#zealouslinkage

[syilcawrites]

A prompt (dunno if I should've messaged or sent a note, but eh, I'm used to asks):

Following the defeat™ of Ganon à la Link and Zelda, our favourite pair have settled in Kakariko Village for a bit as a temporary reprieve.

Then disaster strikes.

It starts with spaced-out sniffles. Then as hushed whispers come on the light snorts of a nostril attempting to impede the flow of an oncoming river of muscus. Rising to a crescendo, a throat reddens and sputters in an attempt to relieve an unending roughness that hinders speech and catches on food.

Link has the common cold.

Never has the hero felt so demeaned, so disrespected by the gods. His bones and blood and mind were forfeit the moment he drew the Sword as a child, of that he came to know and accept. But to now be impeded by snot and sebum - no affront could be greater.

So, stubborn as he is, he attempts to go on about his day, training, cooking, collecting - but, of course, fails spectacularly, his condition worsening. Looking from afar, Zelda finds that she's had enough and tends to the matter directly.

Ensue whatever great stuff you wanna write about.

TL;DR: Link gets mildly ill, worsens it by overexerting himself and Zelda has to force him to rest; magic ensues.

Sorry if that was way too detailed or exact for a prompt... I just have so many ideas of my own that I want to write but I just don't have the time right now. Sho, I'm keeping to plans aplently. ☺️

a/n: i loved this prompt and how detailed it was thank u for sending me this it was so fun to write sfauihhaifs sobs... I hope to see your writing someday!!! And hope you enjoy this lil fic (’:

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to chase away a cold

It's been a little over two months since Calamity Ganon had been defeated. Paya had been kind enough to let them stay in her room for the time being, while Zelda recuperated from… well, everything. And it had been quiet around Hyrule since—the significantly decreasing amount of monster attacks had been a blessing for their short trips; they had run into little to no problems, fortunately, ever since they reunited.

But then, it started with a sound that Zelda could only affiliate with to a mouse squeak.

Her wide eyes flit to the ground, where Link was sitting atop of a futon that Paya had laid out for him. He didn't look at her as he continued shining away at his weapons, his back still facing her, pressed against the mattress of the bed Zelda was on.

She shrugged it off, resuming to mess around with the Sheikah Slate in her hands. Perhaps she was just hearing things… it wouldn't be surprising, since she hadn't officially settled into being back in her own body yet—

Zelda's ears perked up as the peculiar squeak happened again. But this time, the bed shook a little. She quickly lowered the Sheikah Slate from her view once more, her eyes narrowing.

"Link, was that you?" she asked, poking his back with her big toe.

He shook his head and shrugged.

Suspicious.

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The next morning, Zelda awoke at noon.

Which was, of course, normal for her. She was never an early-riser to begin with, even before the Calamity.

But Link? He was always up the moment the sun rose. She was a light sleeper, and always heard him get up, despite his best efforts to be quiet. And he never missed a day to leave a couple of fresh wildflowers in the vase next to the bed for her before she would get up to start the day.

But today, the wildflowers at the bedside had been the ones from yesterday—beginning to grow flaky and brown.

And Link was still sprawled on the futon next to the bed, obliviously sleeping away.

"Link," Zelda whispered, leaning over the bed. But he didn't budge. Weird. "Link!" Zelda leaned over a bit further to shake his shoulder. "Get up!"

"Hah?" He flinched, startling himself awake. He sniffled as he looked over at her with glazed, sleepy eyes.

"It's past noon. I thought you were going to help Cado—"

"Noon?" he gasped, scrambling up from the futon. "I told him I'd come by at eight," Link mumbled, fumbling for his tunic and trousers. "We might have to go to the Great Fairy Fountain tomorrow instead, I promised I'd help him find his cuccos today." His voice sounded a bit heavier than she remembered.

She waved her hand at him, shrugging as she stifled a yawn. "It's okay, go help him. I'm sure he's waiting." Zelda quirked an eyebrow up as he sniffled again—he was doing that a lot more recently. "If you need a hand, I can help."

