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My Tloz/Linked Universe sideblog

[tetraswings]

hey y’all this is my zelda sideblog, where I post about tloz and linked universe! redeads dni.

games i've played: oot, albw, botw, hwl, eow

favorite games: wind waker, albw, hw

hyrule warriors zelink my beloved you will always be my favorite flavor of zelink never let me down.

i try my best to tag by specific game, character, and/or by au. if i accidentally tag something incorrectly, please let me know!

tag guide:

#tetraswingsarttag --- my art tag. occasionally I'll reblog from my main.

#tetraswingswritingtag --- my writing tag

#songsofhyrule --- a zelda au featuring linkle aka the hero of song.

#sheikposting

#blood & soul/mentor sheik au —- for all my HW Zelda fanfiction posts and accompanying artwork. A Hyrule Warriors AU where OoT!Sheik was the one to teach Zelda the art of ninja combat and gender fuckery.

[trippygalaxy]

Sadly I love both “young adult time has no idea about people and is very socially awkward and withdrawn”

AND

“Young adult time does not give one fuck two fuck red fuck or blue fuck and is a right asshole whos doing whatever he wants”

[scarlettediscord]

They are both dorks and they make me sick I love them so much 💕 I’ve been meaning to draw more of Aurora since my first concept sketch and so this little scenario was born. A little random doodle that evolved into some sort of comic…thing?

Consistency? Don’t know her.

[macncheesesandwich]

POV: Time if he ever finds out abt the downfall timeline

[apho-sappho]

These 2 mean so much to me you guys don't even know <3

[tetraswings]

10, 18, 25.

10. Worst Part of Fanon?

I can’t stand the cutesy nicknames that are often given to the Chain. I can’t deal with it. This particular nitpick originates in my DSMP days.

18. It’s criminal that people are sleeping on…

Everyone. Go watch and/or play hyrule warriors right now. Doesn’t even have to be the adventure maps. Just the main story. It’s a silly goofy war game.

25. What part of fanon do people complain about too often?

Not completely fanon, but sometimes I feel people shit on LinksMeet AUs a little too hard. Block the tags, block the blogs, and move on.

Though there is a conversation to be had about tagging regular fandom things as Links Meet, which is why I’m very vigilant about my tagging

[the-wanderer]

Zelda in Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition

[skyward-floored]

How about 45: svelte for HDW for the ask game? Chose it for fun because it was the only word on the list I had to look up ^u^

“You like Sheik, don’t you?”

Link squawks at the sudden appearance of the young hero who’d recently joined their ragtag army, Mask, they’d been calling him. He’s hanging from a tree by his legs right in front of Link, that Keaton mask over his face blocking his expression.

“Well? Am I right?” he says when Link stares at him, and Link clears his throat, and stands up.

“She’s a good soldier. Of course I like her,” he says easily, pointedly walking away. Mask doesn’t get the hint at all, and drops lithely to the ground and follows him.

“That’s not what I meant. I meant you like her,” Mask repeats, jogging a little to keep up with Link’s strides. “Like kissing.”

Link breathes in wrong at that statement, and has to pause and cough for a second.

“Did you swallow a bug?” Mask asks helpfully, and Link holds back a scowl as he hacks. Luckily for him, who should happen to wander along but Sheik herself, her visible eyebrow raised when she sees Link.

“Are you all right, hero?” she asks with a bit of concern, and Link manages to wrestle his breathing back into control, trying not to look too hard at her.

Mask is just being a stupid kid.

Sure Sheik is pleasant to talk to. And understanding of his sudden responsibility as the hero, and the stress that’s been steadily mounting from that. And he supposes she could be considered attractive too, eyes bright as a cherry, hair soft where it covers part of her face. She’s quite a fighter too— lithe but muscled, her svelte stature causing most enemies to underestimate her. They think a Sheikah with nothing but some daggers and a harp isn’t a threat, and Sheik has usually killed them before they can change their minds.

Mask is somehow giving him a knowing look even with the mask on, and Link quickly shoves his thoughts away.

Mask is definitely being a stupid kid.

“I’m fine,” he croaks, and clears his throat. “Yes, I’m fine. Did you need something?”

“Impa spotted monsters over the ridge,” she says, jerking a thumb behind her. “Not a big group, but enough to be a problem. We’re off to take care of them, and she requested your help.”

“Well, I’ve been wanting to stretch my legs. Let’s go,” Link says with a smile, and Mask perks up.

“I’ll come too! I have a song I wanna try,” he says with an awfully evil sounding laugh, and Link wonders again at what the deal was with this kid.

...He was definitely being dumb about Sheik, though.

They set off, and Link ignored the occasional look from Mask, and kept his thoughts away from Sheik as they headed to find Impa. Sheik was a fellow soldier, and, he supposed, a friend. But simply... a friend.

He didn’t have time for romance anyway. There was kind of a war going on.

[skyward-floored]

hdw Impa, what would you do if Volga kiss you? :3

Impa: I'm too busy to answer ridiculous questions right now 🙄 Please go away.

[linkeduniverse]

[hyrulewarriors-battlelog]

[tetraswings]

I'm not the same person who sent the last ask but I would like to hear your takes on the "War of Eras" fanon (the war isn't even called that, which is not a good sign).

i’m glad you asked anon!

i’d like to preface this by saying that I played hyrule warriors legends and a lot of my ideas here are pulled from the implications that game has, but sometimes I also just pull shit out of my ass. #myhyrulewarriors

You’d be correct that “War of Ages” is never used in HW canon. I don’t necessarily mind this name (it certainly sounds cool!) but it’s canonically called the War Across the Ages.

