#i NEED to know what happens to zelda and link pls

[lettuce-babies]

checking through the ao3 tag reminds me of when you dont feed your cat for exactly 1 minute after normal feeding time and they act like they are perishing

[joshuamj]

been scribbling out some little comics for my EoW!Zelda Impersonates Link AU!

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Y'ALL I had the most wretched train of thought

(spoilers for totk; also I haven’t fought Ganondorf yet so no spoilers in the notes pls!)

The Zonai existed during Skyward Sword, even predating the game. The people of Skyloft and the Zonai have had a few run-ins, some peaceful and others not. At one point, prior to improving their technology, the Zonai tried to steal loftwings to better travel to different sky islands. Least to say, Skyloftians did not like that. They have an uneasy peace and keep their distance far from each other by the time of Skyward Sword, but Link and Zelda are familiar with their existence.

When the cloud barrier disappears, it allows the Zonai to go back to the Surface as much as it does the Skyloftians. It takes them a few years to manage it and establish a settlement, and they eventually run back into the Skyloftians on the Surface. Link and Zelda are married with kids by now, and Zelda is the leader of the Hylian settlement. The Zonai discover that Link is responsible for the cloud barrier's disappearance (Zelda is proud of Link for defeating Demise so she'll let him take all the credit; also, she doesn't need nor want to tell a ton of people she's a goddess reincarnate, especially to a tribe her people have historically not had the best relationship with).

In thanks, the Zonai give Link a gift: a Secret Stone.

The Zonai tell Link that this special magical stone is one of several that are gifts from the goddesses. The Zonai do not know all their properties, only that they enhance whatever abilities the user has. Link figures this will enhance his fighting prowess, and though he is appreciative of the gift, he doesn't think it'll make much of a difference to him.

And then the nightmares come.

Link starts getting nightmares of varying scenarios. A knight fighting a giant monster, facing down an army of mechanical beasts. A child struck down by a demon king. A man with a fairy fighting a demonic beast. Link sees his children, he sees what Hyrule grows to, he sees Demise come again and again, and he sees the Heroes who have to fight him.

Demise's dying words weren't a hateful monologue spat out in spite. They were a promise, a curse.

With this knowledge, Link goes to Zelda, and the two try everything they can to figure out how to stop this. The visions drive Link to near insanity, preventing him from gettin more than one to two hours of sleep for weeks. Zelda goes to the Zonai to ask more about the Secret Stones (she wants to give it back, honestly, but is afraid that it would be viewed as a rejection of the gift, and given the history of conflict between their tribes, she doesn't want to go that route). The Zonai know very little of the stones, though, and Zelda doesn't get much. Link, on the other hand, learns about them from the dragon servants of Hylia. He is told that the stone, when combined with its user, can make the wielder immortal.

Link doesn't care about immortality. But he does care about stopping the demon king, in every era, in every place, in every time. He does care about protecting his descendants, his people, the whole world.

The dragons warn him that he will never be the same, that he may never actually be able to interact with his family again.

After months of haunting visions of destruction and death and pain, he finds himself willing to make that sacrifice. If it means he can protect Zelda and his children, he'll do it.

So one night, he flies on his loftwing to an island in the sky. He hugs his loftwing and kisses him goodbye. He begs his companion to look after his family. Zelda's loftwing arrives, alone. The two birds fly in circles around Link, stirring up a wind as he stares at the Secret Stone held delicately between his index finger and thumb, held just above eye level before he squeezes it in his palm.

And he swallows it.

On the Surface, Zelda drops the glass she's holding. In the sky, a dragon screams.

The Zonai learn what happens when one consumes a Secret Stone.

And the Spirit Dragon is born.

[kbluebirdart]

I don't think every Princess Zelda gets to meet Link in her lifetime— because of the royal tradition, they name every princess in the hyrulean royal family Zelda.

except for the ones who particularly are incarnated at around the same time(that also means smth bad is going to happen in Hyrule lol), they are special and are destined to meet. In most cases, I feel like they will be good friends for a long time, what happens after that? it remains a mystery.

Good thing that some Zelda games DID hint at the potential for them to become lovers, like SS, ST, botw/totk, (and even more, than I may not know yet. like zelink from the fallen timeline?? maybe? pls let me know if you know smth!)

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Link and Zelda in Eow (spoilers warning)

they are strangers to each other and have zero interactions outside of destined roles, only bounce by destiny

but look into the details in the game...

without Link's rescue, she wouldn't be able to mend the rifts across Hyrule and save her father, her people, and him.

She keeps hearing about Link on her journey.

She still keeps the cloak despite no longer needing it for disguise after rescuing everyone in the Hyrule castle. Apparently, She can also wear his cloak afterward. the game intently to remind her of him.

The parallel of how they free each other!

Impa and Lueburry are siblings. he supports Link and Impa supports Zelda in their journey and continues to do so at the end of the game, So in this case, I think Link and Zelda might keep in touch at some point after the post-game.

One thing I'm sure that Zelda would never forget about Link and so does he, They are each other's life saviors, after all. The same vibe as botw/totk Link, If it weren't for Zelda, he would’ve died. Link has continued to be very loyal to Zelda and has never left her side since. and so does Zelda...she would've been trapped in the castle or stay in her dragon form for eternity...

But yeah, what exactly happens between them after post game? All left to us to imagine. because Nintendo would say so. I enjoy it nonetheless!

[wowowwild]

My totk polycube (more details and revisions below, i'm not remaking the picture, I already id'd it rip)

I also like the idea that Link, Zelda, Mipha, and Urbosa used to have a cube, likely of a different make-up. Big fan of cubes. Also while I don't see Zelda and Sidon being a thing, I could def see Yona and Link being a thing. What kind of thing? *shrugs and gestures vaguely*

Do we want my hcs on their relationships? I already put a read more so it's not like it's hurting anybody... Alright! You've convinced me.

Zelink: By qpr in this case specifically it's like, besties who hold hands, sleep in the same bed, go on dates (usually revolving around one of their special interests, but sometimes just a picnic or trip), and probably kiss sometimes. Hyrule is super excited about their hero and princess being in a relationship, Hyrule doesn't need to know the details. They do have separation anxiety though, especially on Link's end bc Zelda seems to disappear every time they get separated but they're all very understanding about this. Probably could have marked their line as state recognized qpr bc they probably get married for political reasons.

Sidlink: They freak it nasty style but are also big cuddlers and acts of service and quality time type of people. Muzu is the only one outside the cube to clock them for a while and he's a little mad about it, but Yona and Zelda step in to gaslight him so hard so he feels like he can't say anything.

Zelyona: a product of hanging out with sidlink (bc sidlink already knew each other) and realizing 'oh that person is super chill and very nice and also pretty??? Like really pretty??? By the goddess this can't be happening...' but in general an easy relationship, an easy love. They also probably freak it nasty style. I think they do less of the romance stuff (I hc Zelda as aromantic so...)

Sidona: Childhood friends married for political convenience but they were never against it. Like 'omg I get to marry my bestie for the good of the Domain? Pog.' Another easy relationship but whereas I think zelyona would fall, sidona just kind of naturally slipped into love and was content with that.

Yoink (ik that's not their name but I like it): They both just want their partners to be happy and bond well over that. I think they do casual affection in a platonic way but are not against threesomes or foursomes. I guess I could have put them as qpr bbs.

Sidon&Zelda (idk if they even have a name, pls lmk): They are the most platonic out of the group and it takes them a little longer to get comfortable with each other (not that they were UNcomfortable, just that they didn't know each other as well and mostly they were making time for each other to hang out with their partners so they didn't see each other as much until they started going on group dates). Sidon gives Zelda access to historical records and texts and Zelda teaches Sidon about technology that Purah makes. They enjoy making fun of Link together, and on occasion Yona, but let's be honest, Link is nearly feral so there's a lot more to make fun of.

