#maybe the instruments themselves aren't as magical as the people playing them

[creepy-crowleys]

Tell us about your hobbies! Do you have any that are weird 'for you' but aren't considered strange for the average person?

𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟.

Most of them aren't that interesting probably, haha. I like gardening and cooking, and I know how to play a few instruments but mostly piano at home.

There's a peace in working the earth and seeing things grow, and in making things that can bring a little warmth and light to others. Maybe I can't fix every problem, but I can make sure that someone is cared for for a meal at least.

I feel less anxious keeping my hands busy. And I suppose they just feel like home to me. There are good memories there, and important people.

I like puzzles, photography, running and climbing, sparring sometimes. I dabble a bit with weapon modification, and enchanting and artificing, which are kind of puzzles themselves. I like figuring out how to integrate magic into existing systems, and you can't go too wrong with making things explode even harder than they were already supposed to.

Is that weird...? I'm not sure I have the best frame of reference for what would be considered weird for me to like that wouldn't also be considered weird for the average person. I was an average person until a few years ago. Not that much has changed really; I've just had the opportunity to try and enjoy some things I couldn't before.

[science-lings]

🌿Time for weird thoughts and headcanons with ME!! So in the comic, the Links basically talk freely with each other, and talk occasionally to other people (like Malon, and strangers in markets), but in their games they appear to have varying levels of verbality. There could be (and probably are) a lot of reasons for this, but since I'm always on my 'holy heros' train, I have a very specific thought on this: every Hero's voice is a sacred instrument. When a Hero speaks, the world listens - trees stoop to hear their words, the wind dies down to let them through clearer, every living thing from below the earth to above the heavens seems to go briefly silent in deference. It's not every time they say something - that kind of presence can get exhausting, especially if you don't realize you're doing it - but it's often enough that, subconsciously, every Link is very aware of their words. Exposure to sacred instruments and the music they make is not harmful in brief, occasional windows, such as pieces played in rituals or festivals, but listening to one every day? That kind of casual display of divinity has the power to do anything from drive people mad to literally start tearing organs apart. A Link's family, due to blood or spiritual connection, usually is not affected so severely by lengthy listening. Zeldas and Sages are effectively immune, due to their own holy power. Many magic wielders, like Ezlo or Midna or Lana, also have a degree of resistance as a virtue of their power. Most of Demise's incarnations, like Ganondorf and Vaati, would also have that kind of resistance were it not for the fact that their power comes from Malice: as it is, when Heros speak to their Demons, they make ears bleed. (If they figured out a way to hone the ability, to shape it, they could probably talk corruption out of the possessed and sing Malice out of existence.) And, of course, the Chain can speak to each other as much as they like, since they all hold that same divinity and can't be hurt by it. The Chain tries to keep most of their conversations secluded, not necessarily out of secrecy, but because speaking around common laypeople could very easily get someone hurt. When they do speak in public, they tend to keep their voices fairly hushed as a measure of control, whether they realize it or not. Sometimes they'll revert to sign just to be safe. But it's strangely... nice, or maybe freeing, to be with each other, to be able to speak to so many people without even subconsciously worrying about hurting them with their words. Music is important to all of them, and I think they're all at least decent singers if given the chance. (Personal headcanon that Wild is a beautiful singer, the best in the group, with no other instruments and humming as much as they do.) They haven't had many chances to practice before, but now they can. When the Chain makes music together, they can make stars rattle.

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I love this actually. Music is such an important part of Zelda games and I absolutely love giving the Links strange divine features. They could be a weaponized a capella group tbh. I like to think that all of them are just automatically musically gifted, like many of them picked up an instrument for the first time on their journeys and was instantly able to play it with little to no instruction. I really think that Wild should've had more music-related stuff in his game, like the concept art with him playing the goddesses harp is very important to me, but he's also one of the only Links to make their own music. Like with their voice. (Unless you include Wolf Twilight and Wolf Time who harmonize their howling.)

Anyway, they totally teach each other ensemble songs and songs that go in rounds that with their voices are literally magic. As someone who was once a choir kid, this concept is very cool to me.

