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The complete collection of all of the times Legend has had to pretend to be a mother/wife to a brother in order to save their asses. Or just when his little brothers pretend to be his kids, because they're the sort of gremlins who do that sort of thing >:)
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Desperate Measures by Jlynn105
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15 Oct 2022
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Wild didn't want to have to drag Twilight's Zelda across the castle as it was being attacked, but when he spotted a small blue blanket on the field it only meant one thing.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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- Part 14 of Whumtober 2022
- Part 9 of Linked Universe Stories
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- English
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- 2,031
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- 1/1
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The Tri-Force Heroes come together, three successors, three months after their first adventures, three brothers of green, blue, and red. Link had never imagined he would meet his brothers again, not after their parting was made with promises given. Then again, he also hadn't expected to have to fight Ganon more than once.
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Whumptober 2023 | Prompt 21: VowsSeries
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Follow the Lights by CluelessMoose
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
17 Jul 2022
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Someone's messed with some of the shrines, and it's up to Link to find out what the hell is going on. And alright, maybe it's less a man hunt than it is a series of rescue missions, but as the Champion and the only one able to travel across the shrines he's the only chance these mysterious travelers have.
If only the shrines weren't throwing a huge hissy fit, and the monsters weren't acting stronger and smarter and weirder than even before the Fall of Ganon, and the travelers weren't refusing to patiently wait for him in the relative safety of the shrines, and-
And it's just been a long few days, okay?
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- Part 1 of Follow the Lights Verse
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- English
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- 156,233
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- 13/13
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- 8
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Hyrule knows better than to drink potions on an empty stomach, but after one particularly taxing fight with a lot of wounds to heal, he passes out before he has a chance to eat one of his sugar cakes. He resigns himself to suffer through the resulting stomach cramps alone; it’s his own fault after all, and the others don’t need to get worked up over something he knows isn’t a big deal. A certain someone, however, is determined to make it so he doesn’t have to suffer. And to get him some better sugar cakes too.
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Legend is appalled by Hyrules sugar cakes and commissions Wild to bake him some better ones
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Legend wasn't actively hiding his pedigree from the other heroes... but he was avoiding telling them that he was a prince as long as he could. Of course, he knew it wouldn't stay secret forever, but he would put it off to avoid the eventual betrayal from the knights in the group.
Finally, that not-quite-hidden secret came to light when Legend took the other heroes to Hyrule Castle. At least the reveal itself had been amusing, it's aftermath? Not so much.
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Febuwhump 2024 | Prompt 14: Blood-stained TilesSeries
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Legend wasn't actively hiding his pedigree from the other heroes... but he was avoiding telling them that he was a prince as long as he could. Of course, he knew it wouldn't stay secret forever, but he would put it off to avoid the eventual betrayal from the knights in the group.
Finally, that not-quite-hidden secret came to light when Legend took the other heroes to Hyrule Castle. At least the reveal itself had been amusing, it's aftermath? Not so much.
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Febuwhump 2024 | Prompt 14: Blood-stained Tiles
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When You Fail, Die and Die Again. by Poposusz
Fandom: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
17 May 2025
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Set in an AU where the Downfall Era Heroes have a type of immortality. They can die, but Hylia won't stay down, and they always get back up again. Focusing mainly on Legend, Hyrule, and Wild.
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Link almost gets pulled through a portal but for one reason or another it closes before he goes through it. Deciding to accept the chance to prepare, he alerts Zelda and Ravio about the possibility of a new adventure… then he gets roped into hunting down these new monsters springing up across Hyrule.
AKA: Dark Link impersonates Legend except it’s all from Legend’s POV so he is very confused when a group of blond weirdos try to kill him
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Whumptober 2023 | Prompt 9: Mistaken IdentitySeries
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Link almost gets pulled through a portal but for one reason or another it closes before he goes through it. Deciding to accept the chance to prepare, he alerts Zelda and Ravio about the possibility of a new adventure… then he gets roped into hunting down these new monsters springing up across Hyrule.
AKA: Dark Link impersonates Legend except it’s all from Legend’s POV so he is very confused when a group of blond weirdos try to kill him
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Whumptober 2023 | Prompt 9: Mistaken Identity
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In Which Wild Avoids Meeting the Gang by CuteButAlsoStabby
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
23 Nov 2021
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"From what I saw, it looked like a teenager – maybe sixteen or seventeen? Blonde hair, blue tunic. Had a sword and a bow. I tried to approach, but uhh… long story short, bad timing on my part, he saw something weird and I think I might have spooked him. He pulled out his bow before I could even blink. I think it was a warning shot? Hard to say. I tried to calm him down, tried to talk with him, and that’s about the time he threw the bananas and ran off."
Basically a "gang meets Wild" fic where Wild is a skittish, traumatised, low self-esteem loner who is very stealthy, very fast, not particularly honest and also capable of teleporting. Shenanigans ensue. Features a mix of humour, fluff, hurt/comfort, angst and action, with some of that tasty found family stuff. Things work out eventually, but expect emotional and physical owies along the way. Major themes are in the tags, with some additional CWs listed in the chapter notes - see Chapter 1 for a consolidated list.
Characters and basic premise are from the Legend of Zelda series and the Linked Universe AU, plus some common headcanons from AO3. Not LU canon-compliant. Please DO NOT repost any of my fics.
