Welcome to Zelink 'Til You Pass Out: a slice-of-life-style comic featuring Wild Era Link and Zelda and all (and I mean all) the ins-and-outs of their relationship as they journey through Hyrule. A few rules up front:
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I recommend readers be 16+. Most of this is PG-13 or less, but there will be some highly suggestive content.
Updates every Monday and Friday. There is no particular order to the comics, just the order that I created them. Figuring out where they fit in the Wild-Era timeline is part of the fun! This comic assumes readers have played BOTW & TOTK as extensively as I have and is designed to fit (relatively) seamlessly with the events of those games. Also, SPOILERS EVERYWHERE. ALL THE SPOILERS. IMMEDIATE SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Also, check out my sideblog @threebeanlikes to see amazing Zelda fanart by other artists!
Do you mind if I ask about your chickens? No pressure if not, I'm just nosy curious 🐓
Absolutely!! I currently have 7 hens, all different breeds (feel free to ask me which ones)
Here are my two newest ones, LuLu and Toasty
Not pictured is Marshmallow, who escaped one night, slept on my fence AND GOT EATEN BY A FRIGGIN OWL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. I'm still torn up about it. But plans are in the works to get Marshmallow II & Marshmallow III....
Here are Queenie (black) and the ever cantankerous Delores (red)
And the leader of the flock, Finn
Not pictured are the Dotty-Madges (both brown leghorns and I can't tell them apart, so they are collectively Dotty-Madge). They're shy and were busy laying. They're pretty great, but they could do without the heat!
Did you come up with a big outline for your whole comic series? Or do you go comic by comic
For this series, it's definitely comic by comic. That's been the beauty of a "slice of life" style thing. For the most part, it's not in anything resembling chronological order, although it is slightly moreso now after the whole "After Calamity Ganon" series. There will be bits that follow something of a loose arc, so fun things to come!
Though I will drop a little breadcrumb: I am currently working on a much larger cohesive comic that is requiring ALL of my organizational skills, SO. Again, fun things to come.
For @quicklyburningenthusiast. I'm not sure if this is *exactly* what you were thinking, but the idea popped in my head, and I wasn't NOT going to draw it.
I'm not sure if Link is so much riled up as terrified. As he should be.
Do you think Link and Zelda have talked about having kids at all? If so, who do you think brought it up first and how long would they wait if they wanted any at all?
Mmmm, another really great question!
I think both of them knew that kids were going to happen, just because Zelda's gotta continue the lineage and all. But I also see them as the types to get absolutely immersed in their work and their (Zelda's) vision to bring Hyrule to new heights. So I don't think they were in any rush.
I really don't know who would bring it up first. I think it's suuuuuper cute if Link mentions it first, just to test the waters. Totally noncommittal. But I could also see Zelda bringing it up, concerned with how Link would feel about the whole thing; she wouldn't want him to feel forced into the situation.
But maybe it just happened organically. Maybe Zelda was watching Link enjoying getting mobbed by hoardes of schoolchildren, and he looks to her, and their eyes meet, and then...they know.
Also, we're assuming they have access to some form of birth control, because in my head, at least, these two be f*cking like rabbits.
If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifs. Anon or not, doesn't matter, let's get to know the person behind the blog!
Finally getting to this, lol!
I once almost got arrested for moth watching. I was home from college (so the neighbors weren't used to seeing me around), and all the neighbors could see was some rando hovering around a porch light...for like an hour. Apparently they called me in as a "suspicious person," and a cop came by questioned me. Fortunately, I had my field guide with me!! Cop was nice enough once she knew what was going on. I'm sure they had a laugh at the pricinct.
I'm really good at finding my way around. I once navigated to a friend's old apt. in downtown BOSTON that I had been to ONCE two years prior, using only my memory of various landmarks.
I'm also really good at getting REALLY lost. Like, once I got so lost trying to leave a concert hall that I wound up in a storage closet. That I almost waded through. To get to the doors on the other side. Because surely those would lead to the parking garage... Also, the one 5K I've run, I accidentally led 6 other runners about 1/4 mile off-track, as I had very confidently taken a wrong turn and didn't figure it out until we were trying to climb up a ravine (it was an obstacle course in the woods, so I was expecting rough terrain).
