#lu phantom

feat actual dialogue between me and my friends lol

Legend: *facepalms on the table*

Legend: *sits up*

Legend: Where'd my hat go? I was wearing a hat—

Hyrule, wearing his hat: :)

Wind: l've discovered a rare loophole!

Warriors: Cheating?

Wind: My favorite dinosaur is a crocodile

Four: THAT'S NOT A DINOSAUR

Twilight: Hey Time are you pregnant?

Time: *thinks about it* no

Twilight: ??? Why did you hesitate?

Four: Why don't you like mosquitos?

Time: Because they suck

Four: *WHEEZE*

Legend: You're not quite as pathetic as I am

Warriors: Thanks?

Legend: I boo you

Warriors: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

Legend: 🤣

*playing a game*

Hyrule: I got the b word :)

Sky: Beautiful?

Twilight: A dog?? :D

Four: An illegitimate son

Twilight: You don't have to trick me into being your friend

Wild: Too late I just did

Time: Wait

Wind: Waiting

Wind: Waiting

Wind: Waiting

Wind: Waiting

Wind: Waiting

Time: What are you waiting for?

Wind: You said wait

Wild: I'm losing my mind

Hyrule: It's okay you weren't really using it anyways

Wild, who was just about to say that: >:O

Four: (being like Warriors) is a very high standard

Legend: Eh, he's okay I guess

Wild: I still want to leg wrestle you

Twilight: *accepting his fate* okay

Warriors: Just don't forget

Twilight: Wow! You just cured my ADHD

Wind: Do me next! Do me next!

Legend, @ Ravio: Babe come over new peanut butter just dropped

Legend: It's all over the floor I need you to clean it up

Wind: Mom says it's my turn to hold your hand.

Wind: You're very white

Warriors: It's true

Legend: I'm taking that as a compliment

Wind: That's very white of you

Time: Do you see anyone?

Four:

Four: You're taller than me, you have the better vantage point

Time: I realized as soon as I said it

Twilight: I'm just confused and stupid

Legend: That's the same thing

Twilight: ... I think l've made my point

Legend: *to Warriors* you just look really good under buses

Twilight: *tries to smack Wars’s hat off and accidentally smacks his face*

Warriors: *tricks Twi into thinking that he actually broke his nose*

Sky: I'm 20

Twilight : He's just a little baby

Warriors: He's just a little baby

Four: Mom says it's my turn with the braincell!

Wild: I have a plate of raw chicken

Hyrule: Eat it

Wild: Eventually

Four: He's extra dead

Wild: I have days like that

Wild: What should I make for dinner next week?

Sky: Something very time consuming

Wild:

Wild: Everyone but Sky what should I make for dinner next week?

Wind: Truth or Dare?

Time: I choose or

Warriors: The floor is now yours

Wild: Are you gonna take it to go?

Warriors: I see someone from high school. I think he had a crush on me

Twilight: Can't relate

Warriors: You don't have a crush on me?

Phantom: The suspense is killing me

Spirit: You're already dead

Legend: *jokingly* I hate you

Sky: Understandable, have a nice day

Wind: *leans in to tell Warriors something private*

Sky: *also leans in because he's NOSY*

Legend: I need to drink my problems away *pops open a Dr Pepper*

Sky: I think you need something stronger than that

Legend: Unfortunately I am 19

Hyrule: I've never sworn in my life

Legend: Good for you

Hyrule: Would you like me to start? :)

Wind: What would you like on your tombstone?

Legend : Is that a threat??

Warriors, about Four: He lived as he died— short

Legend: I love you all goodnight

Wind: Aww you love us?

Legend: ...... I guess

Warriors: You gotta be gentle

Legend: You trying to imply something?

Warriors: You're not gentle

Legend: You wanna take it outside?

Warriors: *insults his hat*

Legend: Here come closer, let me show you something cool about it

Warriors: *comes closer*

Legend: *hits him with it*

Hyrule: 👍

Wild: 👍

*fist bump*

Legend: *very deadpan but genuine* funny

Legend: No judgement. Except I'm judging you

Wild: *chooses dare*

Hyrule: :)

Wild: I've made a bad decision

Wind, on Time’s shoulders: Omg you're so tall it's like riding a horse

Time: Am I just a horse to you?

