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artsy-moonwalker · 1 year

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link series pt 14

Breath of the Wild

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mylonelydreaming · 1 month

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I still love this official Age of Calamity art. They let him be very slightly dirty/bloody. As a treat

#hyrule warriors age of calamity #hwaoc #link #zelda #princess zelda #zelink #aoc zelink #hwaoc zelink #legend of zelda #loz #tloz #her looking back at him #him protecting her furiously #it's so good

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kenneduck · 2 months

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Drew some Zelink based on my AOC/BOTW Sheik Zelda design!! 🌸💕

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snickerduu · 10 months

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2021.01.19

#my art #link #zelda #zelink #aoc #botw

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villian555 · 5 months

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You are Link yes, but Link is NOT you. He is his own character, as much as some of you want to pretend he isn't at all:

He is sweet, honest, has insecurities. Has worries. Cares

As fun as "manwhore tarzan gremlin" Link can be in fan content, far too many people treat that as canon just because of popular memes or fanart. When in reality, he's more like. a serious and awkward teen who makes an occasional joke every now and then.

It sometimes feels like people forget he's meant to be a loyal knight and a hero

Just because YOU don't care about anything or Princess Zelda, etc, doesn't mean that Link also doesn't care.

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lialivingart · 4 months

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I'm a lazy and irresponsible artist. I started drawing this artwork a year ago and didn’t finish it. Inspired by the game Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity. Especially the characters Impa, Pura and Robbie. They are so adorable. I immediately wanted to draw them. And then job, lack of time… as usual. I'm effective enough only for quick sketches, and not for large works :(

#zelda #legend of zelda #tloz #tloz fanart #princess zelda #zelda and link #link zelda #aoc impa #aoc purah #aoc robbie #botw #hw aoc #hyrule warriors #zelink #loz #loz fanart #loz botw

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demiboydemon · 10 days

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naetles · 7 months

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happy international lesbian day

#credits to whoever made this because i found it on twitter a year ago but can't remember whom i retweeted it from :(#the l in link stands for lesbian #so does the l in zelda #it's either lesbian or t4t and bi4bi when it comes to these two just so y'all are aware #do not interact with this if you disagree #the legend of zelda #breath of the wild #age of calamity #tears of the kingdom #tloz #botw #aoc #totk #link #zelda #zelink #international lesbian day

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kbluebirdart · 3 months

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Do I ever tell you all that I love angst and yearning stories (with a happy ending!)

I like to imagine a world where they are friends for so long time before calamity. Please excuse any grammatical errors! and thanks for reading!

#Please excuse any grammatical errors #fan art #botw #zelda #zelink #legend of zelda #breath of the wild #botw link #princess zelda #my art #botw zelda #botw zelink #maybe #Aoc #comic #my comic

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jxsterr · 8 months

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im such a lover of pre calamity zelink purely because any interactions or affection between them is that of two kids with the weight of the world on their shoulders trying to navigate confusing emotions — it’s just so innocent and unsure and RAW. like just imagine them when they’re close and having to figure out what that overwhelming feeling in their chest is whenever something as simple as their hands are close. what are they yearning for? what is the heart asking them to do? why do they feel so upset when their hands move away?

because realistically they’re not going to have many references, nobody’s going to sit the princess down—who is supposed to be unlocking her powers—and explain to her the intricacies of crushes and the human desire for physical touch, and the same goes for link. their human side is Completely ignored as we already know, any emotions that don’t pertain to the calamity are discarded and seen as ridiculous. so they’re left to explore with each other but there’s Roles here and rules that come with, are they really allowed? but then the roles start to disintegrate the moment they grow closer, the moment they’re more friends than princess and knight, and they both start getting curious.

with how much restraint link is bound to have and has shown previously, it’s definitely zelda who starts to push boundaries a little and touches him more, but he’s her knight and while he’s unsure of how permissable this situation is he lets her do so because that’s his princess, not that he doesn’t mind it or anything

so it starts as simple as a hand on his bicep at the sight of danger or somewhere new and of interest, something that makes him tense for a moment but then breathe and relax because it’s her and the touch is kind of nice. then it turns into hands on his shoulders from behind when he’s sat by the fire, when she’s just come back from pestering the local wildlife and he looks up at her and she grins in a way that makes his stomach swirl. it grows to zelda threading wildflowers through his hair and combing her own fingers through it so she can put it back up for him, daring to rest her chin on his shoulder to ask what colour flower he wants next and her hands are on his arms and goddess this is close. it’s to the point where she hugs him whether happy or upset and it stuns him, but he slowly wraps his arms around her every time and feels the way she melts against him. where she’ll take his hand into her own and fidget with it—because she’s a destructive fidgeter otherwise—bending his fingers, tracing parts of his palm until she’s memorised the shape of him and he lets her because he knows how anxious she can get. it doesn’t even tickle that much from how calloused and damaged his hands are.