Politics:

Sidon and Yona have to go to all of the political stuff together they way link and zelda do but it's really funny when both pairs are at the same political thing and every other political figure is like side eyeing their group trying to figure out if cheating is happening or what bc why is Sir Link in Prince Sidon's lap and why is Queen Zelda slow dancing with Lady Yona but the four of them just gaslight everyone. The people who know them know, but anyone who's not close just has to sit there guessing. It's kind of an open secret in their circles, and wouldn't be a problem in general if it weren't for the fact that one of them is a king and another a queen so neither of them or their official partners can technically be consorts of each other or in general really.

Sidon can still talk to Link the way he always has bc he's always been a little homoerotic about it (and they literally put up a statue of Link riding Sidon in town square so I think maybe Zora are just LIKE THAT TM) so they all just mimic how he speaks and blame it on the Zora-Hylian cultural exchange. Pretty much everyone in the Rito village knows, though. Tulin might have let it slip, but they super don't care so it's not a problem.

I may eventually write pieces of this idk.

[kokiriofthevalley]

My silly little Ganondorf headcannons

(curing my boredom and my first post on tumblr lol anyways)

Ocarina Of Time

✷he wears gold lipstick/makeup that was commissioned by him from the other gerudo that has very specific, precise and even rare ingredients that can't be made better anywhere else in Hyrule

✷i feel like his usual outfit was made to go to Hyrule, rather than be an outfit he typically wears while in gerudo fortress and his actual outfits look similar to his people's, maybe because it's traditionally considered more feminine? And he felt like they (Hyrule) wouldn't take him seriously unless he was conforming to Hyrule's gender binary of clothes

✷I feel like he'd be really reserved at any type of function or party that's not hosted by him/any other gerudo, like an older sibling at a birthday party. But he would be civil and "involved" with others when he knows it means gaining and maintaining a reputation

✷you would not catch him DEAD doing karaoke if any hylian is there or in a 100 mile radius dear GOD but give him more than a few drinks and leave him by himself and when you come back he'd be soloing "I need a hero" in no time

Wind Waker

✷I already wonder what he did everyday for the past however long between getting out/being freed from the sacred realm and kidnapping blonde children

✷but I think he would send bokoblins and moblins to raid islands for their books, specifically history and folklore books so he could not only gather info of what's happened over how ever long he had been gone but also get at least an idea of what happened to the hero of time and/or princess Zelda afterwords

✷ I'm not even going to lie, when he kidnapped that rich girl that link has to save and she becomes poor, he definitely stole her eyeliner if she had it on her, or he at least got his monsters to raid some woman's makeup drawer

✷He would 100% duet "gotta go my own way" with the helmaroc king while drunk, he would let himself have fun and sing 'cringe' songs he's tired ok

He would do Gabriellas part let's not lie here

Twilight Princess

✷He would get into the Salty Spitoon just by walking past it on the street

✷I personally think he wrapped up the sword of the six sages because it glowed like a light saber and it gave away his location at least one time to some random ass person he then had to kill

At LEAST once thinking about it is so funny lol, you see some tall guy with a glowing stick while going to buy a bag of flour or something and now you're dead lol

✷when he's in bed and he's recalling his earlier days, he definitely cringes to himself at the fact that he got snitched on by a child who most likely can't tell you what a verb, an adjective or a hyperbole is

✷he has to take off his crown(?) when he goes to bed (and even IF he does sleep) because he tried to go to bed with it on once and woke up to his pillow absolutely torn the FUCK up, like it was just rags at that point

Tears Of The Kingdom

This one is gut feelings because I haven't played it yet because I'm broke and if anyone sees this pls don't comment spoilers 😭

✷takes VERY good care of himself/his appearance and definitely has people who work in Hyrule castle who have a crush on him (both male and female and also gender nonconforming)

✷Trained from an early age to fight, but specialized in swordplay and archery, rather than fighting with his bare fists

✷I saw from others posts that don't have spoilers that he absolutely dispises rauru. He would 100% act petty. He would subtlety deform rarus cutlery if they all have a meal together when nobody is looking. not to the point where it's obviously bent but like the handles aren't straight at all now and he knows that they can't fix it unless they completely melt the forks and knives down to reform them

✷He also definitely "discovered" a broken window or two in Hyrule castle

[faefaefaeriegarden]

Personally I feel like the ONLY way this could work is if they used the plot of an already existing game. And. You know they’re going to do OoT.

just makes me sad bc twilight has such a great standalone story and also, midna talks, so they wouldn’t need to have link talking the whole time, and also, the aesthetic, the music, the beasts, I justtttt

cmon Nintendo give us tp movie adaptation pls don’t multiverse us 😭

In all seriousness nobody knows what they’re going to do, and it will be different since LoZ is a fundamentally different series from sm, and I’m very biased towards tp. But just! Very anxious about what is going to happen with this movie 👀 at its core Zelda is just not something movie studios would be brave enough to do without messing with it

Sooooooo anyone wanna take bets on that new Zelda movie?

[tired-twili]

Been awake for 2 hrs and today just isn't the vibe, so I'm gonna rant abt oot zelink✨️

I still have to play mm so I don't really knows what happens there but~

For many reasons I like to think Zelda kept her memories as Sheik, or can vaugly remember them. Can you just imagine that maybe Link tries to help he remember, leading him to talk about it and eventual learn to work through some ✨️trauma✨️ I'm soft for it.

The boy was down bad for Sheik too. And at that point it may have been "I've been alone all this time, pls I need a friend" ...:) but let's be honest here

Links just a Lil boy from the kokiri forest~ obviously he's not going to know how to act once he hits the cities. And yeah, he defiently picked things up along the way, but what it everyone once in a while he slips up and goes back to "default mode", like what do you mean it's not normal to climb to tall places where adults shouldn't be? I dunno but it'd be cute if Zelda just kinda goes along with it.

👏lots👏of👏cuddles👏. They both need them and deserve them~ need I say more. Link and Zelda are always just a couple of touched starved individuals, but this pair in particular seem like they'd both hate being touched, but absolutely crave it at the same time.

[lotrthobbit]

I am unsure if your asks are open, so if they aren't pls feel free to ignore this!

But if it's possible could I get some BOTW angst?? Sometimes for revali where he's kinda seeing his hylian s/o and they leave the village for a bit and once they return they find that revail is in some sort or arranged marriage and what happens after?? Something like that idk I thought it'd be a neat idea

Your wish is my command ! And also feel free to request, its currently summer so I got time lol. So thank you for requesting and I hope you like it ! Also sorry for taking so long, I kept thinking of how I should end the story and since you said Angst, I will give you ANGST !

introducing...

Meant to Be

Revali x Gn! Hylian Reader

Warning: Angst, Bittersweet Ending

I do not own any gifs used here

[for the sake of this story, I had to change somethings so you'll see some characters as that probably were not alive before calamity. ]

[ Reader Pov]

It was a warm summer morning in Lurelin Village, nothing compared to the cold air in Rito Village. Despite the nice warm temperature warming up my skin, Rito Village had grown to be my home.

" You are up and early !" I heard a voice behind me, none other than my rito, Revali.

" Well you did say we would be going back today so I figured I would pack up what we did not get to."

" What would I do without you ?"

I chuckled as I hugged him," Probably forget everything."

I felt him nuzzle against my cheek as he wrapped his wings/arms around my waist. I felt a familiar warm feeling spread throughout my chest.

