#lopha

[animalids]

Cockscomb oyster (Lopha cristagalli)

Photo by Nick Hobgood

[hylianfury]

Warming up sketches. Teething toy Link. Whether they adopt Lopha or not in the zora fic I’m sure she’ll keep a strong liking for uncle Link and his tail that’s so perfect to bite.

I aldo headcanon Zora are mostly born like tadpoles and look like fishies, mostly, slowly developing their body as they grow up and having really short limbs until they’re a couple of years old.

[fishstickmonkey]

Lopha Roding (Bivalve)

Cretaceous (145-65 Ma)

Museum of Georgia

[hylianfury]

I'm confused if sidon is gonna be the next king of zora who will be next king of zora?🤔 And I know if sidon and link will ever get married but if they do will they ever have a kid or child of their own to take over zora to the next king or queen or something?

Uh, I’m confused on which story you’re talking about, here but let me cover this real quick for all the ones I’m currently writing? (considering the parkour, the one with Sidon not being a ‘good person’ and the ‘cursed ones’ aus are pretty much on hiatus until I’m done with Zora, concubine and Sunstone...)

In all my stories Sidon is supposed to take over the throne, ‘supposed’ being the key word since I’d rather not spoiler some eventual final plot twist. He did mention in both Zora and Concubine he is supposed to have a child of his own at some point, bloodline reasons and all, and it’s pretty much there in Sunstone as well even if it’s not really brought up since there are other things on the table to worry about.

I’d rather not spoiler what I plan for my endings, but I guess little Lopha is around in the Zora fic? And Link definitely is her favorite teething toy, even if we still don’t know -story wise- who her parents are or what happened to them.

In the concubine fic Sidon *is* supposed to marry Gaddison and have kids with her-

And that’s all? I love Link interacting with kids so I won’t deny having them adopt a baby or Sidon having a kid of his own to raise together is part of my writing guilty pleasures...

[libutron]

Cock’s Comb Oyster - Lopha cristagalli

Lopha cristagalli (Ostreoida - Ostreidae) is a species of marine bivalve widespread in the Indo-west Pacific area. This oyster has thick shells, strongly ribbed and broadly rounded in shape, whose margins have a characteristic deep zig-zag pattern. The outer shell surface is variable in color, but it is usually dark to light purple or brown, covered with many small and rounded protuberances.

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Photo credit: ©Jan Messersmith (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) | Locality: Madang, Papua New Guinea (2007)