Mask and Toon Link: SO. THIS IS A BIG PART OF LU FANON. The whole thing where Time, Warriors, and Wind (Mask & Tune) met pre-LU in the war. Thing is, in the game and the comic, this did not happen. There is no interaction between them in the story. Those bitches did not meet lmfao.

HOWEVER. I can see where the intrigue comes from! And I do like to indulge in this headcanon, but my take tends to differ from popular depiction.

I tend to put Link and Zelda at around 17, Impa in her early twenties, Mask at 14(physically) and Tune & Tetra at 25/26. That’s right. Tetra’s here because I love her. As far as I know this is pretty different from where people usually place them (I think the most popular is war early 20s, tune 16-ish, and mask like 12.) This gives me the chance to make as many paradoxical inside jokes as I can.

I’m not the biggest fan of the Captain being the “big brother” of the group. Mainly because he’s 17 and has many other things to worry about right now. I tend to give that role over to Tune, who has only increased in his Big Brotherness, and he’s going to be so fucking annoying about it. Little Sprite is off somewhere and Captain has to take the full brunt of it. He’s going to burst a blood vessel.

Turncoats: a lot of people put emphasis on turncoats/traitors, having Link not be well liked after the War. Turncoats show up once in the story proper (implied to be a trick by Ghirahim) and otherwise in the Adventure Maps (also mostly ghirahim lmaoooo.) I tend to think that the Hyrulean soldiers have a lot of respect for Link after the War. Maybe not as much in the beginning, but I think after the Master Sword debacle, power of friendship wins out :)

Next on my list: Cia & Lana.

IM GONNA SAY IT. A lot of the way this fandom treats these two reeks of misogyny. I actually bought into a lot of it until I played the game and realized it was wayyy over blown.

Cia is not predatory as the fandom portrays her. Her main motivation for “wanting” Link is due to the Hero’s Spirit, which she wants because she is unbearably lonely. I wouldn’t say she’s in love with him, more of what he can provide her. He’s really just the vessel of her desires. Link even forgives her and protects her in the WW DLC!

Side note: I know a lot of people like to complain about her lack of clothes and some of that is valid! Especially in the way women are designed in fantasy. But I think for Cia it weirdly works. She’s a sexy, sorceress character — and adds to her deeper motivations. She’s also based on the Poe sisters and it’s just a bomb ass design really.

I’ve also noticed that a lot of people like to villainize Lana. because she. checks notes. exhibited implied feelings for Link due to her being the other half of the Time Guardian. She never acts on these feelings and lets them go unacknowledged. She’s overall a great ally in HW and I wish more people portrayed her as such.

Anyways that’s the end of my rant here. I have more on my blog, specially about the Guardian of Time and HW Zelda/Sheik. Thank you for giving me a chance to ramble. Godspeed.

[tetraswings]

1 4 6 8 whatever fandom you feel like?

YAY I GET TO BE CONTROVERSIAL ON THE SIDEBLOG!! in all seriousness, this is for the goofs and laughs.

Answers under the cut because this got wayyy longer than I meant it to.

1. What is the character that everyone gets wrong?

i feel like everyone is expecting me to say tetra. there are a few characters that I could go on about here

but actually i’m gonna say linked universe wind / ww link. i feel like general fandom characterization tends to swing between two extremes with him: young happy-go-lucky child, and the foul-mouthed pirate. i personally find that his actual character is between these two. he’s wise and has a lot of insight, but he’s still young and yknow. still acts like a twelve/thirteen year-old. there’s a good analysis post under The Kings of Hyrule comic that details his behavior and conversation with wild. I’ll edit this post later once I find it.

also the swearing thing kills me inside because. that boy is a Big Brother he Will Not swear in front of Aryll. he may hear much but he will not repeat it.

4. What was the last straw that had you blocking someone?

Someone posted atrocious tetra takes OOPS. in alll honestly, it wasn’t that bad. I personally disagreed with them and just use the block button liberally.

6. which ship fans are most annoying?

those who police other what others ship.

i’m not that big on shipping much, and i prefer to explore character relationships outside of romance (if romance is there, I feel like it’s an add-on on top of the base dynamic.) i’m also on the aroace spectrum so that might say something about how I approach romance lolol.

though I will say it bothers me when people say things like miphlink was predatory just to uplift botw zelink. guys. guys please if you look closely. please. i’m not saying you have to like miphlink but that’s not how it works.

8. Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about?

Veering back into LU territory here.

Father Time: that man is NOT as parental as fandom makes him seem. Yes, he’s caring towards Twilight as a descendant and takes up the leader position. But I still think he has a lot of baggage to work through, rightfully so. I tend to think he sees the Chain as dependable spirit co-workers who he is on similar levels to.

Also: come talk to me about the war of eras fanon. i will give you drastically different takes than what’s popular. take my hand.

[yekokataa]

🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

the character everyone gets wrong

a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

worst discord server and why

which ship fans are the most annoying?

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

worst part of canon

worst part of fanon

number of fandom-related words you've filtered

the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

worst blorboficiation

that one thing you see in fics all the time

that one thing you see in fanart all the time

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

there should be more of this type of fic/art

it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

part of canon you found tedious or boring

part of canon you think is overhyped

your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

ship you've unwillingly come around to

topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

[cocopompom]

*grabs you by the throat* LISTEN TO THE HYRULE WARRIORS OST. DO IT NOW

[tetraswings]

i am thinking about tetra and ganondorf,,,

[moonbunninico]

Linktober day five - Friendship

Really stepped out of my comfort zone with this one, I don’t usually draw people, especially not in colour so this was rather tricky.

I feel like I never really see art of link and impa being buddies so I decided to draw them for today, hope you enjoy them as much as I do