#kid was always going to have issues regardless of if zelda was present in his life at all | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

jheselbraum · 10 months ago

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Like did Link have regrets and probably some buried resentment for Zelda due to associating her with the events of oot, if mm and tp are anything to go by? Yeah. But let's not pretend that adult timeline Zelda didn't help Mr Kid in an Adult's Body Getting Brothel Jokes Made at Him dodge a fucking bullet. And child timeline Zelda's plan only fell apart because Rauru is an idiot.

You know what's worse than seeing some dudebro blaming OOT Zelda for "ruining Link's life"?

A "Zelink shipper" saying the same thing.

It's like being stabbed in the back lmao

I think not everyone understands her character:(

#i mean she is a war criminal see tp but she didnt fuck up links life #if we're blaming anyone other than ganondorf for that tragedy i say we look to rauru 'sealed you for 7 years' sage of fucking bullshit #that or navi for fucking abandoning him without a word cause THAT DIDN'T HELP #i dont even go to oot zelink but like jesus #leave my war criminal daughter alone she is not responsible for links trauma #i maintain that technically they could've beaten ganondorf by giving him all the gems and the ocarina of time #like yeah let ganondorf try to pull the master sword see how well that works out for him #i think the second link got some sex ed he was like 'ohhhhhh'#'yeah ok I had my support system ripped away from me but also I would've been extremely vulnerable if I'd stayed'#meanwhile adult timeline zelda never found out that link wasnt a kokiri and is just #'well my eternal child friend is back in his eternal childhood where he belongs'#'i am sad about this but like look at canon Nabooru instead of fanon Nabooru and tell me letting him stay was a good idea'#link goes through the majoras mask stone tower and works through his shit re zelda too like thats the whole point of that dungeon #Navi it is not a good look for you that the best possible light we can put you in is you abandoned link to go die somewhere else like a cat #but for everything else #like the dungeons and stuff #i think thats only part of links trauma because the kid had absolutely no support system #his tree dad is dead the only kokiri that likes him is saria #everyone in castle town is a fucking dick and even beyond that the kid has no stable adult in his life #hell the first time he gets hugged is in majoras mask which is debatably not even reality #you look me in the eye and tell me the kid raised by a tree and bullied his whole life has ever been hugged #link is a child who was raised living in a house by himself with a guardian who could not #bandage his scuffed knees hug him when he was scared care for him when he was sick or any #of the other five million things you gotta do with your kid to make sure they grow up halfway well adjusted #hell in the manga hes more attentive but if youre just going by the game the deku tree doesnt even talk to the kids all that often #kid was always going to have issues regardless of if zelda was present in his life at all #link was fucked the second his mom took him to the creepy forest where all who enter meet a fate worse than death #if he had a support system the whole game he would've been at least mostly fine #which you know #closest he's got is fucking zelda

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