the freakign... pining... it's unbEarable... this is seriously quickly becoming the best zelink fic I've read, the longing, the slow burn, I'm... sweating... thansk... for this...

I freakgin... l oVe this... I'm . . giggling like a school girl thakns...

Brilliant story, from start to finish, and marvelously written, as you do for all of your works.

Keep it up !

What a great, and very believable, interpretation of Breath of the Wild's story gaps!

BotW got a 9/10 on my official review.
One Last Year gets 10/10.

You've touched my heart, made my wife's life happier, entertained my family, satisfied the club, and shown respect to the fairytale we adore. But do you know what I like best? How you showcase good and evil and simultaneously encourage the reader to be a better person.

Thank you.

This chapter was horrible to read, but I think it does what it should. It reminds me of nightmares—feelings of hopelessness and just trying to stay alive. The surprises, both the expected ones from canon and your interesting additions, were not surprising. They were terrifying. It takes a lot of passion to actually write something as maddening as this and offer no respite. This chapter is haunting, and I'll probably never read it again simply because it makes the horror too real for me.

Playing BotW, I always wanted to see what it was like those one hundred years ago. Now I understand why the developers did not show us.

I'm a new comer to the Zelda fandom, and boy do I wish I had gotten in earlier. I must say, your writing is excellent, on par with professionals I think. I don't think I saw a single typo either, and that's rare for fanfiction. I read this within less than a week, after I played through Breath of the Wild's story (getting all the memories and beating Ganon). I'll be back to play, I left a lot of side quests undone, but I couldn't help feeling incomplete with the story. I kept rewatching the memories, thinking how much more invested I could be if the gaps were filled. I realised I probably wasn't alone in that regard.

So off to I went! and though I think some scenes didn't mesh well with the memories from the game, it was still an amazing story with great, consistent characters that grew as it went along. I really like your version of Link, almost exactly as I imagined he would be if we heard him talk. I was so confused with the game's depiction. He's super expressive while doing simple actions such as eating or feeling too hot, yet in the cutscenes his face is as still as a stone in almost every memory.
But you made me see things I hadn't noticed before, especially memory 8. I did find it interesting, but I was frustrated with the kings bad english voice actor and link's lack of response. But when I rewatched it carefully when I came to that part of the fanfic, And I noticed a tiny detail I hadnt seen before when the camera focuses on Link. his head and body go slightly down as Zelda is talking about the shrine visit, like he's tensing up, then his head goes little bit up again as the king leaves. I'm convinced that was intentional, but if you blink you miss it.

I liked the relationship between Zelda and Link, a lot actually, though at times it got a bit too sappy for me, A few lines a bit too on the nose, but that's me , I like subtle romance. Other readers might have gotten frustrated, but for me I liked Link's restraint despite extremely tempting circumstances. So I was disappointed with the mount Lanayru bit, I think a kiss, or even a make out session would have sufficed, (I would have cut out the belt bit basically, eych) but I like what you did with it at the end of the story.
but perhaps even more touching to me than the romance was Link's own backstory, his family and his village. That just about had me ripping my heart out. I found Zelda mentioning his father in memory 7 to be very interesting, it's one of my favourite memories I think, and you satisfied me as much as any fanfic can on that front.

Man do I wish Nintendo had included a bit more. I understand their intension, letting the player fill in the gaps by exploring the world, but DAMMIT it could have been so much more.

Thank you for this, I hope you respond, but it's ok if you don't. I think I'll try checking out your other works.

It’s been a pleasure reading. 11/10 will read again lol.

This story was amazing. I’ve been obsessed with BOTW since the game came out. The memories grabbed me by the heart and wouldn’t let go. But when the game “ended” I felt a bit cheated. I didn’t feel the game had any true closure. Your story filled that empty place in my heart that longed for more. Your portrayal of the characters was masterful and made them truly human. Your integration of events between the story was wonderful and is now my new head-cannon for this franchise. Your emotional, raw portrayal of these two was exactly what I needed to finally bring this game to a close. Thank you. I look forward to reading more from you because you are an amazing talent.

Banana...banana...bananas?! How am I so slow?!

Death by palm fruit. I can’t stop laughing

This is easily one of my favorite fics. I have followed this since January, and have been reading each chapter as you posted it. When you finished it, I read through it in its entirety. And then I read it again. Your ability to capture the mannerisms and qwerks of these characters is amazing. I love the fact that I can read your fix, then go and play the game and see where the characters could be saying or doing the things you wrote.
Thank you do much for writing such a beautiful piece. Your writing is on par with other great authors, and I can't wait to see how your career (or hobby, no pressure) flourishes.
I don't care what you write next, because I will definitely be reading it, whatever it is.

Dear CM,
It took me three days to blaze through this novel of a masterpiece. Ocarina of Time was my first Zelda game as well and I couldn't agree more that the grief and sorrow in this game was immense. I loved absolutely everything in this. Up till part 6 I was amused by the character development and thought that you did so much to the champions and other characters that I fell in love with them. And when Part 6 came along I was honestly so sadden by the thought that these wonderful characters would fall.

I must say this was a slowest damn slow burn I have ever read! Oh my damn that took so long! But I must say that it felt so good when they finally got together.

I hope you know that I look forward to any books you may produce in the future because that will be something I would love to read. Lastly I would like to thank you for writing this, it was utterly amazing.

Best Regards,
Flurry

The emotions in this story were amazing. The trials and tribulations, the grief and loss and love. I don't have an account but I have been reading your stories on here for years and they just keep getting better and deeper and more beautiful to me. They stick with me for a while after they are done. Ocarina of Time was my first Zelda game and I have loved Link and Zelda since then. I connect to your characters, you write them just the way I imagine and what you wrote here for Breath of the Wild was perfect to me. Please never stop writing, I don't think I could take never reading another Zelda story from you again. I've been checking back periodically for years and I'm always so excited when I see a new one, and when there isn't I read some old ones. I wish I could better convey how I feel, I wish you all the best in your endeavors and can't wait till you are ready for your next story here.

Whew, what a trip. I definitely agree with you, Breath of the Wild was an impressively evocative game for how little it actually told. While a work like this filling in the gaps in some respects runs contrary to that, it's fascinating (and marvelously entertaining) to get to see your interpretation of it. The nostalgia I get from the N64 Zelda's doesn't quite match their real dimensions, and I fear that BotW may end up the same when I inevitably go back to replay it. But I think holding this story in the back of my mind will help illuminate it, and give it the depth that otherwise only existed in my imaginings. Thank you very much, for this wonderful work.