Further Proof Link Lives In Hateno + Massive Zelink Dialogue Hints. (Spoilers.)

Further proof Link lives in Hateno… + Massive Zelink Dialogue Hints. (Spoilers.)

- Link can vote in the Hateno election. Villagers ask him who he’s voting for. Voting is only open to Hateno residents.

- It’s already been mentioned, but Zelda has to hide his new and improved Champion’s Tunic in the castle throne room since he’ll likely find it in the house.

- Link can teach at the school Zelda built. It’s a job that is open to people who live in the area, and who are intelligent + qualified. Link teaches cooking classes amongst other things to the Hateno children.

(Classes end in the early afternoon, so it only makes sense it’s for people who live in the area. The best way to get there on time is to sleep at the Hateno house and make a beeline for the school early in the morning.)

(Sidenote: Link and Zelda both seem to love kids and the students call them “Mr. Link” and “Mrs. Zelda.” Students will make a drawing for Link after he teaches a few classes.)

- Every couple’s bed in Hateno is a twin with one single pillow. It’s just the way the bed models work. Even the dye shop guy and his wife have the same exact bed as Link and Zelda, just in a different colour. Which means it’s a bed for two, according to ToTK logic.

- The dining room is set for two.

- Link “never leaves Zelda’s side.” But when she does leave, he follows her everywhere and anywhere.

- His hair tie is in her study and I’m not sure how it would fall into her possession, unless he takes it off to sleep.

- Speaking of which, Link can sleep in Zelda’s bed.

- Zelda has a private study room for peace and quiet, implying she doesn’t live alone.

- Symin acknowledges that Link lives in Hateno by saying “LINK, YOU’RE BACK! You’re back in town?” He insinuates Zelda is usually with him.

And the most obvious point… Zelda is in love with him. 😅 Why would she kick him out?

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A few more things:

- There’s a cherry blossom tree symbolizing love and romance on the mountain right behind Link and Zelda’s house, a Gerudo woman sitting underneath it, and a broken heart pond. The woman there can tell Link isn’t there looking for love.

- Another Gerudo woman asks Link if he’s found the love of his life, which he can reply “yes” to.

- An NPC tells Link that the Bolson dream homes are “family homes perfect for growing old and gray with your loved ones and raising children together.” So even if Link indulges in buying a dream home, it can be Zelink coded.

- Its been claimed that a diary somewhere states that Link is “enamoured” by Zelda. (Aka he’s smitten.)

- Possibly related to the other Gerudo lady, Link has the option to say he’s in a relationship / has his heart set on someone special (the specific word “girlfriend” is used in many translations) in the Gerudo love school.

(He can either confidently say yes, or say no in a hesitant manner. If he hesitates, he apparently gets called a liar. 😅 So yes is the default answer.)

- In Lurelin, it is revealed that Zelda and Link went on several secret trips to the Lover’s Pond in disguise mostly at sunset and dusk.

- There’s a painting that Zelda made of the Lover’s Pond that you can find.

- Still under the impression Link is in love with Zelda, Paya has shifted her focus towards her duties as Chief.

- A fake Zelda will appear on the Great Plateau where you first spoke to King Rhoam, but she is merely an extremely good disguise by a Yiga clansman. Link will be able to tell she isn’t actually Zelda.

- In the German version of the game, Sonia says “we’ll get you home to your Link” to Zelda.

- “We’ll get you home as soon as possible to put Link’s heart at ease” in the English version.

Spoilers:

- Link feels like Zelda’s presence (Light Dragon scale) is “warm, and extremely familiar.”

- Zelda describes Link hugging her as “a warm, loving embrace.”

- Zelda’s final words are “Link, I’m home.”

Okay that’s it for me. 😊 Back to playing. I’m sure more dialogue and environment hints will pop up later. I’ll keep the thread updated. We don’t even have a DLC, yet. Bye!

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Endnote: After what I’ve collected so far, I’d really consider this iteration of Link and Zelda canon once again. It’s Skyward Sword 2.0, but on steroids. I do think Nintendo is getting more bold with each release. It does seem to do a good job of exploring the ship on Link’s side while still keeping Link a pseudo blank-slate character. Like your choices only go so far, because it seems like Link will care for Zelda no matter what.

10/10 game. :)

I don't have time to type out the whole theory on this, but still want to get it out :

Eggman was always planning to shatter the Paradox Prism.

