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[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

Four’s colors: standing there awkwardly

Legend: having a flashback to that one time he killed four colorful and identical dark links in the literal Palace of the Four Sword

Thanks for the request anon!

[nell0-0]

Criminal how I haven't drawn Four before despite him being one of my favorite LU Links

[starrysorry]

Wanted to practice some dynamic poses. Originally intended only to be sketchy, but it got out of hand and here these are

[pomdor]

I hadn't seen 50% off in years but I came across this scene randomly and it reminded me of the colours, so i threw a little comic together of my faves being illiterate

and a little bonus Vio content under the cut

hes such a bitch i love him

[needfantasticstories]

“Many places I have been

Many sorrows I have seen

But I don't regret

Nor will I forget

All who took that road with me”

-The Last Goodbye by Billy Boyd

This is an Adjuration by @not-freyja, after 86 chapters, 300k words, and 10 months of joy, laughter, tears, heartbreak and love, has finally reached its end. 

Adjuration is a tragedy that is nothing short of an act of love. That much is clear in the passion and dedication put towards the story, the characters, and the message Freyja is trying to convey. This fic will teach you about love. About death. About the inevitability of existence and why despite knowing it will all come to an end, there is still meaning in trying and hoping and loving each other. In loving yourself. You will laugh, you will cry, you will hope and you will despair as you read this story, but you will not be able to put it down.

It’s hard to say goodbye to something that has been so important to and loved by so many people. So we won’t. Instead, we will say thank you for this incredible journey and the community this fic has built. For the friendships that have been made and the endless inspiration you have given us. Thank you for wanting to tell a story, and for letting us join you around the campfire to listen.

Thank you.

(If you like Linked Universe and haven’t yet read Adjuration, see below for spoiler free reviews of this fic and artist credits.)

This is an Adjuration is the kind of story you fall in love with, the kind of story you think keep thinking about long after you put it down. The kind you keep finding hidden details in after you think you’ve got it figured out. 

The characters are distinct and people with their own voices, motivations, relationships and histories. You’ll have your favourites but love them all. They influence how you’ll see the characters in everything else. 

It’s full of moments where everything clicks and everything before is recontextualised in a way that’s so satisfying and make the whole story very re-readable. A time travel story where all loops are already closed, where you can know but not yet understand what will happen. It’s long, complex, and beautifully, meticulously planned and detailed. It’s clever and considered, funny and heartbreaking. 

A story that whispers ‘it matters’ over and over. It is worth it to love, it is worth it if it doesn’t last forever, it is worth it to give someone a little more time, it is worth it to fight. It’s about loving others and your world and finding grace for yourself. 

It’s loss and tragedy and the cruelness of fate. It is the sacrifice and the breaking. 

Full of heart to both fill yours and break it in the best possible way. 

It’s about love. Always.

By @toyouhellohowareyou

Sometimes, it’s hard to explain to others why art moves us.

I could tell you This is an Adjuration will make you cry, laugh, and sit at the edge of your seat in anticipation. And it’s probably true - I did all of that as I read, often with a coffee in one hand, early in the morning as I got ready for the day. 

But that’s not the reason why I’m writing this.

The real reason is how it followed me during the rest of the day.

You see, at a certain point I realized this isn’t a story about Links going on adventures. Well, it does feature Links, and they do go on adventures, so let’s talk about that for a minute.

The first thing that caught my attention about this book was the characters. Each individual is unique, interesting, and exciting to follow. Not only are the Links individually compelling, but one thing that stands out in Adjuration is how the relationship between each Hero and their own worlds matter, and these connections shift, evolve, break and grow as the plot progresses.

Freyja does an incredible job of bringing together impactful storytelling with humor and heart. This is an Adjuration starts with an interesting premise, and then twists and turns in directions you wouldn’t expect. It’s rich in thought-provoking moments, soft joy and intense action, blended in with carefully crafted time travel and magic.

