#tears of the kingdom role swap au

[scenicphoenix]

Totk roleswap because of course I am doing that

(might add on to this when I completely finish the game. I have only mentioned stuff i am absolutely certain about currently)

Link and Zelda finding Ganondorf is different, instead of Rarus hand imprisoning him, its fragments of Sonia and her Time magic. Raru was killed instead of Sonia, his Stone stolen by Ganondorf. Sonia using her stone and time magic to seal herself and Ganondorf in a bubble of frozen time.

Link gets sent to the past instead of Zelda, he was the one to end up falling instead. The Sonias Zonai stone ending up on his person during the chaos of the fall. Zelda while trying to catch Link and ends up grabbing the master sword instead, this is the moment Link teleports to the past and Zelda to the Sky islands

Links arm was still infected with gloom and needed to be amputated when he arrived in the past. The Zonai stone he arrived with helped keep the gloom at bay. Raru takes him under his wing due to his remarkable abilities in serving the light, and to help with the gloom infecting him. Sonia is impressed by his abilities in time magic as well, his flurry rush has a unique use of time magic.

Link doesn't immediately connect the dots of Ganondorf being the corpse that attacked him and Zelda. He does know he absolutely doesn't trust him. Ganondorf doesn't like Link either, mutual hatred for the other.

Before officially meeting Ganondorf, where he tries to brute force his way into taking over Hyrule, the battle goes differently. Instead of a beam of pure magic that nukes the Moldugas, due to not having Zelda around, with Links Zonai stone combined with a boost from Raru and Sonai. Link is able to destroy the Moldugas one by one at a fast pace, a super powered version of his flurry rush. This battle was much more close and Link was a last resort that Sonia suggested last second as a desperate measure. Her hope of powering up his flurry rush worked, she just wished she didn't have to put him in such harms way, however.

Raru is dead, the sages have fallen, Ganondorf is sealed away thanks to Sonia but that's only temporary. Link is at the temple of time, a tale as old as time, he's hoping for an answer, he gets one. Through the sands of time he and Zelda unknowingly briefly connect, Zelda sending not only the master sword but a large portion of her powers of light to him. He briefly remembers that the master sword can heal any damage done to it over time if the holy power is strong enough. He remembers what he was told about Zonai stones and the sacred dragons.

Link turns into a sacred dragon so he can heal the master sword and arrive in the future. Although he isn't a dragon of light like Zelda would have been. He's the dragon of time. A large green dragon that can be seen entering and exiting portals from different eras of time ever since his ascension into the dragon of time. Is the one you're approaching the correct version of him? Will it be the one where the sword is healed or still healing? His golden mane seems to be made of sand. His tears leave behind Sundilions instead of silent princesses. He has one less legs than the other dragons. Zelda feels safer around this dragon and he wonders why. She figures out why when he finds all the dragons tears.

Zelda wakes up at the sky islands, and is led by Sonia. Much like how Link was led by Raru. With Zelda being the mortal goddess and not infected by gloom, he is not restricted by the door of the temple of time like link would have been. Giving the sword and a portion of her powers to link through a hole in time. Now being weaker due to him sacrificing most of his powers to heal the master sword, Sonia guides her to shrines on the islands to help rebuild her strength.

Due to Zelda being distantly related to Sonia and his status as mortal goddess even if she has been weakened, she is able to open the shrines and use anything with the Zonai symbols on them. His reason for going to shrines is to strengthen her powers over light again after giving most of it to Link through time for the purpose of healing the master sword.

I don't think Zelda would fight with a sword or similar weapons. I think he would like bows and magic based weapons and attacks. Distance is her friend, although I doubt you want to be hit full force at close range by his powers even when she's weakened. He's a force to be reckoned with. He's the descendant of a goddess for Pete's sake.

Zelda would love exploring the skies and the depths.

