#because legends never die

[nerdycolorcupcake]

A heartwarming message from our blood god in the afterlife

#dream smp #bunbunart #technoblade #c!technoblade #i miss him so much #it took me a long time to draw him again without my eyes water up #hopefully I'll do more to honor his legacy #because legends never die #digital sketch #my artwork #dream smp roleplay #technosupport

[artistiafox]

I am wondering how much that little bar scene at the end of NCIS Hawai’i 2x20 was the result of fan demand? Again, let’s be honest, most of us watch the show for Kacy shenanigans. We haven’t had a lot this season because Yaz has been in and out due to other commitments, but what we’ve had is pretty good. Not like, Avalance good cuz LoT knew what we wanted, but still, it’s better than NCIS franchise track record with relationships. 

#ncis #ncis hawai'i spoilers #ncis hawai'i #i will keep tagging Legends of Tomorrow #because legends never die #dc's legends of tomorrow #avalance

[ddeck]

cause of death: thought about commander cody a bit too hard

#urrgghghhhh #its just that everything about him is so damn sad in a very bittersweet kind of way #like look at this guy. look at him. he is so nice and compassionate and always ready to help and also dead from the very start #he is doomed not even because of order 66 but because he is a clone and he was made to die for the republic or with it #and everyone knows it. he knows it #he is standing right there and you know he is going to die #and then he does no matter canon or legends whatever that is left of him after order 66 is just a husk of a person he never even got to be #do you ever think about how every emotional scene including cody is just him grieving over someone #whatever :(

[summertimemusician]

Linktober (Shadow) 2023

Spirit

Welp turns out my exam season throughly steam rolled through my general Linktober plans, so you get this VERY late thing for now folks who find this, at least until I decide whether to continue this until I finish it even though it's no longer Linktober or if I'll make whatever other stories come later their own thing after exam season is over (mostly because the original for this one is my preferred draft, and that I feel the one for the Link/Dark Link prompt would be kind of wasted if it just sat there collecting dust cause I worked hard on the tension and horror there lord darn it, along with a few others mainly involving Fae Hyrule, Twilight, Time, First, among other Links like Legend, Sky, Warriors, just all of the boys, I wanted to give them all proper spotlight and still want to do that in any way I can). Welp. *Downs coffee like a shot* Also really need to find out how to make a Masterlist on mobile, figure out how AO3 works and answer asks.

Anyway, not really any warnings this time besides Reader Not Being Okay (par the course really) and angst.

As always can be read as either romantic or platonic, Reader is gender neutral on purpose, technically is meant to be read as either Hero's Shade Time x Reader or First x Reader mainly, but you can interpret it as any Link really lol

Good reading!

This corner of Faron Woods was quiet this time of year.

The woods were solemn in this Hyrule, the sliver of moonlight barely enough of a guide through the mist, it was silent but for the soft padding of animals through the underbrush and the howl of a wolf in the distance (not Wolfie's, not musical enough). The stars were your only company as you were separated from the group, the air was cold agaisnt your skin as you attempted to find your way.

Being alone in the forests of Hyrule never spelled anything good for anyone, but as you felt the brush of a hand tenderly twined in yours, the ghost of leather and the faint clinking of steel, and a faint glow of pale gold and ivory cutting through the veil of the night, mindful of roots you may trip onto and never flickering too far out of sight you couldn't feel safer, even  if instead something like melancholy threatened to lock your throat with the chains of silence, you felt as warm as the soft twilight glow and as frigid as ice, frostburned with the bitter cold of your own warring emotions.

You can't help but chuckle a bit whille holding a old scabbard close to your heart, it's a wry sound, "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

There is no answer, of course there isn't, but you don't mind, you know he'll listen, thorns wrap around your heart and crawl up your throat, the smell of lilies and steel coats and sticks in your throat like honey, or maybe blood, "... I didn't think you'd show up, you know? I always considered the possibility but..." You trail off, you feel something brush your side, you can only see him in the corner of your eyes or with a passing glance, there but not, existing but gone, so you keep your eyes on the road and in the flicker of light, so you carefully don't look to your side, you don't think you could contain the shaking in your heart otherwise, to stare at inevitability and prophecy, "... I know, I know you're fine. At least for now, I apologize for all the trouble I gave you."

'It's alright. It could never be a hardship aiding you.', the voice echoes in your ears, and you swallow thickly, breath hitching, the warmth of the sun in the fields of Hyrule, the wind caressing your hair, the song of the animals in Faron Woods, someone holding you carefully, fondly. The warmth of your hand in his. Not really here, but not gone either, more feeling than true echo.

