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"Catachresis" (Patreon)

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2026-10-26 01:36:26
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Whumptober 2026

Prompt No. 22: Forced to Choose

Tears of the Kingdom

Graphic descriptions of body horror, blood, gore, etc.

When Link and Zelda venture beneath Hyrule Castle to investigate the rising gloom, they are not separated. He catches her, and they fall into the Depths together. But the gloom of Link’s arm is corrupting him, and he realizes the only way he’ll survive is if he severs the dying limb himself. If he doesn’t, it will consume him.

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Big Jake

We’re getting spooky the closer we get to Halloween 😰 I love how you continually describe the sensation of his infection being like maggots and leeches as well as fire being used to describe the pain, along with the constant “consume” motif, since maggots and leeches consume flesh and blood and fire consumes everything it really lends to the mood of the short story being horrifying. It’s interesting that Ganondorf knows their names since in this version Zelda doesn’t travel to the past right away, and so Rauru wouldn’t have been told Links name to then tell it to Ganondorf, which means at the end of the story when she says she’s going to find a way to save everyone she must end up activating her sage of time powers and traveling back anyway to set the events in motion, which means Link needs to find himself an arm quick sticks or get used to fighting with his left (I’m sure he’s probably ambidextrous, so he’ll be fine). That also means that this altered and more physically and mentally damaged Link would have to then go through the emotional turmoil of losing Zelda while in that state which would be a brutal read 😩. once again though I need a full 50 chapter fic exploring this version of this world (why can’t their be like 500 Selphie Kinneas’ to write all these stories so I could have them all 😭😭) Catachresis: using a phrase or word in a way that departs significantly from its intended or conventional meaning. Obviously this story deviates significantly from its original path, but also the affect of the gloom on Links body and mind is an intense departure from both his natural state (bodies don’t typically rot from the inside and burst and wriggle when cut off and all that nasty business) and the effect on his mind is obviously a corruption of his nature into something hungry and broken and gross. Thank you for this really spooky story! Can’t wait to read more 😁