#clawshot

[catcoconut]

Most of what I draw is too spicy for here 🥲

Protags from my webtoon ClawShot! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ~💖

#clawshot #werewolf #webtoon #webcomic #monster lover

[imsociallyanxiousgetoverit]

hook stab

claw grab

hook stab

claw grab

I WILL REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE

#hookshot #clawshot #loz

[twilight-linkess]

I don’t think a bug net is the most common way to catch a bug

Also Wild is bad at catching bugs because I was when I played BotW

I actually started this one before I made a tumblr account, but it’s been so long since I’ve worked on it and there’s too many things I don’t like about it now so I don’t think I’ll ever finish it. It made me laugh at one point, though, so up it goes

#linked universe #lu sky #lu wild #lu twilight #lu time #twilight can also use items like the clawshots or gale boomerang to catch bugs #but that just raises more questions #linkess-art

[derpycatsu]

replaying tp (again) YAAAAAYYYY

i think it would be so cool that with all the mirror shard dungeons each resistance member would go with link and explore and adventure together (i know with some of the dungeon mechanics/stuff it wouldnt really work with two people but I Dont Care) . and also i love ashei and shad and i miss them they are so silly to me

#LIKE SERIOUSLY I WANT TO SEE SHAD LOSE HIS MIND OVER SEEING THE OOCCA FOR REAL. PLEASE #HE WOULD BE SO EXCITED #hes not built for adventuring so i imagine link using the clawshot to go to city in the sky #and shads like. holding on for dear life BAHAHAHA #ashei link and midna getting so pissed over the ingredients LOL . they would love the soup though #ashei would kick ass in the sledding game i think she could beat yeta easily #link would have to introduce midna to everyone and b like Hey im dog #I HAVE MORE THOUGHTS ON THIS so idk i might draw more.? who knooooows #the legend of zelda #twilight princess #loz tp #loz #link #shad #ashei #oocca #felix art

[shortkinglink]

hope everyone is doing wellll college is beating my ass OTL but i beat the ancient cistern and am doing nayrus silent realm next time i play skyward sword :]

#ty talks #am excited!! i think this is where you get the hookshot/clawshot item thingie

[ksneniya]

heaven .

#remlit #tloz skyward sword #sksw #i visit here everytime i go skyloft post clawshot #yau #yippeee

[jenniferchaulam]

Draft plot ??????????????

Twilight born as a Twili royal An heir to the throne, who can read Twili runes (6 element system as well, but all can use) But he isnt magical himself -> the king tried to kill him, and tried to find replacement to no avail queen devastated, wage a war and magic become split into 6 by her grief majora uses the oportunity in chaos and tried to kill both the king and queen (succeeded)

one of the remaining light holders who escape the queen’s wrath lock herself so that majora cant escape but majora can only be defeated by the undivided 6 elemental magical mcguffin

the child is safe due to being sent to the future, and the kid cant be sent back

a time sage is tasked to find the child, and read the rune to defeat majora

time sage said “I cant burden a child, bruhh” and yeets himself 20 years later instead

and ask the light holders to create a time loop until he wins

#why is this better than the original plot #guardians au #am avoid tagging this lu-realated but #basically added them into my original settings #and for some reason #now that i have a REAL personality with a base background #its easier to work with? #legend is fri #sage of time and fire #also fri is sick of saving the world but does it anyways so it fits omg #twilight is pacifica aka pacy #oh my god if you found my old pacy art do not tell me #dont burden me with cringe #pacy used to have a ladder but since its lu lets have a clawshot #twilight cant use magic or fly #jinx'd au #spoilers for jinx'd au

[legendofzoodles]

Sky and Twilight are one of the more lesser seen duos of the chain. Which is a shame. 

I want a story where they go digging (Sky with the Mogma Mitts and Twi in wolf form), accidently go too deep and have their own underground adventure. 

Plus they both have double clawshots! Just imagine them swinging through the trees in a dense forest like medieval spidermen. Trying to one up each other by doing showy flips and tricks while Wild runs after them taking dynamic pictures. 

