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luckywolfsbane · 1 year
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Just over here. Thinking about him*
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*First. The First Link. The Link who came before Sky. The one in the back of the Hyrule Historia. That Link. A good, beloved boy who deserved better.
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zeldaseyebrows · 22 days
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And Again and Again
This is the bridge comic I've wanted to draw forever between the Hyrule Historia manga (that introduced Hylia and First Link) and the start of Skyward Sword. My hands finally caught up to my brain.
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theforgxttenshade · 4 months
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I need to draw more of First guys, I love him too much not to. (Version without text under the cut
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fairy-spring · 3 months
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OH SHIT OH FUCK I ALMOST FORGOT IT’S HIS BIRTHDAY!!!
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MY SWEET CHILD MY BABY BOY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!
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raylin-creates · 6 months
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Me when I see a post about how First is useless to the lore: I. respect. your opinion. (internally raging) (fists shaking) (teeth gritted) (body trembling) (breathing ragged) (mind shook) (eyes wild) (mentally holding myself back from replying with the force of a blue whale being dropped to the ground at terminal velocity)
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triggerblaze345 · 1 year
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So I was browsing the Skyward Sword/Zelda aisle of Tumblr and I noticed a lot of people suggesting that Demise was completely responsible for all the problems of the series. That his curse caused all the suffering Link and Zelda have to go through and fix throughout the series. And other people were arguing that Hylia was responsible for all of their suffering because she chose Link to be the Hero of Legend.
So I thought I’d give my thoughts.
It’s almost entirely Demise’s fault. He is the reason that Hylia had to choose a champion in the first place. He is completely malicious, he destroyed the original realm of Hylia (Hyrule) and he forced humanity to flee to the skies to guard the Triforce.
But he isn’t responsible for all the suffering Link and Zelda go through. His curse doesn’t actually cause Link and Zelda to reincarnate. He just cursed them to always be followed by a version of him that will try to kill them.
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The thing is that whole forced to forever fight evil thing. Hylia kinda already did that.
I said that Demise isn’t the cause of their reincarnation. We known this because in the Hyrule Historia Manga Hylia admits that she did it.
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Hylia arranged it that she (as Zelda) and Link will reincarnate every time Hyrule is any sort of danger. So they basically already were going to have to fight evil forever. Demise’s curse just gave them a permanent opponent to face.
(Slightly related thoughts: I think Hylia was right to do this by the way. Hyrule and the Triforce need defenders and Link and Zelda can do it.
Also I see Hylia shedding her divinity to become Zelda and joining Link in the cycle of reincarnation as her way of apologizing. She wants him to have at least one companion on his eternal quest. And she is willing to be that companion)
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penumbraoftime · 4 months
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kwonhochi · 9 months
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been wanting to write a howls moving castle au its rolling around in my brain… idk tho
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emissary-of-the-moon · 5 months
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The worst part of making an au masterpost is having to write backstory for characters you haven't actually played the games from
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my favorite part of legend of zelda is when Link Suffers
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doctorcanon · 4 months
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So ocarina of time goes to great lengths to show that the Hero of Time doesn't kill anything that's not a monster. If you shoot a patrolling Gerudo, you knock her out. One of the ones that ambush you even says that he hit her with the flat of his sword. He doesn't (can't?) kill the Skull Kids that attack him as an adult in the Lost Woods. This continues into Majora's Mask when he moves to restrain the Skull Kid rather than attack him even thought he has a sword. And even in Twilight Princess. Even though it's only briefly mentioned in the manga and hyrule historia about how careful The Hero's Shade is with the Hero of Twilight.
ALL I'M SAYING IS: The Hero of Time is actually an incredibly gentle person and Zelda bound Ganon at the end to protect Link from having to kill him a second time.
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frobby · 7 months
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zeldaseyebrows · 3 months
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Fallen for a guy / Fell down from the sky Halo 'round his head / Feathers in our bed It’s sacrilege, sacrilege, sacrilege, you say/ It’s sacrilege, sacrilege, sacrilege, you say -Sacrilege, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Redraw of one of my old paintings
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adrift-in-thyme · 4 months
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I’ve been meaning to make a post like this for a while now but kept forgetting. Since First isn’t widely known I wanted people to have an explanation of who the heck this guy is (and why they should love him). So without further ado
Who is the First Hero?
(All of the following pictures are from the Hyrule Historia)
The First Hero (or First as we call him in the Linked Universe fandom) shows up in a tiny manga at the back of the Hyrule Historia (that’s basically an encyclopedia for Zelda). He isn’t technically canon and doesn’t have a game of his own. But according to the manga he is the first Link, Skyward Sword Link’s predecessor.
He lived in a time when Hylia was still a goddess and before Demise’s first attack. He was a royal knight, much like Hyrule Warriors Link, and seemed to be a man of great respect and esteem. Until, that is, he was framed for an unknown crime and imprisoned.
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He remains in the dungeons for four years. Then, when his so called “premonitions of danger” begin to come true, and Demise attacks Hyrule, his people decide “oh, wait! They kinda need a hero now!” So, they set him free and practically beg him to fight for them. He’s understandably bitter about the whole thing, but being the hero he is, he goes out to battle.
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No sooner has he agreed to fight, than the goddess Hylia shows up on her crimson loftwing. She has come to battle Demise and help her people escape to safety.
