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[yourlocaltreesimp]

The finished otter!

[ohmygodtherestrees]

gays. Happy pride month.

collaboration with my wife @trippygalaxy

[runecatwrites]

Let’s talk about Warriors and Wild

This was another “weird” pairing that came out of the latest update.

You’d think that the two with no dungeon experience should each be paired with someone more experienced, right? Well, Warriors isn’t really thinking about that. He has a different motive for choosing Wild to team up with, and no, it’s not because he’s “mad” at him. The reason actually reveals a lot about both of their characters, and displays a great deal of character growth on Warriors' part specifically.

Deep dive under the cut!

Okay first off, let’s get something out of the way. Just because Warriors and Wild have no traditional dungeon experience, that doesn’t make them ill-equipped. Warriors has tons of combat experience and is demonstrably very intelligent. And Wild? Sure he didn’t have traditional dungeons in BotW, but you know what he did have? Puzzles. A TON of puzzles. That guy can do puzzles in his sleep. I highly doubt that he’s gonna have trouble with dungeon puzzles once he figures out how to approach them (which won’t take long).

All right, now that we have that cleared up, moving on!

From the very beginning, Wars holds great respect for Wild:

Because at the start of the adventure, Warriors doesn't realize just how different he is from the others. He gets put with a bunch of guys who share his name and his spirit, so of course he thinks his experience isn’t unique. They’re all just like him, right?

Okay, uh, maybe not? But they still can’t be that different, Warriors thinks. Sky is also a knight, and he acts exactly the way Warriors expects a knight to act.

He catches onto plans immediately:

And follows through flawlessly:

It’s not about authority and Sky’s ability to follow orders. It’s about the fact that Sky is on the same page. He went to military school. He has extensive training. He knows what to do and when, with barely any prompting, because he’s been taught to think the same way Warriors thinks. Warriors and Sky work together perfectly because of this:

But with Wild? Warriors is expecting the exact same thing with Wild, a fellow knight, but what he gets from the Champion is far from what he gets with Sky. This is very unexpected for Warriors. He gives what he thinks is a clear directive:

“Clear out the rest” to Warriors and Sky means “get rid of all the little guys so we can focus on the big guy.” Solid strategy. But Wild does not interpret this the same way, because he does not remember his military training and therefore any of the strategy he was taught. “Clear out the rest” just means get rid of everyone to him. And he decides to eliminate the biggest threat first. It’s important to note here that he’s not “defying orders” because his emotions are getting the better of him, or even because he thinks he shouldn't have been given orders. The way he sees it, he is following orders. Warriors said “clear out the rest.” And that’s what Wild’s helping to do. But then afterwards? Warriors is angry!

The plan? What plan? There was no plan! The goal was just to get rid of everyone! Why does it matter if Wild took out the big guy before the little guys?

It’s at this point that Wild realizes he’s done something wrong, but he doesn’t know what he’s done wrong. (Any other neurodivergent folks here? If so, yeah, you know how this feels. I know I do.)

It’s clear through subsequent interactions that Wild genuinely does not understand what the problem is:

He thought he made the right move, but others don’t seem to think so. He’s already emotional, and this is just adding more fuel to the fire. He snaps, starts a fight with Four, and runs off still feeling confused.

Meanwhile, Warriors is also confused. Why didn’t Wild act the way Warriors thought he would? He’s a knight, right? Why did he do what he did, and how did he not understand that his choice of strategy was incorrect after?

And it’s not just Wild that Warriors failed to read correctly; the others are clashing with him too. Case in point, Twilight’s refusal to hang back after being injured:

In the aftermath of the battle, it’s at this point that Warriors makes a realization: he’s the one who made a mistake. He had preconceived expectations of people, and that ended up majorly backfiring on him.

Warriors knows that he can't be a good teammate - and a good leader - if he doesn't understand where his companions are coming from. Again, it's not about authority, it's about being on the same page. Ever since, he has been trying to seek better understanding. Maybe Wild doesn't feel comfortable taking orders from Warriors, and only listens to those he knows well?

But Twilight said, "No he doesn't." Huh. Okay. Well, maybe Warriors can try to get inside Wild's head? Let's try some bantering! These guys love to banter!

Oops. Fumble. That didn't go well. But hey, at least Wild seems to have figured out what he did wrong!

That's a step in the right direction! Okay, they're getting somewhere, Warriors thinks.

