Zelda & Link's Love | TotK BotW Evidence Explained | 2023

The Legend of Zelda breath of the Wild and the Legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom introduce loads of new characters stories and Mysteries into the Zelda Universe the biggest mystery that has been sought after and researched in the Zelda Community is that of the relationship between Princess Zelda and her appointed Knight link Nintendo has established a sort of status quo stating that basically Zelda and Link have no shared romantic relationship this is never explicitly said in the games but it can certainly be inferred based on how the story plays out however I reject that status quo and I believe that there is a shared romantic love between Princess Zelda and Link I believe that breath of the wild has clearly proven that Zelda loves link and I'll prove that in a second but I think the new more important point that I want to share is how tears of the kingdom is the game that proves how link loves Zelda their love is mutual and complete with the release of Tears of the Kingdom which complements what has already been discovered in breath of the wild hi my name is Ian and today I will be proving that there is a shared romantic love between Zelda and Link the style of this video is going to be something like a debate I will be disproving the status quo that there is no romantic love between Zelda and Link and in order to disprove that I will have to prove simply two things that Zelda romantically loves link and that link romantically loves Zelda their mutual love is a very important factor and I will be proving this by using evidence in both breath of the wild and tears of the Kingdom now before I jump into that there are three things that we need to establish first of all spoiler warning I am going to be spoiling the entire plot of breath of the wild and tears of the Kingdom I'm going to be showing multiple memories secret endings that you can find in the game so if you have not beaten breath of the wild or tears of the kingdom and you don't want to be spoiled on that story I would encourage you to stop watching the video however if you have beaten those two games then I encourage you please continue watching the second thing that I need to establish is something that I'm going to be calling objective completion and what object of completion basically means is that anything that should happen in breath of the wild or tears of the kingdom does happen successfully so in breath of the wild link wakes up he is able to free the four Divine beasts he recovers all of his memories and he successfully defeats Calamity Ganon and saves Zelda then enters the kingdom again link wakes up he's able to summon all five sages he collects all of the Dragon Tears collects the master sword he defeats Ganondorf and he saves Zelda so anything that should happen in either breath of the wild or tears of the kingdom does happen successfully last but not least this might seem a little bit obvious but I thought I should establish It Anyways when I talk about Zelda and Link's romantic relationship I am only talking about the link in Zelda within the story and the world of breath of the wild and tears the kingdom I'm not talking about the Zelda and Twilight Princess or the link in Skyward Sword we are only talking about the characters that are in breath of the wild and tears the kingdom alright with those three things established we can move on to the video firstly I'm going to be examining Zelda's character in breath of the wild then Zelda enters the kingdom and from those two portions we'll be able to prove that Zelda does indeed love link then we'll examine Link's character in breath of the wild and Link in tears the kingdom and from those two portions we'll be able to prove that link loves Zelda so let's get started in breath of the wild Zelda is a descendant from the goddess hylia and in this game she has been blessed with the power to destroy Calamity Ganon the great evil that constantly looms over Hyrule however Zelda struggles to unlock her power and fulfill her Destiny when her father the king of Hyrule appoints link the excellent swordsman and the hero who has been chosen by the sword that seals the darkness as protection she is instantly very annoyed and dismayed herbosa summarizes it perfectly in this memory oh give it a rest that boy is a living reminder of her own failures well at least that's how the princess sees him Link's success is a constant reminder of Zelda's own personal failure in the beginning of breath of the wild Zelda despises Link in another memory we see how annoyed Zelda is with link she shouts at him and reprimands him for his silence and his constant presence in her diary she even talks about it further saying I never know what he is thinking it makes my imagination run wild guessing at what he is thinking but will not say what is the boy chosen by the sword that seals the darkness think of me will I ever truly know and I suppose it's simple a daughter of hyrule's royal family yet unable to use ceiling magic he must despise me I said something awful to him today my research was going nowhere I was feeling depressed and I had told him repeatedly not to accompany me but he did anyway as he always does so I yelled at him without restraint however later we see in a memory how link fearlessly risks his life for Zelda's own safety and after seeing Link's sacrifice Zelda transforms and begins to love link she apologizes and seeks to know him further not only has Zelda's affection toward link changed but she actually starts to begin to worry for his life and begins to seek to know him and this affection is the beginning of a romantic love now everything that I've said up till now is only proof that Zelda and Link are friends even though Zelda started out in breath of the Wild by not liking Link at all near the midpoint of the memories they truly become friends now let's move on to the biggest point in breath of the wild and that is talking about Zelda's power and her responsibility Zelda has been gifted with light power she has