#lady-impa

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

Ganon growled and hissed, but he did not shout threats. His bright red fire sparked off her golden chains, and the chains stayed strong. 

Zelda could breathe, she could stand tall. Her legs did not shake, her lungs did not burn. Her vision did not swim and her mind stayed clear. 

Ganon stared at her. His eyes, made of golden fire, were as bright as ever. His body, made entirely of malice and blood-red fire, stank of rot.

“When your Hero arrives,” he finally hissed. “I will tear him apart. I will crush him. He will die screaming and I will make you watch every second. I will hurt you, foolish girl; I will make you regret every second you dared to imagine that you could contain me and my power.”

Beneath all that rage, he almost sounded human.

Safe within her dome of light, her heart and mind clear, Zelda boldly met Ganon’s gaze. Not for the first time, she smiled at him. It infuriated him. She couldn’t resist. 

He wanted her to break. He wanted her to be consumed by terror.

She refused.

*

Zelda continues to hold Ganon at bay. With Nayru's aid, she can finally breathe easily for the first time in decades.

For the first time in so long, Zelda has Ganon well and truly trapped.

[doomed-era]

disheartening that a lot of people don't seem to notice the extreme tonal dissonance between botw/totk cutscenes and the actual gameplay dialogue

[dandyleyen]

Post-ToTK | Angst Drabble

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What if Link does manage to get Zelda back after defeating Ganondorf. He truly finds her and she’s no longer a dragon, but she isn’t Hylian either. Not entirely. She comes back with some features left over from the dragonification process. Still, she’s recognizable as the Princess, as Zelda.

It comes as a shock to Link when he realizes that Zelda doesn’t have a sense of self anymore; at least, not as the Princess of Hyrule. She can’t seem to remember herself as she was before it all. It makes sense, he thinks. She’s been an immortal being, an immortal dragon, for so long now that it stands to reason that she’s lost sight of the Hylian she once was. Zelda, at the very least, knows something is off, but she doesn’t know what she’s lost. Not quite.

She doesn’t know why she’s there; furthermore, she doesn’t understand why she’s mortal now. Zelda lost her immortality and her connection with the other great dragons she would often fly with. She felt every bit of her connection with herself as an immortal being getting ripped away from her. Alive as she is, she can feel her body dying all around her. She finds herself missing what she once was.

She’s not entirely lost herself, and people who knew her can see that she’s still there somewhere, but it’s buried so far into her mind. What’s worse is that she can’t understand why everyone looks at her with such sadness in their eyes.

[willyhoos]

cdi zelda when link pays attention to something that isn't her for 5 seconds (he's not allowed to do that)

(still beneath cut)

[onthearrow]

sooo...update on the zelink totk fic (head/heart)

[smilesrobotlover]

Questions!

Tell me about your Link Parental Figures Going on an Adventure story! How do they all meet? Who likes hanging out with who?

If Linebeck met Abel and Til how would that dynamic work?

Also less thinking question, what’s your favorite color? :)

Oh man I am having so much fun with Strangers across eras! Bascially something happens in lbl and Lana and Cia accidentally drags the father figures + impas to the world. I’m debating on having grandpa smith and Gaepora here cuz they wouldn’t do well with adventuring and fighting (tho grandpa smith is jacked so maybe he’ll be fine) but they all agree to go find their missing sons! They all butt heads bit general Impa loves to hang out with Talon who is nothing but anxiety this entire story. Linebeck, Leon, and Rusl chill with each other simply cuz I like their dynamic, they actually get annoyed with each other a lot lol. But regardless they still care. Idk about everyone else… I feel like I have too many characters for this, but regardless it’s a lot of fun!

Hm…. My Linebeck is very obnoxious, so I feel like he’d piss off Abel a lot, but he’s also charming so I think that Tillieth would enjoy his company. (He wouldn’t flirt with her of course.) but that’s what I think lol. But they’re your characters!

And I have three favorite colors! Forest green, sunset orange, and pastel yellow 🧡💚💛

[tenebriism]

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: WIFE ACQUIRED.

[cammiluna]

Next page took like 2 hours to draw and maybe five days to write the script for. You’ll see it in a few days.

[cartoonfanorwhatever]

I really like how Impa is now out adventuring with her big ol' hat.

Go you, ninja grandma you, you deserve it

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[sokkas-first-fangirl]

Deep within the desert, Master Kohga waited, a snake hidden and waiting to strike. The heroic little brat, the greatest thorn in his side, was no longer in Kakariko. It didn’t take a genius to work out that Link Hallow would head for the Gerudo Desert next. Perhaps to Zora’s Domain first, but he’d have to come here eventually.

I’m ready when you are, kid.

Too bad for him, Kohga had the Thunder Helm. Enjoy getting blasted to pieces without it! Maybe little Chief Riju would send more of her women in a futile attempt to retrieve it. Better yet, maybe Link would come seek it out himself.

Kohga hoped he came here. Sooga would finally be avenged.

*

Link and the Brigade go in search of Hyrule Castle's docks and the hidden passageway somewhere within. Meanwhile, Master Kohga continues to scheme, but igniting the Brigade's rage may just be his biggest mistake...

