#first it was the shrine comic now this
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Ok ooooook OK SO.
Spike was literally made for Buffy because he was made for and by Drusilla, and Buffy and Dru are the same person:
Innocent, kind-hearted young girls, with special gifts that cause them to carry more guilt/burden than others and they are used/abused/traumatized by angelus/angel, then neglected and abandoned, with Spike being there to pick up the pieces and nurture, care for, and love them the best he can to help them move past their angel trauma (which is actually an impossible task with Drusilla because of the sire aspect but isn’t with Buffy)
WHICH is why I believe William’s first act as a vampire was to try and save his mother. He was literally created to be Dru’s knight. Not only her protector but her healer. Which is why his first instinct when it should be all about blood lust is instead, to heal his mother who he still loves even as a vampire. I mean even Dru, a certified nutcase, is like you wanna do WHAT?!?! When Spike tells her his plan to save his mom😹
This is also why I believe angel trying to mold Spike into his image never really took or rather Spike was able to break free from it. Angel was created by darla for the intent of death, torment and destruction.
Spike was created to care for and love Dru. Which required an OBSCENE amount of patience, determination, humility, and love of a challenge. Which is why he was so intrigued by slayers, another seemingly impossible task - but the joy/fun was in the TRYING, the thrill of the unknown and the unpredictability of it all. Which are all the traits he needed to be there for both Dru and Buffy while also ensuring he never gives up on them as long as they want him there, and then some lol.
IM FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS
Because also this is soooooo not where I planned on going with this but “I was made to love you” episode title is now drawing in the connection of, is this why Spike didn’t initially see the problem with the Buffy-Bot until he saw the reaction of Buffy herself who often acts as his moral compass as he relearns what is “good” after 100+ years living by vamp code because him AS A HUMAN, in his vulnerable, dejected and devastated state was killed and made into a vampire for the sole purpose of loving and caring for Drusilla selflessly, without regard for himself, much like the bots were!! So why would he see the harm in creating something like that for himself when no one was going to die in the process and it meant he could stop fixating in the real buffy? Both of which to a vamp who’s only been trying to live by human morals again for like 14 episodes vs 120 years with NO help just trial and erroring his way through becoming a white hat which his starting point is “I would like credit for not taking advantage of bleeding disaster victims” and “what do you mean building a shrine to show how deep my devotion is and chaining you up, offering to kill my ex, and forcing you to talk to me and admit your feelings aren’t the way to do this??” 😹😹😹 like he gets it so wrong, it’s comical in season 5 because he truly is so earnest about all of it because while yes it is all for a chance with Buffy, he genuinely wants to be better for her so he can earn that chance. As he says to Riley “a fellas gotta try” after saying he doesn’t think he has a chance with her.
He was an Eleanore who desperately needed his Chidi. Which Buffy is his moral compass but she ends up being a “let them fail/push them into the deep end” kind of guide. So he makes A LOT of mistakes along the way as many of us often do in general but especially those of us who were raised by abusive parents; who in our adulthood, have to learn to discern what is healthy vs abusive to be a good person to both yourself and others and be in actual healthy relationships with boundaries and respect with zero practical experience or good instincts to go on.
NONE of this excuses any harm that Spike causes at all. That is not the point of this to say “oh he didn’t really do bad”, no he did. Spike caused a lot of harm but this perspective that I’ve finally been able to put into words is why none of the harm ends up being a deal breaker for me and many spuffys because it puts his choices in the right perspective which is not that of a human even though he looks like one a lot of the time.
Spike pre-soul, making the mistakes he makes isn’t the same as a human or a vamp with a human soul making the mistakes because he doesn’t have his human soul motivating and informing the decisions he makes. It really mimics different cultures in a lot of ways as anya really demonstrates during her wedding with all her talk of demon culture and tradition (and her own struggles to assimilate into the human world again and she HAS a human soul and xander to help her) and the initiative being VERY n*zi coded and Riley being called a bigot because he is ignorant to much of demonology. So un-souled spike has a more potential for forgiveness of his mistakes than human soul havers because he is always genuinely TRYING to do right by Buffy even when he gets it horribly wrong. And the characters in the show always hold him accountable and make him feel TERRIBLE for the mistakes he makes.
Why does he have such potential for forgiveness you ask? The best example is to think of the concept of someone trying to assimilate themselves into a new culture. We can’t expect them to blend right in perfectly and get all the culture norms right, right away (again -anya-but also a real life example - when I travel in Italy and catch up with friends there I STILL always stumble and forget they’re always gonna go in for a double cheek kiss greeting - pre covid anyway - and I KNOW it’s a thing but if I’m out of practice it takes me a while to start greeting people that way again and it makes for some AWKWARD ENCOUNTERS until I get it down😹). It takes time, and normally guidance and patience from others that spike honestly doesn’t often have except in the form of being yelled at or beat up until he gets his soul. But his willingness to TRY anyways despite failure, rejection, ridicule and cruelty. How can I not love him?? He is me, I am him!! I was also met with so much unhelpful criticism and cruelty when I was just trying to learn and do a good job.
Both as someone who is autistic and didn’t know it for a lot of life; I too felt like I was blundering through without a guide or a rule book and I was sure I was making mistakes because people would get upset but I had NO help identifying what exactly I did wrong or what to do instead. So I knew I was messing up but had to keep guessing and trying anyway and getting it wrong again and again!
And as someone raised by an emotionally distant/abusive narcissist, navigating healthy relationships became even MORE difficult and I made a lot of bad choices along the way that landed me in some awful relationships much like what spike and Buffy devolve into towards the end of season 6 because both of them are up stream without a paddle when it comes to healthy relationships, healthy coping mechanisms, and communication. They know pain, avoidance, fighting, torment, and ecstasy from always living in extremes and life or death situations (notice Buffy struggles the most in the season with no threat of the apocalypse until the last two episodes - season 6 - which is SO common for people with trauma, you really fall apart when things are low stakes)
It’s why the tenderness and gentleness of season 7 means SO MUCH. Both of them experiencing these tiny pockets of true peace with each other after everything they’ve been through individually and together. Experiencing true peace like we see from them is one of the hardest things to accomplish if you have severe trauma.
I’m always really happy when I can digest these complex themes enough to communicate why I love them so much and why they’re so important to me. The fact that this show had so much in-fighting amongst the writers and misogynists trying to make spike pathetic and accidentally making him one of the most complex characters, plus episodes based specifically on neurodivergent/queer peoples’ traumatic coming of age experiences because the parallels are SO strong there no way they’re not lol. This all means I can probably spend the rest of my life dissecting the layers of this show and learning about myself in the process and always find something new 🙃🙃🙃 and clearly I love all aspects of spuffy so god damn much as they each embody a big part of my life experiences in so many beautiful yet tragic ways.
#spuffy#buffy the vampire slayer#btvs#spike and buffy#spike and drusilla#spike btvs#buffy and spike#meta#spuffy meta#sprusilla meta
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[BotW] Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy (discontinued)
My SidLink fic, ‘Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy’, has been getting a lot of attention on Ao3. It’s two parts, and I tried to write a part three from Link’s POV.
That was back in 2018, and I’ve since moved five times. Needless to say, it never got past the WiP stage and the HTTYD fic, ‘Coming Down is the Hardest Thing‘ ate our brain instead.
But in honour of Tears of the Kingdom, figured I’d put everything in roughly a chronological shape and post what got written. It’s not complete, prolly never will be, but hopefully it’ll give a couple chuckles. 2900 words.
There is also now a bonus scene at the end of Excuse Me While I Kiss this Guy on Ao3.
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He didn’t mean to return to the Zora Domain.
Death Mountain lived up to its name, Vah Rudania had been freed from Ganon’s touch, and all Link wanted to do was go somewhere cooler where he could relax and recoup from climbing over a moving metal structure that was standing over gigantic pools of lava. So his duty done to the Gorons, he’d pulled out the Sheikah slate and hit the first shrine that looked near water.
Finding himself facing a handful of angry armed Zora guards had been a bit of a shock, but he’d honestly been too tired to care. Getting the helmet off and breathing the cool humid air of the Zora domain helped, more so when Sidon arrived.
The shock on the prince’s face was comical. Even more so when he told his guards to stand down and offered Link a bath.
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The kiss to the top of his head was unexpected, and made his chest feel light and fluffy. The gesture was as unexpected as it was confusing, but not in a bad way.
Sidon’s explanation, his offer of kisses, just made it funnier.
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Kisses. Link reminded himself as he struggled and fought his way through the shrine. Sidon believed in him, and when Link finished, he could see Sidon again.
And get another kiss.
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He didn’t know how to pay back Sidon for the encouragement. For the kisses. And he wanted to. He wanted to show Sidon how much it meant to Link. How much Sidon himself meant to Link.
