Queer Gaming Icons: Link The Legend Of Zelda

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024
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  • @Bongosss
    @Bongosss 6 місяців тому +4

    I LOVE HOW ANDROGYNOUS LINK IS IN THE NEWER GAMES!!! he made me realize that i wanted to be androgynous ☠️ i also think when i was little i had a crush on adult link in ocarina of time😭 i’m a guy and i thought everyone thought link was hot when i was little☠️ i mean the former president of nintendo confirmed link was made to be hot so
    EDIT: THE FOURSWORDS MANGA HAS LINK BEING SUPER ZESTY WHICH MADE ME REALIZE THAT TWO GUYS CAN BE INTIMATE

    • @Allandacky
      @Allandacky 2 місяці тому +1

      Omg yes fr I wnted to be him so bad

  • @MatchboxFullOfRocks
    @MatchboxFullOfRocks 6 місяців тому +10

    Hi gaming goose! Don’t let people get you down, this video honestly made me really happy. Everybody’s Link is different, and people trying to throw homophobia at it just isn’t cool. The legend of Zelda is for everyone, queer or not. Anyway, keep up the good work and keep having fun with it! :))

  • @Harry-potter7
    @Harry-potter7 5 місяців тому +1

    6:03 😂😂😂you are a joke

  • @gummi5413
    @gummi5413 6 місяців тому +7

    he doesn't have to be gay to be a queer icon??? lol everyone in the comments is so ridiculous, the video is really really cool and nice to see.

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому +2

      Thankyou so much ❤️
      And I agree, it’s almost like some people in the comments are commenting before watching the video 😂

  • @ladies4449
    @ladies4449 6 місяців тому +6

    The homophobes r creeping out of the woodwork for this one. Like little bugs
    LOVE this video tho; I myself am cisgender but it’s always been fun for me to project androgyny onto Link, something along the lines of him being enby. Also definitely bi/pan. I also have my Zelda/Midna dreams but that’s just the longing lesbian in me talking LOL

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed the video ❤️
      The homophobes really did come out of no where for this one , you should have seen some of the comments I removed/reported 🤮
      Thankyou again ❤️

  • @DaikenSeige
    @DaikenSeige 6 місяців тому +6

    Not like it has been canon that Link and Zelda are an Item. Which it as. For god sake stop this stupid shit. Hell Skyward sword is all about the under tone of their relationship. In numerous games the music in which they are together is titled Romance. Help most of the ending have Link kissing Zelda. God this is so stupid.

  • @ellw7830
    @ellw7830 5 місяців тому

    A THOUSAND VIEWS?? this is such a well made video it should have way more!! i'm personally a big transmasc nonbinary lesbian link truther (source: i am a transmasc nonbinary lesbian) and i love link so much. lowkey want to look exactly like him lmaooooo. when i saw that the first clothing item you get in totk is a skirt i was so incredibly happy haha, hope they give him a dress in the next one! also i love that they're short hair fem/long hair masc dynamic. THEY ARE MY FAVORITE LESBIANS AND I'LL DIE ON THAT HILL

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  5 місяців тому +1

      Thankyou so much :D

    • @ellw7830
      @ellw7830 5 місяців тому

      @@RetroGamingGoose of course!! happy pride in july

  • @blueface6069
    @blueface6069 6 місяців тому +5

    I think Link is an everything. When I played OOT for the first time I always thought Saria and Young Link were the ship, but as youtube became a thing I was exposed to other points of view. Link x Dark Link was probably my first exposure to Queer anything. Zelda fans on youtube back in the early days will probably know the exact picture slider video I'm talking about.

  • @Harry-potter7
    @Harry-potter7 5 місяців тому +1

    ⁠those people are just so desperate to see their pathetic selves in everything they do they will stretch it out to the thinnest just to satisfy their weirdo needs

    • @ellw7830
      @ellw7830 5 місяців тому

      me when i don't understand what a player character in a video game is

    • @Harry-potter7
      @Harry-potter7 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ellw7830 me when I answer to a dumbass comment

  • @bradenwood1612
    @bradenwood1612 6 місяців тому +9

    Link is absolutely not a queer icon and the reason being: he’s completely silent. I’ve never met a single queer person who doesn’t boast and brag about their sexual interests

    • @OOFUS4103
      @OOFUS4103 6 місяців тому +2

      Maybe he’s quiet because he’s not exactly comfortable with coming out to others

    • @ragdollinballin
      @ragdollinballin 6 місяців тому

      maybe you did meet one and they just never talked about it

    • @bradenwood1612
      @bradenwood1612 6 місяців тому +3

      @@OOFUS4103 or maybe we should stop attempting to make everything gay when it’s not explicitly stated by the creators. Gay characters are always advertised, and there are plenty of them

    • @kathrineici9811
      @kathrineici9811 6 місяців тому

      Technically he talks a lot in botw/totk-he makes lots of puns

  • @Mike76528
    @Mike76528 6 місяців тому +16

    At the end of Part 2 he kisses Zelda. Not gay.

    • @lunaliander7104
      @lunaliander7104 6 місяців тому +4

      The title nor the video claim that Link is gay. This is about pop culture iconography and proposes why Link is relatable to so many queer people. Maybe watch the video.

    • @Mike76528
      @Mike76528 6 місяців тому +2

      @@lunaliander7104 nah to gay

    • @chungman1500
      @chungman1500 6 місяців тому

      Your mom kisses zelda

    • @Mike76528
      @Mike76528 6 місяців тому +2

      @@chungman1500 as much as you would love for Link my mom and everyone to be as gay as you they just aren’t

    • @imreallybored1479
      @imreallybored1479 6 місяців тому

      @@Mike76528 no one said they were

  • @ohno5559
    @ohno5559 6 місяців тому +4

    giga based

    • @Harry-potter7
      @Harry-potter7 5 місяців тому

      Gen alpha kid detected📡

    • @ohno5559
      @ohno5559 5 місяців тому

      @@Harry-potter7 freak weirdos who are super upset by this are in the minority in every generation, actually

  • @chungman1500
    @chungman1500 6 місяців тому +2

    It's funny how your video has barely a thousand views but somehow all of the homophobes are finding this video. This is a great video, keep making content like this!!! (Also the more people comment, the more traction this video will get, so they're actually helping you out.)

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому

      I was just thinking that 😂 why specifically my small video have they found it , it’s almost like they were searching for the content
      Thankyou I plan to keep making videos 😁

  • @jamescarwin8968
    @jamescarwin8968 6 місяців тому +1

    This is the gayest comment section I have ever seen.

  • @Sonic_team942
    @Sonic_team942 6 місяців тому +11

    heres some proof link isn't gay! Nintendo confirmed zelink is canon!

    • @Bongosss
      @Bongosss 6 місяців тому +2

      what if he’s bi !? or something else under the lgbtq umbrella :> or just not anything under the umbrella, either way he’s still an icon !!

    • @tomothepro6281
      @tomothepro6281 6 місяців тому

      I think zelink depends on the game

    • @Bongosss
      @Bongosss 6 місяців тому +2

      @@tomothepro6281 ya!!! literally in ocarina of time it’s confirmed he ends up with someone other than zelda

    • @tomothepro6281
      @tomothepro6281 6 місяців тому +2

      @@Bongosssthis guy gets it!!

    • @glovemiester
      @glovemiester 6 місяців тому

      You literally play as a different person in every game

  • @KazuyaMithra
    @KazuyaMithra 6 місяців тому +1

    Liquid Ocelot is 100x the queer icon Link is lmao

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому

      Funny you should mention that , I actually had him short listed when I was planning these videos and decided to stick with Nintendo characters/ franchises for this year 😂
      I think I may have to include them in a Future video

  • @1fault
    @1fault 6 місяців тому

    Great video c:

  • @tomothepro6281
    @tomothepro6281 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice video! I personally don’t follow the headcanons that Link is LGBTQ but it’s definitely true that many of his incarnations are iconic within the community and I liked hearing your thoughts 🤙 keep up the good work

  • @Watchinggarbage2774
    @Watchinggarbage2774 6 місяців тому +10

    Both the creator and producer of the series said he isn't gay. You are just desperate to throw your sexuality onto a character people love.

    • @chungman1500
      @chungman1500 6 місяців тому

      Your mom is desperate to throw her sexuality onto a character people love

  • @phn4868
    @phn4868 6 місяців тому

    The only thing I would like to point out is that we all need to always leave clear of which Link we're talking about, because even though in every Zelda game you play as Link, you're not always the same person, this is something a lot of people don't know and may lead to unwanted discussion and misinformation
    By the way, I'm surprised you didn't mention the first Link who dressed in a girly outfit, I'm not sure how he was called but I think it was "The new hero of Hyrule" and his games are A Link Between World and Tri-Force heroes, he voluntarily dresses has a cheerleader in the last one.

  • @goosehjonk9111
    @goosehjonk9111 6 місяців тому +1

    Fellow Geese.

  • @spankyjeffro5320
    @spankyjeffro5320 Місяць тому

    There is no lore in LoZ that even remotely describes Link as anything to do with LGBT. LoZ as a whole has nothing to do with the LGBT community.

