#hebra was first

[lulu2992]

What's your favorite order to kill the Heralds in and why? <3

I don’t really have a favorite order, simply because I wish I could have not killed them 😅 In my first playthrough, I did John-Faith-Jacob, and in my second, Jacob-Faith-John, but I still started with the Holland Valley. I only went to the church for my Atonement when there was nothing left to do in the county.

That said, I think that what the game wants us to do is either Jacob-John-Faith (because of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Seven Seals) or John-Jacob-Faith.

Dutch says to go to Fall’s End first because it’s the heart of the Resistance, and Holland Valley is also the mildest region since you mostly deal with regular cultists, not super soldiers and mind-controlled wolves or hallucinations and Angels everywhere. I kind of regret going to the Henbane River so early in my first playthrough because this region really took a toll on me. The Whitetails Mountains felt less intense in comparison.

In a way, John is the least powerful Herald and the easiest to take down (as frustrating as that dogfight can be) and, from what I understand, anyone who joins the Project has to meet The Baptist first, so I think it makes sense for the Deputy to do the same. After Jacob’s death, Wheaty motivates the Whitetails to end Eden’s Gate, but in my opinion, his speech implies that the fight against the cult is far from over, so killing The Soldier last seems a bit weird. Then, while her brothers each take only one Deputy, Faith captures two people, one of them being the Sheriff who, when she’s been defeated, says it’s time to go after Joseph, so taking down The Siren last feels right to me.

Also, in the Holland Valley, no major Resistance member dies, but in the Whitetail Mountains, one person is killed (Eli), and in the Henbane River, the Deputy loses two allies (Virgil and Burke), so if you play the regions in this order, things get more and more violent as you progress. And if you do John-Jacob-Faith, Joseph’s eulogies also get increasingly sad: he doesn’t cry for John, cries a bit for Jacob, and cries a lot for the last family member (Faith in this case).

Anyway, I think Holland Valley-Whitetail Mountains-Henbane River is the most logical order. Then, it makes sense to me to do either John-Jacob-Faith (for gameplay reasons) or Jacob-John-Faith (because of the prophecy).

[pitchblackespresso]

This or That Challenge @zelinkcommunity

Week 3 - Soup + Week 4 - Hebra

[helladventurers]

Ooohh i reached rito village accidentally while trying to land on some hard to reach islands and I'll say the main quests already sound a lot more interesting than just "solve this short quest to reach the divine beast"

[oysterie]

No spoilers but anyways today i will head to goron city in totk i have only been to rito of the four. Ive been to kakkariko and hateno too though very lovely 👍

[pkbeamgamma]

ok wait now that i actually replayed holy mount lanayru. i know ppl like this dungeon but to me its just Mid. like good mid but still mid

[manias-wordcount]

links first time eating reader out? Can be any link you want, just have fun and have a great day! 💙

Blink and You'll Miss It (BOTW! Link x Reader)

𝗔/𝗡: 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆!

𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚!! 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘅 (𝗳𝗲𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴)

𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚? ⇒ 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩

𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧?

𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚?

Things happened a little fast. 

That isn’t to say that everything that’s happening is completely unwanted. You wouldn’t be licking at your lips and squeezing your thighs together while watching him wade closer to you if this was all unwanted. But the heat makes you feel crazy. It makes memories from mere minutes ago blur together and causes whatever decision-making skills you have to be thrown out into the snow. So what exactly got you here, you’ll never know. But you have your moments. You have moments that refuse to go away. Moments that still linger and linger. Moments that you can still feel. 

By goddesses, you can still feel them.

You can still feel the relief that filled your body the second that Link finally led you to that Hot Spring he was talking about. The secret one that had you both getting lost for an additional hour because only existed on some maps and not all. You can still feel the warm water coating your body as you stepped right in, not wasting a second after Link turned away so you could slip out of your outer layers with at least some semblance of privacy. The warm water you’re still dangling your legs in right now.

And you can still feel what those moments fully immersed in the Hot Spring were like. You can still recall them. The warm water made your muscles relax. They coated you in a heat and a protection that you thought you could never find this far into the Hebra mountains. Even with all your layers and layers of fur. But some time into you sinking into the warm, healing waters of the secret hot spring, Link settled in close. He was courteous enough to warn you that the sounds of water splashing were simply him coming in closer to join you after finally having shed all of his layers in a pile right by your own on the shoreline. And for a while, the two of you were able to sit together and enjoy your little impromptu bath together. Soaking in silence. Peering up at a star-filled sky. And shivering at the occasional sudden gust of wind, of course.

So how did your little peaceful bath end up with you being bent over the side of the hot spring with your travel companion rutting into your backside as he all but begged you to let him try the pussy he just barely got to peak at, you’ll never know.

But what you do know is that it was far too easy for you to give in. It was far too easy for you to let him take hold of your hips and guide you into sitting on top of the same rock he was pressing your body into- one that was just high and flat enough to sit above the waterline in a way that wouldn’t be too difficult to deal with. At the very least, he was kind enough to pull his jacket from the pile where the rest of his clothes were and drape it over your shoulders. But the dazed look you spotted in his eyes as he settled in between your thighs told you that you shouldn’t be expecting kindness from this man.

