I feel like it was an unofficial relationship. They were falling in love but had to focus on saving Hyrule and neither of them felt they were allowed to actually follow through with a committed relationship until after defeating the calamity. Idk it feels more dramatic and romantic that way lol

I love how Mipha and Zelda are never portrayed as jealous or resentful of each other. I’m pretty sick of love triangle tropes where people hate each other. It’s refreshing to see Mipha actually being supportive and respectful of Zelda and Link’s feelings. Same thing goes for Paya as well.

I'm not sure if they are dating, but they love each other, that's a fact.

My hope for the sequel is that they make link more expressive with his facial animations. Most of the time he just stares blankly at everything

I personally think that almost everyone became aware of the attraction between Link and Zelda (Kass’s teacher/the court poet, Urbosa, Mipha, Impa, the Deku Tree) but back then, the two were close, but were never in an official relationship due to Calamity Ganon’s imminent return and the fact that Link was a commoner. However, after the Great Calamity and Calamity Ganon’s defeat a hundred years later, they are free to romance each other and will likely marry in the sequel.

I'd like to add that, when Link is protecting Zelda from the guardians despite barely being able to stand, the King has already been long dead. If Link had run away from Zelda to save his own life, it's not like he would have gotten in trouble or anything. He has no real motive to stay there just to not risk punishment.

i always interpreted urbosa's line and wink like this: saving the princess and saving hyrule have been treated as synonymous by the other champions and even rhoam. urbosa is telling link to take care of the princess just like everyone else, but by adding that extra line of taking care of hyrule too, it gives me kinda "take good care of her (personally)... oh and maybe also save the world too while you're at it *wink wink* " vibes

well, the japanese version, the original where link writes everything in first person show that he loved zelda

I completely agree with this, but one thing to add. Urbosa's wink. I always took it as take care of Hyrule as the land, and the wink also signified Zelda because her last name was Hyrule. (At least I think because isn't that her father's surname?) I always took it as a cheeky joke from Urbosa while also being serious for his quest.

For me it was basically confirmed when Zelda starts to say “-I “ to the deku tree when asking it to relay a message. She wouldn’t of kept it to herself if it was something that would help link defeat Gannon or important to his memories. The fact that she agreed to the deku trees statement of “whatever you need to tell him don’t you think you should tell him yourself?” Just shows it was a personal or a just normal piece of information of something Zelda wanted to say about link. “I” implies that she was going to express something she feels about link or something relating to her perspective and point of view and opinions. Her using “I” which so coincidentally aligned with being interrupted by the deku tree means it is a big reveal and not some meaningless “I hope you succeed” or a “I am so glad you’ve looked out for me all these years” that’s just something common that Zelda wouldn’t take the time to tell the deku tree to relay that message

I mean, they wear matching outfits. How much closer to a relationship can you get than that. 😂

One of my favorite moments is in the forest when Link is helping Zelda escape from Ganon. Zelda falls after being dragged by Link. If he was just her sworn knight, he would’ve told her to get up and keep running, but instead he sheathes his sword and kneels down to listen to her. He listens to her guilt and feels her regret. And when she finally breaks down and begins sobbing, he holds her.

They are in love in my canon 👉🏾👈🏾

If they were dating or not, Zelda loves him and he definitely cares for her, and after he saves her from Ganon they’re gonna be spending a lot of time together and Zelda also eventually needs to keep the royal bloodline going so yea

I seriously wanna see link and Zelda kiss. Like I really think they have the feelings to each other but they don’t say it obviously. But i can see it.

Holy shitz, I never thought of these. I've always rewatched the memories just to see them close together. But you took an extra step further and found out more then I could. Now my whole perspective of these memories are different

Damnnnn😭this made me cry. In Age of Calamity demo there's a scene where Link actually grabs Zelda's hand taking her to safety

I would also like to add that zeldas favorite flower was called a silent princess, and link is always addressed as a silent knight which I thought was a nice nod to their love.

When Urboza winked at Link and said "Take care of Hyrule" , I immediately thought "She knows something is UP!"

Kass tells the story to Link that his teacher was in love with Zelda, but she already had her heart set on Link. There is a diary in the American version, it is written in the 3rd person, but in the Japanese version, it is Link who wrote it and he ends up saying that he wants to see Zelda's smile again. just remember that, although the game has a western medieval fantasy aspect, it is made in Japan, and in the game itself there are situations or details very much from Japanese culture and that makes the act of Zelda touching Link's face or hair and Link wants to see his smile again, already implies an approach more than friends, more complicit and sentimental between them.

Very minor Tears of the Kingdom spoiler: Link's house in Hateno Village is referred to as Zelda's house. It is up to the player to interpret if Link still lived there as well. :)

What I noticed when going through zora’s domain again is link and Mipha would’ve probably ended up together if link didn’t go off to be a knight however because he went and left he and Mipha’s relationship did not grow and his stress drove them apart. I think Mipha realizes this and when she says go save the princess twice, it’s in a way realizing this respecting him and Zelda who he had been bonding with and spending more time with

Finally a "theory" video with facts from the canon. It's obvious they have a relationship but it's not really showed, it's hidden.

A big thing another theorizer had mentioned ( i forget who) is the translation of the sheika slate. The discriptions in japanese is more personal and in the point of view of link. One discription is link talking about one of the memories. Longing to see her smile. (Hence the smile zelda gives him in the end.)

I think i agree 100% with you. I like the gesture reading you did mostly because this game being Japanese, is very influenced by Japanese’s culture and being touchy feely among friends is not a thing at all. Is also kinda rare in actual couples. so yeah all you said makes a lot of sense. Loved it

OMg that "im hungry" killed me LMAOO

Mipha after hearing this: Sad fish/zora spirit noises

I've always thought that Zelda had feelings for Link before he even became her knight. In Zelda's diary she refers to Link as "HIM", (page 1) signifying that Link was already an important person to her, and being a teenage girl with a lot on her plate, she was flitting between love and hate. Then in an exerpt from her research notes, (page 5) Zelda says, "It may sound rude that I found this unexpected, but Mipha mastered the controls with surprising ease." To me, this exerpt makes it seem as though Zelda has some resentment or jealousy towards Mipha, possibly because she and Link were so close, or because she knew Mipha had feelings for Link. Anyways, this was just my two cents

I want the memory of Zelda and link kissing appears in the secuel or precuel, I NEED IT

Ok, I have 5 more reinforcement reasons: 1. When Link is comforting Zelda it may seem like Link is just giving her support, but if you look closer, they’re HUGGING 2. In the secret ending it has been concluded that they did not kiss, but it really looked like they were ABOUT to kiss 3. Another one about the secret ending, if you look really closely when the run towards each other, they slow down and start to HOLD HANDS 4. Zelda after the Yiga scene never had a problem opening up, hinting that they were at least good friends, probably even more then that 5. When Link has shown bravery or they are having a moment of closeness, Zelda looks at Link admirably like she likes him

Nintendo Employee: sir, we seem to have the cutscene starting with zelda's hand in front of link's face eiji aonuma: eh, im sure its fine, just blur it out from the beginning, no one's gonna notice NebulAce:

This theory have sense for me

They better be together in the sequel😭

this channel need more attention

Yes please nintendo, I better see their relationship develop in AOC

Just wait, link's gonna propose in botw 2

Are we not gonna mention the fact that the last thing this man does as he's literally DYING is look into Zelda's eyes and smile. He collapses, Zelda rushes over, he looks at her in the most goddamn heart breaking way, and smiles at her. Because fuck it all, if he's gonna die at least he got to die in the arms of the person he loves most.

I completely agree with all your points and it is pretty clear in the storyline that Zelda and Link are factually in love with each other. This love between them stands the test of time and is just ultimately captivating and bittersweet in every way. The memory, “Despair” is my favorite memory and truly signifies how much they both care about each other, with Zelda looking upon Link as a shoulder to cry on. I legitimately cried so hard during that scene because not only is their affection for each other so prevalent and strong but simply the travesty of what Zelda has been through is absolutely heartbreaking. Zelda realizes that Link is there for her when the Yiga Clan attacks her, conclusively enabling her to fall head over heels in love with him which is only further elaborated when she opens up to him and tries to bond with him.

I’ve never noticed that ‚touching face‘- thing :o And: this is definitely my new fav video on you tube beside nbcs ZeLink theory’s! Sub is there! :D

Amazing video! I hope we get some more Zelink moments in age of calamity and botw 2.

