/r/ZeldaFanFiction

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The subreddit for Fanfiction set in the expansive world of Nintendo's Legend of Zelda.

Rules:

  1. Follow the reddiquette. Reddiquette is an informal expression of the values of many redditors, as written by redditors themselves: www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/reddit-basics/reddiquette

  2. Self Promotion is limited to the Weekly Thread. This is done to reduce clutter on the front page.

  3. Zelda Fanfiction only; no original fiction. This subreddit is for fanfiction of the Legend of Zelda fandom. If your work does not belong to this fandom, please find a more appropriate subreddit.

  4. Respect, and do not bash, other's opinions. If your personal opinion differs from someone else's, do not attack them for their opinions and ensure you remain civil in any ensuing debate. Any post or comment that, among other things, bashes ships or requests, is racist, xenophobic, homophobic, or contains personal attacks will be removed.

  5. No impersonation of authors. Pretending to be any author and making comments on their behalf will not be tolerated.

  6. Use spoiler and NSFW tags when appropriate. All spoilers and NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content should be marked as such.

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FanFiction Bot Usage Guide:

[Thanks to u/tusing for including our subreddit]

linkffn(...) — FanFiction.Net
linkao3(...) — Archive of Our Own
linkaff(story URL) — Adult FanFiction

You can link fics in three ways:

  • Link by fic title. e.g: linkffn(From the Ground Up). This is usually accurate.

  • Link by fic title and author. e.g: linkffn(From the Ground Up by fioreofthemarch). This is usually accurate.

  • Link by Story ID or full URL. e.g: linkffn(12420600). This is always accurate.

You can link multiple fics using semicolons. linkffn(From The Ground Up; The Ballad's Beginning).

You can link to all fics in a previous thread with linksub(SUBMISSION_URL).

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Tags:

Use these by adding them into any comment or post.

  • You can have the bot check your comment for direct links or hyperlinks to supported websites with ffnbot!directlinks.

  • You can have the bot check the comment you're replying to for direct links/hyperlinks with ffnbot!parent.

  • If you edit your comment to add linksite(...), use ffnbot!refresh to have the bot check your submission again. This also helps if the bot does not reply at all.

  • You can use ffnbot!ignore to make sure the bot will not check your comment, even if someone else replies with ffnbot!parent.

  • You can use ffnbot!slim when calling the bot to remove all metadata but story/author name, word count, and download links. Useful if you're linking many fics.

Full Bot Usage Guide

/r/ZeldaFanFiction

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Can someone tell me the name of this fic?

I read it a few years ago, it was set after the events of botw. It was centred around a new link and Zelda (the ones from botw were still alive). In the story the 3 goddesses had been corrupted by Ganon and link has to eventually defeat them or purify them I can’t remember.

0 Comments
2024/12/15
19:44 UTC

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How well does each Link deal with the cold?

So I’m writing several Linked Universe OS and wanted to write one where the chain gets stuck in the frozen Hebra mountains. Now I’m wondering which Links would withstand the cold well and which wouldn’t.

2 Comments
2024/12/15
18:58 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 15 December 2024–21 December 2024

This is the thread for you to recommend fics you liked and promote your own work.

Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

Previous weeks' posts can be found here. The mods can be contacted here.

1 Comment
2024/12/15
00:00 UTC

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Link but as female gerudo

Basically what the title says. I wanna read something different and thought that the gerudo barely have any fics about them that I see. But it would be cool to see that link now reincarnated as a female gerudo has to defy her king ganondorf by saving Hyrule from him. It would also be cool to see how other people in other place of the world react to her cause of her race

0 Comments
2024/12/13
02:41 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 08 December 2024–14 December 2024

This is the thread for you to recommend fics you liked and promote your own work.

Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

Previous weeks' posts can be found here. The mods can be contacted here.

0 Comments
2024/12/08
00:01 UTC

5

Does anybody a good fic set in Ocarina of Time, that shows what Zelda was doing during those 7 years?

3 Comments
2024/12/07
07:59 UTC

10

I thought of a good fanfic idea but someone probablywrote it already

Tri force swap except link knows something is wring and he knows hes not supposed to have the tri force of power, (and he remembers the reincarnations)

Yeah. that’s it.

