#tagging @pocketseizure

[aidosaur]

someone pointed out Ganondorf's new design is almost entirely based on Fudo Myo-o and i blacked out and woke up 3 hours later

[ladyhoneydee]

Fic Recs - Expanding Hyrule Bingo!

If you're looking for some hot fresh recs that you may not have seen before, boy do I have the post for you!

For the last few days, I have been compiling answers for the @expanding-hyrule TBR Bingo Community Challenge! If this is the first time you're hearing of it, EH is a LoZ fandom project that intends to popularize a tag and create an archive for Original Legends, or LoZ fics, art, etc that create their own version of Hyrule, characters therein, and plot different from the canon games. The Bingo Challenge is a project to get people viewing and talking about more of these stories!

Of course, as a chronic overachiever when it comes to fandom, I got blackout on my bingo card. And because several of the works I counted aren't yet in the Expanding Hyrule Fic Archive, I felt this would be the perfect way to get the word out about even more cool works!

If it has a * asterisk, I had already read or been reading it prior to the announcement of the challenge. If two ** asterisks, I had already read or been reading it prior to discovering EH!

A1 - Recommended by a friend: Cycle of the Stars by @daeyumi

A2 - A genre I don't normally read: The Ritual of Lomei Labyrinth by @pocketseizure **

A3 - Caught up on a work: The Legend of Three by @fablesfables **

A4 - An incomplete project: Mark of a Hero by @amelias-zelda-calamity-quintet **

A5 - I made an Original Legends work: Too Old to Keep by @ladyhoneydee (me) **

B1 - Updated this year: Uneasy Lies the Chosen of Farore by @drsteggy **

B2 - Less than 5000 hits or 500 notes: Hero of the Dunes by @webhead3345 **

B3 - Picked because of the synopsis: Vessels by @ro-blaze **

B4 - A comic: Chained Truths by @mirensiart

B5 - Subscribed to an ongoing work: All That Hurts Us by @karama9 **

C1 - A familiar creator: A Link to the Stars by @abbyz-elda **

C2 - An Original Legends work not in the archives: The inconsistencies of fate by @stinkyguar

C3 - Show Us Your EH TBR: The Hunt by andrhars **, A Link to the Stars: Constellations *, Divine Gemstones by @divine-gemstones, all updates for ULtCoF, THotD, ALttS, AVftD, and CotS since Jan 2

C4 - By a mutual or someone I'd like to be a mutual: The Princess's Heart by @loz-untold-myths **

C5 - Multiple POVs: The Legend of Zelda: A Crossing of Stars by @ixtaek **

D1 - A new favorite: A Voice From the Desert by @avoicefromthedesert *

D2 - A reread: The Conviction to Save by @advocaado **

D3 - A fic: The Promise by @zeldaelmo ** (rated E)

D4 - A genre I love: In the Blood by @zeldaseyebrows ** (rated E)

D5 - Picked because of the title: Linkubus by RoughInTheDiamond * (rated M)

E1 - A compete project: Cherished by @sparklyhyperbole **

E2 - Last updated more than a year ago: Path of the Infinite by @shadow-djinni ** (rated M)

E3 - A new creator: Depth of Darkness by VeeLilu **

E4 - Less than 1000 hits or 100 notes: On My Honor by @pelicanpig **

E5 - Left a review in EH's Story Spotlights: The King's Lament by @transmascgerudo ** (rated E)

If you pick up any of these, I hope you enjoy! They all come with my blessing <3

[solarwreathe]

WIP Tag Game

Rules: In a new post, list the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

thank you for tagging me @fallen-knight !

my writing wips are mostly for workshops i can't share online, so i'm opting for art. i have too many:

choose which ever you like and i will show. i might even get motivated to finish it.

no pressure tags: @lucky-clover-gazette @littlesakis-aubade @pocketseizure @yiga-hellhole @doomed-era @doomed4art @majinii @kero-ish @darkmajden @pengychan @frankiesbugs @heartgrooooove @renegadewangs @laughingbear

[azurefishnets]

Last Line

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you like).

Look at me, actually remembering to answer an ask game! Thanks for the tags, @fortune-maiden and @siverwrites! (But damn my propensity for long sentences! I'm sorry, I cheated a little and wrote a little more so I didn't have to tag 23 people...)

“I guess we’ve got a castle to invade.”

