#mina/zarvasace

[blurbry]

:3

I wanted to thank @zarvasace for putting together such a lovely discord server. For a long while of being here I've felt very lonely and the fandom felt very quiet, I was always terrified to post my content on certain accountabilities and how I can't exactly handle toxicity very well when it comes to backlash or hate on pieces of work. But when Mina made the discord server I decided to take my chances and I don't regret it. There are so many lovely people even people who are in the fandom that I've never discovered before and we all work together to make a lovely place to interact and chatter about four swords (and its ships.) I've even become more confident in posting my drawings and my fanfictions and haven't had as much anxiety or worry about it! Having almost daily sprints (while I don't often participate) has also motivated me to start writing more often as compared to how much I used to! It truly has done something Great I think for the lot of us! <3 A warm thank you from:

ʚ☆ɞ ℛ𝒶𝓎 ʚ☆ɞ (Aka Blurbry)

[arecaceae175]

SO CUTE!!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!

SKY! And April 2023

This turned out SO CUTE. I added wild because he needed a friend

[hotcheetohatredwastaken]

July LU Write-a-Thon: 351,092 Words in One Day!

On July 1, we hosted our second monthly LU Write-a-thon (organized by @not-freyja and @hotcheetohatredwastaken and joined by their new mods @noorahqar, @a-manicured-lawn, and @winterfen). The purpose of this event was to write as many productive words—words that furthered yourself, the LU writing community at large, or your own stories—within 24 hours as humanly possible. 

We had a whopping 90+ participants as opposed to our previous 16 - none of us expected such a large turnout, and were suitably unprepared 😅 We’ll definitely be making a lot of changes to accommodate that many people during the next Write-a-Thon, occurring August 1st. Thank you all for your patience!

But, until next month, here’s the awards and titles earned by each participant, as voted upon by the Discord server through an anonymous survey. The mods read through all your hundreds of submissions (thank you guys so much!) and picked either the highest voted title or the funniest custom submission for each person, as we found appropriate. First up is the winner’s circle, then the clubs, and then everybody else in alphabetical order right below this readmore!

The Winner’s Circle (5 Most Wordiest)

20,037 “Writer of All Time” and “Most Likely to Make 1K become 100K” (As can be seen in all its glory in your Aspects AU) @tashacee: You took advantage of Freyja and Cheeto’s beefing about who would be first and snapped up the win right from under their noses. Well played! 

20,011 “Writer of Some of the Time” and “Pen and Paper (Scritch... Scratchy?)” @hotcheetohatredwastaken: Missed the mark by juuust a bit, for the second time in a row. Cheeto, you suck. (:3 –Cheeto) (Qar wrote this, for reference!). Also wrote for most of the marathon on pen and paper!

17,491 “Writer of Last Time” (for winning last month and then failing to defend their title) and “The FourShadow-er of all Time” (for the unholy amount of Chekov’s Guns they leave lying around loaded in their docs) @not-freyja: you are the most autistic about Legend. Nerd.

13,203 “Will Make You Cry” and “Captain of the Twilight Angst Tag on Ao3” @somer-writes: Boosting the Twilight economy, and we’re all happy about it. Also the second-funniest person in the server, with the second-most stars!

13,000 “AU Collector” and “Four Enjoyer” @zarvasace: Whether they're heroes with disabilities, space rangers, or vampires, if Mina wrote it, the boys will be written well.

Clubs

Now while everyone’s accomplishments as individuals were nothing to sneeze at, teamwork does in fact make the dream work. A few lovely people made a couple of equally lovely groups, either by their own choice or as assigned by peer review.

Aimed for the Funny Numbers Club

“Literally Satan” @allwayswildchild: with exactly 6666 words, you deserve every bit of this cursed title. 

“Lawn Blart Mall Cop” and “Qar's Mom in a Moment of Weakness Apparently (And Then Qar’s Sister in a Moment of Un-Weakness)” @a-manicured-lawn: The latter explains itself. Apparently, the vision of Lawn segwaying around is amusing. [Some people just can’t appreciate the beauty of a white shirt, tie, and glorious moped… ~Lawn]

“The Reincarnated” @defenestration13: Hadn't written in six months but then reappeared to write multiple thousand words. Good job.

“Multimedia Powerhouse” @passerinesoncaffeine: The art, the writing, Raven's got it all! Painting, analyzing music, commenting, whatever you touch it turns to gold.

“Dark Miette” goes to @rebornofstars: An inside joke that I don’t understand. Also thought you should know that you got [insert bee pun].

“The Memer” and “Literally Wind” @savimatteo2810: These are related.

“The Quoter” @whatvioletdoes-blog: For spending the event harvesting quotable quotes for their chat-fic.

