Queer Gaming Icons: Link The Legend Of Zelda

Happy Pride month
Heres my second video just me talking about Video game characters I think are important/ Iconic in the LGBTQ+ community
Hope You enjoy
#zelda #thelegendofzelda #link #nintendo #gaming

[@Bongosss]

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

[@chungman1500]

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]

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 😁

[@ellw7830]

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]

Thankyou so much :D

[@ellw7830]

@@RetroGamingGoose of course!! happy pride in july

[@darkuserkain]

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.

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Thankyou 😁

[@queerdisaster]

All the people saying Link isn't queer... Sure, they aren't canonically straight/gay/bi/pan/whatever, however, he has become an icon in the queer community. LoZ is intended to be a universe you can read whatever way you wish :) So, Link can be queer, and Link can be straight, Link can be bi and everything in between it. I totally agree with BOTW's comment about trans gamers - as a trans bisexual Zelda player, Link has always been gender envy and a safe character. Nintendo leaves them ambiguous on purpose and we love them for it! Veryyy intrigued to see where the Zelda movie goes with Link's sexuality or lack there of. Great video! You got a sub from me. Thanks Retro Gaming Goose!!

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Thankyou so much ❤️❤️

[@warrenulrich819]

Literally everything about Link, the games, and it's creators, suggests that he is a straight male with a romantic interest in Zelda. Nintendo practices ambiguity because it's convenient, they make games for kids, and it ensures the widest audience possible will buy their games. If you seriously think a bunch of old Japanese dudes care about queer representation, you're grossly mistaken

[@RetroGamingGoose]

@@warrenulrich819 literally everything? Including dressing up in drag to get into the Gerudo areas?

[@Watchinggarbage2774]

Nope, because the creator himself said hes straight cope harder fairy

[@warrenulrich819]

@@RetroGamingGoose A male cross-dressing in order to disguise himself as a female to enter an all female society. How exactly is this a 'queer icon' moment? If anything, this actually reinforces traditional gender norms, as dressing up in a skirt and such is enough to disguise Link as a female.

[@MatchboxFullOfRocks]

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! :))

[@Ifyoudissagreeyouregay]

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

[@lunaliander7104]

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.

[@Ifyoudissagreeyouregay]

@@lunaliander7104 nah to gay

[@chungman1500]

Your mom kisses zelda

[@Ifyoudissagreeyouregay]

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

[@imreallybored1479]

@@Ifyoudissagreeyouregay no one said they were

[@gummi5413]

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]

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

[@ohno5559]

giga based

[@Harry-potter7]

Gen alpha kid detected📡

[@ohno5559]

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

[@ladies4449]

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]

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 ❤️

[@bradenwood1612]

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]

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

[@ragdollinballin]

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

[@bradenwood1612]

@@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]

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

[@Sonic_team942]

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

[@Bongosss]

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]

I think zelink depends on the game

[@Bongosss]

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

[@tomothepro6281]

@@Bongosssthis guy gets it!!

[@glovemiester]

You literally play as a different person in every game

[@Watchinggarbage2774]

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]

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

[@blueface6069]

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.

[@goosehjonk9111]

Fellow Geese.

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Another goose 😱

[@ragdollinballin]

playing as link helped me realize i was non binary

[@RetroGamingGoose]

That’s awesome 😁

[@gentlemancharmander4411]

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

[@ragdollinballin]

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

[@tomothepro6281]

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

[@Zeldacollector]

Link is not a queer gaming icon, stop the nonsense

[@Ragnakira1311]

Yeah they are buddy 🤠

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Why do you think they’re not?

[@glovemiester]

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

[@KazuyaMithra]

Liquid Ocelot is 100x the queer icon Link is lmao

[@RetroGamingGoose]

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

[@Keblash]

Its gay to think link is queer.

[@RetroGamingGoose]

😂

[@ccasan3]

Stop sexualizing everything.

[@glovemiester]

Nintendos fault for making the gerudo armor in botw

[@RetroGamingGoose]

@@glovemiester valid

[@Aethemix]

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 ;)

[@jamescarwin8968]

This is the gayest comment section I have ever seen.

[@gentlemancharmander4411]

I Hope to God this video is sarcastic…

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Nope

[@victordottaviano645]

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

[@chungman1500]

Your mom's case is closed

[@Bongosss]

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

[@Aethemix]

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.

[@Harry-potter7]

⁠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]

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

[@Harry-potter7]

@@ellw7830 me when I answer to a dumbass comment

[@aarOuOn]

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]

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

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

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

[@kathrineici9811]

All of Link’s love interests have been female

[@chungman1500]

Yeah, like your mom

[@chungman1500]

Your mom's love interests have been female

[@Bkwdz]

utterly insufferable

[@LifeInHyrule]

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!

[@phn4868]

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.

[@dylanvscomics8138]

We need humility month.

[@Aethemix]

You mean all other 11 other months?

[@Ragnakira1311]

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

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

What are you talking about ?

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

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

[@durpy8184]

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

[@Harry-potter7]

6:03 😂😂😂you are a joke

[@1fault]

Great video c:

[@RetroGamingGoose]

Thankyou 😁