The Sad Puffin

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about this blog

hello there! I'm Shanna, welcome to my blog ^^ here's a little summary of my content!

fanart - multi-fandom so be prepared! LoZ, F1, KPDH and whatever else takes my fancy in future

Falling Into Blue is my ONGOING LoZ pirate AU fanfiction

One Thing About You is my COMPLETED LoZ high school AU fanfiction

Zelda Reacts is an ongoing comic series! HERE is a post with all the outfits I currently have planned

my inbox is open to questions or discussions (just be warned sometimes I'm bad at responding to everything)

OCs and comics over at polarbeararts (hence the logo you'll see here)

TAGS

#zelda reacts comic - ONLY the comics have this tag so it's the easiest way to find them all at once on my blog

#zelda pirate au - illustrations and lore related to my WIP pirate AU

#zelda high school au - illustrations from my high school AU

#f1 art - any f1-related/driver fanart

#ask puffin - my answered asks

I hope you enjoy your stay ✨

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Revali found his attention caught once more by the plushies on the bed. He tipped his head to the side to see past Mipha, squinting to make out that one at the back-

"Have a cookie!" Mipha shoved the plate at him, but he was already rising to his feet. "What- what are you doing?" she laughed, scrambling up after him. "There's nothing that interesting over there."

"Are you sure?" He kept moving resolutely towards the bed, almost certain that he wasn't seeing things. That plush toy was too ingrained into his memory to forget so easily.

"Yes, I'm- waaahhh wait!" She flung herself between him and the bed, arms spread out as if to shield him from a disaster.

He took another step closer, bringing himself toe to toe with her. "What is it that you don't want me to see, Mipha?" He was already grinning, the chance to tease her sending a spike of adrenaline through his veins.

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I published another chapter of bonus content! If you are a Miphvali enjoyer you will definitely want to read this one hehehe 

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I made a reel cos this audio I found was TOO perfect for the pirate AU!! I wanted to post the drawings cos I really like how they turned out - if you want to watch the reel it's here

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

she’s heeeeeeere!!!

I can’t believe this day has come, I first had the idea for this fic in like, October last year I think?? time flies and now here we are at last with the first chapters 👀

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quite hypothetically, how do you feel about your fanfictions being printed and bound into physical books? i don’t think i have the materials to do this but i was thinking about it because i love your work so much and figured it worth asking. it’s obviously okay if you aren’t okay with that!!

oh wow, honestly I'd be flattered and honoured! If you ever get the means to in future then go for it (and send me a pic hehe)

thank you for your kind words!

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More pirate Revali please? I can't get enough of him ♥

lucky for you anon, neither can I!

I had this idea a while back with Revali and Mipha that I wanted to draw lmao - he definitely KNOWS Mipha can look after herself but his single brain cell will still go into Protective mode 😂

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Quiet beauty on a lonely shore

Guards a secret within a hidden door

Misko's treasure awaits a soul

With courage true and armour whole

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The treasure hunt begins on May 24th!! I'll finally be launching Falling Into Blue with the prologue and the first chapter - here's a teeny tiny teaser ehehehe. Thank you so much for the patience and support while I've been working on this fic, I'm so proud of what I've made and I'm FROTHING to share it with you 😤🥰

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Zelda Reacts Part 14

ugh another set of armour that I just LOVE and I'm so happy I thought of an idea for it. this is all I wanted in the canon ending!! *screams at sky* okay I am calm...