To expand on that, imagine all of them soaring through the trees with their hook-shots and clawshots, or ambushing a camp of monsters from above (let’s say either Legend lent Wild one of his and taught him how to use it, or he hitches a ride on Twi or Sky). 

#i'm now thinking of those two using odm gear #tbf the clawshots are better than spiderman's webs #the chain recoils which propels them forward #like the gas in odm gear #they could do some of the stunts seen in aot #slice off the napes of hinoxes #lu sky #lu twilight #lu twi #lu wolfie #lu wild #linked universe #lu #dedicate your hearts to Hyrule!

[tsvai]

tfw a lizalfos has such bloodlust that it jumps to its death trying to reach link

#audrey plays twilight princess #lizalfos greatest hits #clawshotting across to a vine and i hear this screech and turn around and like. huh the lizalfos is gone. bye!

[xiomeebo]

Trying to remember what item(s) you get during your first time in eldin but I genuinely cannot remember.

#keebermeeber's rambles #It's been a while since I last played this game jhfbjf #I vaguely remember where everything else is. #you get the bow on the ship. you get the vacuum thing in the factory. #I don't remember the exact items for the trials but I remember what they do atleast #thing that lets you swim. and thing that lets you go thru hot rooms. #And i think you get the dual clawshots in the lanayru trial???? #is it the mitts that you get there??? #I don't remember fhbvkfd

[catcoconut]

He has a great poker face 🙈

(Protags from my webtoon “ClawShot!”)

#clawshot #webtoon #werewolf #gag strips

[ashleyquinn03]

If I were to make the next Zelda game, what would I change?

Bring back underwater traversal and real Water Temples.

If you were to think about any iconic Zelda item that isn't a weapon, you'd most likely think about the hook/clawshot. I like that we can climb, but I miss the claw/hookshot. Personally, I'd have the Skyward Sword climbing mechanics where you can climb a little bit but not much, but make it so that the hook/clawshot can go on any surface. Even better is a double claw/hookshot so you can swing around like Spider-Man

Linkle. That's right, from the original Hyrule Warriors spin-off game. It would be cool if we got to choose to play as Link or Linkle at the beginning of the game. Make it so that Link can't get into Gerudo Town without a disguise like in Breath of the Wild, but also make it so Linkle can't get into Goron City without a disguise, that way it's even and there's no major advantage.

If Linkle can't be an option, I'd have Link be a different race than Hylian. Tears of the Kingdom already teased us with this concept with the Ancient Hero. Before TotK, the closest we got was Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask Link who thought he was a Kokiri but found out that he was in fact Hylian and also had ghost masks to shapeshift into other races. (Or you could also add Linkle as this race too. But I think that's a bit much)

20 hearts OR harder enemies. With BotW, Link had 30 hearts. In literally every other Zelda game he had 20. With 30 hearts, it was a decent change in normal mode, but in Master Mode, it made it essential. Enemies did more damage and evolved from their normal mode counterparts. In TotK, Link has 40 hearts and no Master Mode. The enemies do basically the same damage as in BotW's normal mode and sometimes even far less with the decayed-unfused weapons. So I would make the series go back to 20 hearts or have Master Mode as the default difficulty.

A new fast travel system. Look, shrines were a good idea. Especially for a fast travel system, but if we're getting rid of the 10-20 extra hearts how I would do it, we need something else. For this, let's turn to Skyrim for just a second. The fast travel system there is broken because every cave, tower, dungeon, etc. is a fast travel point, but let's look at the towns/cities and important landmarks: they're fast travel points once we discover them. So let's turn those things into fast travel points in this hypothetical Zelda game. Now, what about the less significant parts of the map? Well, a few train stations around the map with a train. I mean, trains are in the Zelda universe. Spirit Tracks literally is about that, so it wouldn't be a big deal. I had this idea back in 2021, and now even fucking Fortnite has a train around a map with a few train stations in random spots.

This one will make a bit more sense if you read my "If I were to make a Zelda game, what would I keep?" post. Heart Pieces/Stamina pieces. You could go the normal route with 4 pieces makes a full thing or go Twilight Princess style with 5 pieces makes a full thing. These would probably be given as quest rewards in quests that are Side Adventures rather than Main Quests or Side Quests. Side quests would give you rupees or a rare item and Main Quests will give you more story progression.