Armour was important to Zora. Milpha had made him armour. He was pretty sure there were books in the library that explained how to make armour.
And armour would keep Sidon safe when Link wasn’t around.
He could do that. He had gems and supplies from his travels all over Hyrule. He could make armour.
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He couldn’t make armour.
He could, but not armour for Sidon, who was much larger than Link, or the average anyone. The armour came out the same every time he tried, just the right size for him to fit in to.
This was a problem.
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“You’re making something entirely new.” Rhondson said, shaking her head over Link’s confusion. “You and your magic have seen jewellery and many kinds of armour and know what shapes to make things it has seen before. But to make something new, you’re going to have to do it the hard way.”
Link looked down at his hands.
Well, it wasn’t as if he didn’t have the time to learn something new.
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Zora made their armour from scales, but Link didn’t have scales. Which meant that he needed to get scales somehow.
What had scales? Fish, of course. Zora, but he couldn’t ask them for scales, not for this.
Dragons. He had a small collection of their scales and horns. Not enough for armour. Which meant that he’d have to get more.
“I’m gonna go fight a dragon.” Link declared, anticipation singing through his body.
“Link? Is everything okay?” Zelda looked worried as she peered into his face. “You’ve kind of got your crazy eyes on.”
He just grinned at her.
“Okay then.” Zelda sighed and shook her head. He knew that he worried her, that before the Calamity he’d been raised to be a knight, with all the genteel manners and stuff, but he didn’t remember any of that.
And really, it sounded completely boring and dull. He liked who he was now, he couldn’t go back to whatever he’d been before. Zelda had accepted that, but she still fussed at him. It was kind of... nice, in a strange way.
She kissed him on the cheek. “Go do your thing. Try not to come back all bloody.”
He appreciated the fact that she never referred to the castle as his home. It was hers, certainly. And while he didn’t mind staying here, it didn’t feel like home to him.
His heart called him elsewhere.
‘No promises.’ He agreed, kissing her cheek as well. Her kisses weren’t like Sidon’s. Still sweet, in a different way. Softer, for one thing. And not as varied, she liked to kiss and be kissed mostly on the cheek.
He liked Sidon’s kisses better. The feeling of rough scales on skin was more welcoming to him than that of soft Hylian skin. Kissing Zelda didn’t leave his heart fluttering and skin tingling and wanting more.
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The dragon scales were too large and unwieldy to just make into armour. Especially for someone who was as streamlined as Sidon.
Cutting them down with normal tools didn’t work, they shattered swords and shears alike.
The only thing that seemed to be able to cut dragon scale was dragon scale itself.
Link growled to himself, realising that this meant he needed to get more scales, some for the armour, some to use as tools.
Which meant more time away from Sidon.
He sighed. He could do it.
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‘Think it’ll work?’ Link signed, as Bazz looked contemplative, looking over the scales Link had harvested and started to cut into shapes based off the books and patterns he’d found.
“It should.” He agreed. “My biggest concern is what are you going to attach it to? You’re going for shock resistance, so metal is out, which means some sort of really heavy duty hide or cloth. If you use leather, you could boil it, making it harder and shape it, but I don’t know what would be thick enough.”
That was a problem. Monster hide might work, but he’d killed most of those.
And he wanted something for the shock resistance too. It was kind of worrisome that Zora couldn’t even touch shock arrows, leading Link having to collect them from the Lynel....
Link paused, looking up towards the tip of Shatterback Point. ‘Be right back.’ He signed, and took off running.
“Wait! No!” Bazz hissed. “Link! He’ll kill me if you come back dead!”
Link laughed as he jumped off a balcony, his hang-glider snapping open and catching the ocean breeze. The breeze wasn’t strong enough to get him all the way to the top, but it’d get him part way there.
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A few hours later, Link pulled the fresh Lynel hide out of his pack and set it in front of Bazz. ‘Think it’ll work?’
Bazz made a sound like he couldn’t decide if he was laughing or crying. “You’re certifiably nuts.” He said, shaking his head. “The two of you deserve each other. Yeah, I think that’ll work.”
Link tilted his head to the side, wondering what Bazz meant by that.
“We’ll have to sit down sometime with a pint or two and I’ll tell you some of the things our Prince has gotten up to in the past.” Bazz grinned, his sharp teeth glinting. “You heard about him being eaten by the Octorok and going up against Vah Ruta on his own? That’s nothing.”
Link grinned. He knew he liked Sidon for a reason.
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“Link, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about your new habit of carving dragon scales during meetings.” Zelda’s lips pressed together in a disapproving line. “It’s scaring some of the Council.”
Link grimaced. It was about the only time that he sat still long enough to get any carving done, he was constantly interrupted otherwise. ‘You want me to stop?’ He offered. He’d just have to figure something else out.
“Oh good heavens, no!” She beamed at him. “Could you please sit next to Councillor Tyrol? We might be able to get some work done if he stops sharing his ‘hunting’ stories. He’s quite terrified of you, you know.”
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Zelda glanced around before tugging on Link’s arm and pulling him closer. She had a mischievous curve to her lips and he leaned in so no one else could overhear what she was saying. “Some of the Council thinks you’re dating a Gerudo woman.” She whispered, then covered her mouth with a hand to contain her laughter.
It made a certain amount of sense, he was in Gerudo town a lot.
… He also wore the clothing a lot while coming back. Did they think that he was dating himself? Or someone else?
He paused, eyes narrowing as he remembered the inquires to the Gerudo Chieftain's health. “Riju’s twelve.” He deadpanned. She may have been the steadfast leader of the fierce Gerudo, but she was also a kid who loved soft plushies, especially those of Sand Seals.
Zelda nodded with barely repressed glee. “I know that and you know that, but how many people here do you think have meet a real Gerudo in their lives? Much less know who the Gerudo chief is?”
That was a good point. They should probably fix that, get more of all the various tribes together more often. ‘Should I start mentioning Isha more?’ He offered.
She thought about it, then giggled. “You should invite her to the castle as a merchant.” Zelda grinned. “Plus, I’d like to meet her.”
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‘You need a break.’ Link signed with a frown as he looked Zelda over. She looked kind of like she wanted to punch something then take a nap.
“I can’t.” Zelda closed her eyes, looking frustrated. “There’s no where in the castle I can go that someone won’t find me with some sort of emergency. I feel like all I’m doing is putting out fires.”
Link pulled out a bomb and offered it to her. She stared at it for a moment, which he was starting to think was the default reaction to being offered a bomb. Although it wasn’t like he offered them to just anyone, but Sidon always looked so surprised and confused by the bombs.
Zelda looked like she was contemplating using it.
“No.” She shook her head, pushing the bomb away. “Thank you, but no. That’d just undo all the hard work we just finished constructing.”
Which was a pretty good point. With a shrug, he put it away again. A thought hit, and he looked her up and down, silently measuring her with his eyes, a smirk growing.
“Link.” Zelda crossed her arms, turning her body away, looking uncomfortable
‘We’re almost the same height and size.’ Link grinned at her. He was a little broader in the shoulder, she a bit broader in the hip, but still about the same proportions. Well, given his lack of height.
“And?”
Link bounced a little on the balls of his feet, feeling pleased with himself. ‘That means you should fit my clothes.’ He explained. ‘And I should fit yours.’
She stared at him for a moment, her mouth agape. “There’s no way it’d work. I mean, you don’t talk, that’s easy for me to mimic, but the ruse would be over as soon as you opened your mouth.”
That was easy enough too. He held up a finger, silently motioning for patience, then rubbed his nose vigorously, until it was red, then coughed a couple of times. “I’m sick.” He rasped, trying to pitch his voice slightly higher. “I need to stay in bed.”
Then he fluttered his eyelashes at her and grinned.
Zelda gaped at him. “No.” She said, then immediately wavered. “I mean. No. It couldn’t possibly work.”
He shrugged. ‘I need to finish carving some scales, I could do that while you go on a ride, get some fresh air. Wear the champion tunic, everything'll run as soon as they see you coming.’
Link could see her visibly waver.
“Oh.” She glared at him, stamping her foot in irritation. “This is a horrible idea. Give me your tunic.”
Link grinned and tapped the Sheikah Slate, switching clothing until he was wearing the Champion’s Tunic, pulling it off over his head and tossed it to her.
Zelda wrinkled her nose, holding it away from her face. “When was the last time you washed this?”
He gave her a puzzled look back. He never washed any of his clothes, any rips, tears, burns, or other assorted damage were gone whenever he dismissed them and put them back on.
“Nevermind.” She shook her head, pulling the tunic on. It was a little big on her in the shoulders, but nothing too obvious. He pulled off his pants and handed them to her as well, before wandering over to her wardrobe and sorting through it before finding a long nightgown, pulling that over his head.
