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I don't think I've ever actually posted a full-body pic of this guy! Sloppy bio down below:

This is the first pic I drew of him when I first thought up his design. He's a Link I created after a friend invited me to make one for an RP she wants to do, set in an ambiguous point in Hyrule's history, though I do pull a lot of references from Breath of the Wild from where he lives and the kind of environment he lives in. His design gets tweaked on occasion as I play with it and figure out what I like, but for the most part, this is the one I still like best.

Link was born and raised on a homestead out in Hyrule's countryside with his mom and dad. He's twelve-ish and an only child but has aunts and uncles and a whole gaggle of cousins of varying ages living nearby, so he has a pretty big extended family. His parents had a lot of trouble trying to have children, which is how they ended up with a pretty small family while their siblings went on to have huge families, so they sometimes joke that he was their miracle child.

(I like to think that his birth was heralded by a double-yolk egg discovered while his unknowingly-pregnant mom was cooking breakfast, lawl.)

The family often gets together for visits and to help each other during the year with work that they can't otherwise do on their own. For instance, Link's family can't afford a horse, so his aunt and uncle will loan theirs when it comes time to plow or harvest or haul things. Link's dad used to work as a soldier for the royal family but retired after he was injured on the job and was rewarded for his duties with a pension and... possibly a piece of land, though I haven't decided between that or if he inherited it. His injury prevents him from doing a lot of heavy work, so he'll get help from family for stuff that his wife and son can't help him with.

Link loves his family and is grateful to have them, but he has trouble relating to them in a lot of ways and tends to spend a lot of time on his own. He adores his little cousins, who look up to him and try to get him to join in their games, while the older cousins are polite to him but are usually busy with the adults and see him as more of a child than a peer. The cousins his age tend to pick on him, and so he avoids them as much as he can. Most of the time, if he's not taking care of the animals or doing some other chores, he's out in the countryside exploring or foraging, where it's quiet and not so overwhelming and he can relax and be himself.

Bonsu is his constant companion. He found her as fuzzy, blind little wiggler lying in the leaf litter and took her home to try and save her. His parents didn't think she had much of a chance, but he wanted to try anyway, and she managed to pull through and is now fully grown and very strong and energetic, and she never leaves his side. She's an arboreal creature I made up called a Sobarisu, which is a sort of mix between a weasel and a squirrel that lives in the forests near his home.

Despite having grown up raising animals for food and clothing, Link became a vegetarian after he made the mistake of growing too attached to his food while he was in charge of taking care of them. This became a huge point of contention between him and his parents, but they eventually relented after they realized how important it was to him. He'll eat eggs and milk and will use wool but won't touch anything that directly comes from killing an animal -- aside from seafood, which he thinks are mindless things, mostly out of a lack of familiarity with them (though he's very likely to eventually drop fish, too, since seeing them struggle makes him feel bad). His extended family thinks it's a little weird and his uncles will sometimes give his dad some grief about it, which occasionally stirs up old tensions between him and his dad. Sometimes the adults directly question him about it, but for the most part they're nicer about it than his peers, who heckle him pretty relentlessly.

The extended family has "concerns" about what they thought was a trend of softness they felt unbecoming for a boy like him -- he's pretty squeamish about some things and struggles a lot with manual labor and prefers to do things that are traditionally women's work, like foraging/gardening and taking care of animals and helping his mom with handiwork -- and this just ended up being the latest. Link has long since picked up on the fact that they think he's "strange" and tends to vacillate between a sense of "Who cares what they think?" and concerns that there might be something wrong with him. Fortunately, his parents are pretty supportive and tend to tell folks to mind their own business, though his dad sometimes tries to nudge him into trying to be a little more like the rest of the men, especially when he gets tired of the commentary. One thing his dad has really found success with is swordplay, which Link has shown a startling proficiency in and really seems to enjoy, and his dad is very proud of this and clings to it like gold. On top of the freedom that comes with being able to defend himself and the feeling of adulthood and responsibility that comes with working a sword, Link's also pretty happy that he and his dad have something to bond over, and that it gives him some approval from the others that he's otherwise missed out on.

Link's actually nonbinary, though he lacks the vocabulary to express it and doesn't actually know that's a thing someone can be. All he knows is that he can't relate to other boys and he's happiest when he's allowed to be himself.

There's more (and I've probably forgotten stuff) but that's all for now.