You chuckle, and try to pretend it's not a bit breathless, something like a wounded keen, "... You're too kind. Too, too kind, thank you."

Spirits in Hyrule never spell anything good, in this wild land of light and shadow in a gestalt of divinity. There are some exceptions though, even if it hurts to witness then. So you follow him through the dark, certain that as you've guided his way once, he'll lead you now to where you need to go.

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... The clearing he leads you to is open, but by no means truly quiet among the trees, there is no peace to be found for the armored skeleton here. You choke on sorrow, on unfinished business, on the cruelty of being brought to ruin and being denied peace, and you stumble towards the familiar figure, almost in a trance as your vision blurs, roots and thorny vines wrap over rusted armor and a thorn cape, the skeleton's void sockets piercing through your soul, illuminated by the solemn gaze of the wretched moon and it's uncaring maids of honor in the stars.

You fall to your knees near the decaying skeleton, biting back against the wounded sound that attempts to leave your throat with enough strenght to bleed, you lay the scabbard by his side with a bouquet of lilies and shiver at the gentle, phantom touch, so soft, so loving it almost leads you to ruin all over again.

'... It's foolish to grieve for someone who isn't gone yet.' the thought comes to you, yet you can't help it. You still hurt for him, you still hold onto the fury at the heavens themselves for denying them quietus. For denying them rest over and over and over again. To watch this cycle and be helpless to stop it all due to the will of uncaring gods.

Alive. Dead. Alive. Dead. Denied full rest over and over again, to watch the chance at rest to the kindest of souls found in this world you found yourself in.

You barely register the touch to your cheek, ephemeral as it is, as you can't help but shed tears, can't help but grieve. Because if you don't, who will?

You know by now that some wounds can never heal, some rifts can never be mended. Even with the guarantee of cyclic, eternal rebirth, some things never return to how they were. And reminding yourself of this inevitability to them will never not hurt, even if you know it's futile to blame anyone but the one god who started this, and maybe the goddess who stood complacent to it. It leaves a bitter taste in your mouth that it'll one day come to this, that the frost of death and the sharpness of pain will leave a mark the sands of time can't scar over.

You reach a trembling hand towards the one in your cheek, try to find catharsis in the remains of decayed, dead yet ever eternal, ever growing love. And you breathe.

'We'll meet again. So do not mourn for me, please.'

You don't think you could deny him if you tried. Not when you know he's trying to soothe you, to thaw your sorrow. To allow your heart's healing to fallow.

"We will, I know. I'm sorry for making you worry." You chuckle, leaning into the cold, trying to brand the memory of the shadowed, but not gone love given to you so you can return it in kind. Just until you meet again, just until you can give all you can to his not yet decomposing self, grasping onto what remains of him, "I love you."

'I love you too. Until we meet again.'

The cold is gone, the echo of love leaves. And you breathe, and pretend you don't feel empty.

(When you see Link again, reuniting with the Chain on the next day's twilight. You hug him as tight as you can, and hope you he doesn't notice the tears in your eyes. And that you don't feel the lingering traces of a frigid embrace.

When no one is looking, you wave goodbye to the shade. And pray he dreams of warmer days until he finds quietus.)

#linked universe x reader #hero's shade x reader #linked universe time x reader #first x reader #hylia's chosen hero x reader #first link x reader #also know as What Happens When Summer Watches Corpse Bride after Playing MJM #I'll never not be emotional about the Hero's Shade and how it's an inevitability that Time will always die relatively young #how First died alone in the surface and likely never got a proper burial #And the fact we never learn what happens to the heroes after the task is done and THE ONE INSTANCE #we do is to learn they died young in some manner (ex Time. The Link before Hyrule. First. #Probably Twilight if we go by the theory Wolfie in BOTW is a spirit sent to help Wild #Technically pre calamity Wild because losing your memories is technically death of identity although that's for another story #and related to Lost #Most of the more effective LoZ games present themselves as either dark fairy tales and I'm running with that concept #Plus it's literally LEGEND of Zelda. Hardly do things end well for protagonists in actual legends and mythology involving gods #I think I have a right to worry #Anyway I'll probably elaborate more later because I'm tired lol #gotta perish to tackle studying and THEN be free to start on the pages long LU/LoZ essays /jk #unless? #we'll see #summer writes linktober 2023 #summer writes linktober shadow 2023 #summer writes #this short fic was also brought to you by the death holiday we have here in my country because it always makes me sad #and thinking of the Hero's Shade and what happens to First basically made it Depression times 100 lol

[creativesplat]

What is a hero? 