This method of getting dressed was such a hassle, it was so much easier to get dressed via the Sheikah Slate. Less fabric to get tangled up in.
“You’re hopeless.” Zelda informed him sounding amused and fond as he felt hands tug the fabric down over him. He gestured his thanks, smiling a bit to see her in his clothing. It was kind of strange, seeing her dressed like this.
He reached up, undoing the pins in her hair, fingers quickly undoing the braids and messing up her sleek smooth strands. He could never get his hair nearly as soft and nice.
The thought of if Sidon liked his hair, so different than the Zora’s scaled flickered through his mind, then he dismissed it. He was pretty sure that Sidon liked him, scales or no scales.
Pretty sure.
“Gah.” Zelda batted his hands away, stepping backwards out of reach before moving towards her vanity, checking her hair in the mirror. She made a face at seeing it so disordered, then grabbed a tie, pulling it back in a messy pony tail, then teasing the hair out on the sides of her face a bit.
“What do you think?” She asked, looking up at him. Link walked over so they could see each other in the mirror.
They looked disturbingly alike. They could almost be siblings, possibly even twins. He nodded, and she echoed the movement.
“Okay.” She agreed. “This’ll work.”
He gave her a thumbs up.
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A knock on the door interrupted Link’s concentration and he growled in annoyance. He stood up, detouring long enough to grab a blanket from Zelda’s bed and tossed it over his head, wrapping it around himself like a cocoon before opening the door.
“What?” He snapped, his voice low and rough.
“n-Never mind.” Councillor Tyrol scurried off.
Link huffed, shutting the door with a slam and went back to making smaller scales out of larger scales for armour.
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“Got any clothing in red?” Bazz inquired, idly twirling his trident in one hand. It immediately put Link on edge, because there was something a little too casual sounding to the warrior’s tone.
‘No.’ Link signed, confused. Almost all of his clothing was blue, unless he took the time to dye it. ‘Why?’
“Could you get some?” Bazz asked.
Link shrugged. He didn’t have any at hand, but it’d be easy enough to swing by the Hateno Village and talk to Sayge at the Kochi Dye Shop. He could spare five rupees for payment, and a few extra apples or spicy peppers he could use for red dye. ‘Yeah. Why?’
“The next time you come to see the Prince, you should wear something red.”
This was starting to sound really suspicious. ‘Anything specific I should wear?’
“Doesn’t matter. Just something bright red.” Bazz shook his head. “As a favour to me?” He asked, attempting to look as sweet and innocent as a kitten. It didn’t quite work.
Link did kind of owe Bazz for his help in making the armour, making sure it’d fit the prince and keeping it a secret from Sidon. “Okay.” He agreed. It was easy enough.
“Thanks.” Bazz gave him a bright grin, full of razor sharp teeth and Link wondered just what he’d gotten himself into.
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“Link! My Dear!” Link had just enough warning to brace himself before he was picked up and pressed against Sidon’s ginormous chest. “It is such a pleasure to see you!”
“Sidon!” Link wrapped his arms around Sidon, pressing as close as he could. Sidon smelled like he usually did, water and musk, something always made Link relax.
It meant safety, comfort, and laughter.
He kissed the nearest part of Sidon he could reach, his jaw just below the fin that framed his face and felt a small shiver run down Sidon’s frame.
Sidon eased his grip slightly, pulling back so he could look Link over. “It’s so good to see you healthy. No new scars?”
Link smiled and shook his head. Sidon beamed in delight, taking Link’s hand and kissing the palm. “I’m glad.”
Seriously, Sidon was the only person who worried if Link could take care of himself. Well, maybe other than Zelda, but she was more likely to laugh at him for it.
“Is this new?” Sidon asked, peering at Link’s shirt. It was just a basic tunic, but he’d dyed it the bright red of fresh chillies, as Bazz had requested.
Link shrugged. Honestly, he couldn’t remember where he’d picked the shirt up from.
“I like it!” Sidon beamed at him, and Link wondered how he could contain such joy in his face. “We match!”
… They did. He looked at the shirt against Sidon’s scales and realised that they did, the dye almost the same colour as Sidon. Anyone seeing them together would probably assume they were a matched set.
He didn’t know whether to be grateful or to strangle Bazz for his meddling, when Sidon barely set him down for the remainder of the day, almost always keeping in contact with Link.
He also made a note to wear more red, if this was Sidon’s reaction.
-fin-
-And that’s all folks.
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LU age headcanons!!
Time: okay so of course i gotta start off with time. this guy (i’m pretty sure it’s canon) started his first adventure at 9 years old and i also headcanon he turned 10 sometime during that adventure. i think he’s currently in his mid to late-30s, probably like 35-37? however i think he has both the mentality of a teen and a 40 year old.
Warriors: i think during the war of eras he was 17-18 (enlisted in the military a year earlier maybe?) and is currently in his early/mid twenties, like 23-25.
Twilight: ngl when i first saw a picture of him i genuinely thought he looked like a 16 year old in his little ordon clothes so because of that im going to say he started his first adventure like a month before he turned 17 and turned 18 soon after. currently i headcanon him around 21-23 years old.
Sky: i think sky started probably around 17-18 years old because he was graduating (i think?) or becoming a senior knight at the start of his adventure. now i wanna headcanon him at about 21 years old, though i could also see him at like 19-20.
Hyrule: for his first adventure in headcanon him at 12 years old. it just fits for me. now his age has varied the most since i first got into lu. i used to headcanon him as the second youngest at like 15 years old, but i read some fics and headcanons that had him older than that and i think that it would be halarious with everyone just thinking he’s like 15-16 and he’s sitting there a full grown adult. so now i headcanon him being like 16-18/19.
Wild: wild when he first picked up the master sword was 12 (pretty sure this is canon) and when i first played botw i thought he was probably around 16 during the memories, but when calamity struck he had just turned 17 a few months ago. anyways now he’s 117 but like 17 mentally. or like 2 if you see it from when he probably came out of the shrine.
Legend: ah yes my favorite. i’ve seen him from his starting adventure range from 5/7 to 9-11 but i think he was 9 when he started his adventure and turned 10 a few months into his adventure. for his age now, when i was first introduced into the fandom i saw a lot of people thinking he was about 19 but i had seen some people think he was 21 or older than twilight so i didn’t really have a set age until i read the last few comics and headcanons people had. anyway i headcanon him as 16-17 years old currently. i love triple threat just being a trio all near the same age.
Four: when he started i wanna say about 8/9 because he could still see the minish (i love the art style for that game it’s so cute) and now i could honestly see him as a mature 16 year old or a 20 year old. yeah like no in between.
Wind: when he started he was 12 and now he’s nearly 14 (ngl i read it wrong in the comic and for the longest time thought he was already 14 ㅠㅠ)
#linked universe#lu time#lu warriors#lu twilight#lu sky#lu hyrule#lu wild#lu legend#lu four#lu wind#lu headcanons#kiwi headcanons
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Linked Universe Fanfic
The First & The Fierce - Ongoing
Story here!
A dead hero and a former god try to navigate the mundanity of life. Whether it's gardening or learning to trust again, they'll do it together.
Wild Wolf - Ongoing
Series here!
Wild has two wolf companions on his journey. Then, it's his turn to accompany a hero in the form of a coyote. But there sure are a lot of heroes now, aren't there?
Wing Bois - Ongoing
Series here!
Exploring the chain with bird characteristics and wings. See my pinned post for art. Lots of platonic cuddles (and not-platonic Ravioli!)
Eldritch Adventures - Ongoing
Series here!
Whatever wears the skin of the hero, it’s not hylian.
Linked Moments - Complete
Series here!
Little moments of family, bonding, support, and friendship across the realms. Personal relationships and growth are the focus!
Oneshots/Various
LU WTIYS (Write This In Your Style)
Tomato Fruitcake
Based on Jojo's comic; Wild and Four have a bet about tomatoes in cake.
Fae Touched
Hyrule is part fae, which makes sense. What Twilight's confused about is whatever Wild's got going on.
Ranch Ruins
The group comes across the ruins of Lon Lon Ranch in Wild's era.
Wolf Pack (multi chapter)
When Link wakes from the Shrine of Resurrection he isn't alone. Two wolves accompany him on his journey; Time and Twilight.
Zonai Wing (multi chapter-complete)
When the Gloom rushes at Link and Zelda, it doesn't attack his arm, but his wing. Prosthetics take consideration and care, something he doesn't have time for.
To Hurt A Deity (M for violence)
What do you use as leverage against a deity? Well, his adopted child might be a start. Capturing two eldritch beings is no easy task. Yet when escape isn't enough, how many changes must be made to reset the clock?