Imagine him trying to convince the “hero” (which is zelda.) but he’s still mute, (I really like him not talking, it’s fun to write characters like that lol.)

6 Comments
2024/12/02
19:08 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 01 December 2024–07 December 2024

This is the thread for you to recommend fics you liked and promote your own work.

Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

Previous weeks' posts can be found here. The mods can be contacted here.

1 Comment
2024/12/01
00:01 UTC

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any good fics where link has some weird dragon (zelda) following him? (totk maybe)

thought it would be a good fanfic, and wanted to read something similar to that lol.. maybe count it as zelink? idk

0 Comments
2024/11/27
10:26 UTC

4

Searching for Pre-Calamity fix

So as the title says I’m looking for a fic from before the great calamity, it follows the order of the memories and fills in the blanks between them fleshing out Zelda and Link’s relationship

4 Comments
2024/11/25
20:32 UTC

5

Fic where BOTW!Link travels back to the moment of each champion-blight fight and saves their life midfight.

Starts with saving Mipha and I think maybe even a chapter of Mipha POV, for the life of me I cannot find it. Does anybody know what it might be called, it was on AO3?

2 Comments
2024/11/25
10:24 UTC

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Fic where Zelda controls a guardian and travels with link during BoTW

EDIT - Solved! Honestly pretty much just the title. Zelda takes control over a guardian and travels and helps link during BoTW. Thanks for any help!

3 Comments
2024/11/24
18:17 UTC

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Zelda Fan Fiction Communites? Discord or Other?

Hello! I am looking for Zelda fan fiction communities so I can get more involved in the community and have my writing get critiqued! Does anyone know of any discord servers, websites, chat groups, reddit threads or other places to get plugged in?

6 Comments
2024/11/24
03:04 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 24 November 2024–30 November 2024

This is the thread for you to recommend fics you liked and promote your own work.

Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

Previous weeks' posts can be found here. The mods can be contacted here.

2 Comments
2024/11/24
00:00 UTC

3

Botw zelink scuffed adoption?

Anything like this please

0 Comments
2024/11/19
02:55 UTC

3

Can’t remember gerudo link x Zelda

It was on ao3, you had to be logged in to read it. It’s gerudo king link x Zelda, some hylian noble was trying to get Zelda to marry his son, but Zelda and link got married. They had a big banquet in a canyon in gerudo territory. zelda and link first meet i think at one of the dragon shrine things, i think nayru's. the shrine of wisdom. I think “sand” was in the title. OH, I remember one of the more recent chapters where they encountered a molduga and they’re riding sand seals.

2 Comments
2024/11/19
02:09 UTC

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Zelda/Fire Emblem Crossovers?

Preferably with the pre-Awakening games if possible. And just in case, no, I'm not going for Time Cannot Erase, it hasn't aged well for me (not saying it's bad, but I can't read it as a Fire Emblem fan and seeing all the characters from that side butchered even if it was due to lack of knowledge).

2 Comments
2024/11/18
20:46 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 17 November 2024–23 November 2024

This is the thread for you to recommend fics you liked and promote your own work.

Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

Previous weeks' posts can be found here. The mods can be contacted here.

0 Comments
2024/11/17
00:00 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 10 November 2024–16 November 2024

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Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

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0 Comments
2024/11/10
00:00 UTC

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Looking for an Age of Calamity era ZeLink fanfic

RESOLVED: It was Ghosts and Spirits by TallyAce

I already posted this in r/Ao3, so if it looks familiar, that’s probably why. I figured I’d tighten the search area to people who have likely seen what I’m looking for.

Within the last year, I read a fanfic based on the events of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. I’ve been trying to find said fanfic, but I’ve been unsuccessful thus far.

It fleshes out some of the events that occur during the story, while also introducing 2 new characters by the cover names Ghost and Spirit.

The fic is rather lengthy, with a healthy amount of chapters if I remember correctly. Fairly sure it’s a Link/Zelda relationship tag.

At this point, I don’t know if the fic got taken down or maybe I’m just not looking in the right spot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

SPOILERS PAST HERE

Ghost and Spirit are revealed to be Link and Zelda of the canon BOTW timeline, who came back in time to find where the 4 new champions disappeared to. Ghost and Spirit were basically adopted by Teba, even being made bird masks by his wife that many people find unnerving. They wield shiekah weapons, Ghost using a sword and Spirit wielding an axe. They try to keep a low profile, with only Purah and the new champions knowing of their presence in the past (Age of Calamity timeline). Eventually, the rest of the champions discover their real identity.

