Sirassban - ISwearIDon’tEatPaper

Warriors has ADHD, especially when it comes to planning. He’ll have backup plans for backup plans. He’s got spreadsheets and red string on a board connecting his plans, and he’s got a chessboard that he uses religiously, and even toy soldiers for real life-or-death plans.

And screw it- he doesn’t have anything? He’ll use fucking rocks and sticks for planning , and he’ll draw plans into dirt and even gravel if he has too.

Mans is obsessed, and no I will not elaborate.

Am I extremely late? Yes

But heres a new line up of links! All the sketches were done in October but I only got the time and energy to do the cleanup and colors lately

Warriors is often characterized as being vain or self-centered when it comes to his appearance, but for me that's not true. Self-conscious is how i would describe it. Before the war, I don't think he cared about his appearance at all. He wasn't nobility, and on the battlefield, appearance isn't all that important if your face is covered by a helmet.

The war came with some very unexpected developments, like getting the Master Sword, skyrocketing through the ranks, meeting Impa, meeting Zelda, and more. As the one bearing the Hero's Spirit, he can handle those things.

But then he became Helen of Troy.

Hyrule is at war because Cia is in love with him. Her attraction had more to do with his heroic actions and nature than the appearance of his reincarnations, but...

Come on, that's not what the rumor mill is saying.

Word on the street is Warriors is so drop-dead gorgeous, so bootylicious, that the kingdom is fighting a war over him. He's the face that launched 1000 ships. So everyone has high expectations when they see him.

And Farore forbid he doesn't live up to those expectations every hour of every day.

Every time he introduces himself he sees that slightly disappointed look in the other person's face that he didn't live up to hype. What a tragedy he doesn't always conform to everyone's idea of the ideal man, that he looks like a person and not the divine image of beauty incarnate.

And the comments! "I thought you'd be taller" "I thought you'd be shorter" "You have some baby fat" "You look older than I expected" "Your hair is a little messy" "Your sleeve is too wrinkly" On and on about things he used to never notice or care about. It's worse when he's at a noble gathering and Zelda is using him as a prop to drum up support for the war effort, but even on the field he can't escape it.

Farore forbid Warriors go without a shower for a few days and have helmet hair because there's a war. "You have to look presentable for the troops or it'll lower morale." Of course it'll lower morale. He's Helen of Troy. His beauty is the point. He has to look presentable.

All this results in Warriors having a lot of anxiety around his appearance. He checks himself in the mirror over and over for imperfections he didn't notice the first time. And even after that he can't shake the feeling that he's somehow doing it wrong or missed something, and everyone is secretly laughing at how silly he looks and he's embarrassing Zelda by simply being in public.

some art i forgot to post for @sister-dear's recent fairy!Hyrule work "Please Don't Come for Me"! this is for chapter 4 - go give it a read! :D