(freyja overshot all potential funny numbers, but is a member at heart)

Most Likely to Get Fangirled (Gender Neutral) Over Club

“Literally Hyrule” @across-violet-skies: Also called the Spunky Sidekick and a calming jasmine tea type person. Hopefully your ghost pepper recovery goes well. 

“The Snippeter” @imperialkatwala: For sharing so many snippets to us hungry folk. Thank you kindly.

“Friend Shaped” @polynomialpandemic: A friend to all. Also a “Snippeter” - thank you for feeding the masses!

“Four Tormentor” @undertheopensky: For really obvious reasons. Also managed to make Freyja scream for 10 minutes with your mere presence alone!

Other Friend Groups

“Sad Wet Cat Club” @cinis0 and @lunaopus, you two seem to have nominated one another, so you get this club all to yourselves! However, I would love to know what the talk of forgetting that the Queen died was about…. (Qar has requested to be an honorary member of this club)

@awildsilver and @four-eyed-nerd, you two get to come together as “Four-Eyed-Nerd’s Rat” and “AWildSilver’s Cat,” which is I think our favorite group of all in this month’s running. I do have some additional questions for you two, however, about a mention of the bee movie as an original work (allowed as long as it’s not copy pasted and also hilarious) for you Wild and the title “Honey I shrunk the Links” for you, Four. 

The Community Support Team

“The Commentator of All Time” @1-renegade: To directly quote, “Ain't NOBODY give better feedback and comments than lawlessland.” 

“Will Make You Cry” @artsyanonymity: Anonymity is the sweetest and kindest commenter in existence! SHE. WILL. MAKE. YOU. CRy. Writes the nicest comments and they make me (and apparently several others) cry

“The Encouragement Itself” @cat-at-a-writing-desk: For encouraging others to reach their goals. We appreciate you!

“Drill Sergeant” @gintrinsic-writing: Made Qar get 5k and scared everyone else into writing. (You did it! I got 5k! The fear (with funny intonation) dragged me over the finish line -Qar)

“Drawer of A Thousand Words” @la-sera: Ruler of the Legend and Hyrule brotherhood, inspirer of writers, and the spreader of so much love with your art this Fan Joy July with the art you spent the marathon working on. Can’t wait to see it all as the month goes on.

“The Reader of all Time” @life-in-winter: Or as you all probably know her, passerine44, the writer of the best ao3 comments of all time. Thea, you walk into a digital room and every writer there makes heart eyes at you. Cannot wait to read the writing you’ve been working on (and leave a comment) to return the favor.

“The Respondent of All Time” @silvrash-797: Silvrash had over four months of unanswered ao3 comments that she caught up with, congrats!

“Lives up to the Screen Name” @sunny-porridge: To quote: “Sunny is 100% a ray of sunshine and anyone who says otherwise can FIGHT ME” and I think we all agree.

“The Wildest Supporter.” @twilightangel83: Supported people and sent a lot of Wild emojis, so much so that we started picturing you as Wild!

“Poet” and “Master of the Shrimp Check” @winterfen: Writes good poetry, and also made sure that everyone was appropriately fed, hydrated, and rested for this event. 

Transfer Students

“I don’t work here, Lady” goes to bArk who neither has a tumblr nor writes for this fandom, but showed up and had fun anyways. Thanks for joining us!

“He Who Finished His Book” goes to jr_for_potus44 (not on Tumblr). Congrats!

“Split Screen” goes to @straight-outta-hobbiton for writing two fics on two screens at the same time, neither of which were LU. Frightening.

The Silent Ones

@pelicanpig, @mmelete, @wayfayrr, @raeofsky, @summaryscar @sunkissedkales: You guys came, you wrote, you did not elaborate. How mysterious your aura is (positive, deeply positive.)

"The Almost Silent One" @the-au-collector: Talked before and after, but not during the event. Probably too busy writing, or busy in general - good job either way!

Everybody else!

“Frequent Flier (WPM)” @anime-obsessed: For participating in so many sprints. Also earned “vocaloid enjoyer.”

“Keyboard Warrior” @august-the-friend: You fought autocorrect and lost 3-0, but it was a valiant fight nonetheless. You did great.

“Artist turned Writer” @aurora-boreas-borealis: Took a break from streaming to write—a huge shout out for all your hard work and your help with colors! (~the actual pigments, not the Links ~Lawn) 

“Literally Sun” @beesandhoney1219: Warmer than sunlight, sweeter than sugar, and absolutely obsessed with Sky’s girlfriend.

“Most Likely to Include Raccoons in their Fic” @bittirsweeteer: They Who Has Given Legend Espresso (thank you for your service).

“Last Minute Vidow” @deleetrix: Something that should always be encouraged. Thank you for feeding us.

“Stargiver” @emberlylion: For starring in a lot of posts, especially cat pics. Thank you for your service.

