tris of the wild

aka @presentstone | 35+ | avert your virgin eyes

[trisofthewild]

master post: zelda fic by tris of the wild (trisfic @ AO3)

Breath of the Wild continuity

some other metal than earth, a smutty post-BOTW duology that can be read separately or as a series:

none is left to protest (Link/Zelda, 8651 words, E)

no more than reason (Link/Zelda/Paya, 8375 words, E)

salvo (Teba/Saki/Harth, 379 words, T)

Age of Calamity continuity

apéritif (Zelda/Impa, 1507 words, M)

Some Unholy Fusion of BoTW and AoC

big cat down (Impa/Sooga, 1190 words, M)

jamais, presque, déjà (Link/Link, ~7100 words, E)

No specific game

Naive Melody (Link/Zelda, 12776 words, M)

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Naive Melody

"Link and Zelda ride out of Hateno into a morning that still shines with dew. The air is brisk and clean and open in a way it wasn’t in the village Link spent sixteen years waiting to leave."

-- Naive Melody* by @trisofthewild

*Please sign in to Ao3 to read

[drsteggy]

If you’re enjoying Uneasy Lies the Chosen of Farore, this is the official sequel and I very much love it and you should read it.

It can be read stand alone and it’s not going to spoil anything

[trisofthewild]

Check out this gorgeous art Sun did for my fic Naive Melody! And… check out the fic too, if you want. (I remain incredibly flattered that Steggy has chosen to adopt my sequel as “canon” for Farore.)

[thespiralgrimoire]

Dear AO3 readers please know that if I do not reply to your comment it is because I am laying it on the ground and rolling in it like a cat in a flower bed

[drsteggy]

Hey all, so something I’ve been involved in recently has been a Discord server meant for Zelda fans over 25. Theres a focus on ZeLink, but it’s also friendly to other ships and is meant for adults so no BS and drama. It’s pretty chill and a good place to bounce ideas.

Come join me on Noble Pursuit <—- handy Discord link.

[trisofthewild]

Come hang! 💕

[fatefulfaerie]

Self-Recs

Fic authors self-rec! ✨ When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (if you would like to)!

Thank you so much for the tag @scarlet-curls !!

In no particular order:

In Calamity’s Grasp: Hyrule attempts to prepare for a calamity that always had the kingdom within its grasp. Read along as Zelda navigates a ruthlessly honest kingdom and a frustratingly silent goddess, as the knight attendant she once loathed becomes a confidant, a friend, and perhaps more. Find out what truly happened a hundred years before the events of Breath of the Wild.

A Moment Beyond: It’s been over a year since Link defeated Demise and laid the Master Sword to rest. Link, Zelda, and Groose are thriving on a Surface they know little of. Their life and future seems to be speeding them along, but will the past get in the way? Rated “Teen and Up Audiences” for dark themes, mild adult themes, and mild language.

Ten Thousand Years Ago: Ganondorf is defeated and peace has returned to a previously twilight-infested Hyrule. But, in fear of his inevitable return, what will the Princess do to protect her kingdom?

Poor Timing (oneshot)

A Night To Forget (oneshot)

Tagging (sorry if you’ve already been tagged just ignore it): @that-g3-obsessive @drsteggy @linktheacehero @louwhose @zeldaelmo

[drsteggy]

Thank you for the tag @fatefulfaerie ! My five favorites hmmmm

Uneasy Lies the Chosen of Farore- a long fic about a Regular Guy who finds out he is the chosen hero at the age of 42. This propels him to deal with the trauma of his life, learn how to make friends and fall in love. This fic has ended up being a bit of a foundational cornerstone for a lot of my other work, though most of the shorter pieces are fairly stand alone. Rated M for thematic stuff, canon typical violence, implied sexual content.

Reunion- explicit ZeLink BOTW post calamity one shot. My goal with this fic was more emotion based smut than what I’d previously done, with no one saying I love you (though it is hopefully obvious they do love each other) and no PIV sex. That’s it, that’s the fic.

