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[Lord Jabu-Jabu]

No, he needs to marry Ruto!!

[Kairu Hakubi]

I always believed he was SENT back to the castle, because that's where he really belongs, being zelda's brother, and thus a different manner of prince.
usually marrying a princess only makes you a duke or something.

[SOAP]

There is absolutely nothing in the games that supports Link and Zelda being brother and sister. The King of Hyrule, Zelda's father, is mentioned in OoT, but Link's parents are dead. So if they were brother and sister, Link would still have a father.

Actually, we only know Link's mother is dead. Link's father isn't even mentioned and so isn't Zelda's mother (except as a comparison used by a man to describe his lover). Not hard to draw the conclusion there. Also, there's that one quote from either Sharp or his brother where he mistook Link for Zelda or something like that....

HOWEVER! There's more evidence to support a siblinghood between Link and Malon.

[Kwicky Koala]

HOWEVER! There's more evidence to support a siblinghood between Link and Malon.

How so?

[Husse]

I used to believe that strongly, but recent unpopularity of the theory and backup from the games led me the other way. He's not related to Zelda, methinks. But it's possible!

AND WHAT IN SAM HILL? RELATED TO MALON? Other than her having a dead mother, what does that mean?

[Marty]

I believe the quote with sharp/flat was in reference to the fact you played the royal family song, hence why he mistakes you for royalty.

The no mother theory for Zelda also works with Malon (and even Ruto!)

[Husse]

Exactly. No proof beyond that. And think of it from the reasonable perspective. If he were related to Malon, why would the game creators put in a slur about him MARRYING Malon? There is no LOVE slur with Zelda at all, weirdly enough, so THEY could be related.

[Marty]

I don't think Link has any siblings, I'm just pointing out the mother and father argument works for lots of characters so it isn't conclusive or even that helpful.

There are two major points I can think of right now that suggests Link and Zelda are not related:

- Link doesn't have a sheikah protector
- It has always been suggested that Link is from a knight bloodline. Princes and knights are completely seperate. Therefore he can only be one or the other.

[Kairu Hakubi]

precisely. i saw serious sibling chemistry between link and zelda... she relies on him, bickers with him, pushes him around a little... but i think if they had romantic chemistry she'd be a LITTLE more all over him after finally seeing him after all that time..
meh. there's no proof of anything, i'm just saying that's how i feel.. and so far nothing contradicts it.

[Husse]

It's a possible, not a probable, but ONE of your points is invalid. When Link's mother disappeared into the forest before dying, she left Link there. For all we know he didn't have a Sheikah, or she/he was captured, killed or unable to follow. And, seeing as Impa is one of the few Sheikah left, Link's Sheikah may have died in the forest or outside it before Link ventured out as well. Besides that, he was posing as a Kokiri. Simple game-plot wise, he didn't need one.

[MikePetersSucks]

I always like the theory that Link was the son of a knight that personally protected the royal family and stuff, so it's like Link and Zelda knew each other as little tiny babies in the crib (Zelda Rugrats, anyone? *imagines Rugrat Ganondorf trying to steal the Golden Rattle of Jingles* XD) and anyway, Link was kinda....stuck in Termina, with different time frames and stuff, and it's a long story about the Links and Zelda's trying to unite, but it can never be because of fate and stuff, and then Link of OOT arrives in LOZ, saves the current princess, learns it's not "her" and sulks or whatever, then he saves OOT Zelda in AOL, they kiss, and destiny is fulfilled after thousands of years ^___^

[Lord Jabu-Jabu]

But Ruto is a princess, too. And he's definately not related to her.

[Husse]

Mm-hm. What I personally believe is that Link's father was a knight close to the King and loves Zelda like a sister, like Mike, only I think the LoZ/AoL Links are different from OoT/MM. OoT Link did one of two things. He made it back to Hyrule and settled down by himself or, hopefully, with Malon, into obscurity, (until a sequel tells me otherwise,) or was stuck in Termina and stayed there happily ever after. Just me. Though I really hope he made it back to Hyrule, and the last scene of MM suggests that he did.

[SOAP]

Exactly. No proof beyond that. And think of it from the reasonable perspective. If he were related to Malon, why would the game creators put in a slur about him MARRYING Malon? There is no LOVE slur with Zelda at all, weirdly enough, so THEY could be related.

There's also theories that Zelda isn't interested in boys in general... but that's a whole different kettle of fish.

Malon is only rumored of having fantasy about knights in shining armor which is pretty common for girls in her age. She only thinks Link is cute and almost forgets he even exists for a while which leads me to believe whatever interests she has in Link is very fickle.

Besides the dead mother thing, Malon and Link look simmilar as children. The have the very same round almost purple looking eyes and very simmilar hairstyles. The only against theory is that Links