#they become spirits of their own will

[buttercupart]

timeskip Molly concepts - probably when she's around 16-17 ish, maybe even early college? ( I'm not a big fan of the "ooh the bubbly character gets older and is now SUPER SAD" trope so this is more like... Molly is still Molly, she just gets older and faces more hardships/life stressors that come with age, and struggles to maintain the same high level of positivity/resiliency she used to have )

#still a generally happy enthusiastic person but finds more and more that she sometimes has to put on a facade yknow? #has to go soul searching for purpose and meaning in a real genuine way that reinvigorates her #probably something to do with ghost world shenanigans but ~ooh something happens~ and she gets separated from her body somehow #and ollie libby june and darryl have to find help and reconnect w/ andrea and meet alina #and finally ofc hunt down todd and adia and rope them in #todd goes through a ghost portal after much convincing to come retrieve wraith molly and return her detached joyful spirit to her body #and in him becoming scratch again for a short while - to return molly's soul to herself - he of course must return to his own body #and begins to recall some lost memories of his time as a ghost including their friendship #and itslike. a lesson on reaching out and asking for help when you feel yourself slipping away from who you used to be but from molly's POV #and trusting loved ones to know you well enough to put your pieces back together right and make you whole again. or something #the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #molly mcgee

[harleyification]

ATLA Au where Sokka befriends a rogue Knowledge Seeker ✨

(More info under the cut)

Side A: Sokka Adopts A Stray Fox Spirit

- After a toddler Sokka gets lost in a blizzard, a Knowledge Seeker that is taking back a scroll wanders upon him. Knowledge Seekers in this world not only retrieve information for the library, but also protect it - sometimes with their life. - This particular Knowledge Seeker feels the need to protect Sokka (who, unbeknownst to them both, is going to be a genius who tilts the world of knowledge on its head), and disregards its former duty in order to make sure the tiny human makes it. - If Sokka dies, then so much knowledge will be lost to the world. The spirit can’t have that. It curls up around Sokka, giving the child warmth and saving his life. - It decides to stick around when it realizes this particular human is rather curious and thus drawn to danger, aiding this one in its destiny. And while spirits don’t need to eat (And can eat just about anything), it’s also a bonus that human treats are really good!! Side B: Sokka Becomes A Knowledge Seeker (or New Spirit Entirely...?)

- Everything is the same as above, except for the fact that young Sokka succumbs to the coldness despite the spirits best efforts... - The Knowledge Seeker, keen in fulfilling its duties, essentially thinks, “Well shit. Can't let this potential go to waste. I'll sacrifice myself in order to heal the world, aid destiny, and ultimately expand knowledge for the world. This human's worth it." - Doggo combines its essence with Sokka’s soul, and gives the child a second chance at life. - Sokka in return gets canine teeth, a bigger propensity for meat, can go Borf, probably has auburn hair (still not set on the design), and has most of the abilities of the Knowledge Seeker. - No ears or tail on a literal level (Maybe...), but these abilities include: enhanced hearing, the ability to innately and uncannily Know Things by accessing his past spirit life memories and having a connection to the library, a 6th sense for danger and spiritual activity, climbing up walls like Spider-Man, and eventually being able to walk back and forth between worlds! As well as typical dog traits, like growling, claws, teef, and a propensity for meat!

#ATLA #avatar: the last airbender #sokka #Yue #zuko #I wasnt able to imply Zukka but Zukka is intended to be here #Also implied Yuekka romance or bromance #ATLA Au #Knowledge Seeker Sokka #Fox Spirit Sokka #Yue and Sokka in Side B doing the spiderman meme like SAME HAT?? SAME HAT?? #Hi Im sick and got in trouble for not going into work so I made these instead #Eventually I like to think that Sokka seperates his spirit side from the library and becomes his own spirit after death #More kitsune-like since Kitsunes are about wisdom and peace #But also Native American fox lore is so interesting and fits Sokka SO MUCH #I dont think Ill be drawing any more of this AU for a long while or ever write a fic for it #Unfortunately :c #My Art