I'll keep updating this list as more is posted (lies, I post too many stories lol)
2023 LU Fanfic Wrap Up + Survey Results
#linked moments#lu wing bois#eldritch wild#wolf pack#linkeduniverse#linked universe#breannasfluff#my writing
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By a stroke of unexpected blessing, I acquired an actual in-store copy of LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom! Behold!
And the natural first thing to do was inform my niece and nephew who are also avidly awaiting it. This was quickly followed by impromptu arrangements for a Cool Aunt Sleepover including said niece and nephew and also another niece and nephew. We took turns playing through the intro and exploring the first map and completely lost track of time! And now, slightly out of context potential spoilers under the cut as I recount our reactions and my favorite moments of the night:
[Link crawling on the ceiling like a lizard while Older Nephew searches for Clues] Zelda: Oh! Link, the master sword is glowing! [Link back on the ground, but tbf she totally could have noticed the sword glowing while he was crawling on the ceiling]
“[Older Nephew], can you PLEASE keep moving?” “I need to click Zelda a fifth time to make sure we got all the dialogue!”
Awwwwww ZELDA IS A LIL HISTORY NERD BLESS HER HEART
“Those rocks are definitely patterned like breakable rocks. I bet we can come back later and break them.” “Yeah they are you’re probably right.” (We were not right.)
Older Nephew: “Just what is Ganon smoking for there to be so much? He must have horrible lung problems.”
Me, totally nervous about upcoming creepy scene: “[Younger Nephew] you’re gonna need to leave pretty soon, this next scene is probably gonna be SUPER CREEPY” (It was indeed creepy but nowhere NEAR as creepy as I expected from the trailers, altho I did close my eyes for the one head-turning part, dont judge me)
Older Nephew: “Yeah, dead Ganon. Ganon without water. Dehydrated Ganon.”
“SO THAT’S HOW THEY RESET HIS STATS”
[Everyone to Younger Nephew] “You can come back in now!”
“Where did his shirt go?” “Magic” “Why are his PANTS gone?” “No idea”
[After finding pants] “Did we miss his shirt?!” [The quest for a shirt continues]
“The portal is down there—“ “I KNOW I’m EXPLORING”
Link really just walked up to a giant drop into open air without his parasail and went “Time to yeet,” no answers given and no questions asked. Classic.
“Giant lilypads!”
“I found a STICK!”
“NEW MUSHROOMS!!!”
[Everyone while Older Niece was breaking pots] “Destroy ancient relics! Demolish personal property for cash! Commit vandalism!”
Older Niece decides her talents are better served livetexting our progress on Discord.
Younger Niece is delighted that the new fuzzy race have big wing-shaped ears like her original character and is now calling Rauru her grandfather.
“I bet you can ride the emus!” (You can’t and I’m still mad about it)
[While I am searching a tree for eggs] Older Nephew: “Are there any eggs? Do we get to consume a bird’s children-to-be?”
Younger Nephew ends turn early because he hasn’t learned how to hit yet and there is an enemy robot RIGHT OVER THERE. Understandable, really.
Older Nephew slides down to explore dangerous ledge hovering over the abyss. Younger Nephew, repeatedly: “This is dumb.” Me: “Yeah, it is.” Older Nephew: [finds a hidden chest] Me: “Never mind!”
Older Nephew has dubbed first hand power Magic Superglue. I don’t remember what it’s actually called, so apparantly it stuck (ha!)
“THE KOROKS ARE BACK!” [cheering]
The children cheering me on as I fuse six giant blocks into SUPER BRIDGE
Accidentally glueing comically small-by-comparison crate to the very corner of Super Bridge
Younger Niece gets jumpscared by an emu BOLTING out of the trees RIGHT AT THE SCREEN. Gameplay paused while room recovers from laughing fits.
“We can FUSE STUFF INTO NEW WEAPONS?!! This is the BEST THING EVER!!!” [Older Nephew and Younger Niece conduct rigorous experiments resulting in some actually cool weapons, a stambulb arrow, and an apple stick.]
REVENGE OF YOUNGER NEPHEW: Comes out of shrine and destroys a robot in two hits with Boulder Sword.
[After 2 1/2 hours] “WE FOUND HIS SHIRT!!!” [cheering]
“You hit the fans to make them work!” [Older Nephew forgets to unequip ax and obliterates half the raft]
Utterly delighted over discovering the glow seed arrow trick myself while ineffectively trying to kill a robot.
Younger Niece: “How come you always find the eggs?” Me: I’m just that good. It’s because I own birds.”
[Group hilarity] “MINE CART SHIELD!”
[Group insanity] “MINE CART HAMMER!!!!”
And that’s when I looked at the clock and realized it was 1:30 in the morning, so we wrapped up and went to bed. AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
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Missing him.
Thank you to @maybetwice for letting me run Fearne’s characterization by them!
Image ID below 🍃
[Image ID: Two-page grayscale comic of the characters Orym and Fearne from Critical Role Campaign 3. The comic takes place right before Fearne’s prayer to the Wildmother in Episode 55. Orym has short dark hair, freckles, pointed ears, and he wears armor. Fearne has long wavy bright hair, freckles, two horns, and lightly furred hands. She wears a dress with a strap made of leaves and a long flowing cape.
Page 1: 4 panels drawn from Fearne’s perspective. She’s recalling a memory of Orym. In this memory, she watches him smile as he magically conjures a small bouquet of flowers before presenting them to her. Fearne’s right hand reaches out and takes the bouquet— wild grasses, chrysanthemums, and heliotropes. Behind the blooms, Orym grins in bright delight. The last panel is a jerk back to the present. Orym is no longer in front of Fearne. In his place stands a relief sculpture of a gently smiling Wildmother with her arms outstretched and hair fanning out. The bouquet is now a small haphazard handful of tiny flowers and salvia that Fearne pulled from the ground. The sculpture’s rectangular shape resembles a tombstone.
Panel 2: 3 panels. First, a wide-shot of Fearne standing in front of the relief sculpture with her back to the viewer. Zoomed out, the relief is surrounded by a circle of flowers— a shrine for the Wildmother. Snow gently falls around Fearne and the silent statue. A wind blows through Fearne’s dress. The last two panels show the lower half of Fearne’s face. At first her mouth is only slightly open as she calmly regards the shrine. Then her lips roughly press together like she’s suddenly holding back a swell of emotion. Orym is gone. Fearne doesn’t know where he is. All that is left of him that she can reach is the shrine of a goddess who once blessed his sword.
Watermark on both pages reads “@threadcountart” and “Do not repost” End ID]
#their love for each other means everything to me#critical role#fearne calloway#orym of the air ashari#fearnym#critical role art#critical role fanart#c3e55#cr spoilers#cr c3#hey best friend#threadcount draws#artwork#orym
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Some curiosity about Duane personality ; you mentioned in some QA that it would be much healthier if he managed to let go of his past, but even if he managed to change enough to accept he won't ever be Rector Duane Adelier again, is he the kind of guy that could just give up on the ones he love ? Obviously he can't ever be with them, but completely abandoning his familly sound like against what he is at his core. And would it even be healthy ? Your kids are your kids, even if you can't see them.
Sorry if it's a spoilery question ! Just discovered the comics and devoured it in like 5 days, absolutly loving it (thanks for your work btw !) so questions are burning my brain.
Well, Duane did abandon his family, didn't he? Before the Frummagems wrested him from his copy shop in Sharteshane he was six years alone, with the Adeliers well in his wake. Of course he wasn't happy with it and he hadn't made any kind of peace with the fact, but he had abandoned them. He lived with the assumption that Mikaila was dead, Leysa hated him, Simon had forgotten him, and Lemuel? Well, Lemuel had never really needed his wretched older brother, had he?
But now, today, all of that has been turned on its head. Mikaila is NOT dead, Lemuel DOES seem to be in some terrible turmoil. Duane knows (or thinks he knows) that the Silver is threatening Alderode. Everything is serving to call out Duane's selfishness; the knot he tied himself into and stuffed deep inside his old bones.
So at the end of last chapter he told Sette he was going back to Alderode, and invited Quigley to come. Doesn't sound like he'll be abandoning anyone anymore.
But... is this the right thing to do? From a certain perspective it looks like a fat dangled carrot, and he's sinking his teeth into it. From the very start of this journey, the fates have been trying to pull him back west, first towards Cresce and now towards... frigging Alderode. But they don't even have to pull now! He's volunteering to go!
To do what though? What can he do for Mikaila and Lemuel? He can't even keep his legs or head on, or his eyeballs in his head. He's saddled with a needy little street rat who doesn't know what in the hell she wants. And every time he indulges in his past, it seems to get someone hurt. He was not his best self in the shrine.