Honestly,I would be satisfied if they both hugged

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE THEORY THIS VIDEO WAS SOOOOO GOOD

This makes so much seeeense ❤️ Zelink botw confirmed ❤️🎉

As a great Zelink defender, I respect this video

4:02 OMG! I thought I was the only one who saw that. I thought I was imagining it, but you zoomed in so close that you could even see the hair moving. The video was really great, I think you did it really well. I am looking forward to more videos of you :)

This is so perfect. (Trilogyofzelda here) Gahhh I want to continue writing on my book, Before the calamity, cuz this just FUEls my zelink

And in the memory to mount lanayru, link told Zelda to “soothe her mount to let it know how she truly feels..” he secretly told us his love language is pretty much “words/actions” of affirmation, and we see him stepping out of role even putting his SWORD AWAY as he soothes Zelda.. end not to mention, in the original dialogue of BOTW, it’s written in third person, and link ends remembering how he FEELS about Zelda and he 100% remembers her

“And he seems to be... smileing.” This is where i died XDDD

I love this theory!!! Makes complete sense to me and I hope that AOC might give us scenes where their relationship is deepening.

I’m never gonna look at the memories the same...in a good way

I watched Nintendo black crisis’ theory and thought that it was good then I watched this and this is way more in depth and overall just a better explanation. I subbed

Link sheated master sword to comfor Zelda, does that mean he's comforting Zelda as Link and not as knight??

In the true ending, Zelda gives Link a giant goofy smile, she wouldn't give that smile to just anyone because it's kinda unattractive and she has to be the formal and proper princess, and to show this to Link means she truly has opened up to him and can show him her true self. I certainly wouldn't act like a fool on purpose in front of anyone, besides my family, friends, and of course, my loved one.

3:20 WAUW, I never noticed that!!! They are so cute together! ^^ can't wait to see how their relationship is in BOTW 2 :D

great video! you deserve a lot more subs! ty for the informative and enjoyable vid. looking forward to more!

This video was far more expecting than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed the content. Although the mic quality was a bit low, its understandable for something ealry on there youtube journey! Definitely subscribing!!!

I agree to every words you said. Hope we’ll get more info about their relationship in BotW 2 or even in AoC. Thank you so much for this video !

You made some very good points I should've mentioned in my hour long Link's Loves video. Great analysis!

Another thing that I would like to add In favor of Zelink, is when Miphia is talking to Zelda about trying to awakening her sealing power, there is a abrupt cut to link. I think we know what this is trying to imply. (Mipha speaks of thinking of the person you love, and the person it cuts to is Link. This feels very intentional).

3:33 I think you are right. As seen in the Mipha's touch memory, Mipha is healing a scratch of Link's arm, right arm if I remember correctly, and in premonition, the arm sleeve that's pulled back, and maybe where Zelda was looking, was his RIGHT arm Edit, I guess we spotted the same thing pretty quickly. Great minds think alike

Mipha be like: **comes back to life and becomes Ganon**

The memories are specially designed so that you can interpret everything into it. On the one hand, your theory that the two were already together when they traveled through Hyrule, but on the other hand, you can also think that a close friendship developed between them. So it's up to the player what he wants to believe. My humble theory is that the two were/are in love with each other but neither confessed their love to the other. It's more like everyone knows how they feel about each other but Link and Zelda have no idea.

for me they were definitly in love but not a couple just because of responsabilities. they were really close due to link's "job" but I think they didn't confess each other (sorry for bad english i'm french)

Zelda moved into Links home, put up a bunch of paintings and photos in place of Links mounted weapons, clutters the place, everyone refers to that house as hers, and there's only one bed As that one guy said; "They are FUCKING until that room STINKS"

I love this theory so much! I’m glad I’m not the only one who caught on to Urbosa’s wink.

Finally another zelink botw! This theory is soo goooooodddd!!! Make another theory please! and hey if you want, please make dub comic version of "Sisters Ballad"! I also looooove that story! keep going!

The expressions when Zelda was saved by Link from the Yiga soldiers, to her asking if the great deku tree would give link a message. Those expressions are of a woman who is falling in love.

Very nice video! Great attention to details. Subscribed!

It might be me but im 10 and i noticed that link kinda blushs when when Urbosa says her statement snd winks

Great video! I'm really curious to see how the sequal will handle link and zeldas relationship going forward.

Great video! You have a beautiful voice and a lot of potential, i would like to hear you with another Zelda Tuber, they really need to know about this channel ☺️

Nice theory! Reminds me of NintendoBlackCrisis when his first video was a “Zelink” theory. But this video takes more look at the memories. Love this video! You deserve a Sub! ❤️

I don't know if we can say they were "dating", but they were definitely in love. I think they were trying to keep things professional because they both had important duties, so they were sort of putting their feelings on hold. And don't forget, Mipha had been making engagement armor for him. I doubt she would have done that if they were actually dating, but as long as they weren't actually together, she still had a chance.

Didn’t even realize that is the same person who runs that Instagram account. I like your artwork btw

Favourite channel now. Subbed!

Kass’s final song says that Zelda’s power was awakened because of her love for link

I love this theory and I do believe it, but for the running memory notice that he’s not actually holding Zelda’s hand but her wrist, and how she keeps stumbling behind him. I’d say she was in shock over the carnage and Link, seeing the danger, had to get her to safety and just quickly grabbed her and started booking it. She’s still clearly distraught, since Link’s keeping a steady pace while she can barely keep up, all building up to when she breaks down and they stop running

In the spanish subs Mipha says that helps to her to think about the person she loves when she uses her power. I think that is a insinuation to Zelda, that maybe she could get her powers if she thinks in the person she loves, and that's what happen after that, in the memory where Zelda awakes her powers to save Link. Sorry if i wrote something wrong😅

The fact that Zelda moved in with link at hateno village, redecorated, has to have a special secret study in the well, and that they only have one bed tells me they’re in some kind of romantic relationship.

The thumbnail looks like a scene from the game! Great job!👍

Of course, just like 2020, Ganon comes to shatter everybody's hopes of having a good life. -Nebulace. Oct. 14, 2020

Honest opinion; why Mipha was standing so far away from link was maybe because she was showing how far away he actually is from her. Even if they were really close, she still felt as if he was still so far away that she couldn’t bear to get any closer knowing that he was moving on from her. I really think tat link did used to have a little bit of feelings for Mipha, but when he was assigned Zelda’s appointed knight he started to change and get more comfortable with Zelda, and forgetting a little bit about his feelings towards mipha. Btw great video :’)

Very good video 👍 keep doing it. And I love the sisters ballad

good job, I loved the video. You won another suscriber :D

I understand your point about link sacrificing himself for Zelda and I really like this video but any scenario where link risk his life for Zelda I wouldn’t count as evidence because it’s his job to protect Zelda he comes from a loyal bloodline of knights dedicated to the kingdom and the king tasked him to protect Zelda & if he truly cared about Zelda as a friend or in a romantic way he would have faith in her ability to unlock her power also in past Zelda games Ganon is always beaten differently but in this one specifically after beating both ganon phases Zelda is the one who seals him away for good otherwise he’d have been defeated not destroyed also Zelda has the blood of the goddess that seals ganon link has the spirit of the hero that can defeat ganon the spirit of the hero has been passed down from previous links but Every Zelda is directed related up to hylia herself so if she dies the bloodline ends and ganon will eventually return an bring the end but I still really like this theory 👍👍👏 Great work.

Can I just say, I was stalking your instagram when I saw this video and was like, 'I need to watch this'. Also, your voice is amazing, I think your english is amazing, I'm from Germany so it is very hard for me to speak proper English, but your english is impeccable

BOTW: are Link and Zelda in love?? TOTK: hold my Noble Pursuit

Congratulations for 4K subs

Wow you've done such a great job putting this all together! There are my thoughts below, nothing to tell against video. I want people to understand that not all characters need to have a love interest. Close friends are 100% enough for many movies/games/etc. They still can love each other but not in a _couple_ way. But. F r i e n d s. Not everyone have to fall in love with other MC just bc they are both MC. I mean. Friendship is cool. It can include gentle touches, cuddles and whatewer else people tend to claim only for ones who in relationship.

Link and Zelda are secretly dating Mipha cries in a corner

Wow, das hast du wirklich sehr gut analysiert. Hut ab! ;-)

I do love the idea of urbosa giving link her blessing to marry Zelda.

i love the " just like 2020 "

You missed a very important hint, if I remember right, Kass tells Link something about his master having feelings for Zelda and his quote ends with the fact that Zelda only had eyes for her knight.

LOVE the REVALI music in the background

Very good job! If I may add something: in the village you help to build, at the end, the builder get married to a gerudo and during the ceremony a huge amount of petals are flying, the same way as during the very end of the game when the two are reunited. Also when Link saves her at the end and she asks him if he remembers... her (?... instead of asking if he remembers that she loves him). But I think their love was not revealed or assumed, I think Zelda felt in love first then Link knew it and even if he was attracted by her he was not open to reveal it and before defeating ganon, until he knows that she had to unleash her power by the power of her love.

You will defend fiercest who you love deepest.

Meanwhile im single and im procrastinating

that thumbnail really got me there-

Your so underrated good job on this