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TEARS OF THE KINGDOM LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJSJAHSBSJZND JSKSKDIDKF

Artblock came 'round and whacked me in the face so here, have a few sketches of, yet another, AU I've got

HI, here's a lad ! I designed a (BOTW Post Calamity) Rito OC a few months back, in January, and finally digitalized him 🥺

I love him, he's just short and fluffy, and he wears pants, which make him seem even shorter since he's not even standing at full height

He travels from domain to domain, learning every language there is and anything each race is willing to offer in hopes of, one day, introducing different cultures through songs to the kingdom

For context, a few months ago I sketched what I imagined Malanya would have looked like as a mount, threw Malon into the mix for lore reasons as I planned to work more around that idea

Recently I've been wanting to get out of my comfort zone and experiment a bit with my art so I dug out those old traditional scribbles and decided to digitalise them

I think it came out pretty good, didn't take as long as I thought it would, I'm satisfied with it ^^

Might draw more of that horse, maybe not as detailed but just to explore the concept

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I decided to start an Instagram account, not sure how it's gonna go but I've been wanting to try it out 👉👈, I think I'll only post about LU and LoZ for now though

If you're interested you can find me via @ / rinblid

I have way too many AUs

Wild coupled with a headcanon of mine

Thankfully Sidon has two hands <3

Lady Mipha

Expanding on this a bit! Holders of Sky's Hero's Spirit: First (the original incarnation, predates Skyloft), Sky, Four (hero of Men, Minish, and the Four Sword), Time, Legend, Hyrule, Twilight, Warriors (maybe, I'm undecided whose spirit Wars inherited), the Ancient Hero (hero of the previous Calamity), and Champion (pre-BoTW Link). Holders of Hero's Spirit 2.0: Wind (the original, as Sky's spirit no longer existed in his timeline), Spirit (Spirit Tracks Link, Wind's immediate successor), and Wild. This is one reason Wild has so much fun with the Sheikah Slate and, later, the Zonai devices; it's a passion for engineering he inherited from Spirit (aka the only Link with a stable 9-to-5). Warriors could theoretically also be in Wind's spiritual lineage, depending on whether the timeline merged before or during his adventure.

I also believe that, in the case where Wild and Champion are different souls, Champion absolutely sticks around like the rest of the champion's spirits. He's the one supplying the time magic for Flurry Rush and aerial archery. Unlike the rest of the champions, instead of separating his ability into a spirit orb thing to gift it to Wild, Champ just naps in Wild's soul as his whole entire self. With Wild as his anchor, he's not planning to move on until Wild does. (This is how Wild is able to get Champ's memories too.)

LU Idea

I have a new LU headcanon. It combines two others I've seen: first, that Wild is not the same person/soul as Link from before the Shrine of Resurrection, and second, that Wind forged his own Hero's Spirit, rather than being a reincarnation of Sky. What if pre-Shrine Link (Champion) had Sky's spirit, but his soul had already passed on when his body was placed in the Shrine. The Link who emerged 100 years later (Wild) is therefore Wind's reincarnation, not Sky's.

BotW drawing I made this summer with colors pencils, it's been way too long I drew with those ahah

Hero of Hyrule AND he cooks?

I’ve been on a song art thing lately

Anyone else playing totk just feel like gesturing irritatedly at the sky any time someone insists you go check out the fake Zelda sightings or go find Zelda?

Like I know exactly where she is she’s right there why do I need to waste time checking out these “sightings”

I’ve gotta go plop down on the light dragon and toss silent princesses into her hair and rant about the dumb citizens every time a character asks.

Zelda enemies be like:

“Here is a bland orb that could pass as a friendly”

“And here is a grotesque eldritch abomination”

To reiterate:

I think Wild has a blast scar spanning from cheekbone to jaw to neck and upper trapezius. I think he likely lost some hearing and vision to the injuries but regained them in the shrine, leading to a bit of a glow and color change in his eyes. (The hair style is mostly just to show the scarring, not for design) I think he and twilight both probably have tapetum lucidum.

