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Twin Heroes?? by Ariandre
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
16 Dec 2025
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Hyrule and Legend meet under odd circumstances and both have little trust for new people, so they elect to play an elaborate prank on a group of “heroes” while pretending to be twin. Over time, the twins learn more about each other and their travel companions, as well as the lands they come from. Will they decide to end their ruse for the sake of their companions, or will they be found out before they can tell the truth?
edit:10/27 Chapter 13, fixed a small continuity issue
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Four and After by serbii
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
15 Dec 2025
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So here’s the dealio.
Once upon a time a group of time travelling weirdos gave 10 year olds Link and Zelda a shadow crystal thingy so that Shadow’s future Heroic Sacrifice™ might be a little less… sacrificial.
And it was great! For like, more than a decade they all got to grow up together all alive and happy! But things fall apart as they do, and Link died, and some time loop scheme Shadow honestly wasn’t paying that much attention to (he tried, okay?) has been enacted.
Now Shadow’s joined the time travelling weirdos, and one of them is a Link who’s years younger than his who never managed to save his Shadow.
Things are messy. Things are stressy.
But they have a time loop to close to save Shadow and maybe to save Link, and whatever.
He’ll wing it.
What could go wrong?
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- Part 3 of Alterity
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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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A collection of whumpy and whump-adjacent drabbles and oneshots all in one place. AU's span the Townhouse AU to omega!Sky and literally everything in-between, 2024 and onward.
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To Save Someone (And Not Die Trying) by Lumeleo
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
08 Dec 2025
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Four needs Twilight's help... to keep the others from doing something drastic. Maybe he should not give them reason to get so freaked out, then.
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2025
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Not Quite a Hero of Light by Shylighthi
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
05 Dec 2025
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Shadow found these people odd. Admittedly, if they all didn't have swords and magic items that were making Shadow's head sore, then he would truthfully think they were harmless, but it seemed pretty obvious that they weren't. Light magic drummed off these people like the sun itself. It reminded him of Link..
LINK! Shadow needs the Four Sword! He darted away from the group again. He needed to learn how to ignore such simple distractions, Zelda was going to wring his neck out when he gets home… but she also wouldn’t appreciate him letting strangers walk to their deaths.
Zelda was NOT going to believe him when he tries to explain that Zelda's Goddess stole him away for a quest instead of Link.
Aka.
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Past and Future (Are We Still Friends?) by ToastandHoney
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
03 Dec 2025
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What happened at the Four Sword Temple in Legend’s era?
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Mirrors of the heroes, created by all that the heroes refuse to acknowledge about themselves. Their darkest, most un-heroic qualities formed together to create an individual born to hate and slay their counterpart as a twisted test of competency.
They were shadows or dark copies of their heroes, and Ravio is fairly certain he's not supposed to be right now.
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- Part 9 of LU Shadow Fics & Ficlets
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One summer night Pulses of coloured light Burned through the orbit by thefandomlifechoseme
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
02 Dec 2025
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They obligingly wack their swords against his own, and pour just enough of their power into them that four become Four.
And Four-
Why do we still have cracked ribs?
When did you sprain our ankle, Blue?
At least I didn't loose half of our arrows to the dungeon floor, Vio!
Oh, I'm sorry, Blue, I can't hear you over the sound of you letting Warriors hold you at swordpoint!
Do we have a concussion? Who got us a concussion?
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Shadowed by Gia_D, notfreyja
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
01 Dec 2025
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Wind is no stranger to monsters.
Two adventures taught him more than any boy ought to know about them. About the way they fight, the way they think. About what it takes to make a monster.
This third adventure wants to test that. All across time there are monsters that are worse than they ought to be. Stronger. Smarter. Faster. Harder and harder to kill.
Still, Wind is no stranger to monsters. Which is why when a ninth Link joins the Chain, he knows that there is something… wrong.
Something very, very wrong.
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Link used to be hylian. Then his kingdom got invaded and the Hero of Twilight was born. Now he was a monster. A creature feared and hunted by hylians, hiding his true nature from those around him.
But now, finding himself in the middle of a hylian pack made up of his fellow heroes of courage, it was getting harder and harder to keep it a secret.
But under the veil of night, with only his shadow as company, maybe he didn't have to pretend to be something he wasn't. -
Stories we Share, Secrets we Keep by BittirSweeteer
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
29 Nov 2025
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Light casts a shadow in the dark. Secrets whisper in the back of minds. Worries of judgment and hatred bubble, fueling the flames.
Some of the Chain are less secretive, showing off their tales with scars or stories. Others are bad at keeping the secrets they want buried deep. While trust is plentiful among the group, it may not be long until the Chain reforges or breaks entirely.
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And miles to go before I sleep (Linked Universe Whumptober 2025) by Skyward_Arpeggio
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
29 Nov 2025
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Yet another angsty collection of Linked Universe short stories for the month of October! Using a mix of the whumptober and ai-less whumptober prompts this year :)
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Currently playing: Day 28 - constellation (Wild & Wild)
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- Part 5 of Linked Universe Whumptober Palooza
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When Voices Call by Kingkiller_071
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
28 Nov 2025
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Twilight has a mid-life crisis (I mean, what?). He transforms uncontrollably into wolf form and gets injured. Will the rest of The Chain find him in time?!!
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My Tumblr stack by Sirnade254
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
23 Nov 2025
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Just a few silly doodles I've already posted on Tumblr and which received a good reception, so maybe you will like them too.
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After a "separation portal" (as was called by the Captain), the Chain ends up in four groups. Each of them come to realize: they're in Four's era, in the middle of one of his quests. Of course, it doesn't help that some of them know that they're just with one piece of Four, but hey, not like that matters, right?
...right?
OR: the Chain ends up in the middle of the FS manga. Revelations are made.
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All that Glitters isn’t Gold by Avunaaa
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
16 Nov 2025
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A evil force has gathered nine heroes from across time to partake in an adventure. These Links must discover and defeat this evil. This is their duty. After all they are heroes. Are they not?
(Spoiler alert: They’re not.)
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LU November Flash Exchange Piece by SuperSnail for Deleetrix
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
15 Nov 2025
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My artworks for the November LU Flash Exchange :)
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The one where Shadow carries Four back to camp by GothicGhost
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
14 Nov 2025
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"THE FUCK YOU MEAN 'HE LIVES.'"
(Thanks to my wonderful friend Cloud for the title, summary and beta)Shadow being a horror, saving a guy, then almost getting friendly fire-d.
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- Part 7 of Rusting the Chain, one Link at a time.