#hcau hero

[merriclo]

anyways here’s a list of all the (current) hcau links’ gender, pronouns, sexuality, and any partners they may have/have had. i’ve been queering these bitches since the very beginning

Hero - he/him, he’s too busy with.. well everything to think about his gender or sexuality, has a very complicated relationship with Hylia

Loft - he/they, in the midst of exploring their gender but for now is settled on trans man, bisexual, in a very committed relationship with his Zelda (and is planning to propose soon!!)

Minish - they/them, agender, demi + ace, just started dating their Zelda

Prism - he/him, cis man, bisexual, engaged to his Zelda

Mask - they/he, their gender is complicated but they don’t want to explain so they just say trans man, bisexual, not quite dating Malon yet but very very close (also has a minor crush on Sheik)

Oracle - he/him, trans man, pansexual, he is very far back in the closet so he’s not dating anyone but he was admittedly kind of into Ralph, and under different circumstances he could’ve loved Zelda, too (see this short wip) (also he’s so not over Marin)

Lorule - she/he/they, genderfluid, pan + ace, has the fattest fucking crush on Ravio

Rhythm - he/him, questioning gender, queer, hasn’t figured out if their feelings for his Zelda are platonic or not

Traveler - he/they/it, non-binary, aroace, he and one of its Zeldas jokingly flirt all the time bc they think it’s hilarious but they’re actually just super good friends

Wolf - he/him, cis man, bisexual, not in a relationship because he’s probably never going to get over Midna

Red - he/they, genderqueer, queer, still crushing on Erune

Green - he/him, cis man, bisexual, single

Blue - she/her, trans woman, lesbian, head over heals for her Zelda but refuses to admit it (everyone knows)

Vio - they/she, transfem non-binary, bi + demi + ace, has a…. complicated relationship with Shadow

Wind - he/him, trans man, bisexual, dating Tetra and is so proud of it

Spirit - she/her, trans girl, lesbian, has the biggest crush on her Zelda

Ages - he/him, cis man, pansexual, single but used to have a crush on Ravio during the war

Champion - he/they, was too busy studying the blade to consider their gender or sexuality or any romantic feelings (painfully oblivious to the fact that they have feelings for both Mipha and Zelda)

Wild - any/all pronouns, genderqueer, pansexual, dating her Zelda

here are also some side characters that are queer to some degree!!

Malon - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, very very close to dating Mask (and thinks Sheik is cute, too)

Mask’s Sheik (child timeline) - he/him, trans man, bisexual, not dating anyone but has a fat fucking crush on Mask and Malon

Pipit - he/him, trans man, straight, engaged to Karane

Marin - she/her, trans woman, pansexual, was dating Oracle

Champion’s Zelda - she/her, cis woman, bisexual, has a huge crush on both Champion and Mipha

Ravio - he/him, cis man, queer, has the fattest fucking crush on Lorule

of course there are other characters who aren’t mentioned here that have gotten hit by the queerification beam, but these are all i’ve decided on/can think of at the moment!!

#i say current bc i have some surprise characters in store #aka i haven’t decided on either their names or if i want to include them or not <3 #also Rhythm’s relationship with Octavo is tbd since i haven’t finished coh yet #but i do hope on including him he’s fun #so many of them are bisexual oopsies my bad #listen listen to be a hero you’ve got to pull as many bitches as possible from all directions /j #hcau #hero’s call au #links meet au #hcau hero #hcau loft #hcau prism #hcau mask #hcau oracle #hcau lorule #hcau rhythm #hcau traveler #hcau wolf #hcau red #hcau blue #hcau green #hcau vio #hcau wind #hcau spirit #hcau ages #hcau champion #hcau wild #GODDAMN that’s a lot of links

[ikaishere]

hero's call au belongs to @merriclo, go give him love on it!!

#hero's call au #hcau #hcau spirit #hcau lorule #lorule my absolute dearest #i want to know everything about her #my beloved little genderfluid rat of a person #affectionate

[merriclo]

I don't know yuore oc names uuuhh. does mario kart exist in your world. if it did who wld yr characters main

AHAJDKKA THANK YOU FOR ASKING <3

so the OCs i mainly refer to on this blog are my hero’s call au characters so, tragically, mario kart would not exist in their world :( BUT this is such a funny question that i’m answering it anyway. modern au time bitch. answers below the cut bc damn that’s a lot of guys

going with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe here because that was what first came up when i googled Mario Kart :)

Hero: Luigi. god bless this man he does not know anything about the Mario franchise outside of the first few Mario games. he chose Luigi over Mario because he likes green more than red. (plus he asked Spirit if that was a good choice and she said he was fine so)

Loft: Yoshi. he likes the look of him and he always felt really bad for dropping him into the abyss when playing Mario as a kid so this is a sort of apology

Minish: Toad. they can do a perfect impression of Toad and is not afraid to use it to terrify people.

