‘nooo they can’t make an animated zelda movie! if they make a zelda movie it needs to be live action!’ biting you biting you biting you biting you biting you biting you BITING YOU BIT

Shadow shakes his head. “You’re doing perfectly. I just don’t want this to be a bad memory for you.” Dreaming Vio startles at the comment. Is this a bad memory? He doesn’t think so, but his definition of ‘bad’ is far from conventional. That’s what months of corruption does to a person, he supposes. Shadow runs his hands down Vio’s waist and hips as the blonde pushes him against the headboard. Vio kisses him deep, almost as if sucking poison from a wound. Shadow’s eye widen as he watches strange patterns appear on his own skin. Dark purple veins run down his arms and neck, almost resembling the complex root system of a tree. They seem to almost be alive, the lines pulsing as Shadow kisses Vio harder. Vio whimpers, but doesn’t let go. The lines transfer from one body to another, tendrils of gloom creeping their way beneath the thin fabric of his blouse. It appears to weaken him further at first, and he loses the energy to kiss Shadow hard. He falls into the other man’s arms, his body jerking around every three seconds as if taking prolonged damage from the direct exposure.

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I think one of my favorite things about your writing is how you take so many concepts from other games in the Zelda series (like the gloom or the addition of the Hero’s Shade in this fic specifically) and use the elements given through canon but also add your own twist. I’m mostly curious what inspires you to use those things, and also how much more complex the systems might be than what we get from reading the character’s perspectives. I also just really like this scene and the concept of this fic as a whole; it’s definitely one of my most favorite things I’ve read :D (Also I’ve been meaning to ask if there’s any specific songs you’d tie to scenes in any of your fics or music you listen to while writing in general).

Anyways thank you! Hope you're having a good day!

thank you so much! i always appreciate your comments.

with other zelda things, it’s really kind of connected to my overall experience with the series. loz was an iceberg for me, like i started with botw, got really into it, started watching other people play the other games, read the twilight princess manga, got a wii u to play the oldies, and eventually just kinda randomly picked up the four swords manga almost a year ago. so i already had a lot of love for this series before writing four swords fic, and a lot of thoughts about the games. esp bc it’s not a nostalgia thing for me, i’ve approached zelda as an adult, i think my analysis of and connection to the media has been pretty “deep” or whatever. these stories mean a lot to me, and i’ve always been someone to take stories and their importance in my life seriously. botw in particular was a very healing experience for me at the time that i played it. that game holds a lot of philosophical and emotional meaning to me, and i get why others may not enjoy it, but as someone who has now played the other games, i still think it’s a master piece. my favorite game of all time, honestly, and totk was such a gift. it did so much right for me. it’s been delightful experiencing the series how i have.

i don’t love all of the choices made in terms of story and themes in loz, but there is a LOT to play with in fic. esp bc it’s a reincarnation type series, i don’t give a shit about the timeline, i just want to draw parallels and do clever interesting things. so a lot of the time i’ll have a vague idea of what i want to do with a story, and there will be a way to make connections, if only for my own enjoyment. i’m a strong believer that all art is derivative, but like, if you know the author loves it and is having fun, that only makes it better. it’s hard to pinpoint what i thought of and what was put in my mind by other things in the series, and honestly, i’m totally cool with that :)

i want to tread lightly talking about the gloom and corruption stuff in that specific fic because spoilers buuuuut the core concept of that part was just for it to be vaguely toxic and kinda … yknow… and i liked the idea of gloom/gloom hands being this confused force of harm and affection. honestly this whole fic is just me putting some very personal feelings and experiences on blast, and it’s been exhausting to write. i actually scrapped the final chapter and i’m rewriting it now, for the best!

hmmm i do connect my writing a lot to music but i think (?) you’ve seen my vidow playlist already! for the final chapter i’m doing a little bit of a tone shift and i’ve been listening a ton to the bottoms (movie) soundtrack. going for something more lively and active and cinematic, instead of two people being miserable. inserting a little dark humor too, closer to the og corruption but it’s chill au. while working on earlier chapters of corruption but it’s unchill i associated it with “eyes half open” by cinders, and (TOTK SPOILERS) i listened to the totk memory ost of rauru sealing ganon pretty much the entire time i wrote the chapter where vio kills green. been listening a lot to “pain” by king princess (also in bottoms, that movie is living rent free in my brain rn) while working on the final chapter.

hope this answers your questions! thanks so much for reading <3

Moments from Zelda that stick with me

Alrighty so a few people asked for this, and honestly I can't wait to share. This video game series is so special, so I hope you enjoy some of my favorite little bits and pieces I picked out.

(Spoiler warning obviously)

- Every Master Sword draw, but specifically the ones from Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild. It's just that quiet moment of "This is real. He's the hero." and it's so cool every time. As a kid, and even now, when I see that pedestal I just get goosebumps like, "here it comes! Time to do the thing!" and I think its so awesome that I get that excited every time.

