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in case you didn't know

for muses who need to share some intimate thoughts with one another. can be platonic, romantic, familial ... works with any kind of dynamic really. feel free to change pronouns, descriptor words, whatever you may need!

❝ you know i love and care about you, right? ❞ ❝ ... i guess i'm just scared of losing you. ❞ ❝ i don't like most people, but you're an exception. ❞ ❝ you're not alone. you'll never be alone. not as long as i'm here. ❞ ❝ by your side is where i'm meant to be. ❞ ❝ not one person is more important to me than you. ❞ ❝ i don't know what it is about you, but, you just ... you're the only one who can make me feel like this. ❞ ❝ you're amazing, you know that? ❞ ❝ who has the greatest (friend/brother/sister/sibling/parent/etc) in the world? me, that's who! ❞ ❝ i'm only managing to stand here on my two feet because of you. i made it because of you. ❞ ❝ i don't know how i'm ever going to be able to repay you. ❞ ❝ i know for a fact that you're special. i can feel it. ❞ ❝ you've actually made me feel like a person again, like i'm ... normal. ... thank you. ❞ ❝ i used to think that everyone else was just evil and cynical, guided by their own self-interest. that is, until i met you. ❞ ❝ you truly are too good for this world. ❞ ❝ i'm always blown away by just how talented you are. ❞ ❝ you deserve so much more than what you were given. ❞ ❝ nobody i've ever met has been more gifted than you. ❞ ❝ if you ever need a place to stay, let me know, okay? ❞ ❝ you always feel really comfortable and safe to be around. ❞ ❝ i think i have a new purpose in my life. to be with you. ❞ ❝ you have a kind heart. i know you don't believe me, and you try to hide it behind a facade, but i know for a fact that you do, deep down. ❞ ❝ i think you're probably the only one who understands me. ❞ ❝ you're safe here with me. nobody's going to harm you ever again. ❞ ❝ i don't deserve someone as amazing as you. ❞ ❝ i was kind to you because you looked like you needed a friend. ❞ ❝ i'm never leaving you. you're stuck with me. ❞

#* intermission / memes. #( scheduling this for a fortnight reblog so hopefully! i will have tackled enough in the inbox to make me not delete this! #these are so cute...please specify muse if you happen to send any <3 ) #* intermission / queue.

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what kind of herb are you?

tagged by: plucked like a bug! tagging: whoever would like to do this!

link // oregano

you are home to so many people and yet you're not at home with yourself. everyone needs something from you and you desperately try to prove that you're enough but you're never enough, never good enough, never even you despite all of that. your hands shake but only when you're never looking at them and your smile is so ever-present you can't help but wonder if it's fake, wonder how much of you is real. you're a caretaker, but are you even good at that, or are you faking yourself out into believing you're something that you wish you could, someone that someone else needed you to be when you were small and so full of need and hope and fragility?

who are you underneath the need to be someone's home?

who are you when you come home to yourself?

#* lionheart / study. #* intermission / ooc. #holy fuck. the vibes. the Vibes!! #pair 'who are you when you come home to yourself' with 'one runs away to find oneself; and finds no one at home' #now yell with me. AAAAHHHHH #* intermission / queue.

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source.

this guy has been on the mind lately so here's a sheet for aidan! one of my oldest ocs who's stuck around for this long — been having a lot of fun getting to throw him at people and reaaallly hoping to get more interactions in with him sometime soon! ♡

#* forged up / study. #* intermission / ooc. #i need to finish his chronicles but see his original timeline was in oo.t so translating it to bo.tw-and-related has been uh. an Experience #doesn't help that link has been hogging so much brain space sdlfkjdf but soon!! his past is less important than what he's currently doing #anyway ahaha. god it's been a hot second since i've drawn him asflkjsd nobody but link gets the block-shadows effect and that is purposeful #* intermission / queue.

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breath of the wild / accepting / @whiimsicaldream ( Hildr )

"You look like your everyday traveller, but how can I be sure?"

     His eyes trail down. His eyes trail up. Down from that glossy hair and pretty face; up from that dress that might not pop in colour, but sure stands out with its rather immaculate hemming and texture. Aidan looks down again. Back up. "Everyday traveller," the lady says, like she could beat him in a competition of looking completely ordinary.

     He has to wonder how impressively unimpressed a show his eyebrows make as they climb into the cover of his fringe.

     "Am I being accused of somethin' here, ma'am?" he retorts, half-annoyed and half-amused. She must be, in some part, a noblewoman: if not in looks, then definitely in bearing. Figures she'd read him offering a hand — sorry, his peasant hand — to help her up suspiciously. There's almost a temptation to retract it, but principle keeps it held out. "If I was going to be nasty, I'd be doing it right now while you're down, yeah?"

#whiimsicaldream #( hello kelsey <3 thank you for sending this in!! #i am. throwing aidan into hildr's kingdom because i think it might be harder for you to do the opposite? #he'll travel outside of hy.rule sure (< making things up as they go aslfkjd) #wanted to do smth with a sneaky hildr but if you have something else in mind or want me to change any of this please lmk!! ) #* forged up / ic. #* forged up / answer. #* ic / short. #* v / undetermined. #* intermission / queue.

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cont. from here / @gloryseized

     You get to a point in any journey where the non-routine becomes a routine in and of itself. Aidan's gotten used to it enough that he can find a kind of pattern in everything, even the surprises. Sometimes, each day is the same general shape from the moment he opens his eyes to the second his breaths slow into sleep, and some other times— well. He hits the fucking jackpot.

     It's the loving labour of three extensive, exhausting nights that the client swings around in his ( deceptively powerful, what the heck ) hands. The sound the weapon makes as it strikes the ground — heavy and sturdy and satisfying — has Aidan barking a delighted laugh himself. He may be totally spent, he may be disgustingly overcooked, but damn him if he isn't going to pry success from the jaws of another challenge.

