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Originally Posted by gliderpilotgirl
Really? I will confess my views on Zelda x Link were pretty much set by it: I had suspected from the game, and the manga just expanded it hugely. In it, when Link stopped himself from going furthur ( and making it worse ), he knelt, put his hand to his heart and swore the line in my sig. Being a comic book nerd, I've read plenty of good comics, but I instantly burst into tears at that point.
Another interesting thing that the manga does ( and not the game ) is flat out torpedo the Malon x Link thing. Malon decides maybe Link is her Prince ( Knight from the game ) only to have him call out Zelda's name a second later and destroy that illusion.
M: "What's your relationship with her?"
L: "Huh?" *fighting off hordes of Gerudos
M:" You don't even need to tell me. I saw the look in your eyes. Ahh..what a short love Malon's was."
Again, I've seen/heard of the best of men ( and some real leaders ) who are putty in their wives' hands. But another point to prove he's not completely spineless: In MM, it seems clear to me that Link was hurting Zelda when he left her, and he knew it. But he still went and didn't crumble in the face of her sadness. I definately think he was affected by it though: Tatl had to smack him on the head to get him to pay attention to his impending doom. ( and break him out his memories )
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But since child Link is still a prepubescent, he seems to be more of this happy go lucky cherub like character who would not be clouded with any romantic emotion to stop him from doing what he was going to do, and in MM it was to find a cherished friend. Sure Zelda seemed very saddened that he was leaving but I think it was more that he happened to be this little kid about to embark on a dangerous journey so naturally she was saddened if not worried. But Link just seemed in his innocent fun loving self "I know your sad Zelda, but I want to go on an adventure right now because I'm just this adorable fun loving little kid with too much pent up energy to stick around with you all the time and boring old Hyrule"
Now if this was adult Link, who by now should be physically attracted to women, mainly Zelda to be easily swayed by her implied physical beauty. Therefore if the MM cutscene were Link and Zelda as adults, I'm sure Link would get the hint that she does not want him to leave and comply to her whim without question.