#Link #Zelda #Mipha #Revali #Urbosa #Daruk #BoTW #breath of the wild #legend of zelda #art that represents my thoughts on how each champion makes Link a better hero #also sprinkled in some of that lovely revali and zelda mirror each other's stories which I love (why is that I wonder.) #there has to be some significance? #never mind #thoughts on #each champion's self sacrifice #and how Link is forced to copy them by coming into a new and foreign life and running back into battle with little recovery time #and how Zelda is effectively a divine conduit #and how she sacrifices herself as a protection to Hyrule - like the champions - but doesn't die because of fate #which is an interesting concept to explore #Link is effectively ever champion rolled into one. #he has their powers #and has to face each battle they faced #like the second chance they never got #maybe? #the ramblings of a tired artist #I bit you all #adieu #until my next creative burst #old wip that has been sitting in my art folder for an eternity that I always wanted to post but never did #so here is the wip version

[muninnhuginn]

feeling so normal about li bing and qiu qingzhi btw

#their dynamic is fascinating no matter which medium you choose #but the cdrama's choice to deep dive on the 'old friend' deal and all that entails just hit my specific niche so hard #idk what it's like to experience the cdrama when you haven't got the donghua in the back of your head but as someone who did? #the irony was so much. despite the changes enough was kept intact that going in I knew two things for sure: #1) despite seeming antagonism they do both care for each other. 2) qqz was never getting out alive. #was sad to see the li bing|li bao stuff get dropped but the new backstory worked + explained the differing characterisation for lb rly well #white cat legend #white cat legend spoilers #<- for my own tags oops #no but like. the way that lb admitted he always thought he'd die young but maybe he could live on through qqz #and then in the end it's lb left alone with no choice to die even if he wanted to. whilst qqz would rather die than become a 'monster'. #and he meant it in a different way (addiction metaphor) but lb had his own worries that his demon state meant he was now a monster. #sth sth choices about living and dying and being a 'monster' and how lb had support but qqz was surrounded on all sides by wolves #he chose to be there because he had to be to survive. as a former slave he knew he had limited choices. but it's still so....

[kettouryuujin]

Swimming Lessons

[Inspired by @monsoon-of-art’s Pokérus AU. Part of @ailingwriter‘s Post-Rus AU thanks to finding it after this was posted.]

Iscan sighed. While Palina had finally gotten over her trauma and was able to swim again, her actual attempts to swim…

*SPLOOSH* *wharrrgarbl…*

Weren’t exactly going well. The piscine Warden let out a groan, diving down to help the canid back above the surface and to the coastline. For the seventh time that day. “Palina… Y-you know you don’t need to keep doing this…”

The Arcanine spat out the water from her mouth and throat, gagging some as she got the last bits out. “No, if you’re working so hard to find a way to come visit me on land, I can work just as hard to visit you in the water…”

“Dear, you’ve-” A quick pause as eyes darted around, before the Basculegion remembered that they didn’t have to hide their relationship anymore. “-You’ve not even managed to get a steady paddle up yet. And your Noble has refused to take to the water himself.”

Palina sighed. “Well, I don’t care. And I don’t want to wait for Akari to work out how to make one of those…‘doahts’, or whatever they were called.” She sighed. “I’m not going to let a silly thing like trouble swimming get in the way of our relationship, hun.”

Iscal blushed a bit, then sighed. “Alright, well… what if we tried having you rest on my back a little longer this time?”

“What? No, I don’t want to put more strain on you-”

“It’s that, or we stop, because we haven’t been making any progress so far.” It wasn’t common for Iscal to be so…assertive, but after adjusting to his new form he’d been pushing more on things he really cared about. And apparently, this qualified.

The Fire/Rock type sighed and nodded. “Alright, alright… I’ll stay on you longer…” 

A return nod from the Water/Ghost type before he turned around, positioning himself near the coastline for Palina to slowly walk onto his back. Once in position, he swam outwards, being sure to stay along the coast as Arcanine paws brushed along his side. Eventually he’d descend a bit more, letting his fellow Warden paddle on her own before ferrying her back to shore.

Hopefully, she’d last longer than 10 seconds this time. Hopefully.

