The Case for Kingship

Originally Posted by avroillusion

I definitely thing some Links have better chances than others, but I'm very fond of the idea of certain Links taking up the crown. Either that or having a chivalrous, Knight and Lady sort of affair. I think he has the skills to cut an inspiring leadership figure as well, even if he has no formal education. Minish Cap Link might have the best chances, she and him have an interest in each other/are very close, their parents are close friends and the world of the Minish Cap seems kinda lax so they'd probably accept Link, even if he was common born.

I would think Link's lack of formal noble training would make him very popular with the commoners, as he is one of them. He may have a better perspective on their thoughts and life than the distant and wealthy royalty.I can see a few nobility who may resent him for his common birth, but Zelda outranks them and can keep them in line. They'd have to respect his "chosen hero" title as well.

Originally Posted by avroillusion

I can't really see how it'd work out for TP, still. It would be a relationship based on duty, don't you think? I think there may be a chance for it, but there isn't much we can work with ingame. We may see what happens in the sequel. And Ilia can't help being a distraction; can't a guy have a couple of personal problems every once in a while? However, by the end of the game, I do feel that he's sort of fallen out of love with her. I really do feel sorry for Ilia-she couldn't help getting amnesia-but the Link she knew just wasn't there anymore.

Not necessarily. The Link I saw in game fell in love with Midna...and he seemed to fall faster for her when she showed the more "Zelda like" attributes such as honesty, self-sacrifice and general selflessness. Zelda and her have more in common than it appears.
( Which is the topic of our essay-in-progress: http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/...rincesses.html )
It stands to reason that on that basis he could well fall for Zelda off-screen. The conditions are ripe for it and it's been set up, unfortunately love is not predictable..so we'll see if there's a sequel.

This certainly seems to be the case in TLoz/TAoL, TMC, and TWW/PH - though in the Great Sea pair, Tetra doesn't actually seem to be the ruler of anything but a boat.

However, in many of them he and Zelda are not much more than allies.

In TP, he clearly has feelings for Ilia, and he doesn't have that much of an outsider feeling to him - while he has gone on an adventure, it is implied that Bo has as well - he settled down. While he may not have saved Hyrule...but in any case, Zelda is almost a non-character in the game. I'll admit Midna would be a better match, but that ends up being impossible, and his romance with Ilia drives a meaningful bit of plot.

In ALttP/LA, OoA/OoS, and FS/FSA, he doesn't really have any more interaction with Zelda than with the other Shrine Maidens/Oracles/etc. Meanwhile, in LA he has VERY strong interaction with Marin (and if the good ending is interpreted the way some see it, a continued relationship is possible), and in OoA/OoS he has a strong relationship with Din (made even more clear in the manga). While Marin may be impossible - maybe she's not truly human anymore, and instead lives with the Wind Fish, who knows - him being with Din would closely parallel Ralph and Nayru - he wouldn't be king, but he still would able to help a lot of people, and he does a lot for Din in that game, whereas Zelda shows up...and just gets rescued. She does give him a kiss, but...it's not really that romantic of one, anyway.

OoT/MM, odd case.

Though Link and Zelda clearly have a bond, that only exists in the "Adult Timeline" - and unless there is some way for the split timeline to be interpreted where the events of the Adult still happen - they have no connection. Maybe he stays in Termina for a while, and marries Romani? Or he returns, and marries Malon (or Ruto, since he did promise to...)? Or he remains a bachelor, and it it up to other descendants of TMC Link to continue the line of heroes. In either case, so long as time itself is truly split (which, by varying definitions of timeline, it may not be - timelines can be personal, after all...), Link was nothing more than a particularly dedicated Hylian Knight.

I'm afraid I have to lock this thread, as it's well over a month old, but I'd love to continue debating this in the Romance thread, in fact, I'll go respond to ^ there.

http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/...ntinues-3.html

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