#tp fado

[rrain-writes]

Lassoed for Twilight? If you’re still doing the prompts.

Hey @butter-and-too-much-bread!

Of course! Here is Twi for the @badthingshappenbingo prompt 'lassoed'. I got inspiration from one of the scenes in the TP manga! (Also, I will be doing these prompts until the bingo card is done!)

It’s a bit shorter than normal because I have no clue what I’m doing, (contrary to popular belief I have never herded angry goats), but I hope you like it.

Characters: Twilight, Fado, Wind, Hyrule, Wild

Warnings: Not being able to breathe

Twilight loved Ordon. The people, the animals, being able to take a breath without getting a faceful of monsters… yeah, he loved this place.

Wind ran beside him as they headed towards Fado, who had asked for assistance in rouding up the goats (again). Hyrule and Wild had also been eager to help, laughing loudly as they raced eachother to their destination.

The group was quick to mount the horses, Twilight with Epona, and Twilight quickly showed them how they would catch the goats. More specifically, one which had been acting out and stirring up the rest of the herd.

“There!” One of the others shouted as they spotted the unussualy aggresive one. Twilight lifted his lariat rope, aiming for the large horns of the Ordonian goat. Unfortunately for him, so did someone else.

Before he could throw the rope, something looped itself around his neck. A voice shouted as Twilight was yanked back, the sudden movement throwing him off Epona. It felt like a punch to his throat, cutting off his air supply.

Twilight hit the ground hard, hands stuck between breaking his fall and trying to keep himself breathing. He let out a choked gasp as the rope around his neck went slack, which resulted in sending him into a coughing fit. Twilight hacked and wheezed as he tried to suck in oxygen through his injured throat.

Someone had their hands on him, trying to help him breathe, while another voice off to the side continued to apologise tearfully.

Twilight raised a hand to his tender throat, trying to blink away the pain. “Good shot.” He rasped. “But you might wanna aim for the goats next time.”

[vviipers]

880 words. (loz: tp) malo, talo, beth, colin & fem! reader. (loz: tp) mentioned link/fem! reader.

"C'mon down, Miss Priss!"

The nickname was cute and the children's Ordanian drawl would have made you bow in any other situation, but you were more than happy sitting on the porch of Link's home as you flipped through your book.

It'd rained all day long for three days. While today had lightened up to a simple spring shower, the ground was still soaked through until it became mud. You'd gotten the displeasure of watching several villagers slip and slide as they traveled between Ordon and Ordona's spring, most of which involved the children. While you were morally obligated, you hated making the trek down the ladder and into the mud whenever you heard a yelp.

"She's made outta crystal, y'know! Those city folk weren't meant for down here!"

They were right. It was a miracle you even survived your first few months of living in the village. You never minded helping around the farm or doing some yard work for the ladies, but that was the extent of outdoor work you did.

It wasn't that you were completely useless. The guilt of sitting pretty at home would guilt you the same way it did in Castletown.

Germs were gross. Your research (and overall feeling of ick after touching something dirty) had taught you as much. It's what made you made you so good at your job.

"Maybe when the grass comes back," you gently try to placate them. The comment makes them look down at the mud to fact-check you, Talo stomping and jumping around to shove the remaining blades down. "I'm always here if you have a boo-boo, though!"

"Boo-boo," Malo mimics, rubbing his thumb against his lips before sucking it into his mouth. Even without your grimace, he's quick to spit it out after discovering the mud covering it made it less appetizing. "Blegh! What's that?"

Beth shakes her head in disapproval and looks up from the drawing she and Colin are currently coloring. There's a pile of them carefully arranged around the porch, most held in your lap so they don't spill out from under the protection of the umbrella. "It's a cut, isn't it?"

You nod and she brushes hair over her shoulder in pride. A giggle leaves her when you brush a stray from over her ear, crying that it was ticklish.

She was your student, used loosely, so of course she picked up on the strange words you used in your day-to-day. If you thought back hard enough, you could remember the way she looked when you offhandedly repeated a few sayings she'd never heard.

(If you thought even further, you could recall the way Beth glared at you when Link had brought you to Kakariko. She'd hated you even more when all was said and done, pulling you aside and giving you empty threats when he'd formerly introduced you as his lover.)

