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winterlinksandotherlinks · 2 years

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LiWiAU Aurora 2.0! I've known for a while that I wasn't entirely satisfied with the previous design, and an evening a couple of days ago I realised how to improve it. Below the cut is a copy of the previous character info

Aurora (Princess Zelda from The Adventure of Link) is, I think, one of the more interesting and under-appdeciated characters in LoZ. We don’t know all that much about her, but what we do know opens up for fascinating possibilities, even if we limit ourselves to the game alone

I’ve only read LU and LU-adjacent interpretations of her, so I’m not sure how much has been written about her in the context of her game alone, but, as far as I’m aware, she’s usually been portrayed as the bookish “sister”/“cousin” of Dawn (Zelda in the very first game, whom I’ve referred to as Queen Zelda so far in Out of Time)

Considering this, I think my interpretation of Aurora is somewhat different

The basic knowledge we have of her is that she was cursed into a deep sleep by a mage who worked for her brother, the Prince. The Prince wanted to force the knowledge of the Triforce of Courage from her. When she refused, the mage cast his spell and died shortly after. The Prince never discovered the whereabouts of the Triforce piece

Aurora remained magically asleep, unchanged, until Hyrule, who, at the start of The Adventure of Link, manifested the mark of the Triforce, found the Triforce of Courage, united it with the other pieces of the Triforce, and prayed upon it to break the spell

There’s a final scene wherein Aurora calls Hyrule a true hero, and then appears to move in to kiss him

however, upon waking from her curse, I think Aurora would be disoriented — she may have dreamed while she slept, but the last thing she clearly remembers is the mage cursing her, and her brother nearby;

I think she would feel frightened, and deeply betrayed;

waking up to an unfamiliar man nearby her probably didn’t help all that much, regardless of whether he held the Triforce or not;

the kiss was of a honorary nature, either to the cheek or to the forehead, to acknowledge the service Hyrule had done her;

after meeting Dawn and receiving her own chambers, Aurora avoids all contact with men — even her guard consists of women only;

she has long conversations with Dawn about everything that has happened to the Queendom during her sleep, and learns of Hyrule’s role in restoring it — while she trusts him no more than she trusts any other man, she’s grateful for his help;

when she was a child, she was free-spirited and often travelled — she was the younger sibling, and had a white mare she would ride across fields and woodlands, either with her brother or her assigned guards;

sometimes she would escape them to visit Fairy Fountains (the first time she came across one, she was eight, and fell in love with fairies and fairy magic);

while Dawn rules the Queendom, Aurora studies magic, fairies, Fairy Fountains — she brings her guards along (and, at Dawn’s insistence, also Hyrule) on excursions to see what Fountains still remain;

during one of these excursions she discovers that Hyrule is part fairy, and has a complete change of heart about him — she no longer views him as a human man, but as a fairy;

she invites him along on her excursions, and discusses her ideas and theories with him — she confesses that she wants to use magic to restore the Queendom to its former glory, and believes fairy magic is vital to this endeavour;

Hyrule wants to help, but believes that they should be healing the world as it is, rather than attempting to restore it;

he tries to show her how the new world can be beautiful in its own right, but she’s so focused on restoration that she can’t see what he means;

at some point, Aurora develops some kind of crush on Hyrule — or on the person she wants him to be (a fairy destined to become a king);

she probably has a deep sense of instability — her brother betrayed her, the Kingdom she knew is gone, nobody from her own time still lives — and her attempts at restoration are an attempt at finding the stability she lost (though she doesn’t necessarily see this yet, and frames it as being for the good of the Queendom);

growing up, she adored the stories of her great-grandmother, Queen Zelda, and her great-grandmother’s friend, the Hero of Legend — she was also aware of a family of brewers who, allegedly, were related to the Hero, but had moved to Calatia for unknown reasons

#liwiau aurora #links winter au #zelda #i tried a few different patterns for her dress #i visualise it sort of like this gorgeous wine red velvet i bought when i was younger #where the patterns were a lighter shade woven into the velvet #and only visible when rippling through light #i think the richness combined with white fur would suit a princess

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darthsuki · 5 years

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Fic Rec Tag Game

Post your fics you are most proud of! No limit on how many, just the ones you look at and just feel so pleased that you wrote something so great! Tag as many people as you like to get them to share their own fics! 2k19 is the year we love our own fics babes!

Though I have been a writer in some form or another for as long as I can remember, I didn’t have any sort of online presence until around roughly 2010; in fact, my first ever online account was on deviantArt!

I’ve made a lot of strides in the last decade with my writing, both in the craft itself and my perspective on how it can impact people in all sorts of wonderful ways--so below is a list of the works that have been important, beloved, or otherwise influenced my experience as a writer.

If anyone has ever been curious about my older works or the things that have been imperative to making me the writer I am today, I’d say it’s worth taking a peek--you might find something new of mine to like! ;3c

Truth Within (Star Wars, OC/General Grievous, chaptered fic)

Truth Within was (and still is) one of my most beloved writing projects--somewhat because, fun fact, it’s the first fanfiction I’ve ever written!

Truth Within is a Star Wars fanfiction based in the prequel trilogy, specifically in the Clone Wars era. It features the adventures and coming-of-age of Sakajin Takio, a young woman with a calling to right the wrongs of her mother and become her own person in the process. Along the way she’s challenged to learn the ugly consequences of war, the pain of loss, and the worth of protecting those she cares for--all while trying to handle being the apprentice of General Grievous as a member of the Separatist forces.

Originally posted to fanfiction.net in the late 2000′s and having been overhauled at least twice since, this piece represents how I’ve matured and improved as a writer. Sakajin has grown as a character in much the same way I like to think I’ve grown as a person, so much that she remains my proudest creation to this day.

