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⌈ Secret Post #773 ⌋

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Link really does get around a lot, doesn't he? XD

A few years ago, when I was really into LoZ fandom(I still love it, but I'm not so active in it),I was a hardcore Zelda/Link shipper - I couldn't stand seeing him shipped with anyone else(I did make a minor exception for Malon, though, since she was my second favourite female LoZ character after Zelda herself). Luckily, I had the good taste to stay out of shipping wars(I didn't even know about them back then). Now, I have a much more relaxed view on shipping in this fandom(and other fandoms in general), and even though Zelda/Link is still kinda dear to me(it was one of my first OTP's), it's not the end of the world if someone likes Link/*insert character here*. Though, I kinda wish there would be more fics of other pairings that aren't Link/*insert character here* ~~Telma/Renado, anyone?~~.

Telma x Renado, yes moar plz. XD I need to get a plot idea for them, yessss....

Link x Zelda is the main/popular pairin, and I'll write it if my fanfic plot ideas go that way, but I've been just as easy to write Link x Midna, and even one story that was both L/M and Link x Ilia. Most of my fics - gen. I've been submitting my stuff to one website and message board where the Admin is die-hard L/Z, but is laid back, nice, and finds other pairings interesting. So, my experience with LoZ, so far, has been quite positive. It must be that I'm just going to the right places.

I think I'll do alright with Zelda fandom, *just* because Trigun fandom really put me through the meat grinder. I mean, Trigun was very, very gen - the author of the manga himself outright said he didn't do well with romance and he prefered to show the (general type) connections between people. People whom the main character got emotionally close to in the course of both the anime and the manga had a bad habit of dying. Even when Vash told Meryl (in the manga) that he swore he would come back to her - circumstances prevented him from doing so. Yet, those of us who insisted that "Trigun is a gen series, ship what you want and have fun, but none of it is strictly canon, so we all have freedom" got called "homophobes" and the like by the more rabid yaoites out there. There were some die-hard het shippers that were almost as bad at some points. There was quite a lot of ... "sides" and yelling at each other, and condescending to each other for a while (even people who'd scream if you prefferred gen). It just wore me out and left me with the attitude of "Bleh."

So, I guess I'm sort of prepared when it comes to Zelda fandom. If someone screams at me for writing a fic that is or isn't a certain ship, I'll just say "Did you read the author notes before you clicked on it?"

Playing Twilight Princess, I found myself leaning more and more towards Ilia/Link than Zelda/Link(Or Midna/Link for that matter, but it's mostly because she was in imp form throughout most of the game - I...don't really want to think Link got any romantic feelings for her when she was in imp-form. That's just my personal opinion, though). I found it a bit surprising, considering I had gone in with thinking when I started playing the game that I would ship Zelda/Link by default, but since Zelda was more of a secondary character in the game, I couldn't really get a romantic connection between her and Link. It almost felt a bit refreshing, in a way.

Do you mind linking your fanfics? I would love to read them :)

Interesting how these conversations veer well off the original point, eh?

I like Link/Midna a lot, and I don't mind the idea of him falling in love with her in her imp form at all (I rather like it from a "physical apperance doesn't matter in love" perspective)... I just don't like to think of them... em...consumating anything with her in that form. I can see where Imp Midna is a real squick for people, though. But I also like Link/Zelda (in all the game universes, even TP) and Link/Ilia, though I've yet to write much of it. As I said, I'm mainly about the gen.

Anyway, there's a couple of places to find my Zelda fanwork:

http://www.northcastle.co.uk/guild/fanfocus/ff_shadsie.html - My Fan Focus page at North Castle. The interview was done a few months ago and it doesn't have my most recent works listed because the webmistress updates NC just once a month. On the upside, you can see some of my artwork if you click the gallery square, including an image of TP version Link done on an Etch-A-Sketch. North Castle is a great little site, with a focus on the classics and a friendly little message board that I frequent.

http://www.fanfiction.net/~ladyshadowcat - The island I live on in a sea of crap - in other words, my fanfiction.net profile. Forgive the longwindedness in my profile, it's just I've done work for many fandoms over the course of several years and I set it up so people know what to expect. My most recent Zelda fanfictions are here as well as loads for Trigun and a few for other fandoms. Ignore the Pokemon work, please.

The Link/Midna + Link/Ilia fic of mine I mentioned is "Desert Sunset Painted in Shades of Fire." I'm actually... ridiculously proud of that one. It features an aged Link sparing thoughts for Midna at the end of his life, even though he wound up falling in love with and marrying Ilia - he deals with the memories of both women, both important to his life.

A lot of my stuff (especially for Zelda) is fairly tragic and meloncholy, be warned.

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