So it's a little wonky when I'm going places. Am I going to be a Navigateur Surpreme, or are we going on an unplanned adventure? LET'S FIND OUT 🤪!!
BOTW Zelink: who is more likely to initiate sex? Does it change over their lives? What challenges do they face in their sex life?
Ooh, good question! On the surface, it's roughly 50/50. But actually, I think Zelda is controlling the whole show.
I think early on, it took them a bit to get on the same page. It took Zelda some time to let go of her insecurities around him (does he *actually* want me, or is it just because he thinks he has to?). And Link was entirely too respectful of her space and propriety. There was a lot of fumbling first before they learned to read each other's (mostly non-verbal) cues.
But once that was established, Zelda is NOT afraid to ask for what she wants, and seducing Link is both incredibly easy and incredibly rewarding--ohh, the way he melts, that desperate look he gets in his eyes when she teases him, etc. But sometimes a girl wants to be wanted. She'll play aloof, maybe give him a particular glance, casually wear that one really low cut cami that...for some reason never gets worn for very long. And Link knows this means it's time for him come in hot and heavy.
Ultimately, he is a knight looking to serve his princess.
I wrote a fic! The Tested - threebeandinner - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]
This is a partner fic to @Hurricane105's "The Test,"[ao3 link] [tumblr link] but from Link's perspective. GO READ THAT FIRST and then read this one. Even better, read them side-by-side (paragraph by paragraph). The dialogue and structure is ALL Hurricane; I just added some Link-flavor. Thank you Hurricane105 for inspiring this fic!!
The night was awful.
Link stood at his usual haunt outside Zelda's door. He could imagine her, hunched over her desk, maybe even in her robe, squinting at her notes in the candlelight. Her fingers would be stained with a mix of guardian grease and ink. She should be sleeping at this hour--oh, that's something to imagine!--but instead she was most likely continuing to defy all the naysayers by sneaking in some research.How dare Zelda be so perfect?
In comparison, he was stuck at his post by the wall, silent and stiff despite his aching back. Trapped in his own body. Trapped in his own mind. With her. Always her...
Did she have *any* idea how difficult she was making his life? How hard he had to work to keep up with her effortless brilliance? How hard it was to be stoic in the face of her radiant beauty? She deserved nothing less than his perfection. And all he wanted to do was crumble in her arms.
Yesterday, he had to fight off some monsters. He had gotten sweaty. Today, some water spilled down his cheek as he drank. Was she put off by his sloppiness? But even her scorn was worth it, if it meant she gave him a second glance. He was beyond hope.
But he knew she wasn't the pillar of ice she pretended to be. He saw her warmth when she smiled at her friends, the glint in her eye as she studied. What if she lost her composure--with *him*--just once? What if she smiled? What if-- What if she shoved him against a wall and kissed him? What could he possibly do?
It was a frequent thought, in his long list of fantasies, and he sank into his mind, resigned to spend yet another evening wishing.
Zelda's door opened sharply. He startled inwardly.
Insufferable. He chastised himself for letting his mind wander.
She speedwalked down the hall, and Link trailed behind at the regulated six paces away. Couldn't he bend the rules and walk a little closer?
UGH.
She marched out to the garden. Why did she need to go to the garden at this time? She darted around a corner, no doubt to lose him. She did this frequently. Link did not change his pace as he followed and rounded the corner.
In an instant, she pounced on him, grabbing his royal guard's tunic and shoving him against the wall.
**What in Hylia's name???**
Her eyes bored into him, a nearly predatory stare. Link had no idea what she intended to do next, but he wanted it. Dear Goddess, he wanted it.
Please.
She dove in, pushing her mouth hard against his. She meant business. This wasn't some mistaken little peck. Oh Goddess, she was so warm, and her lips were SO soft--not tightly strained from stress, like he expected.
He settled his hands on her shoulders. Anywhere. He wanted his hands *anywhere* on her. Shoulders were safe. Was this really happening?
He melted into her and tasted her lower lip. Her mouth opened slightly with the faintest gasp, perhaps in surprise? He tugged on her lip. Oh, he wanted her, he wanted her. He wanted more. He wanted everything, *everything*. Could she tell she was precious to him? Could he show her? In this moment?