The loftwing looks down upon the humans as weak and cowardly. But Link stands up to him, telling him “there are those among us who have the courage to fight.” The loftwing admires him for the sentiment, but isn’t convinced. He promises to keep watch over him to see if Link is a worthy rider.
With the loftwing gone to the heavens above, Hylia gives Link the Master Sword
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Link doesn’t think he is worthy of it after his imprisonment, but Hylia assures him that the sword knows better. It sees beyond his tarnished reputation to the kind, brave man beneath.
Though Link is still bitter about everything he has endured, he swears to fight for his friends. He takes the sword and hones it into something a mortal can wield.
Then, he goes to battle.
Hylia rallies the other races around Hyrule to help the Hylians. Meanwhile, Link and his men fight for seven days. Despite their efforts, Demise begins to burn Hyrule to the ground.
In the end, Link goes to face him, promising to slay him.
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But he is badly wounded in the fight. He collapses, weak and near death. Before he can fade away, however, the loftwing shows up and chooses him as his rider.
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He swears to ride with the loftwing forever. Shortly afterward, the dragons from Skyward Sword bless the Master Sword with the power of the Triforce. Then, Link gives the sword to Hylia, who carves Hyrule from the earth.
Link retrieves the sword and drives it into the ground, finishing the job and sending Hyrule skyward.
He wants to follow his people to the skies, but his wounds catch up to him. He falls to the ground. In his last moments he promises that his spirit will always be with his people.
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Hylia seals Demise away, even as the enraged god promises to prevail. Then, she goes to where her fallen hero lies.
She holds him, crying over him and lamenting the pain he had to endure to become the hero Hyrule needed. Knowing that Hyrule will need their help once more, she then promises to reincarnate them both. Only this time, she will be a mortal.
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This story, we learn, becomes legend in the era of Skyward Sword. And the loftwing who Link swore to ride with chooses the child who has his reincarnated spirit, Skyward Sword Link or Sky.
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Now, as for First’s standing in LU…I’m know multiple LU fans (myself included) speculate that Jojo will include him at some point. She’s been cryptic about it when asked though, so we don’t know for sure. Neither do we know when he’ll show up (if he does). So, for now, we can only hope.
…and create our own AU’s in the meantime ;)
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ladyrijus · 2 months
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so glad I'm not alone in how i feel about fanon Link versus canon with botw/totk. i don't think it's wrong for people to write him how they experienced the games, but like. that's not his actual canon personality ya know? and sometimes meta posts kind of ignore that distinction and it's so frustrating. (i think you already know this but i feel the same way about other noncanon stuff like the warriors games and the manga, including the skyward sword oneshot in the hyrule historia)
Right?
I don't have a problem either with making light of the game mechanics and drawing silly comics or writing funny scenarios; everyone has a right to do whatever the fuck they want.
But I can't help but feel a little... irritated when they portray BOTW/TOTK! Link to the other Links as this feral little gremlin who wants to cause mass destruction in nothing but his undergarments in comparison to the OTHER Links.
They act as if the other Links are more noble and honorable than him, the child who took up the sword even though it meant that he would no longer be seen as human but a war god in his people's eyes, the child who died a mortal all the same in his last stand against a beast of metal designed to protect him and his princess, the child who was given a chance at life AGAIN and still ran headfirst into danger for friends he could barely remember, because that is who Link truly is.
He was disabled at the start of BOTW due to the guardian attack and had to learn how to fight again; even then, unless you were an experienced player hell bent on fighting like lore-accurate Link, he never could surmount to the abilities he had pre-Calamity. That was something huge he ultimately came to terms with.
And then he becomes disabled AGAIN from the malice attack, losing an entire part of himself (physically and mentally) and has to learn how to fight with a stranger's arm that has been surgically attached to him without his consent. But he doesn't let that deter him. Doesn't let himself give up. He doesn't cry, "why me?" or get extra agitated in the dialogue with other NPCs (cough cough looking at you Skyward Sword Link). He gets up, and understands that there are people that need his help, and he's going to help them, regardless of what may come.
Also, he can literally see dragons, creatures that are deemed mythical in HIS world. That's not even the crazy part; the games confirm that typically children see dragons due to their pure hearts. If that doesn't speak volumes about Link's true character, I don't know what does.
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blackstarchanx3new · 7 months
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Four Swords Returns 206-210
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Shadow Link ever so casually being the gayest incarnation of Gannon to ever exist.
He wants to make that Triforce sandwich damn it.
He didn't NOT bring up the fact he's the current Triforce of power wielder on PURPOSE right, must have just slipped his mind. 🙃
Which he can hold onto because he just...IS straight up Ganondorf lmfao. He doesn't have all of Ganondorf's memories he has his EMOTIONS, but dude IS a piece of Ganondorf lmfao.
Ganondorf/Gannon passed on the Triforce of power SPECIFICALLY because he hates how it's tying him to the other two at the end of the Twilight Princess manga and because I like the idea FSA takes place after that I'm going with that route. (Again being a hypocrite and only using Hyrule historia the way the whole fandom does: Only acknowledging stuff that furthers my own ideas lmfao)
Gannon doesn't WANT to be a player in the game rn so is shoving it off onto Shadow who is, RELUCTANT to be the current incarnation of the demon king, to say the LEAST lol.
Oopsie Dark Link knows his secret now.
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