I think Twilight has freckles from working on the ranch, which would have lightened during his adventure, but not gone away. I believe his wolf marks prolly are translucent, but can be darkened by night, magic, or recent transformation.

I agree with the deity marks on Time. I think that the functionality of the eye was likely returned though, so his eye would be open because it’s p difficult to keep a functioning eyelid closed for an extended period of time. The scars are from him getting freaked out about the marks and trying to claw them off. I also think he has a little ponytail like Wild. Just for fun.

Nintendo owns Link as a character, and Jojo invented linked universe y’all

Go check them out!

Various Link Lore/ Character Questions

I have questions. There has to be people out there who know the answers or have theories

- Who pierced Majora Mask’s Link’s ears? He woke up with them??

-Do the Links from the 86 games, toon, and wind waker etc have iris color in universe or is it just… brown/black/Very Very dark blue

-How old… quantitatively.. (life experience) do people think OOT/MM Link would be at the end of his adventure

-Who exactly are the not-typical-hylian people in twilight princess? (They point out at one point that he has pointed ears and they don’t and his original kingdom is gone) or is ordon in hyrule and twilight’s kingdom wasn’t..? But the castle is… I’m confused help

-People pointed out that there is iconography from Skyward sword in breath of the wild (and theme similarities in totk) so… if they were founded in different ways… are they in the same universe but time shenanigans? Or was the iconography just easter eggs

-w h e r e is the sheikah tech in totk? Where did they put the skyscraper sized beasts? And the towers? There doesn’t even seem to be scraps beyond the one in hateno

My study on the visual differences in the links, as divided in LU. (But not following their headcanons or mine) I was mostly just trying to get their individual features in one style)

This is mostly for my own benefit, so sorry if the writing looks illegible lol.

Also. Do we think age should be decided chronologically by timeline, by how long your body has existed, or by how long you have been aware (other than sleeping)?

…time travel and comas make age confusing.

Colored in an old sketch I did

That’s such a cold place to wake up for the first time…

Pssst… krowrok

I did an art.

If you happen to see the other place I posted this plz don’t.

Botw era calamity au shitpost but I guess this applies to them in botw in general

(Don’t tag as ship thnx)

Lord of the Mountain in the Lost Woods

So I just learned that Ganondorf is a Gerudo, and I’ll first admit I’m new to the Legend of Zelda lore but I’m pretty sure all Gerudo are female?

Theory: Ganondorf is transmasc.

I’d also like to say that Link is extremely ambiguous with gender according to the creators but they use he/him pronouns for him and he can easily pass as a female with the right clothing in Gerudo town.

Theory: Link is also transmasc.

Now I’m gonna mention the fact that Ganondorf and Link keep fuckin fighting across many different incarnations and across SO many years or at least thats what I’ve gathered.

Conclusion: Link and Ganondorf is just transmasc on transmasc violence

Post-BotW - Morning fun in Hateno ☀️❤️

They confessed a couple of days ago. Zelda and Link carefree and simply living in the moment at last. HDFDJSHDJ their blissful honeymoon phase ❤️ (That never ends) Just a quick Zelink doodle i made during a break. Cheers!!

Question: What is the greatest magic of all? Answer: Friendship, right? [B]: The greatest magic of all is not friendship, it's chronomancy, the ability to control and warp time. If friendship were the greatest magic, look, it's a pet peeve of mine (...)

DUNGEON MASTER BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN ANSWERS DnD QUESTIONS (TECH SUPPORT | WIRED)

WIP initials game!

How it works: You will be given a word. Share one sentence/excerpt from your WIP(s) that starts with each letter of that word!

My word: BLADE (thanks for the tag, @e-n-t-r-o-p-i-c-f-r-o-g!)

I'll only take excerpts from unpublished chapters of works that I already started posting :)

B (from Rotting Waters)

“Beautiful dog, Xuan Zhen” Jun Wu comments suddenly. “What breed is it?”

His voice startles both Mu Qing and Feng Xin. Sabre looks at him too, stretching her strong neck slightly, maybe to sniff. Jun Wu doesn’t move to interact with her, so after a hesitant wag of tail, she sits down.

