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Fan Joy July 2026 - Day 6
Their Melody by @nova16
DAD LINK, DAD LEGEND, PROTECTIVE DAD LEGEND😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
Oh he’s SO young himself, and taking care of his baby alone? WHILE GRIEVING?! Diabolical, he’s suffering so much. And about to suffer even more☠️
I haven’t finished this story, but I have been LOVING IT SO FAR, please give it a read!
Oh my babies 😭😭😭 I love this so much! Thank you!
Genuinely afraid to open ao3 to see the date of my last update 😥
In the category of cool unfinished fics, I like Red Eyes by Nova16 a lot.
Bonus :
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Link had been relatively unbothered by his adventures. That is until he woke up stranded in the middle of the ocean with Marin's last gift. Their infant daughter: Melody. He should have heeded the Shadow Nightmare’s warning. Forces are stirring. Evil is rising. A nightmare or two will soon be the least of their problems. He made a promise to Marin to leave his adventurous life as a hero behind to devote himself to his new family however he had no choice but to break that promise when he was coerced into waking the Windfish. Doing so cost him far more than he was willing to part with. Now, for Melody's sake, he was determined to stick to that promise. Even if eight heavily armed men show up at his door with stories of a shadow that was wreaking havoc across time. There was no way he was ever going to leave Melody's side. Why was that so hard to understand? Listen, oh listen. Why can’t you hear her song? Humming in the darkness all the night long. She sings as she weaves ‘til the oceans have fall'n To cover up the sounds of weeping.
The player options of Hyrule Warriors are endless it seems.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Link had been relatively unbothered by his adventures. That is until he woke up stranded in the middle of the ocean with Marin's last gift. Their infant daughter: Melody. He should have heeded the Shadow Nightmare’s warning. Forces are stirring. Evil is rising. A nightmare or two will soon be the least of their problems. He made a promise to Marin to leave his adventurous life as a hero behind to devote himself to his new family however he had no choice but to break that promise when he was coerced into waking the Windfish. Doing so cost him far more than he was willing to part with. Now, for Melody's sake, he was determined to stick to that promise. Even if eight heavily armed men show up at his door with stories of a shadow that was wreaking havoc across time. There was no way he was ever going to leave Melody's side. Why was that so hard to understand? Listen, oh listen. Why can’t you hear her song? Humming in the darkness all the night long. She sings as she weaves ‘til the oceans have fall'n To cover up the sounds of weeping.
The Shadow Nightmare appears in the form of Young Link. What tricks will this trickster have in store for our group of heroes?
Okay, I have a question:
Why do people always headcanon that Legend (or just ALttP Link in general) started his adventure so young? I have nothing against the headcanon, and I enjoy it myself, but I'm curious about where it originated from.
I'm glad this showed up on my feed because I actually think about this a lot. So, I hope you don't mind a stranger hijacking your post for a hot second here.
I don't think anywhere in ALttP it mentions or even really hints at his age and I'm pretty sure fans outside of LU think of this particular Link and Zelda as being around 15-16. However, when you first start up ALttP, pay attention to how everyone is talking to Link. It feels like they're talking down to a child and not a young man approaching adulthood.
His uncle leaving without explaining what was going on feels like he's trying not to scare him.
The soldiers at the castle calling him a kid and trying to send him home while nagging him about staying up past his bedtime—I'm paraphrasing—telling him he could stay out later when he was grown up/an adult.
Not to mention the whole rabbit thing. In the Dark World, the golden power changes your form to reflect what's inside, hence the demon-monster bully and his wishy-washy ball friend. Small animals are used a lot to represent innocence or passiveness because how could anything so small and cute be mean or cruel or bitter or sad or rough around the edges? So, either Link is just a really passive, non-warriorlike kind soul, or he's a child.
Then we think about this from an LU viewpoint, Legend’s been on 6 adventure so far.
Now, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to assume that one adventure can last several months—I once did a playthrough of BotW just to see how long it would take to do the bare minimum without speedrunning and with prior knowledge as to where everything is; ~50 shrines, 4 divine beasts, 13 memories, master sword, and final boss took about an in-game month and a half (also, if anyone was curious the average time in between bloods moons in BotW is about 9 in-game days)—and you have to factor in the time in between adventures, the travel time to get from Hyrule to Hytopia, Holodrum and/or Labrynna + traveling between the two countries, acquiring a boat + how long he'd been sailing before getting caught in the storm, then the time spent returning home and getting a smithing apprenticeship. That's several years worth of traveling and adventuring and just life in general.
In LU, Legend is about 17-19 and if you're nicer and more generous with time than I am, that could clock him at 13-15 starting out at least.
