#sacred realm twilight

[dragonknightcal]

Some Sacred Realm Incorrect Quotes to congratulate @trippygalaxy on 300 followers, so let's go!

SR Incorrect Quotes, sourced from my family <3

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Time: If she doesn't like you, then you're the problem.

Sky: You can't say that!

Time: Why not? It's probably true.

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*after defeating a monster*

Wind: YEAH! I TOLD YOU I'D BE THE WORST!

Twilight: Kid, I think you mean best?

Wind: *not unenthused at all* YES! I MEANT THAT!

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Wild: Look, Link. It's not about the glory. It's not about fame. It's not even about saving the world. It's all about the pottery we smash along the way. *hands him a pot*

Sky: NO-

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Wild: What are you eating?

Link: My regrets.

Worlds: Your regrets look a lot like pasta, if I'm being honest.

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Time: Ok, I'll admit it. That was a little clever.

Wind: YAY IM A LITTLE CLEVER!

Sky: Wind, that's not what he meant. You're very clever.

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SR belongs to @zelda-the-sacred-realm, go check it out if you haven't yet!

[zelda-the-sacred-realm]

Am I the only one who thinks this would have been the perfect scene, because Twilight is really like that? 🤣

Obviously I'm joking, but I think at least my version of Twilight would have said it to joke with Midna, but he was certainly fascinated by her beauty

These two are so cute that I honestly should make more art for them 💖

[smilesrobotlover]

Twi link is my fav link so here’s a bunch of twi links! :D

In order:

Twi from @linkbetweenlinksau by yours truly

Daybreak made by @ladye-zelda

Twilight from @recalled11 made by @l3ominor

Twilight from @linked-maze made by @frulleboi

Twilight from @zelda-the-sacred-realm

Ordon from @linkedspirit-fanartfunart made by @fanartfunart

Twi from @houseofheroesau made by @phoenix-arts7

And Twilight from @limited-hero by @kenxboi !

[sleepyy-27]

@zelda-the-sacred-realm so here’s my entry for the art challenge! :D

(Sorry this very last second and almost late ;-; )

[trippygalaxy]

4 Prompts, 4 Stories

I asked @yourlocaltreesimp for some prompts earlier and wrote a few short blurbs for them! As you can tell Im reallllly into angsting the Sacred Realm boys!

ALSO! kinda unedited so, sorry for any mistakes!

Characters: Link, Time, Sky, Worlds, Twilight (Kinda) Warnings: The Prompts Blood and Change are angsty! Blood has implied character death but open ended ending, Change has descriptions of blood/injuries!

Blood

Distant screams are muffled by the roaring thunder, the darken sky lights up with blinding flashes of white as the cold rain harshly hails from above.

If Link’s vision wasn’t already a haze with darkness creeping in at the corners, he was certain the crackling lighting would assault his eyes just the same, but now it seemed to be a guiding light as if he was a moth to a flame. He…he wasn’t sure where it would lead him, but his heavy eyes fought to follow it.

“-NK!!”

A muffle cry breaks through a thunderous clap.

“GET UP BR—!!”

A guttural demand was interrupted by the roaring storm, as distant as the clouds.

“Oh by Hyila- There's too much blood..”

A voice much closer shakes ever so faintly.

Link didn’t even notice the hasty footsteps, mud kicking up around him as his back only sinks further into it. Blood…was that the warmth he felt? He hasn’t noticed it until now but…it was nice, like….well he wasn’t sure actually.

Huh…when did th e l ight f a d e….

Care

The faint crackling of the low flame fills the makeshift ‘camp,’ its orange hues glowing in the darken clearing yet never grazing the skin of the cook. It was…calming, the quietness of night mixing with the sanctuary that came with the mundane act of cooking…though it still took Wild off guard- the whole ‘ghost’ thing.

Well, Sky was instant that they were more the mere ghosts-

“Poes are ghosts!” He sighed for the umpteeh time. “Ghosts are scary and evil, we are legendary spirits, the heroes of Hyila, the definition of–”

Rolling his eyes at the man’s voice echoing in his head, Wild normally stopped listening at that point, why should he care about titles? He lived his whole life being burdened with such things, cant his afterlife be less…labelizing? 

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Link’s stomach growled quietly, as if it too was afraid to break the silence, but he couldn’t help it! The wild hero -or Wild as he decided- was making something truly divine! Link has never smelt something so good before, and he was eager to finally taste what the cook was making. A part of him wondered how the spirit could do such a thing…He heard stories of the hero’s strange knack for cooking but it was odd how the spiritual form could still interact with things.

