Justbecause13

Hi✨

I've been meaning to make this post listing the Legend of Zelda fics I've posted on Ao3 to organize things a little.

I'm organizing by ship and I'll be giving a small summary so that it's easy to browse.

Zelda/Link

Ghosts of a distant and not so distant past (Rating: T) Short, sweet, and funny little snippet about the ghosts of BOTW talking to the ones in TOTK as the game finishes. An excuse to have mom!Sonia talk to mom!Urbosa about their little girl.

A lesson in botany and strenght (Rating: T) This one def deserves more love, it's so cute A story about Zelda's time as the Light Dragon. Sweet and sad, with dragons.

Light Dragon Scales can't cure depression, but forehead kisses can (Rating: G) Tiny little snippet. A soft reminder to Zelda she doesn't need to sacrifice herself for the good of her country all the time.

Zelda/Ganondorf

Strangeness and Charm (Rating: M) A Hades and Persephone inspired Depths AU. There's lots of lore, an interesting eldritch horror type entity, and Zelgan being too cute when they finally get together. It's part of a series that includes three spicy one-shots I wrote for Zelgan Kinkmas 2025 and a two epilogues set after the main fic.

Star fragments (Rating: E) A dragon!Zelda and hunter!Ganondorf fic. Lots of dragon and magic lore, Link being an amazing friend, and some fun angst.

We've met, several lifetimes ago (Rating:E) My first LoZ fic. Writen before AoI came to mess with the lore. Zelda and Ganonodorf meeting in ToTK and remembering the several lifetimes they have shared.

Of worship and other rituals (Rating: E) Smutty and sweet. Basically, I love the dragon inspired sets in totk and wanted to write more about them and Ganondorf thirsting over Zelda wearing a version of the frostbite set

BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Rating: E)The Gerudo King is determined to make his puppets as close to their inspiration as posible. He is just being very thorough in his research.

Zugzwang (Rating: E) The game of the conquest of Hyrule has started and while Ganondorf is a Master player, he might have finally met a worthy opponent to play against him.

Zelda/Link/Ganondorf

In this home I built for you (Rating: M) Fast-paced AU about the triforce breaking out of their usual roles. As this iteration of Ganondorf starts to conquer Hyrule, Link decides Zelda has been through enough trauma and hides her away, keeping her in the dark about what is really happening. Zelda realizes she might need Ganondorf's help to escape. In return, Zelda may just be what Ganondorf may need to finally break free from his demons.

Letting go (Rating: E)  A 3 chapter collection of smut for each of the members of the Triforce.

The Fundemental Laws of Physics (Rating: M) Ongoing, and I know it's taken me a while but I will finish it someday. An exploration of the main three throughout the events of Age of Imprisonment, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom and how they come together throughout time.

Written in the Stars (Rated M)

Zelgan week is here! I'm really looking forward to reading the amazing works and seeing all the beautiful art that will be shared this week! I've had a little sneak peek at some things that are absolutely amazing that I can't wait to see here <3 So happy reading and hope you enjoy this week of sharing this wonderful ship! @zelgan-week

Like an entire week late but I couldn't break tradition of posting the link to my  finished works here. 

Dragons, lore, plot that came out of nowhere, and my first time writing something so long. 

Chapters: 30/30 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf & Link (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Dragon Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Dragon biology, Eventual Smut, Blood and Violence, Hunter Ganondorf, Sparring as a form of flirting, dragon lore, Exploration of magic and Hyrule's history, Additional content warnings specified in chapter notes Summary:

Ganondorf Dragmire is one of Hyrule's most famous hunters. His very name and his family legacy are enough to scare lesser hunters away.

One day, he encounters a creature straight from the legends of Hyrule's days of glory. Though his days of monster hunting are in his past, there is something about this one that will not let him leave her alone.

Zelda is sure humanity cannot be as terrible as the Elders claim. For years, the Elders have kept her guarded and safe in their kingdom. After all, a Light Dragon is something that must be protected.

