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My New Years Resolution story is posted and the recipient has had a chance to see it first, so it's time to share! (And yes, I went a bit crazy with the freeform tags this time.)
I'm really pleased with how this came out! Basically I use a frame story to present my interpretation of this (frankly rather trippy) game as a parable about facing disaster and even your own role in disaster without succumbing to despair.
Funny thing about this interpretation, though, as invested in it as I am: I really give the side-eye to all the Zelda merch with the image of Majora's Mask on it. A symbolic personification of terror, shame, and despair is, like, not my idea of appropriate home decor.
(BTW, while I was messing around on Ao3, I also went through all my works there and tagged/noted my blanket permission policy, which was a nice thing to get done.)
Wear My Fearsome Power (5382 words) by foxinthestars
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Impa & Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda), Majora (Legend of Zelda), Fierce Deity (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Framing Story, Legend of Zelda Child Timeline, Angst, Healing, Learning to Live with your Mistakes, allusions to Suicidality but it gets better, Link has leftover trauma from Ocarina of Time, Zelda learns what it's like when your fandom screws with you, Majora and Fierce Deity are more concepts than characters, Spoilers for Majora's Mask including a novelization of the ending, Spoilers for Skyward Sword, Spoilers for Minish Cap, Spoilers for Ocarina of Time, Spoilers for Twilight Princess, Spoilers for Four Swords Adventures, Legends, Blanket Permission
Summary: Each year, Princess Zelda learns a new story about her predecessors and about the Heroes of Hyrule. Her sixteenth birthday brings a story like no other, in which Link faces an enemy like no other: an enemy who can turn the moon against the earth — and turn Link’s own doubts against his very soul. In the end, Link holds the strength to win in his hands, but to wear such fearsome power demands a new kind of courage.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Impa & Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda), Majora (Legend of Zelda), Fierce Deity (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Framing Story, Legend of Zelda Child Timeline, Angst, Healing, Learning to Live with your Mistakes, allusions to Suicidality but it gets better, Link has leftover trauma from Ocarina of Time, Zelda learns what it's like when your fandom screws with you, Majora and Fierce Deity are more concepts than characters, Spoilers for Majora's Mask including a novelization of the ending, Spoilers for Skyward Sword, Spoilers for Minish Cap, Spoilers for Ocarina of Time, Spoilers for Twilight Princess, Spoilers for Four Swords Adventures, Legends, Blanket Permission
Summary: Each year, Princess Zelda learns a new story about her predecessors and about the Heroes of Hyrule. Her sixteenth birthday brings a story like no other, in which Link faces an enemy like no other: an enemy who can turn the moon against the earth — and turn Link’s own doubts against his very soul. In the end, Link holds the strength to win in his hands, but to wear such fearsome power demands a new kind of courage.
Fanfiction.net mirror
I'm really pleased with how this came out! Basically I use a frame story to present my interpretation of this (frankly rather trippy) game as a parable about facing disaster and even your own role in disaster without succumbing to despair.
Funny thing about this interpretation, though, as invested in it as I am: I really give the side-eye to all the Zelda merch with the image of Majora's Mask on it. A symbolic personification of terror, shame, and despair is, like, not my idea of appropriate home decor.
(BTW, while I was messing around on Ao3, I also went through all my works there and tagged/noted my blanket permission policy, which was a nice thing to get done.)