Because of the way he was looking at you? It was filled with hunger. Like this was a thought- an idea that he had been sitting on for a long, long time, just waiting for the perfect time to strike. Like he had only chosen this time to act because it was truly unbearable sitting so close to you and not being able to touch you in the way that he wanted to. The way that he needed to. In your opinion, that was a whole lot of words just to call himself a horny opportunist and a Peeping Tom. But you weren’t complaining.

“Can you open a little wider for me? Please, princess?”

You were far too busy spreading your legs.

“Is this good?” You ask hesitantly, as your legs fall a little more open at his command. The wind bites at your skin, and you’re starting to feel a little bit cold. But your internal temperature must be on fire. Because it really isn’t that bad out here. At least, not right now. Sure, you know that’s there a part of you that much rather be submerged in the water again, letting your muscles loosen up enough to deal with the hike back to the nearest Inn or Stable. But there’s a louder, stronger, more desperate part of you that is currently scooting up to the edge of the rock with far too much eagerness to deny or ignore.

“S’good,” Link confirms with a mumble as he adjusts himself in the water in front of you. Droplets of water roll off of his shoulders as he rises just above the waterline and leans into your space. His cheeks burn a bright red, and you can’t help but wonder if it’s from the situation or the heat. Whatever it is, he doesn’t seem too bothered. Instead, he just pushes his bangs from his forehead, dampening them even further, and gets nice and close to you, eyes narrowing in the prize ahead of him. “Never eaten pussy before.”

At his words, you can’t help but blink in surprise.

His admission is as shameless as it is sudden, though you appreciate his honesty as you’re also quite…inexperienced in this realm yourself. But at the same time, his words don’t exactly feel true. Because the way he’s reaching out and reaching between your thighs at the moment just screams experienced to you. How else would he know to take two fingers to part your lower lips while a third stretches out and brushes against your clit?

His touch sends a shiver down your spine, and you find that having someone else touch you down there is a far, far different experience than touching yourself down there. One that makes you more sensitive and more alert than ever, at least. Maybe you should have taken all his offers to visit those other hot springs sooner…

“Oh…” You begin rather pathetically, your lip caught between your teeth. Link has barely looked at you whenever you spoke, though you see his ears perk up at the sound of your pants growing louder and louder as his thumb draws tiny circles into your clit. Instinctively, your hips begin to roll into his touches, moving along with his careful movements. How long has he been thinking about doing this? How many other women has he done this too? None that you know of. None that you want to think about either. So you won’t. You’ll just think about what’s in front of you instead. “I don’t know how this goes either…”

You’ll think about that tongue of his that’s darting out to lick at his own lips as he leans closer and closer to your pussy, looking more and more desperately by the second.

“That’s okay,” He tells you, though the words are almost masked by the groan that lies underneath them. It’s getting harder and harder to see him- see the fact that you’ve grown to love so much. In fact, all you can really see is a mop of half-wet blonde hair as Link makes himself comfortable in between your thighs. But as soon as his nose suddenly brushes up against your clit you remember that he’s not here to be seen. His mind is on one thing and one thing only. And at this point, you don’t think you could wake him up trance he has wrapped himself in. Not that you would have wanted to, of course. “I’m a quick learner. I’ll take care of you. I always do.”

Because if you did, you wouldn’t be here, now would you?

You wouldn’t be throwing your head back as he drives straight in and attaches his mouth to your lower lips. You wouldn’t be whining as his hands come up to grab at your thighs in a grip that would have been painful if that not for the way his tongue is currently pushing its way inside of your pussy in a way that feels far too natural for a man who is supposed to be exploring completely uncharted territories. You wouldn’t be panting and moaning and cursing his name as your toes curl and your hands reach for his golden locks and grab on hard. 

You wouldn’t be having your pussy eaten by someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing but is somehow managing to do it right. You just wouldn’t be. And maybe it’s because he’s naturally adventurous. Maybe it’s because he’s always been passionate about the things he really cares about. Always determined to help. Always determined to do the job and do the job right. Or maybe it’s because he’s seen you in all kinds of weather and all kinds of clothes and has finally gotten tired of you being always right there yet always so out of reach until this moment.

Whatever the reason behind him lapping at arousal pouring from your insides like it’s the elixir of life itself, you don’t care. You don’t care about the wind that’s nipping at your skin either. Or the jacket that has fallen off your shoulders. You don’t even care about the fact that if anyone came looking for this spot- if anyone came close enough, they’d see you. They’d see all of you as you desperately bucked into the mouth of your travel companion as you begged and begged and begged him to just keep going and keep making you feel good. You don’t care about that stuff. You don’t care about any of it.

Because he makes you feel good. Because he makes you feel so good. And if you don’t enjoy it now? If you don’t pay attention and bask in the feeling and the pleasure that wild, adventurous tongue of his is giving to you? It’ll be over before you know it. It’ll be over before you can blink. It’ll be over before you can truly, truly appreciate what it’s like to have a cute boy drooling over the mere fact that he gets to play with your pussy for as long as you’ll let him. Because if this whole ordeal can start this fast?