"No, you're still recov—" Suddenly, Link's face contorted up in a way that she had never seen before—he whipped around and sneezed into the crook of his elbow.

"Did you catch something?" Zelda asked, shifting off of the bed to place a hand on his forehead. But with each step she took closer to him, he took one away from her as he shook his head fervently.

"I'm fine," he insisted, pulling his cloak over his shoulders, still facing away from her.

Suspicious.

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Zelda sat outside on the steps of Impa's home, eating pickled plum with her as the both of them watched Link run around Kakariko, trying to find Cado's precious, missing cucco's.

"It is beyond my understanding as to why Link even tries," Impa scoffed, handing Zelda the plumpest pickled plum of the batch. She still didn't have much of an appetite, but Impa had been as observant as she always was, and usually only offered Zelda bite-sized foods that she knew she wouldn't have trouble eating. "Cado loses his cuccos as least twice a month."

"Maybe we should build him a bigger fence," Zelda murmured, giggling as she watched Link wrestle with a cucco he was trying to drag over to Cado's little coop. "They wouldn't be able to fly as easily."

"Those little buggers will always find a way," Impa scoffed, shaking her head. "And—"

A loud sneeze caused the both of them to flinch—Link's well-fought battle against the cucco ultimately failed, and Zelda watched the aftermath of it with pity. He stared in defeat as it scampered away, back into the bushes.

"Link's been a little weird, hasn't he? He hadn't even stirred by the time I was awake," Zelda inquired, plopping another pickled plum into her mouth, chewing slowly. His jog was a little slower than usual, and he had to pause every five minutes to catch his breath—that never happened before.

"He's been staying up a little later than usual, hasn't he?"

Zelda nodded—he wanted to take her to several locations that were a bit further than their usual trips, so they had been mapping out the most efficient way to go about their mini excursion. While Link was an early bird, Zelda was more of a night owl… it did make sense that he would be a little off recently, with a shift in his sleeping schedule.

After he spoke to Cado, probably to apologize for not getting them all today, Link stumbled—he stumbled—a bit on his feet as he made his way to the cookpot, since dinner was just around the corner.

Suspicious.

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By the time Link went into the room to retire for the day, Zelda had already situated herself on the futon. She was lying on her stomach, humming, as she plotted out the last of their destinations for the upcoming trip. She craned her head to the door when she heard it creak open; he looked even worse than earlier.

"How was your bath?" Zelda asked, sitting up.

"Good…" he said, sniffling, a little confused. He pointed at her, quirking an eyebrow up.

"You're sleeping in the bed tonight—and!" Zelda pointed at the cup of tea sitting on the desk next to the bed. "You should drink this up before you go to sleep. The trip can wait until you get better."

"What do you mean? I'm fine," he muttered, rubbing his nose.

"Link, having a cold is a perfectly normal thing to catch—and you just made it worse by trying to hide it. Which you were terrible at doing, by the way." Zelda grabbed the cup and held it out to him, waiting. "Plus, I added some extra ingredients that I think could possibly increase the potency of the medicine—"

"I'm not sick," he said, shaking his head with noticeable effort. "I don't need it, I'm fine. I—I feel better than I've ever had before, actually." He sneezed—and the cough that accompanied it sounded just as painful.

"But I made this specifically for you," Zelda muttered, lowering the cup a bit. Before she could continue to convince him to drink it, he had already grabbed it out of her hand and taken a large gulp out of it.

"You didn't put something weird in this, right?" Link asked, sniffing it. At least he tried to sniff it, but his nose was closed up. She laughed at his scrunched up face as he continued to try to smell it.

"It's a secret," she said, patting the top of the bed. "It's been a long day, you should rest."

He took one more long gulp before handing the cup to her with a satisfied sigh, his smile a little woozy. Zelda quickly grabbed it from him and stared into it—he had drank the whole thing in two gulps. He was supposed to drink it slowly.