" Let us have breakfast before we set off."

I smiled and followed along.

Revali and I have been secretly dating for some time ever since he had become a champion, he was busy and we had hardly seen one another due to his constant training and learning how to control Vah Medoh. Princess Zelda had let the champions rest for a week before resuming their everyday training once again, and so that leads us to where we are now.

Revali had visited me as I had stayed at the Inn since I worked for the stable nearby. From there he had told me to pack my things as we were going to Lurelin Village to spend some much needed rest.

Unfortunately time had escaped us, it was now time to leave and although leaving behind such a beautiful village with memories of love and happiness, I was excited to go back and spend time in the beloved Village I had called home.

" Are you going to miss this village ?"

" Partially, I'll miss the memories we made here."

He smiled and held my cheek as he grabbed my hand heading toward the shrine.

" That good for nothing knight will be teleporting us back. "

" I rather fly, last time we were teleported, I felt sick to my stomach."

" How else will we able to arrive to Rito Village in a timely manner and without suspicion, the Rito believe we left as a trio."

I nodded understanding that if we were to arrive without Link, we would gain suspicion, a Hylian and Rito was not your usual couple, but they still existed, it was the fact that he was the champion and I was just a simple stable worker whom was born and raised in Hateno and brought to the Rito at the age of 10.

And so Link was waiting at the shrine nodding as a way to acknowledge our presence.

Link motioned for us to come closer, Revali standing in between us and let out a 'hmph' as to put space between the knight and I. At times like this I found his jealousy to be somewhat cute.

Then we were engulfed in a blue light, I always hated this part when we arrived at Rito Village I felt sick to my stomach.

Revali was glad to finally be home and so was I, but part of me will miss the time we had spent, and who knows how long it would be until we got a moment like that once again.

Upon our walk towards the stairs we hear cheers. We turn around to see Kaneli with many of the Rito surrounding him. He waves at the three of us, I glanced at Link to see him shrug.

" Good news my child !" spoke Kaneli as he walked closer to us.

" What is going on ?" asked Revali, he was confused as well since there had been a crowd gathering.

" I want you to meet my niece, Sora." Then walked out the most beautiful Rito that I have seen. " You have been arranged to wed Sora this upcoming month, you are now at an age to need an heir."

I felt my heart drop at the words, an arranged marriage ?! I felt myself step back and Revali looked at me worried.

" I refuse to marry her."

" Why ? Is she not to your liking ?"

" I do not wish to marry anyone that I do not know nor Love."

" Love ? My boy , I thought you were far more intelligent to believe in such a fairytale."

" I refuse to marry and have no time to spend looking after someone or a family, my duty is to protect the Rito and Hyrule."

He grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the stairs, he was walking quickly pulling me behind as I heard many of the other Rito say, ' is he perhaps seeing the Hylian ?' \

' no that is wrong.'

' it is becoming more common so who knows.'

'why them? '

The same Rito who had smiled at me and treated me as family seemed to see me as a stranger that never crossed their path.

Revali grabbed my arm and told me to hop on his back and quickly he began making his way towards the flight range.

The cold nipped my skin as I tried my best to nuzzle into his feathers to keep warm.

" Do not listen to them my love, they have no right to choose my path for me."

I nodded but part of me understood their intentions and understood that I am just merely a common Hylian. Perhaps it would be better for him to Marry a Rito to be able to have a Rito child.

We landed on the flight Range and he quickly grabbed the blankets and wrapped me around them as he turned the fire on.

" We gained suspicion..." I whispered as he made his way to sit behind me and wrap his wings around me to keep me warm. I leaned my back against his chest as he nuzzled into my cheeks.

" Let them make their judgements, all that matters is that I love you." I felt tears stream down my cheek," What would I do without you ?"

" Probably crumble because I am so perfect." he said as he pumped out his chest, I could not help but chuckle.

.

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.

They had begun to treat me differently. They had begun to pry into my personal life as they asked questions such as :

' Are you with Revali ?'

' Is it not weird ?'

' Stick with the Hylians .'

' You'll never be a Rito.'

I could not tell Revali what was happening. Other Hylians had begun to judge me as well, not due to being with a Rito but our different statuses seemed to bother them.

" How was your day my love ?" spoke Revali as he made his way to the flight range. I smiled and shared only the positives of that day in order not to worry him.

He had sat down beside me and spoke About his tiring day and how many monsters have been trying to enter around and near the village. A fellow Rito was harmed but luckily Revali was 'faster and more agile' to save him.

We had spent some time talking about the day and eventually Revali told me to get on his back because he had a surprise for me. We flew over the Rito village, I saw that many of the Rito were preparing a wedding which saddened me further, will he really marry someone else?

I tried pushing the feeling aside when we landed on Vah Medoh. There laid a beautiful picnic. A smile adorned my face as I felt warmth spread throughout my chest.

" Revali ! Oh my- This is wonderful !" He pulled me to sit alongside him and smiled," Only the best for my beloved."

We spent hours talking and eating, I wished time could stay still .

Then it had begun to rain...

" This is bad...extremely bad." He said to himself as he hurriedly pulled me to my feet. He grabbed me and tried to fly me down to Rito but he was grazed by some blue light.

"Just a scratch." I had begun to panic at the attack he then instructed me to grab my paraglider and fly down the rest of the way.

" I can't leave you here."

" I can't put your life in danger, now go !" he yelled. I had no choice but to listen to him as I jumped off and flew down onto the village. It was hard to see and I had begun to worry more as the Rito did not have the best vision in the night and it was worse due to the fact there was a storm.

Everyone stared ahead as we saw explosions in the sky. I could not help but shed tears as I begged Hylia that he would make It back alive.

But my prayers were not heard....

Calamity Ganon had won and everyone lived in constant fear and more monsters were now more bold to settle closer to many villages and even attack any travelers.

Even Link... I no longer saw him after that night.

"[y/n]." called a voice to me as I turned around to come face to face to no other than Sora, the woman he was to wed. " What is it ?" I asked.

" May I please speak to you ?" I nodded and led her to Revali's small home. We sat around the fire and she began to speak.

" i... I want you to know that I have no ill will towards you... My uncle wanted Revali and I to wed, and though I had feelings for him, I never intended to pursue anything because I knew he was deeply in love with you."

" You did ?"

" Yes, I would sometimes see you both sneaking off into the range and never had I seen him smile and be so care free as he is with you. He is no longer cocky." She giggled at the last part and so did I.

" I...I have no ill intentions towards you as well, you're a beautiful Rito and I sometimes found myself thinking that he would be better off with anther Rito." I felt tears beginning to build.

" No.... He loved you more than anything and saw you more than a Hylian. Here, this is something he wrote for you and instructed my uncle to give it to you but he refused, Also...Those wedding preparations were for both of you."

My eyes widened at what she had told me.For the both of us. She smiled as I bowed my head slightly as a thank you and she made her way out, her figure disappearing. I leaned against the pile of pillows and blankets in the corner and opened the letter and began to read

Dear [Y/N],

I never thought I would be writing these type of letters to you. I never really even thought about death, because Im the best of the best ! Yet, sometimes I sit down and think what if Ganon is as strong as they say, I start to think, what if I lose you ?

I could not live with myself. I pray you never get this letter because that just means that I am no longer in this world, and if you are reading this, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that we had to hide, I'm sorry that I could not take you to explore all of Hyrule, that I could not give you the wedding of your dreams, that I could not proudly shout that I love you. I was a coward, despite being a champion. While everyone saw me as a mere champion, you saw the real me, you loved me endlessly to the end the time and I will love you to the end of time as well.