Sure, Sky and Time were able to touch and carry him but everything else they just kinda…phased through. So was it a him thing or maybe because the spirits–

“You’re thinking way too hard about this.” A snort cut off his thoughts, bring the young hero back to reality. 

Feeling his ears twitch in embarrassment, Link pulled his legs closer as he averted his eyes from the hero’s back. 

“S-Sorry, Mister hero…” He mumbled.

The faint yellow glow of the spirit burns a little brighter as he faces the young hero who rested on top of a tree stump. Though the teen averted his eyes, he can feel the amused eye raised in his direction. 

“You-” A ladle is lazily pointed in Link’s direction. “And everyone in that damn medallion needs to learn to care a lot less about the little things. Also what did I say about calling me that? You already gave me a nickname, just use it.”

The lighthearted scoff caught the young man’s attention, his eyes looking back to the cook who wears a lopsided but freeing smile. 

“Sorry, I j-just–”

“And stop saying sorry!”

“Sorry–”

“Kid!” A laugh.

Link cant fight back the smile on his lips, even as his face burns with embarrassment…he cant help but admire the cook. He knows that the hero has gone through many battles, faced many judgmental eyes and been deemed ‘unworthy’ by countless but he didnt show a care. A part of Link wonders if he’ll ever reach that.

Self Care

An obnoxiously loud and long sip breaks the tension like a knife.

Two heads whip around to the source, their faces showing varying degrees of annoyance and exasperation. Sky’s brow knitted together in confusion while Time’s eyes bored into the new annoyance- he may be a spirit but he can already feel a phantom migraine drill behind his eyes. The two had been arguing endlessly about something- Worlds didnt care enough to listen but he did know that the fresh hero was sitting to the sidelines looking like a kicked pup.

Speaking of said hero, Worlds sees a faint quiver of a smile on his lips. Good.

“What in all hells are you–”

Time’s gritted tone was cut off by another loud sip as Worlds drank from his hot chocolate. Hiding his smirk behind the froth as the older hero’s eye twitches.

“Worlds…Where did you even obtain…?” Sky trails off, blinking at the hero.

Shrugging, World swirls the pretzel in the drink before taking it out and crunching down on the soft bottom, dipping it back in. This only caused the grump to bristle, his teeth grinding like goron joints.

“The kookie cook made some,” He hums, bored eyes glancing at the young hero for a moment before nodding his head behind him. “Might still have a batch left if you’re quick…”

The young hero seems surprised by the offer, eyes flickering between the smaller hero and the elders. The idea of some hot chocolate did sound appealing but…

“He has strawberries picked too.”

Worlds almost laughed at how quickly the hesitant dropped from Link’s face, his feet quickly carrying him off back to where the wild hero took up his cooking spot, leaving behind his mentors without a second thought. Shaking his head, Worlds wonder what started this obsession of his.

Silence hangs in the air after the young hero’s footfalls patter away- Well, almost silence, Worlds took deliberate sips from his drink when he sees one of the hero’s mouths open.

“Would you–” siiip “YOU LITTLE-”

Sky grabs the hero’s cloak collar, as Time tries to lunge at the smug young hero.

“Good luck with that Sky,” World snickers, turning on his heel as he takes another sip. “I'm taking a self care day.”

Change

A thick fog had suddenly flooded the chamber, rushing in like water breaking past a dam running over and past every surface and body like it was never there. That brat had touched something when Time had his back turned for ONE SECOND- he swears, if that kid didnt kill himself with his stupidity then Time would. 

The faint call of his has his eyes rolling as he turned, of course that brat was looking for him to hold his hand-

But it wasn’t Link.

Standing in front of him, bloodied and face sullen, was Twilight– no…no this was Link. This was His Link.

It was Link.

“What happened to you..” A raspy voice is pulled from the boy’s chapped lips, dull eyes staring through the hero with nothing behind them. Time tried to fight back the shiver of dread as his student’s question echoed around him. 

Link takes an uneven step forward, stumbling like his broken legs fought to stay upright even as bones stick out harshly from blood stained fabrics. Time fought every urge to rush forward, to scold and scoop the kid into his arms, to plead him to stop moving and to just let him help-

Sneering at the man, Link’s face almost seemed to melt with the fog, getting his features twisted and swirled in ways that made Time’s stomach churn before flickering back to normal. “You’re nothing more than a disgrace, tainting that tunic with every mistake…every ounce of innocent blood, every broken promise woven into it.”

“N-no…” Time shook his head, words caught in his throat as it burned with something raw and trembling.

Disgust is laced with every syllable. “You’ve changed, and the thing is? You could change for centuries and no one would like the end result. Not even yourself.”

