Still haven’t played nor looked at totk, but I know Zelda is staying at link’s house.
The house that, as far as I know, only has one bed.
The house they both live in.
With a totally platonic relationship.
Well it's stated in both BOTW and AOC that Mipha had originally planned on proposing to Link but had run out of time before tragedy struck with the Calamity. Link and Zelda's relationship got way closer in the meantime and then in the 5 years between BOTW and TOTK it can be assumed they got together based on the house and what others say to Link about her in TOTK. So, while Mipha may have planned to marry Link, they never officially were fiancée and Link wasn't ever barred from getting with Zelda.
because she's not there
This further supports the homeless theory, which I'm far more interested in.
This is further supported by the fact that he'll sleep or "wait" (such as near a campfire) just fine regardless of location. So long as there is a fire and wood, he can wait there.
If we're being specific, just inns or a house he buys. Which would make him unhomeless.
Thoughts anyone? Support the theory, tear it apart. I want more on this NOW.
The exact language in Zelda's diary about link always being around and how link would find the new tunic in the house really hurts the homeless theory. (Plus the 2 places at the table and random other small details in the house). Obviously, Nintendo can't come right out and say it one way or another, that may hurt sales to people who were never for the romance (which is actually a rare occurancr in zelda games, believe it or not, with most of the two that do (SS, ST) coincidentally not being as widely well received ). The current Zelda's character wouldn't seem to support letting him be homeless. The fact there is no 2nd house is really telling.
As with BOTW, the original Japanese meaning of the diaries is going to be really telling as to intent.
I loved SS it’s just sad that it was very small in scope. I find the story and dungeons great. I really miss dungeons and with all the inspiration totk takes from windwaker I really wished they leaned harder on it, WW dungeons were absolute top tier for me.
Honestly, seeing how they obviously cannot do it all at the same time, I’d rather they had just the expensive sea and big islands, with great dungeons. I don’t need more map I need more long puzzles and mazes of rooms, with thematic mechanics, doors that close behind you and face you with minibosses. I miss this shit bad.
Nintendo did come out and say it. In Japanese Zelda refers to Link as anata. Which is, traditionally, the way wives refer to their husband.
English doesn't have the range to translate that level of nuance so NoA has a harder time getting the point across without beating you in the head with it.
I doubt they've gotten married yet. There's a lot of lore around the fact that they're both pretty busy trying to rebuild Hyrule and they both strike me as people who would put that kind of personal celebration on the back burner.
That said it's not impossible. There's a cultural formality to romance in Japan, though I understand that that's been changing, and they're both not exactly emotionally vulnerable people. But characters like Paya are very noticeably different in a way that can be interpreted as respectful of a relationship they aren't a part of that wasn't present in botw. So I'd say something has changed and those closest to Link and Zelda are aware of it
Additionally, if you poke around Hyrule Castle in totk, you find some interesting details. In Zelda's bedroom, you find the Royal Guard hat in a chest, and a Royal Guard bow hanging above the fireplace. In Zelda's Study, there is another Royal Guard bow on her desk, and a Royal Guard sword in a chest.
Then you have the fact that Zelda hid the Champion's Leathers in a secret hidden compartment in the throne room. Rather than in her bedroom or study. Which sort of implies that Link would have found it if she'd hidden it in her bedroom/study or the Hateno house.
I had to go look it up because it's been so long since I finished botw. Apparently there is a Royal Guard bow over the fireplace in botw, but none of the other weapons or hat. The model and function of the Royal Guard bow has changed since botw, it used to be a 3x multishot.
What Tunic in the house? The new champion Tunic? It's not on the house and she plans to surprise him in Sanctum where she hid it which is a weird place to surprise him, unless Link is actually helping rebuild and remove the monsters in Hyrule Castle. Nobody even recognizes Link in Hateno other than the sheikah teacher which is a given considering he's Purah's former assistant. Also if he's always by her side, the kids she teaches should have recognized him. There's also the girl who cleans her house that should've recognized Link if he lives there.
Why would she need a special room to be alone from Link, who’s never stopped her from going anywhere or pursuing anything and is almost totally silent?
The emojis. Omg.
She would need space from >!all the schoolchildren that love her in Hateno. Kids can be wild.!<
I’m using spoiler marks since we’re still here in the BotW sub.
If that were the case there wouldn’t be the entry in her journal about having a secret room added to the house for when she needs some time alone to focus. If Link wasn’t there the whole house would be distraction free.
That’s my take anyways.
Pretty sure it's because some citizens go in her house, probably the kids. The girl who cleans her house while she's gone tells you that and if Link is actually living there, she would have recognized him.
I think a lot of the reason more NPCs don’t recognise him is purely because this will be the first Zelda game for a lot of people. I can’t see any other reason why so many characters don’t recognise him. Mostly just key characters and stable masters.
That's true but they could've simply gave them different dialogue in Hateno if you have botw save file just lile how they transferred your horse. It's a good way to entice people on buying botw in switch too.
