History FanFic / TilTheSunGrowsCold

* [[DeadGuyJunior Disappeared Guy Junior]]: [[spoiler: Link and Zelda name their daughter after Midna.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Or at least, Midna can, about Link and Zelda.

A sequel story, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6101927/1/If_Its_Dinsday_This_Must_Be_Castle_Town If It's Dinsday, This Must Be Castle Town]],'' is told from the point of view of Rusl. Now retired from active duty, he details the further adventures of the members of the Resistance group. Much shorter than the original, it also lacks the serious overtones of Link's narrative, and focuses chiefly on Rusl's antics as he attempts to marry off his friends. ItMakesSenseInContext, honest, and is ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* AlternateUniverse: The only attempt at an explanation of the timeline; Zelda clarifies the Great Cataclysm for Link. She explains that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker some of]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass the lifetimes]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks he remembers]] took place in an alternate reality, and the people of the Hyrule they know have no historical record of such events.

A sequel story, "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6101927/1/If_Its_Dinsday_This_Must_Be_Castle_Town If It's Dinsday, This Must Be Castle Town]]," is told from the point of view of Rusl. Now retired from active duty, he details the further adventures of the members of the Resistance group. Much shorter than the original, it also lacks the serious overtones of Link's narrative, and focuses chiefly on Rusl's antics as he attempts to marry off his friends. ItMakesSenseInContext, honest, and is ActuallyPrettyFunny.

"[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4225644/1/Til_the_Sun_Grows_Cold_and_the_Stars_Grow_Old Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]" is a {{fanfic}} by @/LadyNorbert which takes place during and after the events of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Link, the narrator, is looking back on the invasion of twilight and his own involvement in the action. Because the story spells out the events of the game, '''there are spoilers here'''.

* {{Protectorate}}: Midna, for Link, especially after [[spoiler:Zelda's sacrifice. His logic is that Zelda gave her life for Midna, and therefore, that made Midna more important than anything in the world.]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Shad, in the sequel, attempts to say this about Ashei, then realizes he's not sure if it's true.

In addition to the basic plot elements of the actual ''Twilight Princess'' game, the story includes some original concepts, including an altered version of the Hyrulean origin story and extra scenes which expand on the relationships between Link, Zelda, Midna, and other [=NPCs=]. No attempt is made to iron out the ContinuitySnarl which is the Zelda timeline, however; the only clarification offered is that for the purposes of the story, ''Ocarina of Time'' was chronologically the first game and ''Twilight Princess'' was the last. (It should be noted that the story was written prior to the announcement of ''SkywardSword.'')

* AlternateUniverse: The only attempt at an explanation of the timeline; Zelda clarifies the Great Cataclysm for Link. She explains that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker some of]] [[PhantomHourglass the lifetimes]] [[SpiritTracks he remembers]] took place in an alternate reality, and the people of the Hyrule they know have no historical record of such events.

* LegacyCharacter: In a departure from the actual canon of ''Twilight Princess,'' Link is sent to meet with the sage Sahasrahla, whose only canon appearance was in ''ALinkToThePast''. It's not the same one, of course; the name is an inherited one for generations.

"[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4225644/1/Til_the_Sun_Grows_Cold_and_the_Stars_Grow_Old Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]" is a {{fanfic}} by @/LadyNorbert which takes place during and after the events of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Link, the narrator, is looking back on the invasion of twilight and his own involvement in the action.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The sequel story provides this for the vastly underrated members of LaResistance.

* JustForPun: The title of the sequel and the titles of four of its five chapters are Zelda-themed parodies of actual movie titles.

* ShoutOut: The titles of all the chapters in the original story are lines from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays.
** One of the memories Link has of another life is of a scene from the fake movie trailer IGN produced for April Fool's Day 2008.

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: {{Justified}}; the original story follows the exact course of the actual video game, and so major plot points must be mentioned.

* ShoutOut: The titles of all the chapters in the original story are lines from {{Shakespeare}} plays.

The story follows the basic events of the game, with some original elements mixed in. It begins in the era of ''OcarinaOfTime'', with the Link and Zelda of that game falling in love only to learn that they are forbidden to be together until Ganondorf is vanquished forever. They become destined to reincarnate, again and again, and fight him as many times as it takes. As Link undergoes the twilight quest, he finds himself remembering more and more of his past lives, and his memories of the other [[strike:games]] lives bleed into the story.

!!In addition to many of the tropes found on the ''TwilightPrincess'' page, these two fanfics include examples of:

* OriginalFlavour: The first story had this as its ultimate goal; Lady Norbert wanted it to fit so perfectly into the Hyrulean mythos that it would read almost like a novelization of ''TwilightPrincess''. The sequel hewed more closely to being an AffectionateParody.

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* AlternateUniverse: The only attempt at an explanation of the timeline; Zelda clarifies the Great Cataclysm for Link. She explains that [[[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker TheWindWaker]]]] some of]] [[PhantomHourglass the lifetimes]] [[SpiritTracks he remembers]] took place in an alternate reality, and the people of the Hyrule they know have no historical record of such events.

"[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4225644/1/Til_the_Sun_Grows_Cold_and_the_Stars_Grow_Old Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]" is a {{fanfic}} by @/LadyNorbert which takes place during and after the events of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Link, the narrator, is looking back on the invasion of twilight and his own involvement in the action.

* AlternateUniverse: The only attempt at an explanation of the timeline; Zelda clarifies the Great Cataclysm for Link. She explains that [[TheWindWaker some of]] [[PhantomHourglass the lifetimes]] [[SpiritTracks he remembers]] took place in an alternate reality, and the people of the Hyrule they know have no historical record of such events.

* [[TheLadysFavour The Lady's Favour]]: Both played straight and gender-flipped in the sequel, which ends with a tournament of arms. Link enters wearing Zelda's favor, while Ashei enters wearing Shad's.

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"[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4225644/1/Til_the_Sun_Grows_Cold_and_the_Stars_Grow_Old Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]" is a {{fanfic}} by @/LadyNorbert which takes place during and after the events of ''TheLegendOfZelda: TwilightPrincess''. Link, the narrator, is looking back on the invasion of twilight and his own involvement in the action.

** The title of the last chapter of the sequel is taken from an episode of the [[Animated/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda cartoon]].

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* BlackAndWhiteBeauty: Ashei, especially as far as Shad's concerned.

* {{Nudge}}: Telma practically invokes the trope by name in the sequel, when she tells her bar patrons not to drink too much because she's looking to close up early. [[spoiler:(It's her wedding night.)]]

* DeusExMachina: Kind of. It's explained that Link and Zelda can't be together until Ganondorf dies, and he won't die until the Triforce of Power selects a new bearer and abandons him.

* Nudge: Telma practically invokes the trope by name in the sequel, when she tells her bar patrons not to drink too much because she's looking to close up early. [[spoiler:(It's her wedding night.)]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: One of Link's flashback dreams puts him in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''. He decides this one must be a real dream, because [[CanonDiscontinuity there's no way anything that ridiculous could ever really happen]].
** In the sequel, to judge by reader responses, the CMOF would have to be everyone's stunned reactions to the fact that ''Shad'' got into a fistfight.

* EpilepticTrees[=/=]FixFic: The whole reason the first story was written was to patch over some {{plot hole}}s in the game that the author wanted to try to explain.

* IfYouKnowWhatIMean: Telma practically invokes the trope by name in the sequel, when she tells her bar patrons not to drink too much because she's looking to close up early. [[spoiler:(It's her wedding night.)]]

* TearJerker: Link's haunted dream in which he's unable to find Zelda, and wakes up weeping.

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