not that i'm hinting mind you... lol unless...?

[raisedbymoogles]

You know, as much as I enjoy post-BotW fic where the author springboards off the true ending*, I really want a post-BotW fic that springboards off the speedrun.

Like, Zelda opens her eyes post banishing Ganon to the Shadow Realm and is presented with her hero: an absolute wild man with 3 hearts, 1 stamina wheel and 0 fucks, who just bombed himself across Hyrule Field wearing nothing but his Zora-issue underpants and a manic expression, clutching the splintered remains of the ladle with which he just beat Ganon's ass. Idk if it would be funnier to be like "Link fully remembers what happened and this is 100 years worth of VENGEANCE" or "Link has lost his memories, this is just who he is when you strip away all the expectations and knight training and everything else that might have served as an internal set of brakes: an absolute Force of Nature barely contained in a body with the constitution of a wet noodle." But a fic starting from either of those points is bound to go to some wild places. :D



*AO3: Here are 13 thousand fics with that exact premise.
Me: Holy shit 13 thousand cakes! :DDDDD also I should bake me one of these too holy shit

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[raisedbymoogles]

tbh I think the answer to the question 'why couldn't you do that 100 years ago?' will be answered the first time they're threatened by like two whole bokoblins and Link heroically steps in front of Zelda, squares up, and proceeds to get the shit kicked out of him until Zelda chases them off with an on-fire tree branch. Link has nearly infinite reserves of power but he can only tap into them when he's not got his attention divided by having to protect someone and can fully focus on becoming the Avatar of Destruction he truly is.

[senmut]

I would like to see that too. Having seen a recap of how the speedrun works.

[raisedbymoogles]

did you see the same Tumblr post I did? XD

[(Anonymous)]

his is just who he is when you strip away all the expectations and knight training and everything else that might have served as an internal set of brakes: an absolute Force of Nature barely contained in a body with the constitution of a wet noodle

Steve Rogers? :O

...lols aside, I would dearly love to read this just because Link having lost his memories and starting from scratch with a Zelda who has nothing else she has to live up to and no-one who will try to force her into a mould will probably work out so very differently for their relationship and likely more in a good way than a bad one. ...also Link getting to be his own self without all the trauma and inhibitions being a Chosen Knight clamping down on him is probably going to be an absolute balm for poor Zelda, aaaand the angst from her side of things since she does remember the everything and likely blames herself for Link not remembering is going to be candy for the author's wife ahem. :D

[raisedbymoogles]

Like those Steve Rogers fics where Steve loses his superpowers and the bad guys learn to their regret that this does not make him less dangerous. :DDD

.....and, uh, I just want you to know that I started a new gdoc BEFORE I read this reply, so, y'know. :DDDD