“Link please-” Time choked

A sudden gust of wind rushed in the room, the heavy fog running away like a wounded beast and suddenly, Link– Twilight…is gone. Hes…gone…

“Time?!” A familiar voice calls. “Oh my hyila, I am so sorry! A-are you okay?”

Shutting his eyes, jaw clenched and hands balled into fists, Time lets out a shaky sigh through his nose. He had changed, more than he’d like to admit and so much more than he’d ever want Him to see. 

@majorproblems77 @treasure-goblin @zelda-the-sacred-realm

[majorproblems77]

Sacred realm, Sacred realm, Sacred realm!!!!!

OH BOY, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE

Prepare yourself for the most excited screaming you've ever heard because this update is wonderful and I love it and I'm so excited about it that I'm writing this instead of sleeping and it will be worth it.

Set the clock its 12.45am lets see if I can do this before I have to go to bed for the morning shift.

Alright, now for the important stuff! Sacred realm belongs to @zelda-the-sacred-realm, and all art from the comics belongs to the comic artist. I've got their permission to do these!

Link to the comic can be found here! :D

Now, get some popcorn and if your like me probably an energy drink too and lets goooooo!

Firstly...

HI

HELLO THERE

OH MY

Big evil big bad. Who's hair is stunning i could never ngl.

(Investigates)

It's awesome to see the black knight like this. (I believe that's right? Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Though im trying to figure out what he found unexpected? Is it Sky? Is Sky the unexpected thing? Good, No body expects the blorbo to come out of the medallion and whoop ass.

Self-sacrificing boy please you are in pain

Cinnamon roll link please i know you're not used to this, but he's got this

He's so damn pretty dammit, pretty boy right here. Hylia chose him for his looks first, 10/10.

Yesssssssssss

GET THEM! GET IT!

THE FACT THAT THEY JUMP IN FRONT OF HIM IS GIVING ME SO MUCH LIFE THEY ARE LIKE PROTECTIVE UNCLES OF THE SMALL CINAMON ROLL.

Like low key look how Sky is moving he's pushing towards time but moving more to the right to do so then time is. Which would indicate that he's moved rather quickly to get in front of this thing.

They have to protect the small hero and it gives me life.

Okay, this all but confirms this isn't the first time they've done this.

Oh and it has to be said

BY THE POWER OF STUBBORN FRIENDSHIP!

That's a practised spell

(using a few panels from this update here) Chapter 4 - part 1

So, I think that the last time the spirits gathered was sometime around when Twilight was still alive, we know that Time had direct contact with Twilight because of the comic panels in the last update.

We also know that Time recognised Sky when he first appeared in the last update.

So there one of two explanations

The medallion or something akin to it has been used in a previous hero's journey. And so some of the spirit already know each other

Or being a spirit grants them foresight that they can just fight with each other like this.

Im more inclined to lean towards the first one at this stage because of that recognition from time but to be honest I think we need to meet Twilight first before we get any answers about that.

I am also going to assume the element that time yields is Electricity (Or time haha.)

It looks like lightning, but we've also seen him use a time spell so I'm not entirely sure at this stage.

Gonna lean towards lighting tho, it suits him

YEAH GET HIM!

He looks so tired, and the lines against him have been growing longer. I assume its more and more of the barrier sucking his energy away.

Pretty boy alert

i am once again an advocate for the Sky is the Best Bean Club he just needs a nap he's going to be fine

Also, Medalion jails for Sky because he's eepy.

I assume this is how we are going to keep Sky out of this arch, he is too tired and is resting from doing this now. I hope we see you soon blorbo!

HA

This made me chuckle, Time just grabbing him by the waist like the child he is brings me joy (Im aware Link isn't a child but he is in the cinnamon roll outfit right now so he is a child)

And time is older than him and is at current the only one who can help with the current predicament.

We interupt the end of this post for a Sky appreciation segment because he is the best bean and is my blorbo and got a bunch of great panels this update

He

Being the hero

Jumping into harm's way

The face of determination

He

Sleepy

Sleepy boy we got sleepy sky and I love him

Okay im done, We shall get back to the end now.

That's everything from me! :D

I hope you enjoyed my rambling please do let me know if you spotted anything I didn't! Thanks for hanging out with me and for uhh, also hanging out as I yell excitedly about my blorbo because, to be honest, I love him and it wouldn't be something from me if I didn't soooo....

Yeah!

Thanks again to the artist for letting me do this! I really appreciate it!

Have a great night!