(You'd never taken her seriously. It had taken some time, but she quickly warmed up after you cared for her while her parents visited Castletown for a week.)

Something in the conversation makes Colin perk up, leaning off of his stomach and onto his side. "Missus," he starts before adding your name, brows furrowed as he tries remembering if he was supposed to use it or miss. "Can you bring us some more stuff you keep in that box? Link 'n' Fado keep using it all."

It's not a shocking bit of information. In the year and a half you've known Link, he's been more than risky in all his endeavors. It's only natural he'd find a way to get himself hurt herding goats, collecting cuckoos, and harvesting pumpkins.

"Of course," you hum, slipping your bookmark between the pages and folding it closed. Standing, you gesture for Talo and Malo to come up the ladder and ignore the way they stomp their feet in argument. "You all must be hungry, right? Beth, why don't you help Colin make a new kit— pack it full— and I can make you all something to eat."

That gets the boys to lighten up, Talo helping Malo clamber up the ladder before following close on his tail. They shed their jackets and dirty pants, donning the shorts beneath while rubbing their stomachs as though starved.

"Can you make those soup 'n' sandwiches you make when we're sick? The red one that you can put the cheesy ones in!" Colin's suggestion is one all the kids agree with, stopping by the fireplace to warm their hands before scattering.

It takes you a moment to figure out what he's talking about, taking until you finish washing your hands to clarify. "Tomato soup and melted cheese?"

"Yeah! That!" Malo hisses and pushes his chair away from the fire once he gets too hot too fast, wrapping the blanket he snagged from the recliner tightly around his shoulders. "And that juice too!"

"Maybe," you laugh, retrieving the ingredients from the newly installed cooler. "Any last requests for my royal highnesses?"

There's a few more thrown into the air, a couple in your ear and the other from the basement. You don't think you had anything to bake their sweet-tooth cravings, but you're sure the rainy day would be enough to make you all creative.

[tarulink]

OOT Zelink is possible after Majora's Mask (theory 2024)

We don't really know what happened after MM so everything is possible until Nintendo denies it so here is my theory:

Everyone thinks that the only place Link could go after his trip through Termina is Lon Lon Ranch, but what if not? After all the last memories he had were about Zelda wishing she could meet Link again, she was THE ONLY PERSON who actually waited for him after his trip. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!

So after his trip he goes to Zelda and tells her everything that happened to him, she believes him, in fact she might be the only person who believes him because he believed her when she had her visions of Ganondorf.

Link does not necessarily have to have worked on the ranch, there are many other jobs in castle town, I would like to think that he got a job near the castle so he could continue meeting Zelda.

As the years go by their relationship becomes even closer, unfortunately Zelda has to marry someone else so Link decides to continue his life without her. He meets someone else and they get along well, he decides to rebuild his life and marries that woman (Maybe that's why Nintendo never said with whom he had a child, because it was probably with a random woman we don't even know lmao). He has a daughter (I would like to think he has a girl) and thinks she is the most important thing he has now in his life.

Zelda does not love her husband but by the laws of nobility she has to give him an heir. Zelda becomes pregnant and although she does not love her husband, she loves her baby. She thinks it is the most important thing she has in her life now.

Link and Zelda rarely communicate because they already have priorities to maintain (each one with their children).

If you notice this is where the lineage of TP Link and TP Zelda is born!

As fate would have it Link's marriage doesn't work out and he gets divorced or she leaves him with his daughter.

The king passes away.

Do you see where I'm going with all this?

Zelda as queen can do whatever she wants now, so she goes to visit Link after so long. They both talk about their lives and realize they still have romantic feelings for each other. Zelda offers Link to be her personal knight and he unhesitatingly accepts, she gives him a special armor (the armor we see in Twilight Princess).

He becomes her prince consort.

However they have no children or maybe they had one but that son never had descendants Take it as you wish!

We don't know how exactly Link died, but everything points to the fact that he died in a war and lost his eye. Maybe he knew he wouldn't survive and that's why he went to the Lost Forest, dying there and regretting not having taught his techniques, so his spirit stays there until the other chosen one arrives to teach him his techniques.

Zelda is widowed again, that's why we see Link's grave in the castle graveyard in Twilight Princess (like why would his grave be in the castle?)