He flopped over on top of the bed, burying his head into the pillow.

"This bed is really comfortable," he said, his voice muffled as he rubbed his face into it.

"Hey, you're going to get snot all over my pillow if you do that!" Zelda scoffed, tugging at his sleeve as she twisted around.

"It smells like you," he murmured, looking at her with half-lidded eyes as he strained to keep them open.

"Oh? And how do you know what it smells like if your nose is clogged?" She brought her arms over the bed and folded them together to rest her cheek against them. She had never witnessed him getting sick, even before the Calamity. And to see him acting a little aloof brought warmth into her chest—even though he hadn't recovered every memory, he still treated her with familiarity, which she appreciated. She was afraid of being thrown into a world so familiar, yet different.

But he stayed, even though he didn't have to.

"Hmmm... I can just feel it," Link muttered as he closed his eyes, pressing deeper into her pillow.

"You can feel what my pillow smells like?" Zelda snorted, trying to hold in her laughter. Instead of responding to her, he began snoring.

Zelda would have to remember that including a few sprinkles of nightshade acted as an excellent way for someone to fall asleep quickly.

[full-pockets]

Picture request:

The southernmost Lynel in the Taobab Grasslands framed against the sunrise.

This one was a bit difficult, I couldn't get the Lynel against the sunrise like I wanted, but I don't back down from a challenge so easily. I'll probably try again once I figure out how to line everything up. I also did a few different attempts so that explains the changes in sunrise. For now I did get these-

Also here's a bonus cause why not ;p

[fatefulfaerie]

Hey!

I haven't read all of your fics (yet), but I noticed something about the ones I did read. I think I've never read another perspective than omniscient from you. In case that's true - why do you stick to that?

(I write omniscient, third-person PoV (interchanging and not) and sometimes even first Person. What I like about third-person PoV that the reader isn't sure about the emotions of the other persons. It's up to me as a writer to show that through body language etc. I can keep my PoV character (and my readers!) worrying about the others until I resolve everything in the end.)

It is absolutely nothing wrong with writing omniscient, don't get me wrong. I just wondered and would love to hear your thoughts about that! 😘

Alright I’m going to be brutally honest here.

I did not know I was that one-noted and writing that way was completely unintentional. I can’t really tell you why I stick to that because I didn’t know that I was doing it in the first place. I can tell you that I stick with third person specifically because it’s easier to deal with a lot of people and scenes just run smoother for me when I write in third person. I also agree with you that there is a fun element of tension and surprise.

Worries that I’m not only out of touch with my writing but also dull and boring because my one style is probably why my notes are drastically dropping. I know what omniscient means but that seems like a bad thing to me because the readers aren’t supposed to know everything up front. Oh god I am boring, aren’t I? I’m like a rag wrung out of all the water.

So, yeah...go ahead and unfollow me. Here’s a list of better writers who know what they are doing:

I’m not going to tag them and bother them I’m just going to put their blog names:

quillandink333, embyrinitalics, intangiblyyours, intangiblyyourswrites, pizza-n-sunshine, pastelsandpining, ashleyswrittenwords, spicychestnut, dontwaitupxx, drsteggy, ghostgirl19posts, jazzysparklesblog, zelinkie, zealouslinkage, cyraclove, syilcawrites, snidgetwidgeon, sarcasticmudkip, and many others

Thanks for the ask!

