Linked universe Big Bang 2026

NO AI WRITING OR ART ALLOWED

Overview

The LU Big Bang is an event that runs from April to September where Artists and Writers work together to create a 'Bang' of content!

Any questions can be sent to the inbox!

Timezone: PST timezone for deadlines

Dates

All Sign-ups open - January 15th

Artist and writer sign-ups close - April 15th

First check in / summaries due- May 20th

Artists claim summaries (multiple rounds) - May 22nd – May 30th

Artists and writers paired up - June 15th

Second check in - July 20th

Beta sign-ups close - June 12th

Pinch hitter sign-ups close -August 15th

Third check in - September 1st

Last day to drop out - September 10th

Posting starts: October 1st

Signups

Open January 15th

Summaries 2026

Rules

FAQ

Mod info

Mod applications (Open date

Discord

If you have not responded please take the time to do so asap

I will be double checking on my end as well.

We do have more artists than stories so two artist's might get the same story.

All you have to do is share your tumblr url and then tell me your top three picks.

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The chain travels through another portal. This time, they don’t end up in familiar areas. No childhood woods, well-traveled fields, or villages full of familiar faces. Instead, the heroes wind up in the center of an unknown dungeon; it resembles the temples of Sky’s Era, though less dilapidated and much, much brighter. Mirrors line corridors of the lost temple’s seemingly never-ending floors. Reflecting beams of light in mandala-like patterns throughout the temple. The brightest spots hold traps while shadowy corners seem to offer a momentary reprieve from constant light. The temple almost seems to loop in on itself, and any exit–if it exists–is hidden well. While the heroes attempt to navigate such a place, there lurks a monster that can bend light to its will. The monster’s pervasive light seems to know where to strike, separating the heroes and preying upon their weaknesses. Rooms full of light twist into images of lost loves, deep insecurities, and old foes. All to lure the heroes into an early demise, nearly sending heroes into pitfalls, or nearly tricking brothers into fighting each other. To escape the lost temple, the chain is forced to fight this monster, both physically and mentally.

After landing in Wild's era, the Chain hears rumors of black-blooded monsters blockading roads and cutting off travelers, and, fearing the Shadow's influence, they make moves to clear the camps out. But the further they go, the stranger it gets; inexplicably injured foes, eerie noises at night, and a caustic, gory substance that Wild calls ‘malice’, coupled with their apparent fascination for Hyrule's blood, all has Sky suspecting that there's something at play far more terrifying than infected monsters.

After a rough fight, the Chain stumbles across a village and promptly passes out in the inn. Though the bed cradled their bodies, their souls were transported and scattered across the kingdom of Sky. With only some sky children as guides, they now must find each other and ascend to the stars to find each other again. Now, if only all of the guides could understand them…

When Warriors is taken captive by an unknown foe, the heroes only have a matter of time before he becomes beyond saving, a fact driven home thanks to Sky's prophetic dreams and taunts from the Shadow. Their aid is found in the diary of a dead woman who haunts several members of the chain and Warriors is left trying to find a balance between survival and self while the others scramble.

Legend and Time focused

Basically, its the concept of the dancing plague but its a curse. They end up in Termina for the festival of time. This year, Clocktown is revealing that they've built a brand new performance stage; but its not any kind of stage, but one made of Dragon bones.

Legend, is a huge performer. The others don't know this, he finds it kinda embarrassing. But he loves to play music and dance, and just connect with people around him through it. So when the chance came up, he sports his dancing attire (Din gave it to him, I have the design sketched out), and he plays music for the people. Hes got this type of,,,bard magic? In a sense? Where his instruments can "remember" what he plays, which allows him to play multiple instruments at once (ex: LA) so he puts on a whole show.

His performance obviously draws a crowd, and he brings the people on stage to join him in a dance (think the kingdom dance from Tangled)

Well, these dragon bones that the stage was built from, were made from the bones of the dragon Majora (from the Manga)

The spirit of Majora is angered, it feels as if it were being mocked as its own bones were danced across. So the spirit curses Legend, and the people he brought to stage, to dance for 3 days straight. Once that time runs up, they'll die. If anyone else joins on stage, they also are cursed. And if they try to stop, it feels as if flames filled their veins, causing them to keep moving.

So the chain have to figure out how to rescue Legend and the people of Clocktown.

No one knows how many times the 3 days were looped. Time still has that ability after all.

How many times did he watch the dancing heroes heart burst after the deadline?

Bloodlines are important where magic is involved, and when the group starts to realize Wild's magic is completely untrained they decide to help him, unfortunately this means that Wild's heritage is finally in the open. Wild is related to three of the others in the group, and Twilight can't believe his cub isn't related to him but to three other heroes.

Warriors was desperate to reunite with you after the war. But he was also painfully aware that there was nothing he could do to look for you, not when you were from another era and fiddling with time had grave consequences more often than not.

Somehow (unintentionally), he did find you again. But Warriors was not prepared for you to not recognize him.

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