For the main plot, Link and Zelda (of the AoC timeline) begin to develop feelings for one another, while we also get to see Ghost and Spirit (Link and Zelda of the BotW timeline) with their developed relationship.

Ghost and Spirit are mostly a side plot to the main story, but they are what I remember most from the fanfic. At one point, Master Kohga all but adopts them (it’s a very one sided relationship)

3 Comments
2024/11/04
07:24 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 03 November 2024–09 November 2024

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5 Comments
2024/11/03
00:00 UTC

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What are some of y’all’s favorite Zelda fanfics and why?

(Labelled NSFW and Spoilers just encase someone wanted to talk about spoilers for a Zelda fanfic Or because the fanfic you want to talk about is NSFW within reason)

Just a random question that had been lingering in the back of my mind for a few days now. It can be about absolutely any Zelda fanfic. Like take myself for example. Some of my favorite Zelda fanfictions are 1: For Hyrule’s Sake?, 2. On a Wing and on a Prayer, 3. Unplanned Consequences, 4. White Feathers, and 5. Bridge across the Seas. All of these fanfics are very good in their own unique ways and cover interesting topics and questions that some people wouldn’t think about asking. I would be happy to share more information about them if anyone is interested. But that is besides the point. The point is that I’m just curious as to what everyone’s favorite Zelda fanfics are and why exactly.

24 Comments
2024/11/01
15:00 UTC

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Looking for a Zelink Fanfic where Zelda rescues Link

Hello everyone! I’m looking for a ZeLink fanfic that’s Zelda-centric, ideally with Zelda rescuing or fighting for Link. Does a fanfic like this exist? Ideally, it would be set in the Breath of the Wild universe.

Thanks so much!

9 Comments
2024/10/27
22:39 UTC

5

BOTW/AOC/TOTK with mental health explorations?

I did read "The quiet river rages" from the Trouble the Water series a looong time ago and maybe I will revisit it, but I was wondering if there are any BOTW/AOC/TOTK fanfics that tackle on the character's mental health (like PSTD but doesn't have to be it specifically).

I would love to read an exploration of some of the character's psyches because of all the traumatic moments they went through, so any recs are welcome!

2 Comments
2024/10/27
13:21 UTC

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When Ganondorf became the demon king, the Gerudo tribe split in half following the true king Ganondorf rather than instantly turning on him.

I had this idea based on the Rouboutian heresy 40k Salamanders who are arrogant and cruel, while being completely obsessed with power, greed, tyranny, and immortality.

Rather than only Koume and Kotake supporting Ganondorf, you have a new group of Gerudo's following Ganondorf as they evolve to look physically and spiritually different to their counterparts in BOTW/TOTK becoming chaos Gerudo.

Their motto: Power is the only thing that matters.

This led to difference far greater than the Yiga who only sided to Ganondorf thanks to injustice by the royal family compared to being pure Gerudo, as the Gerudo might even dismiss the Yiga considering themselves as Ganondorf truest followers.

0 Comments
2024/10/27
12:38 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 27 October 2024–02 November 2024

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Please mention whether it is self-promotion or a recommendation, and include details such as the fic's title, rating, summary and link.

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0 Comments
2024/10/27
00:00 UTC

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Lost Fic About Zelda’s Brother in the AoC

I read this fic years ago, haven’t been able to find it since. I remember a few things, but it’s entirely possible I’m misremembering features of it, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t finish it.

  1. It was written from the POV of Zelda’s Brother
  2. He died/went missing (can’t remember specifics) pre-calamity, and was resurrected post-calamity, iirc by one of the Golden Goddesses. He might have had one of the pieces of the triforce, I’m not too sure
  3. He had some sort of connection with the Akkala Citadel
  4. Fic took place around the time of BotW
  5. I’n not entirely sure, but I vaguely remember it being MLM between the brother and Link. I remember it being either one-sided or slowburn
0 Comments
2024/10/20
05:25 UTC

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Fic Recs and Self Promotion — 20 October 2024–26 October 2024

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0 Comments
2024/10/20
00:00 UTC

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