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Some random details I found in Twilight Princess (Wii), Snowpeak Mansion Edition

Here's one for Castle Town too :)

the entire mansion is plastered full with this emblem:

Which also shows up in Zeldas room in the castle in HD and I swear I also saw in the final dungeon part of the castle, implying with Ashei's backstory that it would mark the knights of the land. However, interestingly, it doesn't sport a triforce that'd usually mark things as being connected to the royal family.

the vast majority of armor sets you can find here are distinctly not human sized. Way too big, legs too short for the rest of the body, only 3 fingers. Gorons, Lizalfos, Yeti? Incredibly beefed up Zora?? Who knows.

the corners of the giant metal blocks you use for block puzzles made a snowflake. Cute. They also have holes/handles on top, so they might be containers.

hearts don't drop. The only way to heal yourself is via soup. Implies healing magic is cold sensitive...?

the furniture is breakable =)

F1

Entrance Room

Yeto was working on repairing the stairs when Yeta fell ill (links looks so tiny lmao)

The entrance room has a giant hole in the roof which reflects upon ice underneath it, but the reflection lacks the wooden beams, meaning that's technically not a reflection but a hole leading straight down the cliffs (realistically they just goofed modeling it but y'know)

the room also has giant paintings of Queen Rutela and a man who lowkey looks like oot's Rauru. Under the stairs you can find discarded paintings of the Temple of Time door, an obscured one that looks to be the Mirror Chamber entrance, and above the stairs there's a small painting of Hyrule Castle

the entrance of the entrance room is the only place rocking pillars with THIS pattern:

which lowkey look like shadow portals. No clue if that's intentional or just 2006-textures-on-a-too-big-screen-crunch, but yeah

Main Room

the main room's got shelves with books on the lower rows while the upper ones are empty, so either the old owners or Yeta like to read

it also has paintings, of Hyrule castle, what looks to be one of its entrances from a bridge?, the obscured one from before in full view (it's 100% the Mirror Chamber) and...Ordon Goats.

between Ashei, Auru, Rusl, and that emblem, this all implies the Resistance might not exactly be a new thing, or at least similar work isn't to its members

there's an old clock on the wall that stopped at exactly 9:40(?) It only has 8 points, which is 100% just an aesthetic choice but indirectly implies Hyrule Clocks go with 8-16-24 instead of our 12-24

Kitchen

the kitchen area's "table" in the corner is actually a very broken bedframe. Meanwhile the real table still has the fish you gave him on it. There's crates with carrots, potatoes, and onions, plus hanging garlic cloves.

The fireplace got pipes for leading smoke outside, meanwhile the giant stone pot's underneath a modern vent. Like just full on, Five Nights at Freddy's style metal square crawlable vent. Also there's a second giant stone pot thrown into a corner.

Left Armory

room directly to the left of the big round one, full of mainly one handed swords, but also spears, 1 + 2 -handed axes, as well as round + uh, shield-shaped shields. It ALSO has armor. Both the giant one you see everywhere, AND regular human sized armor behind it.

Left corner room

very big and very empty except for banners with the emblem and a few minitables + chairs at the walls. Except they're all placed neatly, so this probably wasn't Yeto but intentional.

South of Left Corner Room

The south connecting room also has that chair - table-table-chair combo at a wall, plus the Time Door and Mirror Chamber paintings. You can also look inside the Left Room through fenced windows, so they were probably a hall and gathering room for whoever those weapons were for?

the torches have giant wooden logs as candles lmao

Courtyard

Canons and canonballs, probably to practice using them more than anything. still, if that wasn't proof this was a fortress idk what else is

Right Armory

right corner room and Main Armory, both weapons and armor. And a canon. Right most corner even got a decayed poster with a canon drawing, and you can even read some of it! "(it just tells you to put balls then bombs into canons to shoot them)

the super decayed room underneath it, got nothing interesting except that its super decayed and barely hangs on via some stilts above a bottomless pit

bottom right spiral stairs

aren't actually stairs! It goes up smoothly, to carry canons up. The wheel on each side of the canon is probably for that. They need 2 to carry forward (1 person just rotates them like Link does)

F2

bottom right spiral not-stairs

There's a canon on top. Y'know those square brick formations on top of fortress walls, where artillery fires from? The canon's in front of a ring of those, they're just frozen shut. Left room's also got this same artillery-tower-half-circle extrusion on the other side.

Given that nothing is on the sides of the mansion, they're most likely there to fend off any flying enemies coming from the mountains

Courtyard (upper balcony parts)

F1's got the middle coutyard and 2 halls on the side. F2 should also be like that, except the walls are broken on both sides, allowing Link to just walk across them.

just like F1, F2 also has a canon in the center. You can point it riiiiight at the walls. Or just leave it where, where it then points at a giant hole in a different wall. Man, I wonder what happened to those.

the vent from the kitchen in F1 continues to the left side of the south wall, and you can see steam from the soup come out of it!

