#he gets all bashful when vilia calls him pretty too and deliberately cons bozai out of boots

[bluebellplayinggames]

i have a lot of Hot Takes when it comes to botw/totk aksjskdjs. probably one of my biggest ones is that this version of link is arguably the most characterized out of all of them. i think it's part of the reason why we don't get to give link a name in either game but we do in the rest (so far). people call him flat because he doesn't emote very much, but there's a canon reason for that in the past, and in the present? well he emotes all the damn time!!! yes, it's subtle, and we're not focused on his face for most of the game, but it's there! he laughs when shield surfing. he greets people with a wave and a smile. he gets excited when cooking and devastated when it doesnt turn out. he's snarky and sassy, but also eager to help. his memories leave him shaken. he takes his hero role very seriously. he sees no point in lying about his actual age, even though he knows there's a chance he won't be taken seriously. etc etc etc.