Sky, after they collectively almost broke Twilight’s foot: Our love language is violence :)

Warriors: It looks like it's LuLuLemon but it's not

Wind: Is it LaLaLime?

Four: You are not a bean, Wind

Wild: You held up a 9 *holds up six fingers*

Everyone:

Everyone:

Twilight: There's something wrong with you, Wild

Legend: If I'm allergic to stupidity then—

Hyrule: *literally puts his hand over his mouth* shhhh

Warriors: Everyone… quiet coyote says to sHUT UP

Wind: *making two quiet coyotes make out in the background*

Wild: The voices are speaking

Hyrule: Oh my gosh you hear them too?

Wild: Guys look I didn’t die!

*everyone starts clapping*

Legend: *apologizes for waxing poetic*

Sky, to Twilight: Name someone you pretended to like that you actually can't stand

Hyrule: It's me

Wild: *dies laughing*

Hyrule: HE'S NOT DISAGREEING

Twilight: IT'S NOT YOU

Wind: I dare you to kiss the person on your left

Warriors: *blows a kiss to Twilight*

Twilight: Aww thanks

Warriors: Call me crazy, but—

Sky: You're crazy

Warriors: .....

Time: does anyone have anything else to share?

Wind: I can share more bird facts!

Four: *roasts Legend*

Legend:

Legend:

Legend:

Legend: hEY—

Twilight: Frick!

Time: Watch your language!

Four: ? I said "I hate this chair"

Time: I wasn't talking to you

Time: And don't say the h word smh

Hyrule: ? You can if you say it in goodwill?

Time: I hate you?

Hyrule: Oh, okay

Time: There's so much miscommunication happening over here 😭

Legend: Something is wrong with your brain

Wild: Yeah

Twilight: I was trying to fight as a wolf but I'm a human and it's not working out well for me

@a-manicured-lawn

Relevant: Spirit design post

Relevant: The soul of the First Hero beckons, and Spirit says…

Spirit will definitely keep showing up in the extras and side content of Wisdomverse!!!

I’m a huge fan of Spirit Tracks; I couldn’t possibly ignore train boi :).

In fact, if I ever get around to writing a sequel to The Secrets We Keep, Spirit will play a large role, for reasons. But he won’t be showing up in TSWK as is. He just doesn’t fit the theme, and as much as I love him, I don’t want to shoehorn him into a story like that 😆.

On a relevant note, Spirit in Wisdomverse is the only Link (so far) to actively choose to give up his Hero title.

Now’s as good a time as any to go into depth on:

Turning Down the Quest

In Wisdomverse, the Chain has met Spirit already before the events of TSWK, when the portals randomly dropped them in his era for a few days. A few of the Links knew of his existence even before that, because while Spirit likes to stay in his home era, Phantom gets invited everywhere, and she tends to talk about her Link a decent amount :).

Regardless, in Wisdomverse, just like he did with HW and would have done with Smash if he was invited, Spirit politely turned down the Chain in favor of staying in his era.

He can still fight, but he hasn’t practiced as much, and he’d rather not, if given the option. Spirit thinks of himself as an engineer first and a hero second.

Like almost all decisions I make in WV, this is based on something from canon!

Phantom’s Question

Near the end of Spirit Tracks, Phantom asks Spirit what he’ll do with the rest of his life once all this is over.

I really like this dialogue!

In game, it doesn’t change too much: just a little difference in the ending cutscenes. But what a cool way to show the players what Spirit is at his core— he could be a hero, or an engineer, or both, if he wants! It speaks to how planning-oriented these two are— and honestly, it’s very sweet for Phantom to ask. She’s not just interested in his worth as a hero. She’s interested in him.

Spirit’s Choice

In WV, he selects Engineer here.

This is for two narrative reasons:

Throughout the game, I feel like it was clear that his job as a train engineer brings Spirit joy in a way that heroing does not. Sure, he’s glad to fight to save Phantom, but he’d really rather not.

I approach all my character decisions with the mindset of trying to make each Link and Zelda unique— and this is something that’s unique to him.

Because no one else ever really had that choice.

Reluctant Heroes

Even Time and Legend, who probably hate their role the most, still also love being a hero just as much. They cannot escape their duty as heroes no matter how much they want to.

