imagineaspen

Mostly just a place to post my Zelda brainrot

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starting to feel like maybe a culture of nostalgia is uh. bad. and makes bad art

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the thing is I don’t think nostalgia itself is inherently bad. but it’s like. thoughtless nostalgia. nostalgia as a never ending safe profit generator. nostalgia that belies a deep disinterest in what the original work was even About. idk man

[imagineaspen]

Fears I have if a Ocarina of Time remake actually exists:

-They make it fully open world and ruin every dungeon in the process

-They add voice acting and it sucks just as much as the botw and totk voices (bonus points if Ganondorf and Zelda keep their wilds era voice actors)

-Nabooru gets turned into Ardi 2.0

-They add zelink

-They try to expand on Ganondorf and he just becomes totk Ganondorf (bonus points if they try to clarify what went down with the civil war that happened before the game starts and just portray it as 'the evil man from the desert attacked Hyrule and started a huge war unprovoked'. More bonus points if they somehow connect him with Demise)

-They add shrines and towers (or other wilds era things just for the sake of it)

[imagineaspen]

Should have added 'it looks like all fanmade 'Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine' videos

[imagineaspen]

Man I wish I could be excited because oot is my childhood but I have so little faith in this series right now that I just can't. If they totk-ify this story I'm going to be very annoyed

[imagineaspen]

You can find my contribution for @zelgan-week Day 3 here: Possession - Chapter 1 - imagineaspen - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]

Summary:

In case of his defeat at the hands of the hero, Ganondorf leaves a piece of himself behind.

***

One morning, after a particularly dream-filled night, Zelda entered her bathing chamber to splash water onto her face.

When she lifted her head to the mirror, her irises were amber. Her mouth opened in horror. Then, against her will, twisted itself into a cruel smile.

Hello, Princess, said Ganondorf inside her mind.

[mrtnvch]

happy zelgan week everyone!! no particular prompt, I’m just happy to be here

[ezlo-x]

Aurafarmer Ganondorf

[imagineaspen]

So we'll probably find out if the OoT remake is real tomorrow... I feel kind of bad about it because so many people are excited but I'm still mostly hoping it's fake. Sorry but after totk and aoi I don't want them anywhere near Ocarina of Time

[bloobluebloo]

One quality that Ganondorf, Link, and Zelda all share is that they are all musicians. This is very important to me, and I think it's beautiful actually.

[imagineaspen]

You can find my contribution for @zelgan-week Day 3 here: Possession - Chapter 1 - imagineaspen - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]

Summary:

In case of his defeat at the hands of the hero, Ganondorf leaves a piece of himself behind.

***

One morning, after a particularly dream-filled night, Zelda entered her bathing chamber to splash water onto her face.

When she lifted her head to the mirror, her irises were amber. Her mouth opened in horror. Then, against her will, twisted itself into a cruel smile.

Hello, Princess, said Ganondorf inside her mind.

[tommy-macks]

Too Far (8718 words) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link & Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link & Navi (Legend of Zelda)

Additional Tags: Magnificent Bastard Ganondorf, ”Damsel” Zelda, Hyrulean Civil War (Legend of Zelda), Hyrulean Politics (Legend of Zelda), Canon Compliant in Spirit, Canon adjacent in execution, (I took some liberties and added some fun stuff), (All I’m saying is that Hyrule’s civil war had to be fought over SOMETHING), Kidnapping, Attempted Murder, Marriage Proposal, Homesickness, Final Battle, Ganondorf Being an Asshole (Legend of Zelda), (He EARNED the title of Evil King thank-you-very-much), Dehumanization, Horror, Angst and Tragedy, Ocarina if Time is a tragedy for Ganondorf too, Zelgan Week 2026, Ganondorf experiences the entire spectrum of human emotion in 8.7K words

Summary:

Seven years.

Seven long years.

That’s how long Zelda had to bide her time in the shadows as Sheik, laying in wait as she nurtured the opportunity to strike. To take back what was rightfully hers.