Bring back the "one-and-done" races like the Kokiri, Twili, Minish, Zonai, Lokomo, etc.

#legend of zelda #the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #botw #zelda #totk #spirit tracks #ocarina of time #st #oot #majora's mask #mm #hyrule warriors #what id change

[the0maski]

Speedrunning Update Part 8 Dawn, before a new page hits me! Part 2

You weren’t so sure last night buddy

(Twilight the night before: I regret this! This will lead to Time becoming a restless spirit! And there is so much to still do with The Resistance!

Twilight now: i’ll fuckin’ do it again)

And half of them agreeing with this dumbass, love them all!

Except Warriors of course, and he is right. Twilight going full solo mission makes it harder for everyone, more so for the captain. Everyone saying Wars is mad at Wild, but consider, Twilight has been stepping on his nerves a lot lately.

Did everyone?

I know there is a game reference here! Sadly I have jet to start their games. If someone knew of what enemies Hyrule and Legend are talking about pls tell me, would love to know.

Another thing, as well as Warriors showing more his role as captain, Legend will show more signs that he is a veteran! Would love to see Wars and Leg’s dynamic develop to one where both work to strategize and place the chain in ways to win a battle.

I already made a Theory about where Dark Link went after he opened a new gate. So going with what Hyrule says about it still finding them, the next gate will lead them to Twilight’s era, maybe even a time before he becomes a hero?

Actually, yes Four is right. No one has been thrown out of a cliff or set on fire till now.

(Game reference to Four Sword Adventure, were mercy is a choice and no one takes it)

The importance lies in widespread damage!

(For Items we have:

Fire Rod’s and Ice Rod’s

Cane of Somaria, Cane of Byrna and Cane of Pacci

Boomerang’s of all types

Clawshots and Hookshots of all types

Twilight and Warriors Ball and Chain

Four and Sky’s Gust Jar

Four’s Remote bombs

For Spells we have:

Hyrule’s fire and thunder spell

Time’s fire spell (Din’s fire) and the song of storms

Wind’s Wind Waker, controlling the Wind

Let me know if I forgot something. It’s clear that they need to work on teamwork or FSA will repeat itself…)

Seams like not even Hyrule likes his games :(

See you all on Part 3

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu thoughts #lu theory #lu chain #lu time #lu four #lu wild #lu legend #lu wind #lu sky #lu warriors #lu hyrule #lu twilight

[asylumdream]

Finally finished this sketch page Ive been working on for so long- comentary under the cut. This will include spoilers for the depths

Link's right arm is infected by gloom, makeing me think it is difficult to impossible for him to move it. I have some ideas for gloom abilities for him but those are gonna be costly and not his perfered method of anything save for emergencies. Since hes effectively one armed now I needed him to have more mobility options- this includes

Korok frond- reward for saveing the great deku tree, lifts him up a fixed hight and allows him to glide gently down in any direction

Stalhorse- exactly what it says on the tin, with the added bonus of following link around while he isnt rideing it for easier resource collection and remounting.

In a second sketch page I'll also be adding the clawshot and pegasus boots from previous games and working out how hed get a hold of those to give him more vertical mobility since climbing one armed without a rope is super hard.

When link is attacked by gloom he also loses all but 3 hearts and 1 stamina wheele, makeing combat Incredibly Risky. He also only has one arm, makeing stronger 2 handed weapons unable to be weilded. He can't draw a bow and though he can shoot a crossbow reloading it would require him brace it against the ground, makeing it a time costly item. Instead of any of that I've given him

A sling- he fashions this out of rope he spins with fibers he finds and scraps of fabric from his clothes. With it he can launch various chu jellys, bomb flowers muddle buds and puffshrooms, as well as any old pebble he finds lying around. A refrennce to the slingshot which is a familiar key item from other games.

