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Academy AU photos!

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

it's been awhile... but it's good to be back! Linked University returns with a short piece introducing Shadow!

preview under the cut!!

“Does this look okay?”

Four poked their head around the corner, looking Shadow, his roommate, up and down. They wore a long, sleek dress, deep purple in color. A silver chain hung around their neck, holding the weight of a small, circular panel of glass, purple-lined cracks running out from the center.

Four swallowed, nodding meekly. “Uh- yeah. Yeah, that looks good.”

Shadow hummed to themself, picking up a small tube. “You have steady hands. Would you do my eyeliner?” they requested.

“...I can try.” Four accepted the tube, taking a deep breath.

Shadow sat down, closing their eyes. “You know how I usually do it, right?” One brownish-red eye peeked open, staring up at their roommate.

“Yeah,” he breathed, sitting in front of Shadow. “The little wings.” Four opened the tube, revealing a small, fine-tipped brush. “Not that I don't want to help you, but… why aren't you doing this? You'd probably draw it better than I would,” she pointed out.

Shadow raised two hands, each presenting with a small tremor. “I'm nervous,” they explained simply. “There'll be so many good artists there!”

Four nodded, resting his hand against Shadow's cheek. Slowly, carefully, they drew a thick line, sharpening toward the wing. “That makes sense,” he murmured, examining his handiwork. “How's that?”

“Mm…” Shadow blinked, staring at their reflection with a critical eye. “It's a little crooked.”

“Should I redo it?”

“Nah.” They waved a hand, shrugging. “Just do the other one. It's fine.”

-> read the rest on ao3!!

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slowly overcoming finals burnout so.....

what should I focus on first?

Whumptober

Linked Company AU (lethal company x lu)

Linked University AU (uni)

Another Link in the Chain (meet spirit)

Things Still Left to Say (FtM Hyrule)

Apotheosis (unpublished longfic)

random Hyrule-centric fics

Voting ended onDec 30, 2024

I'm currently on vacation but I think focusing my energy into one thing would be good for me 😅

votes are appreciated <3

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Linked University AU Masterpost!

(this will be updated as the AU progresses)

THE FICS:

–> Beginnings (Links & Malon)

–> Recommendation (Legend & Ravio)

–> Enroll (Wind & Wars)

-> Cookies (Flora, Wild, Sidon & Riju)

-> Poisoning (Malon, Time, & Links)

-> Art Show (Four & Shadow)

THE LINKS:

–> Time, he/him. 38 y/o. Professor of agriculture and animal sciences. He lives on Lon Lon Ranch with his wife, Malon.

–> Warriors, he/him. 31 y/o. Adjunct professor of psychology, teaches a lot of night classes. He lives alone in an apartment, but is often visited by his brother, Wind.

–> Twilight, he/him. 25 y/o. TA and Master's degree student, majoring in education. Previously majored in animal sciences. He lives in an apartment off-campus with his roommate, Ilia.

–> Sky, any pronouns are fine, but he/him preferred. 23 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in air transportation to become a commercial airline pilot. He lives in the dorms with his roommate, Groose. He's dating Sun.

–> Four, any pronouns. 22 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in material engineering. She lives in the dorms with their roommate, Shadow.

–> Legend, he/they. 21 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in social work. They live in an apartment off-campus with his roommate, Ravio. Their cousin Fable also attends the university.

–> Wild, any pronouns. 20 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in culinary arts. Considering a minor in pastry arts. He lives in suite-style housing (on-campus) with her roommates Flora, Riju, and Sidon.

–> Hyrule, he/they. 18 y/o. Part-time student taking night classes to become an RN, specifically an E.R./trauma nurse. During the day, he works as a receptionist at the local hospital. Their housing situation is unknown, but he claims to be a local to the area.

–> Wind, he/him. 16 y/o. Warriors' younger half brother. After talking to Sky, he's decided he wants to try taking a university class on marine transportation. He lives at home with his mother, but often visits Warriors' apartment.