Years go by and both Link's daughter and Zelda's child grow up. Link's daughter decides to leave the castle and make her life elsewhere, she takes Epona with her, playing the song that HER FATHER taught her (because it is not necessary for Link to have married Malon to learn Epona's song)

Zelda's child takes the throne once she dies.

So with this we have the birth of TP Link and TP Zelda many years later. The reason I don't support the Link and Malon theory is because I find many inconsistencies: TP Link is an orphan, he lives in a tree not in the ranch (he doesn't even own it, the ranch belongs to Fado and he is a human) Link is the only Hylian in Ordon. It's probably that Jaggle or Pergie are descendants of Malon bc their sons are named Malo and Talo (probably she married a human knight or probably Nintendo just put those names bc yes lol)

Also remember Sheik's words? Young love become deep affection Link and Zelda spent time together before Link went on a trip to Termina, I think these words are a reference to them, how much they care about each other ♡

Of course these are my thoughts, you may agree or disagree with me!

[1000emotions]

fun details in link’s house in tp!

^ he has some pencils, and the bookshelf seen here is the first of many :) and he has photographs of epona and the village kids! I think its cool that cameras exist in this time period

^ he has a stove and what might be a sink? also lots of apples and some corn, and very fancy ceramics

^ another cooking pot and a huuge stove, as well as a close up pic of his friend Fado. looking good, dude

^ he has a mirror in his basement (and 50 rupees!)

I have more pictures but every time i click them, it shows the fado picture😭😭

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Anyone want a mild TP sickfic? :)

I'll admit, I cheated on this a little - some of this was written before, but I just wanted to add more comfort and fluff to it. <3 Because Ordon Fam Fluff is wonderful.

Sicktember Prompt 4 - Hiding an illness

It had started subtly. A little choked back cough. Slower reaction timing.

By the first evening it had progressed to a headache. Link had written it off as just being tired.

But when Fado commented that Link had left the ranch abruptly, Rusl knew better than to wait it out. He'd gone to Link's home around dusk, and after a quick search of the abode, had come to the conclusion that Link was nowhere to be found.

Grabbing a torch as the daylight faded, he headed for the woods.

The trail was unorthodox, but present. Now that Rusl knew what to look for, it made tracking his son much easier. The grass was tousled just a hair, a few branches pushed aside, and one muddy spot bore half a paw print on it. A clump of black fur caught in a nearby bush pieced together the rest of the puzzle well enough.

Walking ahead carefully, Rusl's ears heard the sound of panting, and he turned towards the spring. When he reached the gate, he had to stop for a moment, his blood chilling.

A wolf was lying on its side at the edge of the spring, panting slowly. The sight of the animal in this spring, with a sword on Rusl's back and a torch in his hand, made him freeze up uncontrollably. He bit his tongue and swallowed, his mouth suddenly dry as images of the worst night of his life came unbidden in his mind, images of a wolf whining and bleeding, images of dark shadows morphing into a Hylian, images of his boy crying and bleeding to death.

Without thinking, Rusl immediately discarded his sword, trembling from head to foot. He took a step forward, trying to regain his focus. Then he took another step. The wolf whimpered, and Rusl backtracked three paces.

Come on, he berated himself. Get it together. Something's wrong with him.

Clenching the torch tightly, he stepped forward again, thought better of it, and pitched the torch into the spring to extinguish it. The splash caught the wolf's attention, and he watched his canine boy twitch, but do nothing beyond that.

"Link," Rusl said hoarsely, his throat dry, his heart racing. He blinked the images away again. For his own sake, he pleaded, "Please, turn back, son, I don't know what's wrong."

Link obeyed, shifting easily, still laying on his side, looking miserably and pale and sweaty. Rusl's chest released, allowing him to breathe normally again, and he hastened forward, kneeling beside his boy. The flush to Link's ashen cheeks clued him in, and he placed the back of his hand against the teenager's forehead.

He had a fever.

"S-sorry," Link slurred. "'m really tired. Thought... being a w-wolf would... make it feel better..."

Rusl sighed. "All you had to do was say you weren't feeling well, Link."

"'m ok, P-Pa..."

The resistance member's heart hurt listening to the boy try to reassure him, and he pulled him into his arms. "You will be, Link. Don't worry."

