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https://archiveofourown.org/users/LostAndDowned/pseuds/LostAndDowned 21, it/its Do you harass people about fiction? Yes? Buh-bye!

[writing-oof]

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[firminfollowing]

There is something so underrated and life-changing about finding the kind of motivation that works for you. Seriously. I went from struggling to do anything with any level of consistency to doing so much in a way that worked for me.

The solution that changed my life? Letting fandom fuel my interests.

I don't really know why, but there's something so impactful about interest-linking. I was always passionate about these things, but I never took the plunge to get into them on my own. It wasn't until passion and interest overrode my anxiety and hesitation that things really, really started to change.

I went to my first ornithology and bird conservation events because of a Star Wars fanfiction, and I stayed into birding because of Hunter from the Owl House. I try to garden and learn about plants because of Fern from Adventure Time.

I take Math and Computer Science classes (which I'm passionate about but bad at) because Tim Drake is a fucking nerd. I'm a Writing Consultant and an A+ English and Writing student because Jason Todd would've wanted it that way.

I go running regularly because Linked Universe Warriors could probably run circles around me. I'm learning to rock climb because Linked Universe Wild is bolting up those cliff faces. I'm a fucking blacksmith apprentice because of Linked Universe Four and Legend.

I'm not saying that doing things just because a character would do them will help you out. What I am saying is that if you want to do something but struggle to take that first step or to keep taking the steps, maybe try being absolutely obsessed with a character who also does those things.

It...just might completely change your life. At least, that's what it did for me.

[writing-oof]

I need more degenerates in the fandoms I’m in please <3

[not-freyja]

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.  Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!  And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I was tagged by @rebornofstars who clearly HATES ME because…. (In no particular order):

Shadowed

Ululation

Four Adjuration Epilogue

Legend Adjuration Epilogue

Wind Adjuration Epilogue

LE63ND

Game Over

The Korok Space Program

Drown

Dimidiate

Princess of Legend

NaviRulie

Child of the Forest

GanonRulie (ongoing collab)

The Actual Wrath of Khan

Oracular Refrain

Game Mechanics

Supplant

Snare

To Thunderous Applause

Refrenced

I… I’ve probably forgotten some. Head in hands. Legend sigh emoji. Bee… Bee, I have to tag 21 people now. Look what you’ve done to me.

No pressure: @gia-d @weavingstarlight @needfantasticstories @hotcheetohatredwastaken @life-in-winter @tashacee @undertheopensky @glittercat34 @somer-writes @sister-dear @a-manicured-lawn @bittirsweeteer @bokettochild @musical-chan @straight-outta-hobbiton @kisnroses @zarvasace @whatvioletdoes-blog @whitewinterstar @toyouhellohowareyou @nyastri

[whatvioletdoes-blog]

Oh dear uh, okay here we go but you also hate us slightly, don't you? XD

Shadow POV

LU Chatfic

System Legend AU

February prompt oneshots (1 to 18 currently)

LU ZE AU

RingRulie

Legend's Adventures Reordered

Basement Picnic

Animal Soulmates AU

Anosmia Twilight

Traducción Adjuration

Traducción Cave Like A Net

Alice in WATerland

If asking about the prompts feel free to throw a number or just leave it up to whatever we feel like sharing (?) And now to find 13 people to tag... (Sorry in advance if any of you were tagged 17 times already)

No pressure but! @gurlgallade @imperialkatwala @respheal @lou-is-sleepy @sketchy-potato @i-love-zelda-16 @fithesworddweller @linderosse @maddrumsticks @labyrinthdancer @seatrisa @twink-between-worlds @emig22

[respheal]

Y'all are so strong with your dozens of WIPs xD Thanks for the tag!! <3

Unbroken

Hic Svnt Leones

Faceless

Her Sword and Shield

Compass Rose

(#1 is the only one I have unpublished snippets of at the moment, but happy to ramble about the others too :D)

Oh man, five people who haven't been tagged yet... @nancyheart11 @nopenototdaysatan @bluevaractyl @poposusz @gryphonlover!

[nopenototdaysatan]

Oooooooooh. Exciting new stuff I see. Thanks for the tag Res! CX

1. Healing & Hurting

2. LEGEND'S Ithaca Saga

3. His Chain of Claims

4. The Chain of Light: A Tale of Nine Heroes (pick a Link and I'll talk about their adventure)

5. Broken and Dead: But not Gone

6. Falling into the Darkness, Chains holding us down

7. Corrupted Green (please pick an Arc [It's already almost 13k words. TuT] Breaking Arc, Training Arc, Mission/Reward Arc, The Others Arc, Breaking 2.0 Arc, Ever After Arc)

@breannasfluff @shinobi-addiction @turdofanerd @iolitemoth @sunfloo-wers @batrogers @bepisbee (not sure if you do these but join us if you wanna, Bepisbee.)