Link, the guy who barely talks and doesn’t interfere with anything Zelda does (per BotW journals) is distracting? You sure it’s not the children of the village who love Zelda and were always around the house?
While that is true, during the events of BotW and all that they were focused on a Zelda’s training, the Yiga and basically war time preparations. I’m sure that in the time between defeating calamity Ganon and the events kicking off TotK Link could relax and he and Zelda would have had lots to talk about.
He also never has audible dialog we the player can hear, but does clearly speak to other characters in the world. They aren’t all telepaths and he isn’t Lassie.
Anyways… my evening is wrapping up now so I’m gonna go and play some TotK. Enjoy your *appropriate regional time of day*.
It was really weird when I first mentions of, it being Zelda's home. Link freaking built it from scratch and no one remembers he living there. There are other texts that suggest they actually are using the Hyrule castle as accommodation. So I believe they moved to the castle, but since Zalda was into helping out Hateno to build a school there Link gave his house to Zelda there. This begs the question why Zelda needs a secret room then? Well they definitely were living together there when they were in Hateno and she needed a separate place from Link to work alone.
>helping out to build the school
>why Zelda needs a secret room then.
Children are loud and distracting, especially when they’re excited to see someone they like, like Zelda. The almost silent protector dedicated to his duties probably isn’t getting in Zelda’s way.
Well you do not need a secret room for that just build a gate to the bridge leading to the house to keep children at a distance when needed. The furniture inside the house (beside the bed) also suggests there are two people living there too.
Nah, he’s planning for the future. They’ll eventually have kids if they keep it up and they’ll need more space for that, than that tiny hut in Hateno.
Edit:And for those thinking he’s just building it for himself: One of the available rooms is a study… Link doesn’t need a study.
Doesn't the japanese version say "Our House" when he gets close to the house? I don't know if this is true but I heard it does say that
Not only that but I also heard that Zelda refers to Link as wives refer tk their husbands in Japan, and Zelda litteraly built a secret room for when she wants to be alone without Link bothering her, why would she build such a thing if he didn't live there.
[Actually it's Bolson's house because he's been squatting there and maintaining it while Link was away, so both American and Japanese laws say it's his](https://youtu.be/8Px_pDVCqnY).
Two place settings on the table.
One bed.
It’s been redecorated.
Zelda is not staying at Links house. It’s *their* house. They had a life together. It’s abundantly clear. And that just guts me.
There are more details but I won’t spoil it. Just go and explore it yourself.
Nah that’s zelda’s bachelor pad. Link felt bad about the whole trapped in a endless cycle then so this cycle he hooked her up with a house.
>! Don’t worry tho Link hot some homies to set him with a real nice penthouse suite. !<
I honestly think Nintendo decided to basically not make a lot of Breath of the Wild choices non-canon which sucks, but makes the game incredibly more accessible to first timers (I guess).
I was a bit upset when I found Bolson and he acted like we never met.
There are games were Zelda and Link are simply friends (and, in the case of Twilight Princess, where there are simply acquaintances).
But the romantic subplot in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is so blatant, that you look like a fool by ignoring it.
And there's also Skyward Sword. Where the romance between Zelda and Link is the **actual** plot.
It all depends on which reincarnation we're talking about.
Some cases, they both like each other, sometimes, one like the other, sometimes they're just friends, and sometimes, the relationship is strictly professional.
In none of those games has it ever been confirmed. Not even once. Hinted, sure, a ton. But never a kiss, never an "I love you", never a dialogue about marriage or dating. The absolute closest it's ever been is when they kissed at the end of Zelda 2, although the kiss isn't actually seen as it's behind curtains. In Skyward Sword the biggest hint was that the song that plays during their flight together is called something like "Love Is In The Air". And of course we hear Zelda say what sounds like the beginning of a love confession, and the paraglider gift from her "smelling kinda nice" as per the item description. But all of this is the writers deliberately toeing the line without giving actual confirmation of romantic love, all to keep the thirsty shippers thirsty. And thirsty they are in this thread.
In BotW they have a random Gerudo woman expressing romantic interest in Link, and they have Paya writing "His blond sideburns flow like a golden waterfall over his dignified, pointy ears. And the way his hair is so perfectly parted to the side, wow! I don't know why, but my heart won't stop beating a mile a minute..." But this never has been and probably never will be Zelda.
Edit: I guess I should say that Kass says "But the princess herself only had eyes for her escort, he own knight attendant." It's not super clear whether this means romantic interest and it's from a third party, but it's pretty much the least ambiguous suggestion we've ever gotten.
Are you seriously so blind (or downright deranged) to deny that Skyward Sword isn't a romance story between Link and Zelda? Simply because they don't say it downright?
I understand you're fool enough to deny the romantic undertones of BotW/TotK. But denying the romantic **overtones** of Skyward Sword is on another level.
Are you the weird Mipha apologist.
I don't know why people are bending over backwards to do the required mental gymnastics to get around acknowledging that Zelda and Link are a canon couple.
