For @factorialrabbits, and due to a lovely discussion with the ASAU people last night, have some fun violence!
Hyrule Warriors Link and an injured fairy. 400 words.
CW for serious gore under the cut.
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There were crows clustered by the pond, and Link did not trust them in the slightest. The battlefield was mostly quiet; the monsters were either dead, fleeing, or captive and only hoping for mercy Link knew Zelda would not give... but they wouldn’t know that until they’d talked.
For what good that information might be, of course.
It wasn’t his problem. Link wound his way to the pond, uneasily, expecting to find another body they’d missed. It’d be a pain if he did; they’d been hoping to use the pond for water but if someone died in it...
When he arrived, there didn’t seem to be anything there. There was two crows fighting on a rock, squawking and snapping at each other over something, something small. There wasn’t much blood at all.
Link whistled at them, irritated, and shooed them off. The birds scattered as soon as he approached, unwilling to argue with a human being, and Link approached the small stain on the rock, expecting to see a dropped eyeball.
It was hard to make out at first. There was light – bright light, like something glowing, and two delicate wings, one crumpled badly and torn. Between them lay blood, and frail limbs and...
Link closed his eyes. An eyeball would’ve been easier.
Fuck.
He had to wet his lips. He tried, then tried again and crouched, whistling low and as clearly as he could a soft tune. He almost didn’t expect the fairy to respond: there was a lot of damage. So much, he paused and poured alcohol on his hands before trying to put... things... back into place before he scooped the frail body into his hands.
The tiny thing looked at him. His thoughts froze in horror, but it kept looking, turning her little face and opening and closing her mouth. No words came out. He swallowed, hard.
He knew, intellectually, fairies could survive the kind of damage he could. He knew that. But it was something else to see one half-open and moving still as he tried to think of what sounds he could make to tell her to stop, hold still please.
I’m trying to help.
The little thing gave a small gasp, attempting to fill her damaged lungs again, and Link gave up and closed his fingers into a tight little cage over her body nestled in his palm.
They had other fairies back at camp. They’d know more than him what they had to do.
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Any two Legends going at it would be SUCH a fun battle to see. Especially Bonus Links and ASAU Legends, I feel like they're roughly equal in levels of power?
I love writing Legend! Both my own and LU. And he's not really a Link but I'm really enjoying writing Ravio lately too.
Linkship crossover of choice: I think Heroes Spirit Eras would make a fun pairing with gruff cowboy ASAU Twilight!
Queer into oblivion: All of them. Every single one. This sounds like a dodge but it's not meant as one; every single member of my own cast is queer in some way and I write the LU gang the same. It's a big part of the draw of both Legend and Sky, though; I love Sky as poly and pan and Legend as bi and GNC or some flavor of genderqueer. LU Hyrule gets the ace feels and I love writing Wild as sex-positive aro. I could go on. Anyway. Show me a Links Meet cast with queer characters and you'll have my attention.
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Rereading Confidential I remembered one thing:
Why doesn't Hyrule know what a horse is?
Hyrule has fought bosses that have the head of a horse and a knight that is riding a horse. They forgot about that?
There are horses in Hyrule's era! They've just never been able to put a name to the animal, and seeing something with the head of an animal in the case of the boss is very different from seeing the naturally occurring creechur. I'd also argue, perhaps not canon to the games, but horses used in battle had some chance of being armored if the knight could afford it and it was practical to use. Hyrule may not have ever seen a horse, in its entirety, without it being covered in metal, and when confronted with the thing in a sea of other weird occurrences, could easily have just gone "yea ok sure"
You gotta understand that Hyrule was raised Fey, and, in my own experience, I did have the misfortune of going to school with a girl who actually truly believed, in the 8th grade, that cows were just fat horses in the same way that teacup poodles and standard poodles are related.
