AriadneDoesntNeedString
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All the things yet to come (are the things that have passed) by AriadneDoesntNeedString
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
28 Jul 2025
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“Wait, your name is Link?” The newly proclaimed Hero of Legend demands. Link, Hero of the Four Sword, frowns at him.
“Yes?” It isn’t that confusing of a declaration, is it? They did just go over this—they’re all named Link.
“You were a hero? Of the Four Sword?”
Four’s eyes narrow.
“I am a hero, yes. The Hero of the Four Sword. Is there something wrong with that?”
Legend blinks. “What? No, I just—” He stops abruptly. Shakes his head. “Sorry, never mind.”
Or: a chronicling of all the times Legend is weird around Four, and how the Chain finds out why.
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be still, my indelible friend (The Boy and His Sword AU) by AriadneDoesntNeedString
Fandom Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
28 Jul 2025
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Verso hates people pretending to care. Julie pretended to care, and look how that turned out. Verso knows full well that humans can’t really care about an immortal who can just walk off being cut in half. Verso knows full well that he is too different from them to actually evoke empathy. Verso-
Verso desperately, painfully, hopelessly wants it.
Or: a Gustave Lives AU where Gustave is being nice and Verso is having a mental breakdown about it. Act II and the beginning of Act III.
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Another Chance, Another Life by Einradi
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
25 Oct 2025
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"Verso gave us many new beginnings. He would have wanted a new beginning for you, too."
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When their world's survival hinges on the steadily crumbling relationship of his daughter-sister and the painted facsimile of her dead brother, Gustave might just have to take it upon himself to ensure they can keep it together.
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- Part 1 of A Life Renewed
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- English
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Bookmarked by AriadneDoesntNeedString
06 Feb 2026
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Maelle looks at the mirror shards scattered across the floor, a disarray of sharp and jagged pieces that can never be put back together again. "I know you’re not him..." she admits in a shaky whisper. Her tear-filled eyes find Verso, the blues and greys of paint starting to unravel the edges of them, mocking him. "But you deserve to be happy,” she says. We deserve to be happy, she means.
“I deserve to be myself,” Verso says, and it sounds like a plea more than anything else. The skin around his left eye aches, as if it’s waiting for his scar’s return.
Maelle sighs before she sweeps her hand through the air, calling for her rapier. It appears in a flutter of gold petals, glimmering in the dim light of the bathroom. Her eyes are cast in shadow and her disappointed smile is somewhat crooked. "Alright. Let's try again."
or: Maelle wants a happy end for everyone she cares about, and she will keep trying until even Verso gets it right.
Bookmarked by AriadneDoesntNeedString
06 Feb 2026
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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
Music
adverb
(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
adjective
performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
noun
a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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- Part 1 of A Life to Dream
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At Stone Wave Cliffs, Alicia makes a choice.
It changes everything.