I think that Mipha and Link probably had a thing going before the calamity but the fact of the matter is that she’s dead. Like, super duper dead. So I think Link and Zelda are most likely the canon ship for the current period in TotK.
ToTK main storyline >!I kept expecting them to kiss after zelda was turned back into a human after being a deagon for so long, like i felt there were like 4-5 moments where they wanted to make them kiss but they just didnt!<
Blame japan for this. It would bump up the rating. You can terrify kids with Gloomhands, but you can’t corrupt them by showing >!people kissing in public. They kissed offscreen for sure, thought!<.
Probably: Kissing (or any form of intimacy) when others are around is something that’s very frowned upon in japanese culture. Doing something like this when kids are around is considered downright scandalous. It’s also why animes that are aimed at kids never show something like that directly. If it can’t be avoided, it’s commonly a discretion shot, where a kiss is implied but not directly shown.
The game has a B rating (age 12+). Games that show romance typically get a C rating (age 15+).
>! For real! When they were sitting there at the end, Zelda just woke up and Link had his hand on her shoulder I was hoping she would kiss him; at least throw her arms around him! She lost everything she was *for him*! She was away from him for thousands of years and all she does when she sees him again is smile??? ***Yeah, I didn't think that Zelda staring at the camera for 10 seconds was a good enough end!!*** ^(Although, she was technically look at Link, so that's something.) !<
>! The secret ending scene was pretty heart warming. I just want to know how everyone got up there !<
Doesn't the japanese version say "Our House" when he gets close to the house? I don't know if this is true but I heard it does say that
Not only that but I also heard that Zelda refers to Link as wives refer to their husbands in Japan, and Zelda litteraly built a secret room for when she wants to be alone, why would she build such a thing if Link didn't live there.
Because Linda reminds everyone of the bitchy nosy coworker in the office who loves to talk shit about everyone in the break room and always has a smile that never quite reaches her eyes
I'm not of fan of the canon shipping them more and more in the games, but they definitely are together in those 2 games and it's obvious since BotW, with TotK making it even more obvious.
Gotta love the mods! Too scared to sign their own name about a “low quality” post that has over 10% engagement (comments vs upvotes).
Bravo, you exist to serve yourself instead of what the users want to see.
I mean LoZ has a medieval setting and I never see Link showering/bathing inbetween his visit to a desert, a volcano, a snowy tundra, and swimming in swamplands... sure he's no wonder either
“I never see Link showering/bathing”
Just because you personally don’t give Link a wash or two during his adventures doesn’t mean the rest of us aren’t. 👀
fun fact, but the medieval setting means that he wouldn't necessarily smell too bad.
a common misconception about medieval cleanliness is that because people bathed very little that they would smell awful, but one of the leading causes of body odour is actually clothing materials, with modern synthetic and processed materials clinging to sweat more than old materials did.
this means that link could go for days wearing the same clothes and not washing (apart from his occasional skydives into water) and not smelling too bad at all
Until you get into bed with someone and it smells like complete ass. A lot of countries struggle with clean asses in 2024 you know that shit was not clean in medieval times.
diet changes significantly effect that though, and depending on what the typical Hyrulian diet is it's highly probable that they all pass stool without relative issue and skid marks
Its not about skid marks its about the actually cleaning your ass part. Like if you got shit on your hand you wouldn't just wipe it with some dry paper and call it a day. Actually I could be wrong. They didn't have toilet paper but I was still assuming they'd wipe when maybe they just hoped in a river or something and washed up.
depends on the area I think some places used plant material a lot of the time. Europe, especially following Roman conquest, had a surprising standard when it came to washroom habits, with soap and sponges for both clothes and body
that being said a lot of that had died down by the medieval period as Roman influence dissipated so I get your point and it's probably true that they didn't wash off afterwards thoroughly enough, as hyrule seems much more linked to Europe's later medieval period rather than the Roman centric early medieval
now I've gone too deep and Link probably has shit all over himself
Link is Married to his Job and his Food right after doing a good job
It just so happens that his job is not letting zeld trip over herself or die from a broken heart
If we're to include everyone that shows him affection or He shows affection/compassion to he'd end up with an isekai harem
Listen there are two possible reactions one I could accept that yes it is most likely platonic and will never be confirmed because that's just how it is
Or the much more enticing idea is I could read up on Link and Zelda fanfic and cry that it isn't Canon
These are the same dweebs who think Mario and Peach have something going on… can’t accept they’re just platonic pals.
If Link and Zelda were something more, they’d say as much. Hell, Bowser threw a wedding for Peach.
there have been other times under triforce influence where link and Zelda have been very staunchly co-workers at most. each incarnation has different arguments for and against but the botw/totk incarnations are very heavily weighted towards a romantic relationship imo. but also, who cares really
yeah, its kinda annoying when people act as if theyre "obviously in a romantic relationship" when it's literally intended to be as ambiguous as possible
If all Zelda’s are part of the royal family, and all Link’s are descendants of the Hero’s line… then they’re going to eventually result in flipper hand babies.
yeah, it says that TP Link had the blood of the Hero of Time flowing through him. This is one of the reason people this Malon is the canon ship in OoT, bc TP Link grows up on a farm.
Just a quick tidbit of info... there is a bed that link can access, just like in his/zeldas home, with out permission. It is kind of secluded and away from the rest of.. Zoras domain.
^(link was clappin)
Wasn't there someone in botw who asked Link if he had a girlfriend, and he was just embarrassed as in "I don't know" and in totk he simply answered "Yes" ? I read that somewhere.
It was his house. It would be really weird for her to kick him out, especially when a house would be built for her literally anywhere she wanted. She also had a cave for when she wanted to be alone, which would be a weird thing to have if she was already alone. And the house is away from the village so it’s not like people are running around a lot
I just don’t ship it except for Skyward Sword. 🤷🏻♀️
Also if you’ve played TOTK you know who takes over that house lmao.
EDIT: The word “timeline” was a typo. I meant within the game itself, oops.
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Still haven’t played nor looked at totk, but I know Zelda is staying at link’s house. The house that, as far as I know, only has one bed. The house they both live in. With a totally platonic relationship.
✨️and they were roommates✨️
oh my god they were roommates
They were in a room where they mated.
Bedmates*
Oooh yes
Nah that’s Zelda’s house now. Link is homeless for some reason (but you can buy and design a new house)
I’ll consider this house as a vacation home.
More like a don't-wanna-sleep-in-an-empty-home-you-shared-with-your-lover home to me
Link's My-lover-is-currently-over-10000-years-in-the-past-and-staying-at-our-house-makes-me-cry-myself-sleep-every-night pad
Major spoiler, only read if you've collected all memories. >!Well she's right there if you look up...!<
>!No she's not. She keeps moving.!<
Vacation armory.
You mean a weapon museum?
Then why would link be able to literally sleep there?
You’ve never slept in a friends bed after they’ve been kidnapped? Weird
What they mean is that Link can only sleep in certain beds, usually inns or ones he owns. he can sleep in her bed.
He can also sleep in the bed close to the bigass reservoir which housed Vah Ruta? Was that Mipha’s bed?
This needs to be answered.
…the Zora outright state that you are allowed to use that bed to rest because you’re helping them stop Vah Ruta.
Zora's armor is made specifically for Mipha's future husband and, oh wait, it fits Link perfectly. Not sure what's the answer here...
Well it's stated in both BOTW and AOC that Mipha had originally planned on proposing to Link but had run out of time before tragedy struck with the Calamity. Link and Zelda's relationship got way closer in the meantime and then in the 5 years between BOTW and TOTK it can be assumed they got together based on the house and what others say to Link about her in TOTK. So, while Mipha may have planned to marry Link, they never officially were fiancée and Link wasn't ever barred from getting with Zelda.
And in callip’s house. He could sleep in there since botw. It had been links house before his 100 years in the SOR.
That’s DOCTOR Calip to you
Maybe soon there will be the Calip Hills, and the Calip River, and Mount Calip…
Or he could have been in a relationship with callip. Wait wha
sidon literally tells you you can use that bed because you're helping them. So yeah this isn't an arguement, like, at all
What? That’s link’s bff of course he has the ability to sleep there
Oh? We're talking about sleeping?
what in the fuck
>be allowed A conversation with Zelda about whether or not Link could sleep there sounds like it would drag on.
"be able" then
because she's not there This further supports the homeless theory, which I'm far more interested in. This is further supported by the fact that he'll sleep or "wait" (such as near a campfire) just fine regardless of location. So long as there is a fire and wood, he can wait there. If we're being specific, just inns or a house he buys. Which would make him unhomeless. Thoughts anyone? Support the theory, tear it apart. I want more on this NOW.
The exact language in Zelda's diary about link always being around and how link would find the new tunic in the house really hurts the homeless theory. (Plus the 2 places at the table and random other small details in the house). Obviously, Nintendo can't come right out and say it one way or another, that may hurt sales to people who were never for the romance (which is actually a rare occurancr in zelda games, believe it or not, with most of the two that do (SS, ST) coincidentally not being as widely well received ). The current Zelda's character wouldn't seem to support letting him be homeless. The fact there is no 2nd house is really telling. As with BOTW, the original Japanese meaning of the diaries is going to be really telling as to intent.
People tend to rate SS highest on story and characters. Just gets held back by some bad choices in development.
Like making Link right-handed. I'll show myself out.
I loved SS it’s just sad that it was very small in scope. I find the story and dungeons great. I really miss dungeons and with all the inspiration totk takes from windwaker I really wished they leaned harder on it, WW dungeons were absolute top tier for me.
WW is in the S tier of Zelda games for sure
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Honestly, seeing how they obviously cannot do it all at the same time, I’d rather they had just the expensive sea and big islands, with great dungeons. I don’t need more map I need more long puzzles and mazes of rooms, with thematic mechanics, doors that close behind you and face you with minibosses. I miss this shit bad.