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- Part 1 of Tragicomic Disaster Fam AU of the LU
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- English
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- 117,871
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- 24/24
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Surrounded By People Yet Isolated by moonphoenix23
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
19 Oct 2023
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Legend was not the kindest Link, he was sharp and he was not afraid to snap at anyone for any reason. This causes some problems between him and Twilight.
Legend honestly is just bad at talking to people, so when his inability to be nice when trying to tell someone to take some personal regard for their safety (at least from his perspective) is called out, he decides to fall back on some old, fairly unhealthy coping mechanisms: specifically, silence.
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Whumptober 2023
1. Prompt 3: Solitary Confinement, Journal
2. Prompt 24: Neglect, Goodbye Note
3. Prompt 12: Red, Insomnia (-> Sleep Deprivation)
4. Prompt 13: Infection
5. Prompt 19: "I'll take one final step, all you gotta do is take me."Series
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It’s Dangerous To Go Alone (Take A Secret With You) by FantomoDrako for Pseudonym_Writer
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
09 Aug 2025
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Nine heroes, independent no matter what companions they had on various adventures, should be well versed about various terrains and exploration. Even the most experienced adventurers can get into trouble though. Why do they not have a buddy system in place?
Four is missing, no one wants to let Wild and Hyrule go looking, and Legend is about to tear his hair out.
After all, it's dangerous to go alone.
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- 1/1
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Bread and Butter (LU) by across-violet-skies (Glittercat34)
Fandom: Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
21 Nov 2023
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2 stories about food and how certain members of the Chain are impacted by it. Both parts can be read standalone, but they do connect.
When it Rains, it Pours: a starving and severely dehydrated Hyrule meets the Chain.
A House of Cards About to Fall: Wild's tricky relationship with food and his worthiness as a hero.
**originally started with AHoCAtF, WiRiP serves as more of a prequel**
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Why is the new guy such a Jerk? by Jlynn105
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
30 Apr 2025
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Legend joins the Chain in a fit of rage and it seems no matter what they do he's as cold as Ice. Just what happened to the guy to make him so...Legend-y?
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Legend Centric as he learns to have a family.
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- Part 2 of Linked Universe Stories
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- English
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- 47,314
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- 30/33
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- 347
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Nine bodies share one soul, but don't always see eye to eye. The chain must learn to put their differences aside. Twilight is an unmovable object, but love is an unstoppable force.
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- Part 2 of A Name Worth Sharing
- Language:
- English
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- 85,704
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- 46/46
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Unhinged by Poposusz
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
01 Feb 2024
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Legend was never cruel or unhinged. His attacks led to a quick death and the hero never seemed to revel in bloodshed. Today all precedents were being thrown out the window.
Legend has to protect Hyrule. He loses it a little bit.
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The Champion’s Greater Purpose by cricketwashere
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
20 Sep 2025
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While already dealing with a faulty Sheikah Slate that’s been using him as a powerhouse since the Sheikah Towers sunk back into the earth, Link has been waking up in a trance-like state in the middle of the night.
A tugging sensation pulls him to the West of Hyrule, prompting him to discover what greater purpose lies beyond his completed heroics. Here, a voice tells him to ‘join them’… but who?
And when he does find them, how is he supposed to easily move with their already established dynamic as the odd man out? How is he supposed to endure such a new change in life?
And here he just wanted to retire peacefully in Hateno Village with Zelda.OR
Wild joins the Chain, then struggles to fit into the dynamic
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- Part 2 of Cricket’s ‘Linked Universe’
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Rain starts to slowly fall on the skylight in Link’s house. It was the first rainfall after a long heatwave, much to the relief of both him and Ravio.
The apples in his orchard would soon ripen, with the summer coming to a close.
So why was this anxiety pulling at his stomach?─────────
A Legend-Centric fic where he is the last to join the Chain!
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- English
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- 94,170
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- 32/?
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Bambino by Sillus
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
30 Jul 2019
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“You can’t just call me bambino and not tell me what it means!” Wind protests, his energy renewed with vigor in light of Legend’s teasing.
“Who’s gonna stop me? You?” Legend ruffles his hair in good nature, grinning when Wind yelps and slaps his hand away. His pout grows as he attempts to fix the unruly mess of hair into just a mess of hair. “I don’t think so.”-
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Faerule and the No Good Very Bad Road Trip by ImperialKatwala, PolynomialPandemic
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
10 Jul 2023
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“Why are we still here?” one of the travelers complained later that day. “It’s been almost two weeks. Usually we’d be gone by now.”
“We haven’t accomplished our goal here,” the one with the scarf - Warriors - said with a shrug.
Wind sighed, leaning back against a tree. “What is our goal?”
Legend snorted at the question. “It’s obvious, isn’t it? We’re here to find Link.”
The others all paused, processing that, and Link froze from where he was peeking out of the scarf.
“... That… makes sense,” Four said after a moment.
“I suppose that is fairly obvious,” Sky sighed. “But surely we’d have run into him by now?”
Pressing his back against a higher fold of scarf so he wasn’t visible anymore, Link took quick, panicked breaths, keeping as quiet as possible. They were looking for him.
Or: What if Hyrule was the last one to join the Chain, and what if he wasn't in the shape of a Hylian when he did it? And what if there were a lot of tears and some hugs at the very end?
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- 25,853
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- 1/1
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- 154
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What's the Opposite of Tunnel Vision? by enjolras_out
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
02 Jan 2022
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An unfamiliar Hyrule, a new mountain on the horizon, two reckless open-world wanderers. What could possibly go wrong?
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- Chapters:
- 5/5
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- 131
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