History FanFic / Insomnia

->"You were all 't-rying', and then 'ah-ccent'."

* MysteriousPast: The audience knows Link's past. Tatl however, does not, and she becomes hellbent on finding out the longer she travels with him. That Link refuses to speak about it only makes her more curious.
** Though her persistence pays off as Link [[CharacterDevelopment gradually defrosts through their adventures]], progressing from "I don't want to talk about it", to "Maybe later", and finally to "Sure, why not".
* MythologyGag: Some of the items Link and Tatl see being sold in Clock Town include "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks braided rope whips]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess giant gear-shaped spinning tops]] [[TakeThat (whose exact usefulness neither Link nor Tatl, nor indeed anyone at the seedy-looking 'curiosity shop' where they found it, was able to explain)]]."

* SuddenlyVoiced: Used as a Meta-joke when Link first opens his mouth after getting the Deku curse removed.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Birds?]]: Tatl is cripplingly frightened of birds, which makes sense, since they're faster than her and can easily eat her.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: [[spoiler:See StableTimeLoop. To make it even screwier, sometimes Link and Tatl run into after-effects of things their ''future selves'' have done.]]

* ClingyMacguffin: Of course, there is the Deku Mask during the first arc, just like in the game. Additionally, from a literal standpoint, Link notices that the Ocarina and any Masks he gets have a strange tendency to cling to his belt no matter how much running and fighting he does.

Heavily relying on AdaptationExpansion, it expands the stories of the characters and settings, and gives a lot of attention to side characters and sidequests. It still is very much based off of Majora's Mask, though - as a largely OriginalFlavor fic, they are definitely racing against the clock. Basically, expect all of the delicious NightmareFuel of ''Majora's Mask'' condensed into one bite-sized fanfiction.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4249013/1/Insomnia Insomnia]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/474893/tikitikirevenge Tikitikirevenge]] is a novelisation of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', merging the multiple paths Link can take during the story into one coherent linear plot. (Time travel is still involved, it just follow's Link's journey linearly)

Heavily relying on AdaptationExpansion, it expands the stories of the characters and settings, and gives a lot of attention to side characters and sidequests. It still is very much based off of Majora's Mask, though - as a largely OriginalFlavor fic, they are definitely racing against the clock. Basically, expect all of the delicious NightmareFuel of Majora's Mask condensed into one bite-sized fanfiction.

* GenreSavvy: When Link gets the bow in the temple and realizes he doesn't have any arrows, he goes all the way back to Clock Town to find some because he knows from experience he will need them to deal with whatever is at the heart of the temple.

* BadAss: Link, yet again.

* StopHelpingMe: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] InUniverse; Tatl gets annoyed at how often Link asks her questions.

* TheInsomniac: As the Fic's title sugests, Link and Tatl don't get much sleep. [[spoiler:When the pair bumps into versions of themselves from a later cycle, Link notes that his Future self has [[ExhaustedEyeBags a few more rings under the eyes.]]]]

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: Averted. Unlike the game, Link and Tatl are physically traveling back in time instead of resetting it, meaning they have several time copies running around Termina at the same, er... time, as them.]]

* TheInsomniac: As the Fic's title sugests, Link and Tatl don't get much sleep. [[spoiler: When the pair bumps into versions of themselves from a later cycle, Link notes that his Future self has [[ExhaustedEyeBags a few more rings under the eyes.]]]]

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: A hilarious version when Tatl and Link run into their (very tired) future selves at the start of the second cycle. Future!Link keeps cutting Past!Link off before he can finish a question, then leaves because "I'm in a rush.... Apparently." And Tatl...

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: At the end of the first cycle, it is revealed that instead of following the game's ResetButton version of time travel, there are instead five versions of Link and Tatl running around different parts of Termina at the same time.]]

* TakeThat: A lot in regards to the Zelda fandom, partially in the form of excessive lampshading, partially in minor refferences and details - for example, during the first interlude, Mutoh is confused by the notion of saving an empty bottle, stating: "Empty bottles are useless"

--> '''Tatl''': ''Link, you're weird for all '''kinds''' of reasons. You fight giant monsters like it's just another day's work. You move with that sword and aim that bow like the hero of some kind of folk tale, the kind where the hero '''wins''', and you're not even old enough to have facial hair. When we met, you were casually strolling around the forest with a little blue thing '''that changes the flow of time''', and you just left it sitting on your belt for any old mugger to take... You have '''clearly''' handled explosives before because I haven't even seen grown '''carpenters''' use bombs without wetting themselves a little bit. You're all kinds of insane, you're one giant boy-shaped ball of contradiction; '''I don't even think there's such thing as a boy-shaped ball'''; and you know way too much about time travel for anyone under the age of one thousand. So, uh, the fact that you seem a little more calm than you ought to sometimes? That's not really a standout.''

* [[spoiler: YouAlreadyChangedThePast]]: [[spoiler: See StableTimeLoop. To make it even screwier, sometimes Link and Tatl run into after-effects of things their ''future selves'' have done.]]

--> '''Tatl''': Link, you're weird for all ''kinds'' of reasons. You fight giant monsters like it's just another day's work. You move with that sword and aim that bow like the hero of some kind of folk tale, the kind where the hero ''wins'', and you're not even old enough to have facial hair. When we met, you were casually strolling around the forest with a little blue thing ''that changes the flow of time'', and you just left it sitting on your belt for any old mugger to take... You have ''clearly'' handled explosives before because I haven't even seen grown ''carpenters'' use bombs without wetting themselves a little bit. You're all kinds of insane, you're one giant boy-shaped ball of contradiction; ''I don't even think there's such thing as a boy-shaped ball''; and you know way too much about time travel for anyone under the age of one thousand. So, uh, the fact that you seem a little more calm than you ought to sometimes? That's not really a standout.