[arisenreborn]

all that you are is a promise to the world -

#dragon's dogma #dragon's dogma 2 #dd2 #crow's caps. #oc: vivian (arisen) #i changed things up for her a little but she also has two different verses lmao #one all her own where she becomes arisen after bestowal of spirit from her arisen basically #and one where she's a pawn companion of reverie and rann #she is baby either way #not Quite but i get yin darker than black or shelke dirge of cerberus vibes from her just a bit

[khevras]

AU where Zuko's in his 20s and his ministers are now all trying to persuade him to get get married and have an heir cos 'really Fire Lord Zuko, you must secure the line to the throne' and 'the fire nation has already had a succession crisis, there really isn't a need to cause another one'

but the thing is, there was a reason why he and Mai broke up years ago; she had realised she much preferred girls whilst he realised he really didn't. (They had however remained strong friends and he couldn't wait for the next time Mai and Ty Lee would visit so they could catch up)

so there he was stuck on what exactly he should do, especially on how to avoid trying to be pressured to agree to a marriage with one of the daughters of the noblemen of court. And so, late one night, deep into papers on the agricultural imports of the southern isles, he lets out a sleep deprived prayer to the spirits to at least let that problem resolve itself, cos 'Spirits damn it, he really doesn't need his ministers trying to discuss his love life and how they could benefit from it'

so anyway he releases that half-crazed prayer and thinks nothing of it, burying himself deeper into his work.

but the spirits have always been fickle things, and something in the spirit world shifts

The next morning, Zuko's in the middle of going through what meetings he has scheduled today when he is interrupted by a frantic messenger asking for him to come to the temples by the request of the high sage. Obviously, that means something serious must have happened with the spirits if the high sage is calling for him without asking for an official meeting, right?

So he rushes into the temple, and once inside he witnesses several very stressed sages running around whilst the high sage stares him down while holding what looked like a very sooty bundle of cloth.

As he comes closer it suddenly becomes a lot more apparent that the cloth bundle is in fact a child

The child seems to squirm inside its tight wrappings before opening its golden eyes and staring at the new presence in front of it. And as Zuko gazes down at the curious eyes of the baby all he can think is the overwhelming feeling of rightness before he sweeps the little girl into his arms.

It is not until later that hes told of how the child appeared in the temple and how she had caused such disarray among the order. That as Agni's first light had kissed the land the fires of the temple had surged up, almost as if attempting to join the spirit in its journey across the sky, before dropping low and revealing the giggling form of a babe born from flame and ash.

But that is not until later, and right now all Zuko can concentrate on is his beautiful new daughter and how he promises to be a better father than Ozai ever was to him

#its about being a better father than his own ever could #even to a magical baby gifted to him via a half desperate prayer #anyway through spirit shenanigans zuko becomes a dad #dadko #ignoring the stuff in the comics btw #cos i want Aunt LaLa teaching Izumi how to be a badass #let zuko be a dotting single father i beg #and the gaang being a whole collection of aunts and uncles #icl this au could work for either zukka or aroace zuko #and personally i like both options #zuko #atla zuko #atla au #the gaang #after the war #aroace zuko #zukka #agni #spirit shenanigans #fire lord zuko #avatar the last airbender #izumi #oh yh mai and ty lee are a couple btw #its hinted but i need everyone to know this #atla #long post

[wildflowercryptid]

potentially batshit headcanon, but i think it'd be funny if these two were related somehow.

#i'm inclined to say they're cousins but it'd also be interesting if they were siblings ngl #gustafa hasn't really brought up his own upbringing so far in my playthrough so i'm running hogwild w/ his backstory #i hc that gustafa's parents were classical musicians and pretty strict (very much the types to force what they think is best on their kids) #he felt like the environment was too stifling not only for his music but also his spirit so he left home as soon as he could #he's still proud about his family's history as musicians but definitely doesn't want to raise his kids like his parents raised him #so that's why he's pretty laid back when it comes to raising bea and encourages whatever she loves doing no matter what #wait now that i think about it carter organizes the music festival in mineral town doesn't he? #shit i'm connecting the dots #carter would probably be older than gustafa so i guess he left home as soon as possible too #he just went the route of joining the clergy to get out of town rather than becoming a hippie like gus #imagine going to the next town over to check out their music festival only to be reunited w/ your estranged older bro >>> #you haven't spoken to in like 10+ years #i feel like they'd be okay terms tho they'd definitely bond over how shitty their parents were #okay i'm having fun w/ this headcanon i'm gonna keep it i think #story of seasons #bokujou monogatari #a wonderful life #friends of mineral town #sos awl #sos fomt #sos gustafa #gustafa (awl) #sos carter #carter (fomt) #hc : (sos) awl / fomt #mj.txt

