💡 What inspires you to write the muse? (Top and Link)
I'm actually going to start with Link here because I feel like his is easier because it's kind of universally thought of for Zelda fans: AUs featuring Ganondorf in a more human light. I know we're talking about Link, but the basis for the AU comes from this type of idea. Of Hyrule vs the Gerudo. Ganondorf not being a monster but Link isn't a
"saint". What would it be like to make them less black and white. What if they both want revenge and what would that look like?
I want a more complicated story that we keep wanting Nintendo to give but they won't.
Also OoT is heavily inspired in this Link, but that's mostly because OoT was my first Zelda game and holds a very special place in my heart. Actually I think I can say I'm inspired by the comic bonus-links. It's my favorite Linkverse comic out of them all and it's definitely playing around with some of the core story aspects of the Zelda Universe.
Top is... a similar story?
Again the idea of playing with robot souls and what makes them so human. Astroboy related stuff lol.
On a very different note though, Top is inspired by skaters and definitely take inspiration from The Megas and their song for Top. And like a lot of muses, he's inspired by my own abandonment issues oops.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised to find out any of my Megaman muses were inspired by the sprite comics Bob and George or Two Evil Scientists. Both made an impact with me.
I hope this answers something because I always feel like I'm not answering these types of questions correctly. |D