This comic is based on Language Barriers by the amazing @quasar-crew!! I love this fic so much and I was thrilled to be able to make ark for it for the LU Writers Appreciation Project!
I also thought it was a great time to bring out the language nerd in me, so it was fun researching different scripts that could work to represent the different languages!! (Although the research mainly comes from Wikipedia, so I can’t guarantee accuracy) Breakdown under the cut!
Hylian: I used the in-game hylian script for this one
Goron: the script is Old Persian cuneiform! I picked this one because I thought the look fit well and it’s a script designed to be primarily cut into stone
Zora: the script is nushkuri, a writing system used for the Georgian language. It was picked because was trying to match the script that’s present on the Zora monuments in botw, which is also why I added a heavy slant to it!
Rito: this script is Tifinagh, used to write Berber languages. This one was mostly picked because I thought the look fit well!
Gerudo: this is the Gerudo alphabet, it makes it’s first appearance in Ocarina of Time!
My second gift for @lyrabythelake based on their fanfic Lifting The Fog
Ahhh I am such a huge fan for whump fics and this one definitely kept me reading all the way to the end. I love the sense of urgency in this with the dangerous terrain that was not doing them any favors.
My gift for RLin based on chapter 16 of their fanfic Four's a Crowd
Guys, this scene is deep and I didn’t feel like one drawing could do it justice so I decided do a comic instead. All of the emotion Legend was feeling here, is just WOW. However, there was only so much I could portray here, for Legend’s actual thought though process, I recommend reading the full story and chapter.
“Shhh….shhhh..” Zelda whispered as she stroked his head, “It’ll be okay, Link…”, “Z-Zelda...S-sorry…”, “Don’t be sorry, Link…” She whispered and then the scene changed again, Four looked like himself in the illusion.
I might not be the most active cookie in the fandom, but I did want to show some love to the writers :D Koolkitty thank you for tossing my brain around like a little bean sack, at was an experience 😂 absolutely loved it!
My gift for FantomoDrako based on their fanfic Navigating Stormy Seas
I absolutely love this fanfic! Legend and Wind bonding is so, so good, along with all the big brother Wind vibes --I couldn’t get enough! The fight scenes and the emotional aspects between both characters gets me all the time. Definitely can consider this one of my favorite linked universe fanfics!
Here is the drawing without the title. The Hylian is depicting the riddle that is written on the walls at the end of chapter 4.
My first gift for @lyrabythelake based on their lovely fanfic This Friendship is Built on Pyromania
Lyra!! Here is some more loving hours! Once again this was such a great read, your writing is very atmospheric and I’m always sucked into the world like I’m standing right there with the characters. It was so interesting to read Warriors perspective of Hyrule’s world. It’s such a big contrast to Hyrule’s perspective of things that they take for granted versus how excited the Traveler gets for something so normal in their respective lands. So when it came down to this particular scene, you can just feel the melancholy behind the characters for the loss, yet how awe inspiring and beautiful it was altogether. I love it!