You're the only person I yearned to be with, the only one whom I want to marry and I will. I will marry you and we will find a nice home in Lurelin Village after this is all over, well you wouldn't be reading this and know anyway because I will live, we will live, we will have a family and live in a quiet village together.

I love you endlessly.

Forever and always,

Revali

When reaching the end of the note. I checked in the envelope and there was a ring and a feather, His feather. I held it close and put the ring on.

" I love you " I whispered looking out into the sky.

Perhaps in another life we can fall in love all over again and get married...

Fin

[ezdotjpg]

In spirit of lu twilight getting the spotlight these past few updates. Any fun facts about wolf you have told us yet? that isn't a spoiler of course,

alright alright. y'all really wanna know about wolf lol sorry i put these off until i had Cohesive Thoughts

i joke sometimes abt him being in his edgelord phase lol but that's not really true beyond appearances. i feel like i need to reiterate that he's like. such a gentle soul. probably the gentlest out of all of them. despite what his major RBF projects, he's not an angry person. He's usually relatively even tempered. At the moment, he's more irritable and easy to anger than he usually would be, but he's not, like, grumpy by nature. mostly he's currently just,,,,sad. and tired

on that note this maybe goes without saying but he is so good w animals. and he loves them so much. specifically goats and cats but also all animals. When he's not in wolf form he can't exactly understand them, but he's so good at reading animal body language at this point that he might as well be able to

selectively mute and signs when he gets overwhelmed

i've said this before but. he has a name for every one of his goats. they get increasingly ridiculous as new ones are born. he talks to them like they are his best friends and also his kids. they kind of are

how do i describe this. he's incredibly smart but he has himbo energy anyway

he and Shad have a casual thing going but they're not dating

he spends a lot of his time in Ordon post-canon either hanging out w his goats to avoid people or just like. in the woods. often in wolf form (not w the goats tho that would scare them) tho that's still a secret and he does his best to stay out of sight. especially after what happened w Rusl that one time. He takes long trips to the desert too

he's still close w the resistance. found family vibes but i think he's sort of avoiding them at moment (including Shad) in the way that he is avoiding everyone who loves and cares abt him. wolf. buddy. pls

midlink kiss right before she leaves forever from the manga is bonus links canon :-) thinking abt it makes him cry

would literally give u the shirt off his back if u asked. sometimes even if u didn't ask but he thought u looked like u needed it. he just genuinely loves to help people. he'll do almost anything asked of him and won't complain one bit abt it. Even post-canon in Ordon when things are Weird he still never a refuses a request from the other villagers for help w something if they manage to wrangle him long enough to ask or the kids asking to play. Which is why it's kind of a big deal that when Zelda asks him to fill the role of the hero in a political sense, he says no

on that note, I feel like for most of his life in Ordon, he was really used to being Guy Who Solved Problems. Like when u needed help or something fixed, he was the nice young man you called, and he always got the job done, and he made that part of his identity. So when he comes across problems he can't fix easily, it can really send him into a spiral. which is kind of the state he's currently in.

as for drawbacks from being a wolf, besides the mark on his forehead that he hates,,,hm. I feel like he retains his enhanced hearing even when he shifts, but it's to the point where it's overwhelming in human form. Also, sometimes he gets this awful, non-specific feeling that his bones are just. not in the right place, and it can be really difficult to shake or get his mind off of. If he's been in either human or wolf form for a long time without shifting, there can be a difficult period of adjusting where he has to remind himself how to move comfortably in that form again.

if he had a "fatal flaw" it would be pride

[tickly-trashcan]

Interest {Link and Groose}

A/N: okay i have like little to no memory of how this fic went, but @danibby​ basically convinced me to rewrite it LMAO uhhh this is a rewrite of my very first tk fic that i originally uploaded to deviantart and think I deleted bc i can’t find it (i havent touched deviantart in literal YEARS dont come for me pls) and I don’t really remember exactly what happened but here we are lmao uhh enjoy?? sorry most of this doesn’t make ANY sense blame younger me because i think this is at least close to what happened. happy (late) remastered skyward sword release to everyone!

Summary: Groose is jealous that Link has been getting closer to Zelda recently and decides to teach him a lesson.

Word Count: 1.5k (under the cut)

“Oi, Link!”

Link turned with a sigh at the sound of his rival's voice, Groose walking up to him with his minions following right behind. 

“You’ve been getting too chummy with Zelda lately, who do you think you are?”

“I’m her friend,” Link said flatly, as he’s had this conversation with Groose several times before. The redhead just couldn’t seem to fathom the fact that Zelda would want to be friends with Link despite the two of them knowing each other since childhood.

Link had been there for Zelda through many things, and they were very close friends, though Link couldn’t help a flutter in his heart whenever she was near recently. Perhaps Groose had picked up on that, and because of it he had decided to target Link more.

“Stop spacing out, dimwit! I asked if you would accept my challenge!”

Link shook himself out of his thoughts, asking for Groose to repeat what exactly this… challenge was. Groose clicked his tongue in annoyance, but repeated it anyway.

“A simple loftwing race around Skyloft. You win, and I stop bothering you. I win, and you leave Zelda alone.”

“I don’t know if Zelda would like those conditions-”

“Too bad! If you don’t accept this, I’ll take it as a sign of defeat, proving that you aren’t worthy of Zelda!”

This guy… was too much. Link sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. He looked around the room, eyes landing on Fledge who immediately looked away, not wanting to get involved with Groose. Link couldn’t blame him; he was a constant victim of their bullying.

Link finally resigned, agreeing to Groose’s challenge. Groose chuckled, patting Link’s shoulder.

“You better prepare yourself. We’ll be doing it tomorrow at noon,” Groose said, a confident smirk on his face. Link grimaced and went to the dock of Skyloft, a place where he liked to think.

“Heya Link!” A chirp came, and Link turned to see Zelda standing next to him. She giggled, sitting down next to him and tucking some hair behind her ear. Link immediately perked up at the sight of her, but she still managed to pick up something was off about Link.

“Is everything okay?”

“It’s just Groose.”

Zelda sighed indignantly, crossing her arms. “If he does anything just let me know, I’ll show him his place.”

“I think I need to defend myself this time, but thank you,” Link said with a soft smile, and Zelda nodded. They chatted a bit longer, but Link eventually headed off to bed, waving goodbye to Zelda after walking her to her room.

The next morning, Link got up and prepared himself, flying his loftwing around Skyloft to get warmed up. It was finally time, and Link flew down to the dock, making sure his loftwing wasn’t going to be locked up again.

“So you decided to show up, huh?” Groose sneered, though it was obvious that Link wouldn’t back down from this. Groose and Link lined up near the dock, jumping off and calling their loftwings. Link’s loftwing immediately picked him up, flying off with incredible speed.

He couldn’t see Groose anywhere near him when he looked around, and Link clicked his tongue in annoyance. Groose was probably taking some shortcut or cheating somehow; he had done this before. 

Link gasped and veered when Groose suddenly divebombed him with his loftwing, sending Link and his loftwing off-balance. He heard Groose laugh from above him, and Link gritted his teeth, trying to urge his loftwing to speed up before he could do it again. 

His loftwing was still a bit frightened, however, and flew upwards instead. Groose followed him, and Link grimaced. There were two options; he could land, which would likely end the race, or he could try and get control back over his loftwing. He opted for the latter, grabbing the reins and tugging, and his loftwing obeyed.

Groose caught up to him, however, and as Link directed his loftwing away, he went straight for a floating island off the side of Skyloft. Before he could readjust, his loftwing landed, and Link sighed in defeat.

