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I'm currently farming likes for @blueskittlesart apparently. Like I open tumblr and the number of notifications I have for those reblogs specifically is crazy. Every single like on their art is deserved. Their comics absolutely destroyed me. Go check out their work, I swear it's 100% worth your time.
I've thought about this way too much so I think I'll just dump every single intelligent thought I've had in my life here. There's three main ideas that I have regarding this and you could really just pick and choose the ones you agree with most, choose one that makes the most sense, or say that they all happen at the same time. I'm just a rando on the internet. You don't have to pick up what I'm putting down.
Okay, first things first, the most obvious answer is that there's probably just been a whole lot of chaos going on since the Calamity first emerged 100 years before the events of BOTW and far beyond TOTK. The entire kingdom was decimated by the Calamity and most of Hyrule wasn't able to properly rebuild until the end of BOTW when Calamity Ganon's influence was sealed/destroyed. During this time, I'm pretty sure most people either thought Zelda was dead (don't trust me on this, I don't really remember for sure) or knew that she'd sealed herself inside Hyrule Castle but at that point, there isn't much they can do to recover her. Formalizing her title as a queen probably wasn't their priority or even much of a possibility until she returned. And that brings me to my second point.
So not only was it kind of impossible or at least not worth it to change Zelda's title during the Calamity but I also think there would have been bigger priorities after she returned. This is probably the closest to your theory, in which there's just been so much going on between BOTW and TOTK that no one's really been that concerned with Zelda becoming the official queen. In this new post-Calamity Hyrule, it's very likely that people just accept Zelda as some sort of a leader figure regardless of her title not only because she's the last of the living royal bloodline but she also basically saved them all by sealing Ganon. Between that level of respect and the fact that there's so much rebuilding and healing to do across Hyrule, I think it makes sense that everyone's got enough on their plates right now without dealing with authority figure dilemmas.
The last point is probably the most important one to me and it's that Zelda probably doesn't want to be so tied up in royalty and titles anymore. We can see in the flashbacks in BOTW that she clearly grew up her entire life not being given a choice in accepting her predestined fate. This fate essentially had two facets: being the next Princess Zelda in a long, long, long, line of descendants of the goddess, and being able to seal the Calamity Ganon. It isn't too much of a stretch to assume that she sees those two things as very tightly connected traumas. And after sealing Ganon, she's free. She is heavily implied in TOTK to be living as normal of a life as possible in Hateno. For the first time in her life, she has the freedom to be whoever she wants to be and do whatever she wants to do.
So yeah, I'd like to think that Zelda chooses to keep her old title not out of fear of responsibility but simply out of respect for the past and also chooses not to be Hyrule's queen because she knows that Hyrule is different now. She's changed and grown as a character and her role in leading Hyrule has also grown as the people she leads have changed over the 100 years she was stuck in Hyrule Castle. She will forever be 'Princess Zelda' to some people and 'just Zelda' to others and I think it's beautiful that she gets that second choice to live her life the way she wants to live it.
can anyone who knows the lore better tell me why (at least in the botw/totk era) princess zelda is still princess when technically she should be queen since king rhoam's death or does the ascension of royalty in this universe's monarchy different i'm genuinely curious
(i mean, i suppose, the events of botw and then totk might have been the reason why she isn't queen yet)
(also, on a completely different note, tell me why i saw someone on twt say that, and i quote, "link canon wise is christian")
That fourth one with the eyebrow is how I felt during my precalc test. Don’t worry lol, I didn’t leave anything blank. The answers are just all wrong.
there seems to be a trend with him and this specific pose... hmm...
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all art belongs to @/linkeduniverse !!
HOLY FUCK SUB-23 IS INSANE
THERES NO WAY SUB 23 BOTW SPEEDRUN AFTER 8 YEARS??? GO CHECK OUT PLAYER5 ON YOUTUBE HE ACTUALLY DID IT???
legend's little motion-blurred frown is killing me
“NUH UH—”
— The Hero of Legend (probably)
FOUR IS KIND OF HAPPY!!! PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT
oh he thinks he’s so funny
I needed this headcanon on a miserable Monday morning. Here, have your soul back. Your headcanons are now canon to me.
might be going crazy or something...
Warriors is sometimes depicted as a cocky flirt, which, as an aromantic person, I'm guilty of jokingly flirting with strangers on the internet, but ANYWAYS... I genuinely don't think he's like... a romantical if you catch my jist. Yes, he flirts, but as a way of empty flattery, and he doesn't seem to want anything to come out of it whatsoever.
In one of jojo's early sketches of the chain, he refers to marriage as "shackles" when Time shows off his wedding ring. In another sketch, he actively hides from a woman in a tavern. So what I'm getting at here is underneath all of that confident, flirtatious energy... he's scared. He doesn't want a relationship. He doesn't dream of settling down, like a lot of the chain, but he has different reasons for thinking that way.
