The Great Desert: Difference between revisions

The story can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4665742/1/The_Great_Desert here] or, alternately, [http://www.northcastle.co.uk/guild/fanfic/greatdesert.html here].

 

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* [[Acceptable Breaks From Canon]] – The authors deliberately ignored [[Word of God]] on the ''Legend of Zelda'' Timeline to create their own linear-based Timeline for the story. This special Timeline is detailed in the bonus chapter.

* [[Alternate Universe Fic]] – Technically, the story’s setting is meant to be future Hyrule, however, given its unusual setting and its special Timeline, it may be considered straight AU.

* [[Anachronism Stew]] – In traditional Legend of Zelda fashion, the setting has the flavor of an era with a few “out of place” elements. The overall Wild West setting has modern touches such as electricity and television, in addition to science fiction elements such as cryogenic freeze-chambers. Add to this the fairies and the other usual high magic elements of a typical Zelda game and it’s quite a mixed-up world.

* [[Animal Motifs]] – The Heroes of the Past first appear to Link in animal form – a wolf for the Hero of ''Twilight Princess,'' a hare for the Hero of ''A Link to the Past,'' etc.

* [[The Gunslinger]] – Link, but he also remains a swordsman.

* [[Hijacked by Ganon]] – ''Lampshaded and Subverted.'' Lampshaded by Navi in Chapter 7 when she explains to Link Ganondorf’s usual modus operendi in past (''Zelda'' canon) eras. Subverted when {{spoiler|Cecelia wrests the Triforce of Power from Ganondorf late on in the story after being in a power struggle with him since the beginning of the fic.}}

* [[Rapunzel Hair]] - Cecilia's hair is this trope.

* [[Shout-Out]] – When Zelda reads Link’s comics in Chapter 3, there is a line taken verbatim from [[Trigun|Trigun Maximum.]] In addition, the “Turn to the Next” prompts at the end of the chapters references the phrase at the end of each of the ''Trigun Maximum'' manga books. The fanfiction in general was heavily influenced by ''Trigun.''

**While North Castle is a canon location in ''The Adventure of Link,'' use of this location also serves as a shout out to a [http://www.northcastle.co.uk venerated Legend of Zelda fansite]

* [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] – {{spoiler|The Goddesses. It is also implied that they originally came from Earth}}.

* [[Training from Hell]] – Impa Adelaide gives Link this.

* [[Visions of Another Self]] - Essentially what Link experiences when he meets Hyrule's past Heroes in visions. Each are the manifestations of who he used to be in his past lives.

 

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