[ghoulishautism]

its pretty interesting seeing everyone's opinions on certain AUs or Fanon concepts in such a fanon-heavy fandom

#i think ghost king danny is funny on principle but you also have to understand that ghosts having a king overall makes zero sense #I prefer the ghost zone to be a wild west where everyone has their own stupid rules and territories #like Walker's rules are literally Made Up and ghosts only follow them to avoid him #I also forget phara dark or however you spell his name exists sometimes he just wasnt. a very compelling villain to me #I do like ghost obsessions though only because it doesnt make sense for only SOME people to become ghosts when they die like- they have- #-to be bounded by SOMETHING. #ghost obsessions come from 'real' ghost lore- unfinished business and whatnot #having a goal you can infinitely chase until the literal end of time is horrifying to me. A restless spirit that can never cease #Id like to hear the reasoning behind ghosts existing without obsessions though

[casiavium]

Zelda and Link redesigns for the sword spirit au :) just messy doodles that didn't quite turn out how I imagine them, someday I'll actually sit down and work out how I want sword spirit!Link to look

#I know I want his hair kind of faceted like a gem to mimic his messy Link hair but that's hard and I dont like geometry #for zelda I gave her face paint like Impa's but a triforce design rather than a tear or sheikah eye #since she is kind of still the goddess. or at least impa wants her to be #she has a less ornate version of Impa's outfit and choppy hair (not much time to cut it properly) #I think I'll get more into it in unbroken spirit (didn't make sense in damage control) but after she 'dies' Impa tells her she can't return #to skyloft (makes her watch her own funeral etc) because it would bring miasma to the peaceful life up there or something #and instead of becoming a skyloft knight Impa makes her a Sheikah warrior

[cornerful]

Sméagol and the Gift

'Now!' said Sam. 'At last I can deal with you!' He leaped forward with drawn blade ready for battle. But Gollum did not spring. He fell flat upon the ground and whimpered.

'Don't kill us,' he wept. 'Don't hurt us with nassty cruel steel! Let us live, yes, live just a little longer. Lost lost! We're lost. And when Precious goes we'll die, yes, die into the dust.'

Devastated by this. Just a little longer, he begs. Even though his existence is a torment. Even though the will that holds him to life is barely his own anymore. He has long outlived his time but it's such a cruelty that now the only freedom for him is in death. I'm glad Sam didn't kill him but the whole scenario is awful.

When a mortal keeps a ring of power he does not gain more life, he continues, denied natural mortality as the fear of death is amplified and twisted into fear of separation, nothing matters anymore but the keeping, the continuing. In that miserable existence there is no peace, and at its end there is no graceful goodbye to life, there is only dust. Sudden, empty, and final.

It would take murder to spare him that. Or falling with the ring into the fire.

Bilbo let it go in time (did he feel anything when it was destroyed?) Frodo is freed of it now, though the toll it extracted for the separation was at very least a finger. It was too late for Gollum for the price to be anything other than it was, and that's brutal.

If you live long enough, death is no longer the enemy. What Sauron did to Gollum ensured that it would always be the enemy, to be feared and avoided for ever, once time and the ring had fashioned it into the only escape left. Evil.

