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NINTENDO! I need a series of this!!!!
I'm so obsessed with the Linked Universe, but can you imagine if a movie or series would come out!!!
What Artstyle would you think should it be in though?
Something like Arcane?
Or maybe a collage of Artstyles like in Spiderverse?
...That would emphasise the differences between the Links...
Or Puss in Boots? I really liked the Animation of the Sequel!!!
Or maybe something 2D?
What is your opinion? Tell me about your ideas!
@linkeduniverse would love to know your opinion on this!
Linked Universe Anime Opening
Revivaln't
Wow, villains can sure talk. It's been- uhhh
Seven minutes.
Thanks Vio. Seven minutes that Dinky Bitch here has been monologuing. Much too long. Please get to the point good sir-
He is nowhere near good.
Tolerable s-
Still no.
Sir.
…
Fucker.
pfft-
"And well.. I have the means to bring your dear shadow back from the dead."
Four zoned back in at that line with a slow, slow blink.
Four sighed.
He took out his journal and pen.
Opened to the second page, as the first was full, and made a single tally mark.
Closed his book with a snap, and put it away.
All without breaking eye contact.
"283."
If Dark Link could, he'd be sweating buckets. He twitched at every sound and actually flinched when four talked.
"That's how many times I've been offered such a ridiculous thing."
Off to the side, seemingly from the ground, muffled laughter could be heard. A being emerged from Four's shadow.
"Dude!" Shadow said, then almost broke into cackles, "I'm right here! Been here for a while now!"
♤♡♧◇
this has been sitting in my docs collecting dust for a while now. It feels incomplete and i wanna do more with it, but... the brain juices ain't flowin. If anyone wants to continue it, go right ahead.
Four Thoughts
obligatory his eyes change color hc
Four talks to himself in minish, so no one can snoop. (except for, well, the minish, but he doesn't care cause they're nice)
the way the colors originally split: Red is positive emotions, Blue is negative emotions, Vio is logical hard facts intelligence, Green is nuanced people intelligence.
but that's not their entire personalities. blue is also determination :)
Yo what if their sword could kinda shapeshift for each of the colors?
Red: Shinobu’s sword from demon slayer
Blue: Antarcticite’s sword from lotl
Vio: pure nail from hollow knight
Green: Alhaithem’s sword from genshin impact
and ofc, they also all use the base version of the sword and their other preferred weapons.
oh! oh! what if two colors piloting means dual blades?? like Lady Maria from bloodborne! or Zuko from atla!
Run Rabbit RUN!
still shocked i knocked this out in just a month- APPARENTLY its been over 4 years since i last did a complex nature scene, pretty content with the results though! :D
lil commentary and crops under the cut~
holding a bazooka labeled headcanons and pointing it at these guys
its important to note that their current situation is NOT legends fault, buddy is an unwilling participant, help him,,,
read one too many minish four fics and Locked On- i just think hes neat! :)
also liked the idea of four only having the earring bead while shrunk,,, i have Thoughts and Opinions on how this could relate to him being just shrunken during his adventure, but being functionally a minish while small now (gotta love a willingness to mess around with magic you THINK you understand)
EARS!! hyrules look like the edge of a leaf, think it works good enough for the part fae ideas im plagued by (he also gets lil claws, as a treat)
pointing out the DEATH GRIP hyrule has on legends hair: ow
that nick on legends nose? im working on it i swear trust me trust me (<<< college debuff) it has to do with that ravio au that i swear im working on
the filter selection on my drawing app is a bit wonky and i gotta say: hyrules hair kept turning Bright Orange, i dont even want to know
100% forgot that trying to juggle this many shades of green is its own kind of circus- but the bright green glow?? SO much fun, definitely not used to drawing multiple light sources but RAHHHHHH getting to do harsh lighting again was a treat
this sucker is 18MB?? HELP
still got a ton of sketches lined up to do- hoping to bully myself into posting wips more often though! since theres no telling when (or if) ill finish anything at any given time- immune to the sunk cost fallacy JUST for my drawings apparently
normally i just work on whatever i whimsy, but for once in my life i actually want to see all these through = decision paralysis!! woo!!
hesitant to post wips since theyre all in dire need of cleanup, but if theres any yall want to see finished sooner rather than never, please let me know ! :3 complexity/time sink varies but i will not lie, some of these have the potential to be just as insane as game night or fireball
Game Night: CHAIN ATTACK!!!