[pastelsandpining]

Aaa thank you for the tags!! You know who you are because I’ll be tagging you right back whoops

@neezlebums my precious boyfriend who puts up with me somehow and beta reads all of my writing and keeps me sane (and puts up with my crush on Urbosa oops) thank u for making 2020 bearable

@fatefulfaerie @zealouslinkage @zelinkie just some AMAZING people who I’ve met through tumblr and who have blessed me with Zelink content I’ll never get enough of any of it you guys are awesome 🥺

And lastly @embyrinitalics for no reason other than I’m obsessed with their work and it’s a big inspiration of mine. Really crushing my soul here with Calamitous

Thanks also to my 130 followers!! A BIG thanks to the people in my notes always reblogging and liking my posts!! I see you guys and I super duper appreciate it I get excited every time your names pop up on my notifications 🥺

[pabuisle]

tagged by @zealouslinkage thank u sm <3

Nicknames: maddie/madi/maddy/etc., any variation of the spelling really, i do not care anymore spell as you please lmfao.

Height: 5’3 last i checked

Hogwarts House: hufflepuff. but honestly im not a big harry potter fan so this means very little to me

Last thing I googled: rejection sensitive dysphoria (i want to look into getting adhd tested due to many concerns lol)

Song stuck in my head: idk what it’s called because i was watching a jon snow fancam earlier but that “come on fuck me emo boy” song won’t leave my head (help)

Number of followers: 141 as of january 27, thank u sm 🥺

Dream job: ... yes. im just trying to graduate uni pls im so lost i can’t afford to think of a dream job rn

Lucky number(s): 15! idk why, i just picked it for hockey one year as a kid and it stuck with me

Favourite song: i dont have one!! im too picky

Favourite instrument: piano, i played for a semester in high school

Wearing: sweats and my vegas golden knights hoodie. now that’s fashion, people

Aesthetic: im not sure honestly... according to my best friend “autumn or coffee or anything to do with oranges / reds / light browns / white” ... i think it sounds nice.

Favourite authors: suzanne collins for sure, the hunger games has a special place in my heart. and lowkey rick riordan (i promise im not a greek myth kid bc of pjo i fell in love with greek mythology/history in 4th grade ... but also if are a greek myth enthusiast bc of pjo thats sick as fuck go u)

Favourite animal sounds: definitely not my dog barking lmfao. whale songs are eerie yet so alluring so probably those

Random: 1. canadians should be allowed to gatekeep poutine, 2. the oxford comma is sexy

tagging: tbh i dont really know anyone on here all that well so i dont want to be a bother, but if u wanna do this just pretend i tagged you :)

[zeldael]

Tagged by: @zealouslinkage! Thanks. :)

Nicknames: Don’t have any really. I guess Miki counts, but I haven’t been called that in years.

Height: 5′2.5, the half an inch counts! Ima shortie. 

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff. No doubt about it at all. 

Last thing I googled: Gerudo related stuff... No, I will not elaborate. 

Song stuck in my head: ‘Inside’ by Blood Cultures. It’s quite good, I recommend it. 

Number of followers: 106! Thank you all!

Dream Job: Translator or game dev. Translator seems more likely. 

Lucky number: 13! Yes, I am cursed. 

Favorite song: This isn’t really a song, but Qumu’s ‘Sword Search’ remix is fantastic. But if you want an actual song, ‘ サンバ・ソレイユ (Samba Soleil) ‘ by Junko Ohashi is a bop. 

Favorite instrument: Oboe! It has a lovely sound and it reminds me of Breath of the Wild.

Wearing: A Roots sweater and a pair of very comfy sweatpants. 

Aesthetic: Fantasy meets vintage eclectic. That is all. 

Favorite authors: Tolkien and Rick Riordan, for childhood nostalgia. 

Favorite animal sounds: Cicada clicking. It’s very nostalgic and reminds me of the summer. 

Random: I am obsessed with mbti and will make you take the test. I’m an isfp, by the way. ;)

Tagging: I don’t really interact with many people here, so I’m tagging anyone who sees this! 

[syilcawrites]

Thanks for the tag @zealouslinkage and @fatefulfaerie !!! ;-;

My hand cramped up halfway, I haven’t written on paper in a while LOL.

I’ll tag @quepasta and @voltfruits !! <3 (I don’t think this has to be anything you’ve posted, could be a wip too!)