Groose landed next to him, laughing as he got off his loftwing, walking over to Link who was currently trying to calm his loftwing down.

“So you still couldn’t beat me, huh? You talk big but you can’t live up to it.”

You’re the one who talks big, Link thought, though he kept his mouth shut. Groose clapped his hands together, patting Link on the back.

“How about this, I’ll strike you a deal; we can have a rematch if you’re honest with me. Are you… interested in Zelda?”

Link went bright red, his gaping mouth immediately giving him away, though Groose wanted a verbal answer. He poked Link a few times, making the dirty blonde jump before he muttered something. Groose raised an eyebrow.

“What was that?”

Link said nothing. Groose grumbled. “Giving me the silent treatment now, huh?”

Link turned his head away from Groose, and Groose grumbled, his temper getting the better of him. Link was about to board his loftwing, but Groose wanted to show him exactly who he was messing with before he took off. Groose thought back to when he and Link were younger, even a bit closer than they were now. An idea popped into his mind, and he grabbed Link and pulled him off of his loftwing, making Link gasp.

“What the-!”

Link struggled in Groose’s arms, and his loftwing flew off squawking because of the commotion. Link kicked his legs, squeaking suddenly when he felt Groose squeeze his hip. Groose smirked.

“That still works, huh?”

“Don’t!”

Groose didn’t listen. He lowered the kicking Link to the ground, easily pinning him as he dug into Link’s ribs, making the boy shriek and immediately burst into frantic giggles.

“Groose! Dohohon’t!”

“Just tell me what’s going on between you and Zelda and I’ll stop! Then we can have our rematch, fair and square!”

“Nohoho! You’d cheheheat anyway!”

“You’ve got some nerve talking back to the Groose!” Groose jeered, his hands climbing up to Link’s underarms as he yelped, clamping his arms down and twisting back and forth in an attempt to shake off the redhead.

“Stahahahap! Not thehehere!” Link laughed, squeaking occasionally as Groose finally pulled back to his ribs, where Link’s laughter grew.

“You just have to answer my question, it’s not that hard, Stink!”

Link couldn’t even focus on how Groose had made fun of his name because of how bad the sensations were. Groose had tormented Link with tickling when they were younger, though it was mostly playful. He hadn’t tried it in several years, and it seemed Link was just as sensitive as when he was younger.

Link shrieked when Groose started to squeeze his hips, Link trying to shove him off as he squirmed, cackling.

“Wahahahahait! I cahahahan’t!”

“Can’t what? Can’t answer a simple question? Then it’s gonna be a long day for you,” Groose said, digging his thumb into Link’s hipbone as he threw his head back, yelling.

“STAHAhap! Plehehehease, no mohohohore!”

“Answer the question then!”

Link’s face was bright red at this point, tears starting to prick the corners of his eyes as he laughed frantically, shaking his head as he finally gave in.

“Okahahahay! I’ll tehehehell you, so stahahap!”

Groose crossed his arms, not getting off of Link as he panted, clutching his chest as he recovered, some phantom tickles still tingling on his body.

“We’re just friends,” Link said, and Groose narrowed his eyes. Link expected him to get off now that he had given him an answer, but Groose only went right back for Link’s hips, making him shriek and fall back against the ground, kicking his legs.

“Groohoohoose!”

“Don’t lie to me! I know you’re interested!”

“I’m nohohohot!” Link wailed, embarrassment getting the better of him. Groose grumbled, scribbling over Link’s stomach as he screeched, cackling madly as he squirmed.

“Just admit it and we can have our rematch!” Groose demanded, pinching at Link’s sides as he grabbed onto Groose’s wrists, trying to pull his hands off.

“Fihihine! I dohohoho!”

“Didn’t hear that, speak more clearly Stink!”

“I’m inteheheherested!”

Groose finally stopped, getting off of Link and leaving him to catch his breath. Link sat up, glaring at Groose, finding the whole situation unnecessary. Though he didn’t have enough leftover energy to be angry, and he flopped right back down onto the ground.

“You and I are gonna have a rematch tomorrow, so be prepared.” Groose said, hopping on his loftwing. Link didn’t even respond as Groose flew off. 

Link finally sat up, calling his loftwing and flying off, the past ordeal still reeling through his mind as he landed by the Knight Academy, sighing. 

“How’d that race go?” Zelda asked when Link walked in. She must’ve been waiting for him, she surprised him.

Link grumbled, not wanting to tell her exactly what had happened, and just mentioned that there would be a rematch the next day. She chuckled, poking Link a few times as he flinched.

“Well then you better be prepared! How about we go out for a little flying right now?”

Link nodded happily, his bad mood melting away as he and Zelda walked back out of the Academy, about to take off for a little trip around Skyloft. Link would be ready for that rematch tomorrow, and he wouldn’t lose no matter what dirty tricks Groose threw at him.

[wingsofhcpe]

SNOWPIERCER S3 EPISODE 4: GOD SAVE THIS FUCKING TRAIN

Mel haunting Alex is tearing me apart but also it would lowkey be real cool if she was actually hunting her train, her engine. Y'know, poetic. And since we've started with the supernatural shit anyway (don't think I've forgotten about Layton's visions), why not? May as well go big or go home.

MAMA GRANDE?? 😭😭😭

The last Aussies too... I'm in so much pain, why does this season keep killing characters off screen. I get it was the flu and everything but still.

Ngl for a moment I thought the cars blocking the track would be the ones Layton got rid of during S1. That would have been cool too.

Pike is PISSED and also not taking Layton's bullshit and you know what? Good for him.

Also Pike I love you but how did Ruth fall in love with you when you literally walk around in your PJ's. Gremlin man.

Oh Roche ..please get yourself together, your daughter needs you!

(although I did very much enjoy it when he stabbed Wilford in the heart. Bastard absolutely deserved it).

RUTH AND PIKE DATE TIME. PIKE MAKING HER LAUGH. I'M CRYING.

Ruth with her hair down like that is gorgeous pls queen do that more often and also marry me.

Also idk why but she reminded me of Zelda from Breath of the Wild in that episode. Does that make Pike Link?

Me whispering "now kith" in That scene and my mum shushihg me. We're both SO invested in this ship.

Pike telling Ruth she should lead 😭 what a simp, I love him.

Also uh, I know we were all joking last week that they were going to fuck but um. Okay. So that happened. Good for them, good for them.

RUTH WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHY DID YOU LEAVE HIM I KNOW YOU'RE A WORKAHOLIC BUT LIKE. DON'T BE DAFT HE LOVES YOU.

"teal is not your colour" Pike how DARE you. I will have to hit a hard pass on that. (....but I do see the symbolism that she shouldn't just be on hospitality and should take a step up and actually lead. Clever one).

Oh Alex...OH ALEX.... The little flashbacks with her friend ruined me, they both deserved so much better.

Speaking of, I LITERALLY OWN THAT SAME BUNNY PLUSHIE. I'm not shitting you I have this very bunny and I'm gonna post a picture asap because holy shit, of all the things to relate to it had to be the plushie???

I love how the show decided to explore Alex's dynamic with Wilford, how she still loves him even though he's an abusive piece of shit. As someone with an abusive father, who cannot bear to think of anything happening to him even though I hate him, this scene really hit home and I found it exceptionally written.

This is the first time I'm actually 100% on Zarah's side and Layton can suck my fucking dick, also poor Madame Headwood, grabbing her dead husband's shoes for comfort the moment Layton lunged at her 😭

I want a redemption arc for Jupiter and I'm not even joking at this point.

On that note I want to hug Javi and protect him forever it's what he deserves.