It can end just as fast too.

[babbletaels]

Before tears of the kingdom came out, I was watching a video on youtube that talked about volcanic signs around hyrule. As they pointed out what different structures around death mountain and akkala could've been, I started seeing those kinds of structures and shapes everywhere and I realized..

Hyrule is on top of a very large volcanic area

I started looking for signs. I realized there were hot springs in tabantha, and hot springs is not just something that cold regions have, no, it's something volcanic regions have.

When tears of the kingdom came out one of my top priotities was to get to the depths and see if there's lava underneath these hot springs, and sure enough there they were! Not only that, I found volcanic shapes in the depths themselves, as well as lava in other places I didn't know about.

Why am I talking about this?

Because they're not just there as decorations, at least not to me.

Look at Hyrule great forest. It obviously used to be a big forest spanning from above hyrule castle all the way to the top of the map, covering the west part of death mountains foot. Now the trees are all burned down from a volcanic eruption, except for in two regions that have strangely moat-looking "rivers" around them.

I'm not going to pretend I believe these are rivers. I'm 100% sure they are man made. These moats were dug in order to protect important land marks, because the people knew that they live on a volcanic region. It's no coincidence that the castle has a huge moat around it as well. They are trying to be safe from their inevitable doom.

But it's not just this. Moats don't always save you, and volcanoes eventually go dormant.

I imagine if you're the least interested in zelda lore and the zelda timeline, you've asked yourself the question, "Why does the map change so drastically?". Well, here's your answer.

Death mountain isn't just any mountain, it's always the most recently active volcano and the place where the gorons live! The gorons move around, when there's a new volcano they move there!

Towns safety become threatened, and so they move. Look at the ruins on the sides of death mountain, they're not burned, they're abandoned. So the people move around, they literally have no choice but to do so, unless they take to drastic measures, like raising your town high above the ground and building a wall around it, like the great plateau.

Why are the sheikah towers buried under ground and designed to shoot up with incredible force? Why not just build them in place and why do they need to be so tall? Maybe they were preparing them to be able to function even after lava has covered the ground.

The extremely mountainous nature of all of hyrule is honestly the best sign we have of this. By looking at the mountains we can conclude where the latest volcano was, and I think it was in Hebra.

So when trying to piece together how the maps work together, you can't look at things like a town, a castle or a volcano, because those things are constantly moving. I'd say maybe the desert could be the way to go, but we've seen very clearly that deserts used to be oceans. If you look to the horizon in gerudo desert in botw, you'll see water.

I think that the gorons migrate when their volcano gets too cold. If we look at majoras mask and assume that termina is in fact a real place, this is the first time we see gorons living in a cold place, and they don't seem to be thriving. Gorons like the warmth that the volcano provides.

So why does death mountain switch places?? Because it's not the same mountain! Death mountain is always the volcano! So one volcano goes dormant, another one pops up and the gorons move there. And this also explains a loooooot of other geographical questions. The people of hyrule are living under a constant threat of destruction by volcano, and that's why they need to move their castles and everything. If we were to assume the temple of time from ocarina of time is the same as in breath of the wild, we clearly see they moved/abandoned the castle and castle town because of the close proximity of death mountain in ocarina of time. It all makes a lot of sense and makes me feel like the map changing isn't such a big problem to me anymore.

[asktheritochampion]

Were you found quickly when you came back to life? Who found you?

I was the first Champion to be recovered actually.

I have a vauge memory of piloting Medoh to lift off from her perch atop the Village after our job was done, intending to land her in Hyrule Field - which had always been the plan back in the day to reunite with the other Champions. However, in the air, without warning, there was this bizaare flash of light and the next thing I knew I was suddenly rejoined to my very injured old body.

Without Ganon's control or mine to pilot things, Medoh quite swiftly crashed into the side of Hebra Mountain. Of course the crash caused quite a stir so the Rito Warriors were quite swiftly on the scene.

From people recounting the story to me, it was Teba who recovered my body. However I was unconcious by the time help arrived so have no real memory of what happened between my initial revival and waking up under medical survelence in Rito Village.

[abbycrashing]

Going back to my idea where Wars and Time thought that Legend is secretly Ravio...

Ravio had put one of his cloaks into Legend's bag before he went through the first portal, and deep into the quest, the Chain get dumped into Wild's Hebra winter mountains where they have to seek shelter in a cave and Legend goes to change into warmer clothing and decides that Ravio's cloak is the warmest thing in his bag?

He puts it on without too much hesitation because the others haven't met Rav yet so no one has a reason to make fun of him. You know, besides the whole "bunny hood" thing. But he could easily just pass it off as a magic item of sorts. Time had mentioned a rabbit ear headband that he had used on a quest, so he had an excuse.

