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The Wisdom of the Waiting Princess by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
12 Jul 2025
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This essay is an empowering feminist reading of how the trope of the “captive princess” applies to the Zelda of the original 1986 game. I argue that, while this Zelda is an action hero in her own right, her wisdom lies in patience, strategy, and the careful coordination of allies. Instead of simply waiting to be rescued, Zelda takes decisive action and radiates brilliance from the center of the stories that form her enduring legend.
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The truth of the Downfall Timeline by The_Golden_Wolf for Lele5429
Fandoms: Linked Universe - Fandom
09 Jul 2025
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To save Legend’s friend, Ravio, Time is forced to reveal something he wasn’t even supposed to know in the first place.
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Fan Joy July 2025 - Day 8IMPORTANT NOTION:
PLAGIARIZING or RE-CREATING is NOT the meaning of this story that is based in the amazing art that was so inspiring that my crazily stupid mind decided to come up with a story idea for it.
This story is:
- Inspired by the given art
- Based on the given art with the said art being part of the story
- Written in Alternative Universe compared to the art's creator's world thought out for the art
- The characters in the story are my interpretation of themSeries
- Part 8 of Fan Joy July and other art inspired stories
- Part 68 of Time's boys (Linked Era)
- Part 75 of Time Through Hell
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Travel Through the Darkness by FilipaMariaKecharitomene for turtleduckcrossing, Skyward_Arpeggio
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Linked Universe-Fandom
06 Jul 2025
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Having just completed his second quest to awaken the Sleeping Princess, Link must now escort her to the Castle. Charmed by her rescuer, the Princess herself isn't so sure home is even there anymore. Meanwhile, monsters are hunting the Hero's blood, and a Chain of Eight men are looking for him...
Or in other words...the Chain meets Hyrule.
See notes for warnings.Series
- Part 2 of The Traveler and the Sleeping Princess
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Link knows he will eventually have to face Demise's Curse, and has been training obsessively for 11 years in preparation. Even armies of monsters aren't much of a threat anymore.
But when the Master Sword is cursed so badly it can't even be put to rest, and people are being attacked by monsters all over Hyrule, despite the fact there doesn't seem to be any monsters roaming around for the Hero to fight, and with part of the population being more hindrance than help because they don't believe in either the Hero nor the Princess, Link and Zelda find themselves faced with nothing but unsolvable problems and very little to go on. And the Enemy has more unpleasant surprises in store yet...
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Love After Link by sksNinja
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
08 Jun 2025
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In one timeline, the hero falls in that final battle. Leaving behind a world finally safe from evil, but also leaving behind those who loved him.
They find comfort in each other.
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In a land ruined and felled by Ganon, the nine Heroes of Courage discover the remains of the kingdom they've lived to save, and in it, a gathering of brave soldiers and survivors who have more connection to them then they first think, especially for two of their number. The remaining blood of Skyloft, the Knights of Hylia, reveal a hidden culture rich in tradition and history, which is the result of one hero and the birthright of another.
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Hyrule's Storia by HarunHAAAAA
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
03 May 2025
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This time around the Chain ended up in Hyrule's Hyrule, however, it isn't as empty and peaceful as it seems. Monsters lurk everywhere and Hyrule himself seems more afraid than anything which causes the Chain to wonder what went down in his era.
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Comforting Chimes by IvyTheSnivy
Fandoms: Crypt of the NecroDancer, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
27 Mar 2025
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A young Cadence finds comfort in her father after her mother’s death.
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The Madness of Two by cheddarbiscuit
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
24 Mar 2025
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Purlo set his jaw. His eyes turned cold. He hooked his little finger through his gold earring and he held the knife just under the shell of his left ear. He took a breath. He growled to brace himself against the pain before he jerked his head, ripping out the hoop and letting the blade graze his ear, so it would look like if he managed to wrench himself free before they cut him, too.