Link tried to argue, shifting weakly in Rusl’s arms as the pair walked through the village. He wasn’t going to be able to climb the ladder while carrying his ward, and he certainly wasn’t going to leave Link unattended, so they were going back to his house.

Uli seemed fairly resigned to the sight that greeted her at the doorway – she likely had seen the signs as well over the last twenty-four hours. She smiled and sighed. “I put blankets and pillows on the couch for him.”

Link immediately shriveled as Rusl gently laid him on the sofa. “S-sorry…”

“Don’t be sorry, sweetheart,” Uli soothed, slicking back sweaty hair from his forehead. “I’m making some soup for you. Rusl will help you get into something more comfortable.”

Rusl nodded with a smile, letting Uli run the house. She was far better of a caretaker when it came to illnesses to be honest, and he was happy to have her call the shots. He was still shaking jitters from the spring, anyway.

Spirits above. He thought he’d gotten passed that. But he supposed he’d just… not addressed it. Not with himself, at least.

Grabbing a spare nightshirt, Rusl wandered back into the den to find Link shivering under the blanket Uli had supplied. Sweat drenched his tunic, and he actively avoided eye contact when Rusl approached him.

“Link,” Rusl said as he crouched down, ignoring the mild strain in his knees. “Don’t feel guilty, son. It’s okay.”

“It’s stupid,” Link sniffled, wiping sweat off his brow with a shaky hand. “I c-can—can take care of—I’m s-sorry—”

Rusl interrupted him when he took a cloth and wiped Link’s face, stopping the boy’s fretting movements. “Link. You do so much for everyone. For the village, for the Resistance, for Hyrule. You saved the world. I think it’s fair for you to let others take care of you sometimes.”

His boy watched him a moment, eyes glassy and conflicted, and he sighed tiredly. “But you and Ma have Hana and Colin and that’s a lot, and you’re in the Resistance too. I…”

“It’s always our pleasure to take care of our boy,” Rusl whispered gently with a smile. “Always.”

Link bit his lip, eyes closing for a moment as he suddenly fought desperately for composure. Rusl let the boy have his privacy on the matter, instead shifting focus to helping him sit up and get into the nightshirt he’d brought.

Once Link was settled and tucked back in, Rusl wiped his face of both sweat and tears and pulled the chair over as Uli arrived with a steaming bowl of soup. Colin was next, stumbling in with half lidded eyes as he’d just gone to bed but had heard the commotion. Once he saw that Link was ill he couldn’t be convinced to go back to bed quite yet, and Hana awakening for some milk further roused him.

It was well into the night when Rusl was gently rocking Hana back and forth, patting her back after her mother had provided her with nourishment. Colin was sitting on the floor by the sofa while Link relaxed, having eaten the soup provided to him, and Uli sat in the chair, regaling her boys with yet another story. Link, despite being quite ill, kept his eyes half open to listen, enjoying listening to his mother’s words, and Colin’s head was slowly tipping to the side and bobbing as he tried to follow along as well. The fire had died down a fair amount, still filling the home with warmth while barely making a sound save for the occasional pop.

“Each little raindrop sparkles like jewels in the light of sacred springs,” Uli continued. She was currently telling one of Colin’s favorites, that being the origins of fairies. “When enough collect on the leaves of the spring, the colors shimmer and swirl, creating a rainbow. The spirits collect the rainbow water together. You can practically taste the magic in the air, like the cool sweet crispness of snow cream in your mouth, and it makes your heart flutter and makes you feel alive. The spirits hold the water in their hands, closed to the world, and when they open them, there lies a fairy. They take a piece of light with them wherever they go, guiding and healing anyone who crosses their path.”

“How many fairies are there?” Colin asked sleepily.

“More than I could ever count,” Uli answered. “But they hide. Their magic is special. Only good children can see them. A while ago, they made a special trip.”

“That’s how Hana is here!” Colin surmised. “Sera says fairies bring babies.”

Uli giggled. “Well. Your Pa certainly helped. You’ll learn more about that when you’re a little older.”

Rusl bit back a snort of laughter.