[sunfloo-wers]

I'm a little late, sorry Rowan! This is really fun though thanks for the tag :D Your stuff looks really cool and of what I've seen so far it is really cool

Circumstance doesn’t prove either to be very strong.

Provolone Piruette

WAIT THAT'S A MOBLIN?!?

wait what? confusions that REALLY SHOULDN'T HAPPEN

reach for the stars you beautiful bastard

the face of a boy who has eaten so many live fish

best girl best girl best girl

The definitely bone related funeral

Masked, still me; Changed, never broken

honey, you told me not to give up, but I’m not sure this is what you meant

The Stockpile (including but not limited to: is your back okay?, aaaaaaaa, bnuuy, oh hi there wait a second)

do I know 11 people who've not done this to tag?

@wasntthataparty @readingismyhobby24 @ahanarhorse @seatrisa @starwolfie @magiowlio @apho-sappho @durudurururu @emig22 @fithesworddweller @twink-between-worlds

[apho-sappho]

THE FACE OF A BOY WHO HAS EATEN SO MANY LIVE FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gonna do hopefully ones that are different? I have SO many

wars four time loop

witcher

warriors and shadow?!

warriors ghirahim swap

fi the pregnancy test

den-ooo

Halusia

okay but zelda's rapier kinda flushed face

adoptive bomb father

the chain meet the most fucked up individual

oh, i screwed up again (i'm gonna reincarnate)

rip warriors's sanity. gone to soon. gone to octavo

big sister Cadence

shapeshifter Azula

I'm gonna stop this there or it'll go on FOREVER

Open tags!!!

[writing-oof]

Did not get tagged but I am participating nonetheless lol (had too many so I picked randomly)

1) neopronouns au (god said so)

2) did four

3) a wild legend

4) rulie has a bad time (it’s shadows fault)

5) shackled princess legend

6) something something

7) pretty fairy, dead fairy

8) time

9) this chapter is kicking my ass

10) ain’t what it looks like (goats)

11) sci-fi (v.12)

12) antifairy hyrule (to give is to deny? a prayer is better screamed? bleed upon the altar?)

[writing-oof]

by the pricking of my thumbs (something wicked this way comes)

Sky's breath hitches. They are similar. Sky can see it every time he looks at Wild for a moment too long, every time the hero tells of his own tale. Their stories are similar, but they are terribly, terribly different in all the ways that matter. Wild turns, slowly. "You…never defeated Demise, did you?" --- (or: Hylia's Heroes have been gathered from across time for one, final quest. Their enemy is closer than any of them recognize.) (or: Or: Of all the heroes Demise could have ordered him to kill, it just had to be the one with resurrection powers. Honestly, he thinks Hylia might just be playing with him at this point.)

Find the first chapter here!

Copy the link here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65603416/chapters/168905479

[writing-oof]

you are not alone (i've been here the whole time)

Things quickly stop being fine. In truth, the shadow isn't sure they ever were. It's hard to think like this. --- (or: the shadow is not having a good time. legend is not having a good time. the ghosts are not having a good time. bad time all around, honestly.) (or: Or: the shadow is cursed. and haunted. also, who the hell is Vio?)

Find it here!

Copy the link here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65576554

[writing-oof]

hell will always come

Sky finds out Legend is Fable's twin, and his direct descendant, and is overjoyed. Then, Sky finds out why Legend never intended to tell him, or anyone, about this. Sky responds accordingly. --- (or: Hylia was once a god of war. Perhaps, it is time to return to her roots.) (or: or: BAMF Sky, newer Chain, Prince Legend, the works)

(tumblr ao3 links why do u hate meeee??)

Find it here!

