Will Link and Zelda's relationship be presented as romantic in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?
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Obviously will come with some subjectivity. If a normal person would typically feel comfortable with their Grandma in the same situation, I will likely count that as platonic.

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I've been really conflicted here. I find it compelling that they seem to have lived in the same house at one point, and there is only one bed. But they were far from explicit so it is hard for me to simply resolve yes.

I think resolving to 80% is fair given the circumstances, but please let me know if traders disagree and we can discuss.

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@CarsonGale lol i didn't even know that, and I'm pretty late in the game. Is this an easter egg where you find a specific house?

@TiredCliche Did you play BotW? One of the late-game quests is creating your own house in Hateno, then in TotK that same house turns out to be where Zelda lived. And I believe there's a diary somewhere where it is mentioned that Link/Zelda lived together in that house.

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@CarsonGale I did, I forgot about that. Haven't done the Hateno quests yet for whatever reason so haven't really explored the place. Thanks!

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@CarsonGale 80% is fair, I think!

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Well, to be fair I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable [spoiler]ing my grandma while she [spoilers], and I spent a long time doing that to Zelda in this game.

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I really gotta finish this game huh

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Is there a resolution timeline here - do you know when you might have a chance to play the game?

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Called it

(Edit, because the Tweet isn't specific: Zelda's English voice actress.)

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@evergreenemily nothing in the link clarified it as being "romantic," only a relationship. as much of a zelink shipper i am, i dont think this is conclusive evidence just yet.

@astyerche I don't necessarily consider it conclusive evidence, especially on its own, but I do think it makes the in-game evidence stronger.

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@evergreenemily on some level, i would love this level of confirmation. im not sure if you've seen that one memory where zelda is talking about link, buts its very cute and would reccomend finding it. but on the other hand, i think it would be awesome if they were still platonic, since that type of representation in media is not super present, but nintendo seems to be baiting at a relationship, and since the games canonically are like 3 to 5 years apart, who knows!!!

zelink theorists doing that tableflip rn, also best headcanon that link cut zeldas hair lol

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@astyerche Oh, absolutely the best headcanon!!! I love cute stuff like that.

Fuck it, we ball.

perfect

I should bet NO for insurance as a Zelink shipper, but at the same time I'm very much hoping for this to resolve as YES eventually...

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@evergreenemily Betting on something just because you hope for it is a good way of making yourself even more disappointed.

You’re right that there’s a tradeoff between insurance and betting on your hopes; the optimal strategy is to figure out how likely the thing you hope for is, and bet the market to that point. Which is what you should be doing anyway.

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@NcyRocks Well, I'm not only betting because I hope it's true - I genuinely think the probability is in the 40-50% range.

how about sleeping in the same bed?

@JackGaller would depend on context, but if it was sexually charged then seems like it could resolve Yes. Deep looking into each other's eyes would be notable here.

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@CarsonGale how about the implication that they live in the same house / sleep in the same bed?

@JackGaller Very hard for me to gauge sans context - would depend on how strong the implication is. Like if they are traveling together and they happen to be sleeping near each other or on the same patch of grass but it isn't romantic I don't think that would resolve positively.

@JackGaller Haven't seen the leaks, but I think I know where this is going, LMAO. I hope it's what I think it is, it would be cute.

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@JackGaller I finally got there and I'm so glad it was exactly what I thought it would be!

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@evergreenemily Yeah it’s really cute! Just got there yesterday.

I’m blown away how much more detail there is in everything. Been playing on and off since release, and probably only like 5% in overall. There’s so much more to everything.

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@JackGaller Yeah, it's wild (pun intended). I'm 30 hours in and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of the game.

well this original comment aged well…

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@Chizardium I think it was posted just after the first leaks.

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@NcyRocks yeah, r/gamingleaksandrumours had a whole megathread on Zelda leaks. Before the game came out, I spent basically the two weeks prior just reading leaks. So far it’s been very profitable.

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