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I want to do full body designs for all the characters so it’ll make comic work easier, so starting off, here’s Link’s family! I know I’ve done lineups like a million times before but hush this is needed <3

Left to right: Link, Linkle, Aryll, Grandma Maria, and Uncle San.

Link and Linkle are twins, Aryll is their younger sister, Maria is obviously their grandma, and San is obviously their uncle

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #legend of zelda au #link #linkle #grandma #aryll #san #surprisingly I’ve had so many people assume that San is their grandfather #which… no he’s their uncle lol #not their dad either

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Howdy folks, I’m gonna delete the patreon. I don’t feel comfortable having money given to me when I’m not uploading consistently and I’m stuck on the next update, so for my own sake I’m gonna delete it. Thank you so much for the two patrons who supported me! If you want to support me you can always go to my ko-fi

Or you can like and reblog and comment! Whatever works! Thank you!

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It’s update today! So a few things, you probably noticed the quality drop. Sorry about that, but I needed a change. It might get better over time, but for now this is working for me so it is what it is. I updated these pages as they were finished to my patreon, so if you want to see them over there you can go click the link! But no pressure :) rn I’m taking another break cuz I’m gonna be going back to college soon and I have a lot to do, plus it’s the holidays! So I’m not gonna focus on this for a bit. But I appreciate your guys’ patience with me. We’re finally getting to the good stuff hehehe

#baby’s first time doing action scenes #good grief #was difficult but I love how they turned out #I hate the last page tho DONT worry about it #thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #linkle #sordoblin #bokoblins #epona #anyways the hero has been found :o

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Some previews from the pages I’ve been working on! They’ve all been posted on my patreon so if you can’t wait anymore you can go over there :) I still have some more pages but once I’m done I’ll post it here. But patreon will get early access, basically they get the pages when I’m done with them. Thanks for your patience on this hiatus. I will take a break for the holidays once I post this.

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #patreon

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Everyone always mention how Epona is an airbender cuz she has an arrow on her nose so, airbender avatar Epona

#not to be a nerd but an arrow tattoo does not mean an avatar #that’s an airbender #anyways #thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #legend of zelda au #link #Epona #Impa

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Whumptober day 19, flower bouquet

This might be psychological too but I honestly didn’t know what the prompt meant when it said that. Kind of broad you know? Anyways TCOD TIME! This is before the first arc of the story of course, a short but more wholesome one. Kinda. I love Maria (Link’s grandma)

I haven’t updated it in a while but you can read what I have so far at @thecurseofdemisecomic :) I could use the support

Warnings: mentions of family death.

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It was a hard day for Maria, as it always was every year. Every morning she would wake up and get started with her day, tending to her cows, tending to her gardens, and making sure her grandchildren got their chores finished. But this morning was different, it was the only day when Maria didn’t worry about being so strict with the chores. She still did them of course, but she was more lenient about it with her grandkids, since today was the anniversary of when she lost a son and a daughter-in-law.

The memory still haunted her. She was training Linkle on how to use her crossbow since she was so insistent on learning, wanting nothing more than to follow her grandmother in her footsteps, when she heard San curse under his breath. She remembered when she looked to see what was wrong, she saw her oldest son, Taril, laying on the ground with Link and Aryll crying. She and San did everything for him, trying to keep him alive, trying to get a doctor to their small secluded farm. But with the doctors overwhelmed due to a large scale monster attack, no one came, and Taril succumbed to his injuries. Monna, his wife, wasn’t with him, and Maria soon discovered that she died trying to buy Link and Taril time to get away. Thankfully, Link and Aryll were fine, but the children were scarred from such a traumatic event.

Maria thought that losing her husband was hard. Having him say goodbye to her and her sons and then never returning, having to raise her boys when they were still teenagers on her own despite not being the primary caretaker for them, having to retire early from the army just so she can be with her sons, it was hard. And the pain of losing her husband returned when she lost her own boy, but it was almost unbearable. She should’ve been the one to go, she should’ve been the one to have lost her life. She was growing old, she didn’t need to live the limited time she had left. Taril and Monna had young children, the youngest barely being a year old. They had so much to live for. And knowing what they could’ve had was painful to bear. No parent should ever have to bury her child, but it was something she had to do. She only wished that she could’ve buried Monna as well, so she and Taril could be together physically, even in death.

Maria didn’t have a strong relationship with her grandchildren, save for Linkle who idolized her, but she had to become the caretaker for the kids who lost their parents, and she had to break through the wall that was between her and Link.

Link had watched his father die right in front of him, he had heard his mother’s cries as she was murdered by Lizalfos, so getting through to him was a challenge for Maria. San had tried, but he was never particularly good with children. Linkle had tried, and she was much more successful than Maria and San, but she herself was still recovering from losing her parents as well. It wasn’t fair to put such a weight on her young shoulders. As time went on, Maria grew to understand Link more, and the family grew closer than ever, but she still felt herself more distant from Link than with Linkle.

Slowly over time, the wounds healed, and though they scarred, they didn’t hurt as much as they used to. A couple of days after Link and Linkle’s sixteenth birthday, the hardest day of their lives came by, and it was quiet on the farm as Maria slowly tended to the animals, ignoring the dull pain in her heart over the loss of her son and daughter-in-law. When she went to return to her house however, she saw someone by the graves that honored Taril and Monna’s life. It was Link, and he was standing there silently with a bouquet in his hands. Maria walked up to him, curious at what he was doing alone, and stared at the tombstones.

“Hi grandma,” Link said quietly, clutching the bouquet of flowers tighter.

“Hello my dear, how have you been this fine morning?”