Duane's on a journey. He's come a long way. But it wouldn't be much of a trip if he winds up back where he started. I don't think this will end with his wife and children in his arms and Lemuel's hand clasped in his. It cannot. But maybe it will end at a different sort of peace for all of them, and Duane able to shelter his wandering soul in a different sort of home.
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So wait- from the first comic I assume Donnie still does some kind of patrol stuff, even if he seems to be super apathetic. I’m guessing it’s out of habit or because he thinks his brothers would want him to?
Is there a chance of Kendra ever going out on those patrols with him? Bc I saw her with a battle shell in some sketches.
Basically I’m imagining an annoyed Kendra asking why Don needs her measurements for her to go on patrol with him and him saying ‘well you need armor, so I need to be able to make it’
And then she asks if he ever made April wear armor.
He didn’t.
He didn’t didn’t didn’t but he’s doing a project for the first time in a long time and he can’t loose momentum he can’t can’t can’t because who knows when he’ll get it back and he needs to make sure he never makes that mistake again he can’t leave another person unprotected mistake mistake mistake keep her safe no no no not again not again not again—-
He no longer wants her company on patrol.
He does still go patrolling and stuff. Not rlly thought out on my part but same thing of dealing with mutants and a mix of government dudes being dicks to mutants blah blah. Since it is just him now patrols are a lot riskier to do alone.
She kinda does??? I think I’ve got that lil comic written out. She doesn’t exactly ASK to join. She also doesn’t bring up ever since she saw the shrine. That’s a can of worms she knows she doesn’t know how to handle
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There’s a storyline in the Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith comics, which is basically about an ancient Sith Lord called Darth Momin who haunts a mask and has information Vader wants about how to rip open the Force itself, and eventually we learn that Momin’s backstory is that he froze an entire city on the brink of destruction, so that their fear and terror would be frozen along with them, his shrine to the dark side.
The entire comic is an excellent read when you look at the whole of it, it’s about all these paths being put in front of Vader through various encounters. In one issue, the Force puts a vision in his head where he could find Obi-Wan and beg him for help and Obi-Wan would lower his saber and listen to him. Or he could have remained true to the light and fought back against the dark, like Jocasta Nu did. Or he could have still fallen to the dark but found ways to still help the Rebellion further down the line, even if he was still doing terrible things, like Ferren Barr did. He could have taken the Barash Vow and removed himself from the conflict if he needed to find himself again, like Kirik Infil’a did. He could have walked away and started a family, like Eeth Koth did.
It’s not just Darth Vader hunting down Jedi, it’s a story about him ruthlessly killing anything that suggests he could have chosen differently.
Instead, in every instance, Vader rejects these possible paths and says the dark side is all there is. Instead, he asks Sidious for a world of his own to build a castle on and he wants Mustafar. He builds his shrine looking out over the point where he believes Padme died and Obi-Wan left him.
He has done to himself what Darth Momin did to that city--he has trapped himself in a moment of terror and fear, holding himself in that moment forever, frozen in amber, never moving on from it. Darth Vader is trapped in the past by his own making.
Now along comes the Obi-Wan Kenobi show.
Those flashbacks we see are just as much from Vader’s point of view, that in part it may well be his connection in the Force with Obi-Wan and how his former Master still sees him as Anakin that is influencing the way Vader sees himself in these flashbacks, the 40 year old version of himself that’s not burned but is still a Padawan, but I think it’s also on some level a way to show us that Vader himself is stuck in the past.
The parallels to those Jedi and Force-sensitives trapped in the amber in Fortress Inquisitorius, which is Darth Vader’s project, on a planet in his system, those people forever trapped at the moment of their despair. A gruesome shrine to the dark side, just as Momin’s shrine was. Just as Darth Vader’s Minecraft Castle of Bullshit and Loneliness is.
When we see Hayden Christensen’s 40 year old face, at first it was a little jarring because that’s not what he looked like back then! But the more I think about it, the more this choice works for me, that letting his face be his face allows Hayden Christensen to actually act, it keeps it from the Uncanny Valley, and it does the perfect job of illustrating that Anakin Skywalker is 40 years old and still a Padawan learner, because he hasn’t moved on.
He has frozen himself in the past and does everything he can to keep himself in that moment of despair and horror. He plays at being stronger now, having broken free from the rules of the Jedi, but we see him for what he really is. A sad man who refuses to move on, to let go of the fear and hate and rage, his need to prove himself and gain validation through others, who hasn’t truly learned to overcome his own weaknesses, to even admit that he has them.
This is what the dark side does. This is what Anakin Skywalker has chosen. This is where Anakin Skywalker keeps himself prisoner to the the past and his own despair, agony, and fear.
#obi wan kenobi#obi wan kenobi spoilers#anakin skywalker#meta#reading comics: dark lord of the sith#long post
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Hi! I am looking forward to the cato yaoi (I personally think the triumvirs should be involved) but did you have any more furius/martinus excerpts you could share? I know it's still very much a work in progress. I just love your work ❤️
hehe thank you... i need to do evil things to cato as soon as i . get around to it and actually decide on like . an actual idea of what to write lol.
also yeah sure! i honestly don't have that much actual writing about them that i can share, but yknow what . why not ill share this prospective first meeting scene i wrote over the summer.
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Lucius Furius Camillus’ house was the most beautiful on the Palatine. Or, at least, this was what Gaius Martinus had heard; he had little eye for such things. And yet all the same, he had been curious when the invitation came; he had noticed him before, spoken to him, very briefly, a couple of times, yet did not know much about the man.
He followed Furius’ dignified form into the atrium. He was tall (though not as tall as Martinus) and straight, and thin as a rail. He moved with a pronounced limp; the result, Martinus had heard, of some long-past war wounds which had left him in more or less a permanent state of illness. Martinus glanced up, noticing the wax masks of ancestors hung near the entryway; a practice of patrician and illustrious plebeian families Martinus had always found somewhat foreboding. Furius coughed (this was another affectation of his old injuries) and continued on at a leisurely pace, falling back to walk beside Martinus.
Martinus could hardly picture Lucius Furius in the army, much less in battle; to him the image seemed comical. Tall and stately though he was, he looked fragile, like a slight gust of wind could have easily borne him off. He was around the same age as Martinus (in fact, a little younger, although anyone looking at the two men would never guess); around forty-five, his short black hair peppered with silvery grey.
The walls of each room of the house were decorated with frescoes; he noticed these were mainly composed of scenes of gardens, which were filled with all manner of exotic birds. Finely painted, indeed, although they were old and rather faded. In a corner of the atrium there was a shrine to the lares of the house; its candles flickered in lanterns and cast a soft glow onto the little silver figures. There were flower petals scattered at their feet. The house was quiet save for a faint clattering from the kitchen, the lamps already lit as the bluish evening light diminished.
There was a faint chill in the air; Martinus shivered, and noticed Furius did too, but he did not move to put an arm around the man as he might have for others. Something in his gut told him the gesture would run the chance of offending his patrician sensibility. And he did not want to seem over familiar, anyway. They passed into the peristylium and its beautiful garden. Furius wore relatively simple clothing for the likes of a wealthy aristocrat of his time, but it was clean and clearly the best he owned. On his right little finger he wore a seal ring of gold and blue chalcedony, which bore the image of Juno; on his left index finger an iron senator’s ring.
He turned toward the garden. “I designed it myself.” he explained. Clearly he was particularly proud of this area of the house. “I selected plants so something is always in bloom; right now it’s the narcissus. I specified that the earth be laid out in these hills, so that it might look more natural than a usual peristyle-garden; I cannot afford and have no interest to leave Rome to go to the country; and I need to have something to myself.”
Martinus did notice it was quite unusual. A few trees ringed the outside; oranges, olives, figs, something else he didn’t know. Large bushes of rosemary and lavender clustered around a small fountain, and blobs of thyme crept over rocks. Thick vines just leafing out climbed some of the columns and up onto the tiled roof. The rest was a sort of collection of grassy hills divided by paths, various shoots coming up at this time in the spring to add to the hyacinths already in bloom. The scent of the place was otherworldly.
The narcissus huddled at the roots of the trees in heavy clusters, winking at them like stars in a dark field. A couple of statues stood in the garden; they looked old, the paint on them long since worn away, and never refreshed. Furius motioned toward a bench near the little fountain. He sat down nearest the orange-tree, sheltered under its new-green leaves and doubly illuminated in the bluish evening tinge and by the little stone lantern on the ground next to the pool. He leaned over, lifted one of the flowers’ heads and studied it, still not looking at Martinus. He could detect some nervousness in his posture.
“I… Invited you here because I have a problem. I want to become consul.” Martinus was not particularly surprised. “Oh?”
Lucius Furius finally turned to him, looked at him intensely with his large dark eyes. “I know you want this too. I want us to run together.”