     He waves a hand dismissively at the thanks, wiping a towel across the last of the sweat lingering on his face with the other and grin stretched from ear to ear. "Said I'd fix it, didn't I!" Then, in the moment it takes for him to interpret the next signs, the smile shrinks into something more contemplative.

     It's an impressive facsimile of Goron City's Boulder Breaker, which he's only ever studied and fawned over from a distance in all his stays there. He'd floundered on where to begin at first, having claimed the job with more awed impulse than anything rational, but the sense caught up to him eventually. All weapons start somewhere. Broken down, it was just a really refined Cobble Crusher. Really, really refined. Like, Aidan had to dip into his scarce supply of diamonds refined.

     ...It's a very impressive facsimile. "Five-hundred sound good? Unless you have diamonds on you." Uncut ores, ideally. "Where'd you get this beauty, anyway?"

#gloryseized #05. gloryseized #( aidan: on a constant lookout for impractical challenges #also aidan: convinced himself this can't actually be The Boul.der Breaker because he can't handle the thought of that success #well that and 'whaddahell is a hylian doing with it--' #aslfkjd hilary this still makes me laugh!! thank you for your faith in my loser boy <3 #umm...the way the champions' weapons work seems to differ in both games so setting this bo.tw-adjacent for now. lmk if you want otherwise! #* forged up / ic. #* ic / para. #aidan's bo.tw verse tbt. #* intermission / queue.

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it's the 1st for me here, so happy 2024 to you folks!! i came back to writing on a whim in the middle of last year with a fairly niche set of muses whom i still hold very dear to my heart ( and will return to, i swear lfksdj ), and it's been an absolute pleasure to keep writing here with the same people — and new ones! i missed writing very, very much, so it means a lot to me that i'm able to again.

whether we've interacted or just vibed with each other on the dash, please know that i appreciate your presence here and not a single one of you can call yourself talentless, okay?? whatever you think about your own skills, it is an amazing commitment to the art to have muses and think, write, ramble, gush, draw, and just. discuss them at all for fun! we are all artists inspiring fellow artists, sharing bits of our love for our blorbos with each other, and that's neat no matter what! all of you are beloved!! any thoughts that say otherwise does not make it any less of a fact.

( i'd be remiss not to mention how endlessly grateful i am to have met or reunited with certain friends though, even if i say that to them almost constantly. you know who you folks are; 2023 as a writing year would not have been the same without you and i am blowing you friendly kithes ♡ mwah )

may this new year treat you better than the last! we are going to make it through as we made it through last year. i'm looking forward to seeing whatever new plots and shenanigans you'll have in store for the dash, as well as chatting and writing more with you lovelies! happy new year!!

#* intermission / ooc. #i'm so low on spoons from last night and i think u can tell. but i must say my piece-- #ahsflskdj no but really. it's been an honour. thank you for sharing your passion with me #and especially for being willing to write with me! i love seeing all flavours of the muses that come across the dash <3 #OKAY. i will recharge. then dms fr tonight thank you for your patience <3 #tbd.

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breath of the wild / accepting / @nihlkahn

"Let's wish each other good luck, hm? We all need it."

     Edel signs it as he speaks it, slow and defined. "Good luck." Link plays the sequence over again in his head, from the fingers by the chin to the last shape they twist into. It's an uncomplicated progression. Easy, honestly — he can recognise what makes good and what makes luck. This is usually where he raises his own hands, mimicking each motion with the eager awkwardness of someone still ingraining these things into muscle memory.

     Link's hands remain on his lap, unmoved. His eyes flit up to his companion's. As his left hand clenches, he bites his lip against the sour taste suddenly lingering in his mouth.

     There's something really funny about a god talking about needing luck.

     I know, he's tempted to return. He can imagine how he'd say it, can imagine the press of fingernails at his temple: sharp and biting and bitter with each tap. I know. But he doesn't have to repeat what Edel is already aware of, and — worse besides — it'd be a certain kind of unfair to point out.

     His companion is a god, and his companion is a mask. In this misfortune, they are the same type of people. The ones who need luck the most — the ones for whom luck isn't an option. It isn't even a reality. For them, there are only decisions, then consequences.

     Yet here the Fierce Deity sits: eyes soft and shadow a welcome shelter from the sun, wanting to give him this wish that counts for nothing. To give him the means to say it, regardless of his voice, like it matters that he can. In the face of a world that is far more beloved than it loves, Link almost thinks it pointless. Insincere.

     Just almost though, 'cause this is the same world where Link is also Lark.

     Lark, who doesn't need to ask to have someone ready to help. Lark, who's been told he deserves to be cared for, to be loved. Lark, who— maybe, maybe, has something like a guardian.

     Lark, who definitely has Edel.

     He exhales. It's an unwinding of what he's tightened into, from brow to lips to shoulders to fist. He pulls his left hand open the rest of the way and looks down to consider it. For several moments, that's all he does, before he eventually lifts it to his chin.

     "Good luck," he signs, with no more than what he has in his belief of it — but his smile as he meets Edel's gaze again makes it clear he rather doesn't care. Perhaps it's hopeless to wish, perhaps Link is wrong. It is, either way, a nice thought. Edel seems to have a lot of those for him.

#nihlkahn #* nihlkahn & link / like threading a needle (will you hold me?). #( good god this really ran away from me but once again i am so totally Normal about them (lie) #they're just!! they're so!!! the way edel would teach him how to say good luck even when neither of them believe the concept of it #just because it's a positive thing to say! to each other no less!! REEEED [crumples into a ball of mush] #thank you for this!! <3 ) #* lionheart / ic. #* lionheart / answer. #* ic / para. #* v / the world: unmoved. #long post cw

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breath of the wild / accepting / @ithring

"You must have seen a battle or two."

