Hello! My name is shadowlinkle33, this is my blog dedicated to the Four Swords Adventure Manga from Akira Himekawa.
I am an adult, and use any pronouns, I also want to express my english may not be the best as I come from Asia.
These are my designs of the links below:
This is primarily going to be a FSA Art-Blog however I still will like to put down tags for navigation
#FSA art <- when i draw artwork of these guys! I will also tag them with their names! (#shadow , #vio etc.)
#non art <- for posts not of artwork, this can be if I talk about idea without visuals, or just about FSA/FS
Some things to know about my FSA Links:
I don't depict them as any specific ages but my FSA Links are late teens ^^ (Still don't request NSFW please!.. I don't draw that kind of thing!)
Linkshipping is fine, though I want to address I am arospec and don't typically ship unless i feel a strong connection (This also goes for Zelink.. i don't ship it lol;;) If i ever make any art depicting such it will be tagged with #linkshipping so it can be blocked if you dislike it! ^^
There may be some altered stuff in personality or interactions in my version of the 4 heroes, example; I wasn't fond of how Red was just 'the innocent one' and nothing else, so I want to give him more character
This is all purely for self-indulgence, I am aware this won't reflect things as result, but let's have fun okay?
Before You Go Interact Further However, Please Read Below Of Rules:
I am an adult, I do not want minors interacting in any way shape or form. (likes, reblogs, follows etc) I do NOT create NSFW artwork, however would rather it be if anyone were to interact it would be other adults.. minors will be blocked without fail, please understand that.
I do not treat my blogs as a social media, and would much rather stay in my own bubble. I do not wish for popularity or large interaction.. reblogs typically make me feel troubled unless they're from someone I know closely..so i condense myself down to friends/irls & mutuals to interact and follow back.. sure that may sound extreme but If someone I don't know ends up following me I softblock them.. sorry;;; please understand;;
I am quite an anxious person and only stay in friend bubbles and wish for low visibility, please understand!..(though you might see me pop up in some comment sections, i tend to gush about people's art forgive me..;;)
If you've read and understood, feel free to continue to some extra bits below!
Why did I make this blog?
FSA is a big fixation of mine.. I don't know what it is about it, but the idea of these Links in this (mostly) lighthearted series where they are split up into different personalities and even a very evil Link is the exact thing that would have caught my attention and still does now! (Maybe because I was a very big Undertale AU kid a decade ago..;;) I was also already aware of Akira Himekawa's work.. the Twilight Princess series is another favourite of mine!
Do you have a favourite Link?
From the 4 Links? It would be Blue & Vio! They're very charming and just really fun in how they interact!
I also really like Shadow Link, I have a little spot in my heart for Dark/Evil alter egos of characters, I also love just how evil he is and while having a sympathetic reason; it's been pointed out to him that HE is the one that chose this path, when no one asked him to.. All the Links are very incredible (Although, Manga Red is the lowest on the list.. haha..)
Is there any other LOZ content you will post?
As of right now? No, I am not actually a very big Zelda fan aside from the older games and being PASSIONATE about the manga universe made by Akira Himekawa.. maybe I could make work for the other mangas but im unsure..^^;
This one is definetly a bit more of a indulgent artwork, I decided to draw my version of Vio & Blue as girls (girls used slightly quotation-y, since we both identify very femininely but our use of pronouns is She/They for my fiance & Any for me)
I made them look androygnous on purpose despite the genderbend and i felt a very warm feeling being able to draw this since my Fiance was excited to see it! ^^
Whenever i ship things.. i tend to do so because i feel an emotional connection and can see myself and my beloved in them, as is the same with my feelings towards vlue! (rileymorph's take on them especially is what hooks me ;;)
Here they are sharing a moment of reassurance!
If anyone says that "oh my goodness vio would not smile like that!" YOU ARE WRONG!!;; VIO HAS SMILED VERY WARMLY AROUND THE 4 LINKS BEFORE! LET VIO SOFTEN UP MORE OFTEN VIO IS NOT A ROBOT!!!;;;
hello i hope this spreads more people to draw vlue or just their 4 links in general in different ways be it as non-human, different genders, etc.. very very fun and lovely to do!..;;;
Oh dear it's been a few hours since that ask response.. For anyone who did read it and was concerned at the very last part, i can assure you i am okay nowadays!!..
I am healing ever so slowly, it has been.. a year? maybe a little more? (yes those kinds of people did linger for very long unfortunetly..)
i an still a very easily shaken person but i am beggining to trust peers of sinilar age to me again, even if it's a difficult thing to respond to it puts me at ease;;
Let's instead focus on the future! I love to draw FSA because it is oddly healing to my younger self, so come on! let's have fun instead!!
Why do you not want minors to interact if you aren't a NSFW account?
oh goodness..;;
Well to answer, despite not being an NSFW account for me, it's also because you won't know these people on tumblr as they are strangers. and also it would just make me uncomfortable if someone very young were to interact.
