#cryptid wars

MAN okay. Okay. So I was going to make a joke like. You might have a different opinion if anyone else actually had access to a hair tie.

And that got me thinking! How would the Cryptids do their hair nice if they had the chance to? And well. I’m a little preoccupied with a certain forbidden animatic, but I did some rough sketches of a few ideas!

Sky: traditional Skyloftian hair ribbons! Good for keeping his longer hair out of his face while he’s flying. And very colorful and nice.

Time: A few little scattered braids. Very tiny. Because I think it’s ADORABLE to imagine fairies braiding his hair. He is such a sweetheart.

Spirit: If you gave this kid a hair tie, he’d think it’s so funny to do that little turnip/unicorn thing because he doesn’t have enough hair to really go up.

Mer Ravio: The same half up half down style as Twilight, except it’s braided because he spends more time on himself than Twilight does. And also his hair is SO fluffy.

Four: They look actually so nice when their hair isn’t directly in their face. They would put their hair up in a way that compliments their horns. A fancy bun, I think.

Warriors: He was told it’d be funny to leave a hair tie on his head. Just for sillies. He hasn’t decided if he was lied to yet.

Thank you, love your art

A lot of the designs have been changed since the original character sheets, and even some new Links have been added. The lore on those character sheets is still true, but here are the updated designs! (This is all art that has been posted before, I just want everything in one place, just for my own sanity)

I’m sorry for not answering this sooner! I’ve been recovering after spending a week in a very conservative, Absolutely Cannot Be Gay house. But I’m okay!! And gayer than ever!! And I will answer this on the last day of pride month!

I can’t really speak for LU. Believe it or not, my knowledge of LU is really only relegated to fics? I don’t actually know that much about the real story, sorry!

(The friendliest of reminders that CAC is not Linked Universe. I know that’s not what you’re implying, but I’ve been getting a lot of people tagging my posts as LU fanart recently- more than usual- and I want to make sure we’re all on the same page)

So!!! Cryptids!!

Beloved Bird Boy: is panromantic and asexual and also polyamorous! Cisgender, but will use they/them when imbalanced (because Aepon and Link are separate entities- it’s not really a gender thing, just… plural)

Four: Nonbinary! Sexuality-wise? It’s complicated. Red (they/them) is sapphic, Green (he/him) is straight, Blue (he/they) is aroace, and Vio (he/him) is also gay. So Four is a bit of a mixed bag!

Twilight: Bisexual and cisgender. And painfully single.

Warriors: Literally has no attraction at all. Aroace. But like… in a robot-ish sort of way? He’s not really…. A person? Does not have a biological sex and presents very masculine.

Wild: WHAT IS GENDER??? He is also not a person. Don’t try to explain pronouns to him. He will Not Care. As far as sexuality goes, he also could not care less.

Hyrule: Genderfluid. Fairies perceive gender differently than Hylians, so Hyrule’s identity changes pretty often. The beloved. Attracted to women (whatever “women” means to fairies), polyamorous.

Legend: Cisgender and so painfully bisexual. And is so so in love with Ravio! (But don’t tell anyone).

Ravio: Transmasc and bisexual! And so so in love with Legend. (Tell everyone).

Time: Cisgender and heterosexual. So in love with his wife. Father of two with another on the way.

Might: Cisgender, homosexual. He’s still very young and is just starting to figure these things out. Echo is a lesbian and she and Dohna have this plot to get him a boyfriend, but he is Oblivious. The sweetest guy.

Wind: A literal child. He is twelve. I know that twelve year olds can start figuring things out and I fully support young LGBT people, but for the purposes of my story? I’m not going to focus very much on the sexuality of a child. And neither is Wind! He’s got to focus on being a pirate!

Day 12: Cryptid Warriors