• FourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Again, have to point this out, like a goddamn psychotic compulsion:

    Link being a twink who easily passes for a cute girl when he crossdresses is a plot point in BOTW, and in TOTK you can resolve a political dispute to get a cute mushroom hat that comes with not only a pink wig but also earrings and makeup

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      1 year ago

      Also men and women from throughout the world are constantly hitting on him in both. Either its a world where bi/homosexuality is considered normal and uncontroversial or Link is just canonically the hottest man in Hyrule and the average guy is just willing to risk facing homophobia for a shot at banging him.

      None of this even takes interpreting, this is all surface level lol

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        Either its a world where bi/homosexuality is considered normal and uncontroversial or Link is just canonically the hottest man in Hyrule

        :why-not-both:

        None of this even takes interpreting, this is all surface level lol

        I think “Link is a gay icon” maybe leans hard into the theory that IRL gay people have adopted Link as an icon. I haven’t seen much of that. LoZ imagery tends to spam the dorky gamer artistic space, rather than being particular to a given disposition.

        At this point, Link is more a Rorschach test for the audience’s sexuality. Given the fact that this young man has literally never fucked, despite being hit on by every Goron, Zora, and Sheikah in eye-shot, I’m prone to declaring him a pure Ace with tease tendencies.