[giriduck]

Impa is my long-standing go-to when I need to melt bosses quickly, but I’m both surprised and delighted that Zelda is my highest level character in Age of Calamity right now.

[hero-of-fortune]

here’s what i noticed in the NEW ZELDA GAME ANNOUNCEMENT WOOOOO

Sassy little guy. Also that sword…. Lokomo sword??? Could this be new hyrule?

idk. I’ve never played spirit tracks :(

Oh that mf is a ganon, probably not a ganondorf. Hmmm. Downfall timeline? Idk. It would be so funny if lu fandom decided to lump this one in with legend’s games. Guys… he doesn’t need anymore trauma

Let’s go! This was a fucking smart move homie link he’s already earned a spot in my heart as one of my genius scrunkies for shooting the crystal

YEAHHHHHHHH PLAYABLE ZELDAAAAA SHE LOOKS SO CUTEEEEE i know we’ve had ‘playable zelda’ before in spirit tracks and whatnot, but we’ve never had a ZELDA based game. (At least recently lmao)

(I see a bombable wall) and a really big castle! BIG CASTLE TOWN??? MINISH CAP CASTLE TOWN???? COME BACK TO ME BABY\

OKAY GUYS. Top right corner. Consider: kokiri village. if they bring the kokiri back i will scream so loud. I know it’s probably deku scrub houses because they’re also in the trailer, but let a boy dream

oh no :(((( he left his cloak behind poor baby

Okay so the triforce is back. Like really. And look at that little fairy what a scrunky duncky! I love her already

ZELDA IS WEARING LINK’S CLOAK. GUYS I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IF I SHIP THEM. Look at herrrr also tri is massive. That is a head sized fairy.

Nothing to say but car on the roof. We got fuckin cats in zelda back. Please let us interact with them nintendooooo

THAT’S A GERUDO TOWNNNNN MASSIVE WINNNN!!!! Look at their houses they’re so cute

Um. Yeah. Ummm. @flarree predicted the ‘nice monsters that are on your side’ thing. (Go check out their au it’s really cool) i love this idea so much but i’m also a little sad… i hope they at least give zelda a bow

That is 100% a sheikah right there. Is that impa???? Please let impa be an old lady who kicks ass for her grandbaby. Also why is she fighting the soldiers lmao. Is this a alttp thing where the soldiers get brainwashed?

River and ocean zora. Yes babes im fed. You fed me nintendo it was good soup

Deku scrub selling potions. As he should. Im so glad theyre back it’s been too long babes. Give him his little hat though

GREAT DEKU TREEEE OUR FATHERRRR look at him <3 he looks a whole lot like oot gdt. Okay maybe it’s not adult timeline bc it looks nothing like wind waker gtd

Some sort of rock creature coming out of the ground? A boss? Idk we’ll see. Maybe he’s just a dude.

Other things: uhhh i don’t think we saw any mention of any sort of dungeons, which is kind of odd. Unless they slipped my mind. Huh. Maybe that last pic is a dungeon boss. I’m really excited for this one ngl. AND IT’S COMING OUT THIS YEAR????? THIS YEAR???? NINTENDO REALLY???? SEPTEMBER???? DUDE. Nintendo had officially fed me. Gooooood soup. Thanks

edit: yah there’s dungeons im blind lmaooo.

Also, i’m fairly certain it’s downfall timeline. The geography of hyrule, zelda’s dress, ganon’s design, link’s outfit, the presence of the triforce. I’m so glad the triforce is back after being absent in botw/totk!

[ubercharge]

you don't get the paraglider before leaving the tutorial area in totk like you did in botw, you have to do a quick early game quest to get it. i didn't know this. the game doesn't tell you this. once you leave tutorial area you can explore in any direction you wish bc open world. i was doing just that, exploring in any direction i wished! collecting eggs from trees and ripping plants off the ground! imagine my surprise when i accompany lady impa on a hot air balloon ride to get a birds eye view look at stuff on the ground and she says to me "don't worry, i'll be able to get back down when i'm done here, you can just paraglide off now" when i don't have the fucking paraglider

[lemonspades]

Cotla's orders no brooding everyone

< part 17 - part 19 >

Masterlink

Also me breaking down under the break over Impa in totk

Like okay I had a break down over Lady Impa while writing this story haha, the joys of actually exploring crossover aus and looking up to realize the colossal abyss you've dug yourself in

but like Impa

Baby girl... oh my god

Home girl lost her best friend and her family and her purpose to live all in one fucking night and for 100 years she watches her ward Zelda fighting this fucking monster and she can't do jack shit but wait for Link's ass to wake up but that doesn't mean this woman's gonna let shit go to waist no sir. and like yeah she's old but that's not gonna stop her and NO she is NOT going to use the weird rejuvenating serum that her fucking sister made because she can do it by herself thank you very much! (it's totally not because she'd be the younger sister again plus some sibling angst that's i've been thinking up an)

*cough cough* I mean whaaaaaat?

seriously though sound off in the bottom i found another sad old person to fixate over