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sky-squido · 6 months

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^ this absolutely accurately and concisely explains the fandom interpretation of his character—that is, why the character that exists in fandom behaves the way he does on a psychological level.

op's question is also about how people got This Guy from Those Games. a big part of it is character drift due to detachment from the source material. most people in the LU fandom haven't played all of legend's games. i'm on the more prolific side, having played nearly all the 3D zeldas to completion and many of the 2D zeldas, and still haven't played most of his games (he has so many!!). if someone's only played one of his games, unless they're a real fandom veteran, it's gonna be link's awakening, because it's on switch and a recent release.

link's awakening. you know. the really sad one. this is most people's only insight into his life. people play this game and think "woah he got struck by lighting out at sea and almost died?! and his cute, sweet, funny, girlfriend wasn't even real?! that's so cruel!! and WAIT this little kid saved the world three whole times before he had to go through this? he must have suffered so much." this gets especially exacerbated with the perception that older zelda games are harder, so it makes it adventures seem scarier and more grimdark than they really were.

i remember explaining to my brother, who's played all the zelda games and doesn't engage in fandom at all, what legend's personality was like in LU fanon, and i remember him getting almost upset about it. he was like "he's just a funky little guy! my funky little dude!! we had adventures together!!!!" that interaction with him is actually a big reason why i write legend as in love with his adventures as i do. i do still write him tinged with a deep sadness, as he has undoubtedly experienced hardship, but i write all of the boys that way, as i think it makes for more compelling characters.

i think every link's characterization in LU canon has necessary deviations and extrapolations from the source material. if i recall correctly, jojo mentioned at some point that she wanted more diversity in personality so it wasn't literally the exact same guy nine times. so we already have that divergence from the source material (and divergences from the source material aren't inherently bad! i know i've taken my fair share of liberties, too). if we add on top of that people who have read LU without having played many of the games, especially legend's, which is probably most people, and then add to that the people who read more fanfiction than they do LU canon (entirely justifiable because there's so much more fanon than canon at this point), you basically end up with a long game of telephone, where legend's character falls a little more out of touch with his games with every step.

there are a lot of different characterizations for legend, and honestly a lot of them are fairly hit-or-miss for me. i've also read plenty of fics about a really interesting and well-developed character who happens to be named legend, but just isn't That Guy from Those Games.

honestly, if people have recs for fics with a more optimistic/lighthearted legend, i am SO DOWN because he's undeniably one of my favorite lads and last time i looked, it felt like i'd already read everything that wrote him the way i like.

and obligatory disclaimer that there is no Objective Wrong Way to write legend. there are ways that i feel are more accurate to the source material and there are ways i personally enjoy reading more but like none of these things have any moral value. it's fanfiction; it's the wild west—follow ur dreams, kids.

I have a question for the Zelda LU fandom people

In most LU posts and fics I come across,

Why is Legend sour and grouchy? Like he’s sarcastic and curses a lot. He seems hot headed and annoyed?

I’m just curious because I’ve played Link to the Past, the oracle games, and Links Awakening.; and he wasn’t like that…?

I thought he was very sweet. Especially when going through Link’s Awakening. He seems like a guy that’s been through a lot and I’d think he’d be one of the most humble?

To my normal followers, I’m just really passionate about LoZ sorry 😅

#squido rambles #lu legend

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sky-squido · 6 months

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Hi hi hi I really really loved your fic 'What Hyrule Hadn't Seen', it was really touching and beautiful, and I was wondering if you would be okay with me doing some fanart for it? No problem if you don't want me to, of course, just a thought :3

OH HI HELLO YES PLEASE THANK YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

for the record, fanart is always always always allowed, encouraged, and cherished dearly! i have a special folder where i keep all the fanart i've ever recieved, no matter how "good" it is (yes there are literal stick figure drawings in it i'm not even kidding).

i've never met or heard of an author who doesn't go insane with happiness over fanart, let alone one who actively discourages it, so unless you hear otherwise, feel free to assume that all authors want fanart :D

BUT YES THANK YOU AAAAAA YOU CAN POST IT HERE AND TAG ME OR DM IT TO ME ON DISCORD (or @ me on the LU discord. i check discord more often than tumblr, but i should still see it either way)

#squido answers #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PEOPLE ARE SO NICE THANK U I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU

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sky-squido · 6 months

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i, like every other fic author in existence, love getting comments from people who enjoyed my work. i don't care if your comment is "late" (that's so weird to me like it's literature—do you apologize to homer for being late to reading the odyssey?) or "unintelligible" (late night commenters, english language learners, people who feel like they "just aren't that good with words", believe me, i entirely understand what you mean and appreciate it immensely), or anything else that you feel might make your comment 'not good enough'. i love all of the comments i receive and i am eternally grateful to all of you for your continued support.

and yeah, i've read fics where i felt like adding a comment would be doing the fic a disservice because there was nothing that could be said that wouldn't cheapen or patronize the magnum opus i'd just witnessed. in instances like this, that is exactly what i say in the comment: "there's nothing i can say that doesn't do this work of art a disservice. thank you for writing this."

actually, now that i think about it, there are a bunch of ao3 comments i've gotten that i still haven't replied to because i felt any thanks i could give would be inadequate. i should really get around to replying because i want them to know how spellbound they left me. i love you all, have i ever mentioned that?

all of that being said, i would like to make a public service announcement!

at least under default settings, ao3 authors do get notified every time you edit a comment. i've accidentally hit send too early before, or realized i forgot something i wanted to say, i get it, i really do. i have edited many comments in my day.

but you don't have to do this. really, it's okay. most of the time i honestly can't tell what the difference is. i'm not going to think worse of you for having typos in your comments because i guarantee that there were more in the fic you just read sfkljghsl

also these edits were over the course of twenty full minutes. i got another email while writing this post and had to update the image. please do not spend 20 minutes agonizing over your comment and changing the capitalization and adding a few words. it's okay, i promise. i love your comment, and i'm very very grateful for it, regardless of how "polished" it is. i'm not your english teacher in disguise.

tl;dr, i love you all and i hope you don't feel anxiety or a compulsion towards perfectionism in my ao3 comments section. i won't judge you, i promise <3

#squido's op #squido rambles #i hope i don't sound annoyed because i don't want to sound annoyed #but also that was a lot of emails #if they were different comments that would be sick i love that #but on several occasions i've had edit spam #and i don't really understand the logic behind it #i figured that people just don't know that we get notified every time you edit a comment #so that's all i wanted to say really but i got sidetracked with appreciation because i think someone plugged some of my works somewhere #because i've been seeing a big uptick in comments lately and it's really really sweet #i haven't written for this fandom (or at all really) in a long time now so i'm always really really happy to see my works are still #out there and being read and loved and affecting people. i do still plan to finish hfwkadwm i promise #i guess i have writer's block >:/ never had it quite like this before #BUT I SAID I WAS GONNA FINISH IT AND I AM #MARK MY WORDS I'LL FINISH THIS FIC OR DIE TRYING #eventually

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sky-squido · 6 months

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@quiddie i drew your girl!! laerynn is so much of why exu calamity is what it is and she means so much to me so thank you for creating this wonderful, insane, brilliant, sassy, hubristic, deeply loving purple wizard. she will be remembered forever, maybe not by the history of exandria, but certainly by us. It happened and it mattered. she mattered. brb gonna go back to crying about her

“What you are considering is possible… you don’t know what the cost of this working might be.”

“It was all for this, and it has to have been worth it. I try to finish.”

#IDK IF U WILL BUT I REALLY HOPE U SEE THIS AABRIA BECAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU FOR GIVING US LAERYNN #AND FOR LEAVING IT ALL AT THE TABLE IN YOUR ROLEPLAYING LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH #i want to tell you how much i appreciate and admire and am moved by what u did with laerynn but i don't think i can put it into words???#sklghsdlfkghsdflkgjhsdfg i hope u like the art i spent a lot of time on it because ur beautiful girl deserves nothing less

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sky-squido · 7 months

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"I'll show you a Legend"

Inspired by Sky-Squido's LU fic "Time's Travels - While You Still Can" (CW: Main character death and associated grieving)

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #I SCREAMED ON DISCORD AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN #not my art #BUT ALL OF YOU NEED TO SEE THIS LOOK AT IT LOOK AT IT NOW #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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sky-squido · 10 months

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Sorry for doing this on anon but I'm a bit of a shy person.

So a about 2 1/2 years ago you read some of my LU fics and on the multichapter one you left long and detailed comments of your reactions for every chapter. I never replied (mostly because I'm in a non US time zone and if I don't reply to anybody, I don't feel guilty for forgetting to reply) but just want you to know that I still remember back then how you lit up each day whenever I woke up to find one of your comments. Even now, I still go back to them whenever I'm feeling down or unsure about my writing since I tend to months without writing or posting anything. Even from what interactions I remember from before I left the LU server, you were an amazing kind and encouraging person.