#lotr newsletter #suicide mention in tags #haunted by the au in which gollum goes into the fire with the ring On Purpose #bc he still couldnt separate himself from it but frodo's compassion had somewhat released him from its evil #in a way an honor to frodo's quest and in a way an act of mercy to be able to give up the self-torment #which gives me shrimp feelings bc of the everything but also back to the original point that it is so tragic that death is all that awaits #bc death is natural and that was taken from him. what is the will to live in the absence of natural death? #smth deeply horrible about that #matt bugg screaming we'll be dust. so famous and rent free #lotrn325 #damn it im having more thoughts #wraiths vs gollum: discuss #the nature of the ring kept affects the nature of its possession no? those rings were made FOR thralldom #sauron has power over gollum but not That Much and his own ring is all abt the domination #what would a 2000 year old gollum even be like ._. #the wraiths are probably even more tragic bc at this point they're like...undead. even death isn't freedom #on that topic what happened to the witch-king's spirit fr #I'm pretty sure he isn't ever actually called that in the book but it's epic and gender and way snappier than lord of the nazgul #anyway shoutout to i think yambits for breaking the lore and giving them peace that was sick #where's my gollum rehab fic #i know he's a horrible little man who is constantly trying to murder my boys but i love him so #the au...gollum gaining the willpower to destroy himself because he was given trust and kindness and companionship for once. FUCKED UP. #fucked up horrible i need a minute. being shown compassion and then becoming more self-compassionate. epic #that compassion entailing seeking the freedom of death your soul was denied bc this is fantasy and somehow the exact #arc that usually leads to fighting to live is now flipped. HUH. #yeah jirt alluded to his motivation being For Frodo but i maintain that the willingness to die is HUGE there and extremely relevant #me and my red string keeping me company #ugh tag championships i win i think but at what cost #who wants to spin around miserably in a pool like franknfurter with me as we listen to gollum's song #tam you're already invited i have a floaty for u

[marinsawakening]

It's pretty fun for me to play Zelda games in a manner mostly isolated from fandom opinions. Like don't get me wrong I've absorbed a lot of LOZ spoilers, headcanons, interpretations etc. via osmosis, I am not playing these games blind. But regardless of how many spoilers and fanart/fanfic I've seen going through the AO3 tag after playing BOTW was still an Experience because it made me realize that the way I interpret both Link as a character and the game as a whole is apparently completely counter to the majority fandom opinion. Something I was blissfully oblivious to while playing the game.

#Once again I want to become a more genuine person who approaches media analysis on a basis of joy in its own right #And not lead every one of my posts with 'so I've seen ppl do this and here's why I think they're wrong' #I am failing bc I'm full of spite but worse than that I also genuinely enjoy being a hater #But I'm not even mad this time. I dont even think ppl are necessarily wrong to interpret #Post-calamity link as their traumatized little meow meow #I think it's less interesting than my interpretation bc I think it loses the contrast between pre- and post-calamity link #But its not WRONG. Link doesnt exactly get a whole lot of characterization even in botw #He's still mostly a blank slate so ppl get to do what they want with him. The game doest contradict it #I'm just. So confused ppl looked at botw and went 'link's trauma would be worse post-calamity or at least carry over in its full force' #Like u don't think the hard reset that was the shrine of resurrection and experiencing the wonders as a free spirit like #Had. Y'know. An effect? #I honestly just don't think post-calamity Link is all that traumatized anymore. I think that shit was more effective than therapy #It's not an uncommon interpretation im aware but im still shocked at the amount of ppl that didnt have it #Does that make sense or am I insane? #My posts #Loz #Botw

[orcelito]

I think I cried harder today over my dad's jackets than I did at his deathbed. That was a miserable time of course, a memory that will likely be seared into my brain until I die, but I cried... I think a normal amount, all things considered. More than I ever usually do of course, but I typically don't cry At All. All this free crying is certainly surreal.

The jackets, though. I was put in charge of doing his laundry, because we don't want to pack up dirty clothes. I was expecting it to be unpleasant bc my dad's dirty clothes - gross. But really, it was much more unpleasant in that... those were his. It felt wrong to touch them. Felt wrong to treat his jackets as gross. Because they were just his jackets. They weren't even in the hamper. And then I was remembering him wearing them, and then I was crying. Again. And again. Weeping over these damn jackets.

Then I found a shirt on his bed that still smelled like him. It smelled like a Hug From Dad. And that set me off crying even harder.

In total, I think I cried like 6 times within 40 minutes. It took me that long to finish sorting the damn clothes bc I just. Was a wreck. Like, what are you supposed to do when you're living life like normal, vaguely hopeful bc you're taking steps to secure your own happiness, and then 4 days later you're sorting your dad's laundry because he fucking died. Suddenly. Without a goodbye.

And you have to worry about his lack of a will (even under an ideal situation, only 2 heirs and no conflicts between us, probate's a fucking Bitch), and arranging the funeral, and prepping his obituary, and picking out pictures, and writing a speech bc you want to talk at his funeral, of Course you want to talk at his funeral, but even just thinking about anecdotes you could share has you crying yet again.

