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I wanna be honest here. My AU Gan isn't THE Ganondorf, as i'll admit I don't really jive with the "curse" from SS and I'm not a huge fan of that reincarnation vicious cycle thing. He's Ganondorf in name only by JUST being a guy who was named after him. (In-universe as well as like. I fully meant to name him that way for plot reasons). My AU isn't intended to be a part of any canon Zelda timelines, as I don't really give a rip about the timelines thing either. I'm just picking and choosing which aspects of the Zelda series to keep/portray. There's obviously a separate antagonist in my story, one of my own creation.

That being said, I fully intended to speak on topics such as race when i was creating Gan as a character. Always let down by the series' lackluster portrayal of the Gerudo (or... any other brown race for that matter?) I wanted to kind of speak on the paradoxical way the series treats Gerudo, but refuses to acknowledge it.

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huh? Oh yeah. I worked a bit on Yiga, for my AU.

before Zamasu dragon ball started choking the life out of me.

These are just design exercises, only two of them are actual characters I have made for the AU.

Below cut is the text within the images transcribed, because my handwriting is awful, and also a word vomit of (WIP) lore:

Image 1:

Yiga

- Black/Dark brown hair

- Darker skin tones

- Black eyes

- No tattoos

- Emphasis on make-up

- Ears still pointed for the most part

- But there are a lot of mixed race Yiga.

Image 2:

Sheikah

- White/ Gray hair

- Paler

- Red/ Brown eyes

- Tattoos only for high-status individuals/inked in parts as they prove themselves.

Though its true Impa looks more Yiga than a Sheikah.

So, keeping with BOTW lore the Yiga and Sheikah used to be one and the same, but the Yiga split off from Sheikah due to... we'll say political differences. Differences in loyalty?

During that big war between the kingdoms over 100 years before the events of my AU, the Sheikah had allied with the Kingdom of Hyrule over land disputes with the Gerudo (Who had another ally, buuut. I'm not quite ready to show that yet, so they'll remain nameless for now).

With this newfound alliance, the Sheikah (as a governing power, not as a people) had agreed to become part of the Kingdom of Hyrule. Think of it as like... The U.S. annexing a state? Because the Sheikah still have their own leaders and rules/laws (think state wide) they still have to answer to their new governing power (Hyrule).

Of course, plenty of Sheikah didn't like this development, and weren't too keen to accept the King of Hyrule as their new leader.

In an effort to squash this resistance as to not anger their new important ally, the Sheikah leaders would banish those who refused to swear allegiance to the Hyrulean Crown.

A bit of a red scare situation ensued, and a vast amount of Sheikah were deported from the Sheikah clan, becoming briefly a clan of nomadic people before settling in the Gerudo Valley in an ironic twist of events due to the Gerudo Kingdom taking them in as asylum seekers. (There are still Yiga who live the nomadic life, its just that the majority of them live in Gerudo Valley)

It goes without saying those banished Sheikah became known as the Yiga Clan.

They are still unpermitted to return to Kakariko in the current day.

In the current day, Sheikah have this view of the Yiga as nothing but malicious criminals, who would rob anyone who was misfortunate enough to cross their path. (They think they're like highwaymen, essentially.)

Due to a bit of assimilation with the Gerudo, the Yiga share a lot of their culture.

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i have been trying to design my rito charas. ritos are hard!

anyway their names are Toroa and Guin and they're mother and child :)

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I saw the new Zelda game... specifically I was looking 👀 at the fact river zora exist alongside lake zora.

Not many know this about me (In fact, no one might), but this is an idea I've been infatuated with since I first played the oracle series (another couple of my all time favorite Zelda games, though I consider them both as one unit). In one of my older (dead) aus from over a decade ago, i played with the concept before, a Romeo and Juliet style romance between a river zora and a lake zora while their tribes are feuding. (Though back in that AU my river zora was closer to canon)

Its funny that despite how many things change, some things still stay the same. Here's my current AU river zora x lake zora OCs ❤

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I love how many aggressive angry fighter zora ocs there are...

there needs to be a zora oc fighting tournament because I just KNOW these dudes would fight each other for top fish.

Viri will be on the sidelines ready to heal everyone. And touch strong zora abs.

Kenne also there wondering why her brother is super excited over zora getting knocked around.

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forgive me for the low quality post, but I've been having a hard time irl recently so i haven't been motivated to draw... at all...

BUT even still i really wanted to get something going for Zora may 😭 (i feel really guilty bc i really wanted to get more done than i did last year but then everything hit me all at once)

I was just warning up with some race swaps of Zoras into Hylians (my ocs and mipha) and of Princess Zelda (botw version) into a Zora

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ummmmm yeah hi all i feel like doing lately for this fandom is au fanart

this design of the first hero belongs to @glidersdoodles go look at their post of him here pwease

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🤎💞💘💝Heart Month🌹💐

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Now that I have a second at work to post it, here's my part for my art trade with @hero-of-dork!! I drew their AU Paya with some cuccos!

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YIPPEE YIPPEE! EVERYONE LOOK AT HERRR! tysm again you went above and beyond!!

AT for @philipszelda of Zelda Danaca, their OC Zelda!

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MEH. I can't finish anything. and i have to work tomorrow despite the weather warnings. Have some nothing doodles of my (AU) Gerudo prince.

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The princess of power 🔺

I read twice through this fancomic recently you can read here at @alternate-triforce. I really like her design. fluffy red hair is my favorite thing ever.

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I wanted a poe collector's hood more like the one from oot. not whatever the hell that was that we got.

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I know I haven't posted in a very long time, but the messed up part is I almost couldn't care less...?

Anyways, does anyone remember Deku Scrubs? I always thought they were such an underrated Zelda race with a lot of lost potential. I've been waiting for their return with an important role such as the one they had in Majora's Mask (My favorite depiction of them, and my favorite Zelda game in general). I love how they went from being just another type of enemy in the series to being an established race with some culture and sense of society. (but again, its a shame they went right back to being forgotten after that)

Anyway, here's a concept for a Deku Scrub priestess OC I've been developing for a while.

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I have so many thoughts and feelings about totk and zelda lore rn that i am incapable of articulating and its driving me kinda nuts

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hiii i was wondering if doing fanart of like ur art is allowed?? ive been wanting to make art of your charro link and jalisciense zelda designs for ages now and i wanted to know if that was okay ^_^

OMG YES OFC!! AND PLEASE TAG ME IN IT 😭😭😭

its so flattering that you'd even want to draw my designs skjfsjfhkjdshfds

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the zelda art i see other people draw makes me feel so small o<-<