been gifted with a power that can destroy Calamity Ganon and she needs to fulfill her Destiny in order to save Hyrule however her only reason to fulfill her Destiny is just because her father says to now you are here wasting your time you need to be dedicating every moment you have to your training stop running away from your duty after the death of Zelda's mother Zelda's father became quite harsh and cold and Zelda was left without a teacher or a loving presence and so Zelda travels to the springs throughout Hyrule spring of power spring of Courage and the spring of wisdom however she fails to awaken her power at all three Springs now the Champions meet Zelda when she Journeys back from the spring of wisdom and now comes the biggest point in breath of the wild mifa actually is the one who reveals the truth of how to unlock Mystic power anything could finally spark the power to see again in a way we just have to keep looking for that thing that's kind of you thank you if I may I thought you well I'm not sure how to put this into words I'm actually quite embarrassed to say it but I was thinking about what I do when I'm healing you know what usually goes through my mind it helps when I think when I think about even though mifa was cut off by the return of Calamity Ganon we can infer what she was going to say clearly she looks at link who was her childhood crush and she is about to say something along the lines of it helps when I think about the person I truly love or the person I deeply care about and that is the secret to Zelda's failure she has no strong reason to perform and it certainly isn't a coincidence that Ganon chose to return right before Zelda would have acquired the key to unlocking her ceiling power this memory leads me to a principle that we are going to return to time and time again throughout this video and that is this principle magical powers can only be activated or exercised if the actor has a strong motive now obviously magical powers can't be only limited to willpower or motive obviously things such as strength or intellect or even genetic Bloodlines have a very strong say in how magical powers are acquired and used but I think what's important is that motive is a very important requirement that Zelda lacked and that was the reason she could not unlock her power and this principle can easily be proven across the characters in breath of the wild and tears of the Kingdom each of the Champions and the sages have a magical ability that is only activated and unlocked when the actor has a strong motive that allows their powers to flourish just look at each of the Sages each of them are motivated by the desire to fulfill the destiny that was set by their ancestors and not let Hyrule fall into ruin it is only when they discover those things and truly accept the secret stone that their symbols are written into the stone and they claim it as their own proving that motive and willpower are a very strong factor in acquiring and using magical powers if you're still not convinced consider heroes in other franchises such as tanjaro comedo from Demon Slayer he is an excellent swordsman because of his strength and his intellect and also his genetic sense of smell but more importantly he is an excellent Demon Slayer because he is motivated by righteous principles he wants to save his sister consider how in Star Wars there's the Dark Side of the force and the light side of the force the force is activated and is empowered through different emotions the dark side tends to lead toward things like hate Vengeance fear whereas the Light Side leans towards higher morals like virtue and goodness as you can see the principle that magical powers must have actors that have the strongest motives is not as far-fetched as it sounds many different universes and franchises that are mystical and fictional Embrace this principle without explicitly saying it out loud magic has a requirement of strength of intellect of genetic traits but most importantly magic has a requirement of motive it has a requirement of willpower it requires the actor to have a strong reason to perform my point is this Zelda's ceiling power was only unlocked when link was threatened and that is no coincidence up until the point where link was threatened Zelda had no strong motive her only motive to fulfill her Destiny was simply so that she could fulfill her father's wishes it was only when her love link was threatened as she found something to fight for and that is what unlocked her power and I think it's even more important to note that it had to be love and not friendship Zelda was friends with all the Champions she was friends with link as we established earlier if friendship was a strong enough motive then her power should have unlocked long ago but it was only when her love was threatened that it truly did unlock if you're still not convinced about the whole friendship versus love thing consider how in Hyrule Warriors age of Calamity in a totally different timeline in the Zelda Universe protecting link is still specifically the key that unlocks Zelda's power even across timelines link is the key for me personally that is the only evidence I need to prove that Zelda loves link if you're still not convinced here's one more undeniable piece of evidence that certainly proves it and it's all because of Cass if you complete all of the quests in breath of the wild with Cass and you go to him at night in Rito Village you can hear a secret song the song was written by cass's old teacher a teacher who was a royal poet and was actually in love with Zelda however the song States this an ancient hero a Calamity appears now resurrected after 10 000 years her appointed Knight gives his life Shields her figure and pays the price then listen to this the princess's love for her Fallen Knight awakens her power and within the castle the Calamity is forced to cower [Music] the hero the princess hand in hand must bring the light back to this land and there you go definitive proof that in breath of the wild Zelda indeed loves link so now that we've proven this