9 Works by riverthebooknerd
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smeared with oil like david's boy by riverthebooknerd
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
24 Feb 2025
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Everyone who met the Hero could say that they remember it precisely. Revali was no different.
Hylia's Chosen was rarely seen by anyone other than priests. According to rumors, he lived tucked away in the Temple of Time, guarded only by the Kingdom's best. Those who have been able to catch a glimpse of him say that he is robed in green, and that his face is always covered by a veil. No one really knows what he looks like.
The Hero is regarded as somewhat of a deity among many, especially Hylians. The legends surrounding him ran deep and far back. The few Hylian villages that Revali had been to had left out offerings in clay pots. For the Hero, they'd told him, A tradition that's said to aid Him in His quests, may Hylia watch over Him.
If the rumors were to be believed, the Hero is reborn again and again whenever he was needed, with a piece of the Triforce tied to his soul. Supposedly, he was the only one with the power to defeat Calamity Ganon.
Revali thought it was a load of bullshit.
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A Revalink AU in which Link is a deity figure and there’s absolutely nothing fishy about it!
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In which the Six-Eared Macaque dies, comes back, falls in love with Sun Wukong, and decides that vengeance cannot be stopped. Not in that order.
OR: In which Macaque is revived in spirit, but not in body, and is determined to haunt Wukong. Not much else really changes.
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Thor's little brother had been missing ever since he fell into the void. Everyone had assumed him dead. If only they knew the truth.
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When he was trying to take over Earth, Loki was a child the whole time. This changes some things.
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In which the god of mischief is a lot younger than people think and he's got some trauma to go with his witch aesthetic.
The Avengers, but make it a Kid!Loki AU
Takes place during the first Avengers movie- kinda? This fic is disguised as canon complacent, but it's really not. -
just know we’ll be here by riverthebooknerd
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
03 Jan 2025
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Five times the Sages saw something they maybe weren't supposed to, and one time they made Link see something he was supposed to.
OR: LINK WILL LEARN TO RELY ON PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT HIM EVEN IF WE HAVE TO BEAT THE LESSON INTO HIM.
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In which twelve year old Noelle was there when Barbatos awakened.
OR: Venti is a mom and you can FIGHT me on this.
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- Part 1 of noelle my beloved (noelle-centric fics)
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don’t worry, it gets worse by riverthebooknerd
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
17 Apr 2024
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Clint Barton loves Loki. It makes both of them sick to their stomachs.
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An AU in which Barton was never freed from Loki's mind control, and it's Bad.
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An angsty look at the guilt that Stan felt except it’s just me projecting onto one of my favorite characters!
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In which Stan is a stubborn old bastard with deep-seeded trauma and some serious issues.
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An Old Friend of a Friend by riverthebooknerd
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
05 Oct 2023
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It's like that moment when you and somebody else hang out in the same friend group with mutual friends but never really talk, and then you're forced to interact with them one on one, except this is much worse than that because most of the mutual friends are dead and the fate of the world rests on your shoulders.
Or: Link and Purah were acquaintances who became friends after Link died and was resurrected.
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When The Storm Comes (i'll be by your side) by riverthebooknerd
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
26 Sep 2023
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It was cold, a thick layer of snow coating everything in white. Flurries fell gently from the sky. It was quiet.
He'd never been somewhere this cold before. He grew up in Hateno Village, where it was sunny and warm for most of the year.
The chilly air bit at his skin, but not unpleasantly. Wind gently whipped his hair away from his face and out of his eyes. The icy cliffs of the mountains glimmered.
Link decided that he liked the cold, as much as a weapon could like anything.
(The cold was a reminder that he was still a person who could shiver instead of a blade that couldn't. The cold made him feel alive.)
The chosen hero doesn't get to choose his own life. It was forced on him, and it always will be, no matter how many times he's reborn. Having the "spirit of the hero" comes with its own side effects; namely, the ghosts of memories that haunted his every night. (Link wishes things were different.)