If Wind can summon his old items and considering how the game emphasizes the importance of timing in the music, perhaps he can also help teach Spirit to properly play the spirit flute by conducting the songs?
On another note, assuming he isn’t too nervous about the whole quest himself, I can totally imagine Wind just generally using the power of Big Brotherness to be the emotional support of the group. Making sure everyone takes care of themselves and tensions don’t rise too high.
Really digging everything you’ve come up with so far. Especially the character dynamics are very interesting and I’m definitely excited to see where you’re going with them!
I herby dub thee: Music Anon!
First of all, thank you for the kind words!! I’m so glad you’re excited!!
As for the Spirit Flute stuff, I was actually thinking about that earlier today! The Wind Waker is one of my favorite Zelda items, and I knew I just had to incorporate it into the AU. What better opportunity than during the Spirit Flute sections? Plus, I feel like it would also help Spirit in more ways than just keeping time.
I always headcanoned Spirit as a bit self-conscious, at least when it comes to the hero stuff. Being a train engineer? No problem. He’s got that with full confidence, but being a hero? That’s a lot of pressure that he never signed up for. He’s just doing the best he can with what he’s got because well… he’s the only one who can.
I think Wind being there conducting him would help ease his mind, and serve as a reminder that he’s not alone in this. Plus, I like the idea of Wind and Spirit engaging in musical activities together throughout Spirit’s life. After all, they both appear pretty musically inclined in their games, able to pick up and memorize new songs after seeing/hearing them once. I think it’s a fun little hobby they would share.
With that idea in mind, I can definitely picture Wind telling Spirit something like “Don’t worry about what this is for. Just focus on me and the music. C’mon, it’ll be like when we would make music around the house when you were little.”
In terms of the adventure as a whole, Wind is definitely nervous about this whole thing, but that’s understandable. The world is at risk, and, even worse, his little brother is caught in the center of it. Still, he is, without a doubt, a grounding figure in the group.
He’s an experienced hero and an older brother. He takes both roles very seriously. l think he would be the one to try to keep everyone’s spirits (haha) up. He’s fun and goofy, and he’s going to do his best to keep the others smiling.
He would also be the most likely to keep the others from getting too overwhelmed in stressful situations. After everything he’s been through, he’s used to charging in without letting fear or overthinking stop him. Sometimes you just gotta take a plunge, and Wind knows that all too well.
Music anon from earlier. I relistened to Smile Like You Mean It for the first time in months and maybe it's the deepening brain rot talking but shit slaps, I was wrong
I got to this fandom very late and there is so much stuff to listen to and learn, wow
Yes!!! More fondness for Smile Like You Mean It! >:D I'm finding more and more songs get released, from covers to new fansongs, it's GREAT!
Hey, it's Song Anon, and I just wanted to say that sending you music and talking about little story and headcanons has been one of the only joyful things I have been able to do in this fandom. I hate all the discourse, the disappointing canon, the cruel fandom and just this general immaturity around the series from everyone involved.
I like being able to really revel in headcanon and retcons and reimaginings through music with you. And I love hearing about yours. It's something positive among all the negative, you know? It's so hard not to get into that negative spirals of everything that went wrong with Helluva and Hazbin, but I really enjoy breaking out of it through creativity and watching you and others do the same.
I very much appreciate you engaging with my little anon asks and sharing some of the music I've sent, because I really enjoy sharing things like that.
This means more than you know, music anon ❤️ it’s one of the few joys for me too. Trying to come to terms with the mean spirited nature of both fandom and the actual show has been hard. Making rewrites, character exploring, headcanons, and reimaginings can be really healing as a hobby.
Music is a really personal and emotional thing! Thank you for trusting me with it!
Everyone please thank my amazing music anon. I have finally figured out spotify and compiled the recs they have sent me and they're so good I just have to share this playlist with you all. I take no credit for this amazing obikin inspired playlist the have shared with me. Check it out - they have impeccable taste!
Make it count, play it straight
Don't look back, don't hesitate
When you go big time
What you want, what you feel
Never quit, and make it real
When you roll big time (oh-oh)
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Listen to your heart now (eh)
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Don't you feel the rush?
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Better take your shot now
Oh-oh, oh-oh (hey), oh-oh, oh-oh
Go and shake it up, what you gotta lose?
Go and make your luck with the life you choose
If you want it all, lay it on the line
It's the only life you got
So you gotta live it big time
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh
Step it up, get in gear
Go for broke, make it clear
Gotta go big time (oh, hey)
Make it work, get it right
Change the world over night
Gotta dream big time (oh-whoa)
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Give it all you got now (eh)
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Isn't it a rush?
