Did ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kgdom’ Introduce the Vio Game Franchise’s First Gay Character? - INTO

Contents:

• LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MAY INCLU THE ZELDA SERI’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• WE'VE ALREADY HAD A GAY ZELDA
• LK IS GAY
• DID ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KGDOM’ INTRODUCE THE VIO GAME FRANCHISE’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER?
• PRI ZELDA: FIVE FEMALE THE LEGEND OF ZELDA CHARACTERS THAT ARE ULTIMATE GAY INS
• LEGEND OF ZELDA PRODUCER SHOOTS DOWN GAY CHARACTER MOURS
• TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• IS LK GAY?

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.

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

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. 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. 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.

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

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.

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Legend of Zelda producer shoots down gay character mours. Top 5 Reasons Lk is Gay.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD A GAY ZELDA

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.

LK IS 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.

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

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. However, this is the first exprsn of gayns the seri that borrs on unniable.

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

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

That article and several fom discsants 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). If they are ed gay, is very implic.

LEGEND OF ZELDA PRODUCER SHOOTS DOWN GAY CHARACTER MOURS

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!

Lk is homosexual! Rearch suggts that homosexual mal gravate towards femal as close iends their childhood, moro than male iends. Why n’t he jt tell them that he’s gay?

He mt be one of the few emotnls gays out there.

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

Don’t ever doubt gay stct my iends.

In 2006 Lk was named the Hottt Vio Game Character by monthly gay and lbian culture magaze ‘Out’. If you have such a followg, such support, om the gay muny you have to be gay.

IS LK GAY?

I make a weak se that Lk is gay, and you’re all riled up to fire back your reasons that he isn’t.

It don’t matter if Lk is gay, or straight, or bi, or a hermaphrode, or a nuch even. It wouldn’t surprise me if some people would say “I would never play another Zelda game aga if Lk was gay”.

Instead, if Lk really was gay should help people to see that such preferenc don’t change people.