The Legend of Zelda’s Lk has long been a gay in - Polygon

Contents:

• LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MAY INCLU THE ZELDA SERI’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• DID ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KGDOM’ INTRODUCE THE VIO GAME FRANCHISE’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER?

LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW

AO3 may not be the only metric for how many Zelda fans terpret Lk as gay and/or transgenr, but ’s one of the biggt.

In art, ’s mon to see queer-d monsters and pecially queer-d villas, particularly bee of how the Hays Co prohibed pictns of homosexualy on screen. This qut fails trans Zelda fans major ways, but much like Aonuma’s nial that Lk is gay, also prents players wh an opportuny. Even if Lk is never nonilly intified as gay or trans, fan ntent for The Legend of Zelda is everywhere, and queer fans pecially seem to produce ntent drov.

For many, Lk is gay or trans or both, and that’s a powerful thg that n’t be taken away. Correctn (May 22): A prev versn of this story rrectly ntextualized a quote om a 2015 terview wh Kotaku, which Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma said Tgle is “not gay.

TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Thanks to new rmatn revealed "Tears of the Kgdom, " fan theori are spreadg that Ntendo has fally troduced s first practilly-nfirmed gay character to the "Zelda" seri. Though the journal don't lerally say Doctor Calip is gay — and the seri is certaly no stranger to flamboyant characters — 's the way that Calip wr about Tro that has "Zelda" fans fawng over his very obv love for his fellow rearcher. Calip's journal don't directly say he's gay, but as Kotaku scribed, 's the way he wr about Tro, like "the way you wre about someone you long for.

Though Ntendo has historilly nied any mors about gay characters s gam, "Tears of the Kgdom" uld be the first step a new directn for the pany's attu towards LGBTQ+ characters. While there are plenty of love stori throughout the game, fans are startg to speculate that one male character might have feelgs for another man based on a diary entry Kakariko Village, and may imply the seri has s first overtly gay You Should Know About Mar Strikers' Big Free UpdateOffEnglishSpoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kgdom you first vis Kakariko Village Tears of the Kgdom, you n fd a journal entry wrten by Calip, a rearcher and returng character om Breath of the Wild. ”Gay.

Tears of the Kgdom has a diary entry Kakariko Village that hts to a bubblg gay romance. And if you did, you might've spotted some diary entri htg at a bubblg gay romance. While Calip don't outright say that he lov Tro and is a loud and proud gay man, the way he wr about Tro says all.

TEARS OF THE KGDOM MAY INCLU THE ZELDA SERI’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Many have read to the Zelda seri before and found their own exprsn of queerns, like Lk beg genrfluid or Tgle beg gay. However, this is the first exprsn of gayns the seri that borrs on unniable.

TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma me out to say that Tgle is "not gay", and while he did say that he wanted Lk to be "a more genr-ntral character", he also add that he "is fely a male".

Hopefully, Calip is only the first step a gayer future for the seri, openg the door for more characters to embrace their queer si. You have Tgle, a 30-year old man a green fairy stume that screams gay, Ghirahim, an antagonist wh a sick asymmetric bob servg charisma, uniquens, nerve, and talent, Bolson, an effemate nstctn worker, and even the ma character Lk, who many players see through a trans lens, exist throughout the vio game anchise.

DID ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KGDOM’ INTRODUCE THE VIO GAME FRANCHISE’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER?