Link and Zelda's RELATIONSHIP in Age of Calamity (Zelda Theory)

The real reason link is silent is because he shattered all of his teeth eating the rock roast

Link in aoc (age of calamity): is super badass and takes on all the blights at once Link in botw: dies by rolling down a hill

Breath of the wild is even sadder now knowing that there’s a link who got to live his life at the right time with everyone he knew and then there’s the same link who has to recover the memory of everyone he knew dying

Everyone: “Zelink must be canon!” Mipha who is still alive in this timeline: crying intensifies

"Another timeline split" The timeline: I'm never gonna canonically recover from this.

Clearly Link is in love with Daruk, the goron keeps bring Link food and what better way to a gluttons heart that food.

To sum up Link's and Zelda's relationship by the end of Age of Calamity: "STOP JUMPING IN FRONT OF ME TO SAVE ME WHILE I'M JUMPING IN FRONT OF YOU TO SAVE YOU"

Link is clearly in love with food and I can relate

Link in Botw: Scared of eating frog Link in AoC: jaw breaking sounds Link.exe stopped working

The romantic feelings Zelda has for Link are clearly shown in small bits throughout the story. Good to know there is another incarnation of the two that love each other like in SS.

Dude, you are seriously misreading Terrako's actions here, when it was scolding Link roundly. That shot Link blocked was first being blocked by Terrako, but Link carelessly dashed in and knocked Terrako aside when he put up his shield to deflect that blast. That pissed Terrako off because Link stole his spotlight. The little egg sees itself as Zelda's protector. That is why Link is so embarrassed. Remember, he understands the little robot's whistling speech, and felt he deserved the scolding he got. It was funny as hell.

You sure the lil egg not just wasn't pissed about slapped out of the way by link? Lol

I think one thing overlooked is the fact that he didn’t run away with Zelda when the blights appeared. He chose to fight to give impa and Zelda enough time to flee

Well I mean it’s been confirmed in BotW that Zelda is in love with Link. In what I think is the champions balled or maybe it’s just the normal game, Kass brings up how his teacher was in love with Zelda. But Zelda only had eyes for her appointed knight. But when it comes to Link it’s so much harder to tell if he feels the same way smh

If you notice 9:26 She nods at everyone with a smiling face But look how she looks at link

I like how Zelda’s eyebrows are still thicc in age of calamity

A lot of Links little side quests for the map in AOC do show him going beyond his duty as a knight to help Zelda. Little things like bringing her incense to help her sleep when it's mentioned that he's having insomnia, throwing her a little party to help her relax. Sure, it could just be friendship, but I think it does show that Link cares for Zelda in ways that are quite intimate. And friendship like that is a strong foundation for romance. Plus a lot of the "film language" of the cutscenes are things used as romantic settings. Like Zelda running to him in the rain with soft piano over head is pretty much a cue for romance, looking back at someone as you walk away, these things are pretty often used to create a romantic atmosphere. I haven't finished the game yet but I think there's tons of little Zelink moments that fed the fandom.

Zelda: Discussing her shortcomings Link: Eating rocks in the corner no but really this is so in character

The key to either proving or disproving Link’s love to Zelda is to determine exactly when and how Torrako changed the timeline. Clearly it was more than just popping in one day, as he changed time at least as far back as Link’s 12-13 year. In my humble opinion, I feel like he was indeed still in love with Zelda, given how awkward he acts around her, and how when he needs a weapon, he instead acted on pure emotion and reached towards Zelda, mirroring their last interaction before he died in the “prime” timeline, where his last act was to look into her eyes, this time, it was for them to look and reach towards one another.

Spoilers? It's nice seeing Link with emotion, I like how he smiles at the end of Age of Calamity, it feels like the burden was gone.