people notice this, too. impa raises an eyebrow whenever she catches the tail end of zelda squishing his face for fun because she does treat him a little like a puppy (though she would argue it’s because he lets her) and she merely waves a dismissive hand. the guardsmen are regularly reminded that link is her favourite soldier from the way his name rings off her tongue like wind chimes, from the way she runs to him first and foremost after hunting a nearby monster hideout, especially when she argues that holding his face is necessary to make sure he’s okay. the guards merely grin. king rhoam doesn’t see it though, goddess knows how he would feel about her knight distracting her from her duties, but urbosa does because zelda has to get parental approval from somewhere. urbosa sees the way zelda looks for him in the group when she’s not by his side, almost making sure he was still there if she wanted him, and urbosa smiles. she sees the way zelda’s hand sneaks its way into his whenever she’s scared or nervous about something, even though she’s surrounded by the champions, and how his hand tightens around hers so she knows he’s going nowhere. it’s almost enough to bring a tear to the chief gerudo’s eyes, to know that her little bird is in safe hands whenever she isn’t around, to finally see her smiling and laughing and not shivering, tear-stained and weak in the middle of ice cold water, begging and pleading into thin air. when she looks at them, she sees two kids finally being able to embrace some of their youth and find comfort in one another, and it gives her hope. hope that they can still be naive teenagers together despite the circumstances they’re all in. and idk i just think that’s pretty neat

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smilesrobotlover · 2 months

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Forget that in order to look through the miphlink tag, I have zelink shippers flooding the tag with hate

#once again if you don’t like a ship don’t tag it #otherwise you’re a douche #there’s a top post that’s just saying #‘miphlink isn’t canon in AOC cuz Link and Zelda looked at each other’#shut uuuup you’re so ANNOYING #I’m sorry I should be nicer #I you ship AOC/botw/totk zelink that’s fine #but be respectful to those who don’t #smiles rants

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ladye-zelda · 5 months

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Welp, uh, technically it's still Age of Calamity's birthday where I'm at so here's a little fic of AoC Arranged Marriage AU!

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(Basically the premise of this AU was that when Link was revealed to be the chosen hero Rhoam had basically married him and Zelda together; they would be in their early 20's in this AU of course)

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Zelda rubbed her aching forehead, trying to still the racing thoughts in her mind as she glossed over the different designs of wedding gowns. Quite a few of them were too flamboyant for a wedding; decorated with so many jewels and layers that she could see herself dying in one of them. The others didn't even look like wedding dresses; too blue or red or gold with only fragments of white to even signify they were for marriage.

She set the different designs down, sighing defeatedly. Not one of the dozens of designs spoke out to her. It was like they were not even for her.

Well, of course not, she thought with a scoff. This isn't my own wedding. It is for the kingdom's sake.

It had been such a struggle to get the Master Sword from Korok Forest. So much resources and time were spent trying to free the forest from the monster's clutches. If Link hadn't already been with them, and if he wasn't already the chosen hero... the people of Hyrule would've thought of it a waste of Hyrule's militia. Already so many lives had been lost from the previous battles...

A knock on her study door drew her from her thoughts. She quickly gathered the drawings, a curse slipping from her mouth as some fell to the floor, before beckoning the knocker to come in.

To her surprise, it was her fiancé coming to visit. She found herself staring at him as he came in, fully donned in the dark blue and red of the royal guard's uniform; a temporary garb until she could finish the champions' apparel, but one that was long overdue. Even without the hilt of the Master Sword peering over his shoulder, Link had long deserved the royal guard's uniform (at least in Zelda's opinion).

Link looked at her curiously, before looking down at one of the dropped drawings at his feet. He bent down to pick it up, but before Zelda could protest he was already snickering at the design.

"They are aware it's supposed to be a wedding dress, right?"

A smile crept up on Zelda's lips, and before she was aware she was already chuckling. "Oh, and that's not even the worse of them," she giggled, motioning him over to the larger stack. Together, they nitpicked at every little design detail, laughing at the questionable design choices.

"Oh, but this one isn't too bad," Link said, picking up a drawing of a flamboyant wedding dress that was an odd mutated mix between a ballgown and a military uniform.

"It isn't," Zelda admitted, "but it just doesn't... fit me, if that makes sense."

Link squinted at the drawing, then looked at Zelda and back at it again. "Yeah, you're right," he relented, placing the drawing back in the pile.

"There's quite a few of them like that," Zelda said, flipping through another pile before bringing out a dress. "Like, I love the skirt on this one" -- she brought out another drawing -- "and I love the sleeves, but not really the neckline." She sighed, leaning into her chair. "It would make this ordeal a lot easier if I could just design my own."

"Why can't you?" Link raised an eyebrow. "You're already designing our champions' outfits. Why not make your own?"

"You really think I should?" Zelda asked. "But... Father wouldn't allow it."

"And why should he stop you? It is your wedding."

Zelda gave him a look to challenge that statement.

"Okay, maybe not really. But I've seen the designs you made for our garbs; they're amazing, Zelda."

Zelda felt her cheeks grow hot, though her heart felt soured by the notion. She only had to make the champions' garbs out of tradition, not because she really wanted to.

But... it wouldn't hurt to try.