Link and Fancy-set in the Farore universe, by about 30 prior to the start of that story, this tells the tale of a very young future hero and his first pony. Rated G

The Constant- also set in Farore and contains spoilers for that fic. This is five scenes depicting the development of Link’s friendship with Impa. It’s mostly missing or extended scenes. I’m particularly pleased with the first chapter. Rated T does discuss (not explicit) exploration of sexuality in chapter 3

Eternal Shipwreck of our Hopes- pre-game BOTW character study of the best champion, Urbosa, as she sits trapped on a dead Divine Beast.

No pressure tags for @snidgetwidgeon @tired-twili @wanderingnightingale @trisofthewild and @silentprincess17

[trisofthewild]

Thanks for the tag, @drsteggy! I haven’t written many more than five fics in this fandom but here we go anyway. 😅

jamais, presque, déjà - is my newest one, so I have to plug it. You know how Age of Calamity is basically one big fix-it fic for the tragedy of BOTW? This fic is basically: what if BOTW Link found out about the alternate dimension where he never lost his memory, his friends and family didn’t die, and everything was fine? And also he had nasty sex with his alter ego? Really makes u think. 🤔 (Bears obvious marks of influence from the excellent TV show Severance and the masterpiece CRPG Disco Elysium, both of which I consumed since the last time I wrote BOTW fic and was normal about it.)

Naive Melody - goes with the post above. This is a fic-of-fic for Steggy’s Chosen of Farore universe, taking place several years after the main story when Link and Zelda are in their fifties. Given the givens (plus tags like “past child abuse” and “death of parent”), I think a lot of people are scared off or just assume this story isn’t for them, but I think it’s some of my best and most emotionally raw writing, particularly in the second half. And in the first half they get married so that’s fun too! Give it a go.

none is left to protest - my entry into this fandom and I came out swinging. This was, I believe, only the second BOTW zelink pegging fic on AO3. It’s incredibly heartfelt and entirely romantic, which is an appropriate punchline for “came up with this story idea as a joke, then realized I was dead-ass serious.”

no more than reason - a sequel to the above, in which an established Zelink relationship gets a little more experimental (read: threesome with our friend Paya; no big deal, right?). While I was writing it, I couldn’t believe my own filth, and yet multiple commenters have called it wholesome. Others have said it made them cry. As a composed piece, I think this is my best writing in this fandom.

And, using lower hit count as a tiebreaker between the two fics I want to rec for number five…

big cat down - is kinky, but not really smutty. A short and snappy piece about Impa’s life following the Calamity, and what happened when she discovered a random hookup was actually her enemy, Sooga. 😈 (spoiler: femdom is what) (but also it’s a METAPHOR, gosh)

No tags! Do what you will!

[trisofthewild]

Linkshipping porn: it's likelier than you think

Hello. I have at last finished and posted my previously secret WIP. It's about Link (Breath of the Wild) falling into the world of Age of Calamity, feeling various ways about that, and having gay bisexual sex with his doppelganger. Like you do.

jamais, presque, déjà

Link (BoTW)/Link (AoC)

E for Explicit

7100 words or so

Enjoy, I hope!

[trisofthewild]

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic? 🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write? 🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants? 🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success? ⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?

SORRY IT IS TAKING ME A WEEK TO GET THROUGH THIS GAME

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

Yeahhh, I think most of my irl friends do. When friendships and fandom overlap! It happens. I'm also 99.9% sure my sister knows (and I am 100% sure that she has) but by unspoken agreement this is never acknowledged between us.

🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?

Afternoon and evenings for sure. I definitely wrote a lot of my past fic in the unholiest hours of the night, but now that I am old I don't even like bringing my laptop in my bedroom, much less writing porn past my bedtime.