Move over Time, @estelian-01 “Will Fight Majora and Win” and then go back to studying.

“Studious Student Who (has not) Studied” @gerudoevernight: Self nominated for “Studious Student who Studied” for hitting their goal while in school. The mod team disagreed with the accuracy of that title and affectionately chose this one instead. Good job hitting your goal!

“The Outliner” @gia-d: Accidentally wrote a first draft. Also think it should be noted that everyone is convinced you either could kill a god or that you carry one around in your pocket.

“Onomatopoeia Outrage” @haloburns: Who debated the word “ow” so hard they inflicted it on the people around them.

“The Scholar” @irenkaferalkitty: For her extensive collection of well-researched data, presented in charts, documents and yes, excel sheets. We appreciate you.

“Most Improved” @labyrinthdancer: Their writing has improved a lot since they started posting! also they write really dark twilight & the chain fics. Being a new writer is scary, but they kept at it and are doing so well!

“Writer of Most Cursed Victorian Child” aka their take on Ravio, is @lele5429 with their first ever fic, which is as gorgeous in words as your art is in ink.

“The Hype Man (gender neutral)/Moral Support” @lemoncatssss: For all the encouragement that you gave others. Also the cat photos. Especially the cat photos.

“The accidental friend acquirer” @lennsart: For somehow befriending literally every single person you talk to.

“Severe Case of Clacking” @lerikwrites: You know why. Pennies in a washing machine my friend.

“Hyrule Hurter” goes to @linkiscool333: We all have the blorbo we love to put in the blender, but no one blends Rulie like you do.

“Marcus Actually Writes!?” @marcusdoodlesalot: For a second month in a row, some of us are still befuddled that Marcus is actually a writer, and not just an artist. Hard to believe that someone can have that much talent in both fields.

“Soup Soup Soup Soup Soup (Soup Soup Soup Soup Soup)” @marsnoodlesoup: I... do not know what this means. Congrats, it seems you’re soup.

“The Veteran” @musical-chan: For sharing stories of the early days of fandom. Back in my day but the most positive way possible

“Artist Turned Writer” @mysticstars105: Came out and wrote a whopping 400 words, which is so many words especially when you’re new. Gold Star!

“Art Fight Pre-Gaming” @nebulapaws: For their talk of Art Fight. Hope you have fun participating this month!

“Resident Audiophile” @needfantasticstories: Not just for writing with speech-to-text all day, but for your constant enthusiastic screaming about Epic the musical.

“Most likely to fight God and Win” and “The Modderrrrrr” @noorahqar: Who is actually Sky. Not with the sleepy part though. She actually wrote so much about Sky that he stole all her sleepy. Number one on the starboard, with the proud title of MVM (Most Valuable Mod) for sticking the landing as midnight hit. Also the one with “The Most Sigmas to Grindset” whatever… whatever that means. (Please help what does that mean?) 

“Picture Perfect Exhaustion” @nyastri: Their PFP (Four Doubled Over, hands on knees) combined with the announcement they'd reached their writing goal at the end of the marathon really just sold the picture for me. Well done.

“The Sleepy One” @ocha-blue: who justifiably went to bed as soon as they finished. (Hope you're recovered by now.)

“First Time Fic Writer” @peepthatbish: for breaking into the fic scene and boosting morale for our mod team, especially Lawn. We appreciate you!

“Slow And Steady (WPM)” @pokegeek151: Who was chugging away all day long.

“Doomed by the Narrative” @ra-archives: Google docs acting up, cat sitting on lap, and yet you persisted. Good job.

“My Little Friend Who I Love (This Is Qar Btw) (This Is Part Of The Title)” and “Wordsmith” @rosehipandroots: This is a direct copy paste from your submissions, Rose. Hope you enjoy it. But your amazing descriptions really make you a wordsmith. “The SkyBoy Enjoyer of All Time” @sapphicseasapphire: for your lovely art and writing of the boy!

“Task Succeeded Successfully” @screaming-but-i-have-four-swords: was an artist turned writer that tried to write words, and did! Good job.

“Artist Turned… More Artist” @seaotter-17: We were told you write descriptions like a poet, but in this event, you were most recognizable by your drawings of Nina the cat. Thank you for sharing. 

The “Person with a Passion for Pudding” (which is definitely an inside joke I do not understand, so I hope it makes you laugh) @somanyfanficssolittletime: Thanks for participating!

“The Fic Reccer of all Time” @staring-at-a-blank-page: For recommending so many fics, their own and others, up to read. Thank you!

“The Drabbler” @tenderleavesbob: For their lovely drabbles, of which they wrote around 10k of. The title is appropriate - it seems your drabbles have taken Tumblr (and the participants in this survey) by storm!