i am,,, withering away but ITS DONE ITS DONE IM FREE FROM THE CURSE (<<< still haunted by wips) clocking in at 32+ hours, this sucker has been getting pushed around for 10 months-
while theres some things i would have done differently if i could redo this from scratch, i still had a BLAST cramming in as much detail as i could tolerate >:) some highlights / cut ideas / ramblings are below the cut, but please zoom for details! (if tumblr doesnt shred it to bits)
gonna be real i locked so hard onto drawing ripped jeans that i forgot i could have just shoved legend into a skirt and called it a day
SOCKS. SOCKS. the amount of Joy anytime i figured out how to personalize them with game references: legend (hibiscus), twilight (ordon goats), and four (force gems)
i WAS going to put time in a turtleneck, but had an epiphany and started digging for the most obnoxious hawaiian shirts i could find,,, ft. a sea flower (wind waker) and a saturation boosted plumm (twilight princess)!
yeah so warriors got the sweater instead of the skintight shirt, sorry gang
speaking of if i ever say im going to draw a cableknit sweater again, somebody PLEASE shake some sense into me- warriors sweater was a NIGHTMARE since my art program has an astonishing lack of good brushes (and yet here i am still using it)
MOST of the text has been modified using the twilight princess cipher because yeah. i was procrastinating shading. also the other ciphers were in japanese- times shirt is cropped, but reads "its 5 oclock somewhere"
winds lobster shirt :) that is all i just think its neat
wilds jacket :) link w(ild) 2017, aka the release year of botw
jewelry! sky has the fireshield earrings, and wild has the amber earrings~ could barely squeeze the bombos and quake medallions onto legend, and wind got the joy pendant
hyrule :D embroidery on his sweatpants because i was struck by whimsy- also i 100% thought his shield was purple tinted for weeks while drawing this because the page i used as reference was set at night, and i was originally basing his sweater on his shield- scrapped the cross pattern after several failed attempts but kept the color ^^
the chips are bbq because im biased (reads "crisps" in twilight princess cipher for no real reason except whimsy)
bless my dearest homie for game reccs because the og plan was to have them all be loz games! titles include wii sports resort, elebits, super mario party, smash bros ultimate, just dance 2016 (its box art is colorful ok), and myth makers orbs of doom (I HATE THIS GAME WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, as i should, anyways i should play it again). four is suggesting orbs of doom, buddy aint even playing,,,
kinda was hoping to play around with hair colors and skin tones a bit more, but again, see the hour count- ill get em next time surely,,, also blue vs violet eyes for legend already had me in decision paralysis
the whole gang was gonna have friendship bracelets with color combos based on dynamics i found neat but oops! didnt finish the layer :')
thats a wrap! didnt yap about everything but im curious what yall catch onto- anyways surely ive learned something about biting off more than i can chew (<<< lying liar who lies)
"Checklist, 1, 2, 3!"
also heya, first LU post! im,,, so normal about these guys (lies- ive been thinking So Hard for nearly a year, unsupervised)
I'm sorry, I wanted to do WhumpTober so bad but I've been stuck doing Portfolio crap and Flim projects for class.
This is the first piece in a while I actually did for MYSELF.
Please Enjoy Four in a cute winter outfit. My first time trying out these alcohol markers.
Yeet the child, round two.
@returnofthephoenix @ahrva
Thank you Lu Discord VC for picking this one out of all of my asks.
Four as a Minish?
Click for Quality! Here you go! hope you like it
People are taking the Four explanation way too far. Saying Jojo is trans-phobic and Queerbating. Seriously? Can you get your dang head out of the clouds?
For example, "Well the group laughed at wild for the Vai clothes, thats trans-phobic."
You've gotta to be kidding me man, its clear that there is nothing trans-phobic about it.
You think it's a little funny that your friend is carrying around revealing female clothing, maybe he cross dresses? Maybe they belong to someone else? They all have a laugh about it. I dont get how the heck that's trans-phobic. You don't have to be trans or queer to cross dress, maybe you just like feminine clothing. (This can go the opposite way, maybe you like more masculine clothing.) You can also be queer and cross dress too! Thats perfectly fine! Are you trans and wear feminine clothing to show your identity and feel more with yourself? A-Ok girl, you go for it!
It's just something seen as unexpected from Wild, so they tease him about it, they're interested, wanting to know the story. Wild gets embarrassed about it. There's nothing more too it. It literally a draw back to what Urbosa says in Wild's game, she also teases him about "wearing that outfit again."
