#tph asks

My Qs 💖👑 :D

💖 What's a detail you really love about your OL that you want to talk about more?

Oh this one is hard. ^^" I'm not the best at picking out things I like about my stuff, but I will try for a couple. 🫡

TML — I like that I managed to make the plot thread of Link's mother haunt the narrative in the revisions! She's actually a favorite of mine now!

TPH — I think the designs are what I'm most satisfied with. In a weird way, Link and Zelda feel like they match? Even when they aren't in their matching regalia. I tried really hard to match BotW vibes with Zelda 1 vibes and I think I got there eventually.

👑 What's your favorite trait to play with in an OC Zelda?

From a design standpoint, it's dresses!! A lot of my older OC Zeldas only exist because I wanted to draw dresses and try designing a unique fashion "voice" for a Hyrule (TML Zelda being the biggest example, TPH Zelda being a close second).

From a character standpoint, it's got to be how she navigates the odds being stacked against her so frequently. How does her determination shine through? How does she showcase her gifted wisdom but still manage to make mistakes? How can she be a role model, but still human?

To use TML as an example again, it's really important when writing her that I remind the reader she's still a kid despite everything she's managed thus far. Sure, she stabbed a guy (or two), but that wasn't the most important feat of hers. I'd argue it's a lot harder for a kid to accept when someone she loves is going to die, and it'll be in vain unless she fulfills his last wish of leaving him behind. But had she not made the right call, she would have died. She knows that, but isn't she still scared? Zelda has always seemed like the strongest character of the franchise to me because of that consistent trait, so I try to always include it! :) She's resilient as hell!!!!

💡 How'd you come up with your OL? -- For TPH

Zelink Week 2024 prompts felt very linear, in a way? They felt like they could tell a cohesive story on their own! So, I followed the vibes and decided on writing a fairytale. ^^ Fun fact, I wrote a lot of it very last minute (while out of town), and one of the chapters is the most I've ever written in one day! (In all seriousness I hated TPH for a while because I lost so much sleep over it LOL)

💖 What's a detail you really love about your OL that you want to talk about more? -- For TML

Link and Zelda immediately are on the same wavelength when it comes to fighting a kingdom-wide cataclysmic storm to the death. I just think that's funny for them.

📜 What's a concept you want to use in an OL but haven't had a chance to yet?

Strings of Darkness is one I haven't shared any of on Tumblr, but it's got some concepts I'm REALLY excited to eventually mess with: protagonist Impa, Dark Link & Puppet Zelda team-up, everything just kind of flipped on its head. But it's a much darker story than most of my others (or at least is more "in your face" about it), and I don't know how many people would be interested in that, so I haven't shared it yet.