An atlatl- somewhere between a throughing spear and an arrow lye the darts of an atlatl. He carves it from wood found in the depths and can fashion the darts from lone thin sticks, tying the feathered leaves to the back and lodgeing a sharp stone to the end. This is something of an upgrade to the sling since it has longer reach and higher damage, but darts are costly to make and tying add ons to them must be done before combat because link doesn't have the fuse ability

Im also planning on a return of the power bracelets to allow him to weild two handed weapons one handed, among other things, and the beetle from skyward sword to give more vertical exploration and control in bombing enemies.

Furthermore I have plans for both zelda and rauru, as well as the yiga clan, so stay tuned for when I end up comiting them to paper! Im planing on makeing this something similar to a proper RoleSwap!AU once I work out the kinks- sorry that this is kind of growing past the original prompt =w='

#tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #my art #Ill come up with an interesting name for this story I swear #Since itll be written from zeldas pov as a role swap im sure itll come to me while i design her #Planning 2 more pages for link #1 will be about returning key items #The other about his gloom hand and the yiga #Then ill be digging into how zelda and rauru will fit into this #I also have 2 other unrelated art pieces planned #And payed work to do #Oi now... so much work to do... please be patient with me...

[occasionallyprosie]

"Hiding Behind Plaster and Ceremics"

Chapter 2

Twilight wasn't completely sure how to handle the situation, Legend was pretty delirious last time he was awake--to the point of revealing something Twilight was certain was meant to be a secret--but it seemed like his fever was going down at least, so maybe he would wake up soon and they could actually talk.

Febuwhump 2024 | Alt Prompt 2: "I love you"

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This one won the poll! So here ya go.

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Legend actually woke up the next time light, though it was dim moonlight, flowed into the little underground river and cavern.

Twilight spotted him begin to rouse while he was trying to figure a way up and out of the cavern, he was almost certain a clawshot should get him up, but he'd have to wait until Legend was better because there was no way both of them would fit at the same time.

"Hnnn..." Legend grimaced, clearly uncomfortable. Twilight quickly moved over to him.

"Hey--How are you feeling?"

Legend shoved at him as he tried to sit up. Twilight backed off a bit, Legend slowly managing to sit up. He rubbed his face. "What... Where are we?"

"A cave, there's a river right behind you so don't move too much. There's a way out but only one of us can fit at a time, and only if you've got clawshots of your own since I'm not sure how well either of us can toss it back from where it is."

Legend nodded, and Twilight was near certain he wasn't completely back yet. The snappiness and aggression he expected from the collector wasn't yet there, but he was definitely on the defensive...

Was the aggression coming from a point of defense? Twilight wondered, he used to akin Legend to a territorial animal, like a mountain lion or something. If anyone dared to approach, he would snap and attack, always on the aggressive side of things. But with the knowledge... but knowing that Legend used to be Apple, a bright little kid who was unendingly kind, Twilight couldn't help but wonder where that aggression came from? Because that wasn't the kid he remembered.

"I've got hookshots, which I'm guessing is the same thing," Legend hummed, still scrubbing his face and adjusting the blanket around him. "Where's m' clothes?"

Maybe he was more coherent than Twilight thought if he wasn't on the attack due to not having most his clothes on, he must've been aware enough to understand why.

"Over here, I tried to get them dry but--they're still a bit damp. I didn't want to make a fire."

Legend nodded. "Give."

He did, and silence fell between them as the collector hero pulled his clothes back on.

Twilight decided to try again. See what would happen with him actually coherent and not borderline delirious. "Apple--"

Legend full-body flinched, jerking away from him, then as an afterthought he glared... he glared in Twilight's direction and snarled.

"Don’t you call me that."

He wasn't looking at Twilight, just... in his direction. Twilight suddenly noticed how his longer than average ears were flicking and swiveling, eyes shifting side to side as if... as if he couldn't see anything.

Twilight knew it was dim, but the current moonlight should've been enough to outline silhouettes.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Twilight asked, tabling that thought so he could focus on the one he was far more interested in.

Legend winced, then he seemed to pull that aggression back to the front. "Why does it even matter?" He bit out. "It doesn't change shit."

