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nocturnalfandomdoodles · 2 months

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i can't stop thinking about them

(happy birthday zelda!! again!!)

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nolongerapileofashprobably · 1 month

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I remember a while back you said that TOTK ranks as one of the best narratives in the series, and replaying it again, I’m inclined to agree. Fans criticized it for being “incoherent,” but there’s literally nothing that happens in the story that isn’t set up in the opening/tutorial. The Imprisoning War, the Zonai, the statue depicting Rauru and Sonia, the Light Dragon flying near the temple, Link diving to Zelda, the Recall ability (how it serves as Link’s connection to Zelda throughout the game and will ultimately be how he saves her at the end). The recall ability is also how Link collects and examines the dragon tear memories. Even if you don’t collect the tears, Link’s last memory of her is the vision of her giving him Recall, so it makes sense that he restores her to how he remembers her (“coaxing the object’s memory” like Sonia says in one of the memories). The theme of community and togetherness is also woven into every aspect of the gameplay and story. BOTW and TOTK are both extremely narratively and thematically coherent.

THISSSSSS

Ive played the majority of Zelda games and some stories are iconic (OoT), some are DARK (MM), some are DIFFERENT (WW & TP), some are ROMANTIC (ST & SS), and all are adventurous and fun. This series has a plethora of interesting characters and captivating stories, but none truly compare to the intricacies of BoTW&ToTK. And this is achieved through the vast amount of details offered to players in each game.

BoTW has a TON of details for players who go looking for it, however none of them are actually necessary in completing the game. We know this is simply bc of the direction of botw and totk in terms of gameplay.

The stories are OPTIONAL in both of these games, but as you pointed out in ToTK, you don’t escape the Recall memory. And that ability is the one that is truly unique to the story and connects us directly to Zelda, and ultimately Zelda to her old self. Both of these games are directly related to Zelda’s journey as a character and are a testament to this Zelda and Link’s relationship. Without a romantic perspective (which actually requires you to neglect details given to us in both games), the story still stands in terms of development and emotional appeal.

I think everyone can agree that BoTW/ToTK Zelda is the most developed Zelda we have ever gotten, and if you accept that her development goes hand in hand with the story (which duh it does lol) then you realize that for all its faults, BoTW & ToTK has one of the best narratives of the series. To me, you can’t separate the games, because BoTW was the foundation of Zelda’s growth as a person and Zelda & Link’s relationship which resulted in the dedicated loyalty we see six years after the events of BoTW. Without that knowledge, we wouldn’t get the same emotional connection or understand how intimate the ending of ToTK is.

Link’s use of Recall, backed by Rauru’s light magic and Sonia’s time magic, is only achievable by HIS ability to remember Zelda, his own memories and the ones Zelda gifted him through the tears, in order to bring her back. This gives us the EXACT answer to the question BoTW ends on: “May I ask; do you really remember me?”

Like that is so impactful, it clears every other story in my opinion by a LONG SHOT. This doesn’t negate how amazing the other stories are, they are all powerful in their own way, but none compare to the fluid and consistent themes BoTW & ToTK are founded upon.

The story has its faults (as all do) and thus fans capitalize on them in order to tear down the games (which is natural for any popular franchise). But those faults do not impact what is perfectly executed in terms of Zelda and Link’s story. The things we wish to see more of are that of side characters and questions left unanswered (which provided the series a new set of lore to explore in future games). But I will forever stand by this era and it’s overarching story that still makes me stop whenever I see the light dragon or seek out those small details whenever I replay the games.

#god I love tears of the kingdom #I love breath of the wild so much #I love Zelda and link #zelink #botw zelink #loz botw #botw #the legend of zelda #botw link #link botw #loz tears of the kingdom spoilers #the legend of zelda breath of the wild #zelda botw #loz tok #loz tears of the kingdom #totk zelink #loz zelink #totk Zelda #totk link

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africanamermaid · 2 months

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A thought I had as I'm about to go to the office this morning: Zelda's voice actor and Link's voice actor in a podcast together or as YouTube virtual characters (something something timezones I know) and it's just Zelda casually speaking to the listeners through her "Sheikah Slate" and Link is there, too. Link doesn't actually speak though, it's just him grunting and stuff and Zelda replying to him. She would be answering questions from fans and stuff. You know, similar to the Sonic YouTube thing.

#link #loz link #loz #legend of zelda link #link legend of zelda #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #princess zelda #loz zelda #zelda loz #zelink #loz zelink

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shellshooked · 2 years

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Linktober 2022 day 4: favourite character(s)

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mozomz · 3 months

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https://mozomzart.etsy.com

Happy Valentine's day!!! Items in my shop with ship art on them are on sale for 35% off now until Feb 16!!! You could go check it out, yknow if you wanted to 🥺👉👈

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moonriver080 · 7 days

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【Would you】P1～3

Botw-Zelink

timeline：post botw～pre-totk

I put all this in because that's all I've done. It took a long time, probably...

