Hello! I'm not sure if you remember me from years ago when you were still uploading chapters. I did a bit of a purge of my fanfiction account...

This must have been my third time reading this fic all the way through, and no other read through truly got to me as emotionally as this. I've been crying through every chapter since 'Honest Dishonesty' as I listened to Kalafina's 'Gloria' on loop which I think created the perfect mood for this story touch my soul even more than it has ever before, and that's saying something.

Whenever I describe this fanfiction to other people, I always say that it feels like a hand delicately closes around your heart and then gently squeezes it, ever so slowly, until all you're left with is this moistureless, shrivelled raisin.

I'm definitely a fan of revisiting my favourite stories over the years as I grow into a new person and have new experiences to relate to the narrative. I've definitely changed a lot since when I first read this story, and I find myself in a rather confusing and in-between life stage that requires me to have a lot of courage that I'm still struggling to find and grasp, but I'm slowly getting there.

I know this was the story that taught me just how high quality fanfiction writing can be. As the story went on, I could slowly see your writing improve so that by the time you reached the very end, you were able to make me feel stronger emotions for a piece of fiction than I have ever done before. My goodness, you nailed all the emotions perfectly.

I cried so many times. I deeply felt Midna's anguish, Link's mortality and mental state, and everyone's grief. You would think that I would have been less sad knowing the outcome of it all, but I honestly think knowing exactly how this story ended made it all the sadder. I knew exactly which promises were going to be broken, I knew exactly which hopes were going to be crushed, and I knew exactly which hearts were going to break. I cried at every bit of foreshadowing about what was to come.

Even after, like, a decade? I'm still a die-hard Midlink stan, but even though my heart still wants a happy ending for Midna and Link, even though I cried as Midna spoke to Colin and I said out loud "Goddamn it you would have been a great in-law!", even though I'm still not over Midna shattering the Mirror of Twilight, and even though I want to see Link and Midna continue to go adventuring together, this couple is ultimately a cautionary tale. Link forced into a situation where Midna had to be his sole emotional pillar to keep him standing, to keep him going, to keep him fighting, but what happens when that emotional pillar is taken away? Link comes crashing down and he doesn't know how to pick himself back up. The lesson in love to be learned here is that you should never let one person be solely responsible for carrying you through immense turmoil. Sure, Link has his friends and family, but they could only do so much for him. Midna and Link are an amazing ship that I love with all my heart, and I think that it is that love for this ship that makes the lesson learned from their tragedy all the clearer to understand. I think you did an excellent job conveying that lesson, whether or not it was your intention.

I cried for all the other relationships Link had with his loved ones, as well. You did such an amazing job conveying how Link touched the hearts of each and every one of them and vice versa. I think the interactions between Link and Colin were some of my favourites, as well as Link and Renado. It's honestly so fitting to name Link's child after him.

The conflicts and arguments between the characters were also really realistic. It made sense to have them crack and break down and snap at each other, but still find the emotional maturity to move past it. I think I tend to give up on relationships too quickly after having some kind of conflict, simply because I feel guilt so intensely and I'm so afraid to confront it.

I feel like i could go on and on, but truth be told, I am so tired after bawling over this story late into the night only to pick it up again early this morning. I'm definitely going to catch up on the sequel, but I might need a day or two to breathe since this story has had such a heavy emotional toll on me. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Link's redemption.

Thank-you again for writing such an amazing and heartfelt story that I still think about so often even years later. I hope you enjoyed this review of mine. I felt like it was only natural to post one after this read through so that you understand how profound an effect your writing continues to have on me.

I look forward to reading more of your writing :) And hurting my heart again lol

This story was so amazing. I am sobbing so much. Link and Midna better get together, the mirror better be fixed. Thats all I want. The game traumatized me enough with its ending this just made it worse. why cant they just be happy? This was so well written and believable and amazing and I need more.

I HAVE LITERALLY N O WORDS! This was such an amazing story to read, a beautiful rendition of Twilight Princess and I could never have asked for anything better.

Your refusal to use potions could be easily mitigated by just making them keep you in stable condition, but still taking time to heal Link. Just make it so the potions and faries take a full day to heal Link and everything is fine, doesn't break canon, and doesn't relieve any tension from the fights you numbskull. Getting rid of the ability to use potions at all whatsoever only adds annoying padding to the story, and for that reason, I'm dropping it here, especially after you had his arm shatter from the ball and chain dude, which only wastes writing time with something that could've been much more interesting.

I'm not a fan of removing the heart containers. Those are logically immensely powerful artifacts that give the bosses their immense strength, and can be absorbed by Link himself in order to take said strength for his own. Without them, he wouldn't be able to gain the body to be able to withstand a single attack from Ganon. I will say that I'll still read it regardless.

HELL YEAH! IT'S MY BOI MALO! BEST SIDE CHARACTER IN TWILIGHT PRINCESS! (insert massive amounts of emojis here)

Words fail to describe how amazing this story is! This story took me away on a magical journey I had not seen since I played Twilight Princess myself. Thank you so much for helping me remember what an incredible story Twilight Princess was!

Ok, so, I just read the last chapter of the novel, and I simply don't have words for how much I love it. This has got to be the best novel I've ever read, and I can't understand how you can write this good! I really have to check out the sequel! Thank you so much for writing this, it made me both laugh, cry, and it added so much to the game. Twilight Princess was my first Zelda game, so this is really making me emotional. Thank you.

Colin wielded the Master Sword? But that could only mean...

I really enjoy reading this and it's great but Illia is written so stupid. Link knew her name before she could even remember, how is she still not realizing that at least Link knew her before she lost her memories.

This is one of the best stories I've ever read.
It's just so well written and the character development felt so natural.
I feel like this is exactly what all characters in the game are like and that this is what it must have been like for them.
You just conveyed all the emotions and feelings so perfectly... so now excuse me while I cry my heart out for Link.
Can't wait to read the sequal though; no doubt it will be awesome and heartbreaking and completely worth it.

I just have to say that the scene where Link turns into a wolf for the first time is extremely well written. I have recently experienced the aftermath of a rather major and painful back surgery, and the mood of the scene is very similar to what I went through while in recovery. Awesome job overall!

Good character development with Shad here

This has utterly ruined probably all the future stories I will read about zelda. The main game I played as a child and now I hate 2 of the main characters from it... I wish I could unread what I just read. I want to punch a hole in my wall. I've already bashed my head against it to make my anger stop... it didnt help.

Nice! Link's resting but by 'resting' I mean 'galloping across Hyrule gathering information and checking on people'. Which is good for need-to-do-something Link. Hopefully, his arm is healing well. I liked Renado saying "you heal fast." Perhaps that's a facet of having the Triforce of Courage? Ilia's got a memory and Ordon's population increased and Rusl knows about Midna! What a fun chapter!