Adjuration sucked me into the world it builds, combining believable characters with fascinating stories, an unnervingly devious antagonist, plot twists, and lovingly crafted details that slip unnoticed until you’re surrounded on all sides. It made me cheer for characters I feel as if I’ve known intimately for years, made me worry for their safety as I would for that of a loved one, kept me hunting for hints and hidden references, pulling on a thread to try to find the end only for it to twist and loop into itself and show me a completely new side to the story.

Yes, This is an Adjuration is a fanfiction piece that explores the winding river flow of the Legend of Zelda timeline and how the stories of each Hero merge into each other. It also stands out for its heavy emotional content, and it doesn’t shy away from angst and hurt.

But to me, Adjuration is an epic journey that taught me how the choices we make, make us in turn. It’s a tragedy that deals with pain and healing, and it bares naked the non-linear nature of grief. It’s a celebration of the things that make us unique, of our flaws, an essay of the impact of little acts of love. Indeed, it’s a story about love.

I can tell you now, This is an Adjuration moved me. It still does. It has a special way to surface in my mind in unexpected ways at seemingly random times, from something as simple as tossing an apple core, to watching a lightning storm in the distance, or finding a picture of an old friend.

And every time, without fail, it makes me think about love.

By @sunny-porridge

This is an Adjuration is a wonderfully and beautifully crafted story about love, loss, and choice as the various incarnations of Link come together and travel through time. Freyja seamlessly weaves a tapestry of setup and payoff across different timelines and loops, in the best-constructed time travel plot I’ve ever seen on page or screen. Even at its surface, Adjuration is an emotional rollercoaster involving tragedy and the soft moments that make that tragedy worth it. But the deeper you look, the more meaning you can pull from every chapter of this amazing work. This work has made me cry, squeal with delight, and think more deeply about its themes all while having an absolute blast reading it. So in summary: READ IT. READ IT. READ IT NOW. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.

By @life-in-winter

While I love that every chapter is emotionally enthralling, with carefully woven, visceral tension you crave in any good story, yet Adjuration is more than that, and you feel it in the careful weave of each character and plot point. Nothing is lost or unanswered. It's the kind of story that, by the end, makes you stop and take a hard look at your own life. Are you appreciating the now? Are you savoring joy? Are you so wrapped up in fear that you can hardly take care of yourself? Do you know who you are?

This story is more like an external experience. It's riding atop a tsunami. How do you handle that ride, Link?

There aren't enough words to describe how amazing this fic is.

@needfantasticstories

Artist credit

Legend: @gia-d

Hyrule: @bittirsweeteer

Time: @toonblade

Sky: @noorahqar

Warriors: @whitewinterstar

Wild: @weavingstarlight

Twilight: @bluury2

Wind: @thewitchdoctor39

Four: @lunaopus

Red: @peepthatbish

Blue: @glowingmin

Green: @winterfen

Vio: @waterfallstream

Shadow: @deleetrix

Wolfie: @linkiscool333

Fierce Deity: @awildsilver

Ravio: @lele5429

Malon: @tooner-tastic

Dink: @passerinesoncaffeine

[wawapiggy]

am sick today, had to stay home from school

so i’m projecting my sickness onto the chain by drawing them sick

[mayplekiwilightningstorm]

Hi, I lied about finishing the rest of the chain, instead have more Four.

Based on the Manga cover for Four Swords AND linked universe btw

EDIT: I Thought i'd add the single renders of the four above so-

[gia-d]

Total time: 10 very hot hours

Someone give this image context because I sure as hell won't.

[porazkazyciowa]

Hero of the Four Sword

All four pieces were created for the amazing Lu Discord's weekly-prompts :D

[theauthorandtheartist]

I was bored, so I spent about an hour in TOTK going around to places that reminded me of the chain and leaving "offerings" for them like I was Wild newly returned from his quest.

Time - He was the first one I did, so his is the least elaborate. I put a silent princess on the broken table in the ranch ruins.

