Chapter 2: Games

By the fire (BotW Zelink ficlet collection)

I'm preparing myself for Zelda TotK by revisiting my Zelda projects. This collection was originally written between 2017 and 2018, and I still hold it close to my heart.

Read it on AO3 - Disponible en español

Rating: T Summaries:

Royal ranks: In the first night after defeating the Calamity, Link wonders what he should call the woman next to him.

Sick leave: Link is late to a new sheikah rune test, so Zelda goes to his house at Hateno Village to find out what happened.

Feel the rain: Link and Zelda go to Lurelin Village to take a break and relax. A thunderstorm ruins the night for Zelda, but Link seems to be pretty excited.

Cold night: Princess Zelda is overjoyed: his father has finally given her permission to go on a research fieldtrip, only under condition of taking Link, her appointed knight, with her. Things are going smoothly enough until the freezing cold of the night puts Zelda in a tricky situation.

Veiled intentions: A pleasant night at the Gerudo market turns into madness when Zelda learns Link infiltrated the town against the Gerudo law.

Shock-still: Link is used to pursue what he wants without giving much thought to his safety. After a colony of electric keese catches him off-guard and renders him unable to move, he has to confront a deeply affected Zelda.

Step by step: Zelda visits Link one more time in his house at Hateno, hoping to make him go back to his senses.

Shining star (a final quest): Zelda tries to keep up with Link's endless energy and crazy ideas, but he always manages to go one step ahead.

Consider: TGCF… but metal.

Heavenly Damnation is a metal music modern AU fic series based on the novel Heaven Official's Blessing by MXTX.

Written by: Yabanned. Art by: Tiiracotta.

It counts with a Spotify playlist.

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Part 1: Withering Lotus

Xie Lian is a talented multi-instrumentalist who had a meteoric rise as a metal star when his band, White Lotus, released their first EP and got the attention of the prestigious label Immortal Records. When he became the youngest artist to sign with them at the age of 17, he felt that he had the world in the palm of his hand. Three years later, though, a song he wrote tore everything down: he lost his contract, his career, his friends and his family. Vetoed and blacklisted, he was forced to live on the move, as far away from the offices of his old record label as possible, picking little odd jobs related to music in order to survive.

After eight years, a bureaucratic nightmare forces Xie Lian to come back to the capital. He tries his best to go unnoticed, yet he receives two unsettling requests upon arrival: a man in red wants his permission to cover a song he wrote, and a man in white wants him to inherit his mask.

Read here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42649482

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Part 2: Rotting Waters

The story of Heavenly Damnation continues!

During the mid-autumn festival, a fateful encounter allowed Hua Cheng to take his all-time idol Xie Lian away from the grasp of Immortal Records —the most important label for rock and metal music in the country— who were trying to coerce him into signing up for a nightmare. Retreating with him and some members of his own band to a vacation home away from the Capital, Hua Cheng now must make the best out of the couple days they’ll spend together to gather what he needs in order to save Xie Lian’s music. The task isn’t easy: Hua Cheng can’t tell Xie Lian about his plans without breaking his trust and scaring him away, there are more interests at play, and back in the Capital, Jun Wu loses no time summoning Feng Xin and Mu Qing, Xie Lian’s former band mates and friends, to set a snare in which he can catch Xie Lian as soon as he returns. Dishonest debts, broken feelings and stolen songs start to surface in the muddled waters.

Read here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46928263

Xie Lian knows the sound of a well-oiled machine when he hears one. And the pleasant rumbling that tickles his eardrums must be from one stopped right outside.

Which is odd. Only because Xie Lian usually repairs broken machines. It’s incredibly rare for an already fine-tuned engine to seek him out for help. And even if so, they are always accompanied by another that requires attention.

This machine isn’t here for a repair.

It isn’t here for him.

Xie Lian isn’t that lucky.

And yet, there’s a knock on his door.

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fic inspired by artwork (LINKED HERE) by @yabancreations aka my amazing partner for this year's @tgcf-reverse-big-bang !!!

Winter fluff

The first trailer of the Mononoke movie dropped a few days ago, allowing us to see Kusuriuri's new design. I didn't think I could love this man more than I already did, but here we are! I'm praying I can watch the movie on theatres.

I'm considering making the whole cosplay, we'll see. In the meantime, have this take on the new make-up.

Cosplay, photo and edition by me.

Valentine's Day is over, but Hualian are gonna celebrate their love until the end of time.

Close-ups of art by the wonderful Tiira. See it in full while reading Withering Lotus (part 1 of 3) on AO3.

my toxic xennial trait is that i believe something should either be software (in which case after i download it i shouldn't need to be connected to use it) or a web page (which shouldn't require me to download anything to use it, however badly, in a browser). fuck your mandatory single function constant connection apps

It’s that time of year. Reblog with how many you’ve heard of.

Quick,You now live your icon's life,HOW SCREWED ARE YOU?

TGCF Gotcha for Congo

Members of the TGCF cast dressed as characters from Beetlejuice 🪲🧃

Requested by @/rekisparadise

Drawing in the style of the 1989 animated series was a delight~