Prism: either Dry Bowser or Princess Daisy. listen okay this guy is an elite gamer and also a huge fucking nerd, so obviously he’s crunched the numbers; he also really likes Game Theory and watched that one video where MatPat claimed that Dry Bowser (and a specific kart build that i don’t remember) was the fastest. bUt he’s also kind and hates absolutely obliterating his friends every single time, so he tones it down and chooses Princess Daisy (her specifically because his fiancée, Zelda, loves Daisy. if it weren’t for her he’d be Villager Male.)

Mask: Shy Guy. little guy with mask 🤝 little guy with mask.

Oracle: Bowser. this bitch is here to win, but, unlike Prism, he doesn’t have the time to crunch the numbers. so he just.. googled what the best build is and goes with that

Lorule: Birdo. trans rep.

Traveler: Waluigi. he’s obnoxious as hell what else do you expect of it.

Wolf: it’s between Cat Peach and Donkey Kong. HE’S A FURRY he loves both cats and monkeys, but he chooses Cat Peach a little bit more often because he’s also a #feminist

Red: Isabelle. Red is an Animal Crossing player at his core. plus he also loves dogs very much

Green: Dry Bowser. this man is a strategist at heart, he’s gonna do his research and perform as best as he can. though he’s a little embarrassed about how much effort he’s put in to Mario Kart

Blue: Bowser. it’s the exact same story as Oracle: she’s here to fucking win. bUt she isn’t an absolute loser and so just quickly googles who the best is and goes with it. tragically, she’s horrible at video games and loses almost every single time.

Vio: King Boo. she is a huge fuckin nerd, but just not in the video game way. she has no damn clue who to choose, and ends up picking King Boo because ghosts are fun, and definitely not because Shadow mained King Boo. definitely not that at all—

Wind: Inkling Girl. this guy is pretty good at all games, with the single exception of racing games. so, when it comes to Mario Kart, he relies on the wisdom of his little sister, Aryll, who consistently mops the floor with him whenever they play. she mains Inkling Girl, and he hopes and prays that that’ll let him at least not come in at dead last.

Spirit: Dry Bowser and Princess Peach. yet another person who’s a complete and utter nerd. i’ve mentioned this before, but Spirit loves optimization. she’s an engineer, she’s gonna figure out the best combinations and she’s gonna figure them out fast. but, just like Prism, she’s actually nice and doesn’t want to straight up obliterate everyone she plays with, so Princess Peach. (ngl i was tempted to say Birdo again because trans rep but Spirit is such a Princess Peach girlie.)

Ages: Mario. while Ages is also a huge strategy guy, he’s not really a fan of competitive games. give him a pokémon game and he’ll do fantastic, but a racing game?? ehh…. truth be told, he mostly plays story driven games, so he’s very lost in a competitive setting. same story as Hero, really, lmao. they both go for the ole reliables.

Wild: Toad. she saw a little dude with a fat ass mushroom hat and immediately decided to main him. oh and he can also do a perfect impression of Toad. do not leave them and Minish in the same room together or else they will both lose their voices from talking like Toad for hours.

Champion: Wendy O. Koopa. this man(?) is an enigma, no one knows why. he probably doesn’t either.

Rhythm: Waluigi. he’s a middle school band kid for fuck’s sake, of course he’s gonna choose fucking Waluigi.

sorry for any and all typos and tense changes, and thank you again for this question Strawb <3 it’s very fun i had a blast answering it, even if i had to google a lot since i rarely ever play Mario Kart lmao

#funfact i have an extensive modern au for these fellas that i use as warm up/writing practice #since i won’t have to research historical accuracy for it #‘warm up’ aka written in the marina of my notes when i’m bored in class. my peers glance over and see me writing a novel n kindly look away #also. i refer the hcau fellas as OCs because they’re barely Links anymore #like at this point i’ve changed so much about them that if i changed their names and a little bit of the story i’d have something original #i abide by a lot of canon but canon is held together by dental floss and a dream so #margins of my notes* not marina T.T #fuck it this goes in the main tags #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau hero #hcau loft #hcau minish #hcau prism #hcau mask #hcau oracle #hcau lorule #hcau traveler #hcau wolf #hcau red #hcau green #hcau blue #hcau vio #hcau wind #hcau spirit #hcau ages #hcau wild #hcau champion #hcau rhythm #i could add the villains of hcau to this but y’all don’t know them like at all so. i’ll just keep ‘em mostly a secret for now lmao