Eight words... I guess I'm gonna no-pressure tag: @sunnyaliceart, @kamil-a, @kyuohki, @tinyrobotic, @monk-of-figaro, @prismagramauthor, @temsikghosts, aaand @pocketseizure

[embyrinitalics]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you @bahbahhh for the tag! 🤗

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 12, but 5 of those are compilations, so 😅

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 347,709 🫠

3. What fandoms do you write for? All Zelda all the time 😎 (oops I forgot I wrote a Metroid thing once)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? An Inconvenience Zelink, Promptly Antumbra Branded Calamitous

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I do! First of all because I really appreciate it when people leave me comments and I feel like the least I can do is say thank you. But also because part of the fun of posting online is interacting with others about the characters and stories. ��

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Well I've been told I wrecked people's lives with "Don't Say Goodbye" so I guess that one 😁

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Everything in Zelink, Promptly has a fluffy ending so most people would say that one. But I think the relief in the way Calamitous ends is my favorite flavor of happy.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Very rarely. I do live in perpetual fear of it though 😎👉👉

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? No.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? Not crossovers, as in the characters from different media interact. But I am working on (YES I AM DAYDREAMING COUNTS AS WORKING) an Avatar: the Last Airbender BotW AU

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don't believe so. That would be so lame, man.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Oh snap, I was about to say NO all definitively but I guess Adoring Fans actually exists! 😂

14. What's your all-time favorite ship? Zelink!

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? All of them? 🤣 Everything feels insurmountable until just the right amount of inspiration hits.

16. What are your writing strengths? Woof, I don't know. I like my dialogue. And I dabble in a lot of world building. But I don't really have an area where I feel like I ✨shine✨

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I'm really wordy. And my plots have the structural integrity of a Jenga tower after 27 turns. And it takes me four years to finish anything. I could go on. 😅

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Like a made up language? I did this in An Inconvenience because overcoming the language barrier is a major plot point. Constructing the grammar/syntax/vocabulary was very time consuming though and I probably wouldn't do it again unless the story demanded it.

19. First fandom you wrote for? Zelda 🥰

20. Favorite fic you've ever written? Probably Branded, not because it's super great or anything but because I stayed true to the story I wanted to tell in spite of the self-doubt monster. 😎✨

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Tagging @linksthoughtbrambles @yourenotacat-writes @intangiblyyourswrites @wolfwarden @pocketseizure @aegon-targaryen @sifl-senpai and whoever else would like to play!

[mobloomspell]

9 people you want to know better

Thanks for tagging me, @jimikii

last song I listened to: I MISS YOU megamix by adamusic, it's a fun mashup of pop songs

currently watching: I'm finally watching Gundam Witch From Mercury! I did watch the prologue and first episode when it started airing, and enjoyed them, but I fell behind since I didn't really have time to watch TV regularly at the time. Now that its dubbed, its a bit easier for me to watch and regularly pay attention to. The animation and character designs are very pretty, and I like what's been set up for story threads so far (I'm only five episodes in at the time of writing)

currently reading: I'm rereading The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan, which I picked up on a whim a few years ago. Plot wise, it's about two women in their 30s reuniting after a lot of stuff happened at the end of high school that caused them to drift apart despite being best friends. Thematically its about characters feeling like the odd one out, bonds of friendship, and the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters. The prose is strong and efficient, its characters feel like normal people who aren't painted in broad strokes, the drama is grounded in how sometimes sad things just happen and we don't know how to deal with it the best way. It's a good contemporary story, especially for something I picked up in a pharmacy's bargain bin.

current obsession: Case Study of Vanitas is still bouncing around in my head at all times, even if outwardly it doesn't seem like that at all. And now that we live in a time where companies will just remove their own content from streaming services and digital storefronts, I'm desperate to get physical copies or backups of every show and movie I've ever liked. It's expensive, but at least my copies will always be mine and won't arbitrarily disappear.

Going by who appears on my dashboard, I'm tagging @talesofsymphoniac @ikuhara @yutaan @houkagokappa @pocketseizure @adelle-ein @cheriafreya @hyliansheik @mewnia

[bahbahhh]

I posted 595 times in 2022

That's 555 more posts than 2021!

58 posts created (10%)

537 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@tired-twili

@bahbahhh

@punishandenslavesuckers

@pocketseizure

@aheavenscorner

I tagged 296 of my posts in 2022

Only 50% of my posts had no tags

#botw - 79 posts

#loz - 79 posts

#link - 70 posts

#zelink - 62 posts

#totk - 39 posts

#legend of zelda - 37 posts

#breath of the wild - 37 posts

#zelda - 31 posts

#tears of the kingdom - 26 posts

#bahbahhhwrites - 25 posts

Longest Tag: 121 characters

#played botw for approximately 2 seconds to beat a shrine for my friend and i was overcome with the urge to draw him again

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

WIP Wednesday

line art for “As Above, So Below” totk brain rot

[finished piece here]

582 notes - Posted November 23, 2022

#4

Link is about to RAGE.

