Hi Hello Yes More Thoughts About This Hgduo Pre-canon, Hunger Games/wars Au(??) Because My Brain Is Rotating

I made an animatic :b it’s for all those bbh enjoyers out there

Procrastinating writing more so here's sneak peaks of the unedited chapter 1 of this hurt/comfort bbh thing I have going on

I wanted to add a little epilogue where shortly after meeting each other they immediately get sucked up into portal that thankfully dumps them out onto Lon Lon Ranch. Malon finds them stumbling through her pastures, takes in the dried blood in Legend’s hairline and Hyrule’s drenched appearance. She basically looks at two pathetic drenched cats and takes them in. She has them feeling better in no time with a meal, baths, and a potion. When Time gets back home introductions and explanations go around. Upon hearing that they’re all called Link they’re like: omg it’s such a common name.

They think it’s a coincidence until Malon tells them: “you guys fell out of a portal. Nature is attacking you. You all have the same name. You don’t think you’re connected somehow?”

And then they’re all finally like: oh

I just think they’re all kinda dumb like that 💕 affectionately

AU where the Hyrule and Legend meet first before the rest of the chain.

The portal dumps Hyrule right in the middle of the ocean. Even if he could swim it would be futile as there’s no land for many miles. As he starts to drown he sees a flash of shimmering scales. He loses and regains consciousness over and over again over a course of time that he can’t count. Each time he wakes sees pretty pink scales, pink hair, gills, and violet eyes. Sometimes he even hears the comforting few notes of a song.

When he finally comes to it’s tucked safely under a cluster of palm trees on the shore of an unfamiliar beach in an even more unfamiliar, but familiar, Hyrule. He has to wonder if the goddess really does love him or if he really was rescued by a mermaid.

Legend had never intended to leave the unfortunate Hylian behind. He left him in a safe spot on the shore before looking for a nearby village that could give better medical attention than he could. He never would have expected an avalanche to descend out of nowhere. It’s not even rainy season. Before he can run or activate a shield he’s struck across the head and knows no more.

He gains consciousness a few times and each he sees the shining form of a green fairy, a color of fairy he’s never seen before. Each time he wakes he hears soft chiming and feels the warmth of fairy magic in his blood. When he finally comes to he’s nestled safely in the roots of a great old tree. He wonders if the green fairy was real or if one of his rings just activated.

Legend and Hyrule both travel for a day aching and tired. Each of them are determined to find the unfortunate soul they had to momentarily leave alone. They run into each other on the road and recognize one another immediately. Do they mention their acts of kindness or blatant recognition? NO.

Maybe one day in the future they mention being saved by a mermaid/odd green fairy. Do they piece together each other’s stories? Maybe…

I just saw the q!Bad lore from earlier and decided to make a summary of it while watching bc why not

It begins with him stopping at home real quick after hanging out with mouse & etoiles catching whales for the cookie quests. he found another lectern with a book on the opposite side of the “have a gourd time” one from yesterday (which now has a pumpkin grown next to it too lol)

“I hope you don’t mind me taking over that castle outside your house, old friend

-someone you used to know.”

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he looked outside and lo & behold. there was an old castle there!

on the inner wall was a painting of someone…?

q!Bad was confused of what the heck this all was but then the painting went blank, and he got interrupted by a cloaked figure literally jumping him out of nowhere and stabbing him with a knife. haha what . ????

and then the painting changed back into um. this creepy version

so he obviously ran away bc Who Wouldn’t after that, saying how it feels like he should remember something but doesn’t. and “old friend” is kinda weird!! everyone he used to know is gone by now… but this is someone who caught up? he can’t remember o_o

Dapper woke up and q!Bad started yelling to her that they might have to move. understandable I would also be very scared. so he instantly scooped dapper up and dragged them out of the house and they have not gone back since :D

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now we think that person in the painting is Hecate. goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, necromancy. mostly because yesterday while waking up dapper said this:

looks like every day we might get another little piece to this puzzle…

Minish Cap Thoughts

I just finished Minish Cap and I think it gives Four a kind of… uniquely angsty start to his adventure compared to the other child soldiers of the chain. (This is not saying his is more angsty, just uniquely so)

What I mean is that there’s kind of… the illusion of choice? (Maybe not the best way to describe what I mean) Like okay so: Wind didn't really have a choice, he had to rescue his sister. Who else would do that? His elderly grandmother? Legend didn’t have a choice either, if he didn’t go on his quest he would’ve been slain. Time had a chosen one thing going on. Then Hyrule… he was just given a sword and told to save the princess but like, he did it.

Four has a unique vibe to me compared to the rest of the chain because he was a very normal person. Or normal kid- let me explain 😭 a lot of members in the chain start as your average joe but a lot of them find out they’re special or they’re forced into the narrative. Four, however, is literally some kid who they tell to go to the picori for help and like- the whole time I was playing I was just like: I need an adult 😭

Like this is insane, I know there’s kind of one or two lines that kids can see picori but also there’s the whole thing with the gate to their world being open. They couldn’t’ve… like… sent an adult? In Minish cap there is just an abundance of capable adults around the entire time and they’re all riding your ass about saving Zelda and it’s like. I am 10 years old.

I think I just found this funny compared to every other Zelda game because it’s just like… Obviously Four would want to save his best friend but at the same time it’s just… they really chose the child out of any other candidate.

I just feel like maybe he’d have some bitterness after this quest like damn. These people kept seeing him come back into town. Injured. BEDRAGGLED. And all they have to say is hurry up??? 😭 I’d be PISSED.

I hope this makes sense. If I were Four this would keep me up at night.