[merriclo]

i need to post more hcau wips so here a wip of spirit fucking dying, vio having horrible bedside manner, hero trying his best, and traveler of all people being the smart one lmao

content warning: lots of injury descriptions, almost major character death, vulgar language, small descriptions of how terrible potions taste, and also they’re in a sewer

There’s blood seeping out of Spirit’s leg, and it’s the first time in a while that Vio doesn’t know what to do. Obviously, the wound needs to cleaned, sewn shut, and dressed, but the cut is so long and ragged and deep that she might be dead by the time a quarter of the stitches are in. And even if she does somehow make it past the blood loss, the likelihood of her dying of an infection from getting stitches in the middle of a sewer system is too high to even think about.

“Holy fuck, holy fuck,” Traveler says in a panic, sprinting past Vio to Spirit’s side. He helps her to the grimy ground, even rips off his cloak to set under her leg as a sort of towel. After an embarrassing amount of time, Vio finally moves to help prop her against the wall, and Traveler starts to clean the wound.

This is normally where they’d force feed her a potion. On any standard day they’d be desperately shoving it to her lips and tilt her head back. The tension would fall from their shoulders as her bleeding would slowly become more manageable, and death would no longer loom over her. They’d have to restrain her, of course; the kid’s always been particularly sensitive to the potion’s rancid meat flavoring. Vio holds the memory of Ages holding her arms and head back as Blue pries open her jaw to pour the liquid down her throat quite fondly, despite the fact that Spirit was actively dying then, as well.

But they can’t do that. They don’t have the luxury of pulling her out of death’s grasp, not when their last red potion is on the floor, mixing with glass shards and sewage a few yards away. It was shattered by one of the Yiga clan members that had attacked them just moments prior, in the exact same battle that cleaved the poor girl’s thigh open.

Vio wants to scoop the potion’s remnants up in her hands and force it onto Spirit’s tongue; she wants to drag their fingers through the groves in the stone where the liquid gathers, then drag those same fingers into her throat. She’d drag the girl over to the puddle by her fucking hair and force her to drink from it if it meant that she’d survive.

But it wouldn’t. It’s common knowledge that magic is a fickle thing, so fickle in fact that once a red potion is contaminated, it’s loses all potency—and what’s more contaminated than a potion full of glass, dirt, and sewage?

Traveler looks to Vio. They’re visibly exhausted from overextending their magic as they work through this dungeon, and the grim look on his face says that he’s intimately familiar with these kinds of situations and how they often end. The tears that flood Spirit’s terrified eyes tell Vio that she is as well.

Well, at least she’s small. They might be able to give her family a body.

Traveler still cleans the wound. He moves quickly, which means being much harsher than normal. Why he’s acting like she still has a chance Vio doesn’t know, but Spirit handles it shockingly well. She only clenches and unclenches her fists with every fresh wave of pain and… looks up and starts to nod?

“What’re you doing, kid?” Vio asks as gently as possible, taking one hand in their own to offer some kind of emotional support.

Spirit swallows harshly, and when she speaks her voice is ragged and breathy. “Hero… the—“ she winces, “—the ghost.”

Right. Hero, the dead Link that only Spirit can see, and who can sometimes vaguely speak to the rest of them. He would be there too, wouldn’t be?

“What about Hero?” Vio prods.

“He’s—“ she pants, and her grip on Vio’s hands tightens to the point that it feels close to shattering. Vio often forgets how strong the girl is. “He’s.. gonna get some of the others.”

As much as she wants to feel a wash of relief at her words, they only make Vio feel worse. The group split into several smaller groups in order to finish the dungeon quicker—a choice which likely won’t happen again after today. It’s been just over an hour since everyone parted. The chances of a ghost being able to find and effectively lead someone with a health potion to them quickly enough are…

Vio swallows. Her tongue feels thick. “I don’t think you have enough time for that.”

“Oh,” the engineer says. Her bottom lip quivers as she musters up a pathetic smile. “Okay.”

Another tear slips down Spirit’s round face, and Vio realizes at the worst possible time why Blue is so fond of her.