in breath of the wild let's move on to tears of the Kingdom the story goes something like this Zelda and Link are still together during the exploration of the Gloom underneath Hyrule Castle they come across the demon king who is being sealed Away by raurus disembodied hand and his secret Stone however the curse lifts the magic is broken and the demon king is released once again upon Hyrule Zelda falls down a Chasm which was caused by the upheaval of the Demon King link attempts to rescue her but Zelda is lost and actually sent back in time because of raru's secret Stone link is rescued by the hand but Zelda is sent to the past in the past Zelda discovers the first king and queen of Hyrule king raru and queen Sonia as Zelda seeks to find a way back to her era she forms a relationship with these two people and I believe she sees them as parental figures since both Zelda's father and mother have passed in her time she looks up to raru and Sonia as a father figure and as as a mother figure Queen Sonia reveals an interesting detail about Zelda that we didn't know previously Zelda has both light and time powers and when she touched the secret Stone the secret Stone chose to amplify her time Powers over her light powers and this is part of the reason why Zelda struggled so much in breath of the wild clearly Zelda is geared toward becoming the sage of time not the sage of Light which makes a lot of sense and clearly shows why Zelda struggled so much to unlock specifically her light power in breath of the wild moving on in the story The Evil figure Ganondorf appears and clearly he has malicious intent however Zelda and raru are too late to act and queen Sonia is killed by Ganondorf and her secret stone is stolen Ganondorf becomes the demon king and rauru and Zelda along with the five sages fight him however Zelda already knows the future and knows that raru is going to be the one who has to make the ultimate sacrifice raru using all of his light power is able to seal Ganondorf away for 10 000 years they may have stopped the evil but they have certainly not won the war Zelda knows that in her time the curse will eventually be lifted and Ganondorf will have power so she goes to each of the sages and gives them a mission that in the future there must be a sage to help link then Zelda receives a master sword that has traveled back in time and she realizes her purpose and that is to heal the master sword through jaconification now what exactly is draconification there are stories about the secret stones and forbidden Act honification to swallow a secret stone is to become an immortal Dragon one blessed with eternal life but there is still more to those Tales to become an immortal dragon is to lose oneself that is why it is forbidden knowing the risks and knowing the dangers Zelda voluntarily undergoes draconification she swallows her secret Stone becomes the light dragon and starts to heal the master sword for link to receive in the future all while losing her mind her memory her soul and if that's not a display of love then I don't know what is Additionally the Dragon Tears that Zelda disperses at the end the tears that contain her memories should not have been a mission requirement but Zelda knows that link will need them and that he is the key to stopping Ganondorf all of these facts complement each other along with what we've already proven in breath of the wild they prove that Zelda does indeed love link lastly in the very end when link is able to defeat the draconified demon king and save Zelda Zelda says this [Music] and when I heard Zelda say those words I instantly put this together we all know the famous saying home is where the heart is Zelda is back to where her heart truly belongs she is back with link in conclusion breath of the wild definitively proves how Zelda's love for link is the key that unlocks her power and tears the kingdom further complements this claim and further proves how much Zelda truly loves link so now that we've proven that Zelda loves link by examining evidence from both breath of the wild and tears of the Kingdom we now need to examine the character of Link we need to prove that link loves Zelda let's start with link in breath of the wild Link's love for Zelda is harder and less obvious to prove due to his vow of silence nevertheless between the two games I believe there is enough evidence to prove that he loves Zelda in breath of the wild link is Zelda's appointed Knight he is the chosen hero who wields the master sword the sword that seals the darkness and it is Link's duty to protect Zelda and this loyalty seems very simple and obviously Link's duty is out of the orders from the King and not from love right well actually when we examine the memories we can see that link clearly cares for Zelda more than he is required in his mission take a look at this memory from breath of the Wild [Music] how did it come to this I tried and I failed them I loved them all the time laughs [Music] Calamity Ganon returned and Zelda was unable to stop him in this scene they are literally running for their lives Zelda slips and falls and Link rushes back to her he puts away his only weapon the man doesn't have a bow or a shield and he she's the master sword even when they are in danger wherever they go and he takes a moment to comfort Zelda this is a love and a care that transcends his mission to protect Zelda this memory is the evidence that proves that link is truly friends with Zelda he is not merely a knight on a mission he is Zelda's friend so now that we've established this how can we prove that link is more than just a friend to Zelda well actually it has to do with his silence Zelda is the only person that link truly opens up to and we see this in the journal entries of Zelda's diary bit by bit I've gotten link to open up to me turns out he's quite a glutton he can't resist a delicious meal when I finally got around to asking why he's quiet all the time I could tell it was difficult for him to say but he did with so much at stake and so many eyes upon him he feels it necessary to stay