Her kingdom. Her throne. Her people.

Now, together with Link, she’s devised a plan to take down the Great King of Evil once and for all.

Ganondorf wasn’t supposed to find her first.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I finally get to post my fic! Thanks to @zelgan-week for hosting the event!

[zelgan-week]

Zelgan Week 2026 Day Two Round-Up

Day Two of Zelgan Week is in the books! Here is your recap of Masks / Bound Together day, as well as Day 3's banner for sharing in the next round.

DAY TWO FICS

That You Were Once Unkind by @studiorat (Rated M)

Feeding Your Inner Demon, Chapter 2 by @hateno-house for the original fic by @the-twilight-duchess (Rated E)

Rage against the neverending storm by @justbecause13 (Rated E)

Beneath the Masks by @crolivsart (Rated E)

The Cat is the Culprit by @crolivsart (Rated M)

force bound by @dinsflowers (Rated M)

The Making of a Goddess by @the-twilight-duchess (Rated E)

DAY TWO ART

Masks by @demonsreverie

Stargazing by @barefoot-joker

We can't wait to see what you have in store for Day 3: Possession / Weakness! Remember to tag us and use the #zelgan week and #zelgan week 2026 tags.

[barefoot-joker]

Hey, everyone! It's been a while since I last posted (almost a year now), so I do apologize for that. I recently found the @zelgan-week page and thought I'd participate in the 2026 round! First day's prompt was stargazing or forest/garden and I decided on stargazing! Each constellation is a different item or character in The Legend of Zelda: can you guess each one?

Each post might be a day late, but that's okay. I'm slowly getting back into my groove. Here's to my two favorite Zelda characters!

[nayuunii]

Legend of Zelda - Minish Cap

Vaati

[imagineaspen]

Terminian Fisherman Ganondorf headcanons because the new fic has me thinking about him:

-He is a big momma's boy; one of the only things that makes him truly angry is if someone implies Koume and Kotake aren't his real mothers

-Aveil is his older sister and took control of the Gerudo pirates after he ran away

-Like Hyrulean Ganondorf he is kind of a loner. But while I think that that Ganondorf secretly is lonely and craves human connection Terminian Ganondorf is very content hanging out only with fish most days

-He has a slight fear of pigs that he just can't explain

-When he was a teenager he dreamed of starting a famous rock band. He gave up on this because 1) too much effort and 2) would involve having to deal with too many people. He stills loves music though, plays the bass guitar

-He would find the idea of being associated with power laughable. However, there is power to be had in him for choosing his own way in life and foregoing what others expected of him, I think

[barbwalken]

[theslowesthnery]

when someone is completely fucking wrong about your blorbo but you don't want to argue about what basically boils down to opinions about shit that doesn't matter so you just sit there like

"that guy's wrong tho"

[zelgan-week]

Zelgan Week 2026 Day One Round-Up

Here's your Day One recap of the stories and art that came across for Stargazing / Garden / Forest day, as well as your Day Two banner! Thank you to everyone who helped us kick off this year's event by sharing their own work, reposting the hard work of others, and taking the time to comment/kudos these contributions! Your support means the world.

DAY ONE FICS

Written in the Stars by @justbecause13 (Rated M)

Do Re Mi by @fabdante (Rated T)

Tusked guardian by @dinsflowers (Rated M)

Night of a New Day by @imagineaspen (Rated G)

Glass Flowers by @ro-blaze (Rated E)

In the Constellation of Ashes by @the-twilight-duchess (Rated T)

Guiding Star by @crolivsart

Blessed Curse and Cursed Blessings by @crolivsart

Of Petals and Vines by @crolivsart

DAY ONE ART

Do Re Mi art by @fabdante

Stargazing Art by @demonsreverie

We can't wait to see what you have in store for Day 2: Masks / Bound Together! Remember to tag us and use the #zelgan week and #zelgan week 2026 tags.