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I was still doing Linktober during wwx’s birthday so you can consider this a late bday post 😌😌 (currently working on his husband too)

i’m currently watching mdzs and the untamed (at the same time) for the first time and he is so babygirl <3 (yes i know im late to everything as always) (yes i will eventually watch tgcf too)

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𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒

you know that one scene from Howl's Moving Castle when Sophie goes back in time and sees young Howl? Yes, this is 100% based on that (and I can't stop thinking about it...)

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The good old days 🥺

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such a beautiful post omg 😭😭

Wait...

It's November. It's November first. Yesterday was October 31st, so October is over. ...it's over. Is it over?

Inktober, artober, whumptober, flufftober, linktober, every tag ending with -tober that's been circulating for the past month... is it over? I don't know why it's just hit me but...

This matters. So I will try to get the message across, even though I'm not the best at it sometimes

Fanartists, fan writers, artists, fic writers, people making comics, every single one of you that has created art for the past month...

Thank you

This is my first October on tumblr. When I started seeing the "tober" tags, seeing the posts from artists with wips, saying they were going to make something every day to a prompt, making masterposts to update with each day, I thought "cool"

But every day this month, I have gotten on here and smiled.

And I don't mean smiled. I mean I smiled at least 20 times every time I got on the app because I saw all the art and fics. I got to see artists/writers connect stories through different day prompts. I saw people having the most brilliant ideas and creativity, flowing from their hands into their posts. I saw artists responding to continuous asks, telling them how amazing they are. I saw artists getting behind, and keeping going.

I saw Free. Beautiful. Emotional. Amazing. Original. Creative. Art.

Every day

I haven't committed to anything of this before, so I can't directly relate to what you guys were thinking and feeling. But I'm willing to guess; I think you probably enjoyed it, because most won't do such a huge project unless they enjoy it. I think you probably saw it as a challenge you were willing to fulfill, and an opportunity to grow and develop your skills.

... but I'm also willing to bet you did it for us. For people like me, who love art, but don't do this specific type, who are in fandoms, who love tracking and watching you art and sending you compliments, who take joy in your work. For the other artists (and writers!) who admire each others styles and love to learn from each other.

If anyone ever tries to tell me that humans are inherently evil again, I will strap them to a chair, pull up these posts and say look. Look at what these people did. Look me in the eyes and tell me these sorts of actions don't come from the most loving hearts. Tell me these people don't want to make others happy, that they aren't inherently good. And I will tell you you're wrong.

I have so much going on, yet somehow it slipped into my life that I was constantly looking at your art for the joy of it without me even noticing.

And how is it possible. That we have such a beautiful community of people here that we will share. And communicate. And exchange compliments. And literally do things and send asks solely for the purpose of making someone smile.

I'm almost crying by now. God I can't express it well enough! But I am so. So. Grateful

You guys brought me a month of joy! You gave headcanons, and art, and stories!

Even yesterday, Halloween, I was blown away. Because I had expected... I didn't expect anything. And then I log on and see people sending happy halloween asks, exchanging doodles of candy, and headcanons and gifs.

And some are still catching up to the schedule or whatever, and that's ok! But at the beginning of this post, when I was simply realizing it was November, I asked myself "is it over?"

Is it over?

... I don't think so. I've seen artists say they're going to continue and expand on a piece they made and especially liked this month. Some people are still continuing, catching up to a voluntary deadline. All those masterposts with your whump/fluff/link/ink tober art? I know many as well as myself will be going through, looking over your posts with smiles, catching up on some things they missed this month... it will continue in the people and artists I didn't know existed before, but now follow. In the skills and growth in creativity! In the community we've grown, and art you've made, and the art to come, at a normal rate like every other month, even if it's not October anymore!

But my artists, writers... thank you so much. I don't know if you guys know how valuable and amazing you are. How incredible it is that you exist! People say it's amazing we exist under a sky of such stars, but how incredible is it that you made a stranger on the internet smile every day! Your life is so. So. Valuable. I can't even express how grateful I am that you exist, that you somehow are selfless enough to share the most beautiful parts of yourself simply to create, and to create joy. Thank you so so much.