Thank you and I wish you many pleasant and joyful days.

SJFKLDKJFGKSJDFGLSDKJFGLSDKJFL EHEHEHEHEHE YES!!!! I'M SO SO SO SO GRATEFUL I WAS ABLE TO SPARK JOY AND INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE YOU!!!! if you ever need more encouragement in any of your creative endeavors, i am just a discord or tumblr away and always happy to see what you've got going on and help you get out of your slump. God bless!!

#squido answers #THIS IS WHY WE LEAVE COMMENTS FRIENDS! :D #SPREAD THE LOVE!!! COMMENT ON FICS!! :D

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sky-squido · 10 months

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Shy anon again and hahaha didn't know you were doing skyloftian's ask game

I haven't had much time to read for leisure recently, but scrolling through your AO3 page and some of the titles give me a gut punch reaction and my favourite heartwrenching scenes suddenly reappear. And for that to happen after so long is really a testament to the impact of your writing.

For your art, what always hits me is your beautiful and dramatic use of colour and lighting that also gives me a classic oil painting vibe. I remember participating in your Legend dtiys however long ago that was and the epic split between the orangey reds and deep blues is still something so beautiful and inspirational

If you dont mind me saying this, you truly have some God-blessed talents and are putting them to good work (and as you double what you've started with, may more be poured out to you)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU THANK YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA i don't have words help skfjhgslfkgsdkf i'm just so very blessed to have people like you in my life!!! i've never felt unappreciated in this space and i have people like you to thank for that so thank you so so so so much to everyone who's shared their God-blessed talent for making this humble creator feel loved.

i hope your week to come is just as lovely as you've made mine!

#squido answers

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sky-squido · 10 months

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Hi Squido.

I’ve read so many of your stories and they’re so amazing. Other than actually seeing the comics by JoJo, your writing is actually what got me into Linked Universe. I still read it and love it so much. To Isolate really gave me feels. I wanted to cry, laugh, and punch Legend.

Thank you for writing so many amazing stories. They’re amazing. Also I love leaving notes on you Ao3 stories so some of those are mine. 😁

Have a great day!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH THANK YOU WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH SFDKLGJSHDFLGKSJGSKDFLK i'm so so grateful i've been able to create stories that mean something to you!! and i'm also very happy to see that my ever-present desire to punch legend is contagious sfkgjhsdlkfg

i hope your week to come is as lovely as you just made mine!!!

#squido answers

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sky-squido · 10 months

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this is the best game

#squido's ooa liveblog

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sky-squido · 10 months

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How are you doing? I love all your works, and I think you're a great person! Stay hydrated and get lots of sleep!

ah!! thank you!!! this summer has been a gently undulating rollercoaster that regularly alternates between "hnnnnnnnnnnng i miss being okay aaaugh my brain is full of bees" and "oh! everything's actually just... okay! heck yeah!! i feel good!" right now i'd say my head is full of jellies and they are blooping and blorping around. i'm not quite sure what that means either but i don't think i could put it any more accurately if i tried.

as i have for the past two summers now, i've been addicted to sewing, so i have capes and floofy pirate shirts and petticoats galore and i will be flaunting ALL of them next semester, thank you. i've had a digital artblock for some reason, so i've been doodling on paper lots, and i think my writers' block is less writer's block and more "ehhh i'll do it later" (doesn't do it). my goal is still to have the next chapter of hfwkadwm done by the end of the summer, and i think i can make that, because i've knocked out most of my low-hanging-fruit-projects so before too long the next chapter of that will be the next lowest hanging fruit sfkghf.

thanks so much for checking in aaaaah you all are so sweet! i love all you guys so much and am wrapping all of u up in big cozy weighted blankets :D

#squido answers

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sky-squido · 10 months

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Girl and Dog

(for context, my little sister's running a D&D campaign where one of the characters is learning to read. because we are supremely extra, we wrote an entire children's book for this character to learn to read with. then we fell way too hard in love with it and now it is 3k words (oops). BUT YEAH IT'S REALLY CUTE AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT so we wanted all of you to be able to read it too :D)

This is Girl. Girl lives with Mom and Dad. Girl and Mom and Dad live in the town.

The woods are next to the town. The woods are very big. Mom and Dad tell Girl to stay in the town. But Girl likes to see new things.

“I want to see the woods!” says Girl.

Girl wants to get set for the trip. Girl gets all her cool stuff.

First, Girl gets her best bag, to put the things she finds in it. Next, Girl gets her shiny rock, to make new friends. Then, Girl gets her magic stick, to hit mean things. Last, Girl gets her big green cape, to show how brave she is. Her mom made the big green cape for her, so it will keep her safe.