“It’s an Akita,” Mu Qing replies after a second. “Her name is Sabre.”

L (from The Perfect Gift)

Looking at them go, Link had to admit that the gerudo was surprisingly pragmatic. In their place, Sidon would've lost his goddam mind; he wouldn't have left Link alone until he said something. Even Zelda would be alarmed. Tuori, though? They were content just knowing Link wouldn’t kick the bucket while they finished the job.

A (from Treasure Hunting in the Clouds)

“An explosive?” San Lang asks with less alarm or surprise in his voice than Xie Lian expected, which makes him feel optimistic.

“A grenade, to be precise. I thought it was a steel cup at first.”

“That sounds terribly dangerous.”

His tone is neutral, but Xie Lian tenses anyway.

D (from Rotting Waters)

“Does Jun Wu know you’re bringing her?”

“Yeah, duh.”

“And why didn’t you tell me?”

“Whose dog is it?”

Feng Xin will kill him.

E (from Treasure Hunting in the Clouds)

Even if they weren’t doing… whatever they’re doing, Xie Lian’s flimsy jacket has little to offer against the low temperature and strong winds awaiting them. Already quite familiar with the unpredictability of British weather, he packed a winter coat in his checked bag, but said checked bag got stuck or misplaced at some point along the way back, probably between Los Angeles and Chicago, and he doesn’t know if he’ll ever see it again (he doesn’t have high hopes).

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This was fun! I'm not sure who to tag, so feel free to join if you see this. The word is going to be MAGIC.

WIP Game!

I was tagged by @e-n-t-r-o-p-i-c-f-r-o-g. Thanks!

Rules:

Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder.

Let people send you asks with the title that most intrigues them, then post a snippet or reveal something about it.

Tag others to continue the game.

I'm going to provide a little more information besides the titles, because otherwise, picking one feels too much like a shot in the dark.

UNPUBLISHED:

In Memoriam: MDZS, postcanon. Wei Ying is asked to pretend he's Mo Xuanyu and bid farewell to the former nanny of the Mo family, so she can pass away in peace.

Scars: MDZS, postcanon. Wei Ying asks Lan Zhan if, given the chance, he'd erase the scars left by his punishment.

First night: TGCF, missing scene. During the first night he spends in Puqi shrine after meeting Xie Lian on the ox cart, Hua Cheng ponders about what kind of life the prince has lived the last eight hundred years, and about the function of his second shackle.

Clarity: TGCF, canondivergence. Hua Cheng comes back from his second dispersion early, but he's barely there, unable to move or speak on his own. Afraid of exposing his beloved to any malignant actor while in such vulnerable state, and tormented by how much and in how many ways he missed him, Xie Lian locks them both inside the Mt. Taicang's shack until he can come up with a solution.

Pearl Memories: TGCF, postcanon. Xie Lian decides to learn how to style hair properly, and in return, he learns about what happened to the lock of hair he tied around Hua Cheng's finger during the land of the tender incident.

Haifisch: TGCF, mermaid AU. To unwind from his gruelling job and difficult circumstances, Xie Lian has got into the habit of screaming underwater while he swims at the bay, unaware of the fact that his sorrow smells like blood in the water for Hua Cheng, a siren that feeds from despair.

The Newcomer/King of the Ghosts: TGCF, postcanon. A new earth master ascends and immediately accuses Hua Cheng of having stolen his auspicious fate in marriage and use it for himself in order to marry Xie Lian. Seeing in this a chance to free herself from her bureaucratic prison, Ling Wen offers to take care of the case.

The Secret Garden: TGCF, postcanon. Xie Lian is a tireless worker, and while Hua Cheng deeply admires that of him, he's also desperate to make him settle and rest after so many years of struggle. Perhaps making Paradise Manor feel like a real home could do the trick.

Picture perfect: TGCF, modern AU. Hua Cheng begrudgingly agrees to participate in a photography project of his fellow uni student He Xuan, under the condition that he won't have to remove his eyepatch. However, when he arrives to the studio and meets Xie Lian, an incredibly charming man who's missing the right leg, he fears he might be persuaded into exposing his own scars.