Twilight was suddenly certain that Legend had extremely limited vision in the dark or his own enhanced vision was more enhanced than he thought, because just then, Legend wiped his face in a way that could've only been wiping away a tear, right before he snapped again.

"Anything you think you know about me, forget it," he said. "That was years ago, and I honestly could care less for that fever dream, hallucination of a quest."

He spat the last word as if he hated it or something, and if Twilight couldn't see him, he'd believe him.

Except Twilight could see him, he could see the heavy inhales even if they were silent, he could see the swiping of tears, the shaking hands--

"I don’t believe that," he said, surprising himself.

"Well you can go fuck yourself," Legend spat and Twilight saw the shakiness increase.

Twilight moved carefully, Legend jumped as he caught his hand and brushed a tear away.

"You have awful night vision don’t you?"

Legend tensed up, he jerked back but didn't go far as Twilight pulled him back before he could fall into the river behind him.

"Fucking--let me--"

"You’re gonna fall," Twilight cut him off.

"I'd rather do that than deal with your--touchy-feely bullshit!"

"Stop lying, Collector."

"I'm not lying! Get away from me--"

"Apple stop!"

He did. He froze up and Twilight could see whatever facade he'd been trying to pull back on since he woke up crack.

"I'm sorry," Twilight breathed. "I'm so, so sorry."

Legend still didn't quite stare at him, but he was staring and clearly unsteady. Twilight swore he saw tears in his eyes.

"I don't know what happened to you and I don't need to know, but please don't lie to me and say that you’re completely unaffected."

His mouth opened and closed, a choked noise escaping him.

"I know you’re not the same kid, okay? It's obvious, alright? But you are still my brother. That's what we promised, remember? Before we left, I said that even if we'd never meet again, you'd always be my little brother and even if you actually are the total asshole you've been acting like, you’re still my little brother. Got it? So don’t you dare keep pushing me away, it's a waste of energy."

Legend stared 'at' him with wide eyes, something broken was in them that Twilight never noticed before, but to be fair, he'd never looked.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for everything. You didn't deserve what's happened to you, but I swear, I promise that it'll get better. It'll be alright."

That was the breaking point, Legend made a painful noise as he curled into himself.

"Shut up. Shut up--I can't--Don't do this to me, please," he begged. "I can't do it again, Forest. I can't."

"Do what again?"

"Lose you! I can't--" He choked on a sob and Twilight felt his heart break for the hero in front of him. "I can't do it again. Not--you two, Cadence, Raven, Ravio, Marin--I can't, please don’t make me do it again."

Twilight reached out again. "Kid--"

"Don’t. Please," he begged. "Just let me be the asshole, it's easier. It's so much easier. Please. I can't... I can't do it again."

Let him...

Twilight caught his face in his hands, startling him again. "If I do, can you promise me--Can you swear that you'll be better for it? That it won't make things much worse--Me pretending we don’t know each other? If I, now that I actually know, treat you like I have been and not like the brother we both know you are to me... Would you be able to promise me it won't make things worse?"

Things being Legend's clear instability, how he definitely wasn't okay, how he had tried to be aggressive but everything he did whenever Twilight caught him off guard was defensive.

Things being the fact that he acted like a hurt animal, only just learning to snap back at threats, but still not yet sure of what all constitutes as a threat so it just snaps at everything.

And as Legend just seemed to break more, eyes fluttering as he pressed his too-warm face into Twilight's hands, and a hurt noise escaping him, Twilight knew that Legend couldn't promise that, and he knew that too.

"I... I can't do it again," Legend insisted weakly. "Everyone leaves, I can't--I can't take it, Forest, please. Everyone either dies or leaves. I can't keep doing this."

Twilight wanted to wrap him up in the blankets again, he wanted to wrap him up and hold him tight, to protect him from anything and everything that would ever harm him.

"I know, I know," Twilight promised softly. "Look, you can't just live to try and hide from pain."

"Watch me."

"But has it actually protected you from getting hurt?"

Legend faltered, then he whined painfully as he tried to hide himself.

Twilight didn't let him. "Kid, people die, we know that. People die, people move on, they leave even if they don’t want to."

