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New level of the library unlocked!

(There’s a stepladder item in Zelda 1, but Spirit and Phantom don’t need none of that 😆)

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Yes! Some of them can! Assuming no cheating (Four, Legend, and Hyrule can’t shrink, etc)…

— Tetra can lift Wind. Pirates are strong.

— Lullaby is definitely a stealth type, but she’s deceptively strong as well. She could probably lift Time if he wasn’t wearing his armor from the war. But that stuff is heavy. With it, she probably can’t.

— Same for Artemis, except it’s a bit easier.

— Echo is physically the strongest Zelda. She can pick up and lift rocks in her home game (which takes Legend an item to achieve), and can move boulders of solid rock that are as tall as she is. If Silent was around, she could lift and throw him. (Also, shoutout to this cute and relevant artwork and subsequent analysis of why Echo is terrifyingly strong by @mobgabriel! Exactly what I was thinking!)

— Ever since Malladus buffed Phantom’s body, Phantom has been able to lift Spirit. With her armor on, she can straight-up toss him, and probably has done so :)

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wore a boob top for the first time in months yesterday and my friend said “haven’t seen these puppies in ages” directly at my breasts and that’s probably why I don’t wear them to begin with

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✨The Complete Wisdomverse Zelda Timeline✨

It’s finally done!!! (for now)

NOTE: You do not need to read this whole thing to follow the Wisdomverse comics! This timeline is just here for folks who like deep lore, or those who want to try solving plot mysteries before the characters do. Like all #lin thinks posts, it’s entirely optional!

This timeline is largely based on canon, with a lot of Wisdomverse theories added on top to thread various aspects of the games together. There are also a few small WV secrets here for folks to find (if you don’t already know them)! No major spoilers though— for either WV or the Zelda games themselves. I wouldn’t want to ruin the plot for y’all :)

This took me far too long to plan, draw, write, and diagram out. Totally worth it.

Please feel free to let me know in the comments if anything is confusing! I would love to answer questions or fix any errors.

Hope you enjoy!

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Some Additional Thoughts

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Who is the older brother or sister? Legend or Fable And who is the younger brother or sister? Legend or Fable

Legend and Fable are twins! (And to actually answer your question: technically, Fable’s older :) )

And while I’m at it, I might as well clear up the relative ages of some other Wisdomverse siblings.

Siblings of the Zelda series!

Prince Hansen is canonically older than Echo!

I’m following the AoL manual’s text, which explicitly states that he’s Zelda’s older brother. He just… looks young in this depiction, loll. I draw him a bit older than this for WV!

(Note that, after EoW, he’s mentally about the same age as Echo, since he spent two years in stasis after falling into the Still World in Echo of the Past. This may explain his youth :) .)

I don’t mind either way, but I like to write Linkle as older than Wars!

They’re not canonically related at all, but the idea that they would be siblings was apparently briefly considered during development. I like it, and nothing in the game disproves it, so I consider it canon to WV.

I like to think Linkle, as the older sibling, was always convinced she would be the hero— and that’s why she stayed back in the village, while Wars went off to enlist in the army as a common soldier. Wars was shocked when Artemis identified him as the hero. He kinda thought that whole hero business was just a delusion. Linkle was shocked when she found out, and eventually reconciled herself with the fact that she’s still a hero, if not the hero.

They’re only about a year apart in age, imo.

The Colors don’t really have canon ages— but I like to think their ages go in reverse of the order the Elements are infused into the Four Sword in Minish Cap, with Green at the head. Like the personalities were split in LIFO order.

So Green’s the oldest, followed by Blue, then Red, then Vio.

Vio is a little miffed that he’s the youngest, but he doesn’t really mind that much. And that doesn’t stop all of them from being protective of Red, including Vio.

Wind and his little sister Aryll form the second actually canon sibling pair in this list (Echo and Hansen are the first), but…

The original BotW concept art also gave Wild an unnamed little sister! I’m definitely not the one who first discovered this or decided to use it, but I’ve kept it canon to WV in this one small line here:

I like to think her name was also Aryll (since she’s the younger sister of a Link). Edit: Graciously borrowing @kiriekonamistan’s idea that her name was Rally!

Whoever she was, it’s likely that Wild doesn’t remember much of her— and she likely died during the 100 years since the Calamity 🥲

(More theories and analyses at #lin thinks!)

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✨Manipulate | Mansplain | Manwhore | Manslaughter✨

I’ve done it; I’ve finally created the perfect WV Zelda chart. (/joke)

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Why each Zelda is where they are on this

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@gozitan-lurker I see your request for a Murder scale and instead present to you a Murder graph with extra axes :). Enjoy!

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✨Colors & Light✨

This is the artwork I mentioned deconstructing in order to make Dot’s design page :)

(Bet you didn’t sign up for optics diagrams in your Zelda content either, but here we are 😆)

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Notes:

Now that Part 9 of The Founder’s Call is out, I finally get to reveal my thoughts on Dot and the Elements!

The Links all have very clearly defined abilities. But the Zeldas’ powers are a lot more vague— which makes defining and balancing them so much fun! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this is one of my favorite parts of writing the Wisdomverse. I’ve had a blast coming up with unique ways for the girls to explore their canon abilities and use the WV summoning system. After all, in one way or another, the girls all embody Wisdom!

I also have some fun character ideas planned for Dot’s powers here, and more theories for the other girls :). Still working on the art for that. I’ll get to reveal more as I go!

Lastly, shoutout to my good friend Ari (AvianReader) for brainstorming all of this with me! You’re the best, Ari.

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Finally, a full design page for Wisdomverse Dot!

Dot’s Powers

Shoutout to @kiriekonamistan for the headcanon that Dot’s mother is Wind Tribe— I love it! Makes sense, with Dot’s repeated struggles against the Wind Mage Vaati, and her later imprisonment by Shadow atop the Tower of Winds. Also fitting that Earth is the opposite of Wind, and Dot resists all magic except the petrification spell at the start of Minish Cap.

This also works well with how I wanted to portray Dot’s family in WV. I think it would be neat if Dot’s mother is alive— she’s just separated/divorced from Dot’s father, and lives with her extended family in Cloud Tops. Dot visits her every now and then, but stays on the Surface with her father most of the time.

Also, shoutout to @wishyoudwell for being a large part of what convinced me to make Dot’s hair even more wavy/curly than it already was. It really does look nice this way! :)

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✨Downfall Trio!!!✨

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Note: Triforce Heroes is still Legend’s adventure. Silent or Hyrule are companions who occasionally helped out, like Twi in BotW, or Time in TP. In fact, the closest comparison is Time and Wind in Hyrule Warriors— I’d say it counts as sort of a 0.5 adventure for them, same as TH for Silent and Hyrule. Legend did the majority of TH on his own using doppels.

I also freaking love the thought of Legend being forced to communicate in emotes. It probably drives him crazy.

Meanwhile, Silent is calm and efficient (he’s used to limited communication and working with a team), and Hyrule is having the time of his life 😆