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Originally Posted by Månegarm
I'm rather curious, though, as to why so many people (maybe I shall call them "anti-shippers" seem so hell-bent on saying "Link and Zelda's relationship is strictly platonic!" to the point where they become openly hostile if you suggest otherwise. (Someone once said, "everything Zelda says in OoT would take some serious bending to mean anything romantic.")
Then again I don't pretend to understand shippers. |
When coming across that opinion, I've often seen it as the result of support for another pairing. By discounting Link and Zelda romantically, it takes the possibility of competition out for this third member. I think the same tactic is often used when Sheik and Zelda are separated: if you can consider Sheik to be completely seperate, many of the implications she makes can be discounted as well.
I personally see Sheik as merely another side to Zelda, and everything she says is valid in terms of reflecting how Zelda thinks and what Zelda is. ( A tomboy, adventurous, outgoing and very brave ) I equate her with Midna in imp form or Tetra as a pirate: still themself, merely in a altered form.
Second: Not all fans are wired the same way: I will fully admit as a woman I tend to have a nose for romance and will seek it out, and usually pick up what is existing very easily. In that case, subtleties and implications usually seem to stand out to this fan. In contrast, a fan who is not really interested in romance may not be reading the dialogue for romance if that makes sense.