So Legend gets dressed and thinks he's in the clear. But then Warriors and Time who knew Ravio in the War of Eras turn around and see this:

I'm having so much fun with this idea :]

[luna-loveboop]

So last night I dreamed I was playing Breath of the Wild. And my friend (who was magically granted the ability to play zelda, along with knowledge of botw), was with me, and the blood moon happens :O

But this was no ordinary blood moon, no. The ground and air stayed red, bleeding evil for the whole night. I noticed something was wrong when more stalkoblins than normal showed up out of the ground to attack me, with several stalmoblins too. I was somewhere in hebra on the map, tho lower than the freezing mountains. There were stone ruins, and also some broken up wooden buildings. Giant pools of malice appeared on the ground. Me and my fren were freaking out, how the heck was I supposed to survive??

One of the stalmoblins hit me and Link's health instantly dropped to a quarter of a heart. I was wearing high defense clothes and had a little over a row and a half of hearts? So there were far more monsters in the night than should be, and they were way stronger than I was accustomed to.

And Worse still? I couldn't cook! I tried to cook. I tried to teleport away, or save my game. The same type message as when in the yiga clan with saving or in an awkward position trying to hold something appeared 'You can't do that right now'. HORRIFYING

So I ran, and was pursued of course. The cliffs around Kakariko village, that Link somehow ran to, had pools of malice blocking the way. Giant arching limbs and spikes of evil covering the land. I looked back at the stalmoblins behind me and had Link jump straight into it. He grumbled through the malice, eating so very many apples. I got past one of the big areas of malic and the stalmoblins had stopped, now shooting and throwing rocks at Link from a short distance. I hung out there for a bit, clinging to the cliff and not daring to move too much- the stalmoblins kept missing but I didn't crawl up to steady land where more would simply appear. I was very grateful for my giant stock of stamina and enduring meals I always have in case of rain.

I tried to put on the champions tunic since it's so high defense- in the dream it was upgraded w/ 3 stars from the great fairies at the time. I got the message that I could of course put on the tunic, but 'wearing this specific garment will make you trackable to the monsters and hunted more viciously.' WHAT

cut to outside of the game in the dream- Nintendo has announced the appearance in a botw update of 'RED BLOOD MOONS' they called it. Everyone was devastated. I was losing my sanity, what little of it was left after running through a red-stained land for a night. I ranted to my friend, who was now chilling in her bed on her phone, about it. I was upset that they were changing botw, which was perfect as it was, and worried that the new versions of botw and totk for switch 2 would have even worse changes.

We got a new cutscene from botw Zelda explaining the appearance of Red Blood Moons (weren't they already red!??!!), and the beginning of botw w/ the first blood moon cutscene changed to have that as well. Botw now had two types of blood moons, and the Red blood moons would appear more than the normal ones. During a red blood moon, cooking, teleporting, saving, all became unavailable, and monsters were much more dangerous. This was just. A thing that happens now. The npc guy who's obsessed with blood moons at dueling peaks stable was now more competent- and in the case of Red blood moons could tell you when the next one was coming in 14 days. You could then count the days to know when it was next and save before! Except sometimes the Red blood moon was 5 days early lol!

Part of me was thinking 'ok this is a new gameplay thing, it's fine I can work with it.' Yet even the youtube gamers and everyone everywhere all agreed: this sucked.

I continued playing the game- I went in my house in Hateno village at one point and uh-oh monsters could appear inside houses now. Nowhere was safe. I considered riding a horse through the night to stay away at one point, and decided not to bc I didn't wanna endanger my horses. Guest appearance of Ekle in my dream! When I was outside the game on the couch thinking to ride a horse on red blood moons or not, and I thought of riding her then decided not to, and resumed the game.

I ended up on Hyrule field at one point- stalizalfos time! and more stalmoblins. A stalmoblin wielding a knights bow shot Link >:( (I hate it when they wield knights bows, they don't deserve them and it makes them way too powerful). I had taken a hearty meal, so had over full hearts- it dropped me instantly down to a quarter again. So basically the gameplay was if you get hit, one more hit and it's over, didn't matter how many hearts you had. I figured I could figure out how to fight the enhanced monsters later, once I processed more. Now was time to run awaaaaayyy

Almost forgot! Korok forest was safe :) and it was indeed possible to sleep in the little Koroks bed for Link- outside of that the player couldn't sleep either. I teleported there before the night started one time bc I wanted to check if the koroks were alright TT and it was safe.... most of the time. It was an occasional Red blood moon that the hordes of stalmonsters would even penetrate there- in which case it became a race to the very top of the great deku tree where they would be unable to move more towards you- my new strategy became to go to korok forest before the blood moons and go to the one truly safe place at the top of the deku tree. My dream ended as Monsters had made it up there, the safety barrier proved ineffective and they were crawling over the top towards Link.

...This was an overly detailed dream and it might be the worst I've had outside of that gloom hands one... this one didn't wake me up at least TT

...

[bokettochild]

Directors Commentary for something from chapter 2 of A Very Violet Valentine??

Or even just rambling about your favorites parts of it ⭐⭐⭐?

Oooh!

So, while it's not really there at ALL in the actual chapter, I had two or three drafts for this chapter, all starting on the premise that Legend, for the life of him, can't relax and/or have fun normally, and keeps stressing out about "the kids".