With her best bag and her shiny rock and her magic stick and her big green cape, now Girl is set to go to the woods.

Girl steps out of her home. Girl goes out of the town. The woods are tall and green and pretty. Girl will see the woods! Girl takes her first step into the woods.

Girl sees lots of new things in the woods. Girl sees a huge leaf and a funny bug and a rocky hill. Girl is very happy and goes to see more things.

Then Girl sees a gray dog! The dog is big and looks very soft.

“Hi! I am Girl!” says Girl. “You look very soft.”

“Hello,” says the dog, “I am Dog. Do you want to pet me?”

“YES!” says Girl, very loud. “I do want to pet you! You look very soft.”

“Okay,” says Dog. Dog walks to Girl. “You can pet me now.”

“Thanks!” says Girl. Girl sits and pets Dog.

Dog is very soft and warm and fluffy. Dog starts to wag his tail. Dog is happy.

“Where are you going in the woods?” asks Dog. “You are far away from the town.”

“I am on a trip!” says Girl. “I want to see new things! I have my best bag and my shiny rock and my magic stick and my big green cape! Now I am set for my trip!”

“Wow!” says Dog. “You must be very brave. But there is one thing you do not have. It’s the best thing to have on a trip!”

“Oh!” says Girl. “What is the best thing to have on a trip?”

“A friend!” says Dog. “Trips are way more fun when you have a friend! I want to be your friend. I want to come with you on the trip and you can pet me lots and lots.”

“WOW!” says Girl. “I like to pet you a lot. I want to be your friend too! Thank you! You are very nice.”

Girl gives Dog a big hug. Dog is very happy and wags his tail lots and lots. Girl and Dog go into the woods to see more things.

Girl and Dog walk in the woods for a bit. They see a pretty tree, a red berry, and a mossy log. They sit on the mossy log under the pretty tree and eat the red berry. It is a yummy snack!

When they are done, Dog says “I have an idea for the next part of the trip! How about we go to the big rock?”

“Ooh!” says Girl, “the big rock is a new thing! I want to see the big rock!”

“Okay,” says Dog, “I know the way.”

Girl and Dog go to the big rock. On the big rock, there is a small bird. There are twigs next to the bird.

“Hi!” says Girl. “I am Girl! Do you want to be my friend?”

“Oh, hi Girl,” says the small bird. “I am Bird. I think a friend would be nice.”

“Okay!” says Girl. “You are now my friend! And I am now your friend!”

“Hooray!” says Bird. “Friends are very nice.”

“Now that we are friends, what will we do?” says Girl.

“I want to show you my nest,” says Bird, “but I don’t have one.” Bird is sad. “I want to make a nest so all of my bird friends can have a home. But it is very hard to make a nest. Can you help me?”

“Okay!” says Girl. “I will help you make a nest! I will see if any of my cool stuff can help us.”

Girl looks in her best bag. Her shiny rock is there. But the shiny rock will not help Bird make a nest.

“Oh!” says Bird. “That is a very nice bag.”

“Thank you!” says Girl. “It is my best bag! I put the things I find in it.”

Girl looks at her best bag. It is nice and soft. Girl looks at Bird. Bird is very small.

“Bird, do you fit in my bag?” says Girl.

“I think so,” says Bird, “let me try.”

Girl takes the shiny rock out of the bag. Bird gets in the bag. Bird fits in the bag! There is lots of room in the bag.

“Oh my!” says Bird. “This is so cozy. I bet me and all my bird friends can fit in here too!”

“Yay!” says Girl. “You can keep it. I don’t need it very much.”

“Thank you!” says Bird, “I will take this bag to use it as a home for me and all my bird friends.”

“Hooray!” says Girl. “I like to help my friends. Now what will Dog and I see next?”

“The lake is very pretty,” says Bird. “I think you two will like it a lot.”

“Thank you!” says Girl. “We will go to the lake.”

Girl and Dog wave bye to Bird. Girl and Dog saw the big rock and now they will go to the lake.

“That was fun,” says Girl. “I am very happy we can help our friends.”

“Yes,” says Dog. “That is also why friends are the best thing to have on a trip. Friends help their friends.”

“You are so smart,” says Girl. “You know so many things.”

“Thank you,” says Dog. “I like to talk to my friends and learn new things.”

“Okay,” says Girl. “Let’s go make some new friends and learn some new things!”

“Yes!” says Dog. “This will be fun!”