Hey (oh), hey (oh)
Finish what you start now
Oh-oh, oh-oh (hey), oh-oh, oh-oh (whoa)
Go and shake it up, what you gotta lose?
Go and make your luck with the life you choose (life you choose)
If you want it all, lay it on the line
It's the only life you got
So you gotta live it big time
Look around (uh)
Every light is shining now
It's brighter somehow (whoa)
Look around
Nothing's really as it seems
Nothing but dreams
You and I
Gonna make a brand new sound
Like we own this town (we own this town)
We can fly
Now our feet are off the ground
We'll never look down
Welcome to the big time (time)
All the pretty people see you walking in the sunshine
Welcome to the good times (times)
Life will never be the same
Go and shake it up, what you gotta lose?
Go and make your luck with the life you choose (oh)
If you want it all, lay it on the line
It's the only life you got
So you gotta live it big time
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh
If you want it all, lay it on the line
It's the only life you got
So you gotta live it big time
-music anon
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Did you really just copy paste the lyrics into my askbox?
Anyways I searched up the lyrics and in the first three seconds I had such a strong bolt of recognition what the fuck. I don't recognise any of the rest of it. Just those three seconds.
missing your fics <3 i hope you are doing well and giving yourself enough time and space !!!
- ♬
god trust me I miss my fics too I wanna write so badly but I'm either too busy or way too tired from being busy to write 😭 I'm still out of town handling family stuff but I'm gonna be getting back home in the next few days! so then I'll have time to write again thank god
Saw the “what art are you iconic for post” and my answer is the one gif of quackity hugging the ball of light that keeps changing into all the people he’s ever loved. That’s my favorite piece of yours.
-From Music Anon
oh my gd that one i never meant for it to blow up it really just a corny quick drawing i did under 2 hours i’m posting the time lapse idc
Dude if you keep being nice I’m just gonna keep throwing songs I’d think you’d like/would fit in with what I’ve seen you show of your turtles/ at you. Lol
Have you heard used to the darkness by des rocs? Mad fight/dark arc energy
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS AND YES IT HAS DARK ARC ENERGY. Fuuuck. Anon!!!!!!!
It works really well with dark!Leo and Mikey actually.. I can't wait till I can talk about that whole situation ehehe
Since you asked for song recs, here’s a few that come to mind, though they might be a little vague since this AU is still new: ‘Hey Brother’ by Avicii, ‘Better Than One’ by The Score and ‘The Weight of Us’ by Sanders Bohlke.
- Music Anon
HEY BROTHER IS SUCH A GOOD CHOICE, MUSIC ANON! YOU’RE SO REAL FOR THAT. I love that song! 🤭 Honestly, kinda disappointed in myself for not thinking of that one for the AU.
I also LOVE every single The Score song I’ve heard. I haven’t heard that song in particular though, so I’m super excited to give that one a listen.
Ive never heard ‘The Weight of Us’. Given how great your tastes seem to be, I’m really excited to hear this one too.
hii ryan music anon here not sure if you got my last answer i hope you did but tumblr is funny sometimes and maybe you already answer it and i totally missed it but anyway how are you doing? i been i been listening to a little bti happier , coat and soap nonstop since i listened to them (and im trying to no sound to eager but im open to more rec lmao )
hiiii! i actually just answered it a few minutes ago! sorry it took me so long my brain has been absolute sludge and i haven't been able to word a lot.
music anon once again and very on theme with the whole. music anon she bang: I DIDNT KNOW DYLANS GOAL SONG WAS THE MIDDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need to hug him and cheer on him !!!!!!!!!!!! might become a caps girlie just for him ngl
music anon i am so glad to have brought this devastating factoid to your attention!!! please enjoy and be inconsolable with the rest of us in dylan strome nation every time we think about it for ❤️
highly recommend becoming a caps girlie just for dylan strome. not because the caps are good this season (they're not) or because they're fannishly popular (they're not) but because team leading goal scorer dylan strome deserves your love and support. also they have some incredibly intricate rituals going on over there. they're very weird and i love them, and they love dylan. and the loyal citizens of caps nation are also coming to love him the correct amount. at the awful game on friday i bonded with a lady who had a strome stadium series jersey from last season because i have a strome reverse retro from last season and we were like, yes this is the correct energy to have about dylan strome, buying the jersey before they even signed him to that extention.
I had an anon a while back who was always sending me music recs that reminded them of my fics, and I wanted you to know that I was just telling someone about that, and I miss you! All of your recs were always spot on, I still enjoy them. Or maybe it was more than one person, I'm not sure, but still.