Twilight - a silent princess and a goat butter on top of the arch at the entrance to arbiter's grounds.

Sky - A silent princess, a swift violet, and a fortified pumpkin at the base of the (upright) goddess statue in the forgotten temple. I also thought of putting them on the great sky island, but I thought this was better.

Legend - a silent princess, an apple, and a golden apple next to the cherry blossom in the blupee burrow. Also thought of Eventide island, but I figured the site of his greatest trauma wouldn't be the best place for "wild" to honor him.

Four - a pristine soldier's claymore, a ruby rod, a black hinox hammer, a royal guard's bow, and a silent princess at the top of a hill (the one with the korok pinwheel) in the Minshi woods.

Hyrule - a silent princess and a fairy in front of the Great Fairy Tera's fountain. I also considered on top of one of the labyrinths because Zelda 1 had a lot of those, but I decided against it for similar reasons to Legend and Eventide.

Wind - a silent princess, a bomb flower, and a pristine boomerang dropped into the (saved and rebuilt) lurelin village bay.

Warriors - a silent princess and a pristine soldier's broadsword at the fountain in the castle town ruins. I thought of doing it in Hyrule castle, but I haven't beat the game yet so it's still covered in malice/gloom.

I am no longer bored, but now I'm sad.

[1caru]

Needle and Thread, by 1caru

“Do you really think the light will hurt you? Don't you see? You are a Link too. Deep inside, you're really a hero.”

This is a gift for @bittirsweeteer for the LU server's 5th anniversary art/fic gift exchange! I had a great time writing this, and I hope you love it too! <3

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

This is a Blue’s Fabulous Expressions Appreciation Post

Aka I was struck with sudden inspiration and drew Blue in every @linkeduniverse panel from @luna-lovegreat’s post

Also here is the lineart XD

[weepingtalecowboy]

Fanfic prompt : Considering that every single toon link looks exactly the same except clothing (I know it is the art style but it is still hysterical to think about

Imagine how freaked out a Villain would be if they capture Four

They look away for a second

Then suddenly there is four of them

Then Wind tries to sneak in and the have to add another one

They look away again

Then the Triforce heroes appear for some reason(maybe a portal and hylia just happens to spit them out in the prison cell)

And now there are

8 of them

The toons just start to play cards while the Yiga freak out horrendously because where in the name of the calamity do they keep spawning from

Shadow joins as well

Then Spirit Tracks Link joins

Then Minish cap also joins ( because as long as it isn’t specifically shown that the link from a previous game is in a second one I will count them as separate because it would mean more toons)

And then legend joins as well (link's awakening because it would increase the toon count)

And the guards are terrified because there are like a hundred of them already

And then the chain appears and they just slowly turn and leave because that is too weird

Then the second the chain leaves the toons build the ultimate totem tower and ransack the entire hideout

And now the chain is outnumbered by toons

[hiimgin]

It's time to unite as one!

Guardians unite!

[pomdor]

All of this was actually made in July and I intended to colour it properly but I think atp i must capitulate and accept it as it is.

bonus twilight doodle under the cut

also unshaded because that is entirely my own business

[hetacon]

Linktober 2024 Day 13: Link

What’s better than one Link? Four of them!! Here’s Four!

I wasn’t sure initially who in the chain I’d be doing today since I have 9 Links to choose from but I wanted to make sure that I drew everyone at least once for Linktober. I had come up with ideas for nearly everyone but Four was one of the last ones I was struggling with and given today’s prompt, it felt like a good catch-all for whoever I felt I might not think of another idea for. And then I thought about how by drawing all the colors, I’d really be meeting the criteria! 😂

But anyways, I decided I wanted to draw some of the official Four Swords art in my own chibi style using Four’s LU design, thought it would be fun! (I sorta underestimated just how much work it was going to be for my hand though ;-;)

(The wip I originally posted is now under the cut)