Martinus was a little surprised. “Really? Are you sure our interests are so aligned?”
Furius’ expression was hard to read; maybe a little apprehension. “They are aligned enough.” He paused, perhaps considering his sell. “You’ll never get anywhere without patrician support. And I” he sighed. “I can’t afford it on my own. I’m sure you know my family has not achieved much in the realm of politics for quite some time.”
Martinus looked at him for a moment, thinking. It was true, he had trouble winning over the patrician segment of the political elite. Being an Italian nobody with only a few generations of wealth and one senate seat behind you would do that. But the simple fact was: “Why me?” he asked Furius.
Furius thought for a moment. “Because I think you’re the most well-off man in Rome whom I can stomach allying myself with, as well as being in a position to stand for consul with me. I don’t know you, yet, but I’m not throwing away my idea because of that. …Are you a good man, Gaius Martinus?” Again the eyes fixed him. Stern, inscrutable. Lucius didn’t really believe he was.
“I believe I have brought much glory to Rome.”
Lucius Furius hummed assent. “Mmm…” A flicker of …sadness? In his eyes.
“...Your own military career?” Said Martinus.
Furius looked a little pained. “I suppose not all are constituted for such a life. I was one of those… not constituted.” A faint dusting of pink passed over his face; as befitted a man so pale, even his faintest emotions were written brightly on his cheeks. Martinus decided to change the subject.
“Your reputation as a voice for good sense in the Senate is unimpeachable, at least. Everybody respects you.”
“Everybody also makes a pastime of coming up with vaguely insulting nicknames for me, and giggling about me behind my back. Gods forbid I spend my free time reading the greatest works of philosophy and literature in the world instead of hanging around in stinking, sordid taverns, generating adultery scandals, and frequenting brothels.” He said, bitterly. He had Martinus, an incurable tavern-and-brothel-frequenter, there. Martinus laughed.
Lucius Furius looked up, fixing Martinus with his dark eyes again. “That won’t stop them voting me in as consul, though. I know it. And censor after that. Especially with you, the military man, behind me. You would win glory for Rome on the battlefield, and I would restore glory to Rome here.” Martinus smiled. “You know, I’m starting to like this idea. But… I’d still like to know you better. Come to my house tomorrow afternoon.”
“I shall, Gaius Martinus.” Lucius Furius said firmly, proferring his slender hand and looking down his nose at Martinus. Martinus shook it.
#ficposting#asks#i hope it's not too bad ourgh... but . its fun to show their dynamic before they actually get to know each other#under a cut cause it's not too short lol
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Did I just send an ask without finishing it?
Maybe
Do I feel bad about needing to send another just to finish it?
Absolutely
Anyways to finish my thought, I need Wild to listen to Mitski and have a breakdown over her saddest songs
Congrats again and I am so sorry
You don't need to feel bad!!💖💖 Asks never bother me!
thank you for all the congrats as well it's too sweet!!! 🥹
Oh, Wild certainly doesn't handle Mitski well :)c. And your ask actually reminded me of one of my favourite comics for him and got me to start listening to her again, so a small warning for Wild talking about his own death and getting a bit dark with it I definitely didn't almost cry several times when writing this anjsdncdc I hope you like it!!✨
"All of this turbulence wasn't forecasted
Apologies for the intercom
And I am relieved that I'd left my room tid-"
"Are you feeling alright [name], all the songs you're singing sound really sad."
Was I singing out loud? Well clearly, why else would Wild question it, the lyrics aren't exactly the most cheerful.
"I'm feeling great Wild, thanks for your worry though. I was just singing along to what I'm listening to, I'll show you if you want?"
Taking my earbuds out to share my playlist with Wild is an easy task, far easier than the idea that he’ll shortly be judging me for my tastes is to handle. Turning the volume to the maximum and picking out a different song to show him, might as well go with one of her bests. The familiar lyrics fade in as his attention is hooked well before the piano starts.
“Is this the kind of music you usually listen to? It’s incredible…”
“... oh, thank you, I wasn’t sure whether you’d like it or not with how sad the lyrics can get.”
“It’s perfect, I think- honestly I relate to the lyrics because I think if you gave me one good honest kiss everything would be alright.”
“If I’d known you’d be such a dork with the lyrics then I wouldn’t have shared it with you.”
Actually there is a song that I link more with Wild than any other, maybe now would be a good time to see how he feels about it. Hopefully this one won’t ruin his mood, but seeing how happy he was with Nobody? I think I’ll be safe with it.
“You know I’ve mentioned you’re from a game in my world? Mitski- The artist we’re listening to right now, there’s a song of hers that I’d listen to whenever I played it. One that always makes me think of you.”
“Really? You- You really think of me that highly wildflower?”
Surprisingly a happy response considering I’ve just brought up one of the things that usually never fails to ruin any conversation with the chain. Could I even push it further and show him the game at some point? No. No, I shouldn’t, that’s taking it too far. See how he reacts to this before showing him anything more painful [name].
“Yeah let me just play it for you, it’s called Last words of a shooting star.”
The quiet patter of rain paired with a gentle guitar and the airy lyrics seemed to dampen his mood like I thought, him silently leaning onto my side shows that better than words ever could. Maybe I should just ask him if he’s okay…
Is he?
He’s crying.
“Wild, I’m so sorry I shouldn’t have put this song on, I always knew it was sad.”
“Don’t be, I can see why it makes you think of me. It’s perfect. It’s too perfect to describe me.”
He’s full-on crying now, leaning back into me for comfort as he lets his heart out, letting out every minute of his pain from when he first woke up in the shrine. All I can do to comfort him is run my fingers through his hair and let him rest against me and that’s exactly what I’ll do for him as long as he needs me to.
After reaching the end of the song, seeing his glossy eyes looking up at me with such a devoted look was bittersweet. Looking at me like I hadn’t just shown him how awfully I think he’s coping with everything he’s gone through, like I haven’t just reopened his old wounds or poured salt into ones ready to close.
“You know… I think that’s what I felt when… when I… you already know what I’m going to say. I don’t think I wanted to wake up, I don’t know for certain but I think he was glad for the guardians being there.”
“Wild… I-”
“It gave me the chance for closure, for me to know I would be looked upon somewhat kindly. Even then I still failed. And they still saw me as just a fallen hero...”
There’s nothing I can say to that, where would I even begin?
All I can really think to do is to hold him close to me in an attempt to comfort him, I guess I could always just ask if I really need to.
“Can you put another one of her songs on? It’s nice lying here with you.”
"Oh, of course, I'll show you her albums and you can choose one you like the sound of."
"Thanks, wildflower."
#links✦react#linked universe x reader#yandere linked universe x reader#yandere linked universe#link x reader#lu wild#sadlonelybagel#moss✦answers#moss✦writes
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And so begins the building of the Cult!!
We also have our first major difference from canon: Lamb had a shrine built of The One Who Waits and not of herself!
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Unnamed albino rabbit belongs to @lunity-moonity
Tereno the deer belongs to @flalflalf0001
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so i reread the scott pilgrim comics this week for the first time since 2019? lots of stuff happened in my life in-between + i learned to actually like, pay attention when reading so this specific reread felt really important to me- the issue of reading it in french for the first time aside. heres some misc thoughts i had while reading! some of this stuff is drawing from conversations about the comics ive had with people over the years, i dont mean to break any new ground here, and i dont have a specific lense to look at the comics through so its not structured like analysis either. full thoughts under the cut! i hope you all like going on this little trip with me ^-^
so first of, the X motif! this i KNOW i saw someone else talk about. it comes up first on scott's jacket with the X-men patch (and it comes up again in that context- "then wolverine is crucified on a big X") and also on knives' scott-shrine, her dad slashes an X over scott's picture. these are the two biggest exemples but there really are Xs constantly in the imagerie of the comics, which is great and i love. the comic is about fighting ramona's exs, and this is foreshadowing that scott himself will be one, but its also generally about the baggage that comes with existing. at its core its really comics about dealing with whats over, so we get into scotts relationships w envy & kim & knives (& ramona), but we also get into his relationship with lisa (what couldve been) we also see him move flats (the end of an era!), in volume 1 scott tells knives about the house he grew up in that now belongs to another family, scott breaking his bass & no longer being in a band, etc. theres sooooo many flashback sequences in these comics and references to the past… its all about the X.!
loosely related in the foreshadowing department there are genuinely so many background details of stories about people who dont matter to the comics that foreshadow later developments. the details of why Crash & the Boys changed drummers is straight up the dynamics of Clash at Demonhead, theres the Lucas Lee movie on the BG thats visually identical to scotts memory of when he got with kim- and the reveal that the lady in that movie wasnt dead is arguably foreshadowing for scott reviving in volume 6? if you know whats happening in the story, rereading the volumes really is so rewarding. it also helps on a first read cause unconsciously its not the first time you're hearing about these ideas so theyre easier to digest & accept. this is also what the character explicitely referencing what will happen later is for- "i wonder how the Boys & Crash can do music without instruments- maybe it will be relevant later in the evening" "i'd need a deus ex machina to beat todd", these help you accept when these things do seemingly "come out of nowhere" later in the scene (and poke cheerful fun at it lol these are fun comics)
a personal fave of mine is the phrase "read the comic sometime" thats repeated in the early volumes at characters who werent there for something. its 4th-wall breaking, its fun, it nicely tells lost readers where to head to without re-dumping exposition, AND it helps keep track of who was where for what scenes … stuff like "when did stacey & ramona become friends??" or "i cant believe this is stacey & neils first meeting!" or "wallace was already introduced to ramona earlier" … its all fun and helps you stay on the ride. i think this is why i would read the comics back to back to back to back and retained very little. its easy to passively read these comics and its not a bad thing! though it is better to actively read them, and take these notes as fun jokes & reminders, and not life boats.
the 4th wall breaks are also great for the side characters having their own lives in the background. there are a lot more time indications in scott pilgrim than i remembered, if youre paying attention i think its really really easy to have a nice timeline in your head. but when stuff is broken to scott its not "i started dating mobile during X month" or "i came out X months ago" its "i started dating mobile during volume 3" and "i came out during volume 5" that way the reader can more easily relate it to the story that was happening at the time- and to keep in mind during a volume reread. its not a writing technique for EVERY comic, but its something that scott pilgrim gets to have BECAUSE its a comic- and unapologetically so! this is not a work that wants to be more novel than graphic to be taken seriously. its a comic, and its silly, and its also a work of art, and you have to respect it on its own terms.
theres also, uhm, ill be quick on this point cause its kind of weird how lesbians/sapphics are handled in the comics. its not BAD but theres clearly a bias towards male homosexuality being fleshed out and lesbianism not so much. but so the start of volume 4 is when kim & knives make out and it really starts this obsession in scott about this thing he cannot tell anyone about but is still thinking about, that prepares for roxies introduction- ramonas ex girlfriend. that i believe is also when wallace first asks if scotts broken out the "L-word" yet and it gives more context to scott assuming its lesbians? and him then going all "why does everyone keep asking me about lesbians!" but it is also kind of weird re: lesbian fetishism (which IS pointed out with scotts weird poster that no one likes but thats it). and all that with ZERO canon lesbians! roxie is pretty bi-coded i would say with her insistance on being "HALF-ninja", but ramona is described as an american ninja in the early volumes so its kind of loose. idk its weird and i like to think julie came out as a lesbian cause stephen & her being a comphet4comphet couple is really good to me
a thing id never noticed before is that julie was suspecting stephen of having views on knives during volume 4? and its why she was so shitty to knives for a while there, and then its "worked out" at the end of the volume. this feeds into the constant fear of cheating during the story, theres of course todd & scott who do cheat, but also more grey areas of relationships. im thinking of ramonas anxieties around lisa, and when scott finds out roxie stayed over at ramona's. about stephen too, his response to julie apologizing for being jealous of knives is very… uncomfortable
"i have nothing to fear!" "right yeah..." surely because hes starting to realize hes gay, and possibly because he's already vaguely started seeing joseph. we dont get more details on his relationships i am not going to accuse him of cheating LOL. i truly dont care. but its an anxiety that comes up again and again whenever relationships are starting to turn sour- "are they cheating?" and having been in my 20s for a little bit yeah i get it. scott not telling ramona about his job- not telling her much of ANYTHING during vol 4- and ramona not sharing much either are also part of this. theres a reason all of this happens in volume 4, and next volume ramona finds out scott cheated on knives with her. loss of intimacy and the breakdown of dialogue is all part of cheating anxieties, whether there is actual cheating or not. "what do i not know? what else are they keeping from me? they dont talk to me but they talk to them? are they cheating on me?"
theres a really neat thing the comics do to show the breakdown of scott and ramona's relationship in volume 5 and its the scene where ramona goes shopping and scott tags along. she spends it not saying anything (until she tells scott she doesnt even like his band) and scott obsessively talking about his comics (X-men!) while she doesnt look particularly interested.
this is the scene where scott breaks up with knives again!!! the roles are reversed, scott is now the one talking about whatever while his girlfriend's unresponsive, and obviously ramona doesn't break up with him here and there, and they dont kiss in a goodwill, but the ressemblance is there. and like with the knives breakup scene, we have a good date variant of this! its their very first date from the first volume where scott does mostly talk about himself but ramona is having fun joking with him. here we are shown their relationship slowly crumbling and it lays the ground for ramona leaving at the end of the volume.
similarly to how scott battles all of ramonas evil exs (himself included), ramona does face all of scott's own exs. its not as spectacular but we see her fight knives in volume 2, then she fights envy in volume 3. we also have her comment on kim that she does like her (same with lisa, who is not strictly an ex but emotionally is treated as such. especially with how scott sleeping over at lisa's is paralleled with roxie sleeping over at ramona's) these are not comments she makes about stephen or julie, for exemple, its specifically women who had a close relationship with him. and uhm ramona also comments on liking wallace who- again- is not STRICLY an ex, but hes also part of that volume 4 cheating anxieties conversation, wallaces incessant flirting, mobile himself jokes (?) about finding wallace in the arms of another man, etc. but most convincingly to ME because we are talking about EXs here is the flashback of wallace inviting himself at scotts house being identical to lisas scene of inviting herself at scotts, scott saying the story of how he ended up living with wallace is "somewhat gay", and the general college flashbacks.
i think this points to scott & wallace having briefly dated in the past, or (because hes paralleled with lisa) having a "what couldve been" relationship where they didnt make anything of it and now the time window's passed and emotionally? kind of feels like an ex. and if anything they ARE ex-roommates lol. this is not a scollace truthing thing, im a firm mobillace guy ok -_- im just saying its there. back to the point of ramona facing scott's exs as well, YES i am including herself in it. her going to the wilderness during vol6 parallels scott going to the countryside, the very place he faces negascott properly. and the way ramona talks when she comes back its easy to see that she did face herself on that trip. & the figurines agree with me that the idea of a negaramona does exist :)
thats more or less all i had in mind, i also feel like i was finally able to properly enjoy the themes of the comics of facing your own shittiness and doing better, of the harms of being stuck in your own head, of never ending up like gideon (who is so attached to his exs that he literally cryogenizes them!) the warning of rewriting your own memories (or at least biased recollections of it) uhm how breakups suck! and how cheating is not always black & white but also fucking sucks !! being out of school (wanting to go back to school?) and looking for jobs- and yes if scotts life had a face i would punch it too its literally unfair how easily everything goes for him on that front, even freeloading with wallace (<- jealous). envys obsession with a guy who is so obviously shitty but who shes been best friends with since they were 11 is also kind of… ooh i get it now…. its yeah. i think they really are comics for being in your 20s, a lot about dating? but its so generally about human relationships and dealing with your baggage, i think it is still relatable without the specific romantic relationship experience.? i love these comics. everyone read scott pilgrim if you havent in a while (or ever!!!!) and try to think a little about it as you read it really is so worthwhile. and if anything theyre insanely funny, and wallace is there!
#scott pilgrim#scott pilgrim vs the world#scott pilgrim meta#spvtw#that is all ill tag ^-^ this is mostly for myself
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Is Shin Gensokyo at all inspired by Osana Reimu?
Not really, I get a lot of comments how the current story really sounds like osana reimu but the root really started with this silly sketches
The story in which the sketches took place in is a much more modern Gensokyo. There’s the scarlet devil mansion being a huge corporate entity, the kappa having a tech company with a monopoly on it and former hell having a nuclear energy that powers the whole of Gensokyo. The Protagonists are these 3 little fellas but eventually I decided to scrap the story all together because I really don’t know where to go with it. However the theme of modern Gensokyo persists throughout the iteration.
The next iteration is more of a next generation of Gensokyo Incident Solver, kinda like how Boruto is to Naruto (I know, I don’t have any other comparison). This is also where I first came up with ShinGensokyo as a name (Not on my own, my friend gave it as a suggestion and I took it). The story is centered around 3 characters too, which is Reiyu Hakurei the daughter of Reimu, Hatsuma Morichika the daughter of Marisa and Rin Satsuki, a half youkai kirin. The modern setting of Gensokyo was toned down in this iteration, no big bad evil corporation SDM, the kappa tech company is not really a tech company anymore, and the Moriya become the huge factor of technology trickling into Gensokyo.