Middle Left room

floor's brokwn in the middle leaving a giant hole, much like other rooms, except this one's sureounded by (human sited) guard rails. Implies the decay of this mansion/fortress might've happened or at least started before its abandonement.

Temple Room

Too Right Corner and straight up just a church-aesthetic temple room, except where the pastor would usually have his pult you instead get a door to another room. This is where you get the stairs up to a stage. Still lacks a pult or anything, any cleric who'd stand here would just, stand here.

Like imagine a church but the cleric side is in its own room and also there's no pult, they just stand there

combined with both the oot and tp Temple of Time layouts also rocking this specific style, this might just be how any temple to the Golden Three look like in these eras

the "cleric room" has lit candles, not wooden logs but the actual, original candles. They're the only lit torches of this floor. (Are they magical? Did they get blessed by Din or something? I mean they are red, as is most decorations here, plus fire would be pretty great in this cold >v<)

Also the banks are gigantic, as in taller than Link. I know Nintendo claims this Link's like 1.40m, but everything else fits his ingame more like ~1.70m size, and even if he somehow really were the size of an actual 10 year old, they'd still be too big. Nah these banks are made for whoever is wearing that giant armor.

F3

Boss room (and the only room)

the door is the only one in this mansion that doesn't have a handle to open them. Instead, it goes up via mechanism, and then closes automatically locking you in every time (even after defeating the boss, which is horrible interior design but can be headcanoned as faulty old mechanisms)

The empty handle that was holding the mirror shard can still be seen on the wall

the reason the area froze over during the bossfight is because her scream in the intro broke all the windows, allowing her to blizzard the room

Other rooms

got nothing interesting going on (that wasn't already mentioned)! :D

[rawliverandgoronspice]

I just thought.

Impa in the Downfall Timeline more or less "becomes hylian" as far as we can tell, as Sheikahs are no longer a discernable feature of Hyrule (chronologically in the game releases: not yet a feature) and she kind of melts into her role as a servant, represented far more often as a simple wetnurse or an old helpless lady... And I think it's kind of interesting when we see how TotK was seemingly in the process of assimilating Sheikah culture. Is this a thing that happened already? Does it become literal, mandated by gods like the whole shtick with the gerudo ears representing their alignment regarding Hyrule? I don't know, I think it's particularly interesting to think about in the context of the zoras becoming largely monstrous and unrecognizably hostile in contrast. I feel like part of Hyrule's patterns is to process people relative to their proximity or distance to hylians, and it's. Weird and interesting to take this literally if you're into quiet folk/gothic/religious horror at least

[ztsrlover]

I literally fell in love with @zelda-the-sacred-realm and I want to give everyone the opportunity to experience some romance with their favorite characters from the story! Enjoy the reading!

Reader x Twilight

The first rays of the sun touch your face, this disturbs your sleep but you are too tired and try to ignore that it's already dawn.

You turn away to escape the sun's rays, you want to sleep a little longer but then you feel a weight resting on your waist.

You lead the hand to explore what you have placed on your body and you clearly feel that it's an arm.

You decide to continue the exploration, then move your hand up the strong arm and notice a cape, this leads to cutting off a couple of people, will be Time, Wild or Twilight?

You decide it's time to open your eyes, even if it's hard. You start to rub your eyes and focus on the face in front of you. When you can make out the figure in front of you, feel your face blossom in an uncontrolled blush, right in front of you was Twilight hugging you and sleeping with a sweet and almost boyish look.

Twilight pulls you closer to him and you squeal in surprise, the closeness making you blush even more. You get a better look at his sweet features, his soft tousled hair and following your feelings you place a hand on his cheek.

Your hand explores his face, tracing the soft contours you find irresistible, then your hand pauses to trace those runes on his cheeks but you see him wake up and look at you, his sleepy gaze making you blush further and you start hiding your face so as not to show your blush.

"G-Good morning Twilight " you say pulling your hand away from his face but in response he grabs your hand bringing it close to his mouth, holds your fingers and kisses them softly.

"Good morning" he says showing off a smile even brighter than the sun.

Waking up next to him, you wish it were like this every morning.

Next on the list is Worlds

[cindydartist]

Why I think BotW fits as a sequel to TAoL

My lovely siblings let me rant Legend of Zelda timeline stuff to them and I figured, might as well post it here. Note: this is my own headcanon, NOT what I think Nintendo or anyone else HAS to follow. I know and recognize that neither BotW nor TotK are part of the official Zelda Timeline.