Along with that, Jojo saying that Four isn't a system is apparently putting down those with D.I.D. I dont see her hating on the headcanon, she's simply explaining that, that wasn't her original plan for his character and explaining how the system works in further detail.
I like to think that more than half of you know, that she's had lots of the story planned out for a very long time. And the comic itself is a much slower process. He most likely wasn't going to be a mental system the entire time. Is that bad? Do all characters that share a similar trait with Four have to have a system, no, they don't. Can characters be a part of a mental system? Of course they can! Can there be headcanons of Four being a system? Of course there can be! Can those with D.I.D. still relate to him? Sure, that's up to you!
Along with that, some were pointing out the the chart about Twilight not being a Furry, Werewolf, or Otherkin/Therian. How that those people were clearly displayed poorly, and maybe even being made fun of within the post. I get that, and I understand that. I'm a furry myself, I make furry art, and I make fursuits. And the way Jojo displayed a furry as a smelly person in a gross costume with flies flying around it? While it may be a little disheartening, its funny. I can easily see it as a joke. And even if it wasn't, you don't HAVE to like them anyways.
Then again, being a Furry doesn't mean you need a fursuit, or even a fursona, you don't need to be an artist etc. All being a Furry means, is you like Anthropomorphic animals. There's two definitions of being a Furry, the identity and what a "Furry" is, a furry IS an Anthropomorphic animal, and an Anthropomorphic animal is an animal with human like characteristics. Some of those characteristics can be: human like emotions, talking, and emotional expressions.
This goes for Otherkin/Therians too, though they are completely different from the furry definition. Many therians don't identify as fully human, or don't identify as human at all. And some, may just feel as though they have a deeper connection with animals than they do with their human self. Theres plenty more to it, no one is the same.
Theres a whole lot more I can say to this. But I think that a lot of people just need to take a chill pill. Stop trying to force false facts in between the lines that don't exist. Be respectful to other peoples headcanons, be respectful to whats canon. I'm sorry that it came off a little dissapointing to a lot of people, even I'm slightly disappointed myself, I thought it might have been a bit more detailed than what it was. Sadly its not, its just what it is. Don't try to force headcanons on to people, dont try to shove what you think is better story wise down other peoples throats. Let's not harrass people, and call Jojo phobic.
Could you just calm down and take a breather?
TLDR: The community is taking it a bit to far. Share your two-cents, but don't harrass people with it.
The boi, he is done.
Inspired by this post by @triforceofchaos , Sorry it took so long for me to get to.
This is what I spent the last 2 and a half months on. A book! Anyone following my page or are on the LU discord might have seen some of these in progress. These are 4/6 pages that LU is featured in it. This is a 36 page children's book that I wrote, illustrated, printed, cut, glued, and bound on my own. It will be published using this mock up as a pitch Title- "A helping Hand" Subtitle- "A story of the forgiven" Currently no set price, will update soon!
Note: This story is not LU focused and simply FEATURES them. I wouldn't count it as a "insert" fanfiction, more of a little bonus. This book is it's own thing and has it's own characters, but if you're looking to see LU in book form this is currently it!
Queue Wild challenging the Four Squad to a dance battle
Twilight meets a Fuoxe! Part 5/? Find part 1 here Find part 6 here Find out wtf a Fuoxe is here- Fuoxe
Twilight meets a Fuoxe! Part 4/? Find part 1 here Find part 5 here Find out wtf a Fuoxe is here- Fuoxe
Ah yes, the shit post requests are finally coming in. PLease heLp Me cUre mY BorEdOm
I published the first chapter!
Four gets the Zelda treatment
(Also known as I steal the plot of TOTK and run with it)
It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn - Chapter 1 - TheSkywalkerLegacy - The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]
Hear me out: Sky and Four as Gods
Sky is the god of Fate, skies and love
Four is the god of Magic, forests and luck.
This is entirely a self indulgent au that makes very little sense so enjoy
Designs!
I picked these two to be gods because I love them and thats the only reason
Lore and the blueprints of a story under the cut <3
Sky becomes a god after Skyward Sword, but doesn’t directly feel the effects until Zelda passes of old age. He properly takes up the title as god, form changing over time to become more godlike. He now resides in the heavenly realm, a place where he can watch over the world and make sure Fate goes as according to plan.