You know that trope we see sometimes in media where the mother and father try to get a date, but the mom is always worried that something will go wrong without her there to deal with it? Maybe it's not very well known, but I remember seeing an episode like that on Little House when I was, oh gosh a tiny thing! So, when I sat down to write this particular chapter, that just so happened to spring to my mind and the thought of Legend having so fully become lost to the "mom" role that he genuinely gets anxiety about not being there in case something happens, and Wars having to talk him down, was just so tricky to resist!

Problem was, writing it with this premise actually made it feel less like a stumbled into Violet Incident/break for the boys, and more like a constant stream of anxiety, regardless of which perspective I tried to go at it from.

In the end, I ended up cutting a whole conversation where Wars makes a bet with Legend over who'll get focused on "work stuff" first, and instead just had the vet fuss for the first bit before quickly rerouting it with someone recognizing the two of them. The reason I included this directly is because it's really not an Incident without Legend getting mistaken for someone's mom/wife, and, again, it made for a great chance to reroute from the whole mom-anxiety thing.

That said, had I included the Bet, it would have been a fic mostly consisting of the two boys both desperately trying to redirect each other away from work stuff, Legend dragging Wars away from anything with soldiers/Lana (who would have appeared just to get mopey about Wars being with another woman LOL) and Warriors trying to steer Legend in the opposite direction from the rest of the heroes' who are causing Incidents left, right, and center. The closest I got to this was actually the scene at the fountain where Wars tugs Legend in a direction claiming that he saw Laura. it's not obvious in this chapter, but when I (finally) write the last chapter, we will likely see that the other boys were close by and needing help and this was Wars saving legend's ass from getting involved (he would not have willingly subjected them to Laura and Linkle otherwise)

Having the sisters appear in the story was actually not planned at all, but I really enjoy writing about Wars' family, and also legend interacting with them because I love having the kids love him and the older girls REALLY love him *wink wink*. Mrs. Taylor (the real one) also definitely adores him, but you all know I love writing sweet maternal characters, especially around Legend (he's my favorite and I want to give him nice things, okay?)

Now, it never made it into a draft, but I feel like it would interest you all to know that, during the dancing scene, Warriors almost started singing a particular song you might know! I was planning the chapter out some weeks before writing and, out of nowhere, Ed Sheeran's Nancy Mulligan started playing on my phone (YouTube favored me for once), and the image of Warriors singing an altered version of the lyrics during the dance was so, so, SO hard to resist! Firstly, because I love the song, secondly, because the lyrics almost fit, and thirdly, because it would set up a major MISUNDERSTANDING!

See, the idea would have been that it's a popular folk song in Hebra that every singer slightly alters to include the names of an actual couple rather than "William Sheeran" and "Nancy Mulligan", and Warriors, trying to sell the act, would have included their fake names (or his real one and Legend's fake one). The main thing stopping me was the fact that 'Kit' doesn't have a maiden name, and also 'Kit' is too short and would have thrown off the cadence of the song, so it would have had to be lengthened to 'Kittridge' or some other longer name that 'Kit' could conceivably be short for.

Including it, without context to Castletown folk about the fact that Wars didn't make up the song himself, would have meant that the line "I asked her father, but her daddy said 'no; you can't marry my daughter'" would make people think that Kit's dad (Time) severely disapproves of Wars.

In the end though, the scene got away from me and the hangups about 'Kit's' name made me rethink it.

After a day of the boys having fun though, I wasn't sure how to draw it to a close, but while brainstorming, the idea that Wars and Legend close the day with some star-gazing got stuck in my head. Getting them to a place they could do that though was a bit tricky, but I took my time with it because the idea of Big Brother Wars carrying his little sisters back home to tuck them in was just too darling for me to resist!

Honestly, this was a copious amount of Warriors Lore/HCs in this one. I've had so many ideas and no place to put them, so I ended up dumping all of them in this series. (We almost got a story where Legend and Wars run into Wars' step-dad, except it got a bit too dark for my liking and really didn't suit the typical Violet Incident feel, so I scrapped it and used the softer bits in 'Violet's Familiar'. For this one though, I made a point to show Warriors getting slowly more and more comfortable and in his element, accent slipping in, hair being left messy, playing with his sisters, and letting Legend be around his family unsupervised, and all to show that he really does trust the vet a lot, not just with himself, but with his family as well.

(Honestly, if I ever do include the Wars Dies fic in any series, I'd almost say it would have to be this one LOL, I've laid so much groundwork' for it on accident T-T)

Now, the part about Legend being Wars' hero was entirely unplanned, but that conversation on the whole wasn't something I thought I'd write! I had been intending, for the last few updates, to finally address why Shadow is still being called 'Raven', and originally, it was Shadow himself that was going to point out, to Four, that he'd never had a name and just got called by his species like one might call their pet 'dog', 'cat', or otherwise, before then thanking Legend for giving him a real name, and Legend ending up letting on about how it's actually a family name and not just a random one, which would have given Shadow some warm fuzzies because now he's got a kind of family ties to someone! But, again, every fic I wrote with this included ended up getting clipped, scrapped, or otherwise abandoned *sigh*. Hence, I made legend finally say it here, although I still want Shadow and Four to find out the truth about it.

