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Something I've seen in quite a few Linked Universe fics is the Links describing Twilight's Shadow Crystal as being Twili magic, or "shadow magic" and not "dark magic", whether that be Twilight himself or one of the more magically-inclined members of the chain. And that... kinda contradicts what we're told in-game, I think?

The Crystal is forced on Twi by Zant, a man who scoffs at Midna's insinuation that he's abusing their people's magic. No, his magic is that of his god — Ganondorf himself. It's magic that Twilight and Midna weaponised to their own advantage, sure, but it's still 100% Ganon-brand Evil Magic™.

I kinda wish more fics leaned into that. I feel like it gives him a much stronger reason to fear the others finding out its exact nature, and gives him far less avenues of defence should any antagonists start pointing out his regular use of it, since it can't be softened with "Twili magic is not evil magic" — it's not Twili magic, after all.

During his adventure, only the power of the Master Sword can purge it from his body, but by the time LU rolls around he's got enough control over that evil magic to do that by himself. The implications of that are interesting to think about for me. If he can control the dark magic the Crystal provides, could he possibly have influence over other forms of it? Might some weaker-minded monsters see him as one of them? Could light magic have an adverse effect on him?

Dunno, I just think there's some unexplored territory surrounding it that I haven't personally seen anywhere. Which isn't to say it hasn't been done already, I'm sure I'm far from the only person to think about this stuff, just that I haven't seen it anywhere myself yet.

#linked universe #lu twilight #square speaks #idk just a bit of a ramble about stuff that ultimately doesn't matter #apologies to my like four active followers none of whom have any lu on their blogs whatsoever #also don't take this as some callout for people who do write it this way it's all down to interpretation #the nature of the shadow crystal as described in-game has just been on my mind lately #and what effects that crystal might be having on him beyond the wolf thing. i mean we see the facial markings already #did those form because he couldn't expunge the dark magic from his body as thoroughly as the master sword at first?#can he fully purge all that magic now or does some of it still linger in his human form even as he travels with the others?#maybe i'd find it in me to write a fic for myself sometime but i don't really trust myself to characterise most of the other links properly #or heck even twi himself for that matter

favorite word?

Hm. Interesting question!

Traditionally my response to this sort of thing is "defenestration" because the existence of such a niche word does amuse me, but it's also a bit of a basic answer.

If I had to think of another... Hm, well, "foliage" is quite nice, isn't it?

...And you can definitely tell that I just looked out my window for inspiration there, huh.

Aside from that... Well, in my writing I do get a lot of mileage out of "well", actually. I've used it twice in this post already, for instance.

I'm sure another word I like will hit me in three hours or so, but I'll leave this response where it is for now. Hopefully that's a satisfactory answer!

#square speaks #been a while since i last used that tag huh #actually that was all a lie the best word is deadbolt because it's the name of the best video game fr fr

My personal little headcanon for Pit’s “never learned how to read” line is that he can read English/Japanese/whatever language the game’s set to perfectly fine. However, he can’t read the in-universe language* the setting uses.

So, while gameplay stuff like the UI, intensity gate numbers, and subtitles are all perfectly understandable to him, non-gameplay things like background signposts and actual books aren’t things he can understand.

* Disclaimer: I have not checked the levels for signs and googling "Kid Icarus Uprising signs” just gives you info on the Zodiac chambers, but I’m pretty sure the game’s textures for signs just use nonsense symbols? Could be wrong

#kid icarus #kid icarus uprising #pit #square speaks #he heads over to smash bros and goes yooo you guys got books in ENGLISH? half of the books in my world are too low-res for me to even read #and when texture resolution isn't an issue because it's a fanfic or whatever everything's in ancient greek or some other unknown language #anyway real talk i think it's a shame pit's often reduced to haha jared 19 so i'm recontextualising the line into a joke about game worlds #and how often games either make up a language or just put random symbols that the player's never expected to read #like what if the game character is on exactly the same page as the player? and kid icarus is the perfect game for that joke to land

Y’know what, fuck it. It’s been four years since I’ve last posted anything, but I have been scrolling through tumblr still. I’m just lazy. But it’s 1am and baby, I’m procrastinating! So why not start actually interacting on this platform again?

Gonna start by reblogging a few things from my recent likes. So if you’re wondering why A: I’ve reblogged some of your old stuff or B: There’s a whole bunch of random shit slapped on your dash at once, that’s why.

Not that I expect anyone who’s following me is still active, so I dunno why I’m typing this. Posting it will discourage me from simply stopping again, I guess.

Anyway I’m gonna start reblogging stuff again, if there’s anyone out there. If not, then I hope the void enjoys looking at the nonsense I’m throwing at it.

#square speaks #my adoring fans feel free to roll out the red carpet