Tag your mutuals (or anyone else you would like to tag) to receive an explanation about their username! (No pressure if you don’t want to tell)

Thanks for the tag @imagineaspen & @geekynerdydorkyme ✨

In all honesty, my username came to life because 12 years ago, 14-year-old me had a vision that one day somebody would ask me: hey, why did you choose that username?

And I would shrug and joke: Oh, you know...just because.

So yeah, 14-year-old me needed to choose a username and because I've always been bad at naming things, I chose a sort of joke/pun. Plus, the turn of phrase sounded like fancy english, idk jaja, like the way a native would respond casually and I liked how it sounded. And 13 is my fave number so justbecause13 became my username practically everywhere and I haven't changed it (or my sense of humor istg) since then.

Share your top 3 fics by either hits or kudos, followed by top 3 fics by personal favorite (and share where they do or don’t line up!)

Thank you for the tag @hateno-house and @imagineaspen! ❤️ Top 3 by kudos:

Ghosts of a distant and not so distant past: (It's close to 300 kudos so f you want to pop by and take a look that'd be great!) Zelink, Rating T: a short, sweet, and funny little snippet about the ghosts of BOTW talking to the ones in TOTK as the game finishes.

In this home I built for you: Triforce, Rating M. The triforce tries to break the cycle. When I wrote this, I had never written anything as long and I was so proud of myself. After I wrote it, I kept thinking that it was way too short (it is) and unstructured (it is). I feel like if I were to write it now, it would be a thousand times better, with a more developed plot and storyline. However, I did read it again last year and i have to admit, there’s a lot there that I still really like. I’ve certainly grown so much as a writer over the years and seeing this kind of reminds me how far I’ve come. Despite my own critique of it, I have had a lot of support in the past from people who liked it and I’m really thankful for that. 

We've met, several lifetimes ago: Zelgan, Rating E. Zelda and Gan remember other lifetimes as they meet in totk. My first fanfic in LoZ and of course it was Zelgan. It had been years since I had written fanfic and wasn’t in any particular fandom at the time but after playing the game, I just felt the need to write this story. Nothing I have ever written or will write will capture the love i have for tragic zelgan but I think this is a fair attempt.

Top 3 Faves:

Strangeness and Charm (& the others in the series): Zelgan, Rating M. A zelgan, Hades and Persephone inspired Depths AU. Again, it had been two years since I wrote anything because I was in a bad place. To be able to feel like I could take the time to write and publish anything last year made me so happy. And honestly, there are too many things about this entire series that I loved. It’s crazy how a silly idea that i had had for the longest time became so many words. I had some incredible support while writing this as well that I am incredibly thankful for!

Star fragments: Zelgan, Rating E. Dragon Zelda and Hunter Gan meet. I feel like I really warmed up writing Strangeness and Charm and when i finished it, there was a part of me that said, ok, time to retire again for two years. It’s a pattern I have followed for some unknown reason. But last year, I rediscovered the joy of writing and i did not want to give that up again. Though I tried other projects, this is the one I am the most proud of. I am so incredibly excited to get to the end of this, and planning and writing this has given me so much joy. I feel like it’s been a bit of a rough start and that it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but i sincerely love the concept and where I am going to go with this. I’m about halfway through with publishing this and will do my best to make the ending as good as I think it can be :)

It's a tie between We've met and A lesson in botany and strenght: Zelink, Rating T. Zelda's time as a dragon again but this time with Zelink. I want to rewrite this though, that's how much I love the concept.

Thank you to anybody who has taken the time to read any of this! If you've liked some of the fics I wrote in 2023, check out some of my most recent works, I've gotten better I swear lol. If you've only read my recent works, spare yourself from the rest thank you anyway!

Posting this here because we are half-way through! 

Dragon lore, the fragility of human bones, survival instincts at an all time low, and Gan finding out he might be a little too into dragons who could kill him easily. 

Beyond that, hints of looming threat over the ruined kingdom of Hyrule as the land starts losing its magic. And some interesting plot developments to come, if I do say so myself. 