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Currently, if I had to pick a spot for it [BotW] in the Canon timeline, I'd put it after The Adventure of Link (second released game) with LU nicknamed 'Hyrule' Link. Two main reasons for that:

1) Ganondorf the Man and Ganon the Beast

The Fallen timeline in which TAoL takes place is the only timeline where pig Ganon is the predominant form of Ganondorf. (Despite all the separate incarnations of Link and Zelda, Ganondorf… is kinda just one guy through all of it who refuses to die properly.)

This is due to him gaining the Triforce of Power AND KEEPING IT by killing the Hero of Time (hence why that timeline branch is referred to as the Fallen Hero or Downfall timeline). Ganondorf's beast form is always shown in the games as an overrun of power and a sacrifice/discarding of the 'human' in him. In the other two timelines, he is beaten in that form effectively immediately after transforming, therefore has no time to lose himself. He continues to keep his gerudo form in further sequels/successors. Not so in the Fallen timeline.

By the time we get to A Link to the Past, Ganondorf has been beast Ganon up to/after the imprisoning war, a last-ditch effort by a bunch of sages after the Hero of Time’s death. Some details are unique to Hyrule Historia book, but the sealing war is a key part of history for ALttP (and its sequels) due to the plot-related presence of those sages’ descendants.

Again, Ganon only shows up in beast form in this game and going forward. A secondary factor may be where he was sealed to: Ganondorf keeping the Triforce of Power for a hot minute also keeps the Sacred Realm (where the Triforce previously resided in OoT) transformed into the Dark World (also predominately featured in ALttP)

ALttP’s Link, LU nickname Legend, later has Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. The goal of hidden antagonists Koume and Kotake is to resurrect Ganon. (This isn't exactly spoiler territory for either gameplay, but heads up I guess?) It succeeds -- partially. The Ganon brought back is mindless - only a force of destruction. Sound familiar??

Importantly, this all adds up to a potential Decomposition of Ganondorf the Man.

While Ganon does regain some strategic thinking in The Legend of Zelda I (Hyrule's first adventure), he remains in pig/beast form. And is killed again. Okay, technically it doesn't state killing, so it could be sealing away. Except. One of the most known things about Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is if you die enough times to get a game over, it states Ganon comes back, implied to be through spilling Link's/Hyrule's blood. Quote from the game’s English instruction manual “The key to Ganon’s return was the blood of Link – the valiant lad who overthrew the King of Evil. Ganon would be revived by sacrificing Link and sprinkling his blood on the ashes of Ganon.”

Revive? Blood ritual?? Ashes??? Sounds awfully like a resurrection ritual ta me.

Thus, with further decomposition of self through death and revival, especially if one counts how many times Hyrule’s predecessor Legend defeated Ganon as killing him, it makes perfect sense to me that a logical conclusion would be BotW Calamity Ganon. (Granted, I have not finished TotK’s history plot yet, so there may be arguments/evidence I am unaware of with how he got that way. Like his existence as Gerudo Ganondorf, but from my current info, that is in the far past, potentially after Skyward Sword. Sue me, I have a working theory the Zonai are evolved Remlits)

On to my SECOND reason:

2) My Own Personal Gratification ✨

The world of Zelda I and Zelda II is frankly post-apocalyptic. Ironically more so than ALttP which is the closest to the ACTUAL apocalyptic events that happened.

Perhaps it is important to note that ALttP explicitly confirms the idea that a previous unnamed hero failed to stop Ganondorf. And that years back IRL there was genuine reason to speculate that that previous hero was Hyrule. Now think about the blood ritual.

With the release of the official timeline, that theory is now only fanon. But the potential is still there. Currently there is no canonical sequel to Hyrule’s story. Legend’s adventures give evidence readable as foreshadowing that this is a timeline where the land itself has clearly degraded. The zora are ruthless enemies that will attack on sight. Natural water is acidic and damages. There are monsters who can take the form of hylians so no-one ever knows quite who is safe to trust.

Link’s/Hyrule’s story is beautiful because he is effectively hope that refuses to give up on a land falling apart. A synergy between selfless bravery and survival. One who sees hardiness in the weakened kingdom’s people and inspires them to try a little harder, be a little kinder, trust a little more.

For all we know, as long as there is a monster or member of the Cult of Ganon, he might be running forever. Will have to carry that risk for the rest of his life. For the sake of Hyrule’s people and future, how he lives as a hero is not enough; he must control how he dies.

 Is it strange to wish that the bountiful green land of BoTW is what his kingdom will eventually be? That, even if not in his lifetime, the Kingdom of Hyrule will continue on and find its feet again?

That’s how I see BotW. Even if Ganon manages to destroy Hyrule, it will always live on through its people. You can never take what was never takeable in the first place.

