#losttolegend

A few yeah! I don’t get invested in too many since I get overwhelmed if I start getting into too many AUs and things, but here’s a couple I enjoy :)

@linkeduniverse of course, an amazing comic and one of the main reasons I even have a tumblr blog

@linked-maze is a really fun comic, lots of great designs and a really intriguing story so far! I love the art in this one very much.

@changeling-rin has an au titled Dimensional Links, which if you have not read then I suggest you go do immediately. The fic is in the process of being rewritten at the moment, but it’s so funny and every chapter is worth its weight in gold. Here’s the fic!

@linkbetweenlinksau is another comic! Fantastic designs and distinct fun characters, and a comic that so far is very fun(ny) and interesting. I’m excited to see more :)

@losttolegend by my friend mythic is in early stages yet, but what there is very well done. Obviously lots of thought put into designs and nicknames and things <3

I know i said “unless God wants me to do a big-scale thing with it, I won’t” and that’s still true.

But what I was scared to say was “God doesn’t want me to do anything with it, at least not on that blog.” Maybe He doesn’t even want me do to something with it all. But I cannot keep Lost to Legend alive.

What’s going on is a couple of things. The first one is that, if I were to go back to posting on that little corner of the net, I would become obsessed with what people would have to say about the Links and other characters, and I would become distracted from God in a lot of different ways. Which is not something I want.

The other thing is that it running that blog may (read: will) attract a lot of unwanted attention and create a separate identity from God. I want to first be known as a child of God and anything else can come second. People will come to see “TM, creator of Lost to Legend” before they even hear of “TM, disciple of Jesus Christ,” (if they bother to see the other at all) so it will be better to not stay separate, but instead be both. But “child of God” will come before “artist,” “writer,” “Z/elda a/u crafter,” or anything else.

I've always loved fierce deity Link, so when I saw @losttolegend 's Kishin, I got a bit overexcited :P

Based off of this post, I wanted to create a short little drabble in Isle’s perspective, kind of like he’s reflecting on the things that have happened to him. And then I thought it would be a neat idea to frame it in the form of a letter. 

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Dear Hero of Time, 

They gave me your tunic, you know. After the princess showed up at the inn and saw how well it fit me, she let me keep it. I cannot even describe to you the exact number of double-takes people did as I walked into the castle wearing it. How their eyes would widen at the sight of me. I remember how they whispered to each other, “The hero, he’s returned!” And I knew the legend of the reincarnated hero that would appear every time Hyrule needed one, how you were the hero before my era. But I never truly felt like I carried that spirit your spirit within me. 

It felt more like they just chose the first person who fit into your tunic.  

I thought I knew what fear felt like, Hero of Time. There was one time where I was trapped on a sandbar surrounded by an angry current, and I thought I would never make it back to shore. The thought of disappearing beneath the waves and feeling water fill my lungs was paralyzing. So I thought I knew what facing the Evil King would feel like, but I was wrong. 

I was wrong. 

Did you feel that same fear too? Even someone with the Triforce of Courage can’t be made of stone. I was so afraid, Link. I was so, so afraid. But I tried to do what you would do. If you could fight him and win and be brave and save Hyrule, then I could do the same. I had to do the same. 

But I was wrong again. 

He attacked us within just two weeks after I left my home to train as a knight. I could hold myself well in a battle, but Ganondorf caught everyone by surprise. There was nothing I could do. I wasn’t ready. But still, I held my sword tight and charged him, tried one more time to feel some kind of connection to your spirit, but it was no use. 

I believe the Evil King thought he killed me. I thought he had too, when I woke up and saw all the blood. 

But I was able to escape. I tried to go back to my home, to see my father one last time, but all around me the water was rising and people were screaming and panicking and praying and before I knew it, I was instinctively looking for higher ground to just get away from the water. I ended up in a forest on a mountain top nearby. I ran and ran until I didn’t see the ocean anymore. Until I didn’t hear the screams anymore. 

I burned your tunic that night, Hero of Time. I hope you can forgive me. I was never meant to wear it, and I’m sure you wouldn’t have wanted me to wear it either. 

But I promise I will do my best with the tunic I have now. 

The votes are in, Kishin it is! The changes made to his armor are really small bc the goddesses know I'll never be truly happy with it, but also? The last design was well-liked so I didn't want to do much with it anyway. Phoe said she likes the lower jewels/ neckline to highlight his broad shoulders though, and considering the jewels were originally designed to be embedded in his chest, putting them just above his collarbone was awkward to draw/ look at and probably uncomfortable for Kishin, so we moved them. Probably gonna keep fiddling with his look nonetheless

Also here's a somewhat quick and pretty dirty concept for a casual Kishin based on Termina NPCs