But Wild is really down on himself. He now realizes that he misinterpreted a directive that he should have understood. And thinks that Warriors thinks he's stupid, and hates him. (Again, where my neurodivergent peeps at? Yeah. That feeling.)

Meanwhile, things are becoming clearer to Warriors. Not only does he realize that he shouldn't have viewed his teammates through his own preconceived notions, but for the first time, he also realizes just how different his experience was from everyone else's:

He realizes he's got a LOT of learning to do. His discordance with Wild is proof of that. But Wild has never been in a dungeon either. Maybe this is their chance to connect? Warriors tries once again to get inside Wild's head. Maybe he can try to understand why Wild isn't approaching this dungeon the way Warriors would:

Aaaaand Wild froze up. Dang it. Warriors isn't getting anything. He really needs to figure out what's going wrong here so they can work together. It's for both of their benefit, and the group's benefit as a whole. They need to get on the same page so that they can not only fight together, but be good friends to each other. And when the opportunity arises to team up one-on-one, Warriors jumps at it! This is the perfect opportunity, he thinks!

But right now? Wild doesn't realize that. He thinks that Warriors is mad at him. Warriors is NOT mad at him. Warriors is trying to learn, to better himself, and to forge a connection.

And I believe that even though it's been a bumpy road, we're going to see some amazing growth between Warriors and Wild in the future.

[nell0-0]

Twilight, buddy, not sure how your wolf form would have helped against that, but you do you

A continuation of this that I just couldn't get outta my head

Wild is connecting some dots, oop-

[nattikay]

[snailtaco]

Downfall doodles! I was really terrible with the spacing here, sorry

I’ll make it up in the next one :)

[tsukinoshinjiu]

Time's Travels Bookbind

I've hand bound @sky-squido's LU fanfic series Time's Travels! (CW: Temporary character death and Graphic depictions of violence) I've been working on this for the past several months and it's finally ready! I will also be making all the files public in case anyone else would like to make their own binds :D Check below the cut for everything!

This is definetly very rough around the edges due to my lack of proper tools, but im pretty glad with the final result :) If anyone else wants to bind this for yourself, I have shared all files necessary below! I would love to see if anyone does it too!

I do not give permission for any of these artworks and files to be re-sold. It is for personal use only.

[commanderwindy]

They have a situation…

I barely draw them so I decided to finally give them the attention they deserve, expect they have a little problem. Good luck with that!

[snuey-o]

The biggest connections bloom in the smallest of places.

Finished Render of this Sprint Prompt. -

To be small is to be vulnerable; Four knows that very well.

To be small is to be exposed, unguarded, and meek

Sometimes, Four forgets the things he’s learned. Sometimes, he’ll fear the leaves that tower over his head or the large puddles that threaten to drown him. Sometimes, Four forgets how to be more than small.

But then he’ll see Wind—Youthful, strong, brave, small—and he’ll remember what it is to be small.

To be small is to be quick.

To be small is to be witty, daring, and courageous.

[the-moon-files]

Ok i know you've had hc about reader being smaller than some of the boys but consider: hylians are light and TINY. Reader is a full head and shoulders above even our taller boys. Like

Reader: *stands next to Twilight*

Twilight, who is not used to feeling small: o///o

Basicallt the Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? meme

ok bc u said mommy im assuming fem reader so here ya go

bc i love the hc of being the tallest out of all the Links, like i either like it where were shorter/middle, or just the fucking giant human of the group, no in between lmao

like only Four and Wind must always be shorter than you lol

have a meme i got inspired to do bc of this ask which is why it took me months to answer ahdhalsfdl-

Twilight might have fallen in love all over again ngl (first with you and ur voice, and now u roll up to Hyrule towering over him?? what else was he supposed to do?? NOT fall deeply irrevocably in love???)

yes theyre shit quality but idfc it adds to the aesthetic and u know it

peace out anon,

🌙

[cynderrfall]

Born to shojo forced to shonen

Modern au silliness

[yourlocaltreesimp]

Good news! I have a house and will hopefully be able to start writing soon. All my stuff isn’t coming until Friday, so we’ll be in business soon after!

lots of love,

fir

[ohmygodtherestrees]

(click for better quality)

drawing of me and my wife @trippygalaxy

a very happy pride month indeed

i love my wife <33

[eponatheestallion]

when the hero is of twilight or smth. this was supposed to be a quick sketch to test out some brushes two hours later idk how we got here

[nell0-0]

"Hey listen!"

A certain someone isn't amused

[doublxpresso]

『So... This guy's been clingy』

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