“100% Bunny Accurate Fiction”  @toyouhellohowareyou: writer of the most rabbit-fact-checked fics of all time by our own Bunny Lord [Beloved Pet and Bunny Boy (Legend) Himself]

“The Podficcer of All Time” @unexpectedstormy: For podfic making, promoting, and educating. And if that wasn’t enough fae is also our very own “Dragon Tamer” who spent the event working on their HTTYD WIP!

“The Dashshunder” @vivalaplutothedachshund: For sharing your lovely menace of a dog Pluto with us all. We also appreciate you both in the chats and in our rampage to give PolynomialPandemic 109 hugs. 

“Mod Emotional Support. We love you” @wanderlustmagician: You know what you did, and Cheeto’s firstborn deservedly belongs to you.

“Word Weaver” and “Fanfiction Foul---was writing at work instead of working” @weavingstarlight: Your words sparkle as bright as you do, glitter jar.

“Literally First (also shared cat pics)” @witchdoctor39 : Even Hylia can’t hold a candle to how much you love that poor poor man!

Thank all of you for participating, we appreciate each and every one of you so so so much! Please note that we had 90+ participants, and as such, there is probably guaranteed to be some mistakes on the list above. If you find any typos or pronoun goofs or anyone that was put on the list twice or missing or under the wrong name or put under the wrong name or any error that comes with having different discord and tumblr names or if you were left off the list in error or if you want to request a different name than the one you received or you want to be put into or removed from one club or another or anything else that could have gone wrong—please feel free to contact @hotcheetohatredwastaken or @not-freyja with your concerns here on tumblr!

Again, a big thank you to everyone for coming to the event from all of us on the mod team! Can’t wait to see you guys next month! And stay tuned---there will be another post with more information about the next event within the next couple of weeks!

[linkscookbook]

IT HAS ARRIVED

To celebrate the anniversary of Tears of the Kingdom's release, and to revisit Hyrule, we have put together a FREE 127-page cookbook zine for fans to enjoy. Link to downloadable PDF at the bottom.

About the Zine

The goal of this zine has been to imagine and capture snapshots of Link and Zelda’s internal and external journey between Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. One of the central mechanics in both games is cooking; you cook to stay alive, you cook to improve your abilities, and you cook to forge relationships with other characters through side quests. We wanted to centre this mechanism, so decided to frame the zine as Link and Zelda’s joint travel journal.

In these pages you will therefore find a collection of short stories, small illustrations, and numerous recipes. Our team has been hard at work, collaborating and developing ideas to flesh out Link and Zelda’s journey.

Each short story is written from either Link or Zelda’s perspective. They are part narrative, part journaled notes. You will find that they have been given each their font to represent their writings. Zelda’s is the more refined one, while Link’s is the more sprawling one. I’m sure you will see the difference.

You will also find small notes and letters from other characters – notably Tulin, Teba, Riju, and Kilton – as well as an excerpt from the Lucky Clover Gazette.

The recipes themselves have been fashioned as though they were written by Link and Zelda. This does mean their fonts have been used, but we hope any difficulty in reading it is forgiven on the basis that the overall conceit of the zine is preserved. Should there be a great demand, we may look into creating a second edition using friendlier fonts.

As for the illustrations, these have been created both with the goal of illustrating the dishes – and processes where necessary – and to imply that Link and Zelda also illustrate their journeys.

All our artists, short story writers, and recipe writers have come into this zine with different skills and abilities. There may therefore be subtle differences in styles, which we have chosen to retain to exhibit each contributor’s personal flair.

Finally, I want to thank those who have contributed their time and skills to the creation of this zine: Alex, Cenza, Deldon, Mina, Rose, Sam, Scarlet, Terek, and Mr Theodore. It’s been a pleasure working with you all on this project, and I look forward to the next time our paths cross.

Thank you.

Kalh, Editor, @vagueandominousvibes

Contributors

Alex: No social media.

Cenza: Instagram (cenzadelladonna)

Deldon: Bluesky (deldon)

Mina: @zarvasace ; Ao3 (Zarvasace)

Rose: @jmserebii ; X (gravityroseK)

Sam: @lucky-clover-gazette ; Ao3 (Clicheusername5678)

Scarlet: @charascarlet , @hyrulescarlet ; Ao3 (CharaScarlet)

Terek: @valenthobbies

Mr Theodore: No social media.

Downloads

PDF: Link's Cookbook PDF

Print Files: Print Files Folder (NOTE: Read Print Files Instructions below!)

Print Files Instructions

These files have been formatted for an A5 Linen Wrap individual print through Lulu.com. The current listed price is £24.23 | $30.34 (shipping not included).

To give the illustrations a chance to shine, we recommend printing with Premium Colour on paper 80# White. To get your print copy, follow these steps:

Create an account with Lulu.com. It's completely free. If you already have an account, simply log in.