The fantasy creatures pitches: SVSSS, MDZS, TGCF (but they aren't crossovers). Chinese mythology AUs. I wrote six pitches for the Tails And Scales fanzine, two for each novel. They picked one from TGCF, but I can talk about the other five.

Fairy Boy: Zelda BotW, missing scene. The story of Link growing up and how he ventured into the Lost Woods to find the Master Sword at age 12. It's entirely told in rhymes, like a children's bedtime story.

ONGOING:

Heavenly Damnation: TGCF, modern AU, metal music. After eight years of taking on awful gigs to stay afloat, Xie Lian is forced to confront his past when issues with the registration office bring him back to the capital. The difference? Hua Cheng, who has been his biggest fan since the beginning, is now ready to help him out of the hell Bai Wuxiang put him into.

Treasure Hunting in the Clouds: TGCF, modern AU. Hua Cheng bought a first class couple's pod to fly back to London after a business trip to the USA, but the airline forced his hand at the last minute and shoved a stranger in the other half of the bed. Hua Cheng hates this at first, but he changes his mind when he sees who's his impromptu pod mate.

Within Reach: TGCF, canondivergence. During their long walk towards Mount Tonglu while Hua Cheng is in his sealed child form, he and Xie Lian encounter humans who tell stories and legends of Crimson Rain Seeking A Flower, and decide to make a game out of it in order for Xie Lian to learn more about his secretive companion.

The Perfect Gift: Zelda BotW, post canon. Unauthorized sequel of the orphaned fic "A Most Convenient Marriage". On a mad race to eliminate the new threat looming over Hyrule, Link comes to terms with his strained relationship with Zelda and the blooming love he shares with Prince Sidon.

This... is hella lot more than I expected to have, lmao. Feel free to ask about as many titles as you want. I'm just now starting to use Tumblr again, so I'm sorry if I'm being inopportune with the tags: @ardenrabbit, @edenwolfie, @peachylixir, @callmefoxypepsi.

Answered questions:

The Newcomer/King of the Ghosts

In Memoriam

Treasure Hunting in the Clouds

Within Reach

Clarity

Fic WIPs Openings

@boomchickfanfiction changed a meme that consisted of sharing the first lines of ten fics for one of sharing the first lines of ten fic WIPs, which suits me wonderfully because it's the only way many of these texts are ever going to see the light, lol. 1 to 7 are TGCF, 8 is MDZS, 9 is Hades and 10 is BotW.

"Ghost, ghost! How can you say that I'm not dead? How would I be able to see you again, if I weren't?"

Hua Cheng seemed to toss the dice casually, but the two little cubes dented the skull of the last demon standing like stones shot from a powerful slingshot, nailing it to the bloody floor. Two sixes.

Neither gods nor ghosts needed to sleep. The fact that they didn’t need to, though, didn’t mean that they didn’t do it.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Hua Cheng didn’t know if that was the best of the worst day of his afterlife.

Upon waking up, the first thing Xie Lian noticed was the unusual warmth. Yawning, he pushed the blanket away and supported himself on his elbows, blinking hard in the darkness.

Despite the generalised hatred its inhabitants felt against the sun, Ghost City did have days and nights.

“Cheng’er is too old to share beds with grown-ups, you are going to spoil him.”

When the only sound coming from Wei Ying arriving to the Cloud Recesses was the clapping of Little Apple’s hooves against the stone road, Lan Zhan knew something had gone wrong.

The waters of the river Styx were warm, and their bitter flavour managed to get inside his mouth as it always did, no matter how tightly he kept his mouth shut.

The sunset made their secret lake glow with an orange hue. Link sat at the shore and splashed the water with his feet, which made Sidon smile.

Feel free to join if you want!

My cosplay summary 2022 (that I made and immediately forgot about, lol)

Cosplayers: -BotW Link, OoT Link, Xie Lian, Wei Wuxian, Zagreus: Me. -Lan Zhan: Zhuun. -Nyx: Vestahygge

Photo credits: -All Link pics, Zagreus and Nyx: BunKatz. -Xie Lian and bunny Wangxian: Frost. -Flute Wangxian: Kuma.