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tldr; Pigman signifies Dementia and I want Hyrule!Link to have a happy freaking ending, okay?

[bonus-links]

dog days part 1 or 2!

por qué no los dos. I kinda consider it one big update anyway lol. this one might get long, I'll stick a readmore somewhere

i was insane for this. the comic will probably never be this decorated again but I had to do it at least once 😂 I try to give each era it's own subtle stylistic flair, though this is definitely the most overt one. I'm still really proud of this update!! sometimes I think I burnt myself out with this so bad tho that the first half of ch2 is pretty low on ornamentation bc of it. it takes like. a lot of extra mental energy ngl

it's slight but this whole interlude has a paper texture the rest of the updates don't :-)

there's lots of patterns to talk about here. twili patterns for the panel where wolf is zoning out.

the pattern on the sides is kind of an abstract depiction of Ordona, although her light orb is in her hands instead of the horns. I was also riffing off the patterns on a lot of the Ordonian's clothes. The green parts are pumpkin vines! those generally represent wolf himself

this is the dinner I reference at grandma's party in pt. 8

the pumpkin vines change into these kind of gold-leafed vines I often use to refer to zelda. They do this a few times throughout the update.

small detail I should include more often- wolf fidgets with his earring when he's bothered by something or thinking hard.

Lots of people have translated this in the reblogs so I won't do it here, but it's essentially a summons from Zelda to the castle. It's intentionally a little difficult to parse- Wolf is not from Hyrule. I like to imagine a difference between written Ordonian and Formal Hylian. Wolf can read it, but it doesn't come naturally. Also, Wolf is referred to as "Sir Link Goatherd of Ordon" where "Goatherd" could be both an occupation and a surname (that's actually the origins of surnames like Gothard, which I considered using)

Zelda's full name in the letter is Queen Zelda Celestia Nohansen Hyrule (though I think I write it as "Of Hyrule"). Idk if this makes sense actually, but it was meant to be a nod to the fact that TP is a parallel timeline to WW. WW had King Nohansen, so I imagine that as part of TP Zelda's lineage.

Wolf agreed to be a Royal Knight on the basis that it was only a formality, but then Zelda started actually summoning him to things anyway. He basically ignores them all, but they've been coming with increasing frequency. In Zelda's defense, the political situation she's dealing with trying to rebuild the kingdom is pretty tense. She could really use his help.

my favorite part of this update!! I feel like there should be no easy way to use the shadow crystal. if you want that power, you've gotta shove it in your forehead yourself! and yes, it does hurt. His ears flatten a little in anticipation. also sidenote I think this is the best I've ever drawn him lol

I like to think Yeto and Wolf are still buds.

I think whenever Wolf wanders like this, he frequently finds himself in the desert. He's given up on looking for shards of the mirror of twilight, though.

The vines get yellow as they reach the bottom of the page- Wolf's time to hide in wolfmode is running out.

little baby spirits of light hidden in this page, except ordona

who's hiding on this page instead! while Link the Cat reminds Wolf it's probably time to go back to his family in Ordon.

Wolf can't turn back into a human on his own, so he has to return to the sacred grove to reach the master sword. And yes, Skull Kid makes him play hide and seek every time 😂

those are midna's hands on either side.

this pattern has the organic shapes of the world of light, rather than the geometric twili patterns, showing that Wolf has immediately clocked that it's not a portal to the twilight realm. but alas, it's too late to turn back.

In terms of the timeline, while Loft and Slate trek across Hyrule to Hateno, Wolf is lost in the Lost Woods.

I wanted to put Ilia in this update more but this ended up being the only time she showed up lol

and that's all I've got! if you read all of this i love u

[zelda-the-sacred-realm]

These are really awesome! I like them a lot! 😆💖

Some Sacred Realm Incorrect Quotes to congratulate @trippygalaxy on 300 followers, so let's go!

SR Incorrect Quotes, sourced from my family <3

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Time: If she doesn't like you, then you're the problem.

Sky: You can't say that!

Time: Why not? It's probably true.

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*after defeating a monster*

Wind: YEAH! I TOLD YOU I'D BE THE WORST!

Twilight: Kid, I think you mean best?

Wind: *not unenthused at all* YES! I MEANT THAT!

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Wild: Look, Link. It's not about the glory. It's not about fame. It's not even about saving the world. It's all about the pottery we smash along the way. *hands him a pot*

Sky: NO-

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Wild: What are you eating?

Link: My regrets.

Worlds: Your regrets look a lot like pasta, if I'm being honest.

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Time: Ok, I'll admit it. That was a little clever.