Go to 'Create' in the top bar and select 'Print Book'.

Click 'Start my Print Book'.

Under 'Select a Goal', choose 'Print Your Book'. Follow the remaining instructions on the page and press 'Design Your Project'.

Under 'Interior File Upload', upload the interior files found in the downloadable Print Files Folder (see above). This should automatically fill in book size and page count.

Under 'Interior Color', choose 'Premium Color'. For a cheaper print, choose 'Standard Color'.

Under 'Paper Type', choose '80# White – Coated'. For a cheaper print, choose '60# White'.

Under 'Book Binding', choose 'Linen Wrap'. The cover has been designed specifically for this and is not compatible with any other binding option.

Select your choice of colour for linen and print. We recommend tan (linen) and gold (print). These are the colours that will be on the linen wrap, underneath the paper cover.

Under 'Cover Finish', select 'Glossy' or 'Matte' according to your preferences. This makes no difference price-wise. We recommend 'Matte'.

Under 'Book Cover Design', upload the cover file found in the downloadable Print Files Folder (see above).

You should now be able to see a preview under 'Book Preview'. Check that you are satisfied with the result and select 'Review Book'. This will take you to a page from which you can order your individual print copy. Due to the size of the file, Lulu may take a few minutes to process the files before you can place the order, but this should take no more than 10 minutes. Simply go have something to eat, then refresh the page when you return and you should be able to order your copy.

Happy cooking!

[aquafire2008]

haii there so uh. uhm. my buddy made me read a legend of zelda book and i can feel the hyperfixation loading. what other legend of zelda stuff do u recommend for me

Hello, Tikycuki! Thanks for the ask!

Not sure what you've read from the LoZ fandom but I will give you a complete list of everything that I know of in this fandom to help with the brainrot! There are Mangas, AU's on Tumblr, and many, many games. List under the cut.

You can find a list of the games on my profile, but this list may be missing a few games.

Mangas:

Twilight Princess

A Link to the Past

Four Swords (Parts 1 and 2)

Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages

Phantom Hourglass

Minish Cap

Majoras Mask?

Ocarina of Time?

Then Zelda AU's:

@linkeduniverse

@linked-maze

@linkedkeysau-official (Looking for voice actors)

@bonus-links

@minas-linkverse

@magikandmayhem

@link-rejoin

@limited-hero

@heroesspirit

@linkbetweenlinksau

@zelda-the-sacred-realm

@recalled11

@sea-salt-lemon-sugar (Splatoon AU of LU)

@thatbrokenpromise

@jhoca (Time, Twilight, Tears)

@its-roachii (Tears of the Kingdom, roll swap)

@modlinkeduniverse (Modern ask-the-nine-links)

@tentimesthecourage (Introducing Wild's brother)

@houseofheroesau

Other Zelda Blogs That I Recommend:

@breannasfluff (Amazing AU's. THE place to go if you want Ravioli content (not the pasta). Mainly LU content)

@ask-the-nine-links (LU incorrect quotes)

@ikaishere (Mainly LU content)

@arecaceae175 (LU Sky content + others)

@linkfollower (LU content)

@triforce-of-mischief (LU and TBP content)

@kaenith (Four Swords content)

@nyxsbotwtapestry (Recreating the BOTW tapestry irl)

@zarvasace (Four Swords and vidow content)

[alongthewayfanzine]

Meet the Mods: Mina! (AKA @zarvasace)

Contributor applications for Along the Way are open until August 29th! You can find more information and the form link here.

[lucky-clover-gazette]

Let the Soft Animal of Your Body Loathe What it Loathes

(AKA: Urban Fantasy Cozy Mystery Creature Cafe AU)

(AKA: Remlit Vio AU)

Happy holidays! This fic is my entry to the Four Swords 2023 Gift Exchange, for known Remlit Vio enjoyer @kaenith. The concept has been living rent-free in my head for months, and this is what I have to show for it. There are totally no dragons in this story, though. Must have just slipped my mind.

Rated G | Vidow-centric, but everyone's here | 20,964 words (I know. I know. Please take your time with this, nobody should feel obligated to read it all at once.)

The remlit floats mid-air behind the bar, his large ears keeping him aloft. He scowls harder than Shadow has ever seen before, and growls menacingly. “Mister Cranky, no!” Shadow exclaims, eyes wide with horror. “Oh, for the love of—my name is Vio!”

(also thank you to mina @zarvasace for organizing this event!)

[2023legendoflinkzine]

The Legend of Link Charity Zine will be donating 100% of its proceeds to Doctors Without Borders! Preorders open on March 25th!

The zine is all about Link throughout the ages and his courage!