Now Girl and Dog are at the lake. The lake is very big and pretty. It is shiny and looks like the sky.

“I am so happy to see the lake!” says Girl.

Girl puts her hand in the lake. The lake is nice and cool. Now Girl’s hand is wet.

“I want to see what is in the lake.” says Girl. “I will go in the lake!”

Girl gets into the lake. It is very fun to swim in the lake. Girl sees a nice shell, a smooth rock, and a wavy plant.

Next, Girl sees a fancy fish.

“Hi!” says Girl. “I am Girl. Do you want to be my friend?”

“Hello Girl,” says the fancy fish. “I am Fish. I do want to be your friend.”

“Hooray!” says Girl. “I like to make new friends a lot.”

“Me too,” says Fish. “But I can’t find my other friends. We like to meet here to swim, but I think they got lost. It is hard to find places in the lake.”

“Oh no!” says Girl. “Can I help? I like to help my friends. That’s what friends are for!”

“Oh, thank you,” says Fish. “This is so nice. What can you do to help?”

Girl looks at her cool stuff. She has a magic stick to hit mean things and a shiny rock to make new friends and her big green cape to show how brave she is.

“Oh wow,” says Fish. “That is such a shiny rock! I bet my friends can see it, even from very far away.”

“Do you want my shiny rock?” says Girl. “So your friends won’t get lost and you can swim with them.”

“Thank you so much!” says Fish. “Now my friends can find me and I can swim with them.”

“Yay!” says Girl. “I am so happy to help my friends.”

It is cold in the lake and Girl wants to be warm. Also, Girl misses Dog.

“I think I will go back to the land now,” says Girl. “I hope your friends find you!”

“Okay!” says Fish. “If you want to see more water, there is a very cozy stream close by.”

“Oh thank you!” says Girl. “I will go there. Bye, Fish!”

“Bye Girl!” says Fish.

Girl goes back to the land. Dog is there, and he is very soft and warm and dry. Girl gives Dog a big hug. Girl is very happy to be with Dog. Dog is now wet, but Dog is very happy to be with Girl, too.

Girl and Dog sit in the sun until they are both warm and dry.

“I made a friend in the lake,” says Girl. “Her name is Fish. I gave her my shiny rock so her friends don’t get lost.”

“Yay!” says Dog. “I am so happy you made a new friend.”

“Me too,” says Girl. “She said there was a cozy stream close by. We can go there next.”

“Okay,” says Dog. “That sounds very nice.”

Girl and Dog go to the cozy stream. They see a big log, a lily pad, and a red leaf.

Now Girl and Dog are at the cozy stream. The water makes a pretty sound when it hits all the rocks. Girl likes the sound the water makes lots and lots.

Then they see a frog next to the stream. The frog has a funny hat!

“Hi!” says Girl. “I am Girl. Do you want to be my friend?”

“Howdy Girl!” says the frog with the funny hat. “My name is Frog. Being your friend sounds real nice.”

“Yay!” says Girl. “I like your funny hat.”

“Why thank you!” says Frog. “I like your big green cape, too.”

“Thank you!” says Girl. “Mom made it for me. It shows how brave I am. See?” Girl does a spin.

“I do see!” says Frog. “And my hat was a gift from my dear mama, too, but I can’t get to her no more.”

“Oh!” says Girl. “Why not?”

“Well she’s on the other side of this here stream,” Frog says, “and I can’t get over there.”

“Can you hop over it?” says Girl. Girl hops up and down so Frog will know what she means.

“No,” says Frog. Frog looks sad. “I can’t hop very well.”

“Oh,” says Girl. “Can you swim to the other side?”

“No,” says Frog. “The water is too fast.”

“But Fish said this is a cozy stream,” says Girl.

“Oh, not at all!” says Frog. “Maybe this stream is cozy for fish, but not for frogs!”

“Oh,” says Girl. “I don’t think I get it, but that’s okay.” Girl still wants to help Frog cross the stream.

Girl looks down at her magic stick. It is nice and big so she can hit lots of mean things. It is so big it can go from one side of the stream to the other. Girl has an idea.

Girl puts the stick down across the stream. Now there is a small bridge over the stream.

“Can you cross the stream now?” says Girl.

“I think I can!” says Frog. Frog goes on the bridge. “Hot dog! This is the best!”

Frog goes over the stream.

“Yeehaw! Thank you, friend!” says Frog.

“I’m so happy that I can help my friends!” says Girl. She is so happy that she hops up and down lots and lots.

Frog tips his hat. “Have a very nice day! Thanks again!”