Sky’s design
He’s represented by eyes, and it is said that he can view through anything that has an eye on it. His cloak can become wings, and if you look long enough the eyes on his outfit may blink. He often uses lightning as a weapon.
Sky looks after Hyrule as it develops, until he Sees the events of Four Swords and recognises the power of a potential god.
Unlike Sky, Four becomes a god after his passing. He appears in the heavenly realm? And is shocked to be meeting THE god of Fate himself. Four is like a faun but with the lower half of a minish because they represent his domain the best. He can split into the colours who still need to design but they all look similar.
They look after Hyrule together until the events of OOT, when the timeline splits. This causes some issues, and Four and Sky have to try to deal with the time travel without disrupting the fabric of the universe, so they seperate the timeline into three sections, the smallest amount they can. This drains the both of them and they fade into myths.
Over time they will regain power, occasionally assisting the new heroes without them noticing. Four will place good items for them to find, while Sky will make sure their story ends well. The downfall timeline is the hardest to affect, because it was never meant to happen.
Then the war of eras happens.
The dramatic re-merging of the timelines causes the two to become major players in the story again, possibly even appearing in Warriors battles? (Im coming up with this on the spot okay, don’t judge).
Once that is finished, they don’t fade into legend again. Their stories are passed down and they become almost worshipped.
Time takes its course and we get to pre-BOTW. Calamity Ganon was not supposed to rise that early. He broke the laws of fate itself, which causes Sky to have a panic because wtf??? That’s not supposed to happen???
Four does his best to aid the hero while Sky is out of commission, and helps Zelda unlock her powers. He uses his magic to help heal the hero while he’s asleep in the shrine. BOTW happens, Four and Sky calls upon Fate to make sure Ganon does not rise again once Link has defeated him. That’s the end of the timeline. Sky and Four, thinking they’re done, finally let themselves rest. Hylia (because she still exists despite doing nothing to help the two), decides that she should ignore Fate and bring all the heroes together, including the two that are currently gods. When she pulls them all together, Sky and Four are very confused to wake up as mortal hylians again, and don’t even recognise eachother at first. They travel with the Chain, knowing a lot more than they let on. Eventually it gets revealed that they’re gods.
Don’t really know where I’ll go with this but feel free to use this because I know I’ll likely never touch it again
Spreading Four magical girl propaganda as well I see
Thinking about Links as magical girls again
I saw a comic that had four splitting into the colours as ‘magical girl transformation’ and I ran with it.
Anyways here’s a crack au with the colours as magical girls because I’m bored
More under the cut <3
Blue (They/he/she)
Symbol: Triangle
Represents: Anger
Weapon: Hammer
Does not enjoy this (the hammer is fun though)
Green! (He/they)
Symbol: Circle
Represents: Peace
Weapon: Sword
The one that looks most similar to normal Four. He actually doesn’t mind the costume change, just finds it isn’t the most practical.
Red <3 (Any)
Symbol: Heart
Represents: Love!
Weapon: Bow!
Their favourite part of the outfit is their buns, but all the little bows are also adorable >:3
Vio (They/she)
Symbol: Star
Represents: Wisdom
Weapon: Magic
They do not like the ponytails. Tried to chop them off but they came back the next time Four split. Absolutely devours in those heels though.
AU extra notes that I don’t know where else to put:
It’s a result of Four getting cursed or something
He does not want the others knowing.
Probably gets revealed because the gang is fighting something and the group gets overpowered so Four is like ‘oh damn guess it’s time to get magical’
Yuh that’s it let me know if you want more :3
Edit: I JUST NOTICED I MISSED COLOURING THE LINEART ON VIOS HAIR 😭😭😭
Made some Linked Universe reference sheets. tried my best including important characteristics and parts of a character people may have issues drawing. These are just a few things I think of to help myself while drawing them. What's helpful for me may not be for someone else.
Whoops wrong account...
Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:
Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.
OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE
We're almost done!! 2 more chapters left!
Chapters: 4/10 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dark Link (Linked Universe) & Everyone Characters: Time (Linked Universe), Four (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Dark Link (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Malon (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Emotional Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Betrayal, Everyone Needs A Hug, Four (Linked Universe)-centric, Dark link (linked universe)-centric Summary:
Dark Link (Dink as those pesky heroes called him) was finally ready. His great plan was finally in action. And it will never stop. He had all the time he could possibly need.
OR 8 times a hero betrayed the chain and 1 time the hero betrayed Dink. | | | | STRANGE UPDATE SCHEDULE