I've cried more times in the past 3 days than likely the entirety of last YEAR. And that's WITH my cat, and uncle, and family friend dying. Those all hurt, my uncle most of all, & I was real fucked up over it. But this? This was my Dad. Likely the person I'd have named 2nd closest to me in my life, second only to my sister. He wasn't perfect, but he did so much for me throughout my entire life. All he wanted was to raise us to be happy and independent. And he accomplished it, we're getting by without him, but we still wanted several more decades with him. He was only 57. We should've gotten several more decades with him.

But here we are now. Playing investigators to his life, digging into all his shit, trying to find documents and take inventory of all his things, and learning Many things about him in the process. In his lockbox of sensitive documents, like his SSN and birth certificate and all that stuff, we found an old letter. About a decade old now, written in my hand. Right at the very top, we found that he'd kept the letter I wrote to him telling him frankly about my struggles and the things I wanted him to do better. He kept it. He tried to take it to heart. He looked at it again, sometime more recently than all the rest of the documents. That was on top.

His love for us is evident everywhere. The pictures he has hanging up all over the place, majority of them with us in them. The old fathers day cards placed on display in his bedroom bookshelf. The gifts we gave him, even stupid little knick knacks, placed around his apartment with pride. I wish we'd taken more videos of him. I don't want to forget the sound of his voice. I don't want to forget his smell either, the smell of a Hug From Dad, but I still tossed that shirt into the wash even though it felt like saying yet another goodbye.

It's the suddenness that hurts the most, I think. We were planning on having him help me finally get my license this year. My final words to him, the last thing he would've seen from me, were messages asking up on whether he'd called his car insurance company to make sure there wouldn't be problems. I should've called him more. I don't know if I'm going to learn from this.

I cut my 2 weeks off early to have time to grieve and to work on things for the funeral and settling the estate. The last thing I'd wanna do right now is selling fucking bubble tea in a job I already decided to leave. So here I am without a job, though with potentially two life insurance policy payouts to come. Inheriting half his 401k. Inheriting couches, knickknacks, keepsakes, paintings, art pieces, maybe even his guitar and other furniture if we can figure out what to do about space (I don't have room for this furniture, I don't know if I even have room for the couches, but God do I want to keep so much of this furniture). It has me even considering keeping one of his guns, just one. A tiny little revolver, it sits so comfortably in my hand. I don't even want to use it for anything. I just want to have it, keep it stored in a drawer with its ammo kept separate. I don't like guns, but this is a part of him. He loved collecting guns. He was about as responsible with them as someone can be, keeping them locked in a lockbox and impressing upon his children the importance of gun safety (I've known the basic gun safety rules ever since I was a little kid. Of course, of course, of course.) It reminds me of him. It's horrifically easy to have a gun in Indiana. I apparently don't even need a permit to carry anymore. (I have no intention to ever carry this in public.)

It's all a cycle. Business, grief, thoughts about my future. Round and round, like the most nauseating carousel in existence. I don't know how I'm still so functional. My skills with compartmentalization have been my lifesaver.

And im just thinking about the story my dad's best friend shared today. About a friend of theirs who lost her father. She reached out after hearing about my dad to share his words with her: "it's okay to grieve, but don't make his death your life".

He explicitly referenced himself in this, saying if he were to die suddenly that he wouldn't want us to define ourselves by it. Grief is expected, but he wants us to be able to move on. He's always wanted us to establish ourselves and make ourselves happy. He wouldn't want to be a weight holding us back from that.

So every time I start to feel guilty for thinking about having nicer furniture or using his life insurance payout to fund the rest of my college, I remind myself of that. Thinking about the material isn't a bad thing. I'm only human. And in the end, he'd Want me to be thinking about it. He never intended to die, certainly not without warning like this, so he would've only encouraged me being pragmatic about it all.

He only ever wanted us to be happy. So I need to do what I can to live up to that.

I love him. I miss him already.