[dreaminpeaches]

Big Hero Beau Fun Fact #3:

Okay, continuing the Sonic theme here, remember when I said Beau will leave Carrie at daycare when he goes on dangerous missions or bounty hunts, well the daycare is alot like the Chao Kindergarten from Sonic Adventure 2

(it looks actually like this btw, I'll be using alot of sonic gifs, just pretend it's hero! Beau and some little kids in place of the Chao)

I don't have a name for this place yet, I just refer to it as Daycare (if anyone has any name ideas that would be lit)

anyways, so this daycare is ran by a family who have 5 beautiful identical daughters, ( think nurse joy). Beau really like flirting with the girls but it can be a hit or miss because they have very different personalities.

One is very sweet but kind of dumb (dangerous as at times), she's kind of a pyromaniac, too.

One is shy but very kind, and gets flustered talking to anybody that's not a child or animal

One is very feisty and very hot head, and snarky, do something dumb Infront of her and she'll read you like an open book

One is very quiet and stoic, she speaks in one sentence and people outside the family find her very hard read (especially Beau)

One is very confident, flirtatious and dramatic. She really enjoys seeing Beau flustered, and if she can corner him she'll go into a long monologue about how she would like to date him but the stars aren't aligned so it can never be

Kind of like..

So, poor Beau is really taking a gamble when he flirts with one of them, especially since they like switching shifts and job positions on the regular, it doesn't stop him from trying but he usually ends up getting hurt emotionally, mentally, or physically.

Despite these ladies being on some range on the chaotic scale, they are all really good with kids.

Like in regular kindergarten, the children learn art, and music, but they also learn swimming, flying, running, puzzles, strength, and a bit elemental magic.

While kids in this world don't show any major consistent signs of powers until teen years, if a child is natured well enough, they can start showing signs of powers early.

It'll be in small burst and the powers they get vary everytime, one day they might be really good at swimming next day the child doesn't even want to get into the water, one day the child maybe able to soar to the clouds, next day they can barely flutter on the ground. It's kind of weird thing but it show the child has potential and the more often it happens the more some of the powers start to stick.

While some days the children spend time in the school house, most days especially on clear days they play in the garden out back, where they can play, practice their skills and socialize.

The children like to play dress up, and can often be seen playing or even just chilling in cute/chaotic outfits, sometimes the children will dress themselves, sometimes they'll ask one of girls to help them, which they all really enjoy doing.

The children are allowed to bring most of the toys and instruments they like to play with in the schoolhouse outside as long as they remember to put them back when they're done and share.

The garden is pretty much the same as the first Chao garden you get in SA2

Its a pretty big garden especially for a little one, there's flowers, fruit trees, and a watering hole with a water fall, the water is deep enough for a the children to swim in but shallow enough for the grown up to wade in.

Because of the size of the garden the children are encouraged to have a partner close enough to where they can hold hands, they don't need to be playing together, just need to be near each for safety.

Sometime low-level, dumb bad guys try to kidnap the children from the garden since it's so out in the open, this is one of the reasons Beau stays around sometimes, but even without him there's usually more than one child who's having an OP burst of powers and are usually strong enough to take out the bad guy.

The daycare is the only place *cough* maybe the only place in the galaxy*cough* where Beau gets the heroic recognition he deserves, at least that's how he thinks.

The children think he's the coolest person ever! They love hearing his stories, and all the attention really feds his ego in a good way.

He really loves playing with them and helping the children hone in their powers, even though when playing games like "Hero" things can get kind of rough with the kids random burst of OP powers, but it's still fun.

Beau also helps out with the heavy lifting, and clean up and stuff out of the goodness of his heart, and an attempt to score points with one of girls, it doesn't work but they appreciate the help.

Beau will join in on naptime, when he gets worn out, which happens often after playing/looking after the kids.

Beau likes to help out at the daycare when he's having a really rough day/week or his vibe is off.

Carrie really likes the daycare, at first it was hard for her to let go and leave Beau quite literally, which is where Beau got the idea to stay over, after a few visits Carrie started to really warm up to the place. She started making friends and really got into drawings, and making up silly stories about them and everyone really enjoyed.

Okay that's it thank you for coming to my ted talk