"I can't. I can't--I don't want to hurt again. I-I--I just can't. This is bad enough! I can't--why does everyone leave?"

Legend's voice broke, a cry out to the world, a plea for an answer, a wish to just have someone.

And didn't Twilight understand that? Sure he had the villagers in Ordon to an extent, but between Midna and his family from before Ordon, Ilia, her memories, all of it, it sure felt like everyone he loved left.

But he had people, Ilia got her memories back, Uli and Rusl, Zelda, Colin, all of them. He had them...

Did Legend have anyone?

Before Twilight had the chance to ask or to even continue the conversation, the sobbing hero in his arms quieted and when he looked down, his chest constricted and he lowered his hand into unnaturally soft (no really, how, he was soaked with sweat from being sick and it was still so soft) hair.

Legend had cried himself to sleep, clearly his sickness had really drained his energy and the breakdown had sapped whatever else he had left.

"I'll stay," Twilight promised quietly. "I don’t care what the goddesses want, I won't leave you again, kid."

It was daylight next time Legend woke and Twilight gave him some mercy in that he didn't bring up his breakdown from before.

However he very clearly told Legend not to pretend to be what he isn't.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about," the collector insisted stubbornly.

Twilight gave him a deadpan look before remembering how bad Legend's night vision apparently was. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. You’re a lot of things but dumb isn't one of them, Apple."

"Don’t call me that," he bit out and it sounded more strained than snarled. "I mean it. Don’t."

"Promise me you'll stop being a prickly jerk and I will," Twilight bargained.

Legend was silent for a long minute. "I'll promise not to play it up on purpose."

"How about you promise to just be yourself?"

"And you won't call me that or bring... bring that up?"

Twilight sighed. "Yeah, I won't say a word about it and I won't call you Apple anymore."

Legend nodded slowly, eyeing him warily. "Deal. I'll... I'll try to cut it out."

That's all he could ask.

Legend used his hookshot to get out first and Twilight followed close behind.

Thankfully, the storms had apparently stopped but that didn't stop Twilight from draping his pelt over Legend's shoulders.

"What the--no."

"You’re still a bit sick, kid," Twilight smirked and Legend visibly fumed, "keep that on."

"And you call me the jerk," Legend huffed, but Twilight didn't miss how he burrowed into the pelt a bit.

Twilight smirked and he ruffled his hair. "It's my job."

Legend squawked and shoved him, Twilight laughed. He saw the way his face and ears turned red and it only proved to make him laugh a bit harder.

"Hey I think... I see them! They're okay! HEY! RANCHER! COLLECTOR!"

Finally, they found the rest of the heroes who had apparently been searching for a second entrance to the cave the whole time, three days.

Warriors turned on Legend with a clear annoyance once they were assured neither were hurt from the cave-in.

"Why the hell didn't you move?! You could've gotten both you and the Rancher killed!" Legend, with his mask still broken and not yet remade due to his promise to Twilight, flinched.

He knew that. He hadn't even known there was a cave-in, he had been so out of it that he did almost get them both killed and he knew that was his fault. He should've sucked up his pride and admitted to needing to rest, he knew that objectively but not a single part of him would've actually done it.

Not to this group.

"I know you hate us and don’t want to be here but--"

"Back off, Captain." Twilight inserted himself between Warriors and Legend, startling the entire group. "You've no right to lecture him right now."

"He ignored--"

"He was sick and he still is."

Legend winced as shocked and worried expressions were immediately directed to him. He avoided eye contact, suddenly very interested with the fur of the pelt on his shoulders.

"He didn't react because he was so damned out of it that he didn't notice. How much you want to bet that when he fell behind the other day and fell down that he was sick then too? That we failed to make this group an environment that even the most distant of us didn't feel safe expressing that weakness?"

Legend found himself trying to hide behind Twilight from all the gazes. The worst part was that he wasn't wrong, Twilight hadn't even assumed that it was from a point of pride, he correctly claimed his actions came from a point of fear of displaying weakness, of making himself vulnerable in front of them. Sure, Twilight probably thought that the cause of that fear was not feeling safe when it was actually a fear of letting them come close, but he still had gone that route instead of the obvious assumption of pride.