This is the last we see of him btw before the Shattering. He's not worried about Sonic shattering the Prism unlike Sonic's friends, he just wants to get to it first. What was happening is that he was trying to get the Prism out of the ground and then Sonic crashed into it. The fact that he was in contact with the Prism (even though through his Mech) could be the reason why all of his Shatterverse counterparts ended up in the Red Shatterverse.

I think what he was planning on is that by shattering the Prism he would end up like Sonic did, full and able to travel the Shatterverse, which would be easier to conquer with Sonic and his friends all being split into parts and having no idea who he is. (I mean in the one Shatterspace where his counterparts do exist they did conquer it so who knows) Unfortunately, Sonic got to it first so he ended up getting shattered himself.

(How would he know how that works? Well he found the Prism itself somehow, and Rouge has been searching for it for years so he clearly has sources)

Nobody understands Kingdom Hearts that well cause everybody compares it to shonen anime when it's actually a magical girl anime because it has:

-A protagonist who is an ordinary lad who got given a special power that could save the universe

Teammates that the protagonist can lean on and who help the protagonist with said special power

A love interest heavily involved in the plot that both motivates the protagonist and is motivated by the protagonist

A monster of the week format that has its own standalone conflict that eventually leads to the next major plot point in the story

Overarching themes about love and friendships and connections and identity

Totk/SwS timeline ideas and headcanons (spoilers)

Post Skyward Sword by several generations— Zelda has to have a child by birth (not necessarily with Link) and those kids go on to become priestesses of Hylia. Sonia and SwS Zelda's were never alive at the same time.

SwS Zelda isn't crowned queen when she moves to the Surface (not yet called Hyrule), and tbh her character would hate that title. She takes on a priestess role that's basically the wing ceremony thing she did but more intense

This is backed by the ancient Hyrulean stelae calling Sonia a priestess by birth before she became queen

Demise's curse isn't necessary tied to Link himself, but those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero, thereby cursing Link and Zelda's successors separately. Since Wind Waker shows the spirit of the hero isn't always passed on by blood, he and Zelda don't have to be the ones to have kids but Zelda does have to have a blood related child for her end of the curse.

Rauru has the spirit of the hero—he just doesn't have the Master Sword. He sees Zelda has the broken one and she talks about her hero in the future so much that they don't think that if Demise's hatred is manifesting to Sonia's blood of the goddess there should also be a hero, and just. Never go looking for it.

The Zonai thrived in the sky once the Skyloft Hylians had totally moved to the Surface — they know about Hylia and worship her because they found the remains of Skyloft, so that's why Rauru chooses to name the kingdom he creates Hyrule instead of after a Zonai deity (also because his wife is a priestess with Hylia's blood)

Sonia's Zonai secret stone is made from a piece of Zelda's crystal. The Zonai found it (she brought a shard back to Skyloft for sentimental reasons) and found it was imbued with magic they didn't understand (Zelda never knew about it, it was just an echo of her own power) but eventually learned how to harness it's power. The amber slowed time down so she didn't age in the crystal, and the Zonai figured out how to go a step further and recount the memories of objects

Hyrulean—language, people of the kingdom. Hylian— culture and/or race*. Skyloft is Hylian but not Hyrulean. Rauru is Hyrulean but not Hylian. The Sheikah aren't a subset of Hylian despite what totk says because that's a racist retcon. Sheikah, Gerudo, Zora, Rito, all of the above are Hyrulean because they agree to join Rauru. *race in Zelda is fucked up so I'm approaching this like studying the ancient Mediterranean which did not have the modern concept of race/racism but rather cultural ties. That comes with it's own downfalls and problems but I think the best way to look at this fantasy world is not in terms of modern race but in fake cultures and peoples—however, outside of the story on a meta level, modern racism and bias is extremely prevalent and can't be brushed aside

The Zora evolving into the Rito for Wind Waker was always stupid (why would fish become birds when the world floods) so we're completely ignoring that

there is a certain type of loneliness that envelops all of totk's hyrule.

some people recognize us and others act as if they'd never met us in the first place.

the house in hateno is zelda's now, not a trace of us left within its walls. (not a trace of the displayed weapons that once belonged to the companions that haunted us.)

our loyal horse is still the same, though it lacks it's old equipment. the old riding trails are interrupted by fallen debris and more than once we had to take long detours to find out footing.

i found our old hair tie, but I can't bear to wear it. we're not the champion anymore.

it feels as though we are a ghost on familiar streets with a fleeting touch that will never last.

Fooling them ALL