Running back to the dancing scene real quick; that was the scene that I built this whole chapter around. I knew, from the second I put them in kilts, that I wanted Legend and Wars to get to dance together and let loose and have fun. I am currently sketching the scene too! (I keep getting stuck on Warriors' hair though T-T)

The stargazing made for a good closer, I think. I originally intended for them to go star-gazing on a hill outside of town and then have to head back but the idea of them having this gloriously freeing day to feel like people, just for it to end with them having to don their roles as heroes' again, felt sort of depressive. I did tap into that feeling too, but I elected to have them stargaze from the highest point in the city instead and get to just continue to enjoy it until they, inevitably, fall asleep up there; not actually returned to their roles, but still back at the castle and safe/close to the rest.

There were a few other scrapped concepts for what their 'date' could entail, including but not limited to:

a trip to the theatre, since Wars knows Legend is a drama kid and would enjoy it

revisiting the diner from Violet's Mother, together

shopping around

Legend having to save Wars' ass from Lana and Cia, who are maintaining the magical protections over the city together (Cia returned to the side of good in one storyline of Wars' game, and I like the idea that she's on a sort of parole, with Lana as her handler) and who want to talk with him, only for Legend to say 'Absolutely Not!'

I ended up not doing most of them because the chapter was getting very long already, but I still fully intend on having Wars and Legend both have to protect each other from flirtatious individuals in future! Artemis has successfully managed to help Legend pass as Warriors' date for one event, and she likely will push to do it again now that she knows it's an option! (I'll admit, I've been dying to stuff Legend in a ball gown for ages now, so now Artemis is too LOL)

Anyways, thats it for this one! I could probably chatter more, but this is getting nearly as long as the fic itself now!

Hope you enjoyed the commentary! Thank you for asking for it!

[tides-that-bind-us]

Origins of the Wind Fish

My last chapter spoke about Cironus' abilities that eventually led to him being exiled from his pod, and leaving him to solve a riddle about the Wind Fish. I'd still like to write another chapter to continue this story but everything has been happening. So why not share some of the story in the mean time!

Under a cut because it'll get wordy!

Meet three special characters for Cironus' story; Maestro, Skaana, and Fermata.

🪶 Maestro He was a bard who lived in the Rito village thousands of years ago during the reign of Rauru and Sonia. He met Skaana when he was injured, and they fell in love during the time he was recovering. He is what you'd call Cironus' ultimate grandfather, the patriarch of the zorca. His and Skaana's children were the first Wind Fish bards!

🐳 Skaana There was once a large body of water in the Hebra region and Skaana lived there long ago. She was a priestess who was called on to heal a rito bard and she couldn't help but be charmed by him. Her name is the Haida word for orca which means "Spirit being" 🦑 Fermata The tragic villain of Cironus' tale. Her actions have affected the zorca since their beginnings. The term fermata is a note (or rest period) that is held for a prolonged period of time until the maestro says otherwise. I wanted to follow the musical connection zora have, and as a way to hint the connection she has to the other two.

Skaana and Maestro are based on a pourquoi story called Orca's Song. A black whale/fish falls in love with an osprey. The two find ways to be with one another despite their differences and give one another gifts from the land and water. Their child ends up being a black and white whale that is the orca.

All the stories about these three were forgotten or misconstrued over time. The zorca of the present day are completely unaware that any of them existed.

Art in my previous posts make brief mention about the saddle patches of the zorca being connected to Maestro. In Link's Awakening the Wind Fish has wings on it's back and actual orca have saddle patches that look like hearts/wings!

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Four was honestly surprised how many people were here. It was his first big trip, and it was definitely overwhelming. He was usually a loner, but he had to admit… he was thankful he’d asked a friend to come along.

Legend laughed as he texted someone, face glowing with glee. He elbowed Four mischievously. “We should definitely send pictures to Wars.”

“Is that who you’re texting?” Four asked with a smile, enjoying the cheer from his usually grumpier friend. Legend adored education conferences - his friend was nothing if not a lover of learning and exploring new things.

“Oh absolutely,” Legend replied, showing his phone. “He’s upset because I went to the emergency medicine conference and then went to this one. Personally, I think he’s just jealous because I have a cert he doesn’t.”

“Wait, Wars doesn’t have his CCRN?” Four questioned, confused. He figured Warriors, who had everything in his life in order, would have his critical care nursing certification. It was fairly common for nurses in ICU and ED settings.

“Nope!” Legend quipped with delight, obviously ecstatic that he had something over the military nurse.

“Okay, but important question: where are we going to get dinner?”

“Somewhere it doesn’t cost half our paycheck.”

Four glanced around at the skyscrapers. “Uh… not sure we’re going to manage that. I didn’t think the Hebra Mountains had cities like this.”

“Well, then we can contemplate Brugada Syndrome and complicated EKG rhythms while we starve,” Legend supposed.

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Four laughed. “This is a trip, we shouldn’t worry about the cost too much.”