strong and to silently bear any burden I wish to talk with him more and to see What Lies Beneath those calm Waters to hear him speak freely and openly and perhaps I too will be able to Bear my soul to him and share the demons that have plagued me all these years link isn't just another friend to Zelda he is someone who truly believes he can be vulnerable with her and this is the beginning of his love for Zelda now before we get into the definitive proof and tears of the Kingdom there is a very large piece of evidence that we need to discuss in breath of the wild and it actually has to do with Hudson from Tarrytown if you complete and rebuild Terry town in breath of the wild then Hudson will get a wedding cut scene in in this cut scene you can see Bolson in the background throwing about petals petals are falling from the air everywhere during this wedding later you can go back to hetano Village and talk to Bolson and he'll tell you the meaning of these petals anything else you want to ask me let's say that neck charm oh you like this it's an heirloom pass down through several generations of Colton fam at the end of Hudson's wedding did you see the showers of flower petals yes yes we did see those showers I'm glad proves your quality those flower petal showers can't be seen by the vapid or disenchanted the infinite falling petals represent Endless Love oh my gosh if link gets all of his Memories Back In breath of the wild there is a bonus cut scene that plays at the end of the credits when you beat the game Zelda talks about the future of Hyrule and they set out on a new adventure together and what do we see in this final cut scene of Link and Zelda infinite falling pedals and not just any petals pedals from the silent princess flower representing their Endless Love the princess and her Silent Night when I found this piece of evidence that was it the I was that was that totally convinced me that literally in breath of the wild we can definitively prove that not only does Zelda love link but link also loves Zelda now we haven't even gotten to tears of the kingdom and tears of the Kingdom I believe is the game that definitively even more definitively proves than breath of the wild that link loves Zelda let's dive into it at the start of the game even with his breath of the wild Duty fulfilled link keeps his loyalty towards Zelda in my opinion it's because he loves her but we haven't proven that yet so let's just keep going there are many smaller and cute details within the game that suggest that link loves Zelda and before I get to the largest bit of evidence in my opinion let's go over those few things the house that belongs to link in breath of the wild has now become a house that link shares with Zelda Zelda's diary is inside of that house the picture of the Champions if you completed the breath of the wild DLC is inside of that house as well as photos of different events and tears of the Kingdom that relate to Princess Zelda not only do they share a house but Zelda has a secret well in that secret well Zelda that has a second diary containing plans for a new Champions tunic for link and she also keeps a chest there that has the hair band from breath of the wild a really cool detail another thing that I believe is worth mentioning is the find Princess Zelda main quest this is the very first main quest for link and it is the last main quest completed in the game I think it's important to note that when link wakes up on the sky island his first mission is not survival it's not defeating the demon king or even jumping off the island it's simply to find Zelda this is a really cool detail that plays into the end of the game The Story Goes Like This in the past Zelda becomes the light dragon by swallowing her secret Stone and Performing draconification she heals the master sword and Link receives it in the future but of course Zelda as a dragon has no memory and no soul link is able to defeat the demon king but the Demon King desperate for victory undergoes reconnaissance education himself in order to defeat link link is trapped in the jaws of the Demon King but then Zelda the light dragon rescues him in an epic final battle of light versus Darkness link delivers the final blow and Ganondorf The Demon King is defeated for good suddenly link is transported to an ethereal realm above the light dragon his zonai hand glows and forms a connection to the light dragon suddenly the spirits of Sonia and raru appear beside him and they both lay a hand channeling the power then all of a sudden the light dragon is reversed back into Zelda and Link rescues her finally he has found his princess the question now becomes how on Earth was link able to rescue Zelda what was the magic what was the key that rescued her how on Earth was draconification reversed Zelda summarizes it perfectly in the final cut scene oh stand [Music] I had been sleeping all this time but when I felt something like a warm loving Embrace I woke up [Music] checkmate links love for Zelda was the key that saved Zelda and if that sounds familiar it's because the sentence I just said is the converse of what is true in breath of the wild Zelda's love for Link in breath of the wild was the key to unlocking her power in tears of the Kingdom Link's love for Zelda was the key to rescuing her from jaconification if you still don't believe me guess what there's more the bonus cut scene if you complete everything in tears of the Kingdom the bonus cut scene you receive at the end of the credits has a ton of information minaru says this this is only a theory but but raru's power of light and Sonia's time power for Zelda to transform back they both must have channeled their abilities through you link fun side note that music after Zelda says I see is the exact piano riff thing that plays at the beginning of breath of the Wild [Music] when Zelda learns that link was the reason she was saved she hearkens back to her love for him in breath of the wild as cued by the music but moving on to the most important detail Zelda was transformed back because Sonia's time Power and