Till really being everyone's babysitter and therapist in that episode huh.

Till and Asha are actually a great ship, I'm rooting.

Also good idea yall, let the severely traumatised, panic attack-prone person get drunk and roam around in a rave party! No way this will backfire on all of you.

LJ straightening her hair.....mwah.

But also that means she's the girl trying to stab Os from the trailer... here's to hoping it's just knifeplay.

I think that's all but at this point you guys know me, you know I'm gonna follow up with like 50 Ruth/RuthPike posts so. Ahem. Love you all. And I'm sorry for what I will become for the next 24 hrs before I sink back into attack on titan hell and start screaming about my beautiful wife Hange Zoe.

[maryse127]

E3 hopes and dreams waiting to be crushed

I am not doing predictions cause let's be real E3 is about hyping up every game you would like to see and then getting either none, one or something you didn't even know you wanted. I am very excited.

So here is a list of things I would like to seeat E3 this year:

Xenoblade Chronicles

GIVE ME ANYTHING. But mostly X or X2. X deserves more love and attention. It deserves a second chance now that we have a popular console and the series has gained a lot of new fans with 2 and DE. Just pls give me Xenoblade. (X won't happen. Nintendo does NOT like to acknowledge that game even exists. But I will proudly clown with the like 5 other people in the fandom)

Fire Emblem

Honestly once again: Anything. A new game would be fun but seems to early for that. An Echoes like remake of an old Japan only title would be cool too. I also would really like Tellius ports or remakes. It's just time for more Fire Emblem. (I feel like FE is actually one of the more likely things to happen but would not be surprised of it didn't)

Zelda

Like obviously I (and everybody and their mothers) would like to see BOTW 2. I think now is the time. At least a trailer or teaser. My hopes for BOTW are actually very simple. 1. Playable Zelda. 2. No spiders. Really all that is needed to be perfect. Other Zelda things I'd like to see are a more classic top down game like A Link Between Worlds. But let's be honest we all just really want botw 2

Kingdom Hearts

Considering I now own a PS4 and recently started KH1 I will no longer beg for Switch ports. Now I am here to say it would be nice to see the next KH game but we all know it will take Nomura like 13 years to make it so maybe it's better if we don't get a trailer too early. Also it would be for next gen consoles so I wouldn't be able to get it anyway. I'd still like to see it tho. I am back on my KH bullshit and you will suffer with me

Final Fantasy

On a very related note: Show us the next part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake! Allthough it will take Nomura 7 years to make it and it would be PS5 so I can't get it. I'd still like to see it tho. Also I should finish my playthrough of FF7R... Another thing I'd like to see is more FF ports to Switch. I am curious about 13 so pls port those games?

New Style Boutique/Style Savvy/Girls Mode

Now you are probably thinking: wtf. This is a series of games that has a different name in each region (listed as Europe/Murica/Japan respectively here). These games were my jam on 3ds. You own a fashion boutique and are like a stylist and it is so much fun. Core gameplay is making outfits based on your customer's wishes. It is a great no pressure relaxing game but doesn't require the dedication of building a town in Animal Crossing. Really a guilty pleasure. I could write a whole post about what I would like to see in a new game. Maybe I will. Anyway I really hope this series didn't die with the 3ds. (Also remember the song Ring a Ding in Smash? That's from this series. It's great)

Tomodachi Life

I have been curious about this game and would like to try it and with Miitopia on Switch I feel like they could (and should) port Tomodachi Life too. Or make a new one. I don't know details about this game tho so I don't know how much they need to change for the new platform and making it more up to date in general (is gay marriage a thing in that game? If not it should be)

Anyway that is all I can think of right now. Really shows I really only play/watch like a few select series.. oops. Anyway I am looking forward to get literally nothing from this list. Clown make up at the ready!

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Do you think you could write a snippet, for any of your fics?

Have multiple snippets! Guess which each is from!

.....

This felt like his past, like the painful ache of everyone he’d known before the Calamity haunting him. He didn’t know their circumstances, he didn’t know what had happened to them, he’d barely been able to start piecing it together. He’d barely even resolved to try to piece it together, stories and people from another life a century ago gnawing steadily at his sanity.

But Sky wasn’t a phantom from a past he couldn’t remember. Sky was a part of his life now, and he was terrified he’d become another lost Champion, another piece of his life that just vanished into thin air with no explanation, no closure, nothing.

Wild hugged himself a little, feeling ice cold and alone. Goddess, he hoped Sky was okay. He wanted to get up and look for him now. The sunlight was beginning to make the horizon glow, and he shot to his feet to wake the others. He doubted they’d mind the early start.

A bush rustled and snapped, and Wild grabbed his bow and arrows in a heartbeat, yelling, “Everybody up!”

Snores and yelps sounded around the camp, and a figure shot out of the bushes with its hands held high in the air, eyes wide and terrified.

“Easy!” the figure said shakily, and Wild recognized the skinny, muscular physique and voice after a few seconds of confusion. The postman took a steadying breath as Wild lowered his arrow while others scrambled for weapons and then froze in bewilderment. “I have a letter for a Mr. Rusl, I’m just passing through to get to Ordon.”

Legend dropped his sword to throw his hands in the air. “Do you ever sleep?!”

........

“Is that why you sell my stuff?”

“One does have to make a living—”

“You have a job, Ravio.”

“B-but what if it isn’t enough, you know I need comforts and the world can be so unpredictable and scary—”

Legend’s phone buzzed again. Sighing even more heavily than last time, Legend snatched the blasted object to put it on do not disturb when his eyes caught some of the words in the texts.

—help and I don’t know what—

Furrowing his brow, the travel nurse unlocked his phone to read the messages fully.

hey need a a favor wellaact ually actually maybe more of yeah I need a favor look I might be a liytle tipsyandd cant drive ok hang on swearica n type ha stnadby Ok. Typing slow. Need a drive. Ride Whatever I can’t drive myself an I need help and I don’t know what else to do Don’t want Wind to see me like this pls

Legend stared at the mess of texts. He… what? Why was Warriors drunk texting him of all people? He typed, Can’t you call Time? Or Sky?

Time would fuss Sky would worry Pls Ledge?

Legend frowned. You think I won’t fuss?

You alwayssfuss

His ire flared. I do not!!

LEDGE RIDE PLS

This night couldn’t get any worse. UGH FINE YOU MORON JUST TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE

......

His mouth became a thin line. “And I… I screwed it all up. I cursed everything, everyone. I cursed them.”

“Link,” Zelda said, caught off guard. She was struggling to understand how Demise had survived as well, but she wasn’t blaming either of them for it as he seemed to be. His worries were clearly eating him alive.

“Don’t,” Link immediately hissed, growing stormy. “Don’t even try it. You did everything right, you did your part, you trusted me to finish things and I didn’t.”

“What are you talking about?” Zelda asked, putting a hand to his cheek. “Link, you defeated him. We had no way of knowing—”

“I did,” Link spat, pulling out of her reach and turning away, his hands shaking as he clenched his fists. His shoulders hunched and his entire body was so tense it was ready to snap. “He said it himself. I thought—I was such a fool, Zelda, I—I thought—he started speaking about how his hatred would follow my spirit and your bloodline, and it sounded like the dying words of a monster, I—I didn’t realize it was a curse, that he was—I didn’t—I d-didn’t—”

Link’s body stiffened even further as shuddering gasps and hiccups interrupted his words, and he bowed his head, hugging himself. Zelda immediately rushed around him to face him fully once more, dragging him into the tightest hug she could muster, willing all of her love into it.