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

This is another way I've changed as a writer. Writing late into the night was part of my process when I was younger because I did not plan, I just surfed on waves of inspiration, which frequently meant writing entire short fics in one sitting--if it needed more time, I might not be able to catch another wave. I got a little better at writing stories across multiple sessions as I went along, but without real planning it was always really difficult and I think it ultimately contributed to whatever made me stop writing fic for almost a decade.

When I started writing fic again, I found that without meaning to, I had become a planner. (I always think this has something to do with all the papers and the thesis I had to write for school in those missing years.) I no longer like to even start writing anything down before I have the full story fleshed out in my head, and if I do, it's because I have some really strong ideas that I'll put down in bullet point form, knowing I need more bullet points to make an entire outline with. Sometimes my outlines ARE very vague, more like a list of scenes/beats, and sometimes they're very detailed (I like to choreograph every move of a sex scene, for example), but again, even the outlines usually aren't committed to paper/screen until I've thought the whole story through.

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

I try not to sweat kudos and comments too much, although that's a lot easier said than done. Focusing on the individual reactions--if any one person, especially a friend or writer I really respect, loves it--I'll probably feel good about it. It's also about whether or not I really like it. If I want to reread my own story and still like it after it's been posted, that's an important form of success.

⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?

TOO LONG. Here's what I'll say in favor of the inspiration surfing method from my 20s: I worked a lot faster than I do now. Nowadays I can maybe turn out 500 words per day. This doesn't count the planning/outlining stage, or rewriting (I rewrite a lot; most of what I post is at minimum a second or third draft), or editing. So... depending on length: weeks to months.

My current WIP (started about three weeks ago, though I lost about a week to heatwave) has about 4k words, almost all first draft, hundreds of which will doubtless be deleted. It also has several key scenes missing and a deadline less than a week away. Your thoughts and prayers, please.

THANK U FOR THE ASK MARINA ILU I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!

[trisofthewild]

🍷 Do you drink and write?

Ha! I’ve tried. Unfortunately I have this thing called “adhd inattentive type” and it turns out that alcohol does not improve my focus. Who knew? I may be able to nurse a beer while writing, or work on a gentle wine buzz (wine buzz is the superior literary lubricant), but any harder liquor and I simply cannot Get it Up.

P.S. speaking of a gentle buzz, here is the only fic I can recall actually writing with one: salvo.

Thank you for the ask! 💜

[trisofthewild]

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride? ❌ What's a trope you will never write? 💞 Who's your comfort character?

THANK YOU FOR THE DECODER RING LOL

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

I think I would have to say no more than reason, which starts out as a fun porny romp then veers into surprise heartbreak. I, uh, did feel a little guilty about that one. Just in terms of tagging. 😂 Hold onto your asses, everyone, the sad bisexual feelings have arrived.

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

Never say never, but it is highly unlikely I will ever write a coffee shop AU or anything in that "cute mundanity" genre. Not my bag.

💞 Who's your comfort character?

To write, or just like, in life? The latter has been Link, although it is currently Kim Kitsuragi. As far as writing goes, this is interesting because I don't think either Link or Kim are particularly comfy characters to write. And I don't know that comfort is a very interesting place for me to write from. (See previous question.) If anything I think I use writing as a way to pick at my scabs. So maybe the question is who do I feel comfortable using as a vessel for that somewhat uncomfortable process, which is to say, who am I comfortable fucking up as a form of self-insert? And tbh. The answer is most of them. That's why writing fanfic is so interesting! So many aspects of so many characters to project myself all over! :AngryCry: Sorry to the writers out here doing it for the art, I'm just blatantly alternating between playing dolls and free therapy ... ENJOY!

[unmaskedcardinal]

fic asks: 🥺🧐🤗 !!

Thanks for the ask @xcacias !!

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

The moment of regret that things haven't been said, but the character won't say anything because it feels like an inappropriate time, or they don't have time, or they just can't. Of course I then almost invariably follow it up with the Near Death Experience and that's when the real feels happen because the characters realize how stupid it was to not apologize/not say "I love you"/or be general dickheads to each others.