THE ZELDAS:

–> Lullaby, she/he. 39 y/o. Professor of statistics, but also a few general math courses.

–> Artemis, she/her. 30 y/o. Adjunct professor of physical education and sports studies.

–> Dusk, she/they. 26 y/o. Adjunct professor of classical studies and literature.

–> Sun, she/her. 23 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in music (with a specific interest in string instruments). She lives in the dorms with her roommate, Karane. She's dating Sky.

–> Fable, she/her. 22 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in creative writing. She lives in the dorms with her roommate, Hilda. Her cousin Legend also attends the university.

–> Flora, she/her. 21 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in history and minoring in botany. She lives in suite-style housing (on-campus) with her roommates Riju, Sidon, and Wild.

–> Aurora, she/her. 21 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in pharmacology. She lives in the dorms with her roommate, Dawn. She's interested in student government.

–> Dot, she/they. 20 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in computer science. She lives in the dorms in a single room.

–> Dawn, she/her. 19 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in journalism. She lives in the dorms with her roommate, Aurora.

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS:

–> Malon, she/her. 37 y/o. Professor of nutrition sciences and pastry arts. She lives on Lon Lon Ranch with her husband, Time.

–> Pipit, he/him. 25 y/o. Master's degree student, majoring in natural resource economics. He lives in the dorms in a single room. He's dating Karane.

–> Karane, she/her. 25 y/o. Master's degree student, majoring in sociology. She lives in the dorms with her roommate, Sun. She's dating Pipit.

–> Ilia, she/her. 25 y/o. Master's degree student, majoring in zoology. She lives in an apartment off-campus with her roommate, Twilight.

–> Groose, he/him. 24 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in drafting and design. He lives in the dorms with his roommate, Sky.

–> Hilda, she/they. 23 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in dance and minoring in musical theatre. She lives in the dorms with their roommate, Fable.

–> Shadow, they/them. 22 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in film production and minoring in fine arts. They live on campus with their roommate, Four.

–> Sidon, he/him. 21 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, double majoring in health and physical education. He lives in suite-style housing (on-campus) with his roommates Flora, Riju, and Wild.

–> Ravio, he/him. 20 y/o. TA and Bachelor's degree student, double majoring in business and finance. He lives in an apartment off-campus with his roommate, Legend.

–> Riju, she/her. 18 y/o. Bachelor's degree student, majoring in criminology. She lives in suite-style housing (on-campus) with her roommates Flora, Sidon, and Wild.

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I just started work on a new Linked Universe AU! I don't think it's been done before (at least not in the way I'm doing it I hope) so I'm excited to see how it goes! I just started writing the introductory piece but I have character outlines as well :)

more details under the cut!

first, let me say that I'm not usually an AU kinda person, but I like this idea a lot so...

let me introduce to you... LINKED UNIVERSITY!!

(aka, the college AU)

it will have all the LU boys plus a ton of other characters! right now I have all the Zeldas, Malon, and Ravio as our bonus cast. for now, everyone has an age, major/area of study (or what they teach, for our professors), and any important relationship details (family/partner/etc)

if people are interested please let me know! I'd be happy to give some details for specific characters

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WIP GAME ART SHOW?

ooh so this one is for my Linked University AU!!!

while we've already met all the Links in the AU, this will be the introduction to Shadow, who is Four's roommate. he's some sort of art major (I can't remember off the top of my head and the character sheet is...... somewhere?)

anyway. right now, it's about 400 words of Shadow slaying in a dress while Four is super flustered about it. the main plot is them going to an art show together, starring some of Shadow's work!! they have a very particular style that I think will make perfect sense to everyone when this eventually gets published.

Linked University AU is unfortunately on a bit of a hiatus right now due to way too many projects (you saw the WIP list. you know). I'm planning on going back to it once I manage to get a few other projects written!!

for now....... perhaps a sneak peek? under the cut!!