The main theme of the story here was about Reiyu looking up to take up the mantle of Hakurei Shrine Maiden like her mother but she is timid about it and Reimu don’t really want to push that responsibility to Reiyu as she doesn’t really know how to teach Reiyu to become a shrine maiden herself. Really had difficulty with this iteration because it changes a lot of the major characters in Touhou and I really have a hard time to do them justices, I’d also have to worry about the theme of modern Gensokyo and how everyone copes with the changes made while at the same time I have to focus on Reiyu’s and the other characters’ arc. Overall it’s a story heavy project for a first timer attempting to make a comic series. But then….
I made these little sketches of “wouldn’t it be funny if Rumia gets adopted by Yukari as a shikigami.” it got some attention and I keep drawing it because I adore drawing a simple character design and also I love Yukari. I tried making it a separate series than ShinGensokyo and titled it Sunshine but my ambitious dumb self thought that I should add some substances other than “haha silly Rumia.” and so I got the idea of combining ShinGensokyo and Sunshine and it’s a formula that I came to accept.
Rumia is kind of a blank template for me to start working out her character which is good. Initially, I came up with a gag slice-of-life comic about a modern Gensokyo as seen through the eye of a clueless Rumia but then I decided to add some character development to Rumia too which is now the current state of the comic.
In conclusion, No, ShinGensokyo is not at all inspired by Osana Reimu. The main theme of ShinGensokyo is about dealing with changes and growing up while Osana Reimu and it's subsequence sequel Reireimu from what I can tell is dealing with tragedy and past traumas (I never really watched it, only heard about it, my apologies if I get the theme wrong). the only similarities I could tell is Rumia's questionable origin both in Osana and Shingensokyo. If you read this far, thank you and sorry for going on about it with a long post when the answer is just simply No. Thank you for asking.
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Hey guys! We are excited to announce that the masterpost for KakaIru Valentine’s Week 2023 is ready to share!
But before we show you the list, we want to thank everyone who participated in the event. All your creations were amazing, and we were excited to see each and every one of them!
Here are this year’s stats:
Total number of creations: 33
Fics: 21
Art: 12
- Total word count: 99 939 words
- There were four comics created, and six fics written in a different language!
- Most inspiring prompt: Pick Up Lines
- Least inspiring prompts: Icha-Icha, Fake Relationship, Romance For Dummies
Once again, thank you all so much for contributing, and helping keep the kakairu love alive!
And now, here is the list of wonderful creations! Please indulge to your heart’s content!
DAY 1 - 8TH FEB
RED STRING OF FATE
1. Lovely art by @animetrashmuffin
2. Sweet art by @virtualcarrot
3. Red String of Fate, an angsty fic by @hairybeardtongue
Rating: Teen, CW: mentions of blood & injuries, Word count: 965
4. As luvas que escondem, o inevitável, a wonderful fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Gen, CW: None, Word count: 10k
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FIRSTS
1. Rescue, an exciting fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Mature, CW: Graphic depictions of violence, Word count: 9.3k
2. Firsts, a wonderful fic by @dilly-oh
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.7k
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DAY 2 - 9TH FEB
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
1. Turn, a brilliant fic by @hairybeardtongue
Rating: Teen, CW: referenced loss, grief, and trauma, Word count: 1.4k
2. Antes de saber o que era amor, te amei!, a cute fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word Count: 14.7k
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MEET THE FAMILY
1. Entertaining comic by @dilly-oh
2. Chaotic art by @animetrashmuffin
3. The Uminos, a sweet fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 8.6k
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DAY 3 - 10TH FEB
WEDDINGS
1. Cute art by @animetrashmuffin
2. Innocent Request, a fic by @hairybeardtongue
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.5k
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KISSING BOOTH
1. The Kissing Booth, a cute fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.2k
2. Barraca do Beijo Doce, a lovely fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Explicit, CW: None, Word count: 6.3k
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DAY 4 - 11TH FEB
SPEED DATING
1. Amazing comic by @animetrashmuffin
2. Hilarious art by @dilly-oh
3. Speed Dating, a wonderful fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 6k
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ICHA-ICHA
1. Icha-Icha, a cute fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Mature, CW: None, Word count: 2.1k
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DAY 5 - 12TH FEB
TRUE LOVE
1. Sweet art by @animetrashmuffin
2. As marcas do nosso amor, a lovely fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 3.1k
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FAKE RELATIONSHIP
1. Boyfriends, a hot fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Explicit, CW: None, Word count: 8.2k
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DAY 6 - 13TH FEB
PICK UP LINES
1. Cute art by @animetrashmuffin
2. Amusing comic by @rocketpunchhh
3. Pick Up Lines, an amazing fic by @dilly-oh
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.1k
4. Bar Fly, a great fic by @hairybeardtongue
Rating: Explicit, CW: None, Word count: 1.1k
5. Guia de conquista, por Kakashi Hatake, a lovely fic written in Portuguese by @bansheeangel
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 3.9k
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#RELATIONSHIPGOALS
1. #Relationship Goals, a wonderful fic by @dilly-oh
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1.1k
2. Nothing, an angsty fic by @hairybeardtongue
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 1k
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DAY 7 - 14TH FEB
ROMANCE FOR DUMMIES
1. Amazing art by @animetrashmuffin
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VALENTINE’S DAY
1. Hilarious comic by @dilly-oh
2. It’s Valentine’s Day?!, a cute fic by @kakairu-shrine
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 3.6k
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MULTIPLE PROMPTS
1. KakaIru Valentine’s Week 2023, a wonderful fic by @hkandiu
Rating: Teen, CW: None, Word count: 12.1k
If we have missed you, or made a mistake somewhere, please let us know ASAP so we can fix the problem!!!
Thank you to everyone who participated, and to everyone who has supported us! Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to run Valentine’s Week, so we really appreciate your involvement 🥰
If you still need more KakaIru after this, come and check out the Kakairu Rocks forum, where we have plenty more for you to see & do!
We hope to see you around!
#kakairu valentine's week 2023#kakairu.rocks#event masterpost#kakairu event#kakairu#naruto event#kakairu fanfic#kakairu fanart#kakairu comic#kkir#kakashi x iruka#hatake kakashi#umino iruka
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Is there a fan theory you’ve seen for Aurora or any other story that you really enjoy, regardless of whether or not it is/ was correct?
Ophelia was pregnant and/or Gertrude killed her
In Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Wasp's powers aren't just from Pym Particle technology - she's also secretly a mutant. There's subtle textual support for this if you look, it's just never brought up
Batman Beyond is specifically the alternate future that happens if Damian Wayne is never born. Disproven in the comics and as far as I know this is just my personal theory, but I like that it allows for the Beyond future without dooming Main Canon Bruce to a lonely and depressing old age sans batfam
Han Solo is slightly force-sensitive which is why he's so lucky and such a good shot, but he has no idea and would be very frustrated to learn that he's been subconsciously cheating
Rey is descended from Obi-Wan, probably through Satine (obviously not canon but I was solidly in this camp and maintain it would've been better than what they went with)
The Arkenstone is a Silmaril which is part of why everyone gets so weird about it
Everyone specifically calls the One Ring "precious" because it's a tiny fragment of sauron's soul and his original name meant something like "precious" or "beloved" and everyone it gets near subconsciously picks up on that residual vibe without knowing why or even realizing it's happening (I don't remember the details on this one but it was very cool)
Zion is just another layer of The Matrix
The hidden SOS signals in the BotW Divine Beast themes correspond to when each champion first called for help during the Calamity, and correspondingly, since Vah Medoh's SOS starts the latest of the four, we can deduce that Revali waited the longest to send out his distress call because he was too proud to admit he was outmatched. Bonus theory, the bullet-time feature is actually Link's special champion ability (like Mipha's healing, Revali's gale, etc) and thus exists diegetically in-story rather than just being a game mechanic
My personal BotW theory that'll be proven or disproven whenever BotW 2 comes out: the Triforce of Courage is notably absent from this incarnation of Link - because it's currently being used by that spooky green ghost arm to seal mummy-Ganon, and that ghost arm definitely belongs to a previous Link. This sealing is why Ganon's previously-ubiquitous mortal form is now only known in legend and he's just been farting out metaphysical calamities every few thousand years - some past Link used his part of the Triforce to lock Ganon down and stall the cycle of reincarnation. Bonus points if sealed-Ganon also has the triforce of power and they're just locked in a stalemate until BotW 2 begins and the spooky arm merges with Link. I have a lot of thoughts about this game and I NEED IT
my other BotW theory is that every time Link dies it's not a timeline-breaking game over - the local Koroks just lug him back to the shrine of resurrection and pop him back in for a few minutes to juice him up. the less silly version of this theory is just that the sheikah slate automatically warps him back to the shrine of resurrection when he goes down and then warps him back later, but I think it's funnier if a bunch of koroks crowdsurf him up the Great Plateau
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