#into the lu au

[pocketramblr]

More into the lu au plox? (Just discovered it yesterday)

Into the lu au

Sure have some deets:

Link and Aryll have recently moved halfway across the world with their grandmother to join their uncle in New York as their grandmother is too old to work on her own while caring for children. Their uncle works at Coney Island and Link helps out, though sometimes he just wanders around after hours. He was in a restricted area when he got bit by a spider and you know. Got spidered.

He goes back the next night, trying to figure out what happened when oh no there's explosions because Ganondorf is trying to pull apart reality. Spiderman, aka adult timeline Time, shows up and after meeting and mentoring Link (who is Wind) for a very short time uh he dies. And the device ends up drawing in other versions of him from other universes

Ghost Spider and Wolf Spider, aka child timeline Time and Twilight, come through from their own universe. Ghost is unnerved by the fact that he's dead in this universe and Wolf probably won't exist, but they have their own life to get back to, so he keeps moving. (Wolf actually will be, Malon is unaware she's pregnant at her husband's funeral. This version of Wolf will be mentored by Wind in about ten years when his powers kick in.)

Sorcerer Spider, aka Hyrule, is a gerudo sorcerer who uses an illusion to look like his universe's Spiderman, aka downfall Time, who died saving him among others- so he gets Wind in a way some of the others don't. Four is four thousand spiders in a trench coat who are really good at teamwork. Legend is a cartoon bunny. Sky has a glider he prefers to swinging, Wild is from an apocalypse. Warriors is the only Spiderman who didn't get dragged into the portal on accident. He's from a highly advanced universe that monitors time and multiverse travel, and got the alert that there was a breakthrough. (Sorta spider society, sorta tva, sorta it's own thing). When Ghost refuses to let Wind help, because he's a child, and insists on making the heroic sacrifice to close the portal behind the others, Warriors refuses to let him because it's literally his job- and he lets Wind come along to distract Ghost so he can make sure he gets home safe. This slightly backfires when Wind also tricks Warriors into getting to safety before closing it himself. All's well that ends well, though, so.

(when Ghost took off his mask and Wind realized how similar he looked to his Spiderman he freaked out. Legend deflected by asking about his facial tattoos, which he revealed he got to cover up the scars a symbiote left on him (FD). Wolf has already been lectured to great length about the dangers of symbiotes, but the others get a cliff notes version. However, in a decade, Wind will forget to pass this on to his version of younger Wolf, who will end up involved with and then staying with a symbiote named Midna. (I know I said the Midna in grown wolfs universe is a hacker and she can still be. She's just an alien symbiote in wind's universe.)

There are other spider people, and though they don't show up in this story, Warriors knows some of them from his work. This includes a spider Linkle, a spider Aryll, a spider Sheik, a spider Zelda, a spider First, a spider Ravio, and a spider Ganondorf

[mirensiart]

Do you ever feel a strange heartache sadness when dusk falls?

continuation of my pain sharing curse au :) feat emotional pain this time lol

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[kommandantpinks-art]

@akchimp75 I took a while but I actually did it-

Anyways, this is heavily inspired by mlpoutofcontext's post aaa! 😭 (and by that I mean it's just me drawing over screenshots and stuff)

Look at me though LU fandom, I'm drawing the Linked Universe boys 👀

[cynderrfall]

Linked Universe Anime Opening

[mizaruwu]

They grew

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

His scarf now also glows and has healing powers btw

[alch-emi]

And from then on the Chain made sure they knew exactly where Hyrule and Wild were at all times. Especially Wild.

A comic for my bestie @mirensiart ‘s LU pain sharing au! I love all the angst potential of it but I wanted to do smth a lil silly w/ one of my favorite duos :)

[linked-maze]

Drew Four from Linked Universe for a sprint prompt in the LU discord server! Wanted to post it here on my LM account so drew my Four as well!

[nell0-0]

Impa thought they all knew that since Mask's arrival to the war of eras wasn't very subtle about it. She refuses to elaborate when she realizes the others don't know.

And many years later (for Mask/Time, that is), during a certain conversation...

[houseofheroesau]

How eloquent, Captain.

Don't tag as LU, please.

[willowedspirits]

Hollow Knight Linked Universe AU! I've finally finished it!

If you don't know much about Hollow Knight, a lot of the technicalities might not make sense, and I would encourage you to look into the game. Or you could just enjoy the chain as bugs and see them off on their buggy adventures!

I've made this AU trying to keep as close as I can to Hollow Knight's story, but some creative liberties were of course taken.

My main idea is that the infection is the equivalent to Dark Link's (who does exist in this) infected monsters and it's up to them to try and slow/stop the infection. My first thought was to have the infection start to spread outside of Hallownest, and the chain needs to go and stop it, but I'm still going back and forth on it.

I'm still open to changing concepts if I find something that works better, but after literal months of working on this on and off I'm happy with how this has turned out!

Rambling about character details below!

Small note: I've set this AU at roughly the start of the infection, when Radiance was starting to take over Hallownest.

Time

Is not from Hallownest. He traveled to Hallownest from a distant land, where he met Malon and settled down with her.

He encountered Radiance upon entering Hallownest, but was protected by a god that had already laid claim to him, Fierce Deity, who protects him from the Radiance's infection.

He and Malon live in the Howling Cliffs.

His wing and antenna injury are from Radiance when she tried to infect him.

He is not able to fly because of the injury, and now fights with a heavy nail.

His wings used to be green, but after encountering the Fierce Deity, they slowly started to change in color until they were blue.