Link looked at her and forced a smile. “I’ve been good.” Maria tilted her head and Link’s smile disappeared. “I… I suppose I’ve been better.”

Maria smiled slightly and wrapped her arm around him, giving him a side hug. Link leaned into the hug and rested his head on her shoulder.

“I miss them,” he whimpered, his voice wavering uncontrollably as he tried not to cry. Maria only closed her eyes and hugged him tighter.

“I miss them too, my dear.”

“I wonder if they’re proud of me. I—I’ve been trying to take care of Aryll and Linkle, and Epona too of course but… I wonder if they think I’ve been doing a good job.”

“Oh sweetheart,” Maria ran her hands through his strawberry-blonde hair, twirling the ends around her finger. “You’ve been doing a wonderful job. Aryll loves you so much, you’re a wonderful brother to her. And you and Linkle are best friends, I can’t ever seem to separate you two.” Maria chuckled as Link giggled slightly, and she playfully ruffled his hair. “And you treat that horse with the utmost respect and care I have ever seen. I’m sure your parents would be very proud of you.”

Link’s smile stayed as he stared at the tombstones, his head never leaving her shoulder.

“I’ve been thinking,” he started, pursing his lips, “I want to rebuild dad’s old horse farm, and raise horses just like he did.”

Maria raised her eyebrows, surprised that he told her such a thing. He normally confided in Linkle about his future and hopes and dreams. For him to share this with Maria, it was an honor to her.

“Why, I think that’s a wonderful path to take, my dear. You share your father’s love for horses, that’s for sure.”

“…yeah,” Link smiled fondly at the tombstones, but his grip on the bouquet tightened, and he bit his lip as tears started to pour out of his eyes. Maria didn’t say anything when he let out a sob, she just held him, trying not to cry herself. After a moment of Link crying silently, she nudged him forward.

“Let’s put the flowers down, shall we?”

Link nodded and he and Maria walked closer to the tombstones, setting the bouquet down next to one other, belonging to Linkle and Aryll she presumed. Maria stood up when the flowers were put down, but Link lingered, tracing his fingers along the words on the tombstone. Finally, he stood back up as well and walked over to Maria, his eyes puffy, his cheeks rosy, and his nose runny. Maria gave him a smile and cupped his cheeks, kissing him on the forehead. Link leaned into her, and Maria pulled him into a hug. The two stood there for a while holding each other, the only sound was Link’s silent cries and whimpering. Maria could feel her shoulder growing damp from his tears, but she didn’t care. She rubbed circles in Link’s back, and she even shed a few tears as well. After a long moment of crying, Maria pulled away, but still kept an arm around his shoulder.

“Let’s go back to the house alright? I can make you and your sisters a little treat. How does that sound?”

Link sniffed and smiled, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. “Ok…” he muttered, and the two walked away from the graves back to the house. Yes it was a hard day for the family, a harsh reminder of what had happened. But the closer Maria felt to her grandchildren, the easier the day became. She may have lost her children, but she had her grandchildren, and she thanked the goddesses for that blessing.

#link #grandma #woah TCOD fan fic that’s wild #anyways some stuff before the first arc 😌 #thecurseofdemise

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Here, a meme to tie you over through the hiatus lol. This is just reminding me that I need a reference for Ganondorf LOL

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #ganondorf #moblin #lol #poor Link was just a baby

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I’m gonna take a new approach to the comic and see if that helps me, this style isn’t doing it for me, so give me a moment to figure things out. Idk when the next update will be but thank you for sticking with me thus far!

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #linkle

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Ok, I might as well say this now, but I’m going to take a long hiatus for the time being. There’s going to be no updates to the patreon and I might deactivate or ditch the patreon until I’m ready, so please please you can unsubscribe or whatever if you are on there.

I’ve been really struggling to get pages out the quality has dropped a lot and I don’t want to force this. So I’m going to give myself some time so that I can work on it without the stress of a deadline. Thank you for your patience. I’m hoping I can have an update that’s good for you :)

#hiatus #I need these breaks I realize #they suck but ya gotta do what ya gotta do

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So I don’t think there’s going to be an update at all next month. Very sorry but I haven’t been drawing the comic at all and I need time to work on it.

Just a heads up, I already shared this on my patreon, but I’m gonna be gone a lot in July and I won’t have a lot of time to work on TCOD, so there might be a short update again.

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Just a heads up, I already shared this on my patreon, but I’m gonna be gone a lot in July and I won’t have a lot of time to work on TCOD, so there might be a short update again.

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Patreon has updated! Click here to become a patreon and read two pages every two weeks!

#patreon #thecurseofdemise #not gonna slack off this month

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Yeah sorry there’s only two pages I was not productive this month 😞

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #linkle #sordoblin #hey at least we’re getting to the food stuff! #*good #not good

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Update! This looks familiar eh? Also new character that I’ve been very excited to finally put in the comic!!

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #linkle #sordoblin #bokoblin #bokoblins are cute

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Patreon has updated! Click here to read two pages every two weeks!

#patreon #thecurseofdemise #new character introduced that the folks who followed concept art already saw btw :)

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Patreon has updated! A little later today cuz I needed to work on the next page. I was on vacation and totk came out so I’ve been pretty distracted lol

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Update today!! Some of these pages I have a lot of mixed feelings about but I actually started thumbnailing again on the last page so hopefully the quality will go up again lol. Anyways, surprise surprise the kids are lost

#thecurseofdemise #zelda au #legend of zelda #hero of hyrule #fan comic #legend of zelda au #link #linkle #the montage pages were fun to do #different settings and all that #but we’re totally getting to the good stuff man we’re so so close #see you next month!