Chapters: 12/25 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Dragon Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Dragon biology, Eventual Smut, Blood and Violence, Hunter Ganondorf, Sparring as a form of flirting, Dragon lore Summary:

Ganondorf Dragmire is one of Hyrule's most famous hunters. His very name and his family legacy are enough to scare lesser hunters away.

One day, he encounters a creature straight from the legends of Hyrule's days of glory. Though his days of monster hunting are in his past, there is something about this one that will not let him leave her alone.

Zelda is sure humanity cannot be as terrible as the Elders claim. For years, the Elders have kept her guarded and safe in their kingdom. After all, a Light Dragon is something that must be protected.

Chapters: 1/20

Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Dragon Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Hunter Ganondorf, Though it's complicated, Dragon biology, Eventual Smut, Blood and Violence Summary:

Ganondorf Dragmire is one of Hyrule's most famous hunters. His very name and his family legacy are enough to scare lesser hunters away.

One day, he encounters a creature straight from the legends of Hyrule's days of glory. Though his days of monster hunting are in his past, there is something about this one that will not let him leave her alone.

Zelda is sure humanity cannot be as terrible as the Elders claim. For years, the Elders have kept her guarded and safe in their kingdom. After all, a Light Dragon is something that must be protected.

So when she finally manages to get to the surface and the first human she meets just happens to be a hunter, she is unsure of what to do. Epecially when there's just something about this one in particular that she needs to figure out.

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Another TOTK Zelgan fic from me? Yes, unfortunately, I still need to processs my emotions from AOI and I cannot get enough of these two. 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Morally grey Ganondorf, like fine he'll be the bad guy, but I'll do my damnest to at least make him a fun bad guy, Shameless Smut, knives as foreplay, Zelda being a BAMF, And Gan being horny for that, This is the fic I wanted to write after AOI, Blood and Violence Summary:

The board has been set, the pieces laid out, and so the game of Hyrule's conquest can finally begin.

Thank you for the tag @geekynerdydorkyme, @zeldieboo, and @folodu and I am sooo sorry it took me so long to do this.

✨RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous, and tag as many people as you have WIPs. People send an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and you post a snippet or tell them something about it!✨

As of right now I only have 1 new wip planned but I'm sure some other ideas will show up while writing it. It didn't have a name or much to it beyond the first idea but now we have a title and sooooo many fun things planned for it.

Star fragments will be a multi chapter (I'm aiming for about 15 chapters but we will see) Zelgan AU with Dragon!Zelda and Hunter!Gan. In short, it's going to be a little wild, a little bloody, and very sweet ;)

It will start around the last week of feb/ first week of march but that depends on how things go for me irl. However, I'm really excited for this and it's going to be a bit of a fun challenge for me!

I'd love to tag people but given the fact that I'm doing this so late everyone I can think of has already done it. If you haven't been tagged or have been tagged and haven't done it yet: take this as your sign to do it :)

The main fic of the series is Strangeness and Charm

Basically it is a Hades and Persephone Inspired Depths AU. There's lots of lore, an interesting eldritch horror type entity, and Zelgan being too cute when they finally get together. The rest of the series are three one-shots I wrote for Zelgan Kinkmas 2025 and a two epilogues set after the main fic.

Summary: ----- 500 years ago, the Demon King was exiled to the Depths. His story and his monsters have become nothing but a legend, a story told to children to frighten them.

One day, Zelda finds herself trapped in the Depths. Instead of just monsters and darkness, she is met with a man who holds too many contradictions to make sense and a past that makes him wonder if she is a curse sent to him from the Goddesses themselves.

Zelda has a Kingdom to reclaim. Ganondorf has a bet to win. They may just be able to break free from the prison that holds them, if only they can manage to work together. -----

And as a woman in STEM, it would be wrong if I didn't add a list of some of my references for this au.