I am not very old is the funny thing, i only entered my 20s recently (the 33 is meant to be a 6!) and i have been wondering if restricting to only 18 and over is harsh, because i've been told a few times my dni is unneccesary? and thay i should take it down to 16 and over, but i don't know. i don't know if i will or if i even want to
I dont think i will change it , sorry ahaha ;;
if anyone new ends up being blocked please dont take it to heart its just sinply my boundary and i typically check for ages;;
but the biggest reason is a bit troubling, i am only revealing in hopes people will understand why i do not want people young to interact and my personal experience of when i was a child. (triggering discussion underneath of being taken advantage of by adults)
I was taken advantage of by adults through many periods of childhood and teenhood, so it has completely warped my view the older i got that adults and children should be completely seperate spaces no matter the context. i was very terrified of adults back then, especially when i eventually turned 18.
sometimes i am still paranoid to talk to other adults and is a big reason why i have littled down my interactions to friends and mutuals.
I did this on my Splatoon account with one of my OCs and thought it would be funny to also make one of my links but I don't think i did as good recreation this time hahaha;;
also yes i watched Sonic99Rae be nice to me..
I TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT ONE PURPLE GUY IMAGE WHERE HE IS CRYING AND BEING CALLED A MURDERER PLEAS WTHIS IS MEANT TO NOT BE SERIOUS WISHEHE hi green..
also if you are REALLY CURIOUS of what my other 2015-2016 recreation is its like night and day (under the cut because its not FSA related..)
When i say that Red is my least favourite i don't mean it as in "oH GOD I FUCKING HATE THAT RED LITTLE LINK OHH, DEATH, DEATH FOR A THOUSAND YEARS!"
Do i wish more was done with him and that he could have been fleshed out on the same level as say for example Vio & Blue? yes
Do i dislike how he has been squished down into a single trait (sometimes) in the manga & by the fandom especially? also yes
but to say i hate Red is an overreach, I actually think Red is very interesting when you pull back and realize WHAT he represents of Link.
He is just 'the emotional one' and Blue thinks of him as a sort of fodder or too childish at the beginningn when they originally split, where Red often was in distress in situations or thought naively & chidlishly..
but then you remember these guys are all part of the Original Link, who canonically in the manga is still a child (or teen at oldest).
When you're a hero, you don't get to have the same privellage as a typical person in a village or town, you can't rely on people around you because YOU are meant to be the Hero.. isn't that sad? Red, who arguably while I did seem to 'bash' his innocence is arguably the most tragic part of him as it really shows how Link could be internally as a Hero as he doesn't really get to have a typical childhood..
My greivances mostly come from wishing for more development for Red as well as how many takes of Red in fandom seem to condense him to this image of being a 'innocent crybaby' who can't move or grow past it
which, there is nothing wrong with that!.. i endorse people to write characters however they want and i am very passionate about indulgence! ;;
I guess, part of me hopes Red could have had more, because I used to be a very emotional child too who didn't know any better , far too overwhelmed with what was put onto me.
my friends on my splatoon account suddenly wondering why im not posting nonstop there now (ive been wanting to make a FSA blog for 2 months im free from my enclosureeeeeeeeee...)
maybe i don't want to be the scary guy anymore. maybe i don't want to be the fearless one or the strong one. maybe for once i just want to held and told it's going to be okay.
vaati has such a cool and incredible character design for a villain that debuted in the four sword game, and you think you would be like "woah i want to see this guy more!"
wow this post really is getting people viewing them.. im not as paranoid as i typically would be, since im pretty sure these are from riley's circle and i trust riley.. hello everyone! ;;
just note if you are a minor i cant interact with you, sorry!..
I don't know if this is a hot take or not or if i will be deemed crazy for this... but it always rubbed me the wrong way when FSA artists would draw the 4 links really pale and then.. Shadow is.. the only one with darker skin? (either brown, black or tanned)
It feels very strange , maybe i am overreacting but I get upset frequently at the idea of "dark skin = evil" there is already enough colorism in asia that pisses me off lets not LOL
WOW i just saw that short burst of notices, im glad im not feeling crazy for this..
My english might get choppy, so forgive me if i sound emotional suddenly..;;
it's already difficult to be brown skinned and have your own people deem you as dirty.. it hurts because seeing characters i enjoy with skin similar to mine (if they are brown skin for example) does make me happy in a silly way..;; But for the actual reasons it is done just takes that all away.
I will never "understand" nor do i ever wish to and i have stressed this enough on practically ALL of my seperate fandom blogs that colorism, racism etc. will never be welcome.
I have never, not even once, deemed someone as 'lesser' then me because of a skintone or ethinicty or race and it is so cruel and horrible that people feel 'threatened' or 'disgusted' by someone's skin.
And yes I agree, this also goes for Blue Link with that same unfortunate case.. yes my 4 Links have different skintones but i would never fucking see that nor use dark skin as a 'stereotype' for a 'angry' person.. I know that because I used to be called a dog when i was a troubled teen. I want every FSA fan of color whether it be black, asian etc. to know I do not and NEVER WILL nor make exception or tolerate any form of colorism or racism ;;
This has to be a favourite animatic from Riley of mine, i dont know what it is but the voices are honestly really perfect for each Link and ive already said it before bUT THE NON CHIBI STYLE IS STUNNING IWHG;;
i love Shadow Link best when he's unapologetically cruel and malicious. the best way I can describe it is he is my Azula. he suffers from severe trust issues because of all the abuse he's gone through. his entire life, he's been nothing but a tool for those around him to get what they want. and in turn, he abuses and uses those around him to get what he wants. he doesn't trust anyone because he's never once had anyone in his life not hurt him. he uses fear to control people because control is the only way he can feel secure