Ilia watched the earring drop. The braided wire had been stretched and deformed. It was only worth its weight now. The artistry was lost. A line of ants had already started to swarm... Her stomach lurched. Her toes curled. Her ears throbbed. The world spun. Her eyes burned. Her breath came in quick gasps. She could feel blood dripping down her neck and matting in her hair. Purlo tilted her chin up, forcing her to look away from the mess she had made and turning her head to examine what she had done. He looked like he felt nothing. The nick the earring had left was an angry red. The knife had sliced open, but not removed, the pointed tip of his ear.
"I did warn you," he sighed, “The road to stardom is twisted.”
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7 Years Apart and It's Still You by 123SecofAPen
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
22 Feb 2025
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Link feels responsible for Hyrule downfall and Ganondrof's tyranny. He could help Hyrule 7 years ago but he can try to fix his mistake, even if that means his own life.
After a close call with his dark counterpart in the water temple, Link is left weak and defenless at Hyrule Fields. Sheik is there, in case something happens and they have a heart to heart conversation.
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Ocarina, Oracle by serbii
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
10 Feb 2025
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How much is one boy’s life worth?
How much is a broken timeline worth?
At 14 years old the Hero of Legend is skipping back and forth through Labrynna’s history to save an Oracle.
At 9 years old the not-yet-Hero-of-Time is set to die and become the Fallen Hero.
These events overlap in time but not place. The existence of one boy hinging on the death of the other.
The Chain are split between them.
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- Part 2 of Alterity
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The Sleeping Princess by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
25 Jan 2025
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There is a legend in Hyrule that a sleeping princess lies behind the door of a locked room deep under the ruins of the North Castle. When the princess rises, so too will the ancient powers sealed within her dreams. Impa knows the legend is true, and she fears the fate that will befall the kingdom should the first Zelda wake. Yet when a shadow rises on the borders of Hyrule after the birth of a new princess, Impa must make a terrible choice.
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An Aria for Pigs by RawLiverAndCigarettes
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
27 Oct 2024
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The Hero of Time is nowhere to be found. The princess of a doomed kingdom takes matters into her own hands.
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WHUMPTOBER DAY 1: "If it means you get to live, I'd give up my life for you." by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
03 Oct 2024
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windy and roolie get silly
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- Part 1 of whumptober but I'm late on the prompts
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it's a secret to everybody by Gay_Jesus_Probably
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986)
24 Sep 2024
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The Master Sword is known for being picky with her wielders, refusing to be held by those who are not deemed worthy. As a result, each incarnation of the Hero's Soul will always find the blade waiting for them wherever their predecessor set it down for the final time.
This is not always a good thing.
(It is rare for heroes die with the Master Sword in hand. Even rarer for heroes to not be given a proper burial.)
(The Fallen Hero has always been the worst-case scenario.)
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Lullaby Did it First by Seatrisa16
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
08 Sep 2024
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A new Link, dubbed Hero, has joined the Chain. He looks and acts like Time did as a kid. Yet their memories don't seem to line up.
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Reasonable Assumptions by serbii for notfreyja
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
29 Jul 2024
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Look, when you’re a Hero and there’s a Ganon worshipping cult out for The Hero’s blood, it’s reasonable to assume you’re the Hero in question, right?
Or: Hyrule, Legend, and Wild meet in Hyrule’s era.
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Mipha embarks on a journey and discovers what it means to be a hero, all while (hopefully) falling in love with Link. She also befriends monsters and is able to talk to and transform into them via the mysterious Monster Ring.
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The Song of Link Lannister by Linkpotter98
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
06 May 2024
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He was once the Hero of Time, the Hero who failed Hyrule.
After Link is slain by Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, he is born again as a Lannister of the Rock on the eve of Roberts Rebellion. How will he change the game? Winter is Coming, the dead will march, and the fate of Westeros hangs in the balance. Can Link become a Hero once more or will he doom Westeros as he did Hyrule?
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The Fairy Dance by FilipaMariaKecharitomene for turtleduckcrossing, Telemna_Hyelle, Skyward_Arpeggio
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors
06 May 2024
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Every year on the brightest night of summer, the Fairies will dance a reel of Life though the woods. From the moment he was born, Hyrule has attended every one, until the land grew to dark to dance. However hope is like summer. It always comes back.
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- Part 1 of The Traveler and the Sleeping Princess