Can someone explain the portrait of the lady from the bbh stream? I haven’t been able to catch up

I am of the opinion that the baddie in the painting is Bad

. . . Badboyhalo should play OneShot

fit and pac are like this to me

but bbh and forever are like this

more maze runner au

Gloom and Mind Controlling Technology:

I mentioned that HYLIA is trying to fight off and end the growing control of another group called the Cult of Demise. The cult has weaponized a virus that evolves too quickly to make a vaccine. The cult also uses mind controlling technology that requires very expensive technology to combat. These roadblocks are why HYLIA is so interested in less than 1% of the new generation of children and young adults who have significant resistance, and in some cases full immunity, to either the gloom, mind controlling technology, or even both. 

So

Here’s quick explanation about how the gloom and mind controlling technology works: 

The gloom is a highly infective virus that wears down the body typically over the course of 2 months. The gloom is highly infectious and has begun to spread into flora and fauna in some regions (this is speculated to be genetic engineering done by Demise). It tends to advance in 3 stages. The first one lasts the longest, about a month. During this time the person afflicted will find themself weakening at a rapid pace, being prone to cold like symptoms, severe migraines, and nose bleeds. The second stage lasts 2-3 weeks on average, the person will rapidly deteriorate and experience changes in personality such as aggression, severe depression that is rapidly onset, and dread. The last and final stage is short, a week at the longest. The person enters a zombie-like frenzy, often being physically aggressive whilst showing signs of memory loss. Then they die. The first stage is curable, with a 70% success rate greatly depending on age and health. The second stage is also treatable, but with much worse odds with only 30% dying. The final stage is untreatable. Keep in mind a good portion of the citizens of Hyrule cannot afford or don’t have access to treatment. 

Shadow was taken in by HYLIA not because he’s resistant to the gloom, but because he had it to the point where he entered the third stage. Instead of dying, he miraculously recovered. 

The mind controlling technology are usually large boxes that the cult tries to drop into convenient locations, such as small towns, Hyrule army camps, and so on. They emit electromagnetic waves that work at a frequency that disrupts the neurological functioning of Hylians. Depending on the frequency, strength, and proximity to the mind controllers (I should probably think of a cooler name for these) people experience migraines, seizures, and not too uncommonly death. The other major influence of the mind controllers is that people most often slip into a very dissociative state where they become very agreeable and unable to fight back. The cult typically uses these people as serfs. People who are rescued from these states often suffer from brain injury, the death of glial cells, memory loss, and they often demonstrate signs of early onset dementia or altheimers. We’ll see more of this with Wild

here’s a little scale I made for the chain showing how resistant they are to gloom and/or mind controlling tech (I hope it makes sense)

Gloom to Mind Control Resistance Scale

The first number is gloom. The second is mind control. Scale goes from 0 (none) to 5 (total).

Hyrule:    G(0) - MC(5)

Legend:   G(4) - MC(2)

Time:       G(3) - MC(3)

Wind:       G(4) - MC(1)

Four*:      G(1) - MC(4)

Twilight:   G(2) - MC(3)

Sky:         G(5) - MC(2)

Warriors:  G(4) - MC(3)

Wild:        G(5) - MC(0)

Anywho! Please lmk any thoughts, suggestions, questions, or just if you enjoyed! <3 I really love talking

Legend 1st gen ring thoughts

I think a lot of us are aware about the 1st gen ring from the oracle games but for those who aren’t basically in the oracle games you can find a ring that makes Link (Legend in this case) look like Zelda 1 Link (Hyrule).

in the context of LU sometimes I find myself trying to wrap my head around the concept of how Legend could find a ring that turns him into a guy from the future. My main theories are 1. it’s just not that serious and I overthink too many things (it’s just Zelda universe magic) 2. Maybe it’s a predictive ring, it turns the wearer into the next of their line in Legend’s case his successor. Maybe if Sky wore it he’d look like Four or if Time wore it he could turn into Twilight. Etc.

and then there’s #3 (my favorite one). In Oracle of Ages Legend travels to and from 500 years in the past and back to his present. Maybe once, without realizing it, he travels into the distant future, one where Hyrule has already existed, and picks up the ring that bestows the wearer the appearance of the most recent hero. I think this one makes the most sense with the time shenanigans thats already in Oracle of Ages.

My next question is that when Legend puts on the ring does it make him look like Hyrule but from his 1st journey, when he was like 10, bc that’s the form it has you take in the game. Or, would it just give Legend Hyrule’s general appearance? It doesn’t change your clothing in the game, it just changes your body. My favorite theory, which leads to a headcanon, is that it gives Legend the appearance of whatever Hyrule looks like currently. going off that last theory, I think when Legend introduces the ring it’s for giggles, it’s gimmicky. Maybe one time he tries it he notices that he has a huge scratch on his knee or something and he realizes that it always reflects Hyrule’s current form. This becomes useful in a pinch. For example, if the chain gets separated, Hyrule can write a note on his arm, like locations or warnings, and Legend can use the ring to read such messages. Maybe one time he tried this and to his horror there’s no message and Hyrule looks like he’s in bad shape. Legend learns from that that he can figure out whether Hyrule is hiding injuries. (This also probably leads to a big conversation about boundaries and personal space depending on how emotionally intelligent you think they are)

I think after their quest ends and they all go back home sometimes Legend puts on the ring just to see how Rulie’s doing. Sometimes, if he’s lucky, there’s even a little message for him. One day he puts on the ring and Hyrule hasn’t aged. He tries again and again and Hyrule never ages. Maybe one day the ring doesn’t do anything. </3