“But,” she carried on. “They did bring someone years ago. A little one of the forest, with twigs in his hair and little bits of bramble stuck to his clothes. They guided him to Ordon Village and blessed us more than any fairy could ever bless anyone.”

Link’s gentle breaths filled the air as he finally fell asleep, and both parents watched him a moment, their hearts full. Uli spoke of fairies and magic for a while longer, but it didn’t take long for Colin to follow his older brother’s lead. Rusl handed Hana to his wife and then gently carried Colin back to his bed, tucking him in and giving him a kiss good night. When he returned to the den, Uli was doing similar to Link. The couple headed to their room together, settling Hana in her crib.

“We truly are blessed, aren’t we?” Uli sighed happily as the pair settled into bed.

Rusl took her hand, kissing it, and smiled back at her. “Yes, we are.”

[cutebutalsostabby]

In which LoZ games can Link see ghosts, and are there any reasons why he can see ghosts in those games? What about Zelda? Does she ever get to see ghosts or is that a Link thing.

It's a bit arbitrary tbh? In short, I would say that some ghosts are able to make themselves visible whenever they like, whereas others can only be seen if Link has a particular item or ability. I don't recall any of the Zeldas having specific items or abilities here, but you tend to only interact briefly with Zelda in these games so it doesn't actually come up. The specific Links with items/abilities are OoT/MM!Link, WW/PH!Link (arguable), TP!Link, LA!Link, ALBW!Link and AoL!Link - see further details below.

Skyward Sword: Link can see one (1) singular ghost and it's the toilet hand. Which maybe doesn't actually count as a ghost? Do ghosts have physical forms? Nonetheless, it's indicated that other people can hear if not see this ghost, so SS!Link doesn't seem to have any special powers.

Minish Cap: Link can meet a few different ghosts! These include the ghost of a dead king, the ghost of a swordsman, a pair of ghost siblings and some sort of ghost parasite that you can suck up with your gust jar if you arrive at the right time (which I didn't. No light arrows for me...)

Four Swords/Four Swords Adventures: I don't recall there being any ghosts in the former? I think there were some in the latter, but there were no specific abilities/items associated with them. I'm less familiar with these two games however.

Ocarina of Time: you can view ghost Dampe with the naked eye (I think) but need the eye of truth to see the spirit in the wasteland. While you're in the Shadow Temple, Well and a few other areas, Navi mentions being able to see/hear spirits that Link can't.

Majora's Mask: this game's version of the Eye of Truth lets you see a few other ghosts, including Darmani! Though you can see his shadow without it, which is interesting.

Wind Waker: you meet a few dead people, including Fado, Laruto and King Boat Dad. It seems like they all appear specifically because they want to talk to Link, e.g. in response to him conducting the sage's melodies. He doesn't have any special items or abilities, except potentially the Ghost Ship chart: you need this in order to board the ship, and the game text hints that the object is cursed somehow. Might explain why Phantom Hourglass is suddenly so much ghostlier?

Phantom Hourglass: same Link as above, but he meets way more ghosts this time! They're everywhere! Spooky!

Spirit Tracks: technically Zelda isn't a ghost? I think? She's technically still alive, after all? I don't recall there being any other ghosts in this game.

Twilight Princess: hell yeah ghosts, and this time you actually have a reason(?) for being able to see them! Turn on wolf senses. At least one ghost is visible (to both Link and Midna) even WITHOUT wolf senses, and it's the dead Zora queen who wants you to save her child.

A Link to the Past: nothing that I recall, outside of monsters.

A Link Between Worlds: you can get the highly fashionable hint glasses, which let you view hint ghosts! I of course am a pro gamer and never used this ability.

Oracle of Ages + Oracle of Seasons: there are a few ghosts, but no special items or abilities. They're just there.

Link's Awakening: some ghosts are visible without items, but you can also obtain the Magnifying Glass, which lets you see others! But then again, this is a dream so whatever goes, I guess (spoiler lol).

Triforce Heroes: nada afaik.

Zelda I: it's not really clear who is and is not a ghost? You meet an old man under a grave and he gives you a sword. It's probably fine?

Zelda II (Adventure of Link): you obtain the Cross! Definitely not based on any real world religions. The Cross lets you see invisible ghost monsters. You don't meet any actual ghost NPCs in this game, but theoretically this Link would be able to see them if they were there.

Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom: you meet plenty of ghosts but don't have any special items to see them. Imo this version of Hyrule must be SUPER haunted, so you're probably only seeing a fraction of what's there.

Hyrule Warriors (if you count it): no special items or abilities, except maybe the magic mirror you get in the water temple? It's an item that you can use to break an illusion spell. But in general, if a ghost shows up, it's visible to all characters.

I think that's everything? Let me know if I missed a game!

[artemistorm]

I just wanna play more Twilight Princess. Despite having played 3 hours I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of the storyline. I can see a lot of OOT in TP-- does Time know that Twilight has a villager named Fado? Also, I just got to the TP equivalent of a SS Silent Realm trial. Brother says it is annoying so... we'll see how it does.

[jullbnt]

Linktober 2023 – Masterlist

Day 1. Merchant (Ravio)

Day 2. Temple (ALttP Link exploring an old school dungeon)

Day 3. Friend/Helper/Companion (OoT Link and Epona)

Day 4. Sage (Nabooru)

Day 5. Race/Species (Midna and the Twili)

Day 6. Mask (Fierce Deity Link and all the masks!!)

Day 7. Sky Islands (TotK Link with the broken Master Sword)

Day 8. Constructs (Soldier Constructs)

Day 9. Deity (Hylia)

Day 10. Zelda (ALttP Zelda)

Day 11. Monsters (Dancing Redeads)

Day 12. Princess (Hilda)

Day 13. Spirit/Ghost/Phantom (Hero’s Shade)

Day 14. Ganon/Ganondorf (WW Ganondorf)

Day 15. Favorite character (Hero of Time)

Day 16. Dragons (all the dragons from TotK/BotW)

Day 17. Prophecy (Master Sword)

Day 18. Boss (WW Gohma)

Day 19. Zonai (TotK Zelda with the ghosts of Rauru and Sonia)

Day 20. Fire/Lava/Heat (Darunia)

Day 21. Link (TP Link)

Day 22. NPC (OoT Impa)

Day 23. Child/Children (OoT Link and Zelda as children)

Day 24. Korok/Kikwi/Kokiri (WW Link with Makar and Fado)

Day 25. Fairy (OoT/MM Great Fairy taking care of young Link)

Day 26. Overgrown (Minish Link)

Day 27. Plants/Forest (Saria)

Day 28. Light/Sparkle/Bright (OoT Rauru)

Day 29. Aquatic/Water (Ruto)

Day 30. Favorite game (Ocarina of Time)

Day 31. Free for all (OoT Zelink)

I’m also making posts grouping them by game or theme! In order of appearance:

A Link Between Worlds 

A Link to the Past

Ocarina of Time

OoT Seven Sages (six actually!)

Twilight Princess

Majora’s Mask

Tears of the Kingdom

Hylian religion

The Wind Waker

The Minish Cap

Hope you guys like them :D

These are available as prints on my Inprnt page! (I still need to add a few of them)

[midcna]

So. I found my strategy guide for TP, and the character description section literally calls out Link and his best bud Fado for being feisty little shits (typed out myself because my phone camera sucks)

You're a young man who is around 17 years old. You are a wrangler in a quiet village tucked away in the Ordon Woods, in a far corner of the kingdom of Hyrule. Away from Castle Town, you lead a quiet life and are a constant source of amusement among the village children. You are cheerful and truthful, but with a mischievous side, and you're often admonished by Ilia, your childhood friend and daughter of the village mayor.

A friend of yours and around your age (about 17), Fado works with you in the same farmhouse. Fado is an easygoing, down-to-earth type of fellow, but he has a somewhat childish side and sometimes goads you into reckless behavior, before receiving a scolding from Ilia.

[link-is-a-dork]

[dryanpierce]

This piece was for the Our Linked Community servers art exchange. This piece was for @joker-japan

They have officially converted me to their rare pair of TP Link X TP Fado. And I’m here for it. I had so much fun with this piece and I’m quite proud of it.

