#greedow

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Hey Tumblr people, here’s a sneak peek at my next animatic project, which will be a scene for Green Versus the World!!

This one is gonna take a while because I’m trying to pace myself, and also I want to make this as good as I can make it.

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G: You don't have to hide in there, you know—

S: *popped out of Green's shadow* how'd you know—

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I was listening to Hadestown earlier and made a one-off AU concept out of it

Featuring: Red as Hermes, Green as Orpheus, Shadow as Eurydice, Vio as Persephone, and Blue as Hades!

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Heyyy buddy!! Hope you're doing well!!

Just a couple of questions that appered in my head that u can answer if you want (if I appear again like 5 more times today, it's probably bcuz these were randomly spawning in my head or got reminded of them)

For the Swap AU, i saw that concept doodle of Shadow holding a mirror shard so I was wondering. He's a prince in the AU, and Zelda and he swapped roles so does that still mean he depends on the Dark Mirror or he was holding that mirror shard bcuz of the Links or smth like that? I mean I know he's still Shadow but AUs are AUs XD

Also connecting to the above question for the Swap AU and the mirror shard, the four Links are Zelda's inner demons who appered when Zelda pulled out the Four Sword, so they're dependent on the Mirror? Since they're like having Shadow's role? Btw i love the ideas of which aspect of Zelda's personality they represent, i think it's really matching for them all.

And a question that's completely not about the AU and that ppl probably asked you a lot before but curious... How come did you come up with Greedow? Since like i think it's pretty underrated and the fandom is mostly brainroted on Vidow and Blue x Red and such so like, just curious how come. Was there smth you saw that made you like it or it randomly spawned in your head and you decided to make some content for it and then you ended up loving it? I think ppl probably asked you this a lot but just curious about its backstory :)

This ended up longer than I originally thought but ofc you don't have to answer, im just giving you some yapping material if you want since I saw that post of yours that you said you're 200x more open today :)

Hope you have a great day buddy 👋✨

Oooh I love this one okay-

So first of all, no, Shadow does not depend on the Dark Mirror in this AU, second of all, the Links DO depend on it, and third of all I actually changed their origin concepts slightly, so they aren’t literal reflections of Zelda anymore. But thank you so much!!

And before I expand on that, to answer the Greedow question: basically I kind of dipped my toes into it with my Unfinished Business AU (Linkdow) and then fully dove in with GVSTW and got WAY too attached just from the first page I made for it. It was very sudden and quite unexpected from my friends who were like woah where did this come from?? But now it’s like, one of my favorite ships, but I like a bunch of other underrated ships too, like Glue, Bludow, Vired, etc!

I go more into my feelings about Greedow as a ship here and here!

Now to expand on the swap AU a bit:

Shadow was born into the royal family completely naturally, but did not inherit the blood of the Goddess, something that became far more obvious the older he got. He’s seen as a disappointment and a brat, who likes to pull stunts and ‘run away’ for attention. Some of his character was inspired by Breath of the Wild Zelda in that aspect, except for him, there truly is no power that eventually awakens within him. The Triforce of Wisdom is not his burden to bear. It’s someone else’s (Zelda’s, obviously).

Now, for the Links, I’ve reworked them a bit. The magic of the Four Sword was stolen by a sorcerer long ago, leaving it corrupted and unable to assist Zelda by properly splitting her. Instead of being based off her, the Links actually take on the likeness of their past wielder. However, their personalities were altered by the darkness, similarly corrupted just like the Four Sword, when their souls were tied to the Dark Mirror so they were able to roam freely before the Four Sword was drawn. They spied on Zelda (and Shadow, mostly), knowing she would be their biggest obstacle in kidnapping Shadow, and grew to deeply resent her, enough that they ended up subconsciously mimicking her in ways that, when she finally confronts them, call out her worst flaws.

And yes, that is a mirror shard Shadow is holding— it’s to remember the Links by, after the battle.

I hope you have a great day as well!!

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