[fatefulfaerie]

Tagged by @zealouslinkage for the handwriting challenge!

Tagging @snidgetwidgeon @zelinkie and @syilcawrites

[pastelsandpining]

Tagged by: @zealouslinkage 💕💕

Nicknames: it’s Des irl but like I can go by anything from Bee to Pastels to just Hey You

Height: 5'4 according to my latest doctors visit

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff, could also be Gryffindor

Last thing I googled: pastel yellow wallpaper

Song stuck in my head: Sunlight by Hozier

Number of followers: 149 and I love them all

Dream job: well, it was anything related to astronomy but I’m just gonna be a teacher

Lucky number(s): idk I have no such thing as “luck” but if I had to pick I’d say like 3 idk it looks nice

Favourite song: right now I’m vibing with the entirety of Your City Gave Me Asthma by Wilbur Soot

Favourite instrument: piano

Wearing: jeans and a sweatshirt

Aesthetic: stuck between soft boy and e girl so instead I wear jeans and t-shirts

Favourite authors: probably Rick Riordan, I started reading the PJO series again like a year ago and am stalling on Trials of Apollo but I like his works

Favourite animal sounds: I like the sounds of birds but specifically like when you’re by the sea shore

Random: Uhh, my current fandoms are Zelda, mcyt specifically Dream SMP, and that’s like it for now

Tagging: @fatefulfaerie @zelinkie and anyone else who’d like to do it but no pressure!!

[syilcawrites]

tagged by: @voltfruits !!! Thanks for the tag, always fun to do these! ;-;

nicknames: irl some people call me banana ‘cause it rhymes with my name :~) I just go by Syilca on here though!

height: 5'2" and a half! I’m taller than my dad gfdsah

hogwarts house: I’ve never read hp tbh. . . but from what I know about it I think the house hufflepuff seem friendly and kind!

last thing i googled: "genshin impact switch” asdgfdfa I play on pc already (lmk if you wanna be friends on it hehe) but I was curious if there was any news on a switch ver LOL. 

song stuck in my head: “gotta go my own way” from high school musical 2... I sang it in the kitchen today and my sister joined me :~)

number of followers: 154!! Somehow!!

dream job: I hate the concept of a job but since it’s inevitable I would be fine with anything that involves the least amount of social interactions because my public speaking skills? Nonexistent! But ideally it would be nice if I could become a full time author haha.

lucky number(s): I’ve never thought of this?? But the first number that popped up in my head was 26, so there you go!

favorite song: A song that I’ll never get tired of is "count me in” by early winters! It’s a very hmm quiet song. I think the feeling the song gives off is something that won’t ever really disappear in my life, so maybe that’s why I love it so much (this makes no sense LOL).

favorite instrument: I loveeee string instruments! Every time I hear it in a song I just think it makes it sound 1000% better haha. I got a personal soft spot for the Viola since I played it back in middle school! I also really love the piano, so that’ll be an honorable mention hah.

wearing: wonder woman pj shorts, a white loose t-shirt with purple flowers around the collar, oversized blue cardigan, black knitted crew socks! So like, pjs :~)

aesthetic: I change with the seasons tbh... I think during Summer it ranges between casual-boho and then Fall/Winter/Spring is just... grandma vibes LOL. I’m a big fan of loose clothes! It makes me feel very comfy haha.

favorite authors: Hmmmm Alexandra Bracken had a big impact on me! Her series “The Darkest Minds” is the trilogy that made me want to continue writing in high school! I also love William Blake because of his poetry book “the marriage between heaven and hell”, I loved it so much!

favorite animal sounds: I love the sound of a hummingbirds wings flapping! (idk if that counts as animal sounds?? but maybe I can get away with it huhu) We used to get a lot of humming birds in my front yard haha, they were very cute!

random: sometimes (aka always) wish I could jump into a ghibli film and stay there forever!

tagging: I tag @dekutreethoughts and @zealouslinkage if you’re comfortable with it! No pressure <3

[fatefulfaerie]

Tagged by: @dekutreethoughts @zealouslinkage and @pastelsandpining

Nicknames: fate or fae

Height: 5'3

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Last thing I googled: "Rooster Teeth”

Song stuck in my head: "The Champion Mipha” from the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity ost composed by Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada, Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai

Number of followers: 467? Somehow? I ask myself how everyday and honestly still don’t have an answer to how all those people I love love me back?

