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Turns out that there are some things that saving the world doesn't teach you.
My first (successfully completed) comic! This is actually a sequel story to "Chrysalis", a bigger, longer idea I had previously but didn't have the skill/time to take on. However, when Hurricane105 announced the "Gone Awry" Zelink event, the idea for this bonus scenario grew into something I was excited to flesh out, so - here we are now! If you don't want to read Chrysalis, all you really need to know is that this is an OoT AU where Zelda made the decision to not send Link back at the end...... and uh Navi doesn't exist because I don't want to write for her sorry 😅
A huge thanks to all the folks that helped this work come together - in particular, CitrusBlooms and linksthoughtbrambles for being invaluable betas, JDetan for helping write out all the image descriptions when I got tongue-tied, and everyone else in the Zelink Hype Squad Discord server for all the feedback and encouragement while I bellyached about drawing hands.
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Against a background of soft pastel clouds, Zelda and Link reach for each other in a tender embrace, both of them nude from the waist up. A set of butterfly wings sprout from Zelda's back, but they are wrinkled and crumpled, as if she had just emerged from a chrysalis. Below the wings, her legs are garbed in Sheik's costume.
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