Artists: Tynittta: @tynittta, Mama Noir: @phantom-noir, Mina: @zarvasace, Blysse: @twidash-ftw-blysse, and BN11:

Music Credits: Song: "Savfk - For Tomorrow [Epic]" is licensed under a ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)’. Savfk - Music on Youtube. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/for-tomorrow-song

[arecaceae175]

18,19,20

ALRIGHT HERE WE GO :D

18: Give three author recommendations

@zarvasace created the Disability AU, which is one of my favorite things of all time. Also everything Mina writes is incredible

I also really like aquaticflames on AO3. I don't know if they have a tumblr. They aren't super active rn but their old LU fics are excellent

19: Give 5 fic recommendations

EASY

I've been following along with I went where the crow flies on AO3 and it's incredible!!! It's a Wild meets the chain fic, but Wild got out of the shrine 5 years too early. It's incredible and so fun to follow along with

Fanboy by cereme on AO3 is an incredible fic. It's Time-centric and also has a lot of good Time & Four stuff. I love it

My Heart's Forsaken Me by @sister-dear is one of my all time favorite Time fics. I love it a looooooot. Time picks up Four's sword and is split into different timeline versions

Heart of Gold by @zartophski is soooooooo good. It's a Time and Malon fluff fic, which is one my favorite things

Operation: Sunny Skies also by @zartophski is such a fun read! The chain helps Sky with a VERY big event :D

20: Recommend 5 of my own fics

AUTHENTICITY!! It's my favorite thing I've written. It's an autistic Wild AU and it's primarily hurt/comfort and fluff. It's quite fun :D

I just posted Delirium yesterday and I was blown away by the response. I was proud of it so I'm glad the internet liked it too! It's a Sky and Wild centric, Wild whump fic with some comfort at the end.

Sentiment is one of my favorite things I've written. Time and Warriors get into an argument but then get to hug bc neither of them know how to deal with feelings very well

Euphoria is another good one! I made everyone trans

I'll also go with my fic that got the smallest response on AO3. It's Obligatory Winter Episode based on fanart by dfanart and it's very cute and sweet.

[twidash-ftw-blysse]

The Legend of Link Charity Zine will be donating 100% of its proceeds to Doctors Without Borders! Preorders open on March 25th!

The zine is all about Link throughout the ages and his courage!

Zine Page: @2023legendoflinkzine

Artists: Tynittta: @tynittta, Mama Noir: @phantom-noir, Mina: @zarvasace, Blysse: @twidash-ftw-blysse, and BN11:

Music Credits: Song: "Savfk - For Tomorrow [Epic]" is licensed under a ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)’. Savfk - Music on Youtube. Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/for-tomorrow-song

[vagueandominousvibes]

Wait I get to talk about Four Swords Link's dad?? Heck yeah >:D (I'll try not to speculate too much)

As @zarvasace mentioned, he has no official name, but I've called him Arn! This is based on the Valiant Comics (LoZ 1 + 2), wherein Link's dad is called Arn. The name Arn also derives from Arnold, a germanic name meaning "eagle power", which I thought suitable for the First Knight of Hyrule.

Mina summarised his character traits pretty well. The only thing I want to emphasise is that he seems to be the Captain of the Knights of Hyrule (based on his status as First Knight, and being one of the four holders of the keys the boys have to collect). I think we can infer a few things from this: he's stern/strict and expects order (as seen in his concerns about Link); he has been in the Hyrulean army for a long time; he has probably travelled to various outposts in Hyrule; he's a skilled fighter.

Again, I'll point to Mina's answer, with the additional: it's not mentioned in the manga, but based on what we inferred in 2., maybe? Diplomatic envoys are a thing, and Hyrule does have borders that probably have some form of protection, so even if he hasn't met anyone in person, he'd probably know of them. But that's straying into speculation.

I don’t know if you’ve read the four sword manga or not, but I humbly submit Link’s dad from it for consideration towards the Dad Squad -Sky Floor

I have read zero mangas for LoZ 😂 but he can be an honorary member, feel free to add him to the dad squad as you please 👍🏻

[zarvasace]

Part 7/7, took me a few days but we got there. :) image descriptions under the cut!

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Page One

Panel one: Shadow wakes up with a start in the real world. Four’s eyes are squeezed closed, and he says in small letters: “mmm…”

Panel two: The bottom of the bed, this time with only Twilight visible. Twilight is smiling and says, “You’re back! What happened? Is everything okay?” From off screen, various people say: “He’s up?” “Both of ‘em!” “Oh, good!” “Come in! They’re up!”

Panel three: Shadow and Four from the front. Shadow is up and smiling, Four still has his eyes closed and looks vaguely miserable. Shadow says, “Everything is great, actually. We beat up the guy. Inside his head…” Four interrupts with “owww” and Shadow continues. “Hm yeah, that tracks. Sorry, Link.” Four says, “‘s okay…”

Panel four: The bottom of the bed, this time with Warriors, Legend, and Twilight, all smiling. Warriors says, “You ARE Four, right? Just checking.” Twilight says, “Glad it worked.”

