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when your friends are writers, you tend to find something beautiful in every word they write. something that’s so very them. the culmination of everything they’ve read, everything their brain soaks up, the way they like words to be strung together. and you can find it even in the smallest places, the littlest creative expressions. it doesn’t even matter what it is, because it’s them, and it’s beautiful.

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Linktober day 3: Zelda!

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Hi! Today I'm resharing this old traditional piece I made for @zelinkzine ! TP zelink of course, because tall stoic princess + short sweet knight is always a win! (Although here Link is temporary taller 🤣)

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Listen, sometimes a ship is less about wanting them to kiss or have sex or whatever, and more about needing them to be so endlessly intertwined and connected to the point where they might as well be one creature.

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NEVER STOP BEING OBSESSED WITH YOUR OCS 🫵

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mutual aid los angeles (MALA) has put together a spreadsheet with valuable resources for people affected by the ongoing los angeles wildfires and wind storm. the sheet is constantly being updated with resources such as shelter info, animal boarding info, addresses for distribution centers, volunteer opportunities and so much more.

please share this spreadsheet widely

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TP/OOT Zelink doodle collection(1) 2024

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The horsie of time…

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It's funny how Twilight Princess has a reputation for being the 'edgy' Zelda game when it's so fucking silly and straight up campy at times. Like they really had the penultimate boss that the game had been building up to from the beginning be this dancing capering twink who falls off platforms and gets his head stuck in the dirt and whose preferred method of sword based combat is- "wave it around wildly and hope it hits something".

The entire race of Hylians was created by a progenitor race of chicken sized chicken people in the canon of Twilight Princess. This is played completely straight.

The kingdom's dungeons where prisoners are fucking executed, is operated by use of a man sized Beyblade that serves no purpose other than operating these mechanisms. This is never commented on. The final boss fight of this same dungeon is a literal rollercoaster ride where link uses the Beyblade to jump tracks and kill the enemy. Who is the manifestation of the resentment and power of the dead. Killed. By a twink riding a beyblade.

One of the main characters is a toddler with the cadence and vocabulary of a jaded thirty year old, who performs a hostile takeover of the city's premier center of commerce, which he then transforms into a toddler-themed bazaar. This is also played completely straight.

Bigfoot is real and also a wife guy. There is no explanation as to where he fits in in the races created by the gods.

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thank fucking god I'm not 14 anymore

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Zelink Modern au doodle collection 2023-2024

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No More. Not One Single Time More by @karama9

Apocalyptic Fantasy | Mature | AO3 | Complete

Synopsis: Hyrule is in a dark age and has been for generations. The Royal Family has become corrupted and will do anything at all to maintain power, including deals with demons resulting in massive casualties within the population. Link is a radicalized fourteen years old who dreams of overthrowing the monarchy. When he turns out to be the Chosen One who can use the Master Sword of Legends to defeat the latest wave of monstrosities sweeping through Hyrule, he finds himself thrown into horror after horror until losing himself feels more like a remedy than a loss. This is the story of the birth of a fierce deity, born from rage and love, hope and despair. This is how a curse ends.

Content Warnings: Blood and Gore, Multiple Character Deaths, Child Death, Mention of Sexual Assault

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Delightfully moody and fast-paced, this story provides an intriguing look into what the "last legend" of the kind we know and love might be like. The darker tone and corruption present in some of Karama's other work is also here on full display, and it's chock full of drama and fun twists while also being short, sweet, and to the point. Despite being a "final legend" of a kind, the conclusion feels distinctively not final, providing a interesting new perspective on previous events in the series while not being overbearing or messing too much with established canon. Link's characterization here is also a special treat-- he's quite the lovable rogue with a fiery temper and a deep desire for justice, and very entertaining to read about. If you don't mind something a little on the darker side, give it a read! - waterglider

This story is the embodiment of the rage and destruction that the cycle of the Hero brings about. Link, a young hero with the rage of a thousand heroes behind him, is thrust into his destiny through the coercion of a corrupt king. But while he strives to overthrow the corruption in the government and beat back the monsters that threaten his home, he realizes that he is part of a cycle that cannot be broken: except through the collective determination of the thousands of lives he lived before. - abblyz-elda

A fiercely passionate dive into the tragedy of corruption and the depths of human sacrifice. The content warnings should not be taken lightly, but for those not afraid of the dark, there is a core of hope in this story and the inevitability of change. - amelias-hart

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You can find @karama9 at AO3, Bluesky, and FFN.

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more characters should be 30+ years old

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We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.

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The fact that you can’t raise taxes on billionaires even slightly without them pouring money into fascist political movements is, of itself, evidence that billionaires as a class shouldn’t be allowed to exist in the first place.

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loveee reading multiple fics by the same author and seeing little nods and references among them like yes! this is a multiverse to me!!!! i giggle and squeal everytime i catch a reference!!!!!!!!

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Hi! I was digging the archives of my drive, and found these illustrations of Link and Zelda in their traditional outfits - Gerudo for Link, obviously, Sheikah for Zelda (this one's closer to both/tok Sheikah btw). I could swear I had shared them before, but whatever, have them together 😏

I feel I should remake these, I could make them pop more with my current skill...