Copy the link here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65548492

[museaway]

✍️ more fic writer asks!

reblog & your followers can send asks with the questions they’d like you to answer!

the last sentence you wrote

a character whose POV you’re currently exploring

how you feel about your current WIP

a story idea you haven’t written yet

first sentence of the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP

the word that appears the most in your current draft (wordcounter.net can tell you)

your preferred writing fonts

if you had to write a sequel to a fic, you’d write one for…

start to finish, how long did it take you to write the last fic you posted?

what is the longest amount of time you’ve let a draft rest before you finished it?

a WIP you’d like to finish someday

a trope you’re really into right now

a fandom you’re thinking about writing for

where do you get your inspiration?

favorite weather for writing

favorite place to write

talk about your writing and editing process

if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

the most interesting topic you’ve researched for a fic

in what year did you publish your first fic?

when did you publish your most recent fic?

do you ever worry about public reaction to what you’re writing? how do you get past that?

pick three keywords that describe your writing

how do you recharge when you’re not feeling creative?

besides writing, what are your other hobbies?

are you able to write with other people around?

your favorite part of the writing process

your least favorite part of the writing process

how easy is it for you to come up with titles?

share a fic you’re especially proud of

[russeliarat]

I saw someone hypothesise about Four's type of dwarfism they thought he has in the tags of my post about me wanting more Four fics dedicated to his struggles with it, and because I woke up from a long ass nap and it's like 11pm, I shall share my hcs for it. In true Russ fashion lol

So basically here they are:

Four's type of dwarfism is hypochondraplasia, which is sometimes described as a mild form of achondraplasia. It is a bone and cartilage disorder manifesting from either a random genetic mutation in the FGFR3 gene, or from an autsomnal dominant genetic inheritance (aka if one parent has the (dominant - the parent will have hypochondraplasia too) gene, there's a 50% chance the child will have it).

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I'd imagine how it manifests in Four is as proportionate dwarfism with bowed legs and a lordosis (inwards curve at the lower back) that is mild currently but will get worse over time. Probably also pretty bad joint pains in his limbs after physical activity. I think his exact height would be 4 feet 4 inches (132cm) which is relatively average for this form of dwarfism, if a little on the shorter side. He's got very few prominent facial features denoting it, though he has got pretty broad shoulders and hands.

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Four is also built like a fucking tank in my brain because he's a blacksmith. He has a wider range of motion in his arms and legs than most people with hypochondraplasia because his blacksmithing and 2-3 (depending on how you count it personally) adventures. Despite it, he has to work like 10 times harder for his body to physically catch up to the Chain. Very little arms and legs yk?

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Four's main struggle is the social side of having it. He's constantly teased for it at best and likely gets in a lot more danger at worst. Being shorter means he has to physically work harder to defend himself in battle against normally sized, if not giant, enemies. He would struggle more to get out of the way of danger and dodge in time than the rest of the Chain. Honestly, he'd probably struggle a lot more in a more social setting like a town than anything. Some proper weirdos people can be, especially in Hyrule.

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Its much easier for him to function at his forge because he's got his own accommodations there. He can personally alter any weaponry and clothes to suit his body proportions. He has things like a lot of stepping stools to reach places he wouldn't normally be able to. Just little everyday things he'd need changing a little bit in his own home.

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Considering LoZ franchise takes place in the medieval eras, I wouldn't be surprised if as Four was growing up, he was accused of being a changeling or a variety of other accusations of him being inhuman and swapped as a baby. Due to his joint deformities, he likely has delayed milestones as a baby like sitting, crawling, and walking. Then when he started to just stop growing suddenly at like 8 for seemingly no reason, people sorta went 'magic boy🫵'.

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I think most of Four's annoyance (other than the bone and cartilage issues) would probably come from the social aspect of it. People assuming he's a kid and then people treating him different when they find out he's a little person. People in the current modern day have some wild ideas about little people so I can imagine just how insane the stereotypes for little people in the medieval era is, let alone from the eccentric lot that come from the kingdom of Hyrule. We know Four gets absolutely tilted at being infantalised, half I imagine is because of the dwarfism and half is because he's a teenager most likely and teen boys have always got the mindset of trying to prove themselves no matter the size and shape they come in.

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And yes, Shadow would also have hypochondraplasia if he were here RIP

[inactivehero-of-fortuneinactive]

Ao3 authors, when did you make your account? You can check under your profile tab. I made mine on dec 18, 2021.

[inactivehero-of-fortuneinactive]

Who in the chain is most likely to read corny/cheesy paperback romance novels in secret

sky

four

Time

Twi

Wild

Wars

Wind

Legend

Hyrule

Voting ended onApr 8, 2025

for science 👍 (fanfiction)

edit: emphasis on SECRETLY i think a lot of us agree sky and wars would be loud and proud about their literature

[writing-oof]

My headcanons (only semi serious):

Sky - a loud and proud romantic. Reads romance whenever he’s awake enough to do so and will trade book reccs with Wars

Four - bounces between quietly reading romance for genuine interest, not caring, and hating them with a passion:

- Red: Reads them and weeps every time (happy tears? sad tears? just tears all around) Does not hide his reading.

