#totk fictive

[findinyourkin]

hello, i’m a fictive of princess zelda, and the botw/totk timeline is what is most familiar to me. i’m looking for anyone who’s looking for me in return really, but especially link, impa, and purah. link and i were romantically involved. i’m 27, so please be around my age! you can find me at @eraofthewilds!

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[linklogs]

I have been taking my time playing through Tears of the Kingdom. I’m curious to see what kind of memories and reactions various things in the game illicit, being a fictive. I want to know how deep my connection to my source extends. (Though also, in doing this, I could just be deepening that connection myself.)

One thing I have noticed is I have memories associated with different locations that are never discussed canonically — memories from before the Calamity, even. I was standing in the ruins of the Exchange Outpost, which was a relatively large military settlement to the southwest of Hyrule Castle, near the Great Plateau. I remembered what it looked like when it was whole. I remembered training there. I remembered nightly campfires and mealtimes with fellow soldiers, in which we’d banter and tease and laugh and sing. An entire narrative was constructed in my head as I wandered those ruins. Whether these memories were being rebuilt and recollected, or if those stories were created on the spot, I don’t know. But they were real to me. And the loss, remembering that those memories were now buried in rubble, seeing the devastation that happened there…it creates a tangible feeling of loss, like my soul is being squeezed like a vice. It catches my breath. While those may be very minor reactions compared to how one might react to loss in this world, even if the reaction is subtle, it’s enough to show me that those memories and stories mean something to me. It’s just very different from how a soldier in this world would talk about a ruined home. I’m sure it’s hardly comparable to the anguish that can ravage the body and mind over trauma and loss like that in this world, nor am I claiming that it should be treated as such. It’s still significant enough to me that it is how I relate to this world. And how I tell myself that what was, will remain. But I can still move forward, as I always have.

I’m glad that pain doesn’t seem to affect this body and brain. The loads that I’m used to carrying are crushing for someone who is struggling to cope with this current world. I’m glad they don’t have to be subjected to that. …I’m glad I’m more free of it, too.

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[findinyourkin]

hello, i’m a princess zelda fictive from aoc/botw/totk, though i am all incarnations of zelda in some capacity. i’m looking for anyone who’s looking to find me, really, but especially link & the other champions. my link was trans masc and nonbinary. i’m 25, so please be at least 21+! like/rb this or message me over @eraofthewilds !! thanks!

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