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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah man, Link is as featureless as a Ken doll. Link ain't got time for genitals.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

They achieved ascension beyond gender, a non-binary icon

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But Link is the Hero of Time

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They protects that which they cannot possess 😞

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The answer is both. Link's gender is "if you're into them, you're gay either way"

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Basically yes. Enby here, anyone who finds me attractive is instantly, irrevocably, and fabulously gay.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago

There's two kinds of people in the world: people who would absolutely smash femboy Link and dirty fucking liars.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago

canonically genderfluid since he is designed the way he is for people if any gender to be able to relate to him

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

link is trans ftm

zelda is trans mtf

legend of zelda is a t4t lovestory :3

[–] Vilian 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

zelda spend more time with ganon than with link...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ganon is trans mtam (male to alpha male)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Now he is amtdm (alpha male to dead male)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Ganon? The dude born of a tribe of people who only ever ever ever have female offspring? If anyone in the Zelda World is ftm then him!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's an adorable little comic for that which I cannot find because search engines are kind of garbage now. "Remember the prince of Hyrule?"

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

Schrödinger's gender passing

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

A Link between ~~worlds~~ genders.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve always liked that they’ve made Link ambiguous enough that a lot of people can feel at least somewhat connected to the character. And also, that he doesn’t have text so that you can fill in that part of the dialogue in your own head.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Freeman's mind but it's Link.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

link is so gender

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insisting Link is trans is twink-erasure.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trans guys can be twinks as well

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I guess none of us really know what is going on under that tunic but we all agree it's fuckable and everyone is gay.

[–] Vilian 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

You mean the 3rst gender 🥵

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Trans Atlantic

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Stupid sexy Link

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy needs an /r/LinkIsCute.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And the first post is that comic I was trying to find. Perfect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is Navi cosplaying link

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get your reference, but... those skits get kinda a mixed reaction in the trans community. They're pretty problematic but not awful by the standards of the time, but despite whatever the joke actually is, Pat, and their equally androgynous partner, are depicted as happy. So have my non-vote, lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If Pat is problematic, how is treating Link the same way not a problem? Especially since we know Link's full story and that he is not trans in any way? At least Pat was progressive enough to show two people of unclear gender and sexuality in a happy monogamous relationship even though everyone around them was treating them like a joke. That was pioneering for the time, and is part of the reason why trans and other non-cis people are becoming mainstream today as the Gen X and early Millennials like me grew up with that and are now gaining positions of influence.

Link on the other hand is definitely male, and has never been shown to display anything but male behaviors despite looking slightly androgynous. But that's more because he also belongs to an Elf-like race that are typically dipicted more androgynous. Then again, he's also a video game character and not a real person, so he likely has no opinion about how he's depicted. So I guess it's ok to make jokes about him being trans? That's probably more of a question for actual trans people.