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It's throwback Thursday, so I'm sharing these oldies I made about the parents of Link and Zelda, plus Aryll, Link's younger sister.

(Link's a Mama's boy, don't tell anyone)

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before we became legends / the place both of us began

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For millennia, in a history that has been lost to the mists of time and the vagaries of war, the Golden Princess, blessed with the Goddess's power, and her chosen Hero armed with the sacred sword that can smite evil, have been enveloped by magical forces. These noble souls, bound together through an endless curse and tied through unshakeable fate, have borne witness to the deep sorcery that has wound its way around the wizened trunks of the Lost Woods and has whistled through the ancient stone of Hyrule Castle. Transcending time, their divine bond is as old as Hyrule itself, and through their long relationship with the land they have fought for, they have discovered one another in boundless forms and countless worlds.

Welcome to Enchanted!

In this zine, we will be exploring the magical ties that link our favourite blond elves, Princess Zelda and the Hero, Link. Throughout the series, they have found themselves transformed into wolves and dragons, interacted with fairies and light spirits, flown on loftwings and flying whales, and even become ghosts and other species. Magic has always played an integral part in the Legend of Zelda and this zine gives artists and writers the opportunity to explore that theme.

Any type of magic goes! Supernatural creatures, traditional witches and wizards, anything you can imagine.

The only rule is that it must be canon or AU. No original legends or LU, sorry!

The schedule can be found here.

You can register your interest until the 30th March here.

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Hey. Spreading the word to tumblr, aka "I don't like this change so I WILL complain about it" personified.

Discord is bringing mobile ads in June 2025. They've officially announced this.

SPREAD THE WORD!!! WITH ENOUGH BACKLASH, MAYBE THEY'LL RETHINK IT- OR AT LEAST DELAY IT!

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Light Dragon

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those kids have an amazing teacher (updated v.!)

older og version (i wanted to fix up the coloring

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hyrule's unnamed plants 2

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Based on Sorolla’s “Clotilde seated on the Sofa”

This was made for Atelier Hylia on twitter. They have two volumes out now so I highly recommend taking a look (they’re free!)

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My HW Zelda design;)!!!! I had so much fun working on this one, hope you like it!! 💛👑

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AO3 filters are incredible. The show ended over a decade ago but you're only getting around to watching it now, and you want to avoid spoilers for later seasons? No worries; you can filter out anything posted/updated after a given air date. Don't want to see crossovers? Guess what -- you don't have to. Three clicks is all it takes to make them go away. ONLY want crossovers? They've got that option, too. In a hurry and only have a few minutes to read? Filter out everything over whatever word count you consider to be "too long." Absolutely can't stand this one character/trope/relationship? Exclude, exclude, exclude. And all they ask in return is that you tag your stuff properly. Incredible.

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generative AI literally makes me feel like a boomer. people start talking about how it can be good to help you brainstorm ideas and i’m like oh you’re letting a computer do the hard work and thinking for you???

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born to write the beginning and ending, forced to write the middle part.

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Zelda travelling around Hyrule after the Calamity and people are tripping over themselves to tell her stories about the Hero because they love that feral cryptid mad man and are so proud of him

'I met him when I was about to get eaten by a Hinox...he jumped off a horse, fired 12 arrows in the blink of an eye and then got smacked in the face with a tree...but then he came back and hacked away at it's legs with this stupidly big sword until it finally died'

'He was wearing this weird patched together mask that looked like a monster but he made enough curry for everyone so we didn't like to ask'

'But...the hero was a girl? She wore these lovely green silks and every time she came out of the Gerudo Canyon she had a bag full of electric safflina to sell to Beedle over there. The Gerudo think she's an amazing fighter, which says a lot, and she always thanked me for looking after her horses when she went into the desert'

'I swear to Hylia that he ran through here wearing nothing but his underwear and a mask shaped like a leaf...claimed he was looking for the Children of the Forest. Sorry, Princess, but I'm not sure he was quite right in the head at the time'

'He used to creep in here silently wearing this grey mask and with enough lizards and beetles that we could make enough elixirs to last for a month. Not sure I ever saw his face without it'

And the entire time Link is stood neatly dressed, three steps away, listening to every word and no one pays him the slightest bit of attention. Because none of them cotton on that 'prim and proper Royal Knight' Link and 'I will defeat this Lynel with a stick, a pot lid and a bucket load of adrenaline' Wild Child Hero is the same man. Especially with how many masks he owned.

When they walk away and are out of sight and earshot Zelda just raises her eyebrow with a smile and he is like '...I can explain...it made sense at the time'

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20250311 tloz oot fanart

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Yeah, Rusl'll marry Link off for half a million rupees, right?

Another phone made comic. When theres a will theres a way.

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— Van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh