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sparrowsworkshop · 1 year

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“The Song of Stormlight” by OneWingedSparrow

Inspired by this wonderful art by @louwhose!

Fic Summary: Left outside in the rain during a Weeping, bridgeman Link introduces his fellow slave Sheik to a secret about spheres.

P.S. You don’t really need to know anything about The Stormlight Archive to enjoy this fic, but I highly recommend reading the books because they are very good ;) Main Tags: Ocarina of Time AU, Stormlight Archive Setting, Zelink, Sheik / Link, Fluff without Plot, Bridgeman!Link, Darkeyes!Link, Darkeyes!Sheik, Music, Song of Storms

Read on AO3 Written for the @zelinkcommunity Opposites Attract event! Week 4: Hidden / Revealed. Reblogs are appreciated!

~ “The spheres are singing,” Link said softly. Leaning against the bars of the cage, Sheik tilted her head. “What do you mean?” Link’s ears twitched slightly, one at a time, gradually angling in different directions like a chull’s antennae. “Can’t you hear them?” Sheik closed her eyes too and focused, but the rushing wind drowned out everything else. “It’s too loud.” “May I?” Sheik opened her eyes to find Link staring questioningly at her. She raised an eyebrow, unsure of what he requested, but somehow trusting him regardless. “I suppose?” Slowly, Link scooted closer, his hands reaching out for either side of her head. Sheik couldn’t help but tense a little as his face neared hers. Storms. His dark brown eyes were rich and warm in shade, but somehow sharp and fierce too; both welcoming and dangerous, alluring and terrible all at once. Like a barbed spear with an elaborately gilded shaft, or a beautiful Shardblade with a bloodthirsty, serrated edge. Why...why was it that darker eyes were considered inferior, again?

His hands found her ears, and gently, hesitantly, pulled the mask away from them. Not enough to unveil her face—which was fortuitous, because Sheik could feel an embarrassingly strong blush raging on her cheeks.

Thankfully, he let go quickly, and backed away into his corner of the cage. “That oughta help,” Link said, absentmindedly looking out through the bars. “You can...you can try again now, if you want.” Sheik nodded, even though he wasn’t looking her way.

The slave driver’s bag of spheres sat on the ground a few yards away, faintly aglow from within. The splintered floor of the cage scratched against her ragged clothing as she moved closer to press her nose against the cold metal bars. Torrential rain wept down her face, but drenched as she already was, Sheik ignored it. Breathing carefully, Sheik tried once again to listen.

Splashing. Pattering. Puddles bouncing. Ripping, roaring, rushing. Her nose began to run, not unlike the steady stream thundering off the roof. A standard symphony for a Weeping. She still couldn’t hear anything new.

Until Link started singing.

Back and forth, up and down, never ending turnaround.

Bid me once to stay, else I fall away….

Colors flashed before Sheik’s eyes.

Blue. White. Purple. Green. Each glowing boldly. No distinct form, no identifiable shape. The colors took a rhythm of their own, and danced around Sheik’s vision, like some sort of musical spren. She knew not where they came from. They were gone in an instant.

But the spheres on the ground...they followed that rhythm, and pulsed to the same beat. And as Sheik stared, wide eyed and awestruck, a faint voice seemed to emerge from within them, drawn out by Link’s calling.

Seek the shore!

Dare not drown!

New beginnings can be found….

“Rid of all farewells and pain,” Sheik murmured along with their voices.

Her heart jolted. Where had the words come from? How did she know? She frantically glanced over at Link for an explanation, but instead of a sagely expression, Link possessed the biggest, brightest grin she’d ever seen on a living bridgeman.

“I thought you could hear them,” Link said with satisfaction. “What with you being musical and all that.”

Fingers shaking, Sheik pulled the mask back over her ears.

How much...did he know about her, anyway?

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hay-bails · 3 months

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something something always an angel never a god

#kaladin stormblessed #sylphrena #stormlight fanart #rhythm of war #stormlight spoilers #stormlight archive #he is the literal embodiment of that boygenius song #i finished this book on a plane and spend the entire kaladin part saying “oh shit out loud under my breath over and over #please let him REST oh my god 😭#him being in the bridge four uniform during his fall and rebirth though….very special to me

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twobitsandanibble · 10 months

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new immortal words just dropped

#one day I'm going to forget I did this to my copy of the ebook and share this file with a friend #and that will be their introduction to the stormlight archive #cremposting #please god get this song out of my head #stormlight archive #tsa

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smeegamae · 10 months

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cheese n macaroni

#the link is to my shallan playlist hehe #gathering songs for a shadolin playlist so feel free to send me some if u want!#shallan davar #adolin kholin #the stormlight archive #smeegamaedoodles