The dragons of times portal ls only work for him. Although you can look through them and see the different eras he's traveling from or to. There are three noticeably different dragons of time, all based on how much the master sword has healed. The first one where he's basically just turned into a dragon and the sword is still heavily damaged. The second one where he's right in the middle of the past and present, the master sword is noticeably still damaged but on its way to being healed. And the third one where it's the most recent version of himself, the master sword is completely healed. But all three can travel through time, and you won't know which version of him it is until you check the master sword. If you try and pull one of the still damaged swords you will be flung into the nearby skies. A good way to get to higher sky islands.

I wouldn't be surprised if Zelda disquises herself, feeling like he can't completely be there for her kingdom without Link. Plus i think Ganon and the Yiga would be more aggressive at hunting him down. Zelda's also never got to try out fully being a him before being a princess and all. Sheik time. I like gender fluid Zelda. Why not both gender? Also Sheik gets to be included, everybody loves Sheik

Some things I haven't added because I would need time to figure it out and write it down. Like Links growing relationships with Raru and Sonai, Mineru, how the final battle goes before and when Sonai seals Ganon, ect. The more dialog heavy story bits mostly.

[loan0u]

Roleswap

[3vilbard]

he’s so pretty O///O

[keywiitree]

Frostbite set!! I think this is probably one of my favorite outfits<33 I’m gonna do the ember set next>:)

[science-lings]

another totk role swap au but this time it's Rauru who has the time powers and gets fridged and Sonia who has the light powers (bc she descended from Hylia and sksw Zelink) who seals Ganondorf away and guides Link on the great sky islands and gets to be a boss ass bitch

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

Have a brief "Iridescent" sneak-peek

Mild spoilers ahead (sort of?)

As they finally neared the Skyview Tower, Zelda became aware of the sound of footsteps and the sound of something- or someone- grumbling. The Skyview Tower was atop the hill but, much closer, there was a faint huff, a growl, and Zelda gestured for her friends to slow their approach.

"Another monster?" Gaddison fretted, clutching her spear. Sasan, unarmed and untrained, lingered behind Torfeau. Zelda nocked an arrow. They rounded the corner and-

"Yona!?"

There she was: Lady Yona, Sidon's fiancée, all alone. She had a water skin strapped to her hip, and carried a large sack, which she was carefully placing splash fruit into. Her large gold eyes widened further when she saw Zelda.

"Zelda?" she asked incredulously. For a moment, she just stared in astonishment before she jumped into action; still clutching the sack of splash fruit, she ran over and, throwing aside her usual propriety, threw her arms around Zelda in a tight hug. It was a welcome surprise in more ways than one. Zelda happily returned the embrace, relieved to see her newest friend was alright. Yona looked tired, but there was no sign of illness from her, no burns from the sludge.

"You're alright," Yona breathed. "Thank goodness. We've all been so worried." She pulled back slightly, smiling shyly. She looked around at the group and her smile faltered. "But where is Link? Surely he came with you, Zelda?"

"He's..." Zelda hesitated. How to explain everything that happened?

Gaddison saved her. She looked at Yona with narrowed eyes. "My lady," she said sternly. "Where are your attendants?"

Yona smiled sheepishly. She reached around Zelda and deftly plucked one last splash fruit from a tree, placing it in her sack.

"Please don't tell Sidon I'm here alone," she pleaded.

[crowwitch]

Illustration // CSP+PS // XP-Pen Artist 12

TOTK Roleswap AU.

[mostlybuddingthoughts]

Biiiig TOTK spoilers ahead folks. Don't read unless you've finished the game.

I don't know if something like this has been posted yet (it probably has), but there's actually a huge role reversal going on in Tears of the Kingdom that I find absolutely fascinating, especially given all the role reversal fics we've seen come out of Breath of the Wild.

In BOTW, Link was locked in a box for 100 years because he needed to recover, then spent his days wandering as an amnesiac as he gradually recovered his memories. As he did, Zelda was holding Ganon off until he could break the tie between them. Zelda lands the final blow.