See: all my works, I don't think there is a longfic where I haven't done this at least a little.

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Yes and no. I find myself researching really specific little things, or if it's an open-world video game, returning to spots, reviewing plot points in wikis and walk thrus.

For LA Noire I researched a lot of car and gun stuff. For BotW it was bird stuff (though if I had met @drsteggy before I started Rito Chronicles, I would have changed some egg stuff).

I find myself researching parts of things a lot of the time. Queue me looking up cart diagrams, castle diagrams, clothing....

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

Make friends with fanfic writers at various stages of their writing journeys, fanfic writers of different ages, and fans who don't write but want to contribute to the fandom in other ways. Make friends who build you up rather than tear you down. Make friends who will look at your half-finished work and help you realize it to a fuller potential.

Most importantly, make friends who don't police what you want to write about, that you aren't afraid will kick you out of things for what you write or ship, and that don't want you to be their sycophant. And extend them the same courtesies.

I've been the luckiest fanfic writer in the entire world this regard 💞

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[trisofthewild]

Sun's advice is better than mine. Like I said, it's easier said than done to be not afraid. Having a community that will support you instead of unfriending you because you ship the rival ship is essential--certainly it was foundational to my experience, and I hope it can be to yours too.

[trisofthewild]

🛒🤗✨ for the ask game!

🛒 recurring motifs again

Uh… The word tits.

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

(Sun I know you just gave me this one for the boob honk emoji.) Traditionally my advice to any and all fanfic writers would to be to get a good beta. Not just someone who can do a basic proof read, but is actually good at the art of beta reading (strong mechanics and attention to detail, yes, but also the ability to identify where and how your writing can improve). However, for new fanfic writers coming up now in the current fandom environment, I think that’s probably less important advice than Be Not Afraid. I realize it’s easier said than done, but even if it means you need to post under alternate accounts or anonymously, you will gain so much more as a writer and a human being from writing the freak shit you’re worried people will judge you for than from writing to what you think people want to see. Despite what 🐜 rhetoric would have you believe, we all have weird or dark thoughts, and it’s okay to explore them. Write taboos. Write problematic ships. Write out-there kinks. I mean, if you want to. I don’t really recommend writing freak shit purely for the shock value, but you do you. Ultimately, readers are STARVING for this stuff, you’ll learn something about yourself, and you won’t hurt anyone. You don’t even have to show anyone, but if you want to, that’s what tags and content warnings are for. When art becomes an unsafe space for the freedom of expression, it ceases to be art. I’ve got your back. Also, any assholes who wanna judge you? Block em. You can be free. ♥️

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Um….. writing. You have, on occasion, made people feel real emotion. That is pretty cool. Keep it up, boo.

Thank you for the ask! Questions are here.

[trisofthewild]

Emoji ask

🥺🛒💋💖👀

Oh glob I forgot I’d need a decoder ring for this thing. Future askers are encouraged to send the whole line hahaha 😅

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

One thing I find myself continually doing in a very transparent kind of Wish Fulfillment 101 way is one person being unable to process their feelings until they hit a breaking point of some kind and melt down, and another person is there to accept and love and help them. I’m sure it’s fine though ha ha ha

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Sad bisexual feelings. Mourning for missed opportunities, what never was, what’s gone forever. Agency, finding one’s power, realization. Symbolic masturbation. Outdoor smooches. Everyone who needs one will be assigned a dog.

💋 First kiss fics. Love em or hate em?

Love.

💖 What made you start writing?

My first official story was written in the second grade, so honestly I barely remember a time before I started writing. The first fanfic I wrote was for Xanth novels on binder paper when I was maybe 12. I also filled about three dozen journals in my youth, though that wasn’t fiction. I learned from this that writing is a good way to process thoughts and feelings, and whenever I go long periods without writing (like: most of my thirties, except for tweets and college papers) I assume I’m worse off for it because writing is so essential to the way I interface with the world and myself.