- Vio: Love is dead. All of these characters are ridiculous. He needs to read it again just to be sure. (Hates romance. Reads it recreationally.) Does not hide his reading.

- Blue: He’s going on a passionate rant about how much better it would be for the girl to leave the guy two pages in. By the end of the book, he’s either teary-eyed (will not admit this on the penalty of death) or ripping the pages out and screaming at the unsatisfying ending. Hides his reading.

- Green: Is a sucker for love-at-first-sight stories. Hides his reading.

Time: doesn’t read romance, but wouldn’t hide it if he did. He used to, but “the real thing’s better.” He does write sappy af letters to his wife though

Twilight: has a mini library. Likes a variety of romance, but dislikes love triangle stories. Secretly likes “beauty and the beast” type stories. Hides his reading.

Wild: owns four copies of the novelization of “The Shape of Water.” Will never admit to it. Never.

Wars - isn’t afraid to admit that he reads romance, but the rough draft for the romance novel he’s writing is very secret. He’s pouring his soul into it (The book isn’t not bad. Needs some work, but is a decent read)

Wind: doesn’t usually read for fun. Once read Wars’s novel-in-progress as part of a dare from Mask during WOE. Thinks it’s pretty good. Still sneaks into Wars’s stuff to read live updates.

Legend: “Those are Ravio’s, not mine!” Is lying. He’s weak for domestic fiction (is trying to avoid thinking about adventures, and likes thinking about a peaceful life)

Hyrule: can’t read. -_-

[writing-oof]

departing to sci-fi self-indulgence station (sorry legend)

TW: Guilt, Grief, Survivor's Guilt, Child Death (Implied/Referenced), Magic, Self-Hate, Fear of Discovery, etc (the usual, read the ao3 tags)

Legend's past will haunt him until the day he finally dies. He's more than content to bury it where it belongs, but the Chain's magical abilities are throwing a wrench in everything. From reminding him of his trauma to forcing the truth from him, Legend isn't sure he's going to survive this, even if they don't decide to kill him for what he's done.) (or: perhaps THE most self-indulgent fic I've ever written. your welcome)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63602275/chapters/163009765

[TUMBLR WHY NO AO3 LINKING WHYYYYY]

[russeliarat]

I think it'd be fun if there were more Four fics talking about his life dealing with his height, since I believe most people seem to write him with dwarfism vaguely in their minds.

He's already quite short in the comic despite not having a stated height, and from my like 3 year experience of reading LU fics and headcanons on an almost daily basis, it generally seems like people write him at least 4'10 and below (the height boundary for a dwarfism diagnosis in adults apparently).

[your-tires-are-too-cold]

fic planning be like:

[writing-oof]

and the ghosts say what you already know

TW: Fear of Discovery, DID, Self-Hate/Insecurity

a shadow wakes, not for the first time. it is the first time it's woken around others. it...doesn't really know what to do.

(the DID Four content y'all had to know was coming)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63816622

(TUMBLR WHY WONT YOU LET ME AO3 LINKKKK)

[writing-oof]

Y’all, the linked universe special interest was always meant to be.

Just found my first posted fic from when I was literally 12 years old and the OC villains name is literally Demise.

By god this is pretty funny

[writing-oof]

Tumble-Exclusive Hyrule Angst Snippets

TW: implied/referenced sa, captivity, ganondorf being an asshole/creep

Hyrule...Hyrule knows what Ganondorf wants.

He can do it. He's done it before.

He's never felt blessed by how the people in his world treated him, but their setting of his place in the world has prepared him for this. Hyrule knows how to be a good dog, when he needs to.

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"Kneel," the Dark Lord commands.

Hyrule kneels. The stone is cold under his skin. He bows his head, his eyes focused on the tops of Ganondorf's boots. They're freshly shined, not a speck of dirt to be found.

"Good," the Dark Lord says, and Hyrule feels a shiver go down his spine at the praise. "Good boy."

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"You will find that I can be merciful," the Dark Lord says. The wine tastes like ash in Hyrule's mouth. As an afterthought, the man adds, "When it suits me, of course."

"And, does it?" Hyrule asks, his eyes burning holes into the floor. His knees ache against the ground. "Does it suit you?"

Gentle fingers card through his hair and Hyrule breathes carefully to quell the nausea.

"I have not killed you yet," the Dark Lord says. It is regrettably true.