#the-unlikely-trio

[luna-loveboop]

Twi just found out that in Lu he IS a type of Hero's shade for Wild

Spirit of older hero that comes and goes in wolf form yep sounds familiar

The main difference being that Hero's shade was there to train Twilight, whereas Wolfie was there to simply be there for Wild

Twilight is over here avoiding telling Time anything about Hero's Shade and then Wild comes up like "haha I totally met a dead version of you in wolf form that helped me"

Fun times when you meet everyone with the same spirit as you

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Art by Jojo @linkeduniverse au :)))

[acepalindrome]

Aaaaaa don’t think about the Triforce trio realizing they all actually want the same thing (to break the curse Demise set on them and end the cycle they’ve been trapped in for thousands of years now) and forming a very tentative, reluctant truce. They’re all uncertain about this alliance and keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, for Ganondorf to betray them, for Link and Zelda to decide it isn’t worth the risk of trusting him…they keep expecting this fragile thing between them to fall apart, and it keeps not happening.

But something else is happening. It starts with Ganondorf grabbing the back of Link’s shirt to drag him out of harms way during a fight. Then Link offers to share some of the food he cooked with him. Zelda stops Ganondorf just in time from wandering through a bush with poisonous thorns, and later she wakes up on a cold night to find a Gerudo cloak draped over her and Ganondorf shivering on the other side of the fire. Zelda and Link work together to gather ingredients to make a warming stew when Ganandorf comes down with a cold later.

Then one night Link and Zelda feel relaxed enough to chat about the old days, and reminisce about a funny thing that happened during Zelda’s research once. It’s a story that always makes the two of them laugh, but they’re surprised to hear a snort from across the campfire and look up to see Ganondorf pretending to cough to hide a chuckle. It’s not a mean, villainous laugh. It’s…ordinary. Like any of their friends laughing with them.

But it’s not until the day Ganondorf gets injured throwing himself in front of a blow that was meant for the kids that they realize oh, he cares about us, and we care about him too.

[knickety]

"a little mild" girl you're used to Jiaoqiu's cooking your sense of taste is skewed

[welcometogrouchland]

I feel like for the first few years of guardianship Darius and Hunter really struggle to figure out how to refer to each other.

Like it's easier for Hunter, he pretty quickly settles on "guardian" for explaining their relationship to other people and just referring to Darius by name when talking to the man himself. Overtime the phrasing gradually warms, becoming "foster parent" and eventually, once Hunter's already an adult old enough to move out, "Dad".

(Sidenote: he doesn't move out til he's in his mid to late twenties, bc he's under no obligation too, Darius low-key doesn't want him too, and the two of them want to make up for lost time in a sense, since Hunter only had 2 years of legal dependency on Darius before aging out of the system. Darius adopts Hunter retroactively as an adult)

Darius on the other hand has a real conundrum on his hands for those first few years. He has a lot of options! But "ward" is too formal and makes it sound like Darius picked him up off the street like after his parents were murdered, "apprentice/student" isn't really accurate considering the focus of Darius and Hunter's relationship has less to do with Hunter learning magic and more to do with Hunter being housed and fed. "Kid" and "foster son" are there...but...

Look, Darius isn't going to refer to Hunter more familiarly than Hunter refers to him! He's not gonna make it WEIRD. He's not a dad, because Hunter doesn't want/need him to be (and also parenthood is scary <3). Darius doesn't know the first thing about being a dad, despite how his friend group teases him.

Eda and Eberwolf are the two who are worst about it. They torture him with how 'fatherly' he's allegedly being (allegations Darius will DENY til his GRAVE!!!) And Eda specifically compares his journey to hers, saying it always starts off with you referring to them as your apprentice (again, Darius doesn't plan on doing that), as your roommate (...kinda weird in Darius' opinion? But okay Eda), or even your pet (????HELLO???). But eventually, they always become your dumb kid when you least expect it.

She's had a couple cups of appleblood by this point, but Darius knows on some level she's right and he's steadfastly ignoring that fact, even as Eber continues to refer to Hunter as his "cub" (kinda cute but Darius doesn't know how Hunter would feel being compared to an animal). The only people who are even remotely reasonable about all this (besides Lilith who's a bit disinterested in kid talk) is Raine and Alador, who both sort of neutrally, a bit awkwardly refer to Hunter as Darius' Boy.

