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Decay was persistent. Anyone who had survived the Final War was cursed.
Your closest friends, the eccentric Serif brothers, were persistent in their efforts to keep you lucid. It was a losing battle. Still, you played along, indulging them in their game of make-believe. You would treasure the memories while you still had them. But nothing was permanent.
…It was sudden. A split second. An abrupt force hooked onto your long forgotten soul, dragging you and the brothers into an alternate universe.
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04 Jul 2026
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You're an engineer who works for Ebott's best research facility in one of the labs; your lifelong dream after finding a journal on Mount Ebott when you were a kid. When you aren't in the lab being smart, you're gathering materials at the abandoned doll factory for the machine you're trying to build.
But one night, you meet a skeleton at the factory. Naturally, you lie about why you're there and say you're there to hunt ghosts. You befriend him and try to find a way to gather the materials while keeping up with that lie. But those lies catch up to you when you start to meet all the other skeletons.
Edit: As of Chapter 29, all chapters have been edited and fixed slightly!
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01 Jul 2026
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Healing the Past (and maybe ourselves along the way) by cheepers
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game)
14 Jun 2026
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“Well, we’re here now. We should do what we can to save everyone.”
Zelda nodded along with Link’s words. “You’re right. We’ll need to secure the champions and their Divine Beasts. But the guardians… they will need to be dismantled. They hold a greater threat than the beasts. And… there’s the matter of getting my past self to unlock her sacred power.”
“And you unlocked yours when…”
“When I acted in love for you,” she finished, meeting his gaze. “We need to get our past selves to realize their feelings.”
“You’re saying we need to play matchmaker.”
“Yes.”
“For our past selves.”
“Yes.”
He dragged a hand down his face. “We’re doomed.”
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Or: Post-ToTK Link and Zelda, happily married, are investigating a series of disappearances when they’re suddenly sent to before the Calamity. They take it upon themselves to save everyone from impending doom, which includes helping their past selves get along. It’s a lot easier said than done. Oh, and more people are disappearing. There’s that too.Bookmarked by twistedCryptic
30 May 2026
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BOOTQUEST by lizandre
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
20 Oct 2025
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‘I guess I just don’t understand the problem,’ he signs. ‘What are you fighting about?’
“I want pretty boots from the merchant boy going to Akkala,” Ghirahim states.
“I don’t want to trek all that way for a pair of stupid boots he doesn’t need,” Zelda responds.
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Ghirahim annoys Zelda into journeying across half of Hyrule to buy him boots at a discount.
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23 May 2026
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a girl and her bow by lizandre
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
22 Jan 2023
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“Aren’t you scared of going alone?” Time asks.
“No,” she answers curtly.
She feels truly wild, even more so than her respective hero: this Zelda is like fire – even touching her feels dangerous.
“Besides, I’m not alone,” she continues. “I have my bow.”
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Most of Time's feelings on Wild's Zelda are overshadowed by a singular aspect – she has a really fucked up bow.
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23 May 2026
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That's a Talkative Dagger You Have There! by bill_nye_the_russian_spy
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
11 Feb 2026
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Sky groaned and let his head fall into his hands. “I am living a nightmare. This is my punishment. This is karmic retribution for… I don’t know. Something. Someone, somewhere, cursed me, and they were very thorough.”
“Hm, yes.” Ghirahim said thoughtfully. “Perhaps it was that time you - what is the phrase? Ah. Yes. ‘Littered.’” He delivered the word with exaggerated scandal.
... Or a rewrite of an old orphaned fic of mine in which Sky takes on Ghirahim as his sword.
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14 May 2026
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“Pity your previous sword couldn’t bear the full might of such power…” Ghirahim sighed, only to grip Sky’s arms with sudden fervor. “But I can, Link. I will grant you more strength than you could ever dream of, and you—you can give me a purpose.”
The thought was appalling. It was blasphemy. It was absurd. Did Ghirahim honestly think he would agree to it? “Never,” he snapped. He would never entertain even the thought of allying himself with such a malicious creature.
For just a blink, Ghirahim’s soft smile faltered, only to be plastered back on.
“It’s only fair, skychild,” he said pleasantly. “You killed my master.” His voice hardened. “I am now your right.”
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Or: Sky is ecstatic to be back home, but his hopes are dashed by the reappearance of Ghirahim. The chaos of fighting black-blooded monsters and chasing the shadow is only made worse by a desperate Demon Lord who will do anything it takes to make Sky his master.
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26 Apr 2026
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Prompt fill:
"Wheatley (any form will do) succeeds in killing Chell somehow. Unfortunately for him, the Chell came back- as a ghost. And now he can't ever get rid of her."
Alternately, "Wheatley is an idiot, Chell is dead and pissed, and GLaDOS is still a potato."
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19 Feb 2026
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Just your cliché high school romance: the quarterback always ends up with the weird red-eyed loner.
Wait, no, that's not how it's supposed to go.
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26 Jan 2026
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Pertaining to Demon Kings by ICanFlyHigher
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
06 Feb 2024
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With the power of the Guardian of Time on his side, Kohga of the Yiga Clan's first step is to get himself an army, which includes bringing back the strongest enemy of the Hero he can think of. Except Ghirahim takes orders from one person and one person only, and until he frees himself from Kohga's magic, he's going to be sure to make everyone-- every Links-- life hell.