Cia.
Warriors literally had a stalker. Straight up. She waged war to get in his pants. That's... eugh. She locked him in a room full of pictures that she took of him. Statues of him, everywhere. Just imagine the stress. He was like what? Seventeen? He was ALREADY a child soldier with hundreds of people counting on him. No wonder he refers to marriage as "shackles". Also, the guilt? A lot of victims blame themselves, I don't doubt Warriors was one of them, especially because she started a war over it that killed hundreds of soldiers. He would feel like that's his fault. You can see from how he treats the chain that he really does care about people. He's not just "haha cocky flirt boy". He probably had so many sleepless nights just blaming himself for the deaths of his soldiers.
WOULD ANYBODY WANT A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AFTER EXPERIENCING THAT!?!?!
I'm aro, but I'm gonna go ahead and say no.
not me getting overly emotional over a fictional character. Cough.
o7
Cue the manic hyperfixation tomorrow after my fricking math test in which I write like 5k of madness in an hour. I fucking love the internet. Holy shit I am gonna show up to that math test sleep deprived as fuck.
Hear me out. What if at some point during the Chain's adventures they come across their past selves WHILE in the middle of their own quests. Like (example) they walk into Wild's era and he's there fighting his first lynel. And now you can either choose the angst or crack path.
Angst: This is Wild like two weeks after waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection. He is fighting this lynel with the same amount of finesse that I did. As in he is losing. Badly. So they either send in one or multiple or maybe they YOLO it and it's the entire gang. They get past Wild back up on his feet, maybe give him a weapon that won't break after like 5 hits, and help him out. Then they go back and present Wild is like 'yeah that happened but I'm better now' or something. Yeah.
Crack: On the other hand, you could also go full speedrunner Wild mode and write him absolutely destroying this lynel. Like this poor thing has no chance against the physics-defying and mindbogglingly unpredictable Wild. This kind of situation is the reason why you can't spell the word "bewildering" without 'Wild' and he fucking owns it. Fuck it, maybe past and present Wild even team up and briefly break the universe via accidental glitch. Yup.
So yeah, this would happen for the entire Chain, ideally. I'll probably write this at some point. Maybe. Who knows. I just thought this up while studying for a math test and it's way too late at night for me to be functioning properly so yeah.
Hmm the idea of waking up tomorrow (today) and having to deal with school is scary. I guess I’ll just read fic.
i swear there are some days where the three alarms just don’t go off lmao
Me, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, and then an hour into the 20 minute nap. The idea of getting up and getting my shit together is scary. Wake me up in another hour.
Fanart from Linked Universe
HELP WHY ARE THE PICTURES SO ON POINT??? ESPECIALLY TWILIGHT AND LEGEND??? I'M DYING HELPPPPP
Tag Yourself: Linked Universe Edition ✨
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I see Warriors' pic and all I think about is him going "yo girl on a scale of 1 to AMERICA how free are you tonight?" because that one short has been looping in my head for HOURS TODAY. PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME YOU'VE SEEN THIS YT SHORT.
I’m fully aware this blog only has an intro and one post so far but I already love it ngl (thanks for making me bust up laughing at weird times!🤣)
might I request what each of the Links would serve jail time for? It can be the normal “arson/being too cute/etc” format or something new, whatever strikes your fancy
We’re so glad you appreciate our chaos! Inopportune laughter is the spice of life.
As it happens, this was one of the next projects on our list! We’ll post it a bit early.
~ Mod Legend 🐰🌺
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Hear me out. What if at some point during the Chain's adventures they come across their past selves WHILE in the middle of their own quests. Like (example) they walk into Wild's era and he's there fighting his first lynel. And now you can either choose the angst or crack path.
Angst: This is Wild like two weeks after waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection. He is fighting this lynel with the same amount of finesse that I did. As in he is losing. Badly. So they either send in one or multiple or maybe they YOLO it and it's the entire gang. They get past Wild back up on his feet, maybe give him a weapon that won't break after like 5 hits, and help him out. Then they go back and present Wild is like 'yeah that happened but I'm better now' or something. Yeah.
Crack: On the other hand, you could also go full speedrunner Wild mode and write him absolutely destroying this lynel. Like this poor thing has no chance against the physics-defying and mindbogglingly unpredictable Wild. This kind of situation is the reason why you can't spell the word "bewildering" without 'Wild' and he fucking owns it. Fuck it, maybe past and present Wild even team up and briefly break the universe via accidental glitch. Yup.
So yeah, this would happen for the entire Chain, ideally. I'll probably write this at some point. Maybe. Who knows. I just thought this up while studying for a math test and it's way too late at night for me to be functioning properly so yeah.
Ah frick I really thought I got a hang of this slang thing after I figured out that "dtm" apparently means "doing too much" welp. You may not assemble until you stop mashing upb.