Then, Traveler’s face lights up as their eyes lock onto Vio. “You still have a little bit of a that stamina potion, don’t you?”

“Huh?”

“Stamina— the green one! I know you do, you always leave a little bit of potions left for situations like this! C’mon, gimme!” He leans across Spirit’s legs and grasps at Vio’s bag.

She grabs his wrist before they can reach anything. “A stamina elixir won’t help her, it’ll only make her feel more awake as she dies!” A pang of pity hits Vio’s stomach when she sees Spirit flinch at it so plainly put.

Traveler shakes his head. “No- for me! I can heal her enough for stitches if my magic isn’t fully depleted.”

Within an instant the elixir is in his hands, and soon after the remaining green liquid disappears down his throat. He gags momentarily—that one has the taste of pure salt and the texture of spoiled milk—before clasping the sliced flesh shut between his hands. Spirit’s scream is loud and mangled and the only thing Vio can do is pull her close, muffling the wretched cries that tear through her little body into their chest.

#again this is a wip so pls just. ignore any inconsistencies or plot holes #and the jerky flow know dw i’ll fix it #anywho!! enjoy spirit dying #she doesn’t actually they manage to save her #i have to do more research in how fast blood loss kills #there’s like a solid 2/3 of this fic get to be written lmao <3 #it’s a wip for a reason #hcau #hero’s call au #hcau fic #hcau wip #hcau spirit #hcau vio #hcau traveler #hcau ages #hcau blue #they’re. mentioned #it counts #hcau hero

[merriclo]

hey. hero’s call au.

i remembered that i can indeed make stupid shit about my au and decided that this is how i should introduce Minish’s design and the fact that Oracle fucking hates Mask. context for the vio one under the cut lmao

fsa gives great advice, truly

#than bunny is NOT anatomically correct in the slightest #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau minish #hcau vio #hcau mask #hcau oracle #my art #links meet au #loz au

[merriclo]

first sketch dump i’ve done in a while! don’t look at the last one of your sensitive to dead pigs (it ain’t graphic like. at all but just in case)

as always these guys are from the hero’s call au :)

#dead animal #dead animal cw #cw dead animal #hcau #hero’s call au #hcau vio #hcau vio link #hcau shadow #hcau shadow link #hcau oracle #hcau wild #my art

[merriclo]

> from hcau <

hey guys look it’s oracle and mask’s design ideas. ignore that i forgot oracle’s leg scars

#obviously oracle isn’t all pink. i just didn’t want to actually color him lmao #uh context for the red bits on mask’s hands: the diety markings are all over their body!! #not just their face :) #hcau oracle #hcau mask #hcau #hero’s call au #links meet au #my art

[merriclo]

> from hcau <

spirit my beloved. click for better quality <3

[psst spirit uses she/her in this au!!]

#I STRUGGLED WITH THAT GODDAMN HAT FOR SO LONG #alsooo the ref on the left isn’t official it’s just what i doodled during class!! #it’s very close to the official one i just messed some details up bc i had no reference at the time oopsies #i’m working on a proper reference for her bc i’m. obsessed w drawing her. cutie pie #i love spirit tracks link. fuckin wonderful kid #THIS IS NOT GENDERBENT. SHE IS TRANS. #my art #hcau #hero’s call au #hcau spirit #linkverse au #links meet au

[merriclo]

> from hcau <

yeah i’ve made granny syrup’s design before i’ve made multiple of the main characters’ what abt it

#i actually love that old woman so fucking much. she is everything to me. #she is a badass old lady and i love her dearly #she’s the one character i won’t be tormenting simply bc she’s too cool #well ok that’s a lie bc oracle does die very young but we don’t get that far in hcau #unless i do epilogues which. very likely. #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau spirit #hcau oracle #hcau granny syrup #links meet au #my art

[merriclo]

stuff about Ages (hcau)

his ass is NOT FLAT. he is a diligent military man who works out a ton. see him on the beach call that cake by the ocean idk

bro is the fakest bitch you’ll ever meet

like he’s nice and all but he’s also one minor inconvenience away from going off the fucking rails at all times so. yknow

holds grudges like it’s his lover’s dear hand. wrong him once and fuck you forever

he’d fuckin kill it at an open poetry reading night. that is if he ever grew the balls to admit to being a poet ahjdjdka

genuinely doesn’t know who he is without a pit in his chest and a weight on his shoulders

need yall to remember that this dude is like. 25. he should be at da club

#hero’s call au #hcau #hcau ages #links meet au

[merriclo]

