#thief kid

[heading-down-to-georgia]

I like to think the inconsistency in the kids height is canon to the au. Shadow keeps forgetting how tall he made himself when shifting so boom: inconsistent height. It’s part of what tips Red off to who he is

haha I love the idea of Shadow forgetting how tall the kid is, or even just forgetting that Hylians can't normally change their height at will!

[owarinaki]

Detective Conan the movie 26 &27 (AnAn magazine back cover )

[hauntinghyrule]

h/c list #25, Red and Shadow? 👀

"Stop! Thief!"

"It's the arsonist!"

"Get him!"

Shadow smirked. And my work here is complete.

He was about to step back, let his disguise fade, and disappear into darkness, when Red gave a yelp of alarm and grabbed him by the wrist. Too startled to react, Shadow was hauled with him, stumbling along behind the hero as he fled.

They crashed through underbrush, jumped a small stream, and scrambled over fallen logs. Behind them, the sounds of shouting and glow of torches grew fainter. Finally, Red slid down the side of a dry stream bed and sat down hard, pulling Shadow to the ground beside him.

"I think—" Red gasped, breathing heavily. "I think we lost them."

Shadow stared at him. "Why did you bring me."

Red gave him a weird look. "They were after you, too."

"Yeah but I stole— I mean, you thought I stole your sword."

"And you said you didn't. I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions." The wide-eyed earnestness of the Light Worlder made Shadow's skin crawl. "And besides, even if you were a thief, I don't think that mob looked interested in a fair trial. I'm a knight; rescuing people is my job!"

He beamed so brightly Shadow had to grimace and turn away.

The hero must have misinterpreted his expression, because he leaned in closer, frowning in concern. "You're not hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine," Shadow grumbled. He realized his wrist was still loosely wrapped in Red's grip, and he tugged it away.

"Everything's gonna be okay," Red said, still in that sappy-saccharine earnest tone. "We just need to stay positive. Can you smile for me?"

Ugh. He had meant to make his disguise look a little younger, to be less suspicious, but surely he hadn't taken it that far. The hero was speaking to him like he was a small child.

He curled his upper lip at Red in something that was more sneer than smile. It only occurred to him as he was doing it that he wasn't sure he'd remembered to round out the shape of his teeth.

He must have, though, because Red only said, cheerfully, "that's a start!"

Somewhere in the bushes, a twig snapped. Red whipped around to look, and Shadow took that momentary distraction to make his escape, fading back into the darkness.

One hero disarmed, three more to go.

He caught himself holding onto his own wrist and yanked his hand away, scowling.

[kamydrawstuffs]

The Adventures of A Tiny Thief King- Dia-Bond

Still training up as a thief, Bakura takes himself the title to be the greatest “King of Thieves” but can he do it alone?

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[hauntinghyrule]

Wait so about that Thief Kid: is he his own actual person in Mirror Mirror? Because I kept hearing people say that the Thief Kid is Shadow in disguise in canon. I'm not sure where it's stated, but people seem to think that. Is he not one of the demon Links in disguise in this AU?

I think it's ambiguous in canon! (Unless it's more clear in the original Japanese - I'm not fluent enough to have read my Japanese versions cover-to-cover, so there's certainly a possibility I missed something there.)

As far as I'm aware, it never actually says one way or the other, and there are some unanswered questions either way:

If the Thief Kid is Shadow, why did he give Red the Fire Rod? Surely he could have found another way to get Red in trouble without giving him such a powerful weapon at the same time.

If the Thief Kid isn't Shadow, then how did Shadow end up getting ahold of the Four Sword the kid stole from Red?

I might go with one or the other headcanon in future works, but for Mirror Mirror he's a separate person.

[hauntinghyrule]

I think I have decided to name the Thief Kid "Simon" in Mirror Mirror. Not really sure why, but he looks like a Simon to me, and it's as good a name as any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[kamydrawstuffs]

@sitabethel: #illegally cute! #someone should arrest you Kamy

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