#(i view zelink as queerplatonic but whatever)

[sageoflightning]

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[cryiling]

for the ask game, do you ship zelink?

(ask game from here)

ooh ok this one is a little hard for me to answer, bc my answer changes depending on which game we're talking about. I talked abt how I feel for botw/totk zelink here, and I think that's mostly applicable for zelink as a whole. there are some games like ss where I totally would ship them romantically. but in general, let's sayyyy

zelink - don't ship

why don't you ship it?

my reasons are pretty much the same as the post I linked above. I think their relationship is so much more meaningful and fulfilling if you look at it through a queerplatonic lens instead of a romantic lens. like, they care so deeply for each other not because they're in love with each other but because they just have a deep relationship. I think chalking up their relationship to being romantic takes away from the authenticity of their actual feelings and makes it seem like every other straight relationship, when in reality it can and should be seen as something much more

what would have made you like it?

it's hard to say. in general I do think they're very cute together, and especially in ss where they're almost canon I do like them as a ship. but like do I really need to make myself see them as something aside from being queerplatonic for each other? I think viewing zelink as being a queerplatonic couple is just as valid of an interpretation as seeing them as romantic. maybe if their relationship was truly more fleshed out I could understand the romantic aspects of their relationship. but in all the games, whatever we're given for their relationship just isn't enough for me to ship them romantically

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

yeah!! I mean I do think they're each other's most important person, and they'll always have a special relationship that no one else could understand or have with them. I love their dedication to each other and I think they're peak relationship goals, just not in a romantic sense