It’s not even like they’re forced into it— it’s just who they are. Legend goes on six adventures. Time tries to live a simple life with Malon, but he leaves to fight the Third Imprisoning War, and canonically comes back even after death to train Twilight.

These two are tsunderes for heroism. It breaks them, sometimes, but they just don’t stop. Time is a farmer, but he’s also still a hero.

Why Spirit Gets to Choose

Imo, it’s a combination of multiple factors that gets Spirit that choice where no one else does.

His world is relatively safe. Not too many monsters around, like in Hyrule’s, Wild’s, or Legend’s eras.

His people have an abundance of stable, solid land with lots of farming regions and resources to go around. He doesn’t need to go claim new territory like Wind or Sky.

His era’s soldiers are competent, unlike Twilight’s. Wind set them up well, clearly— they’re vigilant, and sneaking Phantom out of the palace at the beginning can actually be quite difficult.

He isn’t plagued by a personal guilt that keeps him searching, like Four.

There aren’t any political/military dissidents lurking around, like in Time’s or Warriors’ eras. The people of New Hyrule are new to this land, and haven’t yet had time to form such factions and rivalries. They’re in the early-mid-civilization state of surviving and thriving.

He’s the only hero who has never been to Hyrule proper. Maybe this distance makes it easier for him to break tradition.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly— Phantom herself is equally the hero of her era.

It’s that last reason I like the most.

There are still dangers lurking in New Hyrule, and who knows what the future holds. But Spirit can freely set down the hero’s mantle and lift up the engineer’s wrench again because no matter what foes approach, he trusts Phantom to take care of it.

Phantom realizes that, and loves that she can take on this responsibility for him.

Meanwhile, what his era truly needs isn’t a traditional hero, it’s transportation infrastructure: something to open up the world for its citizens and facilitate technological advancement.

And all this, of course, leaves Spirit free to be heroic in the way he truly loves most, and lets him do what he does best:

Drive cool trains :)

(Previous q&a at #lin responds. More theories at #lin thinks)

I recently hopped on the LU train (pun intended)

Spirit and Phantom (spirit tracks Link and Zelda) are dating. I headcanon they became official after the events of the game and during their adventure with the other Links and Zeldas, they write letters to each other. Alot.

In no random order, here's some random factoids and stuff for the AU

Time: was taught hylian by trees???? Almost has no tone/infliction in voice (he's working on it)

Malon: Tennessee accent all the way, with that nice hook at the end too (non southerners imagine dolly parton)

Lullaby: very formal proper hylian, dignitary style

Warriors: British military like he's reading from a manual

Sheik: I don't know much about her but the sheikah definitely take inspiration from Japan

Twilight: Appalachian accent as thick as raw honey (non appalachians have yall ever heard of one looking it up)

Midna: try 'n' convince me she don't have a loud ass Louisiana accent (non southerners go watch princess and the frog) (this is totally not for my Midna is African American agenda)

Dusk: real formal like n all that

Sky: That's a Midwesterner (he genuinely tried to get Wild and Rulie to eat jello salad once)

Sun: completely Midwestern

Groose: spends a lot of time around the other two^ but his parents are Gerudo (Arabic/middle eastern)

Four: the minish have always reminded me of the Icelandic tales of little elves

Dot: same formal accent, maybe more like Four's

Age/Cal(calamity): very formal british accent almost royal but also uses some Korean (Zora) words

Mipha: Korean accent (thicker than Sidon's)

Fauna: royal and tight lipped british

Wild: used to be more British (kinghts!), but now is more southern cause twilight has corrupted him

Flora: much more informal than the other zeldas

Legend: Scottish accent, but he usually hides it really well, so you can't really tell at all unless he's mad or tired

Fable: Scottish asf (non Scottish people imagine Merida)

Ravio: fairly normal, but if provoked, he will speak like an Italian mobster wife until he gets his way

Hyrule: Rulie is Irish or Welsh all the way (especially with half fae/fey Hyrule)

Dawn: pretty similar to Hyrule

Aurora: transatlantic accent!!!!!

Spirit: he's always reminded me of Hugo Cabret, so cockney british accent it is (this grates on War's patience)

Phantom: can be formal if she has to but usually just sticks with cockney as well

Wind: Okay look, I love scottish pirate Wind, but I raise you patois or creole pirate Wind