No story, little dialogue. If accepted, please enjoy

(Every time I finish painting, I feel, ah, I really am not the material for painting)

Tell me how to label it, please

My friend taught me to improve the layout of the second page!LOVE HER!!!

The last trailer for the comic is actually done, but I have to redraw the first half of it from the paper onto the computer first.)That's terrible. I already want to give up publishing.

Finished a new illustrated story that left me wondering how to translate it (if it's too much trouble I'll keep giving up! Ahah! (Cheerful walk through

#(Yahaha all Good children)#they just wanna help #Get out of the rain with Zelda and Link #zelink #botw zelink #loz botw #loz link #loz zelda #loz zelink #botw zelda #botw link #botw fanart #botw

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nocturnalfandomartist · 1 year

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🩷A Single Rose🩷

and this

Program: Ibis Paint X

Time Elapsed (LoZ): 35 minutes

Time Elapsed (AoL): 39 minutes

I just think they're neat. :)

Reblogging is fine, but please don't post this anywhere else without linking the original post. Thanks!

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writingnocturne · 2 months

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Crestfallen, escape, memories, mist :))

For You, Princess

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Sorry for the wait, @crazybananacakes! I absolutely loved your prompt and the angst potential - so much so that I ended up writing, like, 20 different outlines with different Zelinks and "what if" scenarios. I ended up going with Classic Zelink here for the anniversary today (38!!!), even if BOTW/TOTK Zelink was the obvious option... but believe me, now I have plenty of other angst and "what if" one-shots on the backburner. It's actually a little crazy. Here, both the Zeldas are one in the same - and there are plenty of other headcanons sprinkled in. I would love to make this a larger fic!

WARNING: BLOOD.

Sneak Peak

《 Mist coats the air in a suffocating serenity. The world, under pouring rain, wears a mask as if it were at ease— but the rushing of footsteps through growing puddles of mud urges it to wake up. Trickles of red drop down to stain the layer of water.

The storm thuds against the earth in a rage-filled song the further on this trail goes, washing it away with further ferocity by the minute.

Two silhouettes seek some illusion of refuge in the merciless weather. They are outlined only by the occasional crack of ruby lightning.

An identical scar marks their intertwined hands.

Both fight to take the lead— not with hostility, but desperation. The taller of the two, a young woman, pulls along her companion for the majority of the time despite his consistent (yet silent) protests.

Tears draw out thin strings of velvet and cling the curls of her hair to her face, pale with something reminiscent of illness. Her eyes— a dull, silver-blue— droop with the look of someone already long dead. She shakily gazes back to the stumbling boy she leads onward, but this lowers her guard just enough for her legs to finally give out beneath her. 》

Ao3 Link

Word Count: 1,714

Prompt Post

This is for a little ask game I'm doing for short fics! Just send me three words and I'll write from them! See the full post here.

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underrepresentedriots · 10 days

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any good zelink fic recs? i'm currently reading a fic where link and zelda switch positions in totk where link goes back in time (while still damaging his arm) and zelda is stuck in the future

#zelink #loz zelink #loz zelda #loz link #link x zelda #legend of zelda #any universe is fine!

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cjracingpnf · 3 months

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Purah (Legend of Zelda), Symin (Legend of Zelda), (Latter two are mentioned only) Additional Tags: Fluff, Romance, Sweet, Domestic Fluff, Established Relationship, zelink, Post-Breath of the Wild, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Talking Link (Legend of Zelda), (For One Sentence lol), Zelinktines, Zelinktines 2024

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A few times a week, Zelda would walk up and spend most of the morning and early afternoon at the Hateno Village Research lab studying, researching, and talking with Purah and Symin (well mostly listening to them argue more than anything, something Zelda found more humorous than she let on). Sometimes, Link accompanied her, but on this particular occasion, she had visited the duo alone.

It felt comforting, healing in a way, to be able to put all of her focus and passion into the work that she loved. No longer having to worry or stress over someone pressuring her to be or act differently, and in fact be supported and encouraged by those closest to her, to reach those goals and dreams she had so long been forced by destiny to push aside...

----------------- A cute one-shot written for @zelinktines24 using the Day 1 (Cozy) and Day 4 (Blush) Prompts!

And a big thank you to @mistresslrigtar for beta-reading and helping with figuring out the title for this fic! 😁

#Zelink #botw #legend of Zelda #LoZ Zelink #Zelinktines24 #Zelinktines 2024 #cjracingpnf #A Warm Embrace

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telemna-hyelle · 2 years

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Being a big fan of the older Zelinks is hard because you go on Ao3 and it’s like, Zelink, Zelink, everywhere, and not a fic to read

#botw is my least favorite zelda game thus far but it's saturated the market #i just want some tp zelink or oot or alttp or aol #or ss or fs or fsa or mc #or hw or st #is that too much too ask #tellie talks loz #tellie talks zelink #zelink my beloved #zelink #loz zelink

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kibzeart · 1 year

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#small art account #digital art #i suck at digital art #origional art #loz breath of the wild #breath of the wild #loz link #loz zelda #loz zelink #zelink #botw zelink #botw zelda #botw link #loz botw #legend of zelda