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In the Shadows Beyond This World: Chapter 19: Twilight Helm

Yeah, things are really picking up! Two more chapters to go, and an epilogue! I’ll be done by tomorrow!

Obviously, it has been spelled out that the Hero from the past is Link from LttP. He also happens to be, in this headcanon, the Link from Four Swords and Minish Cap and the Oracle games. …I haven’t played Minish Cap. But I’ve played Oracle of Ages, and I have both Oracle mangas (whooo Raven is hot whooo), and I don’t think it’s too farfetched to stitch all these together into one boy. One extra note, which I may have mentioned before… That Link married Zelda, so I totally support Zelink here, for you Zelink shippers. : )

Speaking of shipping, I have the idea that Midna and Zant are cousins, and one of the inappropriate things that he did was attempt to court her. : P

I only started using RPG Maker a week ago, and I’ve already logged 60 hours on it. o_O Of course, at least an hour or two of that was just listening to the music, but still! The next longest playtime I have on a Steam game is KotOR II with 50 hours, and that’s because KotOR II is ridiculously long. Wow.

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In the Shadows Beyond This World: Chapter 18: The Dark World

It should be abundantly clear that the Twilight Realm is heavily based on the Dark World from A Link to the Past (and it should be becoming clear that the Hero from the past is the Hero to the Past, if you know what I mean), to the point where the Twilight Princess geography barely even matters except for the Sols.

Hoping to write another couple chapters tonight, after I’ve slept and done some organ practice! Huzzah! We’re almost at the end, and things are picking up again! In fact, this chapter is super short in comparison to the monsters I’ve been writing. The next one will probably be pretty short too, but I can’t make promises about that. In any case, I don’t want to stop, but I’m a bit sleepy, so I should and recharge my batteries for the next chapter!

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In the Shadows Beyond This World: Chapter 12: Cuccoos Coming Home to Roost

After a lot of sleep, finally got enough energy to tackle this chapter. And watching a walkthrough of the Arbiter’s Grounds helped too, because it’s been a while since I played that one.

– Franz finally has development! In fact, he’s almost oversaturated in development! And maybe it happens in an unrealistically short timeframe, but he’s on a timer, so we’ve gotta deal. : P

– I hope the altered dungeon is interesting and full of good surprises. Also Link seems to be a bit of a derp in this chapter.

– Nabooru was kind of the most undeveloped/boring Sage in OoT next to Rauru, but hey! She is a lot more interesting in my head! I wonder how that happened… First she revealed stuff way too early, stuff that I thought was coming at the end of the chapter, and then she insisted on coming along with the boys. That’s fine. She can do exposition. She’s very willful.

– not sure I would include the Spinner in future rewrites. It’s just too ridiculous, you know? It’s kind of awesome in the game, but it’s really limited from a narrative point of view.

All right, here’s this massive thing. Didn’t even edit, tonight. If there are problems… let me know. : P

I feel like drawing Franz. I probably should.

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In the Shadows Beyond This World: Chapter 10: Zant’s Victory

This chapter is REEEAAALLY LONG. If I were to rewrite it, I might cut down some of the dialogue in the second half.

Some notes!

– I totally changed the battle with the Water Temple boss. I just got this dramatic vision, and chase scenes are exciting (and, when you’re watching them, scary), so I went and changed it to something I think is kind of really cool and exciting. I’m kind of realizing I should be making Link more awesome in general, but then it’s a balance between putting him in danger so there’s at least a modicum of tension. But anyway in the NEXT chapter (not this one) he’ll get the Master Sword, and then we’ll really see some fireworks from him. It’s a character development thing.

– I really don’t know where Link’s masks went. I think he lost them in the years between MM and LA. Except Demon, obviously, but he’s not really strictly a mask.

– I’m really hoping it wasn’t previously a plot point in one of my other stories whether Navi could talk to animals or not. I’m trying to work with a very firm line between “here’s who can talk to whom”. Continue reading