And then he uses it to bring Zelda back THE END

[for @zelinkcommunity weekly prompt "tears"]

736 notes - Posted September 19, 2022

#3

There's a grief that can't be spoken

There's a pain goes on and on

Empty chairs at empty tables

Now my friends are dead and gone

Les Misérables

857 notes - Posted December 14, 2022

#2

As Above, So Below

[Line art here]

Notes under cut

big shout out to @newtsnaturethings who does amazing nature studies and inadvertently helped me make stone look kinda like stone.

@manxden posted a nice summary of the battery theory. It is one of my favorite theories out there. The idea Ganondorf is the source of the power that saves Link, the hero meant to destroy him. Poetic cinema. I made a rambly post back in September that inspired this piece. You can read the full chaos here but in summary:

LONG AGO ganondorf is sealed and everyone thinks problem-solved but THEN they realize how much spirit/life energy he emits and the Royal Family orders the Sheikah to expand tech around it. What they don't anticipate is battery acid - malice. Monsters start appearing but they have the tech and just wipe them out without looking for the source. The more they use the spirit energy, the more malice is created in the sealing chamber. THIS is where get the events of 10,000 years ago. First Calamity Ganon appears...they go back to the old equation (goddess blood princess plus hero) WITH tech/Divine Beasts and beat back the Calamity. Again, this doesn't fix the problem. The Royal Family decides to banish "Sheikah" tech and like a nuclear plant meltdown, they just bury everything and hope that fixes it.

Because spirit energy is not being used during this time, Malice builds much slower. Takes 10,000 years for another Calamity to form but he's smarter this time because at his core he is a PERSON in stasis who remembers everything that was done to him.

BOTW happens.

The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of Calamity Ganon

I love this line and hope it’s expanded upon in TotK.

2,416 notes - Posted November 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hello, little Hylia...

4,528 notes - Posted September 14, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[tehareinspiration]

I posted 627 times in 2022

That's 422 more posts than 2021!

0 posts created (0%)

627 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@pocketseizure

@merreblogs

@kiokari

@quietsphere

@plumwildflowers

I tagged 626 of my posts in 2022

#art - 389 posts

#illustration - 149 posts

#animals - 137 posts

#color - 121 posts

#zelda - 74 posts

#birds - 70 posts

#characters - 68 posts

#video - 38 posts

#botw - 37 posts

#dnd - 35 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#but since we so throughly eradicated any trace of culture from these people the knowledge of what they were can feel as far off as ancients

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[hero-of-the-twlight]

Tag Game Go ahead and give it a shot—share us some things about yourself! 🎆

rmelbiStar Sign: Aries

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: bi

Favorite Colors: purple, red, yellow, green

Last song:  Dancing☆Samurai

Favorite ships: Link X Ganon (sorry I’m trash)

Favorite foods: Chicken, pizza, sushi 

Favorite season: Spring

Following  1,293

Followers: 1,811

Currently watching: Falcon and Winter Solder, FMA:B, Dr.Stone 

Dream trip: Japan or Korea 

Favorite nostalgic show: Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Ed, Edd, & Eddy, Courage 

Currently reading: N/A 

Favorite Characters: Deku, Link, Ryu, Yusuke, Kuwabara

Favorite hobbies: Digital art, Dancing, working out

Things that make you happy: Getting out the my room and like do anything really and smoking a bit Kush

Got any dreams: Just get any kind of comic of the ground 

-----------------Tags------------------

@pocketseizure @kingpawz @inquisitive-wren @alexs--wonderland @lenasai

@midnainshadow @redloftwingfeathers

[ragedaisy]

17 Questions, 17 People I’ve been tagged by @slyjinks

Nicknames: ragedaisy

Zodiac: [Redacted]

Height: tallish

Last thing I googled: “dasty”. Maybe it will save my curtains

Song stuck in my head: Massive Attack, Young Fathers - Voodoo in my blood

Number of followers: 159

Amount of sleep I got: somewhere between 7-8 hours

Favorite song: Einstuerzende Neubauten - Stella Maris (fav song changes rather often)

Favorite instrument: a variety of obscure and odd musical instruments and synthesisers.