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

It’s a secreeeeeeeeeeet.

Thank you for the ask! Questions are here.

[nottheweirdest]

Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

✍ Do you have a beta reader?

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

💋 First kiss fics. Love em or hate em?

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

🍷 Do you drink and write?

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?

💖 What made you start writing?

💌 How do you feel about comments and feedback?

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

💲 Would you ever open commissions?

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

🏆 What's your most popular fic?

🎃 Do you write fics for certain holidays? Which is your favorite holiday inspired fic?

🎯 Have any of your readers accurately guessed major plot points? Care to share which?

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

📈 How many fics do you have?

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

💞 Who's your comfort character?

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

😬 Which of your fics would you be most horrified for friends, family, or coworkers to stumble upon?

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?

⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?

💥 How do you feel about criticism?

🤭 Do you have a favorite tag to use when posting your works?

🥰 How do you feel about reader interaction? Are you open to receiving questions about your fics?

[trisofthewild]

Oooo, I'd like elaboration on Link/Riju if possible^^ From the WIP ask game.

In a world... where Link and Zelda have a committed, ethically non-monogamous relationship... the possibilities for smut are nearly endless!! >:D This was my discovery last year, causing me to briefly go mad with ethically slutty power and begin plotting a whole series of stories about these two fucking their way across Hyrule. These "Slutty Zelink Adventures" (not to be confused with Slutty Zelda, another item on my WIP list) never quite materialized, but the Riju episode of this series remains dear to my heart.

Unfortunately my outline contains the phrase "heterosexual rumspringa," which I will never be able to top, so you see why I haven't made more progress with it.

[trisofthewild]

tell me about your ganzelink WIP

L: where r u Z: Outside Z: Too hot in there Z: Where are you? L: pool table Z: Are ya winning, son? L: ofc L: urbosas cousin is here Z: Here too. She has like 20 cousins L: this is the only dude cousin Z: Is he nice? L: yeah L: tall Z: That does sound nice L: I think he wants me to suck his dick Z: 👀 Z: Do you want to suck Urbosa’s dude cousin’s dick? L: if i ho home with this guy will u pick me up tmrow L: go* Z: ho L: if i go ho Z: Where does he live? L: idk let me ask L: gerudo valley Z: Yes L: then yes. 🍆 Z: Go ho, my love L: cool L: fuck hes tall Z: No road head. L: i love u

(You probably couldn't tell from the excerpt, but it's a modern AU.)

[trisofthewild]

‘let not him speak neither’ sounds intriguing!

(Pre-excerpt note: "let not him speak neither" is a missing scene from my Link/Zelda/Paya fic no more than reason. Because that fic and its prequel both have titles quoted from Much Ado About Nothing, this fic continues the tradition.)

Erotic texts of the Sheikah went back thousands of years and detailed sexual positions the likes of which she could never have thought of herself, though Paya did not lack for imagination. She understood, from what she’d read, that this union of man and woman, one above the other, was as basic as could be, a mainstay (one text suggested in derogatory tones) of Hylian farmers. Yet for as much as she was intrigued by some of the diagrams she’d seen, she could not presently conceive of a reason to complain about the simplicity of Link on her, in her, his chest against her chest, holding her as though she were his. Paya had never felt so complete in her life. She envied her contortionist forebears only one thing: the freedom, while making love, to say so. I love you.

[trisofthewild]

the next world, for new people !!!!!!

He reaches the end of his cigarette and stubs it out. “Have I ever fucked a man? Is that what you want to know? Yes, Harry. I fuck men.” 

His gaze is electric, glittering in the dark. It’s… it’s penetrating.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Hey, you’re a man!

ELECTROCHEMISTRY: KIM FUCKS MEN AND YOU ARE A MAN. MAYBE HE WILL FUCK YOU? JUST MAKING THIS EXTRA CLEAR IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THE FIRST SEVERAL TIMES.