Zelda reached over and grabbed her notebook, quickly flipping through all of the horrible sketches of flora she tried to doodle, before finding a blank page. She was about to grab a utensil, but her hand knocked the cup over. Goodness; she was a mess today.

Link caught most of the utensils before they escaped her desk, and the ones he did he picked back up and placed them in the cup.

"Thank you," Zelda said, before grabbing the one she wanted and turning to her page.

She had begun sketching out the base lines for the dress before she realized she had an audience watching over her shoulder.

"Hey," she said, looking up at him with a mischievous smile. "If we're going to treat this like an ordinary marriage, shouldn't this be a surprise to you?"

Link chuckled. "And what part of this marriage is ordinary?" he teased.

"Oh, you--!"

Zelda sat up from her chair and began playfully pushing Link out of the door. "It's bad luck to see the wedding dress before the wedding!"

"Isn't it 'to see the bride before the wedding'?" he joked along.

"Same thing!"

The two laughed as she finally pushed him out of the door. "I shall see you at dinner, then!" he said, twirling his hand around and stooped into a bow. Zelda agreed, still giggling, before closing the door. She sighed contentedly; it always felt good to laugh.

She returned to her notebook, continuing sketching out the rough lines. Using elements from the other sketches as references, she designed a dress she became proud of. It was flowy, and nature-like; the skirt of the dress reminded her of the petals of a silent princess, the sleeves were long and elegant, and the neckline was lower and allowed more comfort to breathe. She couldn't help but also design her hair into a long braid, making a note of it by the side to also put specks of flowers (preferably silent princess replicas) into her hair as well.

When she was finished, she took a moment to admire the dress. She could see herself walking down the aisle now, holding a bouquet of flowers, looking up to meet the man that she would be married to...

Zelda frowned; no doubt that Link wouldn't want to be married to her like this. She would always imagined that she would have time before marriage, to know the person long enough to love. Though she and Link had gotten along quite nicely, from the time that he had been appointed her personal guard they had only known each other not even long enough to be friends. All of this, no doubt, was forced on Link as much if not more than was forced on Zelda. As the princess, she at least had no choice on the matter of her duties. Link had a choice... until he got married to her at least.

It felt unfair to Link. Already his life was thrown away the moment he picked up that sword. He should be married to someone he loves, not a princess he was only sworn to by duty.

Like Mipha, Zelda thought, remembering how the two looked at each other when they had visited the Domain. Oh, goodness, Zelda realized in shock, holding a hand to her mouth. Had her father really stopped a relationship between Link and Mipha with this marriage?

She shook her head. No, her mind reasoned. If he was really distraught over losing Mipha, then he would probably not even talk to her, let alone laugh with her.

But... that didn't mean that she could approach Link on the subject one of these days.

Zelda picked up the drawing, taking a deep breath. All that was left now was for her father to approve her design.

#the ladye writes #age of calamity #age of calamity zelink #aoc zelink #loz aoc #loz au #zelink #sorry this was a bit long 😅#I am just in love with this au; i should work on it again #age of calamity arranged marriage au #aoc arranged marriage au #aoc au #zelda au

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mylonelydreaming · 2 years

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This person pointed out the difference between the scenes of Link kneeling before Zelda VS Rhoam

His eyes being open kind of does feel like barely-contained rage or frustration to be honest

The age of calamity moment is also extremely tense

He glares at the king the whole time before giving an extremely weak bow & almost passive-agressive looking head turn. Boy is barely containing rage. You just know he has lost a good chunk of any real respect he had for him witnessing him treat zelda like that.

#botw #aoc #zelink #botw link #age of calamity #botw memories #breath of the wild #courage to glare right in the face of your monarch without a shred of fear #as he should #link #zelda #king rhoam bosphoramus hyrule

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nocturnalfandomdoodles · 1 month

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Could you doodle your version of the Sheikah court poet? Or if that's too much work, maybe Impa being annoyed by something Link being a hopeless sap for Zelda.

those aoc sidequests where you gather things for zelda.... (impa is holding off all the monsters)

Also!! I like to headcanon that the Sheikah poet was not only Kass's teacher, but he was also Impa's husband in BotW (and Paya's grandfather). Here he is :) Thanks for the requests!!

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loz-fic-finder · 8 months

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I was wonder if you had any recommendations for Zelink stories from the BotW/AoC/TotK time period? I am always looking for new gems to read.

Sorry this took a while, I got distracted and forgot this ask existed. Here are some fics for you:

Displaced (archive locked)

Roots

The Princess Who Carries the Blood of the Goddess

One Last Year

Stolen Kisses

What We Could

#fic search #legend of zelda #zelink #aoc #loz #age of calamity #breath of the wild #botw #hyrule warriors aoc #the legend of zelda

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villian555 · 5 months

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Personally, I think Zelda and Link still end up together in Age of Calamity. They literally flirt constantly in that game....

Just because Mipha is alive doesn't mean it would happen 🤷‍♀️

Not to mention that the armor description for the Zora armor is basically making a joke of it in English ("It's probably fine to be wearing this. Probably.") and "Is it really okay to wear this??" in Japanese. Because that's toootally how someone who accepts a proposal acts. Uh huh.

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