Dream job: novelist, screenwriter, idk one of those

Lucky number(s): 3 and 4 are cool

Favorite song: Don’t do this to me. I’m gonna steer away from scores because it’s too hard to choose. If I’m just going by ✨songs with words✨Uhm probably “Into the Unknown” by Robert Lopez and Kristin-Anderson Lopez featuring Idina Menzel and Aurora or “Indomitable” by Jeff Williams featuring Casey Lee Williams

Favorite instrument: violin

Wearing: blue sweater, pajama shorts

Aesthetic: *sighs* I don’t know aesthetics, guys. You tell me

Favorite authors: Mary Shelley, hands down. Also Jane Austen.

Favorite animal sounds: Any sound my cat makes

Random: I’m so tired I just want to be a cat and take naps all day.

Tagging: @sarcasticmudkip @pizza-n-sunshine and anyone else who wants to!

[fatefulfaerie]

Gonna do 16 first because you obviously think I am way smarter than I actually am

16. Are there any ships you just can’t/don’t understand? What are they?

I don’t understand when people ship people that are related. Also shipping people that are real is wrong. You can be a cheerleader for the pairing if they are in an actual relationship but other than that, just don’t.

Okay time to read the other question....again...

lol I think I’m going to fail this test

Okay I think the question is asking about the effort it takes to ship

No wait

I think @zealouslinkage​ is asking whether or not me shipping fictional characters means that I lack the capacity to understand love in real life and yes, I do. I can access those feelings because of what I have felt in the past for another person but that is a far cry from completely understanding love. I love people deeply to this day but since I firmly believe that I myself am unlovable, I experience the idea of romance vicariously through shipping and romance fics. Every day mutual love seems more and more of a fairytale and honestly I just don’t believe mutual love exists in real life, at the very least it isn’t possible for me. So, yes it does take effort like any writing does and yes, I tend to reject the reality of it.

Thanks for the question and I think you should take over my blog because your handle on vocabulary is leagues above mine! 

[fatefulfaerie]

🍓🍉🍎🍇🌸🌲🐬🐶🦊👀🐷🐸🦋🍁🐚🌹⭐🔥☀️💧

Is that all of them? I think that’s all of them

@zealouslinkage that’s the least wordy you’ve ever been, are you feeling okay?

All right let’s take a look seriously.

Some of those definitely contradict each other but our very existence as humans has been made contradictory by the way we conduct ourselves so I’ll take it

And I definitely can’t be short, tall, and medium at the same time, so you are going to have to explain that one to me.

Thanks for the ask!

[aurathian]

thank you @fatefulfaerie and @zealouslinkage !!

fateful asked: How did you come up with your username? i just like zelink a lot

zealous asked: do you suffer to suffer? yes 😀

i’m tagging @k8tys @quillandink333 @one-sad-saggitarius and @voltfruits (no pressure!!)

My question: If you could be any character from any TV show, who would you be?

A game for mutuals.

Rules: Tag 4 mutuals and ask one question.

Tagged by: didn’t

Mutuals: @catboybatman @baby-blue-bats @nightwings-fingerstripes @quentinthedyke

Question: Which one song always gets stuck in your mind?

[aurathian]

thanks @fatefulfaerie !

tagging @quillandink333 @k8tys and @zealouslinkage

PICREW TIME BOIIIIIIS

tag ur friends! i’ll go first, but in the notes bc once again, tumblr mobile sucks ass and i can’t tag people from the actual post creator (wtf tumblr pls fix)