In TOTK, Zelda spends a few thousand years (badass queen) stuck as a mindless beast without any memories to recover the Master Sword. She, Rauru, and the other Sages were not able to defeat Ganondorf, only hold him off and then imprison him until Link could land the final blow.

At the end, they finally greet each other on a field, the more lucid one being able to check up on the one who has recently had their magically-induced memory crisis.

I just find it really interesting how the game, despite being fairly narratively light, can fit such a clever reversal into it so subtly.

[flutefemme]

"The Minstrel and the Prince"

A Zelink Week Fanfiction for @zelinkcommunity

“What if this was the real me?” He began to move their dancing closer to the edge of the large open area. “Would it make you happier?” He spun her out, stretching their arms taught, fingers clinging to the others so as not to separate, and then whirled her back in, spinning, until she was coiled up inside his arms, her face so close he could feel her breath on his lips. She let out a keening sort of sigh as her chest hit his, and a switch flipped in his mind. His eyes grew wide, and he walked them backward until his back hit a tree, and he stopped with a grunt.

“I–I was happy with who you were when I met you,” her eyes searched his. “This side of you is not unwelcome, and I rather cherished you for who you were before,” she confessed, still a breath away from his lips.

 

The fic is now complete and available on Ao3! I had so much fun writing this!

Start from the beginning here!

[goblinotw]

First post original post here, have TOTK AU brainrot

[klaraclara17]

Zelda and Link roleswitch au. She looks gorgeous with Link's hairstyle 🥺

[choilproductions]

Role swap

[multifr0g]

Have you seen this!?!? @clowns0up-felix

he ate the fruit gummy :(

roleswap totk comic commission. eat the fruit gummy

[starrieisdelusional]

Morgana-Arthur Role swap au

foaming at the mouth at evil arthur because of that one fanart sebehdndbgs obsessed:

morgana and arthur swap roles. Morgana ruled as queen with gwen at her side to honor uther’s legacy and arthur doing absolutely everything to tear the kingdom apart.

arthur went rogue for all the hypocrisy and lies of uther reign. He was furious about his mother, the final straw when his father drives a sword into his lover’s heart.

Morgana keeping everything in order so the kingdom wont fall apart in the lost of their two kings. because this will be the kingdom that brings the golden age.

arthur despises it. Every single person who spouts about destiny and prophecies. a child cruelly treated just because he’s the one who’ll bring arthur’s end. His heart ache. He made an oath to bring ruin to camelot with excalibur on his side.

**more ramblings

[flutefemme]

WIP Wednesday!

The Minstrel and the Prince

For Zelink Week's "Letters" prompt chapter😏

"Close your eyes," she whispered beside his ear and his eyes fluttered shut, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest. "Good. Now play a scale starting on 'D'." He obeyed. "Now, using those notes, in any order and in any rhythm, play a tune for me." Her lips were grazing against his ear again and he felt he would drown in cinnamon and honey. Slowly, he began, thinking of each letter name before he played. It was clunky and awkward. "Stop overthinking, Link…" she whispered even closer. His sharp intake of breath at her featherlight touch only seemed to encourage her. "Stop thinking the music and feel it…" her hands slid down his shoulders to his arms until she had nearly covered him in an intimate embrace from behind. He began to play, his mind empty except for the feeling of her taking over his senses. He wasn't even sure what he was playing. He felt like he was on another plane of existence entirely until she slowly slipped away and he came back to himself, ending the melody. Blinking a few times, he shook himself slightly and turned around to find a very excited Zelda behind him, emerald eyes gleaming. "Wow, Link! That was amazing! You let go and let the music guide you instead of the other way around! That's what it's like to improvise. You know the basics and then go from there. It'll take practice, but you'll get better with time!"

Absolutely having way too much fun with this 7-chapter story! Daily chapters start getting published on my Ao3 account on July 10! Feel free to subscribe if you'd like updates!😁 @flutefemme