- There's an amazing fic that started it all years ago: "every single time, make a compromise" by tsunderestorm. I read it and I could not get the concept out of my mind. It was the first iteration I saw of not only the Depths being used as a Kingdom but also the Hades/Persephone angle being used. We went different ways with it but I cannot deny it all started there

-Beautiful fan art by @demonsreverie titled "Goddess of the Depths" posted for Zelgan Week 2025 depicting a beautiful Hades/Persephone Depths AU

All the fic titles come from a Florence and the Machine song from each of their 6 studio albums: - Strangeness and Charm - Strangeness and Charm (Ceremonials) - To taste your beating heart - Howl (Lungs) - So tell me where to put my love- My Love (Dance Fever) - Let me live or let me love you -Make up your mind (How big, how blue, how beautiful) - Give me arms to pray with (Instead of ones that hold too tightly) - -100 years (High as Hope) - And Love- And Love (Everybody Scream)

Thank you endlessly to everyone who supported me while posting this, and to everyone who took the time for reading it!

And it's so funny to me cause I had to put that line specifically cause it's basically what my sister said to me when I sent her a 3 minute video of me very excitedly showing her the screenshots I had taken so far of my AoI playthrough. Half of them were Zelda being cute and the other half was Ganondorf in every scene he is in and me just gushing about them.

Here is the literal text conversation as proof:

In an english that we can all understand cause she can't write in spanish either: You are so obsessed, how funny, Me taking a screenshot every time my girl in Animal Crossing or Hello Kitty looked cute, But you kept taking the same picture of Ganon just in different angles, And he is handsome but you are freakyyyy

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Nabooru (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Epilogue, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Fluff, They are pretty tragic in a way but also too sweet with each other and that kills me  Series: Part 5 of The Kingdom of the Depths Summary:

An epilogue.

----- The season was coming to an end, and Zelda knew what that meant. It seemed like the past 6 months had flown by in the blink of an eye, and now she was once again faced with the consequences of the choice she had made. -----

IT’S DONE. I don’t even know what to say. This fic has meant so, so much to me and just finishing it has ended me. Thank you so much to everyone who ever took the time to read it, it truly means the world to me. Have a wonderful new year!

Chapters: 21/21 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf & Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link & Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Ganondorf annoys Zelda back to life, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Inspired by the TOTK map, But not a TOTK AU, They both do things just out of spite and I love that for them, Heavy on the hurt/comfort, Chronic Pain, Eventual Smut, Magic, Angst, cursing, Fluff as well though, like a lot actually Series: Part 1 of The Kingdom of the Depths Summary:

500 years ago, the Demon King was exiled to the Depths. His story and his monsters have become nothing but a legend, a story told to children to frighten them.

One day, Zelda finds herself trapped in the Depths. Instead of just monsters and darkness, she is met with a man who holds too many contradictions to make sense and a past that makes him wonder if she is a curse sent to him from the Goddesses themselves.

Act II done!!! Back when I started this, I would have never believed how much it would grow. I've literally never written something this long and complex, but I've been having so much fun coming up with the lore and figuring out the path to the end. There's only a few chapters left and it's going to go by real quick cause I do plan of finishing this entire series by the first week of January but it's going to be fun getting to the end of this. 

Thank you so much to those who have been supporting me throughout this. Your support means the world to me. And thank you as well to anybody who has taken the time to read this. I feel like it started a bit slow but I promise it picks up a bit of rhythm as it goes. 

Happy holidays to everyone!

Chapters: 18/21 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ganondorf/Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf & Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link & Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Ganondorf annoys Zelda back to life, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Inspired by the TOTK map, But not a TOTK AU, They both do things just out of spite and I love that for them, Heavy on the hurt/comfort, Chronic Pain, Eventual Smut, Magic, Angst, cursing, Fluff as well though, like a lot actually Series: Part 1 of The Kingdom of the Depths Summary:

500 years ago, the Demon King was exiled to the Depths. His story and his monsters have become nothing but a legend, a story told to children to frighten them.

One day, Zelda finds herself trapped in the Depths. Instead of just monsters and darkness, she is met with a man who holds too many contradictions to make sense and a past that makes him wonder if she is a curse sent to him from the Goddesses themselves.