Consider; The Chain figures out Demise’s Curse before Sky tells them
Yknow I really do love the idea of Sky figuring out what happened with Demise’s Curse and quietly keeping it to himself
Like consider a world where theres a heart to heart but Sky still doesn’t mention it. Everybody’s secrets are coming out in appropriately emotionally-charged moments, all the usual fic tropes are happening. Yet, Sky mentions Ghirahim and time stones and, eventually, Hylia’s incarnation as Sun. But Sky never speaks the name Demise.
But! In the comic Sky’s expressive face betrays him whenever the Chain talks about Ganon/Ganondorf. What if the Chain started picking up the pieces themselves?
They know he fought someone, like Four fought Vaati. But unlike Four, Sky doesn’t ask about possible remnants or if the chain recognizes any symbols. It’s almost like Sky is the one recognizing something. Which is crazy, because he’s probably the first in the timeline. So what, or who, could Sky possibly recognize?
Maybe it didn’t stick out at first that Sky didn’t fight an evil boar monster/evil man, but Sky’s journey, once expanded upon, is filled with gods and demons and natural powers beyond mortal control. Even without hearing the whole thing, a villain like the yiga clan or even some ancient Gerudo king wouldn’t have fit into it. And Ghirahim is more the same type of villain as Cia or Vaati. But he’s the follower. So what did Sky fight for his final battle? What is stronger than a demon lord? A mad time sorceress? An ambitious man turned eldritch beast?
I like the idea of the Chain maybe betting on it at first, being all light-hearted and joking about Sky fighting an ancient dinosaur lizalfos or something. But then, because they’re paying attention now, they start noticing more. The sorrowful looks, the averted eyes during discussion of Ganon, the guilt that flickers sometimes like a strike of lightning on an otherwise harmless field.
Very slowly, the Chain puts together the pieces that something happened at the end of Sky’s adventure. And although he won, something about The Chain, the other Links, is hollowing that victory.
Anyways, it’s a fun concept
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