• Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          I actually looked it up to see if they were keeping him mute, didn’t find shit, didn’t mention it

      • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        26·
        1 day ago

        Serious time: it was never a very good theory. There are clearly dialog options where they zoom over Link expressing complex ideas to someone he just met. Unless you want to assume into existence a sign language that everyone in Hyrule knows, Link can talk just like anyone else.

        • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          4·
          15 hours ago

          I always thought it was a small joke that saved a lot of space and time. Why have/show link explain things fully to an npc when the player already knows what’s going to be explained? Just do the … thing and pretend link gave a five sentence summary and now we can move on faster.

        • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          1 day ago

          The meta reason is that the player is supposed to supply Link’s dialog, since he’s just the player avatar. Your “link” to the game world.

  • kelpie_is_trying@lemmy.worldEnglish
    397·
    1 day ago

    Femboys=/=twinks tho. Also, most older iterations of him are more otter than anything. Also also, dont call children twinks, otters, or femboys. It’s weird.

    • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      40·
      1 day ago

      dont call children twinks, otters, or femboys.

      You know, I never thought about how old Link and Zelda are in the games. Never really had a need, of course, but in some games it’s made obvious (literally switching between child link and adult link), I’m not sure if it’s explicitly stated for wind waker but just look at him… But then, in BotW there’s implications of past romance, and this being the last Zelda game I played might have primed me to not think of Link as a kid.

      • FosterMolasses@leminal.spaceEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        There’s literally a distinct “kid” version of Link to differentiate him from the “regular” adult Link in smash bros

        • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          I don’t think there’s a Link above the age of 17 in any game. Unless you count the undead one from Twilight Princess.

      • BuckenBerry@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        1 day ago

        Looking at box art and other artwork Link always seems to be a preteen or teenager (12-14) in most games. Plenty of games have him smaller then all the adult NPCs and it makes sense considering classical fairy tales usually star children. I don’t remember most of Zelda’s inspirations right now but Miyamoto was inspired by how he used to explore the countryside as a child. I

        The only “adult” versions of link are the ones in , OOt, TP, SS* and the wild games (and the non cannon warrior versions).

        However, I think it’s easier to sell Link as an action hero when he’s a more serious looking adult and post WWs backlash Nintendo seems to be purposely focusing on adult links.

        I also think link was also purposely designed to be androgynous so that girls could also connect to him but I may be misremembering the exact quote. Link is also a hylian and hylian designs tend to be very elvish which could help explain why even the more adult versions don’t have any facial hair. Elves tend to be more “twinkish” to contrast with regular humans and dwarfs in most fictional settings.

        * This needs a better abbreviation

    • 2FortGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish
      222·
      24 hours ago

      Not all versions of link have him aged as a kid, so we can use our own adult brains and assume this one isn’t either. Plus, I got called a twink all the time in highschool bro, chill out it’s just a meme lol

    • heavy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      I think it’s okay for the joke, not that I speak for everyone, but I think we have bigger things to be mad at.

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      88·
      1 day ago

      I don’t think Link has ever been depicted as having any body hair, so he can’t really be an otter. Also twink has evolved beyond its usage in gay culture. These days it’s more of a general term that implies vague queerness more than explicit cis male homosexuality. We don’t really know if Link is a femboy, trans femme, trans masc, or what, but he’s definitely a twink under the modern sexuality agnostic usage.

      • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
        163·
        1 day ago

        These days it’s more of a general term that implies vague queerness

        No, that’s not what twink means.

        • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          85·
          1 day ago

          Why don’t you list the definition you’re operating under so we can skip the talking past each other argument. I was saying twink in it’s modern usage is more of a vibe than strict “gay cis male early twenties with low body hair and body fat”. I wasn’t saying that sentence is the entire definition of twink, so you’re right that’s not what twink means.

            • FosterMolasses@leminal.spaceEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              And twunk: twink and a hunk, a twink with muscles, but still hairless. A twank on the other hand… twank is no good. That’s a twink and a skank. Essentially just a ragdoll being passed around from twink, to twunk, to bear, to otter.

              It’s very difficult to maintain the lifestyle of a twank-verstile cause this often leads to a lot of self-hatred and denial, especially among the religious or political types, so they try and realign their sexual orientation through therapy.