#speculation nation #negative/ #this got really long on accident. but i think typing this out was really helpful for me. #getting the thoughts out. processing. the works. #nearly cried several times just from writing this. #...and honestly i might reference this again when i start seriously writing my eulogy. #things suck a Lot right now. and i really wish they were different. #feels like i picked a bad choice in a video game and am now seeing the Bad Ending or whatever #all i need to do is reload a previous save. it's all still there. perfectly preserved in my memories. #but... that's all gone. as suddenly and unfair as it is ive been thrust into a new chapter of my life so thoroughly. #it's not all bad though. he wasnt prepared for dying so it's been hell to prepare for him #we dont know if we'll even be able to get into his fucking iphone. stupid piece of shit. #but he had life insurance. he had a union job. and That comes with benefits #(something about a year's salary going to the family. aka half a year's salary to Me. and isnt That mind boggling.) #as much as it hurts im going to be realistic about it. im going to do what i need to finish my education. #and im going to use it as a springboard for finally becoming a 'proper adult'. #the kind who could own a nice kitchen fridge. one with an ice machine on the front of the door #and freezers in the drawers. #maybe then i could think about getting motorcyle lessons. not from my dad as i originally wanted #but i wanna keep the family biker spirit alive. i wanted it even before he died. and now i want it even more. #ive had so so many thoughts. it's only been 3 days. ive had to emotionally numb myself several times just to Get Through It. #everything is exacerbated. my mom wants to go to the funeral. we will have to fight her on this. my dad Hated her. #and i certainly dont fucking want her around either. not then. not when im talking about my dad. #(my dad. my Dad. i saw him die. i felt him cold. i do not regret it. it still hurts me.) #it's overwhelming. i loved him so fucking much. even with his flaws he was truly an amazing father. #i'll... shut up now. if you read this far. well. hug your loved ones a little tighter. you never know when youll lose them.

[summertimemusician]

Honestly the one thing that really frustrates me about Hyrule Warriors is how they cut Linkle being Link's sister, because otherwise it would have recontextualized Warriors entirely as a character.

This is mainly just headcanon territory, but something always bugged me about him being a knight in training from the get go, mainly because it's usually never any Link's first choice with First, Sky and Wild being the main exceptions (Gaepora took him in, and Gaepora runs the knights academy, makes sense he'd want to join then plus he'd probably want to protect Sun, plus Skylofts knights function differently than Hyrule knights, they don't have the same hierarchy and Skyloft is pretty peaceful before SS truly picks up so again, makes sense he wouldn't have troubles joining, we don't know First's reasons besides him seeing evil on the horizon and deciding if no one's was gonna do anything about it he might as well do it himself, and Wild was basically recruited at a young age for pulling the Master Sword while presumably young, he was never given a choice), we see it with Four, he's a blacksmiths apprentice under his grandfather and we see in his manga him practically baring his teeth at his father he won't become a knight and he doesn't pick up the sword unless really necessary, we see that with Time, he was raised as a Kokiri, he dreamt of adventure already from the drawings we see in his room, but he could always just become an adventurer if he wanted to though of course we see that change with the Hero's Shade, I'll come back to that, Wind? Was content living in Outset with Aryll before Ganon decided to fuck around and found out really hard, Legend was also a blacksmiths apprentice and adventurer and he only takes up knight training in the manga because Sir Raven inspired him, like even if he didn't want to be a knight the training would still serve him well (and lo and behold the advice pays off given all the shenanigans mostly caused by divine beings Legend gets saddled with), Hyrule obviously leaves in a very hostile world so he wouldn't even have ANY time to think about knight training, he's self taught because he'd literally die if he wasn't given monsters need his blood to ressurect Ganon so it's honestly a unique case of technically self defense, either he learned to hunt or he'd remain hunted, Twilight is the same case as Wind's, Ganondorf fucked around and found out with the wrong older sibling's people plus the protagonists heavily implied love interest(s) and got shafted into next week, him and Dusk don't have a personal connection besides Midna for him to stick around much and we see him go back to Ordon, so no knighthood there, so why was Warriors different? What motivated him?

I think Linkle being his younger sister would have been the answer.

