One of the producers of the Legend of Zelda seri has shot down mours about a character once named the gayt character vio gam.
Contents:
- LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
- TEARS OF THE KGDOM MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED ZELDA'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- LEGEND OF ZELDA PRODUCER SHOOTS DOWN GAY CHARACTER MOURS
- WOULD YOU LIKE A GAY THE LEGEND OF ZELDA CHARACTER?
- LK IS GAY
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 character *
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
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.
LEGEND OF ZELDA PRODUCER SHOOTS DOWN GAY CHARACTER MOURS
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.
WOULD YOU LIKE A GAY THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 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.
LK IS GAY
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.
Leon, of Fire Emblem Gain and s remake, Shadows of Valentia, was actually wrten as a gay man the remake. Byleth might not speak, but they sure n be gay if that is what your heart sir. Don't that kd of brg up gay isn't okay but lbians are mentaly?