“You too!” says Girl. “Bye, Frog!”

Now it is late in the day. Soon it will be night. Girl yawns. “Let’s go to our next spot!” says Girl.

“You look very sleepy,” says Dog. “It’s hard to go on a trip when you’re sleepy.”

“Yeah,” says Girl. Girl pets Dog. Girl is very sleepy. “Today was a big day,” says Dog. “First, we went to the big rock and you gave Bird your best bag so it could be a nice nest. Next, we went to the pretty lake and you gave Fish your shiny rock so her friends don’t get lost. Then, we came to the cozy stream and you gave Frog your magic stick so he could cross the river. You made so many friends and gave all of them your help.”

“I did help lots of friends,” said Girl. “Today was a very good day.” Girl sits with Dog. “But you’re silly, Dog. You didn’t say that we met! That was today and that was very big.”

“You’re right,” says Dog. “That was very very big. I’m so glad we met and are now friends!”

Girl sits up. “Oh Dog!” she says. “You’re my friend! I like to help my friends lots and lots! I gave help to Bird and Fish and Frog, but not you! What do I do to help you, Dog?”

“You’re silly, Girl,” says Dog. “You did help me lots and lots just by being my friend today. Trips are best when you have a friend with you. You got to go on a trip with a friend today, and so did I!”

“Okay!” says Girl. “I’m so happy I got to help you today. You helped me too, Dog. You are my friend! You made this trip so much fun. I’m so happy we’re friends.”

“Me too,” says Dog.

Girl yawns some more. She puts her head on Dog’s head.

“You need to sleep,” says Dog. “Do you want to go home?”

“I don’t know,” says Girl. “Mom and Dad will be mad I went into the woods. They tell me not to. I don’t think they’ll let me come back to the woods.”

“Oh,” says Dog. “Do you want to stay in the woods? We can go to the spot I like to sleep in.”

Girl pets Dog. “I don’t know. I don’t want Mom and Dad to be sad. They’re really nice all the time. My mom made my big green cape for me.”

“I see,” says Dog. “So what will you do?”

Girl thinks lots and lots. Dog is really nice all the time, too. Girl also doesn’t want Dog to be sad.

Girl thinks about the town. Girl thinks about how warm and cozy her bed is when Dad tucks her in. Girl thinks about all the things she learns in school. Girl wants to learn to read big books. Girl thinks about Mom and all the things she shows her how to make. Girl wants to learn to make capes, too, even cooler than the ones Mom makes.

“I think I will go home,” says Girl. “I’m very glad I came to the woods. I really like all the new things I saw and the cool trip we had. And I really really like all my new friends!” Girl pets Dog some more. “But I want to go home.”

“Okay,” says Dog. “I’m glad Mom and Dad will be happy to see you. But I will be sad that I won’t get to see you again.”

“Me too,” says Girl. Girl gives Dog more pets. “I will miss you lots and lots.”

“I will too,” says Dog.

Girl takes off her big green cape that shows how brave she is. But Girl knows how brave she is. Soon she will make her very own cape. Girl will make lots of capes.

“Here,” says Girl. “I want you to have this. So you can keep it and think of me for a long time.”

“Oh Girl,” says Dog. “I will think of you lots and lots, even if I don’t have your big green cape.”

“I will think of you lots, too,” says Girl. “But I still want you to have it.”

“Okay,” says Dog. “Thank you very much. I will take care of it so much.”

“Just like you took care of me!” says Girl. Girl puts her big green cape on Dog. Girl ties her best knot, to keep it nice and snug. “There,” says Girl.

“Thank you, Girl,” says Dog. “I love you so much.”

Girl gives Dog the biggest hug.

“I love you too, Dog,” says Girl. “So so much.”

“Goodbye, Girl,” says Dog.

Girl lets go of Dog. “Goodbye, Dog,” says Girl.

Girl is going home. Girl turns around to wave goodbye to her best friend, Dog, in a big green cape.

Girl goes back down the cozy stream. Girl can see Frog on the other side with his mama, who has a funny hat too.

Girl goes from the cozy stream to the pretty lake. She goes past the big log, the lily pad, and the red leaf. Girl looks in the pretty lake and sees Fish and her friends going for a big swim by the nice shell, the smooth rock, and the wavy plant.

Girl goes from the pretty lake to the big rock. She sees Bird with lots of bird friends in the nice nest. They are going to sleep. Girl wants to go to sleep, too.

Girl goes past the huge leaf, the funny bug, and the rocky hill. Girl is now at the end of the woods.

