#lovely guardedchild

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Time's backstory for the healthcare au??

Time had seen many things in his life, and given his multiple experiences and different careers, he’d been fairly certain he was prepared for anything.

Until he walked into the sectioned area designated to the young pilot and felt his heart freeze.

It was ridiculous. He’d taken care of hundreds of trauma patients, many of whom were far worse off. The last patient he’d just seen and told to prep the OR for was far worse than this.

But this was Sky.

Swallowing, he placed a hand on the pale teenager’s uninjured shoulder and took a calming breath before getting down to business.

“Get me the CT scan results.”

#you ask skye answers #lovely guardedchild #ooo asking about Time I had so many ideas #lu in healthcare #lu in healthcare war era #lu time #lu sky

[jammboe]

🎮 👾🧚

For the ask game, please?

🎮 Favorite Zelda game? - difficult to say because i loved each one I've played 😭 Twilight Princess and Totk are probably my top ones

👾 Least Favorite Zelda game? - Again, very difficult to say but so far it's probably Majora's mask 🥲 that game stresses me out. I got to Ikana valley and i just gave up.

🧚- answered this one already!

#but again i absolutely loved every game I've played especially phantom hourglass and a link between worlds #the consoles they're on make good use of the consoles features #like phantom hourglass with its touch screen map and writing notes #that's something i had so much fun doing and it made me feel proper immersed in the game #guardedchild #thanks for the asks

[gintrinsic-writing]

For @guardedchild and @fwoosheye, who requested physical affection and domestic interactions. Malon and references to Ravio were thrown in for good measure. :)

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Legend’s first mistake was looking up when he heard the kiss. Though, really, how anyone could ignore the distinct, wet sound of a well-planted smooch from four feet away was beyond him. 

The second mistake was making some kind of face. “Some kind,” because Malon immediately graced him with a knowing smile and closed the distance fast. “Don’t worry, I got plenty more love,” she told him with a laugh, already reaching for Legend’s face with two flour dusted palms. 

“I’m good,” Legend began, eyeing the red lipstick on Time’s left cheek—and Time’s stupid, love-drunk grin, which was somehow worse than Malon’s—and taking a quick step back. 

“Nonsense,” Malon told him sweetly. She gently brushed one thumb across the spot where Legend’s freckles were darkest. “I’d recognize that look anywhere. Homesick, huh? Link—Time—told me about Ravio. Don’t you worry, if he’s half the man I suspect he is to have caught your eye, I bet he’s missin’ you, too.” 

Legend felt like he’d been hit over the head. “Wha—That’s not—Ravio isn’t—Time!” He turned his fiercest scowl on the older hero, who didn’t even have the decency to look guilty. Malon took advantage of Legend’s distraction and planted a light kiss on his forehead. He thought he might die on the spot. 

“There!” Malon beamed at him. “Now, I gotta get back to helpin’ Wild. You boys make yourselves at home. And remember, Legend, you’re very loved.” That said, she made her way down the hall and toward the kitchen. 

“Too much?” Time asked with a teasing smile once Malon was out of sight. 

“Yes,” Legend snapped, rubbing his face like that might get rid of his obvious blush. He didn’t rub his forehead very hard. “Why would you tell her that anyway?”

“Isn’t it true?”

“No, it most certainly is not.” It wasn’t like he and Ravio had ever discussed anything. Except for that one time, which he was not thinking about. 

“Hmm.” 

“And besides, she’s not my wife.” Legend gestured toward the ruby red lipstick still on Time’s cheek. 

“I don’t mind.”

“Well, I do,” Legend huffed. 

“Oh.” Finally, Time looked a fraction of the awkwardness that Legend felt. “Sorry, I didn’t think— Neither of us meant to make you uncomfortable. I’ll talk to her about it this evening.”

“No, that isn’t…” Legend trailed off with a loud sigh. “Don’t make her feel bad. I’m just not used to it. That.”

“Not used to…?”

“Physical affection,” Legend grumbled. “It makes me feel weird.”

Time hummed shortly. “Bad weird?”

“Just weird weird.” Legend raised a hand. “Don’t get ideas—there’s no deeply rooted trauma or anything like that. I just don’t know what to do with it.”

Time thought about that for a quick moment. “Like with most things, practice helps. It did for me.”

