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    Revali saw, with complete horror, how it was still not enough.

    The emotions that bloomed through the years, the feelings that grew stronger were no longer there.

    But it was fine, Link deserved to be happy.

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    Hyrule is finally at peace after two Calamities within the span of six years. The whole continent is improving and healing- but not Link.

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    Link gets super emo sad and has trauma

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    Botw from the Champions' point of view.

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    Link and Zelda have a complicated relationship. She's in love with the version of him from 100 years ago, he loves her but only platonically. There is someone on his mind, someone who sees who he is now.

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    A group of travellers is in need of a bodyguard to escort them to Akkala for Fallow’s fest. Link happens to be bodyguard material.

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    1/?
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    Three years after the defeat of Majora, Link is now a traumatized and forgotten teenaged drifter, trying to make ends meet after an unceremonial exit from Termina. After taking a contract to kill a monster terrorizing a small town, he finds himself in the middle of a centuries-old conflict that could threaten the safety of the known world, and he might be the key to ending the conflict. In order to do so, he has to overcome his own demons, ease his regrets, master time itself, and reemerge the hero he once was. Once again, destiny calls.

    This time, however, he will not be alone.

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    Link is so cute I swear to Hylia--

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    No Prince could hold the Power of the Goddess. So what was a kingdom to do when Death looms, and a Prince is born instead?
    ......
    The Chain aren't sure what to make of this new Hyrule. For one thing, the sky is red. And there are a lot of ruins.
    ......
    Being pulled away from home without a chance to even get to know it sucks. So does having intense flashbacks to a life not yours, and being a pawn in a cosmic game of dick measuring? Wild could do without.
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    Fic later leads to more adult themes, heavy physical and mental angst and anxiety. But eventually a happy ending. Reader discretion is highly advised.

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    The rise of the Calamity was something the Champions fought more than they bargained for, leading them to their demise. Princess Zelda, once desperate for unlocking her sealing powers, had gone dormant in hopes of protecting her kingdom from further damage: having already lost her father, she cannot let anything else go into ruin.

    Urbosa was motherly and understanding, Daruk was eccentric and supportive, Mipha was caring and kind, Revali was arrogant and frustrating, Link was silent, and Zelda was burdened...however, one Champion was missing from view: little did Hell know that Alastor had been one of Hyrule's saviors...

    What was he going to do, tell Charlie and the hotel residents about how he was a coward? How he fled a horrendous villain, and lose his status as the almighty Radio Demon? No, that simply would not do. So he sucked it up: until a book he found sucked him right back into the land of Hyrule.

    Now he has to find the Hero of Time, regain control of the Divine Beasts, and save Hyrule...all with another demonic, flamboyant demon in the mix now. Arguments surely will spiral...

    It's now or never, and things sure will happen.

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    2/?
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    Link caught a cold during an expedition with princess Zelda in Tabanta region.
    And Revali finds out when they arrives in Rito village.

    'Even with your multiple layers of clothes, which by the way makes you look ridiculous, you still manage to catch a cold?'

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    Link had been on his horse for an indistinguishable amount of time. Though he had no active destination in mind, there was one that hung fat and dense above him— a personal cumulonimbus of inevitability. The storm was strategic, waiting to spot the wandering traveler before unleashing its consequences, but the cloud had grown so leviathan that his wilted spirit always managed to slip by undetected. He trusted his subconscious was taking them wherever it had decided was best– probably trying to ensure they both stayed alive. Link wasn’t sure these days if he wanted to. The question had dangled in his mind for years, and now, as he wandered the frigid fields alone, he knew the answer was near.

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    1/?
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    19
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    2
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    Link had always been more than her sword and shield, but his job encompassed more than one would expect.

    aka my Loftwing Letter fic for Lizzieee on discord, featuring Zelda not being a morning person and 500+ more words than I was supposed to write. Whoops.

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    1/1
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    7
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    166
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    19
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    1,602
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    “Then you should be learning how to cook for her! What’re you gonna do when she comes back and you still can’t crack an egg?” She whacked the table. “Eat already!”

    /

    Link's cooking sidequest in Skyward Sword, which goes about as well as you'd expect. Or, the missing ingredient was a home all along, or whatever.

    For Homemade in Hyrule Zine.

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    When newfound single father Twilight is faced with a world out to get his son, he realizes that he will do anything to protect him - even if it means losing himself in the process.

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    Link has always been a light sleeper, or at least it feels that way. He's been a light sleeper since he woke up in the Shrine of Resurrection. He doesn't know if the Link he was before that was a light sleeper, and he doesn't care to find out. Since coming back to his house in Hateno it's been worse, the slightest noise will set him awake for the rest of the day.

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    “Honestly, you can’t be shocked when you wander into the desert wearing chainmail! Everything needs to be sealed or you’ll be finding sand in every crevice possible.”

    Link decided he had earned the right to stick his tongue out and grouch. “Well. When you say it like that it sounds all obvious…” He can’t help not knowing! He could barely remember his own last name sometimes. (Zelda said it was “trauma,” but Link thought she should mind her business.)

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    ‘Free the four Divine Beasts!’
    That was what the Princess left him with. Out of all the things to give to him in this new, rotting world, she chose a single, tiny sentence.

    or, Link goes to save the world and finds himself saving some old friends too.

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    20/20
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    518
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    Can Zelda let go of the past and embrace her newfound freedom, or will traditions of old keep their iron grip?

    Set after BOTW, so post-Calamity Ganon. Zelda and Link's relationship in this can be interpreted as platonic or romantic - I didn't really write this with either in mind but I tagged it with Zelink because I want clout.

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    2/2
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    1
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    5
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    It was a normal day for Link until a stranger showed up and threatened his life, that was when a woman fell from the sky, crashing into his life and helping him out. Now The Hero of Time and The Time Lord have to work together to stop history from changing or being destroyed all together. Stuck on a planet with no TARDIS and will The Doctor be able to help or will this adventure prove to be too much?

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    English
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    2/10
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    Just a little feudalism thing that got stuck in my head for BOTW. Takes place directly after the champion's ceremony memory.

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    714
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    3
    Kudos:
    94
    Bookmarks:
    6
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    1,121

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