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 MAY INCLU THE ZELDA SERI’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• I'M NOT GAY BUT WHY DID THEY MAKE LK SO SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE TO ME, A MAN
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• HOW DO NTENDO GET AWAY WH OFFENSIVE GAY RITUR THEIR GAM?

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.

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

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.

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.

I'M NOT GAY BUT WHY DID THEY MAKE LK SO SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE TO ME, A MAN

”Gay. BoardsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildI'm not gay but why did they make Lk so sexually attractive to me, a manDocileOrangeCup (Topic Creator)5 years ago#31Smh 5 years ago#32Botw-Tips ma Lk look kd of like a girl, so even though he's a guy, he's attractive like a girl to men, and attractive like a guy to women. It don’t tract om your manly manns any way so jt I'm fortable wh my sexualy enough to ed to gay porn 5 years ago#36Watch out for them traps, my guy.

I'm gay and I thk Lk's sign is Sidon on the the other hand charm upled wh those abs are hard to rist. DocileOrangeCup (Topic Creator)5 years ago#40That sheikah outf thoooo Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildI'm not gay but why did they make Lk so sexually attractive to me, a man. 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. Many have read to the Zelda seri before and found their own exprsn of queerns, like Lk beg genrfluid or Tgle beg gay.

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

However, this is the first exprsn of gayns the seri that borrs on unniable. 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. Are you suggtg that a character that seems to be gay or has behavrs/mannerisms that some classify as gay is offensive?

Wele to the world of read/watch bokuyaba isnt offensive, this is jt for reactn[In Soviet Rsia, a morator or admistrator was leted at the requt of this msage]nobody said he was gay, what’s wrong wh flamboyance anyway?

HOW DO NTENDO GET AWAY WH OFFENSIVE GAY RITUR THEIR GAM?

His bright clothg choic are stereotypil tras of gay men Japane media, which is the posive reprentatn all Zelda gam should have.