#pokerus AU #Canon to actual Pokerus AU? Maybe #Canon to my AU of the Pokerus AU? Definitely. #details on my version incoming #Arcanine can straddle Basculegion I hope. #fluff #coping #no beta we die like... #nobody because I'm open for input just wanting to share this thing. #sharing this was the whole reason I opened my blog #post-rus+au #post rus au #I seriously found another AU this fits perfectly in? #never tell me the odds it seems #oh I hope I have the characters down. #Warden Iscan #Warden Palina #Pokemon legends arceus #PLA

[galehowl]

Thought about Revenant again and I'm still annoyed over how the character's potential in what stories could be told surrounding his situation, and the characters related to him, as well as how many themes could be explored, all went totally down the drain lol

At least the fandom's creations provided me with far better sustenance

#he's going right there with Grievous #I can't get a break with villains with potential being treated badly by the writers lol #I sort of get why they flip-flopped with him but ending up on the blandest “lol he's more evil now because whatever” is just lol. lmao even #that doesn't even work since no one can get seriously hurt or die anyway so he's still ineffective and not a threat #no one can even KILL HIM even though he's supposedly like a supervillain now #WHY IS HE STILL IN THE APEX GAMES AT THIS POINT #because game logic #also I'll never forgive cockblocking Loba like that and giving her no resolution really #you could've ended this in a billion more interesting ways for all characters involved #but no #come on the simulacra are so fucking interesting #why you do this #he will also now be a character I rage about once a year like I do with Grievous #tragic #text post #apex legends lol

[aspparticune]

Today I lit a candle in Technoblade’s honour. It has been melting down throughout the day and will keep burning until the clock strikes midnight.

Blood for the Blood God.

Technoblade Never Dies 👑 👑 👑

#technoblade #techno #technoblade never dies #legends never die #mcyt technoblade #mcyt #tribute #blood for the blood god #chin up king #your crown is falling #I love you because you are love

[justapixelthing]

So I didn't know canon character x OC was a common way of shipping, but I'm glad it is. I'm always team Zelink but I don't like loose ends so....

Meet Arod, a skilled archer of the Hylian Army, who ends up marrying Malon, the beautiful ranch girl from Ocarina of Time.

Arod and Malon are especially prominent in the 4th timeline (where my Zelda story 'TLoZ: Remnants of the Past' is set on) but I see him with her in any timeline. In the 4th timeline however, their bloodline creates the ROTP side characters Maron and her son Aron who run the ranch as Ron Ron Ranch many generations later.

Have some 4th Timeline specific info on Arod and this relationship:

He originates from an ungoverned area outside of Hyrule

He doesn't know for sure, but it is rumored (or pretty clear) that his family is of the Sheikah, due to their white hair and red eyes. But they have lost the knowledge of their tribe.

Arod is a highly skilled archer, a skill he has practiced since childhood

He came to Hyrule during the period of reconstruction post-Oot, after news of what happend spread to neighboring places.

Eventually he joined the Hylian army, which was being reformed by Impa and the Hero of Time.

He butted heads a lot with Link and teased him a lot.... even though Link is his literal trainer.

Arod is VERY cocky. He thinks very highly of himself and brags a lot. Unfortunately for the people around him, his archery skills do kinda give him those bragging rights. He can be very sweet with the right people.

Because of his archery skills, he is also nicknamed 'Sniper' in the Hylian army.

He first saw Malon when she made a shipment of goods to the construction site and instantly fell for her.

But Malon was heartbroken because she had feelings for Link and Link, while caring for her, was clearly destined for Zelda. So Arod found it hard to approach her.

Once Link found out Arod was into Malon, he set them up to meet more often by causing random coincidences where they'd have to spend a bit of time together.

It worked! Arod and Malon became familiar and Arod eventually offered to work on the farm after trainings. Over all that, Malon eventually realized she didn't love Link, but she loved what he did for her. What she felt for Arod, that was true love.

Arod literally became the knight to sweep Malon of her feet, as Malon always wished for.

Link and Malon became better friends over this. Link and Zelda eventually became official too and both couples became super close.

Because Link and Arod still tease each other, Malon and Zelda joked that their men are gay for each other and anytime the guys would tease another, one of the girls would go "Go get a room!" Arod clearly didn't care enough about the fact that Link became King to stop messing with him.

The children of Malon and Arod would call Zelda and Link auntie and uncle. The children of Link and Zelda would do the same with the other couple.

