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[aufi-creative-mind]

[DTIYS Reward] Mid-Life-Crisis Link

Art reward to @drsteggy for participating in my DTYIS Challenge back in February.

[lozpositivityproject]

@drsteggy does such cool cosplays! I always love seeing what piece they're currently working on

@drsteggy !!

[only-by-the-stars]

OL legends ask

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🔟 Give us your 10 word pitch for your OL! - Cycle's over, but the danger isn't--Mipha and friends investigate!

👾 Any interesting twists on existing franchise races or any new ones? - I've made the Zora of the present day era be smaller than they were in past ages, in a kind of reversal of how they're usually gigantic. I also plan to use some under-utilized races in upcoming arcs, and I want to have both Kokiri and Koroks co-existing and serving different functions in the forest, and I have an origin story in mind for the Skull Kids as well. I also have stuff in mind for the Sheikah...

Lastly, idk how many people noticed this, but I slipped in a "he" pronoun when discussing a Gerudo merchant in one of the already-posted chapters. Where am I going with that? Who knows. ;D

✌ What's your general approach to making an OC for fanworks? - I do it on an as-needed basis, when there's a role to fill that I can't wrangle a canon character into. Every character in my OL is an OC version of the canon character, though, and I've made some "full" OCs for it as well, most of which haven't appeared yet (and won't for a while). I also have a recurring Zora OC that I use whenever I need an asshole character, LMAO, and I've pulled dialogue of his from jerks I've actually known. Which is a fun way of getting revenge without them knowing!

thanks for the ask! 💖

[chimpukampu]

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For the artist asks

Who are some artists that have inspired you?

Answered it here

What was something you used to struggle to draw with confidence/ease, but have now mastered?

I'd like to say hands, but not 100% mastered it. I still need to check hand reference pictures online to capture the right angles. Sometimes I forget where the thumb is located 😅

Your personal favorite works of art (not made by you) are…?

Mostly James Gurney's art, especially his Dinotopia book. His art reminds me of old styled picture books.

👩‍🎨 Send me an Artist Ask!

[shipwreck-letters]

Fic titles:

Fish of He’ll

THIS is the one where I can only imagine Mipha trying her best to catch a fish for Zelda; A hardy, tough and clever fish that bests her at every turn. Mipha thought it would be a kind gesture, and a subtle hint in her crush, but the damn fish from hell is shooting down every chance.

It would be a funny, heartfelt mini-fic! I might actually write it someday!

Thank you so much! <3

[kittmoon]

Tell me about stupid hologram link fic pls txs

Okay so this has been a thing for like a year now

Essentially I want to write a fic about Link stepping into a shrine and seeing nothing but a hologram of himself. Except it’s not him.

100 years ago, Link and Zelda were making their way up Mount Lanayru. Stopping in a cave for the night, they sleep, and Link has a dream where he talks to himself from the future. I’m the morning he didn’t remember any details, and it killed him, because he knew it was important. Was it a message from the gods? There’s an ominous feeling that hangs over him for the rest of their accent up the mountain.

Link talks to his past self in a Sheikah shrine. He tries to give warnings, even though that Link will not remember anything once he wakes. He tries to ask about his past, because even after a year of traveling he is still hungry for answers, but that Link is so tightly wound that he can’t express adequate emotion.

The Link from 100 years ago doesn’t understand this impersonation of himself. He’s too…wild. He talks with his hands. He’s tone of voice is louder and more gruff than Link could ever imagine. He has so many scars. The things he’s saying are crazy- age of burning fields, lost memories, malice infecting the land. Guardians that are known and feared as killers. Divine Beasts that are hovering like evil shadows over the civilizations they were supposed to protect. How could all of that be true? How can he answer all the questions that his future self is asking him - What was the Princess really like? Did he even enjoy being a knight?

I wanted it to be a bit of a heartbreak fic, and somewhat of a character study. I was thinking of either hinting at Revalink or Zelink. I’ve just been struggling to write it for so long that I renamed it in my drafts （´＿｀）

I will finish it someday. I swear. It used to be called Hallow/Gram which is a horrible name and I wouldn’t want to meet the sucker who came up with it (me).

You guys are more than welcome to ask me about this fic though! Tbh it’ll probably help motivate me (シ_ _)シ

[inkandmoonbeams]

5, 9, 35 for that fanfic ask post.

Hiya! 💜 Thank you for the ask!

5. What fanfic of yours should everyone have read?

I’m going to go with “Heal What Has Been Hurt,” which is one of my Tangled fics. It was my first-ever fic on AO3 and the first fic I wrote as an adult. There are a few things I’d edit or re-write if I were to post it now, but I was very proud of it, and I still am and it has a special place in my heart. It’s also just a great example of what I love to write—I explore a lot of emotions and there’s a lot of fluff.

9. What are your favorite fanfics?

I have SO MANY, but here are some recent favorites:

I am reallyreally loving @zeldaelmo’s Advent calendar fic! It’s an AU where Link’s a baker! He has to teach Zelda how to make bread! There’s lots of flirting and pining and every update makes my day!

The Surface by @braidy-maidy is also brilliant so far (it’s completed, but I’m in the middle of reading it!), and has the Skyward Sword Zelink pining and domesticity that we all deserve.

I also really love Anonymity and All The Trashy Novels by socksock and revisit them often. They’re peak romance and the dynamic between Zelda and Link is perfect.

35. What is your favorite review?

My friend @stealthily once left me a comment that said she kept coming back to this fic when she had a bad day and that it was like a cozy blanket on a chilly winter night 🥺😭

I literally thought I was going to cry , it was just so sweet. That was before we became friends, but I still think about it all the time and I am glad it helped bring us together! 🥰💜

Thank you again for the asks, Steggy!

fanfic ask game

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209. They Stumble That Run Fast (Legend of Zelda)

Title: They Stumble That Run Fast

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34745548

Platform: AO3

Creator: DrSteggy

Work type: fic

Fandom: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Rating: Gen

Pairing: none

Word count: 1,853

Warnings: none

Number of comments: 2

Completion status: complete

Short summary: character study of BOTW Link