Paternal Instinct

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• World in Dark: Paternal Instinct by pengyd769, SpiritShield77

  Fandoms: Super Smash Brothers, Persona 5, 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania (Video Games), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Punch-Out!! (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M, M/M, Multi
  • Complete Work

  04 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Kitagawa Yusuke/Sakamoto Ryuji
  • Niijima Makoto/Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Ganondorf/Dracula (Castlevania)
  • Persona 5 Protagonist & Takamaki Ann
  • Leaf (Pokemon) & Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Jerome "Doc" Louis & Little Mac
  • Morgana & The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Suzui Shiho/Takamaki Ann
  • Dracula Vlad Tepes | Mathias Cronqvist
  • Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
  • Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Little Mac
  • Leaf (Pokemon)
  • Jerome "Doc" Louis
  • The Author Regrets Everything
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Suicide
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Medical Procedures
  • Medical Experimentation
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Illnesses
  • References to Illness
  • Murder
  • Assisted Suicide
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Mental Breakdown
  • Body Horror
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • some gore
  • Animal Death
  • Harm to Animals
  • Harm to Children
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • World in Dark AU
  • Why Did I Write This?
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Emotional Damage
  • Alternate Universe
  • Possessive Behavior
  • Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
  • Everything turns out relatively fine
  • Novel
  • Darkfic
  • Horror
  • Whump
  • Dracula may be slightly OOC
  • but in reality he just wants answers as opposed to actually curing anything like in the anime
  • Rating May Change

  Summary

  The title's a working title, I promise. This is a story based on Luft-P's Smash Ultimate Infection AU where I give some love to the boss characters and spirits (seriously, they are super underutilized right now). Basically, Dracula meets Ganondorf and they unofficially adopt a bunch of canon child fighters and spirits.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Paternal Instinct

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  154,993

  Chapters:

  100/100

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  27

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  1,894

• Another Ending by pengyd769, SpiritShield77

  Fandoms: 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania (Video Games), Super Smash Brothers, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Persona 5, Punch-Out!! (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/F, F/M, Multi
  • Complete Work

  05 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Kitagawa Yusuke/Sakamoto Ryuji
  • Niijima Makoto/Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Dracula Vlad Tepes | Mathias Cronqvist/Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
  • Leaf (Pokemon) & Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Morgana & The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Dracula Vlad Tepes | Mathias Cronqvist
  • Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
  • Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Little Mac
  • Leaf (Pokemon)
  • Pit (Kid Icarus)
  • The author deeply apologizes
  • Suicide
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Medical Procedures
  • Medical Experimentation
  • Butchering a person alive like a deer
  • wait are angels people?
  • Murder
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Animal Death
  • Child Death
  • like a lot of child death if you count teenagers as children
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • This chapter starts with the girl harmonizing with a fan
  • then proceeds to hit you with a brick with butcher vanity
  • Oneshot
  • Darkfic
  • Dracula is probably OOC but I am past the point of caring
  • it's probably in character for him to slowly lose his marbles to grief anyway
  • it's happened twice

  Summary

  So what if the ending in Paternal Instinct was just a dream?

  Series

  • Part 2 of Paternal Instinct

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,797

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  1

  Hits:

  19

• Aftermath by pengyd769, SpiritShield77

  Fandoms: Super Smash Brothers, Persona 5, 悪魔城ドラキュラ | Castlevania (Video Games), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Punch-Out!! (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, M/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  07 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Kitagawa Yusuke/Sakamoto Ryuji
  • Niijima Makoto/Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Dracula Vlad Tepes | Mathias Cronqvist/Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
  • Leaf (Pokemon) & Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Morgana & The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Jerome "Doc" Louis & Little Mac
  • Dracula Vlad Tepes | Mathias Cronqvist
  • Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
  • Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Little Mac
  • Leaf (Pokemon)
  • Jerome "Doc" Louis
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Trauma
  • Alternate Universe
  • Novel
  • Possessive Behavior
  • Marriage
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • Found Family
  • i think there's angst here but i will add the tag just in case
  • Light Angst
  • it's very implied if not outright confirmed but I am writing Ganondorf as a bottom
  • it's just funnier that way.
  • Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
  • Dracula is either healing or is OOC
  • Both is good
  • Historically good things happen when Dracula finds and connects with people he likes
  • Like zero attempts at wiping out the human race for the second known time
  • Yes there is a onsen part
  • i am cringe but i am free
  • Psychological Horror
  • the implication that ganondorf at some point loses some level of self respect after an unfortunate encounter with captain falcon
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • takes my story and shakes it like a snow globe
  • Rating May Change
  • Dialogue Heavy

  Summary

  Hey remember the gut wrenching events of Paternal Instinct? This is a direct sequel and mostly delves into the psychological aspect and how society changes after a major outbreak of a disease. Sorta like covid but more zombies. Don't worry, there's still plenty of psychological horror to go around. Combined with Ganondorf's very messy romantic history.

  Series

  • Part 3 of Paternal Instinct

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,664

  Chapters:

  4/50

  Hits:

  44