  • @gentlemancharmander4411
    @gentlemancharmander4411 6 місяців тому +3

    I Hope to God this video is sarcastic…

  • @aarOuOn
    @aarOuOn 6 місяців тому

    I was so sad that they implied link had a romantic relationship with zelda in ToTK, I always projected on link so I felt like I lost some representation that day ):

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому +1

      I felt like that with skyward sword, but I appreciate for that story it makes sense it kinda worked

    • @malikpierre-louis3343
      @malikpierre-louis3343 6 місяців тому

      It was implied they had romantic feelings for each other in BOTW I don't get how you were surprised.

  • @Bkwdz
    @Bkwdz 6 місяців тому +1

    utterly insufferable

  • @kathrineici9811
    @kathrineici9811 6 місяців тому +3

    All of Link’s love interests have been female

    • @chungman1500
      @chungman1500 6 місяців тому

      Yeah, like your mom

    • @chungman1500
      @chungman1500 6 місяців тому

      Your mom's love interests have been female

  • @Keblash
    @Keblash 6 місяців тому +2

    Its gay to think link is queer.

  • @Zeldacollector
    @Zeldacollector 6 місяців тому +11

    Link is not a queer gaming icon, stop the nonsense

    • @Ragnakira1311
      @Ragnakira1311 6 місяців тому

      Yeah they are buddy 🤠

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому

      Why do you think they’re not?

    • @glovemiester
      @glovemiester 6 місяців тому

      "link" is literally a different person in all the games

  • @Aethemix
    @Aethemix 6 місяців тому +2

    Yo, Link might not ever explicitly come out as queer, and some of his incarnations do canonically wind up with Zelda (I think?) But I doubt all the people who came in here to talk you down about Link being a queer icon are cool with how comfortable Link is with cross-dressing and being androgynous. Oh no, I'm sure all you defenders of the hetero are cool with an androgynous person who is perfectly fine dressing in male and female dress, y'all are famously cool with people doing that.

    • @spankyjeffro5320
      @spankyjeffro5320 Місяць тому

      Link cannot be a queer icon, Link isn't queer.

  • @ccasan3
    @ccasan3 6 місяців тому +2

    Stop sexualizing everything.

    • @glovemiester
      @glovemiester 6 місяців тому +2

      Nintendos fault for making the gerudo armor in botw

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому +1

      @@glovemiester valid

    • @Aethemix
      @Aethemix 6 місяців тому

      Y'know orientation isn't sexualisation? Thanks for confirming what you think about every time you see gay dudes though, totally straight, nothing for you to unpack there ;)

  • @LifeInHyrule
    @LifeInHyrule 6 місяців тому

    Link is meant to be the link between the player and the game world. It’s an rpg so feel free to insert yourself into the role however you see fit. Everybody’s link is different. It’s a game have fun!

  • @ragdollinballin
    @ragdollinballin 6 місяців тому +5

    playing as link helped me realize i was non binary

    • @RetroGamingGoose
      @RetroGamingGoose  6 місяців тому +1

      That’s awesome 😁

    • @gentlemancharmander4411
      @gentlemancharmander4411 6 місяців тому +1

      No, you just wanted to be special, and tried to project it on a video game character

    • @ragdollinballin
      @ragdollinballin 6 місяців тому +1

      @@gentlemancharmander4411 youre literally SUPPOSED to project yourself onto link lol thats why they made him look androgynous

  • @victordottaviano645
    @victordottaviano645 6 місяців тому

    Link x Midna on manga
    Link x Zelda on many titles
    Case closed.

    • @chungman1500
      @chungman1500 6 місяців тому

      Your mom's case is closed

    • @Bongosss
      @Bongosss 6 місяців тому

      if we’re going by manga you definitely wouldn’t like four swords☠️ shadow and vio, blue and red, all zesty🫶

  • @dylanvscomics8138
    @dylanvscomics8138 6 місяців тому

    We need humility month.

    • @Aethemix
      @Aethemix 6 місяців тому

      You mean all other 11 other months?

  • @Ragnakira1311
    @Ragnakira1311 6 місяців тому +5

    People disagreeing clearly haven't played Tears of the Kingdom Link is such a queer twink icon 😭

    • @malikpierre-louis3343
      @malikpierre-louis3343 6 місяців тому

      What are you talking about ?

    • @malikpierre-louis3343
      @malikpierre-louis3343 6 місяців тому

      What are you talking about friend ? Like legit I played TOTK and I don't get what you are talking about.

    • @durpy8184
      @durpy8184 4 місяці тому

      No because people say the same about Leon, when re4r came out but he's jacked asf ppl are just stupid