"So back off," Twilight snarled and he sounded dangerous, protective, and Legend wasn't sure if he should be running from that or hiding behind it.

"You're sick?" Hyrule weaved around Twilight, and as per usual, stubbornly tried to get close to Legend despite all his past attempts to snap and make the other teenager leave him alone.

Legend tried not to recoil and snap to get him to just go away, he bit his tongue and glanced at Twilight. Twilight, though staring down Warriors, shot him a glance.

"I was," Legend said carefully. "'M mostly alright now."

Twilight's unsure glance turned proud and everyone else looked a bit surprised.

A pit grew in Legend's stomach as Hyrule's eyes lit up a bit and he began to ask questions about how he felt and how he could help, that he wasn't too familiar with illnesses but surely he could do something, right?

The olive branch had been extended by no choice of his own... and he was surrounded by heroes who were going to snatch it.

He stood no chance, didn't he? What kind of mask could he hide behind now? What kind of plaster could he slap over it? What ceramic was strong enough to protect him?

Why did he have to care so easily? Why did he let people in so quickly?

Why did he always lose the ones he did?

At camp that night, Legend had been... harassed--he honestly couldn't think of a better word--into sitting by the warm fire and eating a bowl of really good soup. All of it was courtesy of Hyrule, Sky, Wild, and Wind who had taken his blunted retorts and softened demeanor and ran with it.

He hated it, but the only reason he didn't snap was because Twilight was watching him and...

And goddesses, he looked proud, he looked happy that he was letting it happen and somehow that was the worst part of it. Something warm flickered in his chest as he hugged his legs by the fire and he hated it.

He didn't lay down though, as everyone moved to sleep, Twilight bargained with Four for first watch and Legend knew immediately why.

He felt exhausted, he really did, but something was curling in his chest and wrapping around his mind, his whole body tingled and he swore he had goosebumps. He couldn't sleep yet, not with the pressure behind his eyes and the weight in his throat.

"Hey," Twilight said softly, he sat beside Legend, facing opposite of him and their shoulders were almost touching. "Are you okay?"

The pressure turned into actual tears. Legend glanced at him and silently, barely, shaking his head.

Twilight tilted his head to the side questioningly, seemingly agreeing to the tacit form of communication.

Legend just shook his head again, then he glanced to a distant corner of their camp and nodded to it.

Twilight glanced around and he must've come to some kind of conclusion before he nodded. He got up first, offering Legend a hand that he stubbornly didn't take it.

He wasn't sure he could, but he did accept the help in moving over to the corner with his bedroll. He sat back down, now healthily distanced and not so surrounded, and Twilight knelt back in front of him.

"Better?" He asked, voice low.

Legend nodded. "Thanks," he muttered, accepting the distance as enough to be unheard.

"Are you alright?" Twilight asked again.

He hesitated, then sighed softly. "I hate you," he muttered. Twilight startled. "This would've been a lot easier if you just minded your own business."

Twilight stared at him and the hurt that had appeared turned into mirth and worry. "Sorry, kid," he chuckled, "you're stuck with me now."

If only, he thought bitterly, looking away and glaring at the ground. He tensed as another weight was set on his shoulders and then a hood was tugged over his head and blinded him.

"I mean it," Twilight said softly, Legend pushed the hood up to meet earnest green eyes. "I let you go once, it ain't happenin' again, Link. Not with how it hurt you."

Legend couldn't even feel sad at that, he just felt... tired.

"Good luck," he said honestly. "It won't work though."

"Why not?"

"I'm not allowed to keep the people I love."

And I love you, went unsaid but implied.

Twilight made a quiet noise, then he reached up and tugged the hood back over Legend's eyes, as if his night vision wasn't bad enough.

Legend huffed and pushed it back again. "Would you stop that?"

"I'm so sorry," Twilight said and it startled Legend into freezing. "I'll prove it though. I'll figure out a way to prove it, I swear kid."

"I didn't agree to this stupid deal just so you could call me kid," he grumbled, not acknowledging the promise he knew was made to be broken. "I'm not a kid."