Girl goes out of the woods. Girl goes back to the town. Girl goes back to her home. Mom and Dad are very happy to see her and give her a big, big hug. Girl loves Mom and Dad too.

“Oh no,” says Mom, “did you lose your big green cape?”

“No,” says Girl. “I gave it to my best friend.”

“Okay,” says Mom. Girl is so sleepy. Mom picks her up and takes her to her bed. Dad tucks her in.

Girl is so cozy in her bed. Girl had the best day.

Girl has the best dreams, too.

The End

#FROM THE TEAM OF WRITERS THAT BROUGHT YOU TO ISOLATE NOW INTRODUCING GIRL AND DOG #no for real we wrote this together with the same system we used when we wrote to isolate and this fact is hilarious to me #squido's op #squido writes #NOT LU FOR ONCE CAN YOU IMAGINE WOAG

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sky-squido · 10 months

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i will extol the benefits of donating blood to my dying days but by far the funniest is that, after my fourth time donating blood yesterday (meaning i've lost a half gallon in the past half a year :0) i've noticed that i'm feeling the aftereffects of it less and less every time, which then means that THIS interaction is now possible:

friends on the sidelines of the fight: "oh no! they've lost too much blood!! there's no way they can fight on in this state!"

anime protagonist covered in blood, spitting yet more blood out of their mouth, gritting their teeth: "you're forgetting one thing"

villain standing over protagonist, sure they've won: "and what is that"

anime protagonist, grinning, and there's a spark in their eye: "i'm a blood donor"

villain, gasping, and stumbling backwards: "no! it can't be!"

protagonist, standing up: "i shrug off far worse than this every other month. it's going to take more than that to keep me down!!!"

villain, getting stabbed by protagonist: "noooooo!!!"

#squido's op #squido rambles #DONATE BLOOD EVERYONE DO IT U WONT #seriously i suck at taking care of myself and regularly skip way too many meals #but being a blood donor has legitimately made me so much better at that because it's not for me it's for the blood!!#and i mean come on you have to get your blood in as many peoples bodies as possible #you know #just in case

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sky-squido · 10 months

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OR OR THE FACT THAT SKY ALSO FORGED THE MASTER SWORD ITSELF!!

i like the idea of the stories getting conflated with time, that there was a super great guy named link who forged a magic sword and whether or not that sword was the master sword or not is a topic of furious academic debate and people will swear on their lives it's one or the other and there are loads of contradictory details that all seem to be true

but legend doesn't care. he's proud to follow in the footsteps of such a great smith and never does he feel more right, like he's doing what he was made to, then when he's tempering the master sword itself.

then LU happens and he meets both sky and four and realizes 1. ohhhh there were two of them you know that explains a lot 2. woah sky forged the master sword i feel so close to him already and i really want to be his friend (but i'll die before i admit that) 3. sky does not know ANYTHING about blacksmithing holy crap legend used "forge" as a noun and sky was like "what" and now legend's world is crumbling around him because how was this beautiful blade that he cherishes so dearly made by such an idiot 4. oh. FOUR is where the tales of this blacksmith's legendary precision and skill come from. four lives UP to these legends, and even surpasses them, as the actual specifics of how impressive his feats of smithing were get lost by laypeople jumbling the details. there are blades in legend's time that they Cannot figure out how to make anymore because the technique was lost to time and then legend sees four CHOPPING VEGETABLES WITH ONE like "yeah i made it what of it" and legend goes completely insane. legend and four instantly bond over sword autism blacksmithing knowledge and become fast friends :)

occasionally, after a conversation with sky or four, if you look just right, you can see legend positively beaming, just for himself, and only when he thinks no one's watching.

Sometimes I think about the fact that Legend grew up in a world where The Hero failed. Like, growing up, Legend must have heard a lot about The Hero of Time. He heard how he failed, heard how he died. He does not grow up idealizing the boy who played hero, the boy the goddesses offered on a silver platter to be slaughtered. Parents probably make him a cautionary tale, a story about a child trying to do the job of the sages. Regardless, some kids still see their tree branches as the Master Sword. They see their backyard as a battle field, their friends, siblings, pets as monsters to be slain. They jump and fight and tumble and laugh and save the world, but it’s all so juvenile to young Legend. He knows it’s all make believe. Play acting. Baby stuff. He knows it’s fake cause he knows what happens to real heroes: they fail. They die.