Four uses any pronouns, Shadow uses they/them pronouns

Four did as asked, this time resting his hand against the bridge of Shadow's nose. He carefully drew the wing on her roommate's other eye, doing their best to make them identical.

Pulling away with a soft huff of breath, Four stared at Shadow. His roommate was now sporting two nearly identical wings, neatly framing each eye.

“Hmm…” Shadow hummed to themself, taking the eyeliner from Four. “That looks good,” they finally decided. “You’re a natural.” Shadow shot a sharp-toothed smile at the young engineer, eyes sparkling. They capped the eyeliner pen, setting it aside. “You should try it on yourself sometime.”

Four shook her head. “I… don’t know. I probably wouldn’t pull it off as well as you,” he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck. Pink flooded his cheeks as she avoided eye contact.

-> check out the rest of this series here!!

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

more Linked University AU!!!!

preview under the cut!!

Flora groaned, holding her head in her hands and rubbing her eyes. She had been studying for her finals for five– or was it six?– hours now, and it felt like no real progress was being made.

It wouldn’t suck so much if she wasn’t the only one struggling. Her suitemates seemed to be doing just fine– great, even. Flora just wasn’t on the same level, and that hurt. Her entire life, she had been an honors student, holding a consistent 4.0 GPA all through high school.

Now she was studying what she loved, and her grades were less than ideal.

…Okay, it wasn’t that bad. Flora had a B- in her plant biology class, and a B+ in her modern Hyrulean history class. Still, it bothered her, having been a straight-A student her entire life.

There was a knock at her bedroom door. Sighing, Flora pushed aside a couple papers, getting up to answer the door.

“Flora!” Riju grinned, eyes crinkling. “The school’s running a wellbeing event tonight where you get to plant your own bonsai trees! Do you want to go? It starts at seven.”

Flora grimaced, checking her phone. It was almost six. “...I don’t know… don’t you have finals to study for?”

“I already did. I’m all set for the week,” Riju replied, shrugging.

“Oh,” Flora said flatly. “Sorry. I’m busy. Have fun though.” She shut the door, squeezing her eyes shut with a soft sigh. She hated to turn Riju down, especially since the event was right up her alley, but she couldn’t afford to miss out on studying time.

Through the door, Flora could hear the booming voice of one of her other suitemates, Sidon.

“Wild! There’s an intramural volleyball game tonight in the gym, we should go!” He exclaimed. Even with a door separating her from the conversation, Flora could practically see Sidon’s grin as he spoke.

Wild’s answer was much quieter, but Flora could make out a “maybe next time” from the cook.

There was a pause before Sidon called for her. “Flora!” He started, walking closer to her door. “There’s an intramural volleyball game tonig-”

“Sorry, Si, I’m busy!” She interrupted, feeling the guilt pile up as she turned down her friends’ invitations to hang out. It wasn’t like she didn’t want to, but…

Flora sighed, glancing back at her desk. Studying was absolutely miserable. As much as she loved her botany minor, this plant biology class was sapping her strength. Her history classes were challenging too, but not quite on the same level. History just came easy for her!

…Well, most of the time, anyway. Right now, studying felt impossible, but Flora had already turned down both Riju and Sidon’s offers to hang out for the night. She really needed to be ready for finals next week, and that meant study, study, study. No matter how difficult it was, she couldn’t afford to fail her classes.

Flora sighed, grabbing the notebook on her desk. Her notes were mostly neat, but the ones from last class were nearly illegible with how frantic she had been trying to scribble everything down. She groaned, dropping the notebook on her desk and slumping into her chair. She put her head down, folding her arms to act as a makeshift pillow.

Flora exhaled, closing her eyes for a moment. She hated feeling incapable, but university brought out those negative thoughts quite often. It was just so easy to give in to imposter syndrome, especially if you’re surrounded by people doing well when you… aren’t.

-> read the rest on ao3!