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Crossed Blades
By @greenandhazy
Most swords, even cultivators' weapons, are quiet and solitary creatures. Baxia and Jiangzai, awakened by their wielders' unusual styles of cultivation, are exceptions, and they are drawn to each other the moment their paths cross in Qinghe—much to the displeasure of the men who wield them.
Made for the @mdzsrbb 2025
Read it here!
Buckle up - This is a long for no reason post
So today at school we had free time and I went wild
I first drew WHATEVER THE HECK THIS SAD THING IS
And I started drawing link and I just. Failed badly. I rage quit. Then I realized I still need to remake that Fi I posted earlier cuz that sucked. (Don’t mention the hands I’m trying to forget them)
Even added a Triforce behind her for no reason other than to fill up space
And as ALWAYS, no Fi can go without Ghiriham. I drew him without his cape, and then the cape itself with a light scribble Ghiriham. And of course I misspelled graham cracker while doing it.
LoZ: Fi Trapped?
There seem to be a lot of fans who are under the impression that Fi was intentionally made to be a slave within the Master Sword. And that this is partly why some hate Hylia. Because they think that Fi is a slave against her will.
But this just shows how little they know about Japanese culture. At least in regards to weapons or even just tools in-general.
You see, from what I know, the Japanese have a very strong tool & weapon maintenence culture. Where they will repair & repair & repair a tool/weapon until it literally cannot be repaired anymore. To such an extent, in fact, that they even have burial mounds for them when they can't be fixed anymore.
In fact, chefs will sometimes pray at mounds of kitchen knives in the hopes for better skills at cutting & cooking. And I'd assume similarly for other tool/weapons mounds as well.
They respect their tools & weapons very deeply.
Part of the reason for this is due to the belief that when you used a tool/weapon enough that a spirit will begin to dwell within it. As such, they treat them with deep respect.
This spirit is known as a Tsukumogami (付喪神, Tool Kami or Spirit) & is thought to make it a part of the owner, an extention of them even. Which, itself, is thought to make it more effective as a weapon.
And, seeing as Nintendo is a Japanese company, it's very heavily likely that this is the inspiration behind Sword Spirits to begin with.
So, it's unlikely that Hylia legitimately made Fi, specifically with the intention of turning her into some sort of slave, so much as Fi came into being as a direct consequence of being a Divine Blade, which itself might've simply sped up the process of the sword obtaining a spirit. Perhaps Divine Objects simply have spirits by default whereas mortal ones take time to develop them?
If so, then it is in her very nature to be a part of the sword. It's natural to her. We just don't understand it & probably find the idea alien.
In fact, if she were to be "freed," not only would it most likely lessen the Master Sword's power considerably, but she'd likely not even understand how to live separate of the Master Sword.
She could possibly react to it similarly to how Amalthea initially did to being turned human in the Last Unicorn.
Basically, it's not that she's trapped inside the sword, so much as she is the sword. It's her body. It's not Fi... & the Master Sword so much as it is Fi, the Master Sword. As in, the Master Sword's name is Fi.
The being we think of as Fi, in all honesty, is likely just a projection of the Master Sword's will for SS Link's benefit more than her own.
LoZ General Masterlist
[ID: A reference sheet for Irita, a Kirby fan character and the Sword Spirit of the Rainbow Sword. She is a being with a floating round pale blue head, rounded long pink hair covering one of her eyes, the visible one being closed. Her body is a piece of glittering pink armor with a paler pink collar, pauldrons pointed sharply upwards. Below the armor is a floating brass medallion with a sword shaped banner striped in blue, pink, and yellow hanging from it. Her hands are a pair of glittering pink gloves with pointed fingers, labeled, “fingers sharp as daggers.”
To the right of her is a small side view doodle, showing the banner floats towards the front of his body, and she clasps her hands at her chest. There is also a drawing of her open eye, which is a rainbow gradient with no iris or pupil, a sketch of her hand with a pink glow around it labeled, “light magic stuff,” and a sketch of her banner being twisted labeled, “ribbon like!” Above the drawings is a color palette, and in the top left corner is a drawing of the Rainbow Sword, the cross guard being drawn with a similar silhouette to her armor. /End ID.]
"Do not ever mistake my silence for ignorance. My calmness for acceptance."
-Carson Kolhoff
At first glance, Irita is calm, rational, and maybe even cold. On the inside however, she is itching with the impulse to kill any Dark Matter she encounters. If you need help with a Dark Matter invasion she's your gal, but if you're wanna invite her to hang with you and some dark friends, best reconsider. It is something she's working on when it comes to peaceful Matters, but it's a struggle. She often leaves gifts for Matters she doesn't mean to harm.
Other than her violent tendencies, she fears next to nothing. She's brutally honest, never sugar coating her opinions or feelings, and never shying away from calling people out, all the while remaining calm. She is very slow to anger, but you know you've fucked up if she ever opens her eye.
Irita doesn't have a current wielder and one could likely guess what she's spending her time doing.
Meet the sword Spirit trio⚔️🗡
(A fanfic is soon to come btw.)
Hensheng
Jgys soft sword.