- In the A Link to the Past manga, when Link rescues Zelda from the dungeon, she is so relieved he came she doesn't even know what to do with herself. She had been calling out to anyone that could hear, and she didn't think anyone could. but Link did. He heard her, and he tells her, "I heard you. I knew you were in trouble, so i came." and then he takes her hands and smiles at her and says, "You're not alone." That's all it takes sometimes. He heard her. He came for her. And it's all going to be okay. I love it.

- In Twilight Princess there's this scene where Zelda tries to save Midna because she was almost killed after the encounter with Zant. And Zelda selflessly gives her own life force to save Midna. It's really beautiful and Midna begs her not to do it, but Zelda does anyway, and as her theme fades out, Link and Midna are both left standing there in awe. It gives them more of a reason to fight, and it pushes them forward. It also makes the howling stone in the Sacred Grove mean more to me. You howl Zelda's lullaby, but it doesn't feel like the other versions. This one sounds sadder, and more loving than the others. This isn't just the hymn of the royal family. This is you, pouring your heart out through your lungs for a dear friend, that gave all she had to give. She's the reason they fight, and singing her song in the forest feels like a ballad to her specifically because Link and Midna love her so much.

- Now, in the mangas, Midna and Zelda were childhood friends that spoke through one of the spots where Twilight and Light connect in Hyrule Castle. And they arranged a meeting one day to show eachother their treasures. But Zelda couldn't show up because her tutor found her and told her not to speak to the Twili, so she never saw Midna again until years later when the story begins. So in this scene where Midna is dying, Zelda reminds her of that day when they were little. And as her life force fades into Midna, she says: "That day....long ago......I was going to tell you.

That my treasure....

The most valuable thing....in my entire world....

.....was you."

And that is one of the most beautiful things this series has put in my heart. Anyways, I know that was long. I'll move on now, but I love that so much.

- There's a lot from Breath of the Wild, but I love the quieter moments. I love walking into Hateno, hearing the music and watching the fireflies. It's so alive and it's so beautiful. Just riding or walking through the open fields, watching the dragons float across the sky on the mountain peak, visiting the different realms and experiencing them is just so incredible.

- In Age of Calamity there's a cutscene where they're watching Ganon rise, and everything falls to ruin and Zelda just.....she just falls to her knees and you realize how devastating this is for her personally. It's really heartbreaking and somber and then just quietly, softly, gently, Terako starts playing Zelda's lullaby. I think about that so much its so beautiful, i'm impressed everytime I watch it. The same goes for all of Mipha's cutscenes, especially the one when Sidon saves her.

- Another bit from Age of Calamity that lives in my head 24/7 is Link's fight with Revali. Holy CRAP that's how you do it. Absolutely insane scene. And then Zelda just runs in and screams "NO STOP" because that's how close they were to killing eachother.

- The "Don't ever forget this place....or me" from the end of Link's Awakening. I always think it's going to turn out differently. That you can just save the island and live there forever, but you can't. And I think that little bit with Marin is a testament to that. We will never get to live on Koholint, but we will never, ever forget it. Or her. And I think that's really special.

- Skyward Sword has some great stuff in it that I think a bout a lot, but I love the scene where Link goes to see Zelda after losing her over and over and over again. And Groose, my beloved, doesn't even hesitate to tell Link to go on without him. He just goes "Tell Zelda I say, Hey." and that's it. He knows this story is bigger than him, and that Link needs to see Zelda more than he does. It's amazing, and I love him.

- Another Skyward Sword scene I think a lot about is the "You were late" lecture from Impa. I remember getting there and just feeling sick. There's nothing I could've done differently. I got here as fast as I could, and it still wasn't enough. Link, still wasn't enough. It's terrifying and I can't imagine how I'd feel if I was told that my best wasn't enough.

- Tetra letting Link sneak onto her ship to steal bombs in WIndwaker. I really really love Windwaker, in case you didn't know haha. But I really love Tetra because she always knows. She wants the people of Outset to be saved, and she knows Link can do it, so she sneakily lets him in on the info so he can get a head start and I just appreciate her a lot.

- Every minute we spend with the Heroes Shade in Twilight Princess. The howling, the fighting, the little nuggets of wisdom he drops. Like, this is our Link from Ocarina of Time. You know, saved the world, went back 7 years, song of healing scary moon apocalypse Link? And now he's passing on what he learned to the new generation. He's proud of it, and our Twilight Link is too. He's not alone. None of the heroes are, and that is so special to see two of them together.

- Hyrule Warriors is such a cool game, like it does not get enough credit. One of my favorite things about it, is that they let Link have flaws and consequences. He got cocky. He got cocky, and people got hurt, including himself. But what I love, is that he was able to grow from it, learn, and move on. Really cool.

There are so many more, but I think I should cut it off there for now :) Thank you all for your asks! I love this series so if you have more to talk about I'd love to hear your thoughts on these scenes or some of your favorites.