(And this applies to all artists, in any fandoms, not just mine. And I'm just as grateful to people who couldn't do something every day, or only one day! You still share your art, you're just as... incredible. You are incredible.)

Okay.

So I'm gonna do this, and if others want to do it in the reblogs that's great! I do not care at all about reblogging or likes, but I want to make the people that have brought me such joy some appreciation- I hope I can bring you even a smidgen of the light you have brought into my life. So I'm gonna tag all the artists/writers I know of/can think of that have done any sort of October challenge, all of you creators that have made me smile. If people wanna want to tag others in the reblogs or replies to spread love that's cool.

(Basically I don't know social customs or anything at all, so if you don't want me to tag or if I was supposed to do something different or something let me know I have no idea what I'm supposed to do)(if I like accidentally tagged someone who isn't an artist/writer or forgot someone I follow... sorry)

@skyward-floored @kikker-oma @adrift-in-thyme @blueskittlesart @zeldaseyebrows @smilesrobotlover @bahbahhh @soso-dedeck @lennsart @arecaceae175 @illcamp @breannasfluff @solarfire-art @26kabeuchi @cathianemelian @truffeart @scribbly-z-raid @uniquevoidflowers

To all the artists and writers out there: thank you so much!!! You are amazing and I'm glad you exist. Your life is precious, and you matter. Thank you so much for sharing your beauty with us, we love you too!!!!!

... yeah. Just want yall to feel loved... because you are. Again, thank you. Thank you so so much to my beautiful creators who create joy as well as art, who keep storytelling alive. Just... thank you.

:)

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Linktober Day 31: Free for all

ITS DONE!! IM FREEEEEEEE (i actually rlly enjoyed it tho 😌) im very happy i managed to finish all of Linktober (if you count those two mixes i did) and i wish i can do it again next year 🥹 the zelda series is very important to me it’s pretty much ingrained in my dna at this point

(editing this post bc i forgot to add how grateful i am for all the support i’ve gotten this month due to linktober, seriously thank you all so much it rlly means the world to me) 🥺🥺

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Linktober Day 30: Mount

i haven’t drawn zelda in a while 🤲

i can’t believe linktober is almost over holy crap

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Linktober Day 29: Deku

i love deku link 🥺🥺

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Linktober Day 28: Bones

i rlly like this armor actually 👉👈

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Linktober Day 16, Time

I just want the hero of time to be happy.

Nintendo really gave this boy multiple possible endings and they are all bummers. I want him smiling.

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Linktober Day 27: Rest/Respite

i love totk link he gives me so much gender envy

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Linktober Day 26: Echo

this one is a bit more simple since i think i might be getting symptoms of artblock </3

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Princess of light and Princess of twilight ~

I 100% ship Midzelink like if Zelda giving up her soul to Midna isn’t the definition of a queer tragedy then idk what is

I always wondered how Midna and Zelda met, so I had the idea that maybe before Midna found Link, the two princesses met under perilous circumstances. Idk far from canon most likely, but a cool artistic concept I thought (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

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Tick tock… time’s running out 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

My art is Fierce Deity advertising. Spreading the gospel and whatnot. I’m actually surprised I was able to finish this within the month — the power of hyperfixation

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Fanart for a fanfiction that's about Botw Link reawakening with all his memories as the Fierce Deity. It’s Hylia(Zelda) x FD and you know I'm all over that, absolutely insane for them. It's called "End of Time" on Ao3 and Wattpad by Makuro767, highly recommend. It has me by the throat, I love my blonde demon man

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Linktober Day 25: Ganon/Ganondorf

pretty happy with this one actually 💃

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Linktober Day 24: Deity

the one and only 🤲

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Linktober Day 22/23: Favorite Character/Element

doing another mix because why not 😌😌 I love that one animation Link does when he uses Din’s Fire, today’s linktober post is inspired by that ✨

(textless version is on my insta✨)