âI will go fix my issuesâ,he lied truthfully
Fanfic prompt : Or legend using the harp of ages to go help his past self after his uncle just died
By pretending he is his mom or something⊠but a very self hating and salty one who traumatizes his past self more than anything else ever did.
"You ever notice how your âuncleâ doesnât look a thing like you? Wonder why heâs been so⊠generous? Thatâs because he bought you. Yes, you, little one, came into his life for the very humble price of a single green rupee and a bag of seeds . Feel special? You should. Those were probably stale seeds at that.â
Cue the young boyâs confused, horrified expression.
âOh, don't worry, heâs been a decent guardian. Way better than if Iâd kept you. I wouldnât have paid for you at all. Wouldâve sold you for even less. But hey, be grateful! Fate did you a kindness.â
Legend is living the dream that everyone had shared at some point to terrorize his past self.
As they trek through the wilds,Legend gives his younger self the kind of guidance you'd expect from someone who didnât take parenting classes but aced "being a jerk" 101 , so basically just Legend as a person. âAlright, you little whiner, stop crying. People are going to think youâre weak. I mean, you already are, but itâd be nice to pretend. You have to learn to just⊠deal with it.â
Baby self, whoâs just learned to talk: âI hate you.â
Legend, without missing a beat, grins darkly: âYeah, I figured. Thatâs what makes you so special. Youâre already a natural.â
Legend gives many advice ,that he thought he was teaching important lessons with.
Because he is a good mother.
He ruined his child self's life before the little guy even got beaten up by a guard.
Seeing his baby selfâthis pathetic, sad, scared little creatureâis like looking at a version of himself that he desperately wants to erase from his memory. The fact that the baby version is so utterly harmless, so completely incapable of being a threat, makes Legend reach levels of contempt for the world never encountered before What world worth saving would ever consider thisâthis tiny, weak, helpless thingâa target for execution. His own actions, his whole history, his entire existence as a hero... they pale in comparison to how much he despises the weakness of his own past.
When he eventually encountered one he had to watch the gruesome scene of Legend incinerating one , it was fucking personal , the sheer amount of blood was making him feel⊠not good to say the least.
He did not want the other to follow him but he was very much baby and pretty sure that he would rather stand behind the one who was brutally beating up people then in front of him.
Legend really tries to be nice ⊠but he is Legend and saltier than the namesake salt itself.
âOh, youâre hungry? Yeah, well, get used to it. Youâll figure out how to go without food soon enough. It builds character. Or you could cry about it like you always do. See how far that gets you.â He offers a piece of dry bread, throwing it on the ground in front of him, just out of reach.
He is too salty for child rearing, no wonder his baby self is continuously crying behind him , and very much wincing internally when Link flinches from him.
The dark world section was even worse.