Page Two

Panel one: Four has crawled out of Shadow’s arms and sits next to him on the bed. He has one eye open and says, “Yeah, it’s me. The town is OK, right?” Shadow sits next to him, arms around his knees, smiling and tilting his head.

Panel two: Bottom of the bed. Legend says, “Not on fire anymore. But… where did the guy go? We don’t want him to cause trouble.”

Panel three: Shadow leans over the side of the bed, toward the light from the window, and points, with Four looking over his shoulder. There is a small mass of red Malice stuff falling off the bed. Shadow says, “Oh, look. There he is.”

Panel four: The small mass of red Malice stuff slithers away, with Yntak’s Yiga mask poking out of it, right toward a white beam of sunlight. Yntak says, “he he he… I got away…”

Page Three

Panel one: The small mass of Malice and Yntak’s mask have reached the sunlight. Yntak’s mask’s eye looks surprised, and he says “huh? No! I’m melting!!”

Panel two: Shadow and Four watch, still leaning over the side. A little red-outlined speech bubble says “noooooooooo~”

Panel three: Shadow and Four in the same pose. Four says, “welp.” Shadow says, “that’s exciting.”

Panel four: Shadow and Four turned toward each other, both with smiles so big their eyes are closed. There are stylistic white highlights around them, and Four says, “welcome back.”

At the bottom of the page on the right are the words “the end~”

At the bottom of the page on the left are the words “Mina @ zarvasace 2024”

[zarvasace]

If you ever wanted to commission me, you can find my updated info and a small portfolio here :)

[zarvasace]

Bumping these again because :) hm yikes :)

I have little doodles available for $15USD and little fics available for $5-$50!

[silvercaptain24]

Heck yeah! I was just thinking about something like this!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39936753/chapters/100004928

Incandescently Happy by Zarvasace! (Or @minas-writing here on tumblr!) slightly bittersweet at the beginning, but it’s a take on post LU, and it’s absolutely fantastic!! One of my favorite fics.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38777763

Warm Your Weary Bones by Stars or @echoing--stars !! (Shhh…. It’s definitely not in the middle of the series…) Wars, Wild, hot springs, and fluffy feels!!!!! Definitely my favorite of the series.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37131970

Alright, Who Pissed Off the Wind Waker? by aquaticflames! Wind being awesome, Warriors in trouble, and pirates!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20242252/chapters/47973898

Frostbite by herbalicious!! Wars and Twi whump and angst! Family feels! Hypothermia! Go read it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24841504

Clearing the Air by Sinnatious!! (And also this art that I just found!! https://vagueandominousvibes.tumblr.com/post/692405891522265088/based-on-clearing-the-air-by-sinnatious-on-ao3) Legend and Time, and Hebra, and masks… you know what, just go read it, I can’t explain it enough to do justice.

And finally, (although there are a ton more than I could and would like to do but I don’t currently have the time)-

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37249894

Cuddle Buggle by FlamingIdiot, or @bokettochild !! Mama Malon, Papa Time, and SOOOOOOO MUCH FLUFF!!!!!!!

Hello LU fandom! I’ve decided I want to spread a little positivity, so if you feel inclined, comment or reblog this post with some of your favorite art or fics from this fandom! Everyone here is so incredibly talented, and I want to give people a chance to share their favorite things with others :D

For me, it’s Down, Afterlorn, How To Kill A God, Decision, and Malevolence for fics!

Down is a good old sickfic, but with even more feels, and I still go back and reread it sometimes :), it’s written by RokettoMusashi or @musashi

Afterlorn is a Twi-centric 8+1! It’s very similar to The Goodest of All Good Boys, which is also amazing! The hurt/comfort it impeccable!! Afterlorn is by Raylin Shire or @raeraesmentality, and Goodest is by Twilight_Shadows

How to Kill A God is a thrilling murder mystery, and yet again, it’s Twi-centric, because he’s my fave :) the twists of this fic were unreal in the best way possible! It’s by Glau

Decision is a little darker and gorier, but it’s got good Warriors and Twi content, and I love the spine-chilling opening scene, it’s written by Ayngondaia or @ayngondaia

Malevolence deals with the concept of Malice possessing one of the Heroes, and oh my goodness it is just so well executed. It’s so good, and it’s written by theScrap_Witch or @thescrapwitch

Quick edit: I forgot about What Hyrule Hadn’t Seen! It’s by sky_squido or @squidos-goodies, and is one of the only fics I’ve ever read that made me cry, and the sweet moments between Legend and the other Heroes are just perfect :)))

My favorite art pieces are below the cut!