“You had no way of knowing,” she repeated as she processed what he’d said. “And who’s to say it was a curse right in that moment? Who’s to say it wouldn’t have happened whether he spoke it or not? Who’s to say there was any stopping it? Link, I was a goddess. I was a goddess and I couldn’t stop him. You did everything you were meant to do – you solved the puzzles, you tempered the Goddess Sword and made it into the Blade of Evil’s Bane, you traveled through time, you got the Triforce and used it to kill him. You beat him. It was Ghirahim who screwed everything up.”

[autistic-beshelar]

Neurodivergent Link Headcanons (BOTW)

Here are... my headcanons for ND Link! I’ve tried to put them in fairly concise bullet points so hopefully they make sense. A lot of the autistic/adhd traits overlap, but I’ve put them in separate sections just to try and make this easier to read 

Headcanons under the cut!

Autism:

 - sensory seeking! Link needs constant stimulation and his preferred sensory input is touch, whether it’s rubbing his palms over tree bark or smushing his face in soft pillows. Auditory and visual stimulation are good too, but he’s very, very tactile. Of course taste is another big thing for him, he loves cooking and trying out new food and exploring different tastes, whether it’s sweet or spicy or sour, the stronger the better.

- he stims. SO MUCH. he has so many stims that I’m going to make a separate post to include all of them, but the main ones are rocking and flapping his hands.

- very good with gross motor skills, generally good with fine motor skills but there are a select few he struggles with - he has very poor handwriting, has to focus tying shoelaces, struggles washing his hair, overestimates how hard he’s brushing his teeth and makes his gums bleed

- poor interoception. Has a hard time telling when he’s hungry, or tired, or in pain. Sometimes he will walk around with an injury and not realise until he sees blood. Finds it hard to recognise negative sensations and his body tends to just interpret them as discomfort.

- very good at recognising and deciphering expressions and body language, but not particularly good at (or interested in) emulating it. He’s very astute and can pick up on microexpressions and hidden glances and the like, and can work out people’s true feelings or motivations, but in a social context he’s not necessarily good at responding to it.

- easily picks up on small details and notices things others don’t - this can be related to the former point, but also just in general. Also very good at pattern recognition which lends itself well to solving shrines.

- nonverbal. Mostly uses sign to communicate, or noises (usually with animals or people he’s comfortable with). Can occasionally manage to speak in short bursts when he has to, but it’s few words and usually stuttered, and if he gets at all stressed (which he often does if he’s forced to talk) he won’t be able to say much of anything. He can talk a little around Sidon and Zelda, they’re pretty much the only he feels comfortable enough to be verbal with, and they understand the way he talks and are patient when he’s slow or gets words mixed up.

- difficulty with eye contact. Either too little or too much, though usually it’s the former. He only tends to stare at people if he likes them, or if he’s angry with them or trying to make them uncomfortable

- echo echo lalia. Loves to repeat fun noises, especially animal noises, but sometimes words (sees a dog and just goes doggy doggy doggy doggy doggy for the next hour). He does this with sign as well, but tends to prefer making fun mouth sounds

- special interests in food and horses! Those twins at the stable were right. That’s all that’s on his mind. Food and horses. He really loves trying out new ingredient combinations and exploring different tastes. And he knows a great many horse facts. 

- forms connections with animals more easily than with people. This is partly because when he first left the Shrine of Resurrection he was alone in the wilderness, and partly because he doesn’t really talk, but it’s also just an autism thing. People are friendly to him, but he doesn’t tend to form deep connections with them like he does with animals.

- can tell the time by the position of the sun in the sky but can’t read a clock. What are those numbers on the slate. It’s a mystery!

- has mild visual processing issues, mostly struggles to focus on things like screens or pages, things look blurry or strangely coloured, or have a weird overlay.

ADHD:

- inattentive AND hyperactive AND impulsive, a triple threat

- gets the Zoomies. Often ends up conking out afterwards. Will run around chasing frogs all day and then just fall asleep in the middle of a field

- Can’t Stay Still. Has To Bounce Leg.

- nonexistent sleep schedule. Granted, he doesn’t sleep well or regularly what with travelling all over Hyrule, but even without that his sleep would be terrible

- sometimes zones out in the middle of a conversation. Good luck guessing whether he’s having a seizure or if he’s just thinking really hard about jellyfish

- alternatively, he will hyperfocus. Very good at hyperfocusing on shrines, or anything that involves challenges. Also good at hyperfocusing on physical activities.

- executive functioning… what’s that. Link doesn’t know. Link can’t organise to save his life and honestly thank god for the sheikah slate because without it he’d be screwed. Cannot schedule, cannot plan, cannot organise. 

- thrillseeking!!! He gets easily understimulated and needs adrenaline to survive. Will do anything remotely dangerous for fun and profit. 

- often thinks very quickly, usually jumping quickly from one thing to the next, but only about certain subjects (usually related to animals, nature, food, chaotic activities) and usually when he’s full of adrenaline. Although other times, especially when he’s tired, it’s just. Dial up noises. Head empty

- focus juice… for mentally taxing activites? Nonexistent.

Expressive language disorder:

(It used to be separated into receptive language disorder, expressive language disorder, or mixed, but these days it’s lumped together into developmental language disorder. However I use expressive language disorder for link because he specifically only has problems with expressive language (forming his own words) and not receptive language (understanding other people’s words)).

- gets words in the wrong order

- sometimes replaces a word with something else, especially if the signs are similar

- has difficulty with tenses (more so in verbal speech)

- often misses out words completely

- has quite a large vocabulary, but struggles with word recall. Will sometimes remember the word he meant to use hours later

- often flaps his hands in an attempt to remember a word, if he can’t think of it he will try to find an alternative

- c a n n o t  s p e l l. Sometimes when he doesn’t know the sign for something, he’ll try to fingerspell it, but if the word is hard to spell he’ll try and find an alternative

- finds sign much easier than spoken language, because its grammatical structure (particularly how it uses tenses and combines language with muscle memory) is simpler to use for him, and because it’s so expressive he finds it easier to get his point across

- his language disorder is a part of why he’s nonverbal (as well as that he has a bit of a stutter), so signing in general is just much easier, though not everyone knows sign, and he isn’t fluent himself.

Epilepsy: 

- has temporal lobe epilepsy

- mostly gets absence seizures and focal seizures

- absence seizures (essentially his brain ‘switching off’) are his more common ones. They usually only last a couple of seconds, and tend to look like he’s just distracted or zoning out (which he also does because of ADHD), though sometimes his eyelids will flicker, or if he’s walking or doing something he’ll suddenly stop, and go back to it like nothing happened. He isn’t aware of them at all. If they happen during something like a conversation with someone, he’ll just dismiss it as being distracted, though he does start to notice when he has longer absences and misses whole sentences, or has clusters of absences.

- focal aware seizures (auras) usually present as deja-vu, intense fear, or out of body feelings. He doesn’t realise they’re seizures for a while, since he experiences these anyway, and attributes the deja-vu to the memory loss, but eventually learns to tell them apart because his auras tend to come on very suddenly, though they can last a while

- he also gets focal impaired awareness ones, which tend to happen more when he’s very tired, especially when waking up/going to sleep. When he gets auras he’s still completely aware of his surroundings (and usually doesn’t have trouble moving, unless it’s a particularly bad one), but with impaired awareness he gets drowsy and confused, and won’t understand what people are saying

- usually his focal seizures stay just that, but sometimes they will become tonic-clonic seizures. This is usually only when he’s exhausted/injured/extremely stressed/otherwise worn down. Most of the time his auras come on soon enough to warn him he might have a worse seizure, so he can go somewhere safe (at least, once he realises he’s epileptic

- they’re arguably the mildest, but his absence seizures at the most dangerous, even though they’re usually short, because he gets no warning for them. He usually gets them a couple of times a day (especially waking up/going to sleep), but he gets them more frequently if he’s very tired, and if he gets absence clusters it makes it really hard to do anything.

