Some people have a better chance with Link than others. I don't see him settling down with anyone, which makes Tetra really good for him. She's a seafaring pirate.
OoT has multiple girls for Link, and I have always gone with Malon. She's based off of Marin, and Marin is such a developed character. Actually, Malon pales before Marin as far as development goes. Still, I really like Marin.
That may be a big reason why I prefer Marin over Zelda. I grew so attached to her in LA. Before
OoT, there wasn't much development with Zelda. In
OoT there was Shiek, but he's a guy. Or meant to be a guy. I thought he was a guy while playing the game, so I really didn't see Shiek that way whether it's really just Zelda in disguise or not.
Some people say Marin is supposed to be like Zelda, but I don't see much resemblance between them. Yeah, they are light skinned girls of similar ages. And?
Since I played LA before
OoT, I became very attached to Malon in
OoT. I also became attached to Tetra, who out of all girls seems like the perfect one for Link. She's actually Zelda too, but still different.
I guess, in the end, I'm into Zelda as long as she's not princessy. I also really like Midna.
So my three favorite girls in the whole series are Marin, Tetra, and Midna. They have the most character development.