> from hcau <

got bored as hell in the middle of class fucked around and this is the product. everyone say hi to Lorule

#they’re talking abt something very important but their french accent is so thick no one can understand them #except rav and ages. rav bc he lives with them and ages bc i sent madame couture to war with him and he had to learn #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau lorule #my art

[merriclo]

Traveler Design Draft

> psst!! he’s from the Hero’s Call AU!! <

HERE’S THE CAVE CRAWLER!!!!!! gosh i love them so much and this definitely was just an excuse to think abt them for a long time. i can’t wait to give y’all actual information on him ahdjdks. they use he/they/it pronouns btw <3

idk how i did all of that in three hours!! well ok i cut corners by finding a pose from like. a year ago i think and just using that (which is why it’s a little. odd for Traveler), but shhhsjdkfke shh. sorry for how flat the colors are in the first one, the program i use doesn’t have many options for brushes or rlly any of that stuff. i’m using fuckin sketchesschool leave me alone T.T

#i didn’t draw for like half a year after making that pose and it Shows #but in my defense i think that was from when i would spend like. five days on one fucking pose. only to not use it. 🏃‍♂️ #i do have absolutely 0 recollection of drawing it tho which is both funny and concerning #idk man sophmore year was a weird time i dissociated for like 80% of it #IGNKRE THE ARROWS BTW THATS MY DESIGN NKTES #also no i didn’t forget their weapons n such. definitely not. shh. #don’t worry abt it #clo’s linkverse au #Hero’s Call AU #hcau traveler #as always sorry for bad quality pictures i don’t have my glasses still and can’t rlly tell what is and isn’t blurry </3

[merriclo]

hcau Traveler and Styla <3

jeez how many redesigns can Traveler get? T.T

#hcau #hero’s call au #hcau traveler #not sure how u feel abt this but it’s whatever

[merriclo]

S. Late shoudl be aslorp rrn but sendig u an ask for.... Bkrobo blingo for ur linkversd

Headache um

Do um

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Ur favorrti one

dragon thank you so fucking much for asking but please take a nap. also i am literally incapable of choosing a favorite. have six different guys w this template

i have so many more links that i could do this for too. they never end. i even have non link characters. this has consumed me.

anyhow. hcau amiright. also Traveler’s aroace just so y’all know. he gets bitches for the bit.

#i get arrested for the crime of being too funny. i show this post to the court and am immediately voted innocent. #hcau #hero’s call au #clo’s linkverse au #hcau mask #hcau wolf #hcau oracle #hcau traveler #hcau wild #hcau lorule #you ask clo answers #dragon <3

[merriclo]

HC Loft :]

assuming this is for the blorbo bingo!!

you see i love Loft but i will never stop beating them with a baseball bat. every day i wish for them to get a break and then i go out of my way to make sure that doesn’t happen

#i need to talk more about him he’s very fun #especially considering that a post abt him was the thing to kick this entire au off lmao #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau loft #you ask clo answers

[merriclo]

i haven’t rlly expanded upon my AU Wild much to y’all and that is the dictionary definition of a crime so allow me to tell you a bit about her

they’re only like.. slightly literate. he’s learning, but so far he’s only got his and a few close friends’ names down writing wise, and can only read some names and things like “inn” and “store” and “Rito” and such. despite this, she’s just about conversational in Gerudo

genderfluid, any pronouns, pan + ace

not only is he the team doctor, but she’s also the resident therapist. they’re the most emotionally/mentally stable, which is really sad because he does not put the bar that high up at all

they take great joy in tormenting the more modest-humored Links with their atrocious jokes. rip Loft but Wild’s creative and has no shame ever.

the Great Fairies are his moms. they might not explicitly say it but they all know they are.

he can fuck it up on the harmonica

they’ve got the world’s worst fashion sense. it’s literally so bad Lorule almost went on the fritz the first time they met. it’s repulsive. she looks hot as shit.

ok that’s it for now <3 send asks if u want to know more abt them or other characters

#the second most stable is Twi and the third is. maybe Traveler #which. again. it’s really sad when the guy who willingly sleeps in mud and is a proud cave crawler has a better mindset than you do. #rip to every other link but the guys who sleep in actual dirt are doing the best #save Mask. he sleeps in dirt and is still fucked up. sounds like a skill issue tbh. #hero’s call au #hcau #hcau Wild #clo’s linkverse au