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For the art requests… Maybe Medli hanging out with Tetra? :3

i got really carried away with this one. i think the lesson is dont send me requests about tetra because i will overdo it

also everyone cheer for nosering tetra thank you

i did them separately on a tiny sketchpad then cropped them together lmao

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For you Wind Waker fans out there :) Feel free to check out my other “Link on the move” animations if you haven’t!

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'wind breaker' is a popular anime rn! lol

Thank you for enlightening me, that explains a lot!!!! 😂

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I'm greatly annoyed that Tumblr keeps suggesting "wind breaker" instead of "wind waker" when I type "wind" into the tags. Then again, it's probably a good sign that the tag system is so unlearning and dumb these days. 😅

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Chapter One Snippet:

As they spun, she had the uncanny feeling they were being watched by more than the other couples waiting to rejoin them. Looking past Shad’s shoulder, Zelda thought she saw a shadowy form standing behind a goddess statue, but the dance had her turning away before she could get a better look. When the statue came back into her line of vision, there was nothing there. Had she imagined it?

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Open your eyes…

I think it’s really interesting how so many Zelda games start with Link waking up. It’s especially noticeable in botw and totk because Link essentially wakes up in an ancient temple after being injured and some time has passed and now Zelda is gone again. I wonder how he felt in totk waking up like that again. Do you think for a moment, he was afraid another 100 years had passed?

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New Zelink Zine!!

SUPERRR excited to announce that the discord server Hateno Hideout has made a server zine! This Zine is filled with absolutely wonderful Zelink content from so many talented creators and we’re so happy to share it with the world! A special thanks to mods @aeghina for piecing the Zine together, @nocturnalfandomartist for the amazing cover art, and @citrinediamondeyes for all the help organizing and modding! If you’re interested, please go check out everyone’s individual pieces, as they’ll be coming out soon!

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You might like A Hero Indeed by @silentprincess17. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but Link's priority is Zelda and he stops at nothing, pushing the definition of a hero to its limits.

I would like to read fics in either botw/totk/aoc time settings, where Link is either portrayed as a villain, or he actually is one for whatever reason

Does someone have a list

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who up pondering their orb

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"Everything's okay, princess... I'm here for you."

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

If you like a good mystic love story, this one is for you!

Prologue snippet:

Link’s dark blue eyes sparkled with amusement. “Found you, Mouse.”

“No fair!” she cried, but her protest dissolved into laughter as he mercilessly tickled her. When she finally broke free, her breath came in ragged gasps, and her mirth deflated. She scowled at the cocky grin plastered on his face. “Stop calling me Mouse. I hate that nickname.”

He tossed a lock of blond hair out of his eyes. “Do not.” 

“Do too!” She marched past him toward the Great Fairy fountain situated at the center of the garden. Blue and green rupees, scattered along the bottom, glittered in the bright afternoon sun. “I’m never playing hide and seek with you again if you keep calling me that.”

The rest is available on AO3

Cover art by @illcamp

Many, many thanks to my fabulous friends who have been an endless source of support and encouragement while I wrote this.

@zeldaelmo for all her help as I plotted out the story and for ensuring that Zelda's characterization was consistent. I believe at one point she said, "Zelda is acting like a spoiled, ungrateful brat." 😅

@bahbahhh for all her help with character motivation and that the story stayed true to main theme of undying love and devotion. She also felt extremely sorry for Shad and said, "Poor Shad, you're too good for this world." 😂

and @abbyz-elda for giving each chapter a final read through to catch any grammatical and narrative mistakes. I seem to be averse to the using commas properly. 😉 She also spurred me on by periodically checking in to ask, "How is Kiss going?"

So, thank you all so very much!!! 🫶

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CALLING ALL WRITERS/ARTISTS.

For the past few months, I've been feeling creatively drained and barely have the motivation to write or draw and always come up dry when it comes to ideas. Do any of y'all have any tips that helped you regain your creative spark?

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Oooh, @mailrebel, what a lovely comment! Thank you so much for your words!

Yes, I love Skyward Sword zelink for their familiarity with each other. They've known each other for so long, so they can sense the other's unease immediately and know exactly how to approach each other.

And I really believe Link is the type of guy who took a look at the curse and said, "wait, meeting Zelda again in my next life? Sounds like a pretty good deal!" 🤣

Sweater Curse

ZeldaElmo Your story was so fun and silly and sweet! I love how Zelda tries to dismiss all the superstitions surrounding the sweater, but as soon as she’s alone, they start eating away at her 😂 She definitely seems like the type of person to worry about that stuff once she starts thinking on it for too long. And of course, all the parallels to Link potentially being cursed in a never ending cycle of battle are something to stress over 😭

But I love how Link brushes it all off lol. “It’s only a curse if you let it be one.” - such wise words and such a charming outlook. It’s so Link and I love it ❤️ He doesn’t see their situation as a curse, but rather a blessing. An opportunity to be together forever. It’s so sweet and meaningful.

