#dear four chronicles

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

Was inspired by @illegiblehandwriting1's amazing Dear Four Chronicles to write an epistolary between Time and Twilight, where Time writes to Twilight from before his adventure.

I saw that illeg's been working on a Wind one, so I hope I'm not stepping on their toes by writing my favorite LU pair

[illegiblehandwriting1]

love the fact that only fragments of ch19 have been written/even THOUGHT of, and yet i know exactly how it's gonna end. Poor Warrior.

also y'all got real lucky, i had so much that i was going to put somewhere else but it just wasn't BUT was also really important. So that's getting tossed in this chapter now.

roughdraft is 3.1k and i haven't even done anything important (untrue. several of these things are important)

also ALSO considering another idea for fd sky. It's...not quite in the same vein as the others, but it has fd and sky. i think that counts.

also also ALSO trying to decide what to do about Dear Four 3. idk. i have some stuff written down. I hate witing Time with a burning passion and that's why nothing has been out for. years. I've been busy ok?

[illegiblehandwriting1]

I'm so sorry about the wait for the next dfc installment, guys! I promise it's in the works, it's just been really fighting me recently ;-;

So have an interaction that's not in the fic, but it just makes sense:

Dear Time,

Wait, what the fuck do you mean, you fought the moon? Why the HELL would you fight something that literally makes the tides EXIST? Fuck you, man, you're pissing me off now.

Link >:(

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Dear Link,

Just because the moon was incompetent doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to corner it in an alleyway and take its lunch money. I don't see why you're so surprised. After all the training I've given you, too! I'm truly disappointed, young grasshopper.

Time

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Time,

The fuck is a grasshopper?

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Pirate!Wind supremacy

And yeah this isn't in the fic, but I thought it was funny.

(I do promise that it exists in my drafts and I'm trying, you'll get it eventually!!! love you all!!!)

[illegiblehandwriting1]

Hey, y'all!

If you've found this blog, welcome in! Call me Illeg (they/them, any): I'll be your yapper this evening. I'm a nonbinary writer, artist, partially-trained musician, and Zelda nerd who primarily writes for Linked Universe, but my interests vary greatly, including but not limited to:

Hollow Knight, Stormlight Archive, Metroid, Unravel 2, Knives Out, Iron Lung, The Fruitless Quests of Nabiu, literature, critical analysis, astronomy/physics, chemistry, tea, speedrunning, fountain pens, coding (though I am the most beginner beginner to ever begin), environmentalism and sustainability, filmmaking, and martial arts. You can basically assume I have a preliminary understanding of most subjects, and if I don't, I'll either ask or do research until I do.

Fair warning: I do not accept any bigotry about ANYONE whatsoever! This includes racism, sexism, homophobia/transphobia, antisemitism, zionism, ableism, or any other type of hatred.

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Writing Archive Tumblr: @inkstains-on-parchment

Tagging organization is below the cut!

Tags I use often:

Original writing: #illeg scribbles

Original drawing: #illeg doodles

Original posts: #chicken scratch

Reblogs: #reblog

Answered asks: #illegible answers

Posts about writing: #writing things

Art references: #REF REF REF

Stuff to save: #save for later

college stories: #illeg's college adventures

Post-specific tags:

The Angstforce: #the angstforce

Links eating battery acid: #the battery question

The Silent Realm post: #silent realms

The Sky, Four, Time successor post: #divorce trio

Fic-specific tags:

I use the name of the fic I'm talking about (no commas, ex. "#there it is again that funny feeling" not "#there it is again, that funny feeling"), but the most common one to see around is certainly #smoke & ashes.

Some notable exceptions include #the lightning fic and #orpheus!shadow

[illegiblehandwriting1]

So. So, guys. Just a thought.

What if, instead of the hero's hat, Wind had a very special bandana made by someone very special? What if it was green and embroidered with blue waves and white seagulls around the edges?

Bandana!Wind has been invading my brainspace and I feel the need to share him :D

[illegiblehandwriting1]

3k words into "Hello Wind (temp title)" and I still don't know how to write Time. That's how my day's going so far.

Halp

[illegiblehandwriting1]

tfw you both need and want to write 3 different fics but you keep trying and it won't work

and they're at, like, 5k, 4k, and a few hundred words, respectively

yeah....