#im a visual artist who cannot think critically abt writing

[ganonfan1995]

Notes about my AU b/c I posted them on Twitter and not here:

General idea is a retake on the "first" hero concept from the SS manga, hashed with some old lore and a lot of real world ancient mythology flavouring.

Takes place in an ancient BOTW Hyrule map (because it's the best map). The setting is late bronze age/early iron age equivalent, and multiple kingdoms and cities scatter the landscape. Here are some of the key settings for this AU:

Akkala - Homeland of Hylia’s mother, Lady Zelda. Highlands, rolling hills, dense woodland forests, and a lovely coast. The culture is predominantly celtic leaning, a few villages are found throughout the region, but most notable is Hylia’s childhood home, her mother’s family longhouse. It’s in a remote location, built by her grandmother, with the intention of it being built upon and expanded by her children and grandchildren.

City of Hyrule - Located just on the outskirts of Faron, founded on a great plateau. Built like a roman city, but considerably small as compared to neighbouring kingdoms. However; they hold a position of power in that they sit between Lake Hylia and the Gerudo River, subsequently, they hold most of the trade seen from overseas. Homeland of Hylia’s father, King Aeolian Hyrule.

Faron Grasslands - South of City of Hyrule, main home of the Faron Tribe, a culture of horse riding nomads. Very Scythian in over all aesthetic, a friendly androgynous steppe people with acute archery skills. Overall generally friendly, but have recently been flooded out of their lands by the building of lake Hylia’s dam. Lead by an elderly matron and her son.

The Gods Wood - The forest that engulfs most of the Faron region. Primordial and overgrown, it is an old growth forest. Home to the largest trees, and unseen fairy folk of the land. Home to the Golden Goddess. An ancient temple is located somewhere within these woods, but finding it is a trial in itself.

The story over all focuses on Hylia, a mortal born girl, daughter of Lady Zelda of Akkala, and King/Emperor Aeolian Hyrule.

At this point in history, there is no basis for a golden goddess, and there is no mythology revolving around her. Hylia's father, Aeolian is a power hungry, and greedy man, looking to find a way to expand his empire and claim the whole of the land for himself, under the banner of Hyrule.

In an attempt to gather power, he has his only daughter raised in secret by an old friend, Hylia's god mother, Impa. Instructing her to raise Hylia under the assumption that she is a demi-goddess, and needs to be trained to "recall" her goddess-hood and divine memories.

The king figures he can swing a divine right of kings, by claiming divinity through his secret daughter.

Though raised under the belief that her fate is divine, Hylia has always been skeptical. Often questioning role as a goddess, and reflecting on her wants, needs, and desires as someone who feels entirely mortal.

And on her 18th birthday Hylia joins her father in the City of Hyrule as a patron goddess of the city.

Things really take a turn once she finally arrives in the city. And during a ceremonial and religious procession, has a chance encounter with Heron, an equally skeptic, blacksmith apprentice, who favours a pagan practice of worship over the newly discovered Hylia worship.

Hylia is taken by the gaze of this scrutinous young man, noticing him looking straight through her divinity and directly at her as a mortal girl. After the ceremony, slips out in disguise to meet him.

Heron questions Hylia's legitimacy, after noticing a sun burn on her face. Asking her "I was wondering, how could the Goddess of the sun and the dawn…have a sunburn.”

Quickly the two form a friendship, and plan to escape to the God's Wood, after Hylia overhears some scheming from her father and discovers his plans to use her to expand his kingdom.

Hylia and Heron both hope to find answers in the God's Wood, and seek the aid of the old gods/The Three Golden Goddesses to ultimately put an end to The King Hyrule's greed, and to free Hylia from her captivity.

Most of the AU (if I end up writing this out comic form) consists of Hylia and Heron adventuring in an ancient and primordial wood, meeting new friends, and self discovery.

The AU does have an entire plot line, and an ending. But just in case I wanna do something with this, I'm keeping it to myself for now.