"How old are you? How long has it been?"

He scowled and avoided eye contact.

"Collector."

He hated that voice. He hated that tone. He hated how he felt guilty for staying silent. He hated everything about this.

"Seventeen," he whispered.

"Seven years?" Twilight breathed. "How... How many more?"

"...five."

"Five--That's... seven quests?"

Legend nodded hiding beneath the pelt hood now. "Seventeen, and seeing as most of you barely got two quests, my seven makes me a real veteran of this whole hero business thing."

"Don’t call yourself that," Twilight whispered, more of a croak really. Legend dared to peek up at him, having to push the hood back again to see just how pale and worried Twilight looked.

He sighed softly. "Why not? It's true."

"But--It makes it sound like that's all you have going for you. All you are is a hero, is your quests."

He shrugged. "Like Scholar and Collector is any different? Where do you think I got my information and items from? And we both know Hoarder is meant to be an insult."

Twilight winced but he didn't argue. Silence settled again and Legend let the pelt block out his vision.

He felt and heard Twilight move to his side and press their shoulders together briefly. He sighed and dropped his head against his shoulder, humming softly as the pressure somehow helped the headache that continued to pulse.

The thick pelt hid the tears that slipped free, but even then he was falling asleep again. Finally, he knew full well that he needed to rest if he wanted to stop being fretted over.

"I love you too," Twilight muttered quietly and Legend felt the hold of sleep disappear as he tensed. "You said earlier you always lose the people you love, an' you counted me and Ocean as one'a them... I love you too, and I don' break m' promises to my little brothers."

Legend really hated it when his mask broke, especially when he couldn't fix it. He felt himself shake as tears soaked into the soft pelt around his shoulders.

"Damn you," he croaked. "You don’t get to say that."

He couldn't say that, he couldn't promise that. Nayru was strict with her domain, even if that was possible, Nayru wouldn't allow them to return to an era not their own. Twilight couldn't promise that but he did because he actually thought he could do that.

Somehow that made it all that much worse.

"I love you," Twilight repeated as he held Legend tighter. "And you can't stop me from saying that or doing anything."

That broke him.

He wished he could say the same, he wanted to say the same, but the fact was that his heart was reaching and clinging it to everyone they met while his mind begged it to just stop getting them hurt.

"Honestly?" Legend forced out, his voice shaking and hitching with every breath. "The fact that you think that makes it just so much worse."

Because, goddesses, Legend loved him. He loved Forest, and Ocean, if he let himself he knew he would fall victim to Wild's chaotic charm, to Hyrule's inescapable orbit of simultaneous sass and warmth, to Sky's unending patience and kindness, he knew he would.

But he also knew there was no way they could stay together when it was over, and by the three, he just wanted to complete one quest without his heart torn to shreds by the end of it.

#Undecided if this will continue further #linked universe #febuwhump 2024 #lu legend #linkeduniverse #lu twilight #legend lu #fanfic #lu warriors #lu hyrule #emotional whump #sick fic #still #kinda #prosie writes #linkeduniverse fanfiction #linked universe fanfic

[skyward-floored]

I got inspired and wrote an I Spy rhyme for the December Linkeduniverse art— see if you can find them all :)

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I Spy a compass, two rings and a map— three lanterns, some mole mitts, and a clawshot that’s black.

A crossbow, two candles, a red pictobox— some fresh Lon Lon milk, and gold gloves strong as an ox.

Sky’s heart badge, some flippers, a pole that’s for fishing— a moon pearl, two rings, and star crystals for wishing.

An eye that speaks Truth, and three fairies in jars— some kinstones, a recorder, and seeds from afar.

A lion-headed key, and six boomerangs, red potion, blue potion, and a grey ball and chain.

Nine Links in a circle, a feather that’s blue— a bait bag, a whip, and our friend Hopkins, too!

#linkeduniverse #linked universe #rambles from the floor #writing from the floor #I’m not the best poet obviously #this is silly but look I love I spy and I saw the art and Wolf’s tags and #yep #ackkk nobody look at me