I'm not sure if I would do anything with the eyes on his wings, I was trying to make a connection to Majora in that, but I'm still debating whether to add it.

Twilight

Is a part of the Traitor Mantis tribe that lives in the Queen's Garden.

He met a Sibling (Midna) that escaped from the Abyss. They gave him the ability to harness Void.

Still working on the detail for how exactly they give him this ability, but my rough idea is that perhaps both of them were attacked by and infected villager, and they saved him by giving up their Void essence.

He's grown up wanting to be infected by the Radiance. He was taught the Radiance was a god that gave bugs great strength, but after seeing what the infection really does, he starts to have second thoughts.

The cloak he is wearing is new. The one he wore before was damaged. I'm still debating on when exactly he gets it, but I think it's something he makes after he leaves the traitor village.

Warriors

He is the head knight of the Hive and oversees whoever enters their territory.

His scarf is a gift from the princess of the Hive given to him when he leaves to join the group.

Since he is a bee, he is connected to the Hive via the hivemind. He uses this to check in on his home whenever he can.

This also makes it very dangerous if he gets infected, since it would quickly spread to the other bee's.

I kept his nail the same as Hive Knight's, but it's open to change.

Four

(I'm still very iffy on Four's story concept, but here's what I have so far)

Lives in Green Path.

He has a passion for weapon smithing, and planned on moving to the capital of Hallownest (City of Tears).

But he accidently stumbled on a weak Unn, and agreed to help protect her while she recovered.

When she did recover, she blessed him with a power that allows him to split into 4 parts of himself using his SOUL.

He can split while in the physical world, but will always be split while in the Dream realm. This also makes it difficult for Radiance to infect him.

Wind

Lives in the Kingdom's Edge and works as a guide across the acid lakes. Most of the travelers are those who are seeking to fight in the Colosseum of Fools.

This is how he found the Colosseum, and regularly attends (but not participate in) some of the fights, which is how he meets Tetra.

He is just learning to fly, but is picking it up really fast.

I wanted to keep the lobster apart of his design... But there are no lobsters in Hollow Knight... Then I remembered this was an AU and I can do what I want with it. So lets just pretend that Lobsters are seen as these awesome ancient beings that he wishes to see one day.

Wild

He was a guardian of the Beast's Den before he became infected, leaving the Den to reside somewhere in Deep Nest.

He is cured by the Dream Nail when the group meets him, and the last to join.

His shell is cracked and damaged because of the infection. The cracks have healed over time, but will never go away.

He has trouble with his memory due to being infected for so long before being cured. He is slowly regaining his memory, but there are still a lot of pieces missing.

His infection spread through to his arm, but is hidden under his cloak.

He uses his nails almost as throwing needles.

Legend

Is a shop owner in Hallownest's capital. He sells all kinds of items from all across Hallownest, small things he's found that could be valuable.

He's managed to make his way into the upper class of the capital due to his shop. His cloak is a modified version of the upper-class wardrobe. He dyed and added the hood himself.

Has a great sense of exploration, and has been all over Hallownest, but still has some places he needs to check off.

His jewelry are all gifts from Ravio.

My original concept for his design was to give him 4 arms. I was thinking of the Collector when designing him, and thought it fit. But after working on finalizing the design, I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it. I still love the concept though.

Hyrule

(Again, I don't have a clear story concept for him but I have some notes)

Lives in the Ancient Basin.

Has learned how to use SOUL, and is in hiding from the residents of the Soul Sanctum because of it.

He has access to spells and is able to heal himself using SOUL.

I originally gave him a cloak, but couldn't decide if he looked better with or without it. So he does have it, but only sometimes.

Sky

Is the wielder of the Dream Nail, which can be used to cure infected bugs by purging the Radiance from their dream's.

Has wanted to learn to fight with a nail since he was little, and would practice his skills.

He learned about the Dream Nail after some of the moth tribe became infected. He left shortly after he learned this infection was spreading through Hallownest, with the goal of stopping it.

He isn't the only one that can use the Dream Nail, but is the one dubbed the "owner" of it.

And that's what I've got!

I didn't go much into Dark Link here, but would be happy to show some concepts I have for him as well if anybody is curious. I'm making him almost like a living version of the Radiance's infection, and is able to spread it from bug to bug without needing to access their dreams. This is mainly why I'm torn on having them leave Hallownest. If Dark Link could spread the infection to farther lands, or to keep him inside Hallownest and just spread it faster there.

I thought that using the Dream Nail was a good equivalent to the Master Sword here, so I just mashed them together, and a lot of the motivations for the chain trying to stop the infection is "I'm seeing this awful thing happen to these bugs that I don't want to see happen to others," with some small variations here and there.

I've been working on this for so long, I just want to share by bug boys. I would love to gush and ramble about them some more. I have stuff I want to do with this AU.

[mirensiart]

pain sharing curse au feat wolfie :)

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I hc that every time he transforms into wolfie (and back to a hylian) he feels the same pain he felt during that one cutscene in twilight princess when he first transforms, but he’s so used to it and also he’s built his pain tolerance a lot because of it, that he doesn’t mind it anymore

anyway, wolfie is banned

also I know four shrinks and splits in canon but like, he doesn’t look to be in pain during it… TIME THOUGH…TIME RELATES

[doublxpresso]

throwing flowers to a beautiful man 🌹

[shanimations]

This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever made and I hate that I’m so proud of it lmao

Anyway here’s all the references I used,, gotta love a link who can rock any outfit

[cynderrfall]

Campfire chat

[mizaruwu]

'Are loruleans' sense of cuteness different or is it just Ravio?'