. the entire situation (which lasted over a year) left them with pretty grey morals. oh and also they did actually stab Green.

huge spoilers if i elaborate any further but Oracle says some fucked up things to Mask

Ages helped lead a war. i trust y’all understand what that means.

the main villain of the series (Keeva) is a cult leader who purposefully manipulates an innocent and traumatized little girl into doing a lot of her dirty work. she also kills someone very important to one of the characters by bludgeoning them w a brick to the mouth

what if i dropped the most fucked yo things my Links have done. what then.

[merriclo]

anyways here’s a list of all the (current) hcau links’ gender, pronouns, sexuality, and any partners they may have/have had. i’ve been queering these bitches since the very beginning

Hero - he/him, he’s too busy with.. well everything to think about his gender or sexuality, has a very complicated relationship with Hylia

Loft - he/they, in the midst of exploring their gender but for now is settled on trans man, bisexual, in a very committed relationship with his Zelda (and is planning to propose soon!!)

Minish - they/them, agender, demi + ace, just started dating their Zelda

Prism - he/him, cis man, bisexual, engaged to his Zelda

Mask - they/he, their gender is complicated but they don’t want to explain so they just say trans man, bisexual, not quite dating Malon yet but very very close (also has a minor crush on Sheik)

Oracle - he/him, trans man, pansexual, he is very far back in the closet so he’s not dating anyone but he was admittedly kind of into Ralph, and under different circumstances he could’ve loved Zelda, too (see this short wip) (also he’s so not over Marin)

Lorule - she/he/they, genderfluid, pan + ace, has the fattest fucking crush on Ravio

Rhythm - he/him, questioning gender, queer, hasn’t figured out if their feelings for his Zelda are platonic or not

Traveler - he/they/it, non-binary, aroace, he and one of its Zeldas jokingly flirt all the time bc they think it’s hilarious but they’re actually just super good friends

Wolf - he/him, cis man, bisexual, not in a relationship because he’s probably never going to get over Midna

Red - he/they, genderqueer, queer, still crushing on Erune

Green - he/him, cis man, bisexual, single

Blue - she/her, trans woman, lesbian, head over heals for her Zelda but refuses to admit it (everyone knows)

Vio - they/she, transfem non-binary, bi + demi + ace, has a…. complicated relationship with Shadow

Wind - he/him, trans man, bisexual, dating Tetra and is so proud of it

Spirit - she/her, trans girl, lesbian, has the biggest crush on her Zelda

Ages - he/him, cis man, pansexual, single but used to have a crush on Ravio during the war

Champion - he/they, was too busy studying the blade to consider their gender or sexuality or any romantic feelings (painfully oblivious to the fact that they have feelings for both Mipha and Zelda)

Wild - any/all pronouns, genderqueer, pansexual, dating her Zelda

here are also some side characters that are queer to some degree!!

Malon - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, very very close to dating Mask (and thinks Sheik is cute, too)

Mask’s Sheik (child timeline) - he/him, trans man, bisexual, not dating anyone but has a fat fucking crush on Mask and Malon

Pipit - he/him, trans man, straight, engaged to Karane

Marin - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, was dating Oracle

Champion’s Zelda - she/her, cis woman, bisexual, has a huge crush on both Champion and Mipha

Ravio - he/him, cis man, queer, has the fattest fucking crush on Lorule

of course there are other characters who aren’t mentioned here that have gotten hit by the queerification beam, but these are all i’ve decided on/can think of at the moment!!

[ikaishere]

DEAR VIO AND SHADOW???? HELLO?!?!??!?!?! and oracle. THE SCARS. WHAT THE HECK IM IN LOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CLO THESE ARE EVERYTHING PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT WIDOW P L E A S E

first sketch dump i’ve done in a while! don’t look at the last one of your sensitive to dead pigs (it ain’t graphic like. at all but just in case)

as always these guys are from the hero’s call au :)

[merriclo]

AHSJFJKA THANK YOUU 😭🫶 yeah oracle’s got some Nasty scars that’ve got some equally Nasty stories to them AND OH JEEZ WHAT TO TELL YOU ABOUT VIDOW. THEre’s so much. there’s so much.

vio’s pronouns are they/she and shadow’s are he/they/it btw.

okok so Shadow actually isn’t shown in this au (not in the beginning anyway). the drawing is of them a few months after Vio originally joins his side in fsa, hence why their hair is way shorter. also fsa happened over the course of like a year and a half and then the main story of hcau happens around one to two years later. so it’s been a hot minute and Vio has gotten better at handling their farewell, but has never quite gotten over it. i’ve actually got a fic in the works where Oracle and Vio talk about Marin and Shadow called The Wild Flying Doves (huge inspo from my lady’s a wild flying dove by tom paxton, beautiful song) which should be done and posted soon!!

ANyhow ok jeez where do i start with them. they were terrible together, obviously, both doing irreparable damage to the other. they were obsessive and codependent and loved with undertones of nausea.

,,but sometimes they’d kiss over a shared cup of ale and dance drunkenly in front of their crumbling throne, the only music their combined laughter. and other times vio would point out the constellations, and whenever shadow was alone he’d look for her knowledge and essence in the stars. once, shadow accidentally tore the flesh of vio’s arm open with his nails, and, horrified with itself, ever so gently tended to the wound. to this day, whenever vio’s overwhelmed, her hand finds its way to that ragged scar on their right forearm.

they brought out the worst in each other but they were also the only ones who could bring out each other’s best. they were never meant to love each other successfully but by the Three did they try.

that’s all i can rlly say without huge huge spoilers, but rest assured i am absolutely obsessed with them. also whenever i listen to trouble by connie converse i think of them 🫶

first sketch dump i’ve done in a while! don’t look at the last one of your sensitive to dead pigs (it ain’t graphic like. at all but just in case)

as always these guys are from the hero’s call au :)