Part 13: Ancient Armour <<<

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pirate Link to get you through the week ✨

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Here it is! I really like how it turned out!

yessss they are so cute omg! it fits them so well hahaha also I love how Zelda looks so ready to clonk him with that frying pan 😆

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Hiii so um i loved ur high school au one thing about you it was soooo good and i am super exited for the pirate au falling into blue and I have a question - Why are all the characters so hot they look amazing also how many chapters will it have and will you post it on ao3???

awww omg thank you so much this makes me so happy to hear!! I too am frothing to start publishing Falling Into Blue and we are getting close 👀

to answer your questions, 1. I actually am legally obliged to make all the characters as hot as possible (I won't go into details but I swear it's legit) and 2. it's around 30 chapters/100k words and yes it will be on ao3!! although I'll also announce it here too dw ;)

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Hey! I was wondering. Might you ever consider doing a collab with Kenlair? I think it’d be really really awesome if there were a voice-acted reading of One Thing About You and your other works alongside your amazing art!

oh I wasn't aware of their work but that's really cool!

I agree it would be awesome, but at the same time I'm already caught up in many other projects so I'm not sure I'd be able to do more art for it 😅 as much as I love making Zelda content I do try to prioritise my original work to some extent - it's a balancing act because I have Zelda projects that I'm very invested in (pirate au, Zelda reacts etc)

anyway never say never of course, but for now I'm focusing on the existing works I'm trying to finish ✨

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This only just occurred to me somehow, but imo BoTW/ToTK Zelda is strikingly similar to Rapunzel from Tangled in many ways, e.g. the golden blonde hair, green eyes, dealing with oppressive parents, even cutting her hair. What are your thoughts?

I feel like I saw a fanart of Zelda and Link as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider somewhere?? unless I dreamed it 😂

but yes I agree! they also both have magical light powers! also the slightly forbidden nature of their love interest is similar 👀

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I'M ALIVE!! no cool stories to explain my absence sadly, I just started a new temp job that left me with way less free time 😭 (I really needed a job tho lol so it is a good thing)

super excited to share this banner art for my upcoming pirate au fic (it's a recreation of the pirates movie poster hehe) AAAAAND a title of course, I hope you like it! I got a lot of great ideas and suggestions, but in the end I kept coming back to this one and it feels right.

in terms of the fic I wish I could pair this with a launch date, but while I can't promise anything specific we are getting MUCH closer yay! it's currently being beta read by the amazing @abbyz-elda and I'm sooooo happy with how it's coming together. so just a bit more patience while I perfect it and I promise the wait will be worth it! ok enough rambling enjoy the art and stay tuned :P

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In your high school AU, who do you think would more likely be voted Cutest Couple?

Link/Zelda or Mipha/Revali?

ooh fun question! Link and Zelda are definitely the more high-profile couple in the school, but I believe Mipha and Revali are more striking together from a pure style/aesthetics perspective so I think it could be a close thing!

I'd vote Miphvali but allow me to put this to the people:

who's the cutest couple?

Link/Zelda

Mipha/Revali

Voting ended onMar 3

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I don't know if you like using song lyrics as fic titles but I'm going to throw out 'Heroes of the Dawn' as a title for your pirate au.

I've named all of the chapters with song lyrics ahaha so it will probably be the way I get my title in the end! I like this, tbh it fits kinda well with how the end of the story goes down too 👀

these are my other working options I'm tossing around for anyone who's curious:

He Calls the Tide His Master (from a sea shanty)

The Princess and the Sea (thanks to anon who suggested it!)

Falling into Blue (from another song - I kinda like how this has a double meaning with the sea but could also reference Link's blue eyes and Zelda falling for him hehe)

I'm currently leaning towards Falling into Blue because I'd like it to not be toooo long, but I'm also going to think about titles when I start doing some more editing to see if there's anything from the story that pops out.

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hiii um on anon because im nervous,, i just wanted to say that “one thing about you” inspired me so much that im currently working on my own botw hs au , i reference your work constantly , and i made a bracelet for it. your au not mine. it was just so good man. i love your writing and art

oh my gosh this is sooooo kind, thank you! nothing makes me happier than hearing that I inspired others to write, it's such a fun and fulfilling creative outlet ^^ all the best for your fic!

also, if you're ok with it I would really love to see the bracelet bc what??! that's so cool! if you prefer I won't share it (just say so) but I'm so intrigued 👀