I love this fic with all of my heart and have a universe worth of things plotted, planned, outline and half-written for it, though hilariously due to the fandom and the very specific ship it contains (Sakajin and Grievous) it doesn’t attract a lot of readers--still, it remains one of the biggest and most influential projects that I hold dear, and I really hope that one day I can make it into something it deserves to be.

Memories of You (Star Wars, General Grievous, chaptered fic)

Another passion project, but much (much) more recent than Truth Within. The story follows the reader as once a lover of General Grievous when they had been left for dead as a servant. After the general dies and they are left alone, the reader is shocked to realize many months later that he’s actually alive--and is in fact the acting general for the Separatist armies. Drama and tension unfold as the two of them try to figure out how to move forward, having to balance the joy of reuniting with a lover and the reality of war and the danger it presents.

Drabblewatch (Overwatch, fic/drabble collection) [NSFW]

What started as a reblogged prompt list spiralled into something absolutely amazing; after writing so many fills, I decided that it would be smart to make a blog to host the specific content and, one thing led to another, and Drabblewatch was born as the very first of many other writing blogs that I would make for reader-insert content.

Started in 2016, Drabblewatch remains one of my most popular writing blogs and series, pushing me almost entirely into the reader-insert community where I have found no shortage of excitement, fun, satisfaction and encouragement. Though I haven’t touched this blog or fandom in quite a while, there’s still a lot of content for it.

...and, fun fact, I actually met my eventual fiance @blood--hunter because of my Drabblewatch writing ;3c

Just Off the Highway / Just Past the Mountains (WTNV, Cecil & Kevin, chaptered fics)

My entrance into the WTNV fandom is, compared to the rest of the fics on this list, a rather recent event. With the nature of the series and the encouragement of the fans of my writing, I have been able to create a lot of absolutely fantastic things--these two fics are perhaps the best examples of what I’ve been able to create thus far. JotH is a introduction fic putting the reader and Cecil together, while JPtM is similar in intent but pairing the reader and Kevin instead.

As the Sun Sets (Critical Role S2, Mollymauk, oneshot)

The reader is a member of the Fletchling and Moondrop Carnival, taken in when they decide that they may earn more coin for their musical skills on the road than at the mercy of those in their home city. They have grown close to many of the members of the carnival, Molly especially, and the reader learns that they may have more talents in magic than in music.

It’s a simple fic, but one that I absolutely adore--namely because I want to create far more content in the future for the Critical Role fandom. I’ve debated making this a multi-chapter fic, but I suppose only time will tell.

And perhaps, maybe one day soon, I’ll even have a Critical Role writing blog... ;3c

Reader-Inserts: A Guide & Background

Omegaverse: Everything You Need to Know

These two entries are interesting, largely because they’re not actually fanfiction or such at all--they’re guides, and ones I’m rather proud of at that.

The first one is a guide for reader-inserts, detailing as much information about what they are, ways to write them and other bits of information from my years of experience in writing for the community. Though it’s by no means the only way to write such a lovely form of fiction, it’s a means for me to try and pass on as much of my own knowledge and experience as possible to normalize reader and self-insert fiction in this internet community of ours!

The second one is more of an informational perspective for a specific AU or trope, commonly revered to as omegaverse or A/B/O. It’s half-headcanon, half-background info, and from what I’ve heard has helped a lot of people understand this one interesting AU or universe setting in the fiction around them.

A Day on The Throne (MCU, Loki, oneshot) [NSFW]

If anyone wanted to know what my very first reader-insert work was, then the mystery has finally been revealed: it was with Loki! My first year of writing reader-inserts were a little clunky and utilized the ‘y/n’ system, but it’s interesting to compare this first work with what I write now, especially in making sure that my works are more accessible to people regardless of gender, sex, background or ethnicity.

I’m certainly not perfect, but it’s nice to see that I’m always getting a little better than before!

Being a Human (Lover) (Daft Punk) [NSFW]

Being apart of the EDM (Daft Punk) fandom I think is actually where the last nail was put into the coffin for me, at least in terms of dedicating a lot of my time to reader-inserts as a speciality.

The community was small and inviting, and a lot of people really encouraged my work and my potential as a writer to do bigger, better things. I actually met a lot of awesome people through the fandom, and to this day I consider @slowpokemegan one of my greatest friends and I am quite blessed to have met her because of this very fanfiction.

Collection of Suki’s Best Smut(tm)

Below is a list of what I consider some of my best smutty writing, though it’s absolutely not exhaustive since apparently out of the 150 fics I’ve posted to AO3, almost 80 of them are explicit and smutty in some form or another--consider these but a taste of what my writing career has created thus far :3c

Touch Me (RWBY, Ozpin)

It’s Best to Keep Me Pleased (RWBY, Torchwick)

Phone Call (FnaF, Phone Guy)

Silvairre’s Little Secret (FFXIV, Silvairre)

Lay Me Down to Sleep (Fallout 4, Maxson)

Heart-On (Undertale, Sans)

Audio Transmission (Lifeline, Taylor)

Touch Me, Have Me, Make Me Yours (The Dragon Prince, Aaravos)

Just Off the Highway (WTNV, Cecil)

Mine, Mine, Mine (WTNV, Kevin)

Have Me (Voltron, Lotor)

We’re Goin’ Down (LoZ: BoTW, Sidon)

Intimacy (Daft Punk)

#fic rec #self rec #fic rec tag #sukiswriting #a compilation of my best or most influential shit #i spent like well over an hour on this #so if you take the time to glance over this interesting self assessment of my past decade of writing i will love you forever #like i've been writing since 2010 #online at least #i was writing in notebooks long before that #overwatch #star wars #critical role #wtnv

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