Description

I don't think I've ever actually posted a full-body pic of this guy! Sloppy bio down below:

This is the first pic I drew of him when I first thought up his design. He's a Link I created after a friend invited me to make one for an RP she wants to do, set in an ambiguous point in Hyrule's history, though I do pull a lot of references from Breath of the Wild from where he lives and the kind of environment he lives in. His design gets tweaked on occasion as I play with it and figure out what I like, but for the most part, this is the one I still like best.

Link was born and raised on a homestead out in Hyrule's countryside with his mom and dad. He's twelve-ish and an only child but has aunts and uncles and a whole gaggle of cousins of varying ages living nearby, so he has a pretty big extended family. His parents had a lot of trouble trying to have children, which is how they ended up with a pretty small family while their siblings went on to have huge families, so they sometimes joke that he was their miracle child.

(I like to think that his birth was heralded by a double-yolk egg discovered while his unknowingly-pregnant mom was cooking breakfast, lawl.)

The family often gets together for visits and to help each other during the year with work that they can't otherwise do on their own. For instance, Link's family can't afford a horse, so his aunt and uncle will loan theirs when it comes time to plow or harvest or haul things. Link's dad used to work as a soldier for the royal family but retired after he was injured on the job and was rewarded for his duties with a pension and... possibly a piece of land, though I haven't decided between that or if he inherited it. His injury prevents him from doing a lot of heavy work, so he'll get help from family for stuff that his wife and son can't help him with.

Link loves his family and is grateful to have them, but he has trouble relating to them in a lot of ways and tends to spend a lot of time on his own. He adores his little cousins, who look up to him and try to get him to join in their games, while the older cousins are polite to him but are usually busy with the adults and see him as more of a child than a peer. The cousins his age tend to pick on him, and so he avoids them as much as he can. Most of the time, if he's not taking care of the animals or doing some other chores, he's out in the countryside exploring or foraging, where it's quiet and not so overwhelming and he can relax and be himself.

Bonsu is his constant companion. He found her as fuzzy, blind little wiggler lying in the leaf litter and took her home to try and save her. His parents didn't think she had much of a chance, but he wanted to try anyway, and she managed to pull through and is now fully grown and very strong and energetic, and she never leaves his side. She's an arboreal creature I made up called a Sobarisu, which is a sort of mix between a weasel and a squirrel that lives in the forests near his home.

Despite having grown up raising animals for food and clothing, Link became a vegetarian after he made the mistake of growing too attached to his food while he was in charge of taking care of them. This became a huge point of contention between him and his parents, but they eventually relented after they realized how important it was to him. He'll eat eggs and milk and will use wool but won't touch anything that directly comes from killing an animal -- aside from seafood, which he thinks are mindless things, mostly out of a lack of familiarity with them (though he's very likely to eventually drop fish, too, since seeing them struggle makes him feel bad). His extended family thinks it's a little weird and his uncles will sometimes give his dad some grief about it, which occasionally stirs up old tensions between him and his dad. Sometimes the adults directly question him about it, but for the most part they're nicer about it than his peers, who heckle him pretty relentlessly.

The extended family has "concerns" about what they thought was a trend of softness they felt unbecoming for a boy like him -- he's pretty squeamish about some things and struggles a lot with manual labor and prefers to do things that are traditionally women's work, like foraging/gardening and taking care of animals and helping his mom with handiwork -- and this just ended up being the latest. Link has long since picked up on the fact that they think he's "strange" and tends to vacillate between a sense of "Who cares what they think?" and concerns that there might be something wrong with him. Fortunately, his parents are pretty supportive and tend to tell folks to mind their own business, though his dad sometimes tries to nudge him into trying to be a little more like the rest of the men, especially when he gets tired of the commentary. One thing his dad has really found success with is swordplay, which Link has shown a startling proficiency in and really seems to enjoy, and his dad is very proud of this and clings to it like gold. On top of the freedom that comes with being able to defend himself and the feeling of adulthood and responsibility that comes with working a sword, Link's also pretty happy that he and his dad have something to bond over, and that it gives him some approval from the others that he's otherwise missed out on.

Link's actually nonbinary, though he lacks the vocabulary to express it and doesn't actually know that's a thing someone can be. All he knows is that he can't relate to other boys and he's happiest when he's allowed to be himself.

There's more (and I've probably forgotten stuff) but that's all for now.