This is someone who grew up in America going to school with me, and they had the benefit of a mandatory standard education. Hyrule never went to school and didn't spend much time in towns or around people, and by proxy their animals, so it really would not shock me if Hyrule saw an armored horse, standing next to Epona, and assumed: One Of These Is A Monster and One Of These Is A Good Girl Of An Entirely Different Species
-Mizu
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List of Links - in kind of chronological order!
Ages are at the start of the adventure. Look up any character on the blog by using "#ASAU [name]"!! Refer to the timeline for exact placement. If any details change, we'll update this post!
First - he/him, cis, bi, 29, 6'4 / 193cm - Hylia's chosen warrior, the first hero whom the others inherit the Hero's Spirit from, married to Stella (OC), Warriors' father
Sky - he/him, cis, bi, 25, 5'10 / 178cm - Hero from Skyward Sword, married to Sun
Myriad - he/him, cis, it's complicated, 36, 5'10.5 / 179cm - Hero of the era 10,000 years before Breath of the Wild (10k Era) and the First Calamity, technically married to Monarch but they're kinda divorced
Four - plural they (he/him if necessary), system, 17, 4'9 / 145cm - Hero(es) from Minish Cap & Four Swords Adventures
Red - she/they, femme NB, panrom gray ace, 4'5 / 135cm
Vio - he/they, demiboy, homorom demi, 4'7 / 139cm
Green - he/him, cis, aroace, 4'9 / 145cm
Blue - he/him, basically cis, demi, 4'11 / 149cm
(Bonus! Shadow - he/it, creature, gay, 4'9 / 145cm)
Cinder - he/him, cis, straight, 24, 5'11 / 180cm - Hero from Termina before Majora's Mask, took over the quest for Termina's previous hero when he got injured, fought Majora and adventured with Navi
Flicker - he/him, cis, babey, 9, babey height - Fallen Hero from OoT, pulled the sword and was never put to sleep, died fighting Beast Ganon
Time - he/him, cis, questioning, 21, 6'1 / 185cm - Hero from Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask
Wind - he/him, cis, doesn't care (demi), 17, 5'8 / 173cm (as of the beginning) - Hero from Wind Waker & Phantom Hourglass
Twilight - he/him, cis, bi open/polyam, 28, 6'0 / 183cm - Hero from Twilight Princess, married to Midna
Fae - she/her, transfemme NB, lesbian, 18, 5'7 / 170cm - Heroine from before Hyrule Warriors, split Ganondorf's soul into four parts, reintroduced Great Fairies post-TP pre-BotW, green witch
Legend - he/him, transmasc/GNC-ish, bi/pan polyam, 20, 5'3 / 160cm (boots make him 5'6 / 167cm) - Hero from A Link to the Past, Oracle of Seasons & Ages, Link's Awakening, & A Link Between Worlds
Bonus! Ravio - he/him, cis, gay leaning pan polyam, 20, 5'7.5 / 171cm - Legend's Lorulean counterpart (and boyfriend) from ALBW
Hyrule - they/them, non binary/agender, aroace, 18, 5'8 / 173cm - Hero from the Legend of Zelda (Hyrule Fantasy/LoZ '86) & the Adventure of Link
Warriors - he/(she/they), cis(?) (genderfluid), bi polyam, 26, 6'3 / 190cm - Hero from Hyrule Warriors, hasn't had the gender epiphany yet but they'll get there (edit: they've gotten there!!)
Champion - he/him, cis(?), bi, 19, 5'2 / 157cm - Hero from pre-Calamity Breath of the Wild
Wild - they/any/neos, genderqueer/pangender, pan polyam/open, 20, 5'7 / 170cm - Hero from Breath of the Wild (not TotK)
Tears - he/him, cis(?), pan, 20s, 5'7 / 170cm - Hero from Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild (but who isn't the same person as Wild...)
Odyssey - he/him, cis-ish, bi polyam, 20, 5'10 / 178cm - Hero after Breath of the Wild, completed his quest alongside his Zelda and Ganondorf
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