@penguinly Please let me assemble before i track you down :(
I will cry.
WAIT—
What happens when we get to the end of LU? What if we actually have to see them say goodbye to each other 🥺
I completely thought tumblr replaced my for you page with just your stuff and realized after scrolling to the bottom that I was literally just on your blog. I have sent you so many likes you may as well just have my soul lmao. Figured you might want a heads up on the bajillion hearts lol.
The best part about getting a like is that I can immediately go and stalk this stranger who happened to enjoy the thing I threw onto the internet. Because apparently I’ve been spamming a lot of them with likes for the past couple days too and just not realizing who they were.
SSBU LINK DOWNAIR!!! @aaa-batteryy STOP USING UPB TO COUNTER THAT!!!!!
LOVE THESE SO MUCHHHHH i need hyrule to do this move again at some point the whole jumping on the hilt of his sword is so silly and so cute and yes king kill slay kill beat em up
(art cred @/linkeduniverse)
As someone who struggles to draw beakers in chemistry on an almost weekly basis, yes. Link’s bangs are very hard to draw.
Is it just me or are Ocarina of Time Link’s bangs so hard to draw- 😭😭
@i-love-zelda-16 I had no idea you were the one putting up all of those memes and fanarts and reblogs until I decided to scroll through your stuff and realized I’D ALREADY SEEN AND LIKED A BUNCH OF THINGS!!!
The best part about getting a like is that I can immediately go and stalk this stranger who happened to enjoy the thing I threw onto the internet. Because apparently I’ve been spamming a lot of them with likes for the past couple days too and just not realizing who they were.
*sobs*
The best part about getting a like is that I can immediately go and stalk this stranger who happened to enjoy the thing I threw onto the internet. Because apparently I’ve been spamming a lot of them with likes for the past couple days too and just not realizing who they were.
The best part about getting a like is that I can immediately go and stalk this stranger who happened to enjoy the thing I threw onto the internet. Because apparently I’ve been spamming a lot of them with likes for the past couple days too and just not realizing who they were.
Anyone else feeling completely overwhelmed by a crushing sense of impending doom on this wonderful Sunday night? You too? Wow, almost like this feeling has a name, huh? I think I'll call it... anxiety. Oh, no not Anxiety. That's a big, scary, medical word that has absolutely no connection to me. Just anxiety. Yeah, that's better.
According to some basic research I've done (GUYS IT WAS FOR A FIC I SWEAR DON'T LOOK AT MY SEARCH HISTORY EVERYTHING'S FINE I'M JUST TRYNA WRITE SHIT) chloroform can be a bit wonky because it's hard to get dosage when you're just smothering someone with it and hoping they'll pass out. Just a thought.
I know being knocked unconscious with only mild to no side effects is actually unrealistic but it’s one of those things I just have to overlook sorry. I need this guy unconscious and last I checked monsters don’t know what chloroform is
Me, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, and then an hour into the 20 minute nap. The idea of getting up and getting my shit together is scary. Wake me up in another hour.
Fanart from Linked Universe
@aaa-batteryy this was me when I showed up to school that day with NEON RED hair lmao
Me when the precalc test answer is 0. I’m crashing out rn.
i love the idea that viggo's issue is that he's always overestimating the dragon riders and that's why he loses. other antagonists always underestimate them, they don't put in all the necessary precautions, which allows the riders to slip through, always throwing parties and gloating before the dragon is in the cage. but viggo?
my man takes so many precautions, his entire island is a war base, and yet, and YET the dragon riders got in by dyeing snotlout's hair blonde, giving him gucci boots and naming him sir ulgertorpe, SIR ULGERTORPE. viggo got catfished by snotlout with blonde hair. he's overestimating them so bad that the IDEA of them "just walking in" doesn't even come to mind. he's ready for fire and death to fall from the sky but a one-legged boy pulling a fast one on him breaks his fancy little english brain.
Erm, actually I should be locking in for the weekend “get my shit together again grind”
“Urm actually 🤓☝️” ahh
This stuff is the reason why I have tumblr
Happy pride month!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Sorry about not posting for so long! Been dealing with just general health and mental health stuff, but I really didn’t want to miss doing my annual toothless pride posts so here it is :)
Might not be posting as frequently as I used to here but there’ll probably be some scattered art here and there when I feel like making some
The flags in order from top to bottom: Rainbow, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Pansexual, Trans, Non Binary, Asexual, Aromantic, Genderfluid
I’ve also added all of these to my redbubble as prints and such, you can find them in the toothless pride collection there :)
Do fairy wings have nerves? Also, this is SO DETAILED. DANGGG!!!
As I’ve said before, I miss torturing Hyrule.
I drew him being captured by a fairy hunters, they believe that fairy blood can cure all diseases. They tore off his wings so he couldn’t fly away and escape.
Warning: blood