Is Ora of Time a gay g-of-age story? – Dtctoid

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For The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Wii U, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "We've already had a gay Zelda".

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LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW

Legend of Zelda fans have long read Lk as gay or transgenr, even if his character is not nonilly queer. Fans have foced on shippg Lk and Sidon and drag readgs of the Gedo qut Breath of the Wild. * zelda gay *

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.

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

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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.

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

Ora of Time probably had nothg to do wh beg gay, but isn't actually that much of a stretch to terpret that way. * zelda gay *

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.

Ntendo siarly clared that Tgle, who first appeared  The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000), is not meant to be a gay character (see here, here, and here), spe much speculatn.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD A GAY ZELDA

There are several articl assertg that Lk, or at least one of the Lks, uld be gay (see here, here, and here), but none of the arguments are very nclive.

LK IS GAY

That article and several fom discsns have said that the rpenters  Ora of Time are gay bee of their bouncg walk and the fact that they refer to Lk as a “cute kid” (see here, here, and here), but if they are gay is very implic. Lk is Gay.

PRI ZELDA: FIVE FEMALE THE LEGEND OF ZELDA CHARACTERS THAT ARE ULTIMATE GAY INS

Top 20 Gayt Vio Game Characters #1-Tgle. Legend of Zelda producer shoots down gay character mours. Top 5 Reasons Lk is Gay.

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 character. ”Gay. 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.

IS ORA OF TIME A GAY G-OF-AGE STORY?

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.

I've hted at this my topic on how the Hero of Time is gay, but this mers s own: Skyward Sword Zelda is, of urse, a lbian. Y, try as he might, ostensible hero Lk ntually fails to nnect wh Zelda, while Impa, a fellow woman, is always by Zelda's si as she be who she was born to be: a strong, wise, proud, betiful gay woman. (Hilarly enough, Fi has no gaydar whatsoever spe her robotic nature, promisg not to tell Zelda if Lk hooks up wh Peatrice; as if Zelda r!

Is Zelda gay? Tom Holland + Lk = Gay.

ZELDA GAY

Oh, but gets gayer.

The creator of Equalx wrote a script which Lk reveals that he’s gay to Ganondorf. Tom Holland’s Lk is gay, nfirmed.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* ZELDA GAY

For many, Lk is gay or trans or both, and that’s a powerful thg | MetaFilter .

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