Long post ahead, continue under your own risk

I know lots of people characterize Warriors as being of a noble line and joined the knights at the urging of his father, but let's not forget most Links are orphans so thinking Wars is an exception is a pipe dream. So that's out, however, in medieval times knights actually get plenty of benefits since they work mostly for lords, ladies and the local crown, being a knight is synonymous with being a noble or at least having a decent life at the cost of serving someone else and the Hyrulean knights don't really have any requisites before joining (though we do see long lines of knights exist, which some Links are descended from without their knowledge, so it's not farfetched to think that a good chunk of the knights of Hyrule qualify as members of noble houses loyal to the Hyrulean crown, would also explain their why they're ineffective a lot of the time too, if most of them grew noble and Hyrulean isn't war seeking {most of the time} then they wouldn't have any real experience), it would be a good way for Warriors to support himself as he climbs up the ranks, and most importantly, someone else, because he'd need to make that money to feed Linkle if she's his younger sister because most Links who take on elder sibling roles are at their best when trying to protect their younger siblings (Wind with Aryll, Twilight with Collin, to an extent Legend and Gulley, all Links are at their best when fighting/protecting someone else), Linkle could grown up without restrictions and he could support them both, making them work harder than other knights because he's already at a disadvantage.

Making it so he's in the perfect place at the right time to get noticed by Artemis before the War of Ages, and give him a reason to go against orders and fight rather than standby like other traineés, being discovered as the Hero in the process.

And as a result since Mask is in the war too, he gets inspired by Warriors (who as an older brother would definitely just snatch him, Wind, Tetra and heck even the Skull Kid under his wing because no way is he letting children younger than even his own little sister fight alone) and eventually becomes a knight too after presumably stopping his search for Navi or using his knight status to search more effectively, which gives us the Time we see in LU who eventually become the Hero's Shade, which trains Twilight. Because he looked up to Warriors while younger.

I just think it's a huge missed opportunity with a lot of room for angst/hurt comfort/drama, and also opportunities for Warriors, Legend and Wild to bond over not really liking the knights because they've all not likely been treated well by his fellow knights while young even though he himself is one, and that Warriors would absolutely be one of the first to throw hands if he heard another soldier talk badly about any of the Links, in this essay I will-

#linked universe headcanons #lu warriors #been replaying Hyrule Warriors while sleep deprived and this suddenly came to me while mid drinking coffee #we really need more Warriors appreciation and big sibling Warriors around here #I Shall Not Tolerate Warriors Slander #Twilight and Time own my entire heart and soul but he's pretty neat #The inherent tragedy of unknowingly helping guide your younger sibling to roam aimlessly as a spirit until his descendant pacifies him #all because all you did was for your younger sibling and you tried so so hard to protect the boy who'd become the man behind the ghost #Feels like that'd be a punch to the gut for Warriors and Twilight both once the Realization™ hits #Linkle and Mask/Time and Wind both being little shit siblings to Warriors and bullying him into resting my beloveds #Artemis/Sheik joining in because meddler is her/their middle name #Legend Warriors Four and Wild both disliking the knights for a variety of reasons but only Warriors is passive aggressive about it #Until someone bad mouths one of his shield brothers that is then he's as feral as any Link #It's all about giving Warriors more depth ya know? #Summer's Sleep Deprived LU Ramblings

[sciencelings-arts]

New Linksona alert, this time from the priestesses AU that I have talked about a little bit

#I’m not 100% with the dragon tatto but I’ll work on that on my own lol #this was much more of a chaotic doodle page before I cleaned it up #I might make their nickname be something to do with dragons bc they end up becoming Farosh #I have not decided yet tho #my art #linksona #Zelda au #priestesses AU #dragon spirit AU #loz #botw #well about 10000 years before botw but still #loz art #loz au #botw dragon #botw dragons #fun fact: they don’t have the heroes spirit their twin brother Ravio has it

[comradekatara]

the gaang and associates + their most niche interests?

i love the use of the word associates. their business partners. colleagues, if you will

aang: is "being an air nomad" too out of pocket? ok im gonna go with "noodle portraiture"

katara: ecoterrorism <3

sokka: rhyming haikus (but let's be real, when it comes to "niche interests," the world's his oyster)

toph: i mean........ metalbending

zuko: reading sontag's notes on camp from cover to cover

suki: being so passionate about consuming bad art ironically that it ultimately just circles back around to being sincere

ty lee: does chi-blocking count if she (probably) invented it

mai: well she has exactly one interest and it is knives. so knives

azula: memorizing esoteric knowledge about military history to bust out at parties