[louve-garoue]

Hey remember that post on how the Kokiri in Ocarina of Time had gendered clothings and Link wore a set of a mix of the boy and girl clothes ? Guess what ? They did it in Twilight princess too ! (honestly this may have already been pointed out because the games is more than 15 years old but I'm making my own post too for reason)

Look at the girl's outfit in Ordon Village :

And here are the boy's outfit in Ordon Village :

Alright so the main difference is that Women wear pants while Men wear a sort of long skirt (I'm sorry if it has a name that I don't know).

Smaller differences are that Women tend to prefer short shirt that they put underneath their garb with little to none decoration on their clothes. While Men tend to prefer long shirt/tunics with their 'skirt' underneath (unless those are long tunics with the end being in a different color ? idk maybe both are present) and a sort of apron(?) over it and have a lot of decoration on their garbs which feature a very specific belt.

You can note Women do have those apron(?) too, just like Men can have shorter shirt too. It's just rarer, less popular it's seems. Also young boys don't have long tunic like their parent so I guess it's considered like are considered for adult ?

Anyway by that logic those outfits :

seems to be gender neutral :). Maybe you could think that it's just more practical for their job except Link has the same one as Fado who is wearing traditional boy clothing and I would like to show that at Ordon it's perfectly acceptable to put a relatively short tunic with only underpants underneath as proved by Mayor Bo :

And although it does seems that Illia and Link dresses in a way that calls back to their parents (I'm talking about both Rusl, Uli but also Fado in Link case) which very heartwarming but they could also have gone into a more gender-conforming way to do this.

So in short : enby Link, Illia and Rusl solidarity (no wonder they are close).

Oh and @childrenofordon this might be an useful reference :) (you're doing god's work, thank you)

[lightningbreath]

First, remove the #zelink tag. I once made a post criticizing ganlink and also put it in the ship tag. Luckily, polite people came to warn me and ask me to remove the tag, as these tags are for people who like the ship. Why would you purposefully put this in a tag directly opposite your post’s point? Tagging zelink on a hate post is like if you HATED cheese, and decided to drive 30 minutes over to the local cheese market to yell at people who are buying cheese. like, nobody is in the tag/market is going to go “oh damn you’re so right. cheese/this ship sucks”

The malink theory doesn't make sense because: TP Link IS NOT THE OWNER of the ranch, that's FADO. TP Link is the ONLY HYLIAN in Ordon. It's probably that he's an orphan, he lives in a tree. There's no evidence that Link likes Malon aaaaaand IN THE JP VERSION, the sheikah stone said that Malon wants a PRINCE CHARMING, not a Knight, this destroy completely the Malink "evidence". 

Then comes the question "Ah, but when Link went back in time, he obviously stayed with Malon because Zelda didn't remember him" and I ask: WHY?

Seriously, regardless of whether or not Malon liked Link, who is Malon in Link's life? How important is she in his life? She is the girl Epona gave him and is another one of the many people he saved (it's worth remembering that he only went to the Ranch to get Epona, Malon didn't matter).

"""A-ctually 🤓 In MM Link has the Ocarina of Time and Epona both being incredibly important to Zelda and Malon, meaning Link had some relationship with both of them in the child timeline. The Cremia hug is the only time we see someone hug Time and the dialogue “You feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Sigh… You could get used to this!” We know how Link feels it warm and fuzzy.""""

And what does this prove? That Link considered Cremia to be someone minimally warm, but that matters little, Marín is a reflection of Zelda in Link's dream, but she is not Zelda, the same goes for Cremia, who even though she really was based on Malon, she is not Malon (Link interacted more with Malon as a child than as an adult, there would be no way for Link to know much about Malon as an adult).

And if you tell me that they are Malon or based on Malon, then you have to admit that Marín is Zelda from Link's Awakening, after all it has already been confirmed that she was created from Link's memories and that Malon is just a reference to Marín, just like his father and uncle are Mario and Luigi. Link knows NOTHING about Malon, Malon has had minimal impact, she is not a friend, she is no different from the other NPCs Link saves in the game. There's no reason for Link to see her as anything more than "the girl who sold me Epona." Cremia and Romani are creations of Termina, Link's memories did not influence this world as in Link's Awakening. They are people with their own personalities and problems, the only thing they have from Malon is their appearance and living on a ranch. Just it. There is no deep reason for them to have Malon's model.

