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Originally Posted by Månegarm
The thing is, if the evidence for Link/Zelda is scant, the evidence for the other women is even more so.
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That's precisely why I personally back Link x Zelda over the others: scant and subtle yes, but it seems to keep appearing throughout the series.
Another thought is how the couple is viewed by the general populace: we have Smash Brothers Brawl ( representing a broad view of the series as seen from it's developers ) equating Zelda and Link with Mario and Peach. The manga's are almost all hugely positive for Link and Zelda, plus the cartoon, the book and so on. I just can't shake the feeling that if it was entirely incorrect, these, or at least the ones with developer input ( the manga ) would have corrected us.
For the sake of carrying on and countering your argument:
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Originally Posted by Månegarm
-Neither of them have ever shown any gestures towards each other that can interpreted in an exclusively romantic context (i.e. that cannot be attributed to friendship or respect). In TP, the "platonics" win hands-down, because there is ZERO evidence for any attraction between them in that game. |
Fair enough: I can agree that some women ( Malon or Ilia off-hand ) seem to be pointed more out as a traditional love interest in terms of function than perhaps Zelda, who does dual duty as a partner to Link.
But in my mind, this is ruined by the fact that they are often not the "emotional focal point" that Zelda is, at least with
OoT. If they had wanted to leave us with the sense that Malon meant a great deal to Link, they could have done so with the ending instead of focusing on Zelda and Link. IMO,
TP did it with Midna and Ilia and other games have focused on Marin, Tetra and more Zelda...in each I feel the time spent and emotions generated are important in indicating who Link is more likely to have feelings for.
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-In OoT, Link and Zelda spent most of their time together as children, who are not yet old enough to experience genuine romantic affection.
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They don't need to: "Young love becomes deep affection". It has to start somewhere, and the case for all the other romantic interests ( Saria, Ruto, Malon ) usually involves friendship as children as a starting point. How is Zelda any different?
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-They simply do not spend enough time together to develop any mutual attraction to each other.
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Experience with love would tell that time is not a necessary factor. Attraction is often formed in a first meeting. Shallow it may be until developed, it still exists. Conversely, someone could spend years with someone else and not develop attraction.