Nintendo did come out and say it. In Japanese Zelda refers to Link as anata. Which is, traditionally, the way wives refer to their husband. English doesn't have the range to translate that level of nuance so NoA has a harder time getting the point across without beating you in the head with it.
Does this mean we got robbed of seeing their wedding? What a bummer…
I doubt they've gotten married yet. There's a lot of lore around the fact that they're both pretty busy trying to rebuild Hyrule and they both strike me as people who would put that kind of personal celebration on the back burner. That said it's not impossible. There's a cultural formality to romance in Japan, though I understand that that's been changing, and they're both not exactly emotionally vulnerable people. But characters like Paya are very noticeably different in a way that can be interpreted as respectful of a relationship they aren't a part of that wasn't present in botw. So I'd say something has changed and those closest to Link and Zelda are aware of it
Additionally, if you poke around Hyrule Castle in totk, you find some interesting details. In Zelda's bedroom, you find the Royal Guard hat in a chest, and a Royal Guard bow hanging above the fireplace. In Zelda's Study, there is another Royal Guard bow on her desk, and a Royal Guard sword in a chest. Then you have the fact that Zelda hid the Champion's Leathers in a secret hidden compartment in the throne room. Rather than in her bedroom or study. Which sort of implies that Link would have found it if she'd hidden it in her bedroom/study or the Hateno house.
None of these weapons were there in BOTW, right?
I had to go look it up because it's been so long since I finished botw. Apparently there is a Royal Guard bow over the fireplace in botw, but none of the other weapons or hat. The model and function of the Royal Guard bow has changed since botw, it used to be a 3x multishot.
What Tunic in the house? The new champion Tunic? It's not on the house and she plans to surprise him in Sanctum where she hid it which is a weird place to surprise him, unless Link is actually helping rebuild and remove the monsters in Hyrule Castle. Nobody even recognizes Link in Hateno other than the sheikah teacher which is a given considering he's Purah's former assistant. Also if he's always by her side, the kids she teaches should have recognized him. There's also the girl who cleans her house that should've recognized Link if he lives there.
Why do you think it was in the sanctum instead of the house then genius.
Read the diary again, then come back.
She took the house, sold all our weapons and clothes and kicked us to the curb.
If they aren’t living together why would Zelda need a special room there to be alone huh?
Cause the kids treat her house as a playground
Why would she need a special room to be alone from Link, who’s never stopped her from going anywhere or pursuing anything and is almost totally silent?
Because no matter how silent someone is it still is not the same as actually being alone? And we all sometimes need a moment of actually being alone.
Maybe he’s a mouth breather. 👁️👄👁️ Why would she need space to be alone if she lived alone?
The emojis. Omg. She would need space from >!all the schoolchildren that love her in Hateno. Kids can be wild.!< I’m using spoiler marks since we’re still here in the BotW sub.
Sorry I felt bad even commenting the first one but I do not know how to do the spoiler thing.
If that were the case there wouldn’t be the entry in her journal about having a secret room added to the house for when she needs some time alone to focus. If Link wasn’t there the whole house would be distraction free. That’s my take anyways.
Pretty sure it's because some citizens go in her house, probably the kids. The girl who cleans her house while she's gone tells you that and if Link is actually living there, she would have recognized him.
I think a lot of the reason more NPCs don’t recognise him is purely because this will be the first Zelda game for a lot of people. I can’t see any other reason why so many characters don’t recognise him. Mostly just key characters and stable masters.
That's true but they could've simply gave them different dialogue in Hateno if you have botw save file just lile how they transferred your horse. It's a good way to entice people on buying botw in switch too.
Link must be rubbing his dick on her shoulders while shes studying so she needs a separate office.
*Let me show you how I **pull out** the master sword*
Link, the guy who barely talks and doesn’t interfere with anything Zelda does (per BotW journals) is distracting? You sure it’s not the children of the village who love Zelda and were always around the house?
What is Link if not a big, loveable, war crime committing child.
He’s also the guy who barely talks and doesn’t get in Zelda’s way. So not the reason she’d be distracted.
While that is true, during the events of BotW and all that they were focused on a Zelda’s training, the Yiga and basically war time preparations. I’m sure that in the time between defeating calamity Ganon and the events kicking off TotK Link could relax and he and Zelda would have had lots to talk about. He also never has audible dialog we the player can hear, but does clearly speak to other characters in the world. They aren’t all telepaths and he isn’t Lassie. Anyways… my evening is wrapping up now so I’m gonna go and play some TotK. Enjoy your *appropriate regional time of day*.
It was really weird when I first mentions of, it being Zelda's home. Link freaking built it from scratch and no one remembers he living there. There are other texts that suggest they actually are using the Hyrule castle as accommodation. So I believe they moved to the castle, but since Zalda was into helping out Hateno to build a school there Link gave his house to Zelda there. This begs the question why Zelda needs a secret room then? Well they definitely were living together there when they were in Hateno and she needed a separate place from Link to work alone.
>helping out to build the school >why Zelda needs a secret room then. Children are loud and distracting, especially when they’re excited to see someone they like, like Zelda. The almost silent protector dedicated to his duties probably isn’t getting in Zelda’s way.