     Said to any other child with a sword and shield on their back, it might've sounded less like a damnation.

     Link huffs a small laugh beneath his breath. It dies quickly, more tired than amused, 'cause the truth is at once so much bigger and just that simple. He thinks the man maybe knows this, or maybe intuits it — the way only someone who's looked in a mirror and seen a similar thing staring back at them can. There aren't many strangers who would give that kind of weight to an observation like that.

     Less would connect enough about Link to truly make it.

     To the fire crackling between them: he smiles, worn, and tosses the stick he'd been spinning in his fingers. Then he glances up, across the space to the other traveller's side of their shared campsite. He's worse at Common than he is at Hylian, but gestures are fairly ubiquitous, and the flick of his chin as he holds the man's gaze probably doesn't need a voice for the message it sends. Like you.

#ithring #( hi thoth! thank you for this!! #you opted for muse roulette so i hope you don't mind me throwing li.nk at you! contextually probably makes the most sense? #i must admit. the only book i'm familiar with from the inh.eritance cycle is er.agon and i haven't touched that since primary school #have forgotten practically everything and wasn't sure how to incorporate thorn without the kid fixating entirely on him #in any first meeting -- so i thought murt.agh and li.nk could possibly be travellers just going the same #way together for the moment? left it a little vague just in case. please lmk if you'd like me to change anything!! ) #* lionheart / ic. #* lionheart / answer. #* ic / short. #* v / the world: unmoved.

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how does your muse carry emotions?

repost, don't reblog! bold (applicable) and italicise (contextual) accordingly.

tagged by: nabbed from @gloryseized! tagging: anyone who would like to do this :)

link, hero of time

ANGER

jaw clenching, hands balling into fists, teeth grinding, yelling, going nonverbal, vocalisations (growls, snarls, hisses, etc), stuttering speech, rushed speech, slow concise speech, rambling, quiet, arms crossing, shaking head, curling lip upwards, baring teeth, tearing up, animated, expressionless, projects, internalises, vents, withdraws, tighter movements, passive aggressive, direct, physical outbursts, verbal outbursts, pacing, going still, anger boils over in the heat of the moment but cools down quickly afterwards, anger brews slowly but lingers longer, will act out of impulse when angry, will stew on their anger and plot revenge, holds grudges, forgives easily, forgives but never forgets.

JOY

easy smiles, fighting back grins, suppressed laughter, loud laughter, giggles, chuckling, smirks, whole body laughs, covers mouth when laughing/giggling, throws head back when laughing, slaps leg, touches people around them when laughing, looks down away when laughing, looks for eye contact when laughing, sparkling eyes, bubbly happiness, quiet subtle happiness, obnoxious happiness, wants to spread joy, quietly savors joy.

SADNESS

crying, bottling it up, seeks distractions, wallows, meditates and processes, avoidance, seeks out comfort, withdraws, swallowing thickly, talks it out, internalizes it, sad smiles, depression naps, uses alcohol, uses drugs, seeks out sources of joy, fidgets with sentimental item, sits in silence, broods, gets moody, wants someone to share the misery, tries to hide negative emotions, nurtures others to make themselves feel better.

EMBARRASSMENT/SHAME

blushing, looking away, rubbing at back of head, running hand through hair, clearing throat, covering face, laughing nervously, laughs it off, overthinks, lets it go, self deprecating humor, deflects, gets irritated, smiles, withdraws, crossing arms over stomach, crossing arms over chest, hands in pockets, shoulders sinking, shrugs, falling into silence until comfortable again, talking a lot to compensate.

GUILT

avoiding eye contact, shoulders sinking low, head hanging down, crying, chest aches, lashes out, internalizes, apologizes, deflects, communicates, withdraws, grand gestures for forgiveness, accepts fault easily, (subconsciously) punishes themself, martyrdom, victim complex, over-active guilt complex, healthy conscience, internalizes even after forgiveness, seeking redemption, moves on easily, denial, shuts off empathy to cope, lack of guilt/conscience, sorry they got caught more than caused harm, can’t handle knowing they hurt others.

FEAR/ANXIETY

trembling, crying, sarcasm/sass to cope, humour to cope, rambles, goes quiet, goes nonverbal, gets angry, fidgeting, freezes up, impatience, clenching jaw, picking at nails, chewing at lip, pulling at clothes, adjusting jewelry/clothing/hair, pacing, swallowing thickly, eyes widening, over-reacts, under-reacts, calm, logical, panic, irrational, overthinks, carefully analyzes, talks to themselves, breathing exercises, flight, fight, withdraw, fawn.

#* lionheart / study. #* intermission / ooc. #another fun one!! love thinking about emotions and how they manifest but especially for this kid because his narrative voice is #so focused on what's going on in that head rather than what he can express #the fear/anxiety section is really so dependent on the situation ahaha #* intermission / queue. #long post cw

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breath of the wild sentence starters