This time, Legend was positive that the face he was making was a grimace. “I’m not going to join the Twilight and Wild cuddle piles. And Sky’s hugs are too intense, it’s like he’s trying to smother you.” 

“I see,” Time answered in his usual cryptic, annoying way. “Well, start smaller. If you want to.”

“Meaning?”

Time shrugged, but there was something soft about the way he stared at Legend then, something understated but appreciative. “Whatever feels less weird.” And then, cataloging his movement in a way that was simple without being patronizing, Time reached out and gently ruffled Legend’s hair. 

All in all, Legend thought, it wasn’t the worst thing. Far from it. 

#i'm with legend on this one #i am always uncomfortable with physical affection unless it's like... my grandparents haha #anyway i hope you two enjoyed! #sometimes it's fun taking a break from the whump #lu legend #lu time #lu fic #linked universe #lu malon #ravioli #sort of? idk but someone asked me to tag that pairing so they could avoid it #gintrinsic writing

[winterlinksandotherlinks]

Ravio Marchand — local merchant, family man, and husband of the Hero of Legend! Also featuring an obligatory Sheerow

I love LiWiAU Ravio so much, y'all have no idea I’ll yell some more about it in the tags dw

Thoughts and bonus doodle under the cut, and a shout-out to @astrolabe-blade for lending an ear in the character development process ❤

Ravio is one of those characters that I first encountered in fan content, and I've never really been able to stray all that far from that. As a result, I really don't know how much remains of the original character, beyond the name, the occupation, and the general appearance. Still, I care a lot about him, and I hope you'll all also enjoy him

originally from Lorule — his mother was a herbalist, his father made wicker-baskets, and their garden was frequently visited by birds;

this was the garden Sheerow, a blue-and-white sparrow-like bird hatched in one autumn, and Ravio’s mother took great care in nurturing Sheerow through the winter — Ravio loved playing with Sheerow, and always claimed to be able to speak telepathically with him;

for reasons currently unknown, Ravio and Sheerow do, in fact, speak telepathically with each other;

when Ravio was six, his parents died, and he ended up on the streets — he made a friend who introduced him to Mamie, and older lady who Ravio views as a grandmotherly figure (Mamie’s also Mitchi’s biological great-grandma);

when Ravio started working for Hilda, he used his income to buy Mamie and red-and-purple woollen shawl that, later, was passed back to him (see the illustration above);

trans (ftm) — found appropriate resources to transition once he moved to Hyrule (has only had top surgery), but is on bad days still insecure about his waist, hips, and thighs;

enjoys being the care-taker in the household, but worries that it’ll make him appear less masculine in other people’s eyes;

knows more or less everything about Legend’s adventures, and helped Legend through the rocky period post-Koholint (I’ve fiddled around with the order of Legend’s adventures, but I’ll talk more about that in the post about Legend) — heard about Marin before he knew anything about Koholint, and was secretly furious with her for the state Legend was in (these days he’s accepted that some part of Legend always will love Marin, and come to enjoy hearing Legend’s anecdotes about Koholint);

works as a merchant at ‘Link’s Orchard and Ravio’s Magic Items’ (a small shop-expansion to Legend’s cottage), and crafts enchanted items for sale and renting — so far, he’s created a magic boiler for bath water, and he’s considering inventing a magic washer and a magic broom (essentially the equivalent of a washing machine and a vacuum cleaner);

travels for a few weeks every summer, together with Legend, to trade all over Hyrule and Lorule;

when I write Ravio, I tend to imagine a softer less-dramatic version of Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle, with some added flavour;

to distinguish between Hyrulean and Lorulean, I’ve decided to use French as a place-holder for Lorulean (French!Ravio was an idea that occurred when I saw @guardedchild​ ’s wonderful colouring of this RavioLink illustration);

Ravio calls Legend ‘mon lapin’ (trans.: ‘sweetheart’, ‘[my] bunny’) — beyond three months of French in high school, I’m not as familiar with the language as I’d like to, so this is purely what I’ve learned from Reverso and some deep-dives in dictionaries (if any French-speaking person thinks I got it wrong, please let me know);

Ravio and Legend’s interactions, under normal circumstances, are definitely that flavour of flirting that’s thinly veiled as almost-scathing banter;