Not to mention: So what? Let's say Link fell in love with Cremia, well, what a tragedy, because she disappeared with Termina and when he returns to Hyrule he will find Malon and, guess what? You will discover that Malon IS NOT Cremia (nor Romani). Malon doesn't have Romani's memories, she doesn't have Romani's experiences, her skills, she doesn't have Romani's PERSONALITY, she just has her appearance. And if you say that this doesn't interfere with Link being with Malon, then you're validating oot zelink fans, after all, the fact that this Zelda doesn't have oot Zelda's memories doesn't interfere with the possibility of her being with Link.

If I go to a ranch I've never been to and the owner's daughter sells me a mare, even if her favorite, it means little or nothing. Cremia hugs Link and he doesn't hug her back, but seriously, a kid who's been through the worst shit getting a hug of gratitude, those words are expected.

And another, the fact that TP Link has Epona and knows her song, strengthens his connection with Oot Link but not with Malon, since Epona now belongs to Link and he knows her song, Malon is not obligatory to pass on this knowledge, Link may have taught these things to his wife and children.

And finally, TP Link is a farmer, and? Oot Link died as a high-ranking member of the Hylian army, TP Link's work does nothing to help us learn about his family, especially when TP Link works on SOMEONE ELSE'S farm, a human's, OUTSIDE THE LON-LON RANCH and no one in the Order knows anything about Link's parents. Malon isn't the most obvious choice, she's just the laziest: "TP Link is a farmer and so is Malon, so Malon is obviously his ancestor."

In the game itself Malon isn't even that teased as a love interest for Link, the closest thing that we have is the Sheika stone that say that Malon dream about having a romance with a charming knight wich don't even really refers to Link. The manga adaptation took this sole line and reduced Malon's character to it to make her the cliche of the normal childhood friend with an unquireted love for the hero who end up with an important woman but in the game she most of her character is linked to the ranch and her familly, not really to Link. 

Now, again, TP Link is a farmer in a human village, outside of Castel Town, no one in Ordon knows Link's parents or how he got to the village, Epona's song could easily be transmitted only by Oot Link because he knows the song, Malon is NOT necessary to justify why TP Link has a mare called Epona and knows her song, Oot Link remembered the song, Malon taught him now he can teach this song to anyone, Epona's song is not a solid proof.

Regarding Zelda Lullaby, Zelda's royalty seems to be quite matriarchal since Hylia's powers seem to manifest themselves only in the women of the family, in addition to the fact that in Oot/MM, her function is more of a secret song to perform spells than a lullaby itself.

If we take into consideration that there are 300 years between MM and TP, along with my bastard child theory, it would make sense that TP Link didn't know Zelda's lullaby.

As we do not have information about Link's parents, nor more concrete information about the post-MM period, I agree, both Malink and Zelink are possible, the question is how Malink senders treat this as absolute truth when there is no solid evidence that this can be true.

Other thing: Oot Zelink couldn't happen because Zelda is a princess... Where does it say that? Where in Zelda's lore does this say? Zelda's royalty is already very different from ours, considering that titles of nobility have basically zero importance, not to mention that the beginning of MM makes it clear that the royal family had a lot of appreciation for Link, besides, as far as I I know, the royal family doesn't seem to have problems with royal marriages with members of the army (for example we have Rhoam and Zelda's mother in BotW) and considering that Link has become an important member of the royal army and that his tomb is in the territory of the royal family leads me to believe that he wasn't just anyone and about his forgotten history, well, in TP we have no reference to Oot Zelda and her reign or the reign of her children nor to other characters from Oot, so it seems that everyone in the generation of Oot Link were forgotten.

I'm sorry but I cannot see Zelink in ocarina of time. Zelda practically ruined his life by sending him back 7 years, everything he went through, forgotten. Yes link knew sheik but they really just showed up before each temple to play some music and say some deep ass poem to him. I just don't get Zelink in this game UNLESS it's the manga. The manga still kinda forced the ship.

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[bluemoon042]

Logically I knew that there was a possibility that Link would have a country accent if he talked based on how Fado talks but actually seeing on option for 'Sorry, partner' really confirms it 😆

[kyoupann]

In Twilight Princess Fado is supposedly 17 years old, the same age as Link, and I- Link is so tiny. He has to literally look up to talk to him. And when you talk to him, he bends down :'(