Darius referring to Hunter as "my boy" is funnily enough what sticks the longest before it evolves to son boy. Hunter's crushing it at a derby match? Darius is whooping and cheering, yelling "THAT'S MY BOY!!!" At the other parents in the stands. Hunter is doing something dangerous or inadvisable where others can see him? "Darius, your boy-" "AHH! MY BOY". Hunter, a year into his stay with Darius finally comes clean about everything to do with him being a grimwalker, and is afraid that he's going to go back to seeing him as just an inferior replacement for Darius' beloved mentor? Darius (who has just had to process some of the most bonkers, emotionally heavy information in his life) gently, hesitantly puts a hand on his shoulder (the 'good' one Hunter doesn't mind people touching), and says that Hunter's much more than that. He's Darius' Boy and he's not going to kick him out or get angry or love him any less for things out of his control. It's good. They're good.

Like I said, it evolves over time and 'boy' becomes somewhat obsolete as the two get caught up in the joy of finally feeling able to explicitly refer to each other as family. But unlike "guardian" or "ward" the word never gets fully retired. Even when Hunter is 30 and is arguing that he's more of a man than a boy now, he is still getting referred to by Darius as "his boy", the way some parents never really stop calling their adult kids baby or kiddo (Camila and Eda respectively btw).

Hunter makes one of those corny matching shirt sets at some point for a father's Day gift when he's 17/18, where the two shirts say "if lost, return Boy to me" (Darius) and "I'm Boy" (Hunter). Hunter mostly did it so he could own a funny shirt that says "I'm boy". Darius openly weeps upon seeing them. Like Oh my Titan he's boy. He's my boy. Oh wow

[plan-3-tmars]

thinking about how in kazui's first birthday timeline he tells haruka that he enjoys his birthday because it gives him a good excuse to start a conversation with friends he hasn't seen in a while,,

"Hey, it feels like it's been a while, doesn't it? /

Oh, by the way, it's my birthday today. / Want to have a smoke together?

- 2023 Bday Timeline with Shidou

"Well, come over if you feel like it. Staying alone all the time will make you feel down. I can keep you company if you need to relieve some stress."

- 2024 Bday Timeline with Mikoto

[ozzinbloggin]

ASM #38

[thesimulacrumb]

My QSMP reset wishes are

More interaction between Phil and Mouse More interactions between Fit and Mouse Development with Mouse and her Risus potion Demon to Demon conversations [really between anyone] And finally and least likely, Ironmouse Concert on the QSMP server

[caitlynmeow]

Anyway Cassandra is scared of spiders. Like, when she was a little toddler she was totally that kid on tiktok who had a spider fall on him and he freaked the fuck out, like that’s totally Cassie y’all. It’s why she’s genuinely terrified of spiders, way more than her sisters because of that reason alone 😭😭😭

[ladyespera]

the dawn of the final day! -<24 hours remain-

time to ready the first soldier bingo cards :) (and buy cake ingredients tomorrow)

lots of these were a little random to fill in the space lol. I'm fine with almost anything I can fix in fic, but personally I'm

crossing my fingers that Rosen doesn't die. mostly because that poor kid is so death-coded that he needs someone cheering for his not-untimely-demise.

putting all my faith hopes and dreams in miniroth getting to show some compassion, being a hero on his own terms before the rest of his terrible life (even if it consigns him to said terrible life), and glenn having grown as a character

[nightmarefuele]

AVENGE YOUR FATHER GIRL.!!!!!!!

[spinetacks]

so, hey, did you know that aside from nick wayne, who for several obvious reasons I won’t count orange is the only person darby was a tag team with during his run with sting. as well as two televised matches+ a handful of trios together they did five house show matches as a team and won all of them. not saying that might be relevant, but darby willingly sitting and being vulnerable with protective orange instead of spitting and hissing about it feels like maaaybe it could become relevant

[ethernetmeep]

various girl adjacent figures

[loadingbones]

I can’t wait to roll up to the con with my friends like this

[deus-ex-mona]

when the lip differs from the lip

[supermantv]

it's extra infuriating that jag keeps winning all these competitions to keep himself + matt (and by extension bowie) safe because not one of them is smart and listening to them attempt to strategize is incredibly painful

[starrysupercell]

It's really cute that they've been making Fang a secret romantic. He's an emotional guy!

He's lighthearted naturally, has shown to get angry in his voicelines, and there's a passion in him that he wants something bigger than a dead end job.

(Cough cough.)

I say secret romantic by the way, because he's always covering up proof of it! He puts so much of himself into any kind of bond, but romantic ones take the cake.

Secret picture of Shelly ❣

Whoever he broke up with, he carries a picture of them around. He laments.

HIS BIGGEST SECRET IS WATCHING ROMANTIC MOVIES. PLEASSEEE

He keeps his favorite romantic films locked away.

It was totally his idea (out of the two) to ask Shelly out to the Tunnel of Love. Too bad Willow's a hater, lol.