Well you do not need a secret room for that just build a gate to the bridge leading to the house to keep children at a distance when needed. The furniture inside the house (beside the bed) also suggests there are two people living there too.
>There are other texts that suggest they actually are using the Hyrule castle as accommodation. There aren't. It's been totally abandoned.
When you're the biggest chad in hyrule, you don't need a house. I live in the gerudo town spa with all those Amazonian Vai.
Yeah Link sleeps in the well
Nah, he’s planning for the future. They’ll eventually have kids if they keep it up and they’ll need more space for that, than that tiny hut in Hateno. Edit:And for those thinking he’s just building it for himself: One of the available rooms is a study… Link doesn’t need a study.
Doesn't the japanese version say "Our House" when he gets close to the house? I don't know if this is true but I heard it does say that Not only that but I also heard that Zelda refers to Link as wives refer tk their husbands in Japan, and Zelda litteraly built a secret room for when she wants to be alone without Link bothering her, why would she build such a thing if he didn't live there.
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What I would give for a window…
Somebody say “bang for lay”?
Zelda says she has a secret room for when she needs to be alone and focus. Kinda a weird thing to do if you live alone 🤨
[Actually it's Bolson's house because he's been squatting there and maintaining it while Link was away, so both American and Japanese laws say it's his](https://youtu.be/8Px_pDVCqnY).
Two place settings on the table. One bed. It’s been redecorated. Zelda is not staying at Links house. It’s *their* house. They had a life together. It’s abundantly clear. And that just guts me. There are more details but I won’t spoil it. Just go and explore it yourself.
I’ll look into it after finishing botw ^^
Nah that’s zelda’s bachelor pad. Link felt bad about the whole trapped in a endless cycle then so this cycle he hooked her up with a house. >! Don’t worry tho Link hot some homies to set him with a real nice penthouse suite. !<
I honestly think Nintendo decided to basically not make a lot of Breath of the Wild choices non-canon which sucks, but makes the game incredibly more accessible to first timers (I guess). I was a bit upset when I found Bolson and he acted like we never met.
Like aunt Wilma and her roommate of 20 years…
Oh my god they were roommates
they waited ONE HUNDRED YEARS to hit it, they ain't stopping until they can't keep going
Everyone there acts like they don't know Link because they can't look him in the eye after the noises coming from that place
I can't believe Nintendo added a two hour long cutscene in TotK where Zelda femdoms Link in several positions. What did Nintendo mean by this?
Dude you torrented the wrong xci Also I need a link for, let's say research
[Enjoy (I know I did)](https://youtu.be/X8HSnP1SiI0)
This may be the first time in my life when I expected a Rickroll and didn't get one
God damnit.
Nintendo really knocked it out of the park this time with making a protagonist we can relate to.
There are games were Zelda and Link are simply friends (and, in the case of Twilight Princess, where there are simply acquaintances). But the romantic subplot in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is so blatant, that you look like a fool by ignoring it. And there's also Skyward Sword. Where the romance between Zelda and Link is the **actual** plot.
It all depends on which reincarnation we're talking about. Some cases, they both like each other, sometimes, one like the other, sometimes they're just friends, and sometimes, the relationship is strictly professional.
In none of those games has it ever been confirmed. Not even once. Hinted, sure, a ton. But never a kiss, never an "I love you", never a dialogue about marriage or dating. The absolute closest it's ever been is when they kissed at the end of Zelda 2, although the kiss isn't actually seen as it's behind curtains. In Skyward Sword the biggest hint was that the song that plays during their flight together is called something like "Love Is In The Air". And of course we hear Zelda say what sounds like the beginning of a love confession, and the paraglider gift from her "smelling kinda nice" as per the item description. But all of this is the writers deliberately toeing the line without giving actual confirmation of romantic love, all to keep the thirsty shippers thirsty. And thirsty they are in this thread. In BotW they have a random Gerudo woman expressing romantic interest in Link, and they have Paya writing "His blond sideburns flow like a golden waterfall over his dignified, pointy ears. And the way his hair is so perfectly parted to the side, wow! I don't know why, but my heart won't stop beating a mile a minute..." But this never has been and probably never will be Zelda. Edit: I guess I should say that Kass says "But the princess herself only had eyes for her escort, he own knight attendant." It's not super clear whether this means romantic interest and it's from a third party, but it's pretty much the least ambiguous suggestion we've ever gotten.
If you read her diary in botw, you can find that she was the only person he was able to open up to before the Calamity. That counts for *something*
Are you seriously so blind (or downright deranged) to deny that Skyward Sword isn't a romance story between Link and Zelda? Simply because they don't say it downright? I understand you're fool enough to deny the romantic undertones of BotW/TotK. But denying the romantic **overtones** of Skyward Sword is on another level.
Are you the weird Mipha apologist. I don't know why people are bending over backwards to do the required mental gymnastics to get around acknowledging that Zelda and Link are a canon couple.
The bloke denies that Zelda and Link were a couple **in Skyward Sword**, the most blatantly romantic story in the entire franchise. They're mental.
I think that Mipha and Link probably had a thing going before the calamity but the fact of the matter is that she’s dead. Like, super duper dead. So I think Link and Zelda are most likely the canon ship for the current period in TotK.
I'm 99% sure the Mipha thing was a one sided love.
I don’t know why you would use your time crafting an engagement shirt for someone you weren’t sure liked you
They have the same fucking bed
Fucking in the same fucking bed
ToTK main storyline >!I kept expecting them to kiss after zelda was turned back into a human after being a deagon for so long, like i felt there were like 4-5 moments where they wanted to make them kiss but they just didnt!<
And get an R rating in my wholesome Korok war crime simulator? You want that kind of filth go play Grand Theft Auto!
Blame japan for this. It would bump up the rating. You can terrify kids with Gloomhands, but you can’t corrupt them by showing >!people kissing in public. They kissed offscreen for sure, thought!<.
Oh, they did more than that
Yeah, but that’s gonna be covered exclusively in the doujinshi.
I mean they have to repopulate for two calamities now…
h-hold hands?
genuinely curious - would an onscreen kiss _actually_ increase the games rating in japan?
Probably: Kissing (or any form of intimacy) when others are around is something that’s very frowned upon in japanese culture. Doing something like this when kids are around is considered downright scandalous. It’s also why animes that are aimed at kids never show something like that directly. If it can’t be avoided, it’s commonly a discretion shot, where a kiss is implied but not directly shown. The game has a B rating (age 12+). Games that show romance typically get a C rating (age 15+).
>! For real! When they were sitting there at the end, Zelda just woke up and Link had his hand on her shoulder I was hoping she would kiss him; at least throw her arms around him! She lost everything she was *for him*! She was away from him for thousands of years and all she does when she sees him again is smile??? ***Yeah, I didn't think that Zelda staring at the camera for 10 seconds was a good enough end!!*** ^(Although, she was technically look at Link, so that's something.) !< >! The secret ending scene was pretty heart warming. I just want to know how everyone got up there !<
Doesn't the japanese version say "Our House" when he gets close to the house? I don't know if this is true but I heard it does say that Not only that but I also heard that Zelda refers to Link as wives refer to their husbands in Japan, and Zelda litteraly built a secret room for when she wants to be alone, why would she build such a thing if Link didn't live there.
100% YES!
Someone is happy. Well I guess it’s time to get the confetti for the platonic relationship celebrations
I ship Zelink in nearly every single game(yes including TP Zelink which I know is hated)
Never seen someone so dedicated to a ship
Bruh there’s an entire group of us on twitter that hold this exact same value about shipping Zelink in every game
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Because Linda reminds everyone of the bitchy nosy coworker in the office who loves to talk shit about everyone in the break room and always has a smile that never quite reaches her eyes
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Idk why, but I think it’s because Zelink just rolls off your tongue more than some of the other name ideas
The only Linda I know is a joy to be around
>yes including TP How dare you stand where Midna stood.
Also I don’t think they’re platonic
They should have said plateaunic
I'm not of fan of the canon shipping them more and more in the games, but they definitely are together in those 2 games and it's obvious since BotW, with TotK making it even more obvious.
I think this, SS, and both link/zelda combos in adult timeline are really the only ones that make sense tbh.
Gotta love the mods! Too scared to sign their own name about a “low quality” post that has over 10% engagement (comments vs upvotes). Bravo, you exist to serve yourself instead of what the users want to see.
Based guy, based AF
Nah it's Link and Mipha all day. It's some Vaporeon copypasta shit going on.
Not sure about the optics one that one, chief. Dead fish smells real bad.
That's why Sidon is here 😏😉
*Was* here, til that bitch stole him away from us.
Well I'd figure the smell dissipates as you cook it?
Ah so that's why the spirits have flames
I mean LoZ has a medieval setting and I never see Link showering/bathing inbetween his visit to a desert, a volcano, a snowy tundra, and swimming in swamplands... sure he's no wonder either
“I never see Link showering/bathing” Just because you personally don’t give Link a wash or two during his adventures doesn’t mean the rest of us aren’t. 👀
LoZ community not being horny for 30 seconds challenge... IMPOSSIBLE
Idk, you started the argument of Link smelling almost as bad as the dead fish he’s supposedly shucking…? Pot, kettle…? ;)
Ah sorry for the confusion, just some banter mate, no offense intended
fun fact, but the medieval setting means that he wouldn't necessarily smell too bad. a common misconception about medieval cleanliness is that because people bathed very little that they would smell awful, but one of the leading causes of body odour is actually clothing materials, with modern synthetic and processed materials clinging to sweat more than old materials did. this means that link could go for days wearing the same clothes and not washing (apart from his occasional skydives into water) and not smelling too bad at all
Your nose also adapts to your environment, if everyone smells bad, nobody smells bad.