Overall I really wanted to explore a more mythology based Hyrule, and really lean into that Mudora era of TLoZ. I'm also the worlds worst and SS is my least favourite game, mostly on account of that the story and overall ideas were REALLY cool...But I felt a bit let down and disinterested in it overall and didn't love the execution. So this really just is my "fix it" AU.

Additionally I really love the hardened approach BOTW took to the series, and I love how mythical previous lore became overall in that iteration of the game. This AU is for me, but also my love letter to the series and fantasy as a whole.

[misterbitches]

i honestly dont need to pretend write (in my head) fanfic for taeguk (idt i could anyways.....cos rly the show is a luv letter 2 guk thru his love as well i m o)

but nothing compels me more than to write 2gether fic. idk how to write kissing (in screenwriting u just go: they kissed. something something. do they get naked? who knows. nothing abt anything rly lmao but in fic im supposed to figure out ways to describe it? i am not...the one to do that...gross lol) 

it’s not even cos of the ending its literally bc i cannot fucking FATHOM being in a musician in an rship with someone who only listens to ONE BAND. i cant fathom that as an artist. it’s just....mindblowing. that is probably tine’s least attractive quality and he’s a very good dude lmao. it pains me. 

70k fic of band sarawat sharing <3_<3 thru MUSIC or SOMETHING like you have a favorite band. wouldnt you like to know who influenced them? their inspirations?  insn’t that another way to connect with a band you love? and sarawat’s a musician as well (tho rightfully doesnt want it as a Job which makes sense bc work ruins everything) like that’s a HUGE WAY to connect

i honestly think it’s a failure on the writing part. it doesn’t mean scrubb can’t be profound to him still in a massive way. not at all. in fact usually having a band you love so much means you have the capacity to appreciate more. if tine can explain well how listening to scrubb makes him feel how is it possible that’s it? how did he find them? 

music is one of the best pleasures in life. i wish i was a musician but at the same time i’m so glad i’m not. there’s this thing i don’t have to participate and sweat over and be perfect at. this art form that’s super private and public. every medium has its own like....importance and uniqueness. music and film are the most unique... my favorite things...

i know not everyone is like me but i just find it unbelievable. like you can have a favorite film and not like film bc films are a bit harder to access! even paintings, POEMS even like other forms need sort of a knowledege and if you blink and don’t pay attn you will miss it.

but music and sound is fucking everywhere. they’re our emotional cues. visual artists, we make that come to life. but without music there’s nothing! without scrubb there is nothing for him, but there are days when you want to feel more, maybe feel that love with a different tone. like standing in the no-pleasure zone and having a favorite band seems so fucking empty to me. it really makes me sad. 

god i didn’t expect it to be this long but if tine’s life is like an adoration of scrubb, then he would have love for their influences for sure. or he should. because that’s human. WAH

like i can tell you the first time i heard some songs by certain artists i adore. i can tell you the first time i heard a song by one of my favorite bands. i can tell you so much about what that music means to me. not well but emotionally. tine got his cues right so why on earth would you isolate that? all the songs i grew up with culturally, that were on the radio, that my father played. they shaped me.

what’s life without art and culture absolutely NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGG the least amount of interest does not entail just one band lmaoooo like it’s also part of your foundation as a citizen of your nation...

EDIT: ALSO THERE’S NO CONVINCING ME OTHERWISE BECAUSE sound design and sound in films/tv/etc literally INFORM you as a person on how to feel. there’s no way you can’t feel that. so yes, you do know music and like it in some way even if you dont realize. the average person is a much better critic imo....and thai ppl love that fuckin drama w the music in their shows my god lmao (their prerogative, im not knocking it)

and bc i can do anything i fucking want and it’s my life i may just.......write like 5 words to some of my fav songs and pretend sarawat loves them bc he does BC HE LOVES KURT COBAIN AND NIRVANA SO....