Wind: YAY IM A LITTLE CLEVER!

Sky: Wind, that's not what he meant. You're very clever.

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SR belongs to @zelda-the-sacred-realm, go check it out if you haven't yet!

[zelda-the-sacred-realm]

"Share your pain with me"

"If the suffering is too much for you, please, master, allow me to take it on with you." -Twilight from Zelda the Sacred Realm

This piece is dedicated to Twilight and Time(Hero's shade). During their journey together, Twilight learned that his Master, so cold and impassive to belonging, he carried the weight of an unjust and sad life on his shoulders

As his teacher he eased the burden on Twilight's shoulders, and as his student Twilight learned to do the same for Time

The two are portrayed as different personalities, Time is impassive to his pain, Twilight suffers from a pain that is not his

Here is the reverse version:

Hope you like it! 💖

[weepingtalecowboy]

The answer to legend’s eye color would be ‘yes’ (four conspiracy theorized too much and completely missed the obvious answer)

I heard the argument about legend's eye color

But that gave me a hilarious idea

Fanfic prompt :

Legend's eye color changes depending on magic circumstances

It is red if there is prominent dark magic actually surrounding him (lorule , dark world , twilight realm , etc)

It is blue when he is in an area with a lot of light magic because it is strong enough to nullify or repress the effects of dark magic (sacred realm, fairy fountain near a light guardian)

And violet when both magic sources are around but prone to changing depending on how much of what magic is around ( Hyrule kingdom by default)

And green when he is near a water source or actually wet because the mermaid curse is pretty green looking in the oracle game and even more prone to changing

And depending upon who he is close to it also gets influenced (like with Hyrule he has blue eyes or violet, with twilight because of the twilight shard red eyes or violet , with sky blue eyes again, with warriors, time and wind violet eyes and if it is raining he has green eyes)

So image what sort of reaction four would have if he sees legend's eye colors rotate that way (green, red , violet and blue)

He freaked the hell out because legend mentioned that he retrieved the four sword once

And he very inconspicuously (it was not inconspicuous no matter how much Vio is in denial about it) tries to conspiracy theorist through it

But it is barely noticeable that they stay consistent because how the chain is close together anyway if you don’t search for it

Like he will have violet eyes then twilight would run up and they go red and sky and hyrule join as well so now they are blue and then he takes a sip of water and they go green then twilight moves away a bit and they go back to violet or blue

And if they fight monsters they are usually red or violet

This made four think that legend's colors are different from his in temperament

Legend's red obviously seems more like a fighter than four's (that kinda annoyed blue that his color rarely shows up in battle but when Hyrule and legend are being cuddly guess what , blue is there )

Legend's violet is way to social in comparison to four's (and much more snarky as well but that is just because he always has violet eyes when he and warriors interact , hyrule and sky tend to leave them to their teasing)

And legend's green seems to badly be around for anything but a meal or a break (soup is their only kind off meals so obviously his eyes turn green over water heavy stuff and also them messing around in rivers)

And how fast legend seem to change from one to another color is really worrying to four because that must be exhausting and confusing to pass around control this often without stopping once for an actual duration of time

And he tries to teach legend how to use the four sword but he having heavy trauma keeps pushing away lessons (I still decades later never recovered from the fight against the dark colors it is genuinely harder to beat then ganon )

So four tries to even harder

(While completely missing the fact that legend in fact cannot use the four sword (as it is pretty much useless in link to the past) nor has he ever used it)

Four tries so aggressively to bond with his probably successor that it makes twilight’s desperate attempts to connect with time look like nothing

He wants to fix this mess of a four sword user as soon as he can but legend actually has to trust him with the four sword stuff (which legend obviously wants to take to his grave for entirely different reasons because damn he killed the little guy and four seems to know that and it makes him feel horrible that four actually is such a nice person , why must he be so insistent on knowing what happened to the four sword)

So they dance around each other so aggressively that even wild and twilight find it impossible (a real pot , kettle situation they are totally not Better)

[trippygalaxy]

Dream daddy au but its all the dads/dad figures from different LOZ aus

(Ideas in the tags)

[nancyheart11]

hee it's the boi!

Twi link is my fav link so here’s a bunch of twi links! :D

In order:

Twi from @linkbetweenlinksau by yours truly

Daybreak made by @ladye-zelda

Twilight from @recalled11 made by @l3ominor

Twilight from @linked-maze made by @frulleboi

Twilight from @zelda-the-sacred-realm

Ordon from @linkedspirit-fanartfunart made by @fanartfunart

Twi from @houseofheroesau made by @phoenix-arts7

And Twilight from @limited-hero by @kenxboi !