Ravio firmly believes there’s a tea for any situation; 

his favourite dish is Mamie’s cassoulet (a savoury bean stew);

bought matching mugs for himself and Legend once (one’s pink, the other’s purple, and they both have bunnies painted on them);

half his clothes have apple blossom embroideries thanks to Legend (whenever Legend takes his shirts/tunics, it’s always a tossup between “Legend just sort of forgets to return them and wears them casually around the cottage” and “Legend returns them covered in embroideries” — either way, Ravio doesn’t mind);

Ravio knew very early on that he liked Legend, but kept it to himself because of Marin — at first just because he didn’t know who she was to Legend, and then because he assumed Legend was still grieving her;

Ravio and Legend got married the day they started dating (it’s a rollercoaster, and the entire 16,000-and-some words of Ch. 2 of Out of Time is about this);

Ravio marks all the items he sells with a watermark/trademark/y’know what I mean (I can’t remember the actual word for this in any of the languages I know rn, but see the doodle below);

knows Warriors from the War of Eras, and is essentially best friends with Linkle (she knows everything about Ravio, Legend, Mitchi, and Fable, and Ravio knows everything about Linkle, Warriors, and their Zelda) — Malon’s later included in this little group, and the three of them are inseparable; 

Ravio’s very proficient with his hammer (which he may or may not have placed some enchantments on) — Legend doesn’t know this yet, but he’ll find it very attractive when he does, and might have a minor existential crisis over it;

Ravio has copied the bracelet he gave Legend, so both of them can travel between Hyrule and Lorule

I probably have more thoughts about him (and his interactions with the others! especially Hyrule!), but this post is already long and detailed, so I’ll leave it here for now

Bonus doodle of Ravio's branding/trademark/thing (the line below the bunny hood is supposed to be some kind of writing, probably saying something along the lines of, “Made by Ravio Marchand, Hyrulean merchant and enchanter”):

#ravio #liwiau ravio #links winter au #albw #you've all probably heard about trans legend #but may i propose #trans ravio #the merchant moved into my head and now lives there rent free #i might have projected some of my Gender Thoughts on him #i just want him to be happy and soft and in love #and still a little bit of a bastard #he's just ... i love him so much? #he deserves the world #and i'm not above giving it to him #i'll end my tags here #because anything else i add is going to be incoherent sobbing

[vagueandominousvibes]

@guardedchild You are now officially one of my favourite people and I love you

(in all seriousness though, your colourings and tags give me so much joy, and seeing your name in my notifications never fails to brighten my day — if you ever want to come and say hi, this is your invitation to do so)

The essay in question is much more “scholarly” than my usual ramblings, and I’m having to define some words and theories in a way that isn’t Over The Top And Academically Formal, while meeting another deadline I may or may not have procrastinated on, so please bear with me for a couple of days!

[alleirtherogue]

Ok LU fandom... I think I’m on to something...

DISCLAIMER!! Absolutely NONE of the art here is mine, it all belongs to the amazing Jojo who is creating the @linkeduniverse comic I have fallen in love with. I’m just borrowing it to make a point.

I’ve been reading a mix of the new comics as they come out, and the old ones because I can’t get enough 😊. And in the most recent update Twilight makes an interesting statement regarding Legend’s fab new hair color.

Cool detail right? It got me thinking about how Twi’s marks are always shown and that makes a lot of sense given how much time he spends as Wolfie. But who else do we see this with? Time.

He has marks in HIS face too (insert captain obvious meme here) I originally thought that might have come from his adventures, and given the number of fics I’ve read that imply the same thing I think at least some other people would believe that. While I’ve not played Majora’s Mask personally (I deal with enough anxiety thank you) my friend @guardedchild has kept me up to speed on that portion of Time’s adventure. And, I’ve gotten to play snippets of Hyrule Warriors with her and y’all, if Time didn’t have the mask on enough in Termina then he DEFINITELY did in Warriors!

I thought the train ended there, a cool connection and possible evidence that kid Time fighting with Warriors MIGHT be cannon. But then I saw this...

(Absolutely beautiful moment)

Time... as an adult... without scars...

And I don’t think it’s coincidence either, we get to see it not once,

But twice.

Personally, I like to think that something happened to Time outside of his games that we haven’t gotten to see yet, maybe a plot line Jojo has yet to reveal? Or maybe I’m just putting together random threads that don’t go together but are fun to think about anyway 😊.

Ps. I am pretty sure that Malon knows about the mask. This really isn’t news at all, I just missed it the first time and it was really cool to notice!

#linked universe #conspiracy theory #hero of time