I am not nice to Legend. I like to start him out at the brink of turning 11. It helps to highlight just how tragic his story is if you sit and think about it. He watches his uncle die, gets labeled a criminal for a crime he didn't commit, and is hunted down by brain-washed soldiers who have no qualms about bringing him back in a body bag.
So, basically, ALttP is a lot more horrifying if Legend is a child during it and Legend angst is just *chef's kiss muah!*
In all seriousness, it probably is more to give him an actual break in between his adventures to travel and learn and grow. Not counting the old man, Legend’s the most experienced hero out of the group, which means he's been at this for a very long time but he's still just a teenager.
...I think that's it. I don't really know how to end this, I didn't even mean to write this much but, well, I am me, so...
Duality of the downfall duo! The sillies ever!!!
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little doodle based on the new LU chapter
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Link had been relatively unbothered by his adventures. That is until he woke up stranded in the middle of the ocean with Marin's last gift. Their infant daughter: Melody. He should have heeded the Shadow Nightmare’s warning. Forces are stirring. Evil is rising. A nightmare or two will soon be the least of their problems. He made a promise to Marin to leave his adventurous life as a hero behind to devote himself to his new family however he had no choice but to break that promise when he was coerced into waking the Windfish. Doing so cost him far more than he was willing to part with. Now, for Melody's sake, he was determined to stick to that promise. Even if eight heavily armed men show up at his door with stories of a shadow that was wreaking havoc across time. There was no way he was ever going to leave Melody's side. Why was that so hard to understand? Listen, oh listen. Why can’t you hear her song? Humming in the darkness all the night long. She sings as she weaves ‘til the oceans have fall'n To cover up the sounds of weeping.
The latest installment in the ever-going saga
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Part three of I have no idea how many parts They Were Children, Captain, will be
YOURE THE ONE WHO WROTE THEIR MELODY? I LOVE THAT FIC SO MUCH!
dkfhgadskhgj I am, yes. I'm super glad you've enjoyed it so far.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Link had been relatively unbothered by his adventures. That is until he woke up stranded in the middle of the ocean with Marin's last gift. Their infant daughter: Melody. He should have heeded the Shadow Nightmare’s warning. Forces are stirring. Evil is rising. A nightmare or two will soon be the least of their problems. He made a promise to Marin to leave his adventurous life as a hero behind to devote himself to his new family however he had no choice but to break that promise when he was coerced into waking the Windfish. Doing so cost him far more than he was willing to part with. Now, for Melody's sake, he was determined to stick to that promise. Even if eight heavily armed men show up at his door with stories of a shadow that was wreaking havoc across time. There was no way he was ever going to leave Melody's side. Why was that so hard to understand? Listen, oh listen. Why can’t you hear her song? Humming in the darkness all the night long. She sings as she weaves ‘til the oceans have fall'n To cover up the sounds of weeping.
Part 1 of lots of parts
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Legend was having a good day, that is, until the sweet island girl he once knew fell out of the sky one day and landed on Hyrule. However, something wasn't right. That girl wasn't the Marin he knew and fell in love with.
Marin was convinced she was dreaming. Why else would she come face to face again with the kind island boy who stole her heart when she knew she was the one responsible for him being destroyed along with the island two years ago? And, by the goddesses, why was he holding a sword?
An alternate dimension's Marin who is the Hero of Legend stumbles through a portal one day and runs into our adventuring group of heroes. How will Legend's heart take it?
Ha...um...pain?
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Legend was having a good day, that is, until the sweet island girl he once knew fell out of the sky one day and landed on Hyrule. However, something wasn't right. That girl wasn't the Marin he knew and fell in love with.
Marin was convinced she was dreaming. Why else would she come face to face again with the kind island boy who stole her heart when she knew she was the one responsible for him being destroyed along with the island two years ago? And, by the goddesses, why was he holding a sword?
An alternate dimension's Marin who is the Hero of Legend stumbles through a portal one day and runs into our adventuring group of heroes. How will Legend's heart take it?
Marin faces pressure from the other heroes about helping Legend regain his memories.
Island Boy - Chapter 5 - Nova16 - The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]
Legend was having a good day, that is, until the sweet island girl he once knew fell out of the sky one day and landed on Hyrule. However, something wasn't right. That girl wasn't the Marin he knew and fell in love with.
Marin was convinced she was dreaming. Why else would she come face to face again with the kind island boy who stole her heart when she knew she was the one responsible for him being destroyed along with the island two years ago? And, by the goddesses, why was he holding a sword?
An alternate dimension's Marin who is the Hero of Legend stumbles through a portal one day and runs into our adventuring group of heroes. How will Legend's heart take it? Legend gets an unexpected visitor in his dreams.
Let's all just ignore how long it took me to update this fic