- his main triggers are sleep deprivation, missing meals, extreme stress, and extreme heat. Which is unfortunate considering he spends his time running around Hyrule on no sleep and forgets to eat all the time.

in conclusion link is neurodivergent and i love him. thank u for ur time pls feel free to comment ur opinions and headcanons etc 

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you ever have that one muse that’s just like . . . no matter how many characters you play , not matter how much time goes by , you will never get sick of writing that muse & they’re such a huge comfort character and mean the world to you ?? YES , that’s me with miss zelda here . i . . . love zelda ( the character and the series ) with every fiber of my being and after a lot of debate i finally decided i’d bring her here !! i’m doing leon’s intro next and will try to get to replies ( want to get down zel’s intro soon but i’d like to plot things first ) afterwards but pls pls pls here’s a detailed plotting call for my princess !! pls like / react if you’re interested - or let me know if we’re already plotting !!

IN A CANON NUTSHELL : so this zelda is the princess from the masterpiece known as breath of the wild - one hundred years before the events of the game , she was kind of the ‘leader’ of the champions , a group of people who were tasked to aid in protecting hyrule once calamity ganon rose again . link , who was also a champion , was assigned as her personal knight - in the beginning . . . she did not like him for the fact that he seemed to have everything under control and she didn’t . why ?? well , zelda , from birth , was told she had to unlock a power in herself that would potentially save hyrule from the calamity , and for some reason , no matter how hard she tried , she couldn’t do it . and she was mad at herself for feeling like a failure when she was put under an intense amount of pressure from her father & the prophecy - even called the heir to a throne of nothing because of how no results came from her ceaseless prayers . EVENTUALLY , her powers would reveal themselves . . . but only after the calamity arrived , all of the champions had been downed ( save for link , on the verge of death ) , and all seemed lost . but she would use her power to protect hyrule & keep the calamity contained inside hyrule castle until link would awaken and finish him off .

IN AN ALUCARD NUTSHELL : so zelda . daughter of a preacher ( father ) & a lawyer ( mother , now deceased ) , always expected to be the picture perfect child hence why she never got much of a chance to have a break from endless studying & extra things . she’s always been a straight-a student , has done fencing since she was a child , trilingual in english spanish & mandarin chinese , now a star college student majoring in biology ( her own choice , because she loves science ) and minoring in law ( because her father wants her to be a lawyer like her mother & she uhh hates it ! ) she’s seen as ‘little miss perfect’ because she can do so much and never seems to do any wrong but zelda is uhhh sick of that and is actually now trying to rebel against her father and throw herself into trouble . since lowkey all of this shit is killing her and she wants to breathe freely . she’s trying to do what she wants to do hence why she’s majoring in bio instead of law , working at the local florist instead of taking a law internship , actually trying to pursue a social life outside of the people her dad approves of . that stuff . she’s basically a genius who wants to say ‘fuck u’ to the people telling her what to do and go on her own path and i think that’s sexy .

BUT OHHHHHHHHHH YOU WANNA PLOT WITH ZELDA SO BAD OHHHHHHH

so zelda . given her situation ?? there is so much to work with . lemme spout off these ideas bc i’m so fucking excited .

firstly - people who know about her little miss perfect reputation and either dislike her or are intimidated by her for it . zelda isn’t a snob in the slightest but with someone who does as much as she does it’s only natural to assume she is . but she isn’t , i promise ; she hates that being her epithet .

kind of building off the idea of people knowing abt her whole ‘lmp’ thing - i’d love some folks who actually entertain zelda’s desires to break away from that and take her out to do rebellious shit or something like that !! because zelda wants to get the fuck out she hates it here .

some who encourage her and some who do the opposite - ‘you can do it, don’t be scared’ vs. ‘you really don’t belong here so go back to your books and pencils’

maybe ppl who hold zelda to some sort of pedestal bc of her reputation ?? which is equally as bad to her - she’s lowkey crumbling under all these expectations and she’s amazing but to be seen as someone . . . above other people , she doesn’t like that at all .

also those folks who in any grade of school rly have tried to exploit her need to get good grades & genius to their advantage aka if i pair up with the smart kid we’ll get an a guaranteed . can be anywhere - could’ve been in the past or could be now . 

CLASSMATES in general . from elementary , middle school , high school for the past , and now college classmates .

study buddies !! study buddies that zelda either vibes with immensely in terms of how she works or butts heads with them . her way of thinking is both incredibly organized but also all over the place . she can be either very easy or difficult to work with .

gimme some school rivals or equals aka ppl that zelda’s on par with in terms of intellect/grades and either they fucking hate each other or make a pretty good team . maybe both ! put the smart ppl in a room together and see what happens .

also want to clarify this can be on both the bio or law side for any of these college-based connections bc zelda is taking both she’s just . way more passionate about biology than she is law .

OLD FENCING TEAMMATES OR RIVALS PLEASE yes she is still fencing to this day and she’s awesome at it . she’s got a shitton of medals and she actually likes it but it’s another thing that was forced upon her since she was young .

her dad is a local preacher so by nature she’s always expected to be at church so ppl who know her as the preacher’s daughter/from church bc imma keep it real zelda ain’t that enthused abt that religion either but again . once again have to fill father’s expectations . one day tho she’s just gonna stop showing up .

i’d like maybe a social circle who zelda’s father approves of ?? like , friends who zelda has but they’re more so just bc that’s what mr. king wanted . i’d also like a partner/ex-partner to fit this description aka zelda’s not rly that into it or was into it bc it was again . kinda just ‘i’m just dating you bc my dad approves of you’ kinda deal and maybe she tried but overall . didn’t/doesn’t work .

i also , though , like the idea of a social circle who zelda’s father would never approve of and she hangs w/ them bc maybe she likes them or maybe she also just wants to prove a point . maybe she dated someone for this reason too - just the whole spectrum of ‘what dad wants vs. what dad wasn’t’ bc pissing off her dad is kind of a major goal at this point .

so maybe regular customers of the flower shop she works at - she just . zelda rly loves flowers & nature ( and again science as a whole , especially life science hence biology ) and she can go off on so many tangent about flowers please talk to her about flowers . maybe even bring her some flowers too jk unless

i’d rly find it awesome if zelda had some ppl who maybe liked her enough to follow her when she goes out just studying things and listen to her bc she loves to talk about her passions - she likes taking hikes and trips out into nature or the botanical gardens and stuff like that to do studies / experiments of her own . she likes museums , gardens , the outdoors - zelda loves knowledge and learning about things and if someone just kept her company while she did so that’d be awesome .

i’m a sucker for canon parallels with non-canon characters so . maybe a relationship that doesn’t rly have any specificity in what portion of zelda’s life ( school , father approved social circle , father disapproved social circle , night life etc etc ) but mirrors her relationship with link in breath of the wild - for whatever reason , zelda and this other character are around each other very frequently and the beginning for some reason she is very put off by it but then comes around and eventually this muse , they become extremely closer with her and important to her . in any way !! idk if it’s platonic or romantic but , in rps like this that’s lowkey my jam but it works the best with miss zelda

AS ALWAYS - friends ! enemies !  former crushes ! exes ! gimme anything and all !! the princess of hyrule is AT YOUR SERVICE and i’m so excited to write her . i love her .

and now . . . onto leon’s intro i hopefully go .