Dream job: studying whatever subject strikes my fancy and writing in depth essays about it. This dream job also has a proper support network 9_9. As a kid I wanted to be a biologist or poet.

Aesthetic: comfy goth, with clothes I can dance in. Leggings, nerd shirt, short skirt, warm and fancy vest

Favorite author: Terry Pratchett

Favorite animal noise: cats going mrrp?

Random: a friend recently moved to a house 2 blocks away, we might go for walks once I feel a bit better :)

tagging: (feel free to ignore if you don't want to do this meme): @evilkillerpoptarts , @golvio , @betterbemeta , @lightwolf , @rynling , @mdsherry , @pocketseizure , @specspectacle

[runicmagitek]

Name 7 comfort films and tag 7 people

Tagged by @iffylogic - many thanks! I absolutely love this!

Shaun of the Dead

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Ten Things I Hate About You

Ever After

Princess Mononoke

Mulan

Adolescence of Utena (or the Utena Movie for short)

tagging: @wingsyouburn @idreim @metaphoricalmelodies @pocketseizure @heywizards @soothinghymn @aliatori (no pressure as always)

[hevendemo]

I've been tagged by nuggs @lightsintheskye

It's so hot up here I'm dyin but yesss something to doo WOOO

appearance

I’m over 5’5” // I wear glasses/contacts // I have blonde hair // I prefer loose clothing to tight clothing  // I have one or more piercings // I have at least one tattoo // I have blue eyes // I have dyed or highlighted my hair // I have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // I sunburn easily (kinda but I tan after) // I have freckles // I paint my nails // I typically wear makeup (only when I go out to look good with friends) // I don’t often smile // I am pleased with how I look // I prefer Nike to Adidas // I wear baseball hats backward

hobbies and talents

I play a sport // I can play an instrument // I am artistic // I know more than one language // I have won a trophy in some sort of competition // I can cook or bake without a recipe // I know how to swim // I enjoy writing // I can do origami // I prefer movies to tv shows (it depends) it swings either way)// I can execute a perfect somersault // I enjoy singing (in private)// I could survive in the wild on my own // I have read a new book series this year // I enjoy spending time with friends // I travel during school or work breaks (out of town) // I can do a handstand

relationship

I am in a relationship // I have been single for over a year // I have a crush //I have a best friend I have known for ten years // my parents are together // I have dated my best friend // I am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // I have a long distance relationship // I am an only child // I give advice to my friends // I have made an online friend // I met up with someone I have met online

aesthetics

I have heard the ocean in a conch shell // I have watched the sun rise // I enjoy rainy days // I have slept under the stars // I meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // I enjoy the smell of the beach // I know what snow tastes like // I listen to music to fall asleep // I enjoy thunderstorms // I enjoy cloud watching // I have attended a bonfire // I pay close attention to colors// I find mystery in the ocean // I enjoy hiking on nature paths //autumn is my favorite season

miscellaneous

I can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // I am the mom friend // I live by a certain quote // I enjoy the smell of sharpies // I am involved in extracurricular activities // I enjoy Mexican food // I can drive a stick-shift // I believe in true love // I make up scenarios to fall asleep // I sing in the shower // I wish I lived in a video game // I have a canopy above my bed // I am multiracial // I am a redhead // I own at least three dogs

I now tag

@creedmes @missgillette @kiwi-garden @shiinayumi @pocketseizure @avenire @phir77 @daedeldraws @gameoverzi

[snidgetwidgeon]

Thankies for the tag @dyventusdesigns & @drsteggy :D

Insurrection Part 2- This little WIP went to the market

Paya- This little WIP stayed home

Zelink Masquerade ball Prompt- This little WIP had roast beef

Depressed Sidon - This little WIP had none

Urbosa- and this little WIP went weeweewee all the way home!

Get ready to confess: @spacebeyonce, @pocketseizure, @jenseits-der-sterne, @kittmoon, @trisofthewild

W.I.P Confession Tag ✊😔

I’m starting a new thread for this post. Thank you for the tag @lyrabythelake

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. 

😨 Here we go. 

Treason

Backwoods and Word

From the Rain’s Hollow

Curbside Pickup

Nightshades and Emerald

To be anything else

Untitled Document

On the Nature of Cafes and Mechanics

Love Without a Name 

Starting with the End

Repeat Until Death

Fly Me to the Moon 

Anchor

Fallen Legends

Deftless Without Destiny

Um. So Yeah. Now I have to tag fifteen people. 😂 

@fatefulfaerie @linktheacehero @pastelsandpining @voltfruits @alwaysunderwaterocean @embyrinitalics @deiliamedlini @aurathian @nooneshome12 @obsidiangst @braidy-maidy @snidgetwidgeon @drsteggy 

NVM I COULDN’T COME UP WITH 15 AKJGGBDFB

[embyrinitalics]

FIRST Line Tag Game!