Though despite that, one child of Zelink would actually eventually fall in love with one child of Marod. I headcanon that this also happens in the child timeline and there this new couple would lead to TP Link's bloodline (Like, the Zelink child leaves the throne to a sibling to stay on the farm with the Marod child, thus TP Link who is their descendant doesn't end up as a royal)

#my art #my sketch #malon x oc #oc ship #rotp #tloz: remnants of the past #the legend of Zelda #also oot Zelink #because Malon x Arod means Link x Zelda too #I imagine they go on double dates #ocarina of time #happy oot Zelink #happy Malon #I could never put Link with Malon because to me personally it feels like she would be his second choice (just my opinion) #so I made someone who will see Malon as his godddess #Arod is such a meanie but he would die for Malon #the sketch is a lot wonkier than I remembered it being #sorreh

[bijoumikhawal]

abruptly realization that a fantasy book I liked a lot as a kid was about a child being groomed and escaping her would be abuser

#cipher talk #The book is the legend of Holly Claus and the TDLR is a magic baby gets born to Santa in a land populated by immoral martyrs #And because she's a magic baby she's like. The most pure of heart person ever. So an evil magician/eldritch monstrosity curses her #To ensure she never becomes corrupted and manipulates her life from afar to ensure she's socially isolated because he can use her to end #His imprisonment #She makes him crumble into dust bc while he's trying to kill her to force her to do what he wants she tells him that even if he forced her #To be with him she would learn to love him eventually and that makes him die #I've always had weird feelings about that being the resolution and this realization makes that even worse

[gayslumber]

do YOU want to see my first ever natural shiny encounter? watch this!!! :)

#i literally want to die #and scream #kill me #send prayers because i would’ve loved that abra more than a father loves his son #i’ve literally never naturally encountered a shiny in all of my 10 years of pokémon playing #pokemon #legends arceus

[dark-mega]

Rest In Peace technoblade

Legends never die and you were the legend of legends

#technoblade #minecraft #youtuber #fanart #rest in peace #i was never a fan of he’s friends but he had something different #they all acted like… actor but him? #he was just himself and if I had to choose between any of those guys which one is the best? #i would say technoblade #because it didn’t felt like acting but just a nice guy playing Minecraft #and in reality he was a true diamond in the rough #and I’ll miss him and he’s wacky adventures #good bye technoblade #legends never die #and you were the legend of legends

[auraeseer]

Brad Pitt drinks a six-pack, stumbles . . .

#seattle #earth #legend #cold ipa #india pale ale #because beer matters #fremont #fremont brewing #legends never die #washington

[attractthecrows]

i think the main thing that bothers me about fanon families (because i am a picky pedant) is that for the most part, they ignore things like how said families would impact the characters and overall story. like it's one thing to add siblings and other random relations just for flavor, I can't judge there, I do it myself... but you gotta keep in mind how they slot in. who are these people related to? how are they similar? what are the common learned behaviors of the family - because they're there even if said character makes a purposeful break from said family - and how do they manifest? why and where is this person even involved in the story?

like don't get me wrong, this sort of playing around is a lot of fun. but it's fun (to me anyways) because people are so complex and there's so many facets to them, so there's all sorts of ways for their bonds with others to interact and add flavor to the plot.

#it's both funny and sad actually how simple fandoms make characters become and i like adding more complexity #like alyne #margaret and alyne are fancharacters. margaret's the sister of jake torrance. alyne is pellinore warthrops illegitimate daughter #they can add flavor and background and higher stakes to the monstrumologist or they can stand alone #because their story doesn't actually have much to DO with monstrumology except that their relations are monstrumologists #their story is that of a single mom deciding to raise her brilliant scientist daughter in a fishing town on the gulf coast #said brilliant scientist daughter doing what she loves and eventually learning about her father who was also a scientist #but never meeting him for sure because he died a month before she arrived in his hometown #its a story about missed connections and what you do afterwards #it has potential to intersect with the monstrumologist but it's a character study more than anything #of what would happen if someone with pellinore's tendencies grew up without the influence of monstrumology and money #anyway ramble over i was thinking about this in the car #also about how alyne would react to learning her father's name is PELLINORE after the king searching for the questing beast #and her name is ALYNE after king pellinore's daughter he abandoned to die because of his own blindness in his hunt for the beast #you inherited the legacy of the legend but your role in it is to die and make your father more compelling and tragic. #you inherited a yoke meant to be shuffled off in tragedy and pointless death. but your father is dead so the yoke is meaningless

[draconicace]

man. thinking about the narrative implication of a game that shows the player the ending and then resets back to before the final boss battle

#aiden's monologuing #something about a story that cannot be escaped. an antagonist that cannot die for what is a protagonist without its counterpart? #a world that cannot move on because after the ending it is no longer perceived by the player #frozen in eternity. a protagonist that can never truly achieve their goal #and always. always the dread that one day the player resets. wants to see the story again. #is that better than not existing at all? an endless loop? #anyway it's pretty funny how long it took me to get used to using ascend in totk and now every game i'm like. i wish i had ascend #it's the paraglider all over again #oh also for this specifically in relation to loz: it's a legend. a story being told. that is all it can ever be