#thonking... shouls i individually tag all the boys

[thunderpetal]

How I view each of the Chain’s relationship with their Zeldas

Hyrule and Dawn/Aurora - He’s allowed to hang out in the castle whenever he wants, as a thanks for saving the kingdom’s ass. He eats fancy dinners with the two of them, and they ask for his advice in starting repairs as he’s travelled all over Hyrule. I think he feels a little humbled whenever he’s with them, but they’re good, friendly company. Dawn and Aurora also care less about the rules of royalty after all they’ve been through, so Hyrule feels more and more comfortable around them as time goes on, and makes it habit to return the castle every few weeks or so while he travels.

Legend and Fable - I have only played the beginnings of both ALttP and ALBW, so I don’t really know Fable all that well. But! Let me make some shit up anyway. Legend and Fable can definitely telepathically communicate, it’s a bit more difficult when Legend’s in another Hyrule, but they’re still able to. At the start of LU, they only use it for Very Serious Business, like updating each other on black-blooded monsters, but soon Fable starts telling Legend about all the mundane going-ons back at home, cause she misses him. In return, Legend tells her about all the other Links, and their ‘annoying’ habits, but Fable can tell how much he really cares. When the group are transported to Legend’s Hyrule and get to meet Fable, she can finally put faces to Legend’s grumpy descriptions, and it’s very entertaining for her.

Time and Lullaby - First of all, I fully believe Sheik exists in the child timeline too. At some point, Lullaby probably asked Time ‘so what did I get up to while Ganondorf ruled Hyrule?’ and Time replied ‘you were a badass ninja dude who could teleport using deku nuts and probably carried several daggers at all times’. Immediately after this, Lullaby *runs* to Impa. Lullaby - or Sheik, as he sometimes prefers to be known - has a bit of a rocky relationship with Time for a few years, as he’s often away travelling and seems to want nothing to do with the royal family of Hyrule anymore. They begin to reconnect around the time of his engagement with Malon, though, and Lullaby is invited to the wedding. When the portal appears in Time’s Hyrule, Lullaby asks him to go and investigate, and Time does so because she asked, rather than out of service to the crown.

Four and Dot - Four is a lot more goofy and childish around Dot, and vice versa. They both have large responsibilities placed on them at a young age, and as such they both feel they can only let their true selves shine around each other. Dot loves teasing Four, and she’s basically the only person on the planet who can get him to blush. Four’s questioned whether he has romantic feelings for her, and in all honesty, he’s still not sure. All he knows is that he misses her so much while he’s away, and he feels incredibly guilty for leaving her behind without explanation.

Wind and Tetra - You ever think about how because there’s like ten people living on Outset Island, Tetra is literally the first girl Wind meets who is the same age as him? And on top of that, she’s an awesome pirate captain who’s fought fiercely to protect both Wind AND Aryll? Yeah. There’s no way Wind wouldn’t fall in love with her. Though seeing as how he’s still a young lad, I don’t think they would actually date until they’re older. Also, in Wind Waker, when Tetra comes to save Aryll, she knows Aryll’s name, which means Wind probably rambled to her about his life with Aryll and Grandma when they first sailed to the Forsaken Fortress, and she listened and rembered it all... I love these two and I have many more thoughts but I’ll hold back for now

Twilight and Dusk - They’re coworkers. This is probably the one incarnation of Zelink I could never see as romantic. They obviously did not get the chance to bond during the events of TP, and I hc that after the adventure, Twilight had an identity crisis and ran away from everything - Ordon, his family, and Dusk too. Dusk might be looking to build a proper relationship with him now Hyrule is safe, but I don’t think Twilight is ready for that yet. Once he got back from LU, though, I could see the two of them becoming friends, with their friendship built on deep mutual respect. They also are the only two people in Hyrule who truly remember and miss Midna, so I think they’d bond over that.

Sky and Sun - I haven’t beaten Sksw yet, but I did watch all of the game’s cutscenes when I was 12 and tbh it was a lifechanging event. I love them SO much, ‘I’m still your Zelda’ is one of the most heartwrenching scenes in the whole of LoZ and just,,, yeah. They’re great. I think Sky talks about Sun a lot around the chain - he misses her, and so many little things remind him of her </3. Back in his time, they have a small settlement beginning to grow in Faron Woods, and I also think Sky cannot wait to show it to the chain if he ever gets a chance. Sky is totally in LOVE, and I love that for him.

Warriors and Artemis - There is no one Wars respects more than Artemis. Of course, he has massive respect for Impa and Lana too, but Artemis? Seeing her fight to defend the country she would one day rule earnt her Wars’s respect forever as a leader. He would literally die for her, but in reality, their relatonship is actually quite casual and friendly. When he’s away with the Chain, he still writes reports for her, out of habit. He also goes to lots of public events with her, even though he’d rather not, because one day Artemis confessed to him how nervous doing publicity made her. Ever since, he’s always accompanied her to such events.

Wild and Flora - I will try to hold back on writing a full length essay on these two, because I adore them, so here goes. Based on what little we’ve seen about their relationship in LU, I think Wild cares greatly about Flora, but isn’t sure on how to approach their relationship post-Calamity. Maybe he believes Flora wishes he was more like the knight he was pre-Calamity, maybe he feels guilt over not being able to remember more about her, maybe he’s just not sure of what exactly to *say* to her. But the two of them do care about each other deeply, and they just need to have some good, honest conversations once Wild gets back from LU. I ship them, but I also adore looking at their relationship from a platonic angle because I think it’s even more interesting that way. (Flora awakening her powers because of her platonic love for Wild my absolute BELOVED hc)