#totk role swap

[multifr0g]

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

he ate the fruit gummy :(

roleswap totk comic commission. eat the fruit gummy

[clowns0up-felix]

REVERSAL OF FATE (totk au by clowns0up) [#reversal of fate clowns0up]

(Wait nooo I just realized her hairstyle changes in the two panels… that’s upsetting.)

I’ve picked out some names that you guys came up with and one of them will be the actual name. I’ll put all my art related to this under a hashtag with the title and maybe (when I do end up making a comic) one day make a separate blog for it!

If one of your name suggestions isn’t in the poll I’m really sorry, I loved seeing every single idea and they were all great! Thank you all!

Anyway, here’s the candidates:

THE POLL IS OVER, WINNER IS REVERSAL OF FATE! thanks for voting!

‼️Last part of the post contains spoilers for major plot of totk

[the-horizon-lounge3041]

A role swap no one asked for but came to me for no reason other than I’ve been playing both TOTK and HFW.

[3vilbard]

he’s so pretty O///O

[hopelesslyconfusedart]

A redraw of the Dragon Of Time from my TOTK Zelink role swap fanfic “Twist In Time and Fate” by Hopelessly_Confused!!! The original was done on paper with limited colors so I felt I needed to redraw it.

The fic itself is still on hiatus as I cannot for the life of me get myself to write anything at the moment. I’m very sorry for it.

Please go read what I do have finished though, I’m trying to get back into it so anyone who is waiting can read it again soon.

Without mood lighting version and original under the cut!

[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.

[keywiitree]

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

[asylumdream]

Finally finished this sketch page Ive been working on for so long- comentary under the cut. This will include spoilers for the depths

Link's right arm is infected by gloom, makeing me think it is difficult to impossible for him to move it. I have some ideas for gloom abilities for him but those are gonna be costly and not his perfered method of anything save for emergencies. Since hes effectively one armed now I needed him to have more mobility options- this includes

Korok frond- reward for saveing the great deku tree, lifts him up a fixed hight and allows him to glide gently down in any direction

Stalhorse- exactly what it says on the tin, with the added bonus of following link around while he isnt rideing it for easier resource collection and remounting.

In a second sketch page I'll also be adding the clawshot and pegasus boots from previous games and working out how hed get a hold of those to give him more vertical mobility since climbing one armed without a rope is super hard.

When link is attacked by gloom he also loses all but 3 hearts and 1 stamina wheele, makeing combat Incredibly Risky. He also only has one arm, makeing stronger 2 handed weapons unable to be weilded. He can't draw a bow and though he can shoot a crossbow reloading it would require him brace it against the ground, makeing it a time costly item. Instead of any of that I've given him

A sling- he fashions this out of rope he spins with fibers he finds and scraps of fabric from his clothes. With it he can launch various chu jellys, bomb flowers muddle buds and puffshrooms, as well as any old pebble he finds lying around. A refrennce to the slingshot which is a familiar key item from other games.

An atlatl- somewhere between a throughing spear and an arrow lye the darts of an atlatl. He carves it from wood found in the depths and can fashion the darts from lone thin sticks, tying the feathered leaves to the back and lodgeing a sharp stone to the end. This is something of an upgrade to the sling since it has longer reach and higher damage, but darts are costly to make and tying add ons to them must be done before combat because link doesn't have the fuse ability

Im also planning on a return of the power bracelets to allow him to weild two handed weapons one handed, among other things, and the beetle from skyward sword to give more vertical exploration and control in bombing enemies.

Furthermore I have plans for both zelda and rauru, as well as the yiga clan, so stay tuned for when I end up comiting them to paper! Im planing on makeing this something similar to a proper RoleSwap!AU once I work out the kinks- sorry that this is kind of growing past the original prompt =w='

[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.

[science-lings]

random fact about my totk role swap au (Spirit Sage Link edition):

You know how the light dragon stays above ground? She never goes into the depths like the other dragons. It's the other way around for the Ghost Dragon. They stay exclusively in the depths bc of their connection to the afterlife.

Also, the dragon itself is given a job, like how the main three are the 'guardians of the springs', the Spirit Dragon is meant to lead the souls of the recently departed into the afterlife, like the ferryman in Greek mythology. They're surrounded by ghostly blue flame and often dips down close to the ground where poes get sucked up into their essence.

The spirit dragon can phase through the walls of the depths (and when Zelda is on their back she phases too) and frequents places right under civilized areas and the underground cemeteries (beneath the arbiter's grounds and the spirit temple). Another place it visits is the part of the depths beneath Hyrule Forest Park, an island connected to Hyrule Cathedral with the 'Boneyard Bridge', which in my mind feels like that place has major graveyard energy.

I also like the vibe of them being partially translucent so while the depths are completely dark, they're almost impossible to see but they grow brighter as the depths grow brighter. In the beginning, you can only see their eyes or how their horns/ spikes flicker in the darkness. Like the light dragon and all the other dragons, they start to glow as you get closer to them (as long as you haven't recently shot at them) and become more completely visible at a certain distance.

okay that's it for the little lore dump of the day, thanks for reading if you did

[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

[hopelesslyconfusedart]

The dragon of time from A Twist in Time and Fate!