This stunning art of the hero’s eyes! The color and shine is beautiful! It’s by @polygenderroulette

This of Twi post-Sunset (and its companion!) it’s heartbreaking and beautiful, and the companion makes me smile :) by @socialc1imb

This Twi art, the perspective is awesome and what can I say, I really like Twilight, and this one’s by @saweewa

Please comment or reblog with your favorite fics/art/animations/anything from this fandom! Everyone here is so talented and I think we should show that a little more!

[zarvasace]

Zarvasace’s LU Stuff

Shatterproof

aka Mina’s disability AU. An AU where each Link has a different physical disability, ranging from Legend’s RRMS to Twilight’s transverse deficiency to Sky’s Deafness

First appearance: 10-17-2022

Tag: #disability au (for older posts), #shatterproof

(there is too much to link it all so just a few things)

Series on AO3

Summary post

Original art and introductions for: Twilight, Hyrule, Time, Wind, Wild, Warriors, Sky, Legend, Four

Silly jokes one and two

Four’s chair reference

Crayon doodles

Dazzling Diamond Danger outfit doodle, Four and Shadow doodle, hyrule doodle, legend doodle

bonds physical booklet

Four and Shadow from "Mirror, Mirror, Listen to My Wish", anime-style

Shadow art

Marvelous Misadventures

In a world where "Hero" is a legal distinction given to extraordinary people who have done extraordinary things—a symbol on a driver's license, permission to carry a sword—the goddesses ask much. Magic is rare, magical beings even more so. Is it so strange that those most capable are those who have achieved?

Link Waker can See things: the ghosts on the docks, the feathered wings on a strange man's back. He leaves his home in the Archipelago to go gather the eight blessed others as required by the prophecy the goddesses seem fit to shove at him. It's not as simple a task as it seems.

First appearance: (not on tumblr) 5-17-2022

Tag: #marvelous misadventures

Fic on AO3

Group art

"cover" art

Random art of Wind

1931 Vampire AU

In a post-WWI world, Wind is a centuries-old vampire working with a small team. Little does he know that literally everyone else is magical too.

First appearance: 2-12-2023

Tag: #1931 vampire au

Series on AO3

Summary post

Relationship map

Art of Wind being extra

Art of Wind and Warriors

Doodles of Wind

Art of Sky and Four

Art of Time

Fake silent movie title cards

Art of Wind and Tetra in 1700s clothes

Pathfinder Chain

Character summaries and art as if the Links were present in Pathfinder’s world, Golarian.

First appearance: 4-24-2023

Tag: #pathfinder chain

Masterpost

Linked Nexus (LU Space Crew AU)

Most who work the celestial highways long to find a place that they can call home. Most drift between crews and jobs, whether within the Kingdom or without. Some, however, live for the stars and find home is a cramped ship with engines rumbling the ground beneath their feet, and a crew that’s almost family.

First appearance: 3-1-2024

Tag: #linked nexus (Old tag: #lu space crew au)

First post, summary

Fic series on AO3

Lineup Art

New lineup

Gift fic!!! Twilight whump

Legend transforming into a bunny animation

Legend looking around mini-animation

Twilight art

Hyrule and Wild art

Sky and Sun video calling art

Deity infodump

Half Fours

Literally just, what if Four was merged into two people instead of one or four?

First appearance: 1-10-2023

Tag: #half fours

Mini comic

First doodles and names: one, two, three, four

Shadow’s relationship with each combination

Red + Vio = magenta

Full drawings for: Magma, Storm, Dust, Haze, Spark, and Mire

Spark doodle, Dust doodle, Spark and Mire together

Magma drawing remastered

Storm and Magma in the forge

Dust and Haze fighting a monster

Darkverse AU

Each hero has a dark reflection. This is about them.

First appearance: 4-21-2024

Tag: #lu z darks au

Masterpost

Mini-comic introducing Depth

Posts with art and information about: Depth, Agony and Lost, Shackle and Nothing, Dire and Madness, Prince and Mirage

First lineup art

Upgraded lineup art (same as above but more detail and a higher resolution)

References for artfight (mostly same as above)

FIC FIC FIC

Fic illustration dump

Misc. Fourdow Art

Four and Shadow take a selfie with Wild's slate

sleepy

follow-up selfie art, done a year later

Other Significant LU Art

(fics can be found on my AO3, Zarvasace)

tattoo doodles

Fancy Warriors I spent hours on

LU/FE3H crossover art

What I thought the LU boys looked like when I read a bunch of fic but hadn't seen official designs yet

LU group & AU prompt generator

Cute Four doodle (pfp at one point)

LU panel redraw that I'm proud of

Imprisoning War trio for @/skyloftian-nutcase's AU, not technically LU but it will go here.

All the LU boys as mermaids for Mermay 2024