And I really loved getting a glimpse into their casual surface life! Hearing about the new home they built and the offhand mention that they like to play cards together. It all feels so cozy 😌 Kind of like a wearing a big sweater, I guess 😂😂 Oh, and I loved the final line too! Zelda going to fetch the scissors and help him out lol. They feel like such a married couple and I adore every moment of it ❤️ Lovely work :)

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Feel free to send the contributors your comments through the asks, and you can also read Enchantment Zine for free here!

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Bonus!! Forgot to share —

I saw the Age of Imprisonment trailer face reveal so naturally I had to draw the sad Gerudo Sage

I love her already and to say I’m excited would be an understatement

It’s going to be so beeeeautifully tragic

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Help Luna out, friends! ❤️❤️❤️

If you have ever liked my writing, send me asks telling me what you like about it because I feel like I have forgotten how to form words that are not just a boring list of what happens.

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I'm really excited for Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment, btw. I don't see many people talk about it, but I've not been too active in the fandom anyway, so maybe it's that.

But it looks fun and I really loved AoC. Perfect for smashing buttons and fighting through hoards of monsters to relax after work lmao

I'm curious about the story, though. That part is where I'm not sure it will pull me in like AoC did, because I enjoyed the zelink crumbs we got on the way a lot. That might not be the same for AoI, but with Nintendo, you never know!

Spoiler policy is the same as usual on this blog: official content like trailers are tagged with the game tag and as soon as I post something about the game itself, I'll use the spoiler tags the fandom decides on. I'm not sharing leaks or anything unofficial.

But before that I have to get a switch2 anyway 😂

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Entitled white women I swear to God

People have been doing book clubs since forever. They do not put George RR Martin on the phone so he can join the chat.

Oh, thank you, kindly court jester jingling into my life under the brave banner of anonymity, for illustrating the exact problem of current fandom.

(This ask is about this post about private fanfiction "book clubs," for those of you who are not following my jester's ire.)

The bedrock of the problem entrenched fandom is having with the newer "TikTok fandom" element is that we have a fundamental disagreement about what fandom is, and what is the social relationship between the people who write fanfiction, make fanart, etc, and the people who read that fanfiction and enjoy that fanart.

(I am not going to use the term "content creator." Because that term is not applicable to fandom, fanfiction authors, or fan artist. Kill the capitalist in your brain. Content is hummingbird nectar made with artificial sweeteners. It resembles the real thing at a distance, but it is devoid of nutrients. It will fill you up so you're not hungry while starving you. Generative AI can produce content because it's empty; it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't even want to engage with you. The sole purpose of content is to get you to sit still long enough for the people who own the platform to squeeze whatever it is they want from you out of you and then abandon your malnourished husk until the next time they can get something from you.)

George RR Martin is not a member of fandom, and the relationship he has with his readers is fundamentally different, because his relationship as an author is explicitly a professional one. When George RR Martin sells a book—not to his readers, but to a publisher who acts as intermediary—he is given a lengthy contract outlining the terms of the sale. How much he will be paid, what can be done with his work by who, etc. George RR Martin is not your peer.

Fanfiction authors are your peers. They're your next door neighbors. They write fanfiction to connect to other fans in celebration of a canon everyone involved loves. Nobody makes a single red cent from writing or sharing their fanfiction. George RR Martin has sold 90 million copies of his books, and he gets money for every one. Because TikTok has trained you that people who are putting their creations out there are monetizing the experience of you reading or watching their art, the "TikTok fandom" element has you sorting your peer posting fanfiction on AO3 into the same category as George RR Martin. But your relationship with George RR Martin is a professional one, and the expectation from fanfiction authors and artists is a social relationship.

When you have a private book club reading and discussing fanfiction without ever telling the author or, God forbid, leaving a comment about how much you enjoyed the story—which is the expectation entrenched fandom authors and artists who view fandom as a social relationship—you think you're reading a mass produced novel from someone who has already been paid for it several times over, but this isn't even Walmart vs. local mom and pop. What are you actually doing is going to your neighborhood block party, picking up the cake someone made and brought to share, and taking it back to your house to eat with friends.

We are your peers. We are your neighbors. We are doing this for free because we want to talk to you about our common interest. No, it's not "payment." We offer our work for free, and you have the option of treating us like vending machines or ChatGPT or Walmart. This is a social relationship; you have this option just as you have the option of leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot instead of walking it to the cart return. You have that option just as you have the option to stick your chewed gum on a park bench or park your car across three handicap spaces or take a shit on the floor of a public bathroom. How you treat your peers and neighbors, how you treat the people in your community, is up to you.

You can keep stealing cakes from block parties. But don't be surprised when people get fed up with it and stop having block parties. Then you'll be stuck buying cake from Walmart or consuming artificially sweetened hummingbird nectar from ChatGPT while vultures raid your corpse for data.

Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk, court jester. Now get the fuck off my lawn.