I just wanted to respond to some of the comments I got on this.
Ms Friskers
2010-07-07 . chapter 1
Very nice! I like the way you showed the emotion (sadness/hope) within the tale. I like that Link offers help without insisting on a rescue. It reminds me a lot of the short story "the lottery." Which has a similar sadness to it.
I wonder: do you think skull kids find contentment/peace once they completely forget? Or are they stuck with the sense of loss without knowing what they have lost?
Thank You!
I think of Link as a very caring and generous young man. After all, he does save Hyrule on multiple occasions without asking for anything in return. I think that the Skull Kids would always have that sense of loss, but as a lack of memories would lead to a lack of maturity, they, for the most part, would ignore it. Because, even if they didn't remember something, they'd remember a time not too long ago when they did remember it. Or remember a time when they remembered a time that they remembered it...
Llwynog the Bard
2010-07-07 . chapter 1
That's very profound there at the end. Overall I'd say this is good. It's short, it's sweet, and it's interesting that you would choose a LinkXSkullkid type pairing. I don't think I've ever seen that done before, but I liked it. It kind of fleshes out skull kids in general. The only time that's happened before is with the one from Majora's Mask. Anyhow, very nice.
It's not really a LinkXSkull Kid pairing, though you can see it that way if you want. I was more thinking of it as Rose was his only companion in the Lost Woods. I also think of Skull Kids being a race of their own, though...Some one's probably going to tell you that my history is sort of based of the history they give at the end of the Ocarina of Time manga, but not really. Skull Kids being what's left of children or Kokiri who got lost is the most common theory out there.
msfcatlover
2010-07-06 . chapter 1
I like Rose, she seems like a good kid. I like the "cascade of mahogany". I think her note should say "I've been lost in the Lost Woods" rather than "I come from the Lost Woods." After all, we all hope she gets back to where she really comes from.
...Alright, which of my parents stole my password sheet? If the note said "I've been lost in the Lost Woods" people would ask who she is and where she comes from. And Rose wouldn't be able to tell them, which would lead to awkwardness. Also, did you read my description of Skull Kids? I like to think that the boys cut their hair, not that their bald, thank you very much. If she didn't get out really quickly, Rose wouldn't look anything like any of the other species of Hyrule! But hardly anyone ventures into the Lost Woods and comes out alive, so more questions are answered with that than raised. As the author, I don't know if she'd ever make it out, depressing as that is...After all, the forest has claimed her...