”We don’t make Time’s salary.”

“But we make decent salary.”

Legend bit his lips, stubborn. Four narrowed his eyes analytically. “This isn’t about how much the food costs; it’s because you’ve blown your budget on coffee, isn’t it?”

His friend immediately flushed, guilty as charged. “They charge ten rupees for coffee! Ten!! This place is ridiculous!”

“I told you your caffeine addiction would come back to bite you someday,” Four smiled. “Or, well, more so than it already has.”

“I swear, if you bring up the SVT episode one more time—”

[oysterie]

department manager bought me a cupcake as apology for work being shit lately and being understaffed 😭😭

[suniix]

Lol rain again while thinking of link taking care of u while you’re sick… bc this raindrop over here is super sick [sob]

But it’s okay cuz it means I can sleep

sick | (BOTW) link x reader

word count | 1k+

note | this is so late but HI RAIN HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER!! wrote you a little something 🫶 ALSO SORRY I TOOK FOREVER TO WRITE THIS 😭😭

Your body ached and you were beginning to feel a headache coming on but you willed your legs to keep going. You knew how important this journey was to Link and you refused to be the one to hold him back. The weather was nice and despite being far away from Hebra Mountains you couldn’t help but feel a chill in the air, maybe fall was approaching? That would explain your runny nose. The thought alone made you want to sniffle but you resisted the urge to, already feeling Link’s eyes on your back.

Almost as if he knew you were trying to avoid his gaze he walked right up next to you and placed a hand on your shoulder, forcing you to slow your pace. He shot you a concerned look and you already knew what he was going to say. “I’m fine.” You winced hearing your own raspy voice knowing well enough you weren’t going to fool Link like this. “I’m just a little cold.”

He furrowed his eyes, gently placing the back of his hand against your head. It was comforting, normally his hands were always warm but right now they were oddly cool.

“You’re warm.” He mumbled.

You ignored the worried look he gave you, closing your eyes and continuing to rest your forehead against his hand. “That’s ‘cause I’m alive.” You joked, but you knew what he was implying.

He pulled his hand away and brought out his sheikah slate, zoning in on what you assumed was the map. “There’s a town nearby, we can stop and rest there for a couple of days.”

“Link, I’m—”

“Sick, you’re sick.”

You don’t deny it because you know it’s true, but it still sucks hearing it out loud. Link unclasps his hood, removing it from his shoulders and placing it over yours. “Are you tired? I can carry you if you are.”

The thought is tempting but you shake your head knowing he’s just as exhausted as you are. “I can walk.”

A hint of a smile graces his lips and he wraps his hand in yours. “Tell me if you get tired ok? I don’t mind stopping.”

The headache you were beginning to feel earlier had finally formed into a pounding feeling in your skull the moment your head hit the pillow.

Link was right about the town being close by. At some point the road split into the forest which quickly revealed a small town. It was a small detour, you’d be back on the road in no time. You allowed Link to do all the talking awhile at the inn, not trusting your own voice.

You felt a dip in the mattress along with a cold hand on your forehead. “I think your fevers gotten worse.” He mumbled. You simply hummed in response, not able to focus on anything else beside your headache.

You feel him pull his hand away and hear the soft robotic sound of the sheikah slate as Link looks through the contents. You’re tempted to ask him what he’s looking for, but you’re now oddly aware of how soft the bed is and how heavy your eyelids feel.

It isn’t until Link gently shakes you awake that you realize you had fallen asleep. The first thing you notice is how your forehead feels cold and wet. You raise your hand and feel a damp towel. The next thing you notice is how your headache is almost gone. It’s still there, but it’s now only a dull ache.

“How’re you feeling?” Link sits on the edge of the bed and removes the towel before placing his hand on your forehead.

You lean into his hand and realize it’s not as cold as before. “I feel a bit better, my headache is almost gone.”

Link smiles and lets his hand linger for a few more seconds before pulling away and handing you a drink. “Drink this, it should keep your fever down and hopefully get rid of your headache.”

You sit up with Link’s help and hesitantly sniff the drink. “..Do I even wanna know what’s in this?”

He rolls his eyes dramatically. “I promise there’s no monster parts in there.”

You only hum in response and take a sip. Despite the drink being warm it leaves you feeling refreshed, almost like waking up in the middle of the night and chugging down water you didn’t know you needed. “Mmm, it tastes good. Thank you Link.”

Link watches as you continue to take sips of the drink before leaning his head on your shoulder. “I hate seeing you like this.” He mumbled and you could already imagine his kicked puppy expression.

“I hate feeling like this.” You laugh, feeling the drowsiness begin to return. You place the empty cup on the table beside your bed and yawn. “I think I’m gonna sleep some more.”

Link sits up and nods. “Good idea, you need rest.” He gets up and begins pulling the covers over your form. You take a quick look around the room and notice you’re occupying the only bed. “Where are you gonna sleep?”

He’s quick to drag a chair and place it right next to your bed. “Right here next to you.”

You’re silent for a minute, wondering when he’s going to say he’s just joking, only to realize he’s not. “..Yeah no, get in here.” You say and lift the covers, gesturing for him to lay down next to you.