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dont-tell-mom-and-dad · 27 days

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gnecroticart · 2 months

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Theyre twice divorced to me

#kaladin stormblessed #moash #rhythm of war #stormlight archive #kalmoash #theyre so messy #2024 art #sketch #song is little soldiers by the crane wives

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spectrum-color · 1 year

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If something is bothering me there’s a 50/50 chance it’s this

#stormlight archive #mistborn #cosmere #brandon sanderson #wheel of time #wot #lord of the rings #lotr #jrr tolkien #realm of the elderlings #rote #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #the locked tomb #tlt #when I was upset for days after finishing fools fate #or seeing the character assassination in the got finale

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stivya · 1 year

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Sometimes i forget how young kaladin is

#i mean #i the first book he was 19 yeas old #and like it's the same as my age but that's too young to be in the army #be a slave #become a radiant #and he's done a thousand more things #he needs to get some rest this is too much stuff to go through #listening to songs makes me emotional #anyway #yeah he should take a break #stormlight archive

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koravelliumavast · 2 years

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AND SO THE LOST METAL COMES OUT ON NOVEMBER 15TH. THATS LIKE EIGHTY DAYS AWAY. AND THEN BY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY WE START WITH THE SECRET PROJECTS. OF WHICH THERE ARE FOUR AND THERES ALL THESE COOL STUFF BOXES INVOLVED TOO. BUT THATS NOT ALL BECAUSE HES CURRENTLY WRITING THE FIFTH STORMLIGHT BOOK AND THE FOURTH SKYWARD BOOK SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN 2023 AS WELL. NOW I THINK MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT HIS BOOKS IS THE WAY HE INCORPORATES PHYSICS INTO THE SCIENCE OF THE FANTASY REALMS. AS A WHOLE I THINK BRANDON SANDERSON IS THE SCI-FI FANTASY AUTHOR. HIS SCI-FI HAS FANTASY AND HIS FANTASY HAS SCI-FI. MOVING ON TO ADOLIN KHOLIN WHO IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHARACTER IN THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVES. HE IS JUST SO INTERESTING AND ARE YOU OK WITH SPOILERS? COOL. SO THE BEST PART OF ADOLIN IS-

#while I was typing this a girl walked by my dorm room singing the 100 digits of pi song #that’s not relevant I just find it funny #cosmere #brandon sanderson #stormlight archive #adolin kholin

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audoneout · 9 months

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If you want a Kaladin coded song, Through Me (The Flood) from Hozier is the most fucking Kal Coded song in the world.

#kaladin stormblessed #stormlight archive #I said from instead of by because that song is a fucking gift

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cosmereplay · 1 year

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Urithiru Tower - Stormlight Archive parody song

A parody cover of Skullcrusher Mountain by Johnathan Coulton, with Raboniel as the mad scientist and Navani as the love interest because it just fits. Cover art by @comiclysmic, posted with permission. Find the original post to the art here! Cover art described here!

#stormlight archive #rhythm of war #row spoilers #raboniel #raboniel stormlight #stormlight fan music #stormlight song #stormlight parody #my parody song #my voice #not my art #SoundCloud

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n0brainjustvibes · 4 months

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for the departed blackthorn!dalinar/rathalas animatic. weight of the world heralds/recreance animatic. you agree 👍

#stormlight archive #dalinar kholin #the heralds #banger tunes for my blorbos #(general song tag)

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taravangians-storming-balls · 11 months

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Everytime I hear a Lily Allen song it makes me think of Adolin. Like he IS beautiful powerful fashionable best dressed

#song im refering to is miserable without your love btw #her lyrics never really align with adolin like how they do for all the other stormlight music stuff i talk about #but i dont know adolin definitely listens to lily allen #taravangians-storming-posts #stormlight archive #adolin kholin #cremposting #cosmere music

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smeegamae · 1 year

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all fun and games until you can’t watch spirit without thinking of kaladin and the entire soundtrack makes you cry

#sadi stop sending me songs from spirit I CANT TAKE IT ANGMORE #kaladin #the stormlight archive

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utilitycaster · 1 year

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Important news, my sister just told me that Brandon Sanderson himself supports Shallan/Adolin/Kaladin in theory but points out Kaladin is too uptight and depressed for it to work in practice which I have to hand to him, so happy Thanksgiving to me

#stormlight archive #Not pictured: her dog singing the song of his people as we discussed this

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jewishdainix · 10 months

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I havn't read tlt yet but from what I know of it from tumblr, it and rote are like siblings in a way. And stormlight is their cousin

#the stormlight archive #the locked tomb #realm of the elderlings #its alsokind of like the swan song by the mechanisms i think?

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