Now blacksmiths… now thats a profession. They get to make all the weapons and tools everyone uses. They get to work with molten metal and fire and hammers and its just so cool! So while other kids tackle each other and argue and cry over who gets to be the hero this time and pretend to pull swords from stones, Legend spends his days pretending to pull swords from hearths. He spends his days peeking through the blacksmiths windows and watching.

He has not heard of the Hero of the Minish. That’s a legend that has mostly faded from history by his time, overshadowed by the Hero of Time’s failure. He does not grow up looking for Picori in the grass nor pretending to fight his shadow. Who Legend has heard of, who he looks up to, who he is so happy to be named after, is Link, the Legendary Master Blacksmith who could forge a blade to rival even the Master Sword.

#linkeduniverse #linked universe #lu legend #lu four #lu sky #sorry if i derailed ur post train #NO PUN INTENDED #anyway ily and i love this idea

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I FINALLY BEAT THE BOSS OF THE SECOND DUNGEON IN OOA (which means i got past that room i was stuck on, thank u @pacicidal and @elegantcollectionkoala)

since i'm playing virtual console, i used a lot of save states to warp back to right before the fight to save time on retries and i've never used save states like this before so i had this really weird time loop sense like those fics where a character is trying something over and over again (of course, i would never write something like that) and it was interesting to see what conditions i set for myself to warrant a reset and experiencing the feeling of jumping back into the fight right after the start of the death animation played with new knowledge about how the fight would go down, but refreshed health and bombs, while the boss has no idea who i am and is seeing me for the first time. it just. it's giving me thoughts and feelings about time loops but this time with legend sklfjghsdfgkjsdf squido don't do it don't you dare

anyway i also beat twilight princess!!! (finally) i LOVE LOVE LOVE when you power up the master sword with the sol's in the twilight realm BECAUSE THE GLOW IS SO PRETTY DUDE THE LIGHTING ON THIS GAAAAAME but also i feel like coming back to this game, especially after screwing around in botw, it really hits me how they do a really great job of making the master sword feel like a total light saber and i am HERE for it!! you just feel so strong and powerful, and after having been so weak at the beginning of the game, having to smack things with your wooden stick and it taking forever to kill bokoblins with the ordon sword, just plowing through baddies is SO satisfying.

BUT THEN ALSO IT'S NOT JUST PLOWING THROUGH BADDIES BECAUSE THE COMBAT IS SO GOOD instead of just mashing Y, you're doing back slices and shield bashes and helm splitters and it's so much more fun and engaging and you feel SO COOL pulling it all off and aaaaah i love this game and how STRONG it makes you feel after working so hard to build up all these heart containers and learn all these skills and get and strengthen the master sword. what an adventure.

AND THE PUZZLES DUDE I DIDN'T WANT THE HYRULE CASTLE DUNGEON TO END it was just a playground of puzzles with all my items and shooting the paintings off the walls? clawshotting to the grates on lamps and chandeliers? i feel like this game perfected the art of observation-based puzzles. i feel like so many of the puzzles in this game amount to looking around, looking around differently (as a wolf, from different angles, with different items in mind, reexamining your surroundings and looking for new ways to interact with them) and i LOVE it!! i feel so clever when i finally spot The Thing that i was looking for and i usually endure zelda dungeons to get to the bosses and the story, but this is definitely the most fun i've ever had in zelda dungeons outside of link between worlds. i honestly believe the reason nintendo has deviated from their standard dungeons/items formula and has no intention of returning to it is that twilight princess PERFECTED IT in 3D so they have to try something else now (this is also why i think we haven't gotten a new traditional 2D zelda game in so long—albw perfected 2D zelda dungeon design).

BUT YEAH THEN THE ENDING OF COURSE RIPPED MY HEART OUT OF MY CHEST BECAUSE WHY WOULDN'T IT AND I WILL BE THINKING NONSTOP ABOUT HOW LINK RIDES OFF ON EPONA AND THEN STOPS YES I KNOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY A MISTAKE BUT THEY KEPT IT IN THE HD VERSION SO IT'S CANON NOW, BABY

anyway i love zelda games and I HAVEN'T PLAYED TOTK YET SO DON'T MENTION IT IN YOUR TAGS PLEASE CUZ I DO READ THEM ALL but yeah i'm getting totk soon and also just got minish cap and also i still have oos to play so yaaaaay i am once again feral for zelda games ALSO I CAN FINALLY PLAY ONE OF FOUR'S GAMES AND NOT SUBSIST SOLELY OFF WIKI ENTRIES WHEN WRITING HIM THANK GOODNESS

#squido's ooa liveblog #squido plays twilight princess #squido's op

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