“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable—”

“Seeing your posture in that chair makes me uncomfortable, now hurry up and get in here it’s cold.”

Link complies and lays in bed with you. You’re quick to snuggle up to him, savoring the warmth he radiates. “Aren’t you worried that I’ll get sick?” Link whispers, but despite his words he’s quick to pull you closer.

“With everything you eat I’m sure your immune system can withstand anything.” You mumble, already drifting off to sleep when you feel Link squeeze you in retaliation for your comment. After a moment of silence Link whispers your name and you hum in response.

“Please promise me you won’t push yourself like that again. We can take breaks, I don't mind. I want you to be healthy.” His voice is gentle, just like his words.

“..Okay, I promise.” You manage to respond before feeling his lips press against your temple as he wishes you a goodnight.

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[fioreofthemarch]

repast

Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pairing: Link/Zelda Words: 880 [✨read the oneshot's two companion pieces: yearnings and kin]

The first thing Link began to wonder about the Light Dragon – once his tears for her ran dry and his grief made room for a growing curiosity – was whether she ever got hungry.

In her previous life, she’d had a utilitarian relationship with food. Link had cooked all manner of dishes for her, and each one she would eat in a straight-forward, disciplined manner, dutifully setting about tidying up once she was done. If he asked what her favourite meal was, she’d say, ‘All of them!’

Now, it was possible that dragons didn’t need to eat. Immortality, its terribleness aside, probably had benefits like that. The question was, would they want to?

Link hadn’t paid the Light Dragon much mind during his travels. Dragons seemed to be ten a rupee these days, arising out of chasms, swimming over villages, winding through canyons and so on. Now that he had learned who the Light Dragon really was – telling himself he’d known for a long time to muffle the anguished guilt he felt at not having known right away – he had begun to track her movements. Occasionally, she would break her kingdom-spanning flight path to spend a few hours circling the skyward Temple of Time. It was there that he waited for her now.

“Zelda, I’ve come to make your favourite,” he called up to the Light Dragon from the roof of the temple, unsure if she’d heard. Undeterred, he set up a cookpot and began, sauteeing a dozen apples in a hefty amount of goat butter – this being the only meal Zelda had ever requested of him, maybe two winters ago on a freezing evening camped somewhere in Hebra. She’d said if she had one wish, it’d be a hot buttered apple, and with pride Link had made that wish come true.

At first, the Light Dragon didn’t seem to notice him. He considered hitting her with an apple-fused arrow to get her attention, but was worried he’d discover, in retaliation, that dragons had a taste for humans. Over the course of an hour however, she circled lower and lower towards the temple and the cookpot, until she gently touched down, her body wound around the outer perimeter of the roof. She rested her head by the cookpot, a huge bright eye fixed directly on Link. He froze, unsure if she was really in there, and also what the proper etiquette would be when dining with a dragon. As if in answer, she sniffed at the pot of apples. Taking one in hand, Link offered it slowly out to her; she sniffed it again and opened her mouth just enough for him to push the apple between her teeth. In astonishment Link watched as the otherworldly creature munched carefully on the apple and opened her toothy jaws for a second.

Half a dozen more he fed her this way and each one she ate faster, opening her mouth wider to demand more. By now the supply of savoury-sweet apples was running low. “I’ve only got a couple left, Zelda, but I can come back—”

Chomp! The Light Dragon snapped its jaws down around the cook pot, sending apples flying in all directions. Link reached up and grabbed the edge of the pot, trying to yank it free. “Stop! You can’t eat this! Let go!”

Then he was falling, relinquished from the Light Dragon’s teeth when she roared, and he landed on the gravel just before the cookpot landed on him. He cried out in pain, and in response the Light Dragon recoiled, drawing up into herself, the roof shingles crunching under her claws. 

Dusting himself off, Link set about collecting the apples, finding them flung across the roof and soiled with gravel. With a sigh, he prepared to throw them into the cooking fire when, at his side, something soft nudged his arm. The Light Dragon, or Zelda, or whatever mix of the two she was, tapped him with the very tip of her snout, having crept back towards him. In Link’s hand was the final apple, mostly intact. The Light Dragon nudged him again, making a low rumbling noise, barely more than a whine. 

“It’s okay, apology accepted,” Link said. “Glad you still like my cooking, old girl.”

Then, the idea coming upon him with a laugh, Link threw the apple as high as he could. There was a tornado of rushing air and dust as the Light Dragon soared upwards, unwrapping herself from temple and launching herself in pursuit of the apple, which she caught with a swift snap of her jaws. Her prize seized, she descended again to fly past Link, so fast he could barely touch her, before rising into the sky and out of reach. Her way of saying thank you, he supposed. 

Later on, returning to the surface and Demon King-shaped task at hand, Link would horde apples by the dozen and spend even his last rupee on goat butter whenever he stopped by a town. From then, he knew that if his grief struck stronger than he could handle, he could return to the Temple of Time with as many apples as he could carry, and dine with Zelda again - just like they once had, in times gone by.