Without warning, she stepped back, and Link lost his balance and stumbled forward. An icy voice caught him, "What. Was. That."
His head spun, "A kiss?" *What was *that*?? This is no time for smartass remarks!*
"You gave me a pity kiss."
Was this a trick? A trap?? Suddenly, his battlefield instincts activated.
"A p--?" He shook his head, trying to regain his senses. "No."
Parry.
She crossed her arms over her chest as she readied another attack. "There's no audience out here, you know. You can be honest. Just admit that you think I'm a failure--"
Lunge.
"--I don't--"
Dodge.
"--and that my schedule only having four hours of prayer a day shows how lazy I am--"
Swipe.
"--Princess--"
Feint.
"--and that a proper princess doesn't have stained fingers from working on Sheikah tech--"
Slash.
"--no--"
Block.
"--and that my habit of studying every plant and animal I find is really quite childish. It's okay, it's nothing I haven't heard before. I can handle it. Just tell me what you were thinking."
Strike.
She had done it. She had blazed past his defenses and found him armed only with the naked truth. "'Finally.' That's what I was thinking."
Counterstrike.
This made no sense. She *kissed* him. Now she's *yelling* at him. What did he do? What had he *ever* done? Her words sprayed out like venom, "I asked for honesty, not mockery."
Block.
Link pushed a hand into his hair. Honesty was all he had. "I mean that I like you. I like hearing you talk about science and Sheikah tech that you understand but I don't, and I like going places with you, and you're fun to be around."
Strike.
She recoiled, switching to a more defensive position. "If -- and I do mean if -- all of those things are true, why don't you talk to me? Most of the time you're doing a convincing imitation of a brick wall."
Defensive strike.
"You didn't like me. I tried to be unobtrusive."
Parry.
He didn't know he knew words like unobtrusive. Maybe she was rubbing off on him.
She scoffed, "but you don't like me. I don't have the Goddess power."
Slash.
Link was baffled. Had he *ever* indicated *any* of this?? "So? That's not what makes you Zelda."
Counterstrike.
"Using the Goddess power is the only reason I exist, the only reason I'm of worth."
Block.
Did she *really* believe that? "We wouldn't have a steady supply of stamina elixirs if you hadn't discovered what conditions stamella shrooms need to be grown in. And Vah Naboris would still be shocking anyone except Urbosa if you hadn't figured out that electric issue. Aren't those reasons just as good?"
Slash.
They stood in silence for a moment: two embattled warriors taking a breather. Then, she shot back, "Well. I'm not perfect, but you're not either."
Clumsy feint.
"Okay?"
Easy dodge.
"For one thing, you need to kiss better. You said it wasn't a pity kiss, but that's all I got from it."
A final lunge, meant to be a finishing blow: a strike directly to the heart. But she left a window wide open.
A warmth swelled in him like he had never known, and he smiled in spite of himself. "Can I try again?"
Fatal blow.
The enemy had been defeated, and there before him stood Zelda with a wry smile and glint of mischief in her eyes. She reached for him. "Practice makes perfect."
A bit of Midzel for @elkatt-art. Are they romantically entwined? Are they just really good friends? Something in-between? You decide :) Hope you like it!
So, as of this moment, THIS is my most popular comic. THIS is, statistically speaking, what I am most known for in the fandom. And it's a dick joke. I am most known for a Zora dick joke. Could not be more proud! 😂
Oof, okay. So, confession: I've only played the Wild Era games and EoW. I hope to play the others *some day* and then I can have more informed and creative answers to this question.
For now, I'm going on the most likely couplings based what I know of the stories:
Botw/totk zelink. Surprise, surprise. But it's not just because they look purdy together (they do); it's because it makes INCREDIBLE NARRATIVE SENSE. The stories and their characters are deeply enhanced by them having a strong connection.
Oot zelink. I think it enhances the story and adds a lot of complexity with the whole time travel thing.
SS zelink. I mean. It's practically in your face.
I'm not sure if I would go zelink in TP or midlink or (probably) midzelink. I prefer *not* to ship zelink in EoW because they seem like kids to me (maybe just really good friends that would develop into something when they get older). And I hate to leave out all the wonderful 2D Zeldas, but I just don't know enough about them to have an opinion!