She's like Jiangzai and Nanping's spiritual sister.
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Hensheng is very cute, sweet and friendly. But she becomes harsh when someone insults her wielder.
She's really clingy towards jgy, and loves to hug his waist and wrist.
In addition, she has a crush on Shuoyue and Liebing.
Other than them, she's fond of her wielder. She won't call it a crush because she believes that the word *crush* is too lowly for the attraction she has towards him.
When Hensheng is with jgy, she feels like she has a purpose, and doesn't have to hate life (like her wielder) again.
Jiangzai.
Xy's sword
He basically acts like xue yang but more chaotic.
Jiangzai loves provoking Nanping. Well not only Nanping, but anyone he wants to harass.
Jiangzai is a fun loving spirit, who never wants to stay in one place.
He says that he hasn't tried candy before because xue yang eats most of it.
Jiangzai is like xue yang's younger brother he never had.
(He's secretly dating Shuanghua)
Not to mention that Jiangzai us hotttt.
Nanping
Su she's sword.
Nanping is very loyal and protective, and values others.
He loves his master, as well as his master's master.
Nanping is always supportive towards his spiritual sis, Hensheng, whereas he tries not to qi deviate whenever Jiangzai opens his mouth.
Other than that, deep down, he cares about Jiangzai, and would protect him if he's in any trouble.
Like his wielder, he doesn't like the Lans and their weapons. Even though his beloved sis has a crush on them.
Nanping is literally the opposite of Jiangzai's chaotic personality.
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@verycatbluebird
@tuzi02
Ghirahim/sword transformation ideas, as described in Quicksilver, based off the Goddess-to-Master Sword journey in SS.
The final design looks familiar, no? I took elements from the hilt and cross guard of the great fairy sword from MM, the blade of the gilded sword, and of course Ghirahim’s sword spirit form. >_>
Sword Spirits in Kirby
Inspired by Legend of Zelda's concept of Sword Spirits, they are a consciousness that dwells within weapons, beings of pure power and energy who's purpose is to assist their wielder in battle.
While some, like Galaxia, are created with a Spirit imbued in the blade, others may develop naturally with use, especially if their wielder already has natural strength and power, like Galacta Knight's lance, StarShatterer.
Sword Spirits will often reflect what their wielder needs in an ally or partner, whether it be a mentor, strategist, or assistant. They share a telepathic link with their wielders and can communicate through thought whenever needed.
They also have physical, non-weaponic forms they can take for whatever reason they like, though many do not do so often.
The only way for a Spirit to "die" is for them to slay a foe destined by fate, and once doing so they will be come dormant. They do not know who this foe is, but can usually sense if their dormancy draws near. In some cases, they can reawaken, but only if they acquire a new wielder.
It sure is chatty here, on the sword rack...
Consider for a moment... Baxia, the very much sentient and very very much opinioneated saber spirit.She just spends her whole day shit-talking everyone Nie Minjue talks to.
(If Suibian can seal itself, probably to inconvenience as many people as possible, Baxia can have loud opinions.)
Just image though - Nie Mingjue, newly-minted Sect Leader, trying to sit through a discussion conference while Baxia is providing a sass-filled running commentary. No-one is safe.
Better yet, this is not a Baxia-specific trait. All the swords are just running commentary the whole time and while cultivators can hear their own sword, one unlucky soul can hear all of them.
For maximum chaos, Yours Truly will name Wen Ning as said unfortunate soul. He is so polite and shy that he would pretend not to hear anything normally, but if he hears something alarming enough for one of his friends he would absolutely speak out. Also he once managed to drug an entire compound and not get caught so I think people underestimate how far he will go if he has too....
He slightly regrets having the ability when Suibian and Bichen start gossiping about their cultivators while Wen Ning is 3rd wheeling them.
But can you imagine the hilarity that would result when he gets so used to it that he no longer distinguishes between human and sword voices and he accidentally answers to something a sword said that he shouldn't have heard?
Or he maybe uses this ability deliberately. "Even so-and-so sword thinks this is a bad idea."
He accidentally gets into full conversations with the sword and its owner and everyone else is like, 'wtf?'
He also finds it increasingly difficult to keep a straight face during conferences, since all the swords are bitching together. And they all universally hate Sect Leader Yao. Sect leader Yao's sword has stopped making excuses years ago and is doing the spiritual equivalent of screaming on a pillow in dismay.
This of course raises the interesting question, does the sword's personality mirror or complement that of its cultivator? I can see the Jin sword being particularly stuck-up. Baxia is basically an unfiltered version of Nie Mingjue. Lan Qiren's sword is an absolute savage, especially when he's marking his students' work. Shuoyue is even sassier than Baxia and half of Lan Xichen's smirks are because of something she's said.
Or maybe it's partially at least influenced by the name. I am convinced that baby Wei Wuxian asked his sword what its name was and Suibian didn't have the heart to tell him he's supposed to name the blade so it told him "whatever" and that's how it stuck.
Also Bichen is absolutely Lan Wanji's anger translator and absolutely delighted when Jingyi comes along to add his own spin to the game of "what does Lan Wangji mean".
As always co-authored with/enabled by @sswangxian
