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Chapters: 11/?

Wild thought his adventures were over. Hint hint, thought. He thought that, because he didn’t clear out all the gloom in his arm before saving Hyrule, he would have a numbered amount of days left. He thought that Mineru’s parting gift of her Sage Stone was worthless. He thought that he was only going to be playing with the residue of Rauru’s power left over in his arm before he expired prematurely from gloom poisoning. He thought he was never going to see his brothers again. For most of that, he was wrong. Apparently, it was comical to Hylia to send him back on the adventure he had been on with his brothers, but with only 30 days left to complete it before his body gave out.

OR: Wild only has thirty days left alive because Rauru’s arm only kept him alive to save Zelda, and to keep cool new powers. Also, he’s the Sage of Sprit now because why not.

As some of you may know, I'm the person behind the LU AU Directory, which is a list of major AUs for the Linked Universe fandom. (It's basically a really, really long fic rec list.)

Normally, in May, I spend several hours scouring Ao3 for new AUs that have been posted over the last year. (In this case it would be 2025-2026.) However, I don't have the time to manually sort through that many fics on Ao3 because I'm moving 1,700 miles in a month.

So I'm asking for a little help for the 3rd edition of the directory.

If you know of an AU that's been posted on Ao3 that you think deserves a spot in the directory, please let me know by sending me an ask! Anon is on so you don't have to worry about giving away your main blog.

Rules/FAQ:

The AU has to be posted on Ao3.

The AU has to affect all characters (ex: a mer AU has everyone be a mer, not just Legend).

You can suggest your own AUs.

Submissions are open until July 1st, EDT.

Please provide a link to the AU, not just the title.

You can leave commentary on why you like an AU or a silly award/superlative you think it deserves.

Heres some more Project Hail Mary comics, just for fun!

Its a long way to Erid so like they got alot of time to do whatever, i think theyd have to talk about pokemon at SOME point at least! XD

And this flower, we tell children, if you let it bud and bloom and age from sun-yellow flower to moon-white seed, you can then pluck it and blow its seeds away to make a wish.

Call me Ravio because my sticker store is now open for business!

A lie told often enough becomes the truth. Simple as that.

…Actually hang on this needs more words.

When I was a younger, less skilled writer, it was considered the fashion to both self depreciate the act of self promotion and to insult the work that was being shared. This seemed to be an attempt to seem modest, or to avoid being perceived as a try-hard, or just being “uncool.” And since I was a younger, less confident teen, I followed the fashion after the other writers I looked up to.

And a lie told often enough becomes the truth, you know?

Every time I said “sorry for the self promotion” I felt a little more guilty about it. Every “it’s not that special” made me see the good in my work less. It was an positive feedback loop of self admonishment that was quickly morphing into a creative death spiral. It was killing the joy and I didn’t see a way out of it. At least, not an honest one.

But a lie told often enough becomes the truth.

So one day, I decided to start lying. Every chapter was the best thing anyone had ever written. Every fic was the most original concept in the world. Every person in fandom wants to be personally notified of my updates, so here is the self promo, you are so welcome!

I lied and lied as loud as I could until it was the truth. I do love my work. I do see the good in even the flawed drafts. I’m not embarrassed to share.

So, nonny, if you can’t feel the confidence, if you can’t see the good in your own work, I suggest you try lying about it. Pretend that it’s there.