A part of transskywardsword on tumblr's links meet au, Heroes Gate.
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- Part 5 of Heroes Gate | Lana's Chosen
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17 Jan 2026
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Help! My Pangoro got me into Debt with the Rust Syndicate! by matchamida
Fandoms: Pokemon Legends: Z-A (Video Game), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
15 Jan 2026
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“I’ve once visited in search of floral arrangements. Surely you know by now that I’m very particular with how I decorate my interiors and exteriors.” He waved a hand towards the beautiful, carefully arranged rock garden that had been the first thing you looked at when you entered the office. “It’s natural that I pick only the best of the best. You understand, right?”
Not really, was what you’d normally say, but you’re afraid of waking up disoriented in the sewers.
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You supposed you knew what you were getting into, raising a Pangoro that was three Corbeaus tall and two and a half Philippes wide.
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05 Jan 2026
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Here I Go, Pretending To be You by ICanFlyHigher
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
06 Feb 2025
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Zelda looked at her wrist closely for the first time. There was a ring of bruises around it, from the… the hand.
Even now, she was tempted to chalk the hand up to a panic-induced hallucination—but, no, now that she was out of the tree roots, heartbeat achy in her chest from gloom but still steady and calm, the marks on her wrists were clear. The hand, the same thing that had been pinning the mummy down, had grabbed her, hauled her up, up, up as she and Link fell, away from Link, away from her home, leaving her grasping at air as he fell below her and disappeared into a flash of green and gold. His gory fingers had brushed hers, so close but so far, almost but not enough, and then he was gone, and there had been nothing but the hand.She was alone. Completely and utterly, alone, high in the sky, with no way down.
Or, Link is missing, taken from Zelda after disappearing below Hyrule while face to face with a strange mummy, and Zelda will do anything to get him back. She just has to stop Hyrule from imploding while she does it.
(This is a sequel to Spider Meet Fly/Fly Meet Spider!)
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- Part 2 of Tear of the Kingdom Swap AU
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21 Dec 2025
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Would You Love Me If I Was A Wyrm? by FandomMenace
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
20 Jun 2024
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Sheik is tired. So, so tired.
He's tired of being little less than Zelda's shadow, nothing more than a backup should the worst occur. He's tired of just being Zelda, but in a different font. And quite frankly, he wished everyone would stop mistaking him for her whenever he decided not to wear the mask.
So he sets out to prove he was not just another Zelda, not just a carbon copy of the land's beloved princess. That he could actually be someone worthy of being known as more than "Zelda, but sneaky." It all goes downhill from there.
Quite literally.
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- Part 1 of Why Can't The World Just Stay Saved??
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17 Dec 2025
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Benjamin Biggs woke up to a bird crashing into his window. A few times, in fact.
The Bellringer is stuck in a time loop, and must discover a way to break it while also figuring out what's wrong with the Toons, while hopefully not dying too often in the process.
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21 Nov 2025
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In order for Terry, Agent Marie, and ex-DJ Octavio to escape the underground alive, they need to steal the Octobot king. The easiest, safest way to get in without being detected is for Terry to pose as his identical twin sister, Atla.
Atla, meanwhile, is being held in a snowglobe by the rest of the NSS. Agent Callie and Captain 3 may not have gotten answers out of Atla, but they know enough to investigate underground. They just have to wait for the other agents...
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- Part 7 of T is for Neo
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20 Nov 2025
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In the bad ending of the Octo Expansion, Inkopolis and everyone in it is destroyed, with Cap'n Cuttlefish, Agent 8, Agent 3, and Off the Hook left to pick up the pieces. Struggling among themselves and their inner demons, the New Squidbeak Splatoon must assemble again to face off against new world leader Commander Tartar and uncover more dark secrets of the Kamabo Corporation.
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19 Nov 2025
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Following the mess in Kamabo, Agent Three finds herself taking in the Octoling that saved not only her life, but the entirety of Inkopolis Square. Now that Agent Eight has moved in, Three is ready to move on - but as side effects of being hijacked by Commander Tartar arise, is she as ready as she thinks?
( Agent 3 Centric )
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- Part 1 of Picnics in the Garden
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18 Nov 2025
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You make it into the depths where the skeletons start attacking on your next attempt, retrieving your leg once more before descending deeper into the depths of the dungeon. There are flaming skeletons rushing at you, with weapons that burn through your clothes the moment that they make contact with you, which isn’t your favorite, but is manageable.
Much better than the spiked balls, anyways.
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Or: local terrarian gets the post-plantera dungeon experience completely blind
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- Part 6 of local terrarian suffers greatly
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08 Nov 2025
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The Dryad’s face scrunched up.
“No, it’s different with uniforms. Are you the Wall of Flesh?”
He paused, turning the question over in his mind. He knew she knew he was. She knew everything about Terraria; it was why they got along so well… So there must have been some ulterior motive behind it. Some sort of conclusion she was pushing him towards.
“Of course. But I’m also the Guide.”
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24 Oct 2025
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A series of snippets between various townsfolk (plus the local hero), ranging from serious moral contemplation to petty gossip over drinks.
Everyone has something to say about the Guide.
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22 Oct 2025