#imadisasterwalking #asks #the gaang and #this is within the time frame of the show bc i already answered an ask abt 'weird' interests of theirs which is pretty similar #so i decided to limit this one to canon #which means that i must clarify now that the notes on camp thing isnt literal its a reference to zuko being the blue spirit #and the suki one is both a reference to the ember island players #but also i like to think that the reason she loves chongs band is bc she started liking it ironically to annoy sokka #but ended up just actually becoming a fan #also i like to think aang made that ozai noodle portrait on his own and it wasnt actually a school assignment #he just did it for fun during lunchtime #makes more sense than the idea that the FN school would ask students to do that..... its way too fun and creative and silly for them! #anyway .

[wittyworm]

if you dont believe in spirituality and clairvoyance and all that just skippp

so i know it sounds crazy, but i already told my therapist, so idc anymore but does anyone know ANYTHING about mediums. or anyone to contact to help me figure this out. ive been going through a lot the past year but the one i couldnt talk about that was bothering me the most was that i seem to have some sort of clairvoyant.. ability?? that i have no control over. its just as if the universe wills that i know random things that will occur and they happen.

even my family is noticing that it isnt just me making shit up

#like predicting death and random events #viaualizing something in my head and it becomin real after very SPESIFIC things #its not random as very similar things happen to my maternal great grandmother and my paternal grandmother #its becoming a lot more frequent and i want to know if there is SOME way to control it #i grew up around ghosts and spirits so idk maybe its something to do with that #but idk. my first ever experience with clairvoyance was when i was 8 years old or so. it was the strongest one i ever had #i had a very clear dream of how the entire day would play out #and then it did #and it never happened again until the last year and its so scary man!! i had to quit my job because i was being plagued with visions of #my own death if i stayed #i took it as a sign and it hasnt stopped happening since #but ive been SO scared to talk about it. with ANYONE outside of my family hut yknow #this is my personal blog so #i dont really care if ppl think im crazy anymore cause theres just some things in this world that cant be explained #and im terrified experiencing this alone

[chibigrimmreaper]

"the portrait glassred drew" is so junmei coded its unreal. im frothing at the mouth.

#it's got everything!!! 'if only you hadn't changed' from the gentle upright crown prince mnq once knew... to volcano human sacrifices #exterminate the previous heavenly dynasty unleash human face disease extravaganza #'the next time i met you... you had become someone else' jun wu literally becoming the heavenly emperor when the remet at xianle #'Even if you were different from What I remembered if you were happy I had thought perphaps it was okay' *ugly crying* #the song is already prtty heart wrenching on its own... add in old men yaoi... fatal one hit ko combo #mnq /painting/ the murals for xl to find about the story of the kingdom of wouyoung #hell! jun wu and sateriasis/cherubim (who GUMI's character is singing about) ALSO both have extra tiny human face(s)!!! #coincidence? i think not! actlly cherubim has only 1 and its a birth blemish not the vengeful spirits of his murdered ex vassals. but still #⁓parallels⁓ #u see it?!?! u get it?!?! u get my vision?!?!? #junmei #jun wu #mei nianqing #tgcf #tian guan ci fu

[coe-lilium]

I really, really preferred back when Fate went down the “this person was actually a woman” straight and simple road for genderbending its  characters compared to the later strings of “woman’s body is used as meatshield & container for a man’s soul” or “let’s smash together these completely unrelated characters so we can sell a female unit” or even “wife swapped place with husband but with his name and nearly none of both their characteristics or histories are shown in the playable character”.

They’re all “we want to bank on a famous male figure BUT we also want those waifu gacha money” types of wanting your cake and eat it too while ignoring or downplaying actual female figures of history, literature and myth.  

It’s... tiring. *I’m* tired.   

#do i like oei? YES! but why couldn't she fully be herself with her own name? #or bakin. or the latest berserker #if nobunaga is a woman in fate what the hell prevented the same for her master of tea cerimony? #no! gotta stuck a 70 old man in a murdered 14 yo kids body #or whatever the fuck's going on with avenger ushi. as if yoshitsune needed to be stuffed with other souls to become a heroic spirit! #fate criticism