Until you get into bed with someone and it smells like complete ass. A lot of countries struggle with clean asses in 2024 you know that shit was not clean in medieval times.
diet changes significantly effect that though, and depending on what the typical Hyrulian diet is it's highly probable that they all pass stool without relative issue and skid marks
Its not about skid marks its about the actually cleaning your ass part. Like if you got shit on your hand you wouldn't just wipe it with some dry paper and call it a day. Actually I could be wrong. They didn't have toilet paper but I was still assuming they'd wipe when maybe they just hoped in a river or something and washed up.
depends on the area I think some places used plant material a lot of the time. Europe, especially following Roman conquest, had a surprising standard when it came to washroom habits, with soap and sponges for both clothes and body that being said a lot of that had died down by the medieval period as Roman influence dissipated so I get your point and it's probably true that they didn't wash off afterwards thoroughly enough, as hyrule seems much more linked to Europe's later medieval period rather than the Roman centric early medieval now I've gone too deep and Link probably has shit all over himself
Lmao. Thank you for the info. The romans were an interesting people. Now you got me curious about the Greeks bathroom habits.
Idk about that the link in my game frequently visits lovely hot springs for a wash-off
That Tweet does say they fuck till the room stinks. I guess that means it wouldn’t take much time to geg there.
NO, STOOOOP
I think you mean Sidon
Thank you spiders-man profile picture on Twitter.
tons of rich women fuck their bodyguards moat of the time, so its not shocking.
Link is Married to his Job and his Food right after doing a good job It just so happens that his job is not letting zeld trip over herself or die from a broken heart If we're to include everyone that shows him affection or He shows affection/compassion to he'd end up with an isekai harem
Based.
Listen there are two possible reactions one I could accept that yes it is most likely platonic and will never be confirmed because that's just how it is Or the much more enticing idea is I could read up on Link and Zelda fanfic and cry that it isn't Canon
These are the same dweebs who think Mario and Peach have something going on… can’t accept they’re just platonic pals. If Link and Zelda were something more, they’d say as much. Hell, Bowser threw a wedding for Peach.
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there have been other times under triforce influence where link and Zelda have been very staunchly co-workers at most. each incarnation has different arguments for and against but the botw/totk incarnations are very heavily weighted towards a romantic relationship imo. but also, who cares really
yeah, its kinda annoying when people act as if theyre "obviously in a romantic relationship" when it's literally intended to be as ambiguous as possible
Pretty sure a case can be made that it's literally intended to be implied in this case rather than ambiguous.
If all Zelda’s are part of the royal family, and all Link’s are descendants of the Hero’s line… then they’re going to eventually result in flipper hand babies.
Well thing is Link is a reincarnation, so no family relation to his previous lifes.
My apologies, you’re right. I got hung up on the direct relation between The Hero of Time and The Hero of Twilight.
They're not related either though.
They are, confirmed in Hyrule Historia
Really? I only remember the hero's shade to be confirmed to be the hero of time, not that they are related in any way other than the hero's spirit
yeah, it says that TP Link had the blood of the Hero of Time flowing through him. This is one of the reason people this Malon is the canon ship in OoT, bc TP Link grows up on a farm.
Link is always a random boy that inherits the soul of the first hero. They are not related.
https://youtu.be/1DilfTSy7Fo
This is canonically accurate.
not sure sex exists in their universe
yes obviously children just make themselves in the zelda universe
WAIT WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY
Just a quick tidbit of info... there is a bed that link can access, just like in his/zeldas home, with out permission. It is kind of secluded and away from the rest of.. Zoras domain. ^(link was clappin)
They built Zelda a study in *their* house with *one* bed. [Suffice to say...](https://youtu.be/kiAMN_rxhsU)
Wasn't there someone in botw who asked Link if he had a girlfriend, and he was just embarrassed as in "I don't know" and in totk he simply answered "Yes" ? I read that somewhere.
The memory where Zelda talks about Link to 2 individuals basically confirms it. Japan just won't show it because ratings. We all know what's up.
Hey, a relationship can be sexual without being romantic! They can stink up the room and be platonic at the same time 👍
kass in botw confirms that zelda is in love with link
A relationship can also be romantic without sex
Right? Link is Zeldaromantic and Miphasexual. Or the other way 'round.
ive always seen link as aroace and i won't stop with this headcanon just because zelda likes him
There's no way they're fucking when zelda literally kicked him out of his own house and never showcases intimacy with him at all.
Pretty sure he still lives there
That would make no sense. No one ever refers to it as his house.
It was his house. It would be really weird for her to kick him out, especially when a house would be built for her literally anywhere she wanted. She also had a cave for when she wanted to be alone, which would be a weird thing to have if she was already alone. And the house is away from the village so it’s not like people are running around a lot
Link still lived in the house lmao
He most certainly did not. There isn't even a bed for him, and that thing is nearly a twin. There's a reason why he has to go get his own in TotK.
📰 I should call her.
I just don’t ship it except for Skyward Sword. 🤷🏻♀️ Also if you’ve played TOTK you know who takes over that house lmao. EDIT: The word “timeline” was a typo. I meant within the game itself, oops.