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

Thank you @bahbahhh for the tag! You are lovely!! 🥰

(Also "most recent" seems to assume I write fics one at a time, which I obviously don't, so I'm gonna do this by date posted and I'm treating my compilation entries as separate fics HERE WE GO!)

Daylight — Zelink, promptly All he could think was, Oh no.  

Control — Zelink, promptly Being Captain of the Queen's Guard was both a responsibility and a privilege—one usually bestowed upon a seasoned knight with the respect of his men and an impressive record to recommend him.  

Selfless The guard at the Hyrule Castle gates reminded him of someone—an unimpressive soldier who had given him a face once.  

Fallen — Omnes Vulnerant His name was Rion.  

Betrayal — Omnes Vulnerant The first time Link met her, she’d been crying in the woods.  

Trust Fall — Omnes Vulnerant Zelda jolted upright in the dark, eyes wide and heart racing and a chill sweeping down her back where his heat had been.  

Insults — Omnes Vulnerant They dragged him down the glistening hallway by his hair, ropes fastened tight around his arms, his wrists, his neck, in case he got any ideas.  

Gagged — Omnes Vulnerant Link came to with fabric in his mouth.  

Bound — Omnes Vulnerant She said she wouldn’t leave without the weapon she came for, so I trailed her until she finally found it sunk in that cursed pedestal.  

An Inconvenience There’s half a skull with protruding horns on his head, and bones and teeth and leathers and swathes of fur and warpaint over the rest of him, but it isn’t his savage-looking armor that’s causing the thrill hammering in her ribcage.  

Wow that was a trip 🥵 It's kinda fun seeing all these lines with zero context though! 😂 If you haven't been tagged and you'd like to play: @pocketseizure @pastelsandpining @intangiblyyourswrites @yourenotacat-writes @wolfwarden @linksthoughtbrambles and anyone reading this who is between the ages of 29-34 or whose username starts with the letter M. 😎

[ren3gade]

WIP First Line Meme

WIP First Line

I was tagged by @sarasa-cat!

Rules: Include the first line from a WIP, and tag as many people as there are words.

From the long WIP I’ve been writing these past months:

The red paper lanterns strung across the alley were oddly pretty in the morning light.

And short WIP bonus, because the first line is great for a meme like this:

Their first time was on her wedding day.

Tagging @pocketseizure & @fileundermiscellany !

[bartkartoffeln]

The 11 questions game

Rules: Always post the rules Answer the questions given to you Write 11 questions of your own Tag 11 people

tagged by @thealluringsink here goes

Most questionable fashion choice you ever made? That is difficult. I tend to not care about what people think of my choice of fashion. But I guess my bright yellow ballerinas? They were for a Flash costume, but I wear them to work, too.

What do you do with clothes you don’t want/need anymore? I ask a friend if she wants some, the rest I donate.

Do you eat “Not breakfast” food for breakfast? Yup.

Do you prefer too hot or too cold? Too hot.

Do you usually know what day of the week it is? uh.. most of the time. xD

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What is something you’re proud of? My puns.

How many times have you moved houses? Four times so far.

Is there anything people always call you on to do? To try and change company for getting higher salary. Some also say I should go and be a standup comedian.

Have you ever thought about changing your name? Nope. Am very happy with mine. :)

Did you notice that I skipped 6? I did. :P My questions: 1) Are you playing/ have you ever played online games? 2) If you could have pyjamas of your choice, which motive would they have printed on the fabric? 3) What was your most inspiring moment in life? 4) What is your favorite outfit in summer? 5) What are your favorite daydreams? 6) Bathtube or shower? 7) Whenever you are going for a lazy, relaxing couch-day, what is your attire? 8) What makes you curse fastest? 9) Who’s your favorite person to play non-harmful, little pranks on? 10) Does your closet have a gate to Narnia? 11) Any phobias with certain animals? I tag @folodu, @underhersky, @ludicrousnerdlamb, @rowantheexplorer, @pocketseizure, @zakniteh, @blueganon and @jelly-bl0b Have fun, my lovely persons! :) This is totally optional, you don’t have to do this!