raru's Light power were channeled through link to transform Zelda now why is this important well it's obvious isn't it jaconification has always been a forbidden act forbidden because you lose your mind and soul with no chance of getting it back so how on Earth was link able to pull this off because of the principle that I stated in the beginning of the video magical powers can only be activated and exercised by actors who have the strongest motives that principle is what saved Zelda in breath of the wild it's how link rescued Zelda in tears of the kingdom and what do I mean by this well think about it if all we need to reverse draconification is light and time and emotive then raru and Sonia should have been able to defeat this forbidden act time and time again why was it forbidden if it was that easy if the Zone I had these secret Stones why was this act so evil because it couldn't be reversed why not because the magic of itself was too weak those time and light Powers were extraordinary it was because the actors never had the strongest motives link loves Zelda and that love is able to conquer any curse any forbidden evil act and transform it back into goodness and when I say that link loves Zelda it's not a friendship love it's not a night fulfilling his duty love it is a romantic love if the only motive required to reverse draconification was something along the lines of friendship or loyalty as a motive then raru and Sonia should have been able to do it by themselves your connification shouldn't have been so forbidden but because the actor needs to have the strongest motive of romantic love only then when raru and Sonia Channel their own powers through link through the vessel that has the strongest motive only then can that magic become powerful enough to reverse the curse the love that raru and Sonia had for Zelda was not enough to fulfill that principle's requirements they were strong enough they were smart enough they had the genetic makeup that granted them that zonai power that zonai magic however the motive they lacked was The Willpower was the reason to perform the motive of romantic love that could only have been fulfilled through link that is why when they channeled their power through him as a vessel only then could your chronification be reversed this is why tears of the kingdom is the game that proves link loves Zelda the conclusion is this Zelda's love for Link in breath of the wild saves them and this is seen in the memory where Zelda unlocks her light power in order to save link s love for Zelda in tears of the Kingdom saves them and this is seen in the reverse draconification scene where light and time flow through link who activates their power through his motive of Love towards Zelda the Nintendo status quo that states that there is no shared romantic love between Link and Zelda cannot stand against this undeniable and strong stack of evidence that Nintendo themselves have woven into the game breath of the wild is the game that proves Zelda loves link tears of the kingdom is the game that proves link loves Zelda what I can say for sure is that between these two games which complement each other with amazing evidence we can say for certain there is a shared romantic love between Zelda and Link and now before I end there's one final point I'd like to address creators and theorists in the Zelda Universe have said that basically uh every copy of breath of the wild sold and every copy of Tears the kingdom sold all of those Adventures that creators and Gamers experience subjectively those Adventures are all parallel universes in the Zelda universe and while I'm not trying to get into anything crazy like timelines and parallel universes I think there's something worth noting links silence in the game has a purpose we the player are supposed to fill that silence in our own subjective experiences we are link when we experience breath of the wild when we experience tears of the Kingdom and if we are link in every breath of the wild experience is subjective then why is it that in every copy of the game we can see the pedals in that end scene the petals from the silent princesses that represent Endless Love Olson himself said that the pedals aren't seen by those who are vapid or disenchanted what unites every subjective Zelda experience are those petals none of us are the disenchanted we are all meant to see that display and that symbol of Zelda's love for link and Link's love for Zelda Nintendo might not blatantly flaunt the romance of Zelda and Link but I believe that that one scene is enough evidence to prove that despite their always being subjective experiences in these games the romance between Zelda and Link is meant is destined to be seen by every single person if you made it this far in the video congratulations thanks for sticking with me until the end uh before I wrap things up there's just something really important I need to say and that is a huge thank you to Nintendo black crisis it was his original to Zell Link videos examining their relationship in breath of the wild that inspired me to make my own especially with the release of Tears of the Kingdom all of the points and the evidence that I made in this video about breath of the wild were heavily heavily inspired by his videos so if you liked what you saw in this video go check out his stuff I have his videos Linked In the description go watch them he includes so many more Niche details and character examinations and just memories that I never even touched in his videos go check out his stuff and uh while you're there in the description you can leave a comment tell me your own zelink theories or if you have any new evidence that you may have found in tears of the Kingdom make sure to give the video a like And subscribe for future content it is really rare of me to make YouTube videos like this but I am live live streaming usually about once a week so you can catch me there I had a lot of fun making this video and I really hope you guys enjoyed

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Published: Sun Jun 11 2023