❝  it took all i had just to stay alive against that monster, but you beat it like it was a straw training dummy.  ❞ ❝  well, i just wanted an excuse to get close to you, you know?   ❞ ❝  i feel like someone should tell you that you have a kind of sulky look about you.  ❞ ❝  you can’t assume to know anything until you experience it for yourself.  ❞ ❝  it’s rare to see your kind around here.  ❞ ❝  try to be a little more sensitive to people you don’t know.  ❞ ❝  unspeakable sorrow surrounds this landscape.  ❞ ❝  please take some time to really admire the flowers. i worked so hard to plant them…  ❞ ❝  you’ll likely face many hardships in your life…but never give up! promise me that.  ❞ ❝  i get a feeling that heading home isn’t an option for you, so take care of yourself out there.  ❞ ❝  courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten.  ❞ ❝  for the first time…my heart knows what it means to love.  ❞ ❝  there’s a fine line between courage and recklessness.  ❞ ❝  if you’re free to grab something to eat sometime, keep me in mind.  ❞ ❝  shh! looks like there are still monsters about.  ❞ ❝  it seems you and i may just get along after all.  ❞ ❝  how did you pull that off?! actually, don’t answer that. i ought to be thanking you, not interrogating you.  ❞ ❝  i’ve learned to overcome my grief. you can’t change the past, only the future.  ❞ ❝  are you…following me?  ❞ ❝  this spot is our little secret, ok? just between you and me.  ❞ ❝  i can’t believe i’m actually saying this…but you must avenge me.  ❞ ❝  by the look on your face…i dunno, it just seems like you been through somethin’.  ❞ ❝  do you know how the gossip mongers refer to you? they are out there at this moment, whispering amongst themselves…  ❞ ❝  opening up to others might make you vulnerable, but it’s the only way to give your life any value.  ❞ ❝  it looks like i got hit pretty good back there…  ❞ ❝  what’s wrong? too scared to talk?  ❞ ❝  i’ve got to tell you…when you first showed up,     i thought someone was pulling a prank on me.  ❞ ❝  let’s make one thing clear: i’m not going anywhere.  ❞ ❝  we each have something to hide, i suppose.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know you, and i’m actually pretty busy here. you should probably go.  ❞ ❝  maybe we should just settle this one on one?  ❞ ❝  don’t preen yourself just for doing your job.  ❞ ❝  please. now is not a good time.  ❞ ❝  if you need something, do me a favor. ask someone else.  ❞ ❝  i actually wanted to talk about something a little personal…  ❞ ❝  my apologies…i fear i have said far too much.  ❞ ❝  i used to be a big deal back in my day, but the world moves on fast.  ❞ ❝  you must have seen a battle or two.  ❞ ❝  that memory will haunt me until my dying day…  ❞ ❝  let me ask you once more…when will you stop treating this as some sort of childish game?  ❞ ❝  no! i am not a child anymore.  ❞ ❝  i do suppose you’ve proven your value as a warrior.  ❞ ❝  i advise you to change the subject.  ❞ ❝  welcome to the middle of nowhere. population: us.  ❞ ❝  this area is nice and quiet…  ❞ ❝  dark magic preys upon the land when darkness falls…  ❞ ❝  everything - everything i’ve done up until now…it was all for nothing.  ❞ ❝  i had no idea traveling was so dangerous.  ❞ ❝  you’re quivering like a hatchling…what is the matter?  ❞ ❝  you have proven to possess the resolve of a true hero.  ❞ ❝  if i may be so bold… what is it that you are planning to do next?  ❞ ❝  i hope you get to meet your true love soon.  ❞ ❝  you are the heir to a throne of nothing… nothing but failure.  ❞ ❝  it’s okay, i know. your silence speaks volumes.  ❞ ❝  the only thing that really helps me feel better is walking among the fireflies.  ❞ ❝  just looking at those ruins now…it really gives you an idea of the destruction that went on there.  ❞ ❝  you have a smile like the sun. i would do much to feel its warmth upon me once again.  ❞ ❝  i’ll stay here and chat with you for a bit, if you’d like.  ❞ ❝  you should follow through on what you say you’re going to do.  ❞ ❝  there i go, needing someone to bail me out again.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know why, but my heart won’t stop beating a mile a minute…  ❞ ❝  yeah, you know what really is ‘me’? drinking.  ❞ ❝  i see…black. so much blackness. a deep, dark abyss, drawing you in…  ❞ ❝  save yourself. go! don’t worry about me - run!  ❞ ❝  you sure do know how to keep a woman waiting.  ❞ ❝  overconfidence can be a deadly foe.  ❞ ❝  don’t ask too many questions, and i won’t either.  ❞ ❝  aren’t you tired? aren’t you chilly? have you eaten yet?  ❞ ❝  i want to be clear — whatever treasure is to be had here belongs to me.  ❞ ❝  close calls like this get my stomach all tied up in knots.  ❞ ❝  much as it galls me to thank you for saving us…that is what happened.  ❞ ❝  i don’t see any monsters, but…i can feel their eyes on me.  ❞ ❝  what’s the matter? are you unwell?  ❞ ❝  now that i have gotten a good look at you, it is all too clear who you are.  ❞ ❝  you’re amazing. when you fired your bow, it was like time stopped.  ❞ ❝  you’ve done all you could. feeling sorry for yourself won’t be of any help.  ❞ ❝  oh, no…i can see by the look in your eye…you won’t listen to me.  ❞ ❝  you look like a nice person who likes to help people in need.  ❞ ❝  you look like your everyday traveler, but how can i be sure?  ❞ ❝  what’s your problem? how dare you try to eavesdrop? mind your business!  ❞ ❝  what are you doing skulking around in the dead of night?  ❞ ❝  you seem at home in battle.  ❞ ❝  i was out running an errand when i saw it. it was incredible…and terrifying. it was incredibly terrifying.  ❞ ❝  the afterlife lays claim to all. we never know when it will beckon.  ❞ ❝  that got hairier than i expected. you did pretty good.  ❞ ❝  i’m just pulling your leg. you looked so serious, i couldn’t help but goad you a bit.  ❞ ❝  i don’t get to leave this place too often…  ❞ ❝  i know when someone is lying. my father isn’t good at lying either.  ❞ ❝  i didn’t notice you…i was a bit lost in thought there.  ❞ ❝  i can’t get angry…i won’t get angry…  ❞ ❝  you know, your skin looks super shiny, and you look like you haven’t got a worry in the world…  ❞ ❝  i’ve been watching, and i feel safe saying there’s no one suspicious around here.  ❞ ❝  you are going to be the death of me.  ❞ ❝  is something wrong? do not tell me the steel has slipped from your spine.  ❞ ❝  one would think years upon years of such treatment would have made me mend my ways…one would think wrongly.  ❞ ❝  your path seems to mirror your father’s.  ❞ ❝  i am filled with a strange and terrible certainty that something awful is about to happen.  ❞ ❝  um…were you talking to that statue?  ❞ ❝  you cannot turn back now. follow your heart and seize your destiny!  ❞ ❝  you had me worried there. don’t mess with people like that.  ❞ ❝  forget we ever spoke.  ❞ ❝  you hardly speak anymore, and smile even more rarely. you are still the kind soul i know, but something has changed.  ❞ ❝  a warm fire can do wonders for a weary soul.  ❞ ❝  i hated you with all my heart…but it would seem my anger was misplaced.  ❞ ❝  has anyone ever told you…? you have the most beautiful features.  ❞ ❝  wait a minute! please, think about what you’re doing.  ❞ ❝  i used to really love the night. at night the world sparkles and shines in an almost magical way. it’s beautiful.  ❞ ❝  oh! you’re paying me a visit? that’s sweet of you.  ❞ ❝  what were you praying for? long life? wealth, like so many?  ❞ ❝  teehee…i knew you’d come back.  ❞ ❝  you’ll never guess what i found! wanna see?  ❞ ❝  have you grown so comfortable here that you can’t imagine leaving?  ❞ ❝  you’re needed elsewhere. you must eventually leave. you know this.  ❞ ❝  i may have dismissed you too hastily before. you have many promising qualities.  ❞ ❝  if you need anything, i am ever at your disposal.  ❞ ❝  are you trying to cheer me up?  ❞ ❝  well, if you’ll excuse me, i need to go save the world.  ❞ ❝  do you like this dress? i made it myself.  ❞ ❝  you really shouldn’t mess with things you don’t understand.  ❞ ❝  i don’t want you to come here, anyway!  ❞ ❝  the more i think about it, the more it gives me the creeps.  ❞ ❝  what special brand of loony does it take to go traveling without a map?  ❞ ❝  my heart is drawn to yours. i am doomed.  ❞ ❝  no one who has gone there has ever come back! so you’d best forget about going there.  ❞ ❝  why are you looking at me like that?  ❞ ❝  i was warned about men who throw words like ‘dream girl’ around.  ❞ ❝  you have to come at me harder than that to impress me.  ❞ ❝  on second thought, now is not the time.  ❞ ❝  i can’t explain why…but i trust you for some reason.  ❞ ❝  we meet again! we must have been married in our past lives.  ❞ ❝  you aren’t just a normal lad, are you?  ❞ ❝  i need to stop relying on others to help me and help myself instead.  ❞ ❝  caring for others is an emotional liability.  ❞ ❝  i’ve picked up a few tricks after many, many years in the wild.  ❞ ❝  i firmly believe you and i can withstand any kind of hardship, as long as we are together.  ❞ ❝  there aren’t many heroes in the world like you anymore.  ❞ ❝  why do people equate the unnessecary pursuit of power with some childish dream of adventure?  ❞ ❝  legend has it that if you swear your love before this freshly plucked blossom, you and your partner will live a charmed life.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry that you came all the way to see me for nothing.  ❞ ❝  you could…always stay here with me forever.  ❞ ❝  should i check my map, or should i go by intuition like the original trailblazers?  ❞ ❝  you must be busy, you know, saving the world and all.  ❞ ❝  at first i thought it was just a bad dream.  ❞ ❝  if you find yourself in some trouble, please promise to run. fast.  ❞ ❝  it’s not like a sword alone makes a hero.  ❞ ❝  the scent of the soil is the smell of life itself.  ❞ ❝  there’s no reward without risk, right?  ❞ ❝  i may not be much use on the battlefield, but there must… there must be something i can do to help.  ❞ ❝  i’m waiting for someone. and it’s not you. can you go away?  ❞ ❝  that sword there is proof enough…you are the hero i’ve been waiting for.  ❞ ❝  you’re wasting your time here; i have nothing worth stealing.  ❞ ❝  looking mighty free there, eh?  ❞ ❝  you have not changed a bit. once a hero, always a hero.  ❞ ❝  you are looking at me as though i am a stranger to you. those eyes…they lack the light of familiarity.  ❞ ❝  things to do, places to seem right? better get on it. time waits for no one.  ❞ ❝  there are some legends about that island, so the village fishermen tend to avoid it whenever possible.  ❞ ❝  okay, that was enough mortal peril for one day.  ❞ ❝  …oh, my. look at that face! you are totally my type. hi.  ❞ ❝  oh, have i mentioned how incredible you are? and how thankful i am?  ❞ ❝  nothing makes me want to not do something more than being asked to do it.  ❞ ❝  i’ll admit it. i’m mighty jealous.  ❞ ❝  there are few who know of such legends anymore.  ❞ ❝  innocent curiosity can cause tragedies that can never be taken back.  ❞ ❝  what’s the matter? are ya worried about me?  ❞ ❝  hm? a voice beckoned you here?  ❞ ❝  you came to the middle of nowhere in this weather just to see me?  ❞ ❝  i want you to know that the path you are walking down is one we should all follow.  ❞ ❝  i thought you had harder bark on you than that.  ❞ ❝  it would be a mistake to judge people on appearances alone.  ❞ ❝  it is woven into your destiny that you prove them wrong. do you understand? ❞ ❝  …oops, someone heard me singing…badly.  ❞ ❝  you look like you’re pretty good with a bow and sword, so you must be pretty strong.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know what it is about men. constantly worrying…  ❞ ❝  yeah, yeah. i’m still alive. it’s fine—don’t worry.  ❞ ❝  what are you doing up so late? monsters roam about at night. it’s way too dangerous to wander around.  ❞ ❝  thinking back on it, it’s a wonder either of us survived the trip…  ❞ ❝  i’ll take any monster in a fair fight. it’s another story when they cheat and catch you by surprise.  ❞ ❝  i wish this rain would take a hint and lay off for a while.  ❞ ❝  if you haven’t slept yet, you really should…staying up late can’t be great for your health.  ❞ ❝  you want to get out of my personal space or what?  ❞ ❝  money and life are all as one to me.  ❞ ❝  what do you think of my lipstick? i think it’ll bring me good luck!  ❞ ❝  i do hope my bluntness has not offended you.  ❞ ❝  i have no right to ask this of you…but i am powerless here.  ❞ ❝  truth is, i just got lucky.  ❞ ❝  i hope that ours will be a long and profitable relationship.  ❞ ❝  i may be somewhat used to seeing bad omens by now, but that…well, let’s just say it’s badder than most.  ❞ ❝  why the long face? i bet i could guess.  ❞ ❝  i’m not about to give this information away for free. i’m no fool.  ❞ ❝  seeing you brings me great joy. i bet you have that effect on everyone.  ❞ ❝  it is a shame us two never had the chance to see what might have been…  ❞ ❝  what does it matter? that’s all in the past.  ❞ ❝  you know what that means, don’t you? the end is here.  ❞ ❝  oh no, there i go again, just talking with no purpose. i get carried away and just don’t know when to quit.  ❞ ❝  i somehow managed to escape into the nearby woods.  ❞ ❝  let’s wish each other good luck, eh? we’ll need it.  ❞ ❝  i was so sure that was the end for me. i was prepared for the worst.  ❞ ❝  take it easy? and let a rumor like this go to waste? nah, i gotta go big…  ❞ ❝  what are you doing, sneaking up on me like that? you scared me!  ❞ ❝  when you get to my age, you start reminiscing about all the memories from your childhood.  ❞ ❝  now that i’ve met you, some of the excitement’s gone.  ❞ ❝  i get the feeling you’re going to end up doing even better in this world. that’s the feeling i get when i look at your face.  ❞ ❝  you seem harmless enough. forgive me, i’ve just been on edge with all these monsters running around.  ❞ ❝  well, that’s life for you, with all its twists and turns. i hope you’ll stick with me through them.  ❞ ❝  nice baby sword, pal. i bet it can’t even keep a flame going.  ❞ ❝  with how peaceful it is around here, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the world almost ended years ago.  ❞ ❝  that doesn’t reflect well on your upbringing at all…  ❞ ❝  even the areas near civilization are full of monsters these days.  ❞ ❝  may the gods smile upon you.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry, but i seem to have twisted my ankle…  ❞ ❝  that would mean you are…no, it’s not possible. can it be?  ❞ ❝  you’d better remember my name, for it’s not the last you’ll hear of it!  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry if we got off on the wrong foot. uh…that’s all…  ❞ ❝  i can tell you’ve trained your body well.  ❞ ❝  who are you?! be on your way, you…suspicious person!  ❞ ❝  i’m so shocked i don’t know if i’ll ever be able to fully recover from this.  ❞ ❝  no matter. i’m just happy you’re still in one piece.  ❞ ❝  ha ha…did you think i’d deceived you?  ❞ ❝  don’t lie. i know just what’s going on. liars like you deserve to be punished!  ❞ ❝  it is finally time for me to tell you everything.  ❞ ❝  s.  ❞ ❝  a dealer in life and power…that was me, once.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry. that wasn’t very nice of me at all…  ❞ ❝  love…it’s such a sublime, precious thing, you know?  ❞ ❝  ahhhh…so there are some who still pay me homage.  ❞ ❝  it was a real honor to meet you.  ❞ ❝  i know it’s not my business, but i’m rather concerned.  ❞ ❝  be warned. if you go, i cannot guarantee you will survive.  ❞ ❝  isn’t that, like…an incredible thing that only incredible people can have?  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry you had to see me like that.  ❞ ❝  not to be rude, but you don’t look so well.  ❞ ❝  as for me…well…i just do not believe you are guilty of anything.  ❞ ❝  i…i cannot forgive you. not ever.  ❞ ❝  …so? did it move you?  ❞ ❝  the sight of this is going to haunt my dreams for weeks.  ❞ ❝  i apologize. perhaps it was not my place to say as much.  ❞ ❝  i can’t shake the feeling that we were destined to meet.  ❞ ❝  i can see it in your eyes. you’re asking yourself, “why me?”  ❞ ❝  you…did you just try to push me? no, i assume?  ❞ ❝  to be honest, i’ve been watching you.  ❞ ❝  you can’t solve all of people’s problems with power alone.  ❞ ❝  when all this is done…perhaps we can spend some time together.  ❞ ❝  i believe in allowing the mistakes of the past to wash away.  ❞ ❝  it seems you’re a great deal more important than you appear.  ❞ ❝  the only pleasure that gives me comfort is cooking.  ❞ ❝  ah, the smell of the sea.  ❞ ❝  that is NOT an appropriate question to ask a lady you’ve just met.  ❞ ❝  i can assure you that i do not now, nor have i ever, needed help from the likes of you.  ❞ ❝  oh? well, i suppose i changed my mind.  ❞ ❝  now that i think of it…shouldn’t you be dead? sorry. that may be too personal a question.  ❞ ❝  do you not understand the gravity of what you have done?  ❞ ❝  i thought i made it clear that i am not in need of an escort.  ❞ ❝  your face sickens me! i am sickened! get out of my sight!  ❞ ❝  how dare you show your face here after what you did.  ❞ ❝  are you the hero? could it be?  ❞ ❝  words often fall meaningless when we try to describe tragic events of a certain magnitude.  ❞ ❝  you certainly are cute when you’re blushing.  ❞ ❝  there were times when i’d stay out so late, i didn’t realize morning had come.  ❞ ❝  i like watching the river flow by. is that such a crime?  ❞ ❝  as you are now, i cannot say whether you are worthy or not.  ❞ ❝  i heard a terrible rumor that you had fallen in combat.  ❞ ❝  i bet you think this is just a myth, right?  ❞ ❝  oooh, i don’t have time to be drinking right now…  ❞ ❝  please feel free to show your excitement. anyway…  ❞ ❝  a bit early to flirt, isn’t it?  ❞ ❝  it’s been a while since we’ve seen the sun here.  ❞ ❝  nothing’s wrong. just leave me alone.  ❞ ❝  we hardly know each other, and you’ve been so nice.  ❞ ❝  it’s so soothing to stare at, don’t you think?  ❞ ❝  in a world as dangerous as ours, are you seriously asking me to travel alone?  ❞ ❝  well, even someone like you/me has their limits.  ❞ ❝  i wish i could be a kid again and think only of myself.  ❞ ❝  what you did for me is more than i could have ever expected of you.  ❞ ❝  you have grown much recently. you know you will be a worthy heir when the time comes.  ❞ ❝  mark my words, i’ll protect this land of ours to the death.  ❞ ❝  we’ve both been through a lot, i’m sure.  ❞ ❝  such is the way of youth…driven! even reckless, some might say.  ❞ ❝  i can’t stop trembling. i thought i was ready for this.  ❞ ❝  if you don’t mind, i’d love to catch up sometime soon.  ❞ ❝  it seems i’m the only one with a mind of my own.  ❞ ❝  i would be overjoyed if you could find it in your heart to forgive me. if not now, then perhaps one day.  ❞ ❝  speaking of which, can you believe this view?  ❞ ❝  you aren’t trying to tell me you want a reward, are you?  ❞ ❝  you came all the way here, but it was in vain. i have no desire to speak with you.  ❞ ❝  i hope you know…that i will always protect you.  ❞ ❝  i’ve recovered to the point where i can stand.  ❞ ❝  we meet again. it seems that sharing space is our destiny.  ❞ ❝  so how about it? care to hear stories of my glory days while we walk?  ❞ ❝  open your eyes…wake up.  ❞ ❝  if you keep doing everything everyone asks of you without question, you’re gonna get conned eventually.  ❞ ❝  it seems that…i was wrong about you.  ❞ ❝  i simply must admit the truth. you’ve accomplished something that even i could not.  ❞ ❝  what? you look like you’ve got something else to say.  ❞ ❝  go on. there’s nothing to hide.  ❞ ❝  you’re making my cheeks warm looking at me like that.  ❞ ❝  i’ve never been one to question fate.  ❞ ❝  i can tell, just from looking at you…you have a place in my dreams.  ❞ ❝  you…i really owe you for what you did.  ❞ ❝  it saddens me to know i truly am all alone in this world.  ❞ ❝  you cannot fool me with such a fanciful lie.  ❞ ❝  i would never have thought you could have taken down something that big. no offense.  ❞ ❝  know that the only reason you’re not already sliced into pieces is because i am otherwise occupied.  ❞ ❝  that is a special gift from your ancestors…you must never let it go.  ❞ ❝  you were just pitying me, weren’t you?  ❞ ❝  listen, if you wanna get anywhere in this life, you gotta have cash and cachet.  ❞ ❝  this place is so filthy and women free, it might as well be called a manfill.  ❞ ❝  you’ve traveled the world helping folks, but there’s more that need helping. you don’t have the luxury of tarrying here.  ❞ ❝  you were gone for so long, i started to fear the worst.  ❞ ❝  won’t you come see me again? i’ll be waiting.  ❞ ❝  what’s wrong? you’re just staring.  ❞ ❝  as brave as you are, that does not make you immortal.  ❞ ❝  we’ll need to make preparations as soon as possible.  ❞ ❝  …youth. it’s just goam on a wave. gone before you know it.  ❞ ❝  everything’s going hazy…this might be the end…  ❞ ❝  don’t do anything reckless under any circumstances.  ❞ ❝  you think i’m just going to let this stand? do you?  ❞ ❝  i was thinking…this reminds me of the time we first met.  ❞ ❝  crazy times we live in, eh?  ❞ ❝  i hate to think what would’ve happened had you not shown up.  ❞ ❝  you commoners with your notions and assumptions…  ❞ ❝  not to pry, but…i have to ask. who are you supposed to be?  ❞ ❝  i encourage you to slow down for a moment, my courageous friend.  ❞ ❝  once this whole thing is over…maybe things can go back to how they used to be when we were young.  ❞ ❝  villages everywhere were burned. many lives were lost…  ❞

#* intermission / memes. #( this is long overdue but since i've fully moved terrako here #gonna be answering inbox things here! this is mostly to act as a source for the ones i already have #but please feel free to send some in! specify muse yada yada <3 ) #* intermission / queue. #long post cw

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LINKTOBER 2023

DAY6 MASK

#* lionheart / image. #( his little smile...!!! #🥺🥺🥺 ) #* intermission / queue.

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𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐘. italicize what makes them uncomfortable. strike which doesn't apply. ↳ repost, do not reblog!

tagged by: snatched from @nihlkahn ♡ tagging: you! ♡

link, hero of time

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowds ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ open spaces ⋆ war ⋆ failure ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ forest ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ loss ⋆ dying ⋆ death ⋆ love ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud sudden noises ⋆ (utter) lack of noise ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ insects ⋆ dogs ⋆ snakes ⋆ illness ⋆ doctors ⋆ thunder storms ⋆ being watched ⋆ eyes ⋆ being vulnerable ⋆ needles or pointed objects ⋆ clowns ⋆ mirrors ⋆ isolation ⋆ shouting ⋆ change / fear of change.

#* lionheart / study. #* intermission / ooc. #had to slightly adjust some but this was fun to compile! #* intermission / queue.

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heaven / accepting / @mielmoto

"I'm not crying. I mean, I am, but not because I'm sad."

     "Uh-huh." Aidan carefully does not raise any eyebrows. He shuffles a step closer, bent a little at the waist to accommodate for the height difference between them while she's seated, umbrella tilting further into the miss' space as he digs his free hand in a back pocket. Rain patters onto what parts of him are now too exposed — not heavy, but not exactly pleasant with how cold it is.

     Real strange weather to be weeping joyful tears in.

     "Here." A handkerchief, stained notably darker on one end, is pulled out and offered. "It's clean, just— it's clean. I swear." Ashes build up colour that can't be washed out and all that.

     He allows himself the eyebrow-raise then: curious more than critical, and dares a poke while he gives the cloth an inviting shake. "What's got a pretty lady like you so happy you'd cry about it out here, hey?"

#mielmoto #( hi bird!! i know this was from an inbox call but thank you for this <3 and for your patience! #went with aidan because i would like to throw him some more at people sflkdjlf also oc solidarityyy #hope that's alright! please lmk if you'd like anything changed! ) #* forged up / ic. #* forged up / answer. #* ic / short. #aidan's to.tk verse tbt.

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source.

wanted to try filling this out for link! one for as he is in his main verse and another as he is in his older verse, respectively. there are nuances here that are lost with how contained everything has to be, but i can explain/talk about those in future study posts :)

#* lionheart / study. #* intermission / ooc. #see there were more obvious iconographies like masks and fairies but. #like. fairy motifs delight him! he is just not very okay with being associated with them anymore outside of a few select people #need i even explain the Complicated feelings he has @ the masks still in his possession sdflkjdl #the topic of nicknames makes me realise i have to really put my thoughts down re: li.nk and hyrule's gorons! #* intermission / art.

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I don’t know man :/ i think I’m just tired of being me

#* lionheart / innermost. #( link…..[videogame hurt sfx] x 100 ) #* intermission / queue.

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holiday gifts! / @puxrlunae

     Here's the thing Link's learnt about luck: it's not for people like him.

     Everything his life has amounted to has all come down to choices, in some way. Maybe his choices, maybe someone else's, but he's stopped holding out for something like luck long since he left Kokiri Forest behind with his hand clasped in his brother's. The world can be nice, can be worth risking his entire being for, it just— isn't that kind.

     Sometimes, though — sometimes — it feels like it might be.

It wasn't much, but it was something he made with his own two hands. It was a picture he painted of a familiar field of wildflowers. Blue and purples and greens swirled together in front of a sunrise with two green clad figures. "I'm not sure where you would hang it but.. here you go. I hope you like it."

     From Amaron's offering hands, Link takes the painting with a care that climbs into reverence. He says nothing as he considers the artwork, even when his mouth opens, shuts, opens and shuts again. His throat bobs. In the quiet of this space they've made a home for themselves in, fingers tracing over delicate brushstrokes and colours of a memory that leaves his eyes welling with the emotion lumped up in his chest, Link wonders — not for the first time — where his brother keeps finding the power to shape his world like this.

     "Amar," he whispers, voice as trembly as the smile pushing the tips of his ears upwards. How long must this have taken? To capture the joy of a past so rarely touched, the sweetness of a togetherness that's lost as much as they have? He looks up, rapidly blinking, and stumbles over a fractured, wet laugh. "You— I— I love it." Of course he does. Of course he does!

     The canvas is set aside for a moment on a nearby table, placed just as solemnly as he'd accepted it. Then he reaches for Amaron, hands squeezing his shoulders, before he brings him in for an embrace he practically buries himself into. I love you.

     ( Later, when they have finished holding each other, Link will present his own gift. A single gladiolus bloom painstakingly carved from wood, freshly varnished, but still incomplete. It's small enough to sit in his palm and be imagined as a pendant — he'd been meaning to get a cord for the finishing touch. Maybe, he will suggest, they can go pick one out together. )

#puxrlunae #* puxrlunae & link / your hand like half of mine. #( LIN!! i know i asked for it but oh my gosh!!! thank you so much for this!! #on my hands and knees over them and just BAWLING. they're so much. they're so much!! please they deserve everything and i'm so glad they #at least have each other!! ahhhhhh!! ) #* lionheart / ic. #* lionheart / answer. #* ic / para. #* v / twin suns among dandelions. #* intermission / queue.

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Happy Holidays, Ray!

small symbols of kindness / @mightiestbanana

waaaah happy holidays, al!! thank you so much for these! i'm sending all these sentiments back with a few extra words because i need you to know them again: your dedication to kohga and the yiga clan as a whole is super inspiring! your art is scrumptious every time i get to see it and there will come a day where you unabashedly think so too!! the grasp you have on kohga's voice is literally mind-boggling with the level of Perfect it is!! i love seeing you on the dash and i'm slow as fuck on writing and reaching out BUT i am looking very forward to throwing terrako and any other muse that i can at you some more with this new year 💝

#mightiestbanana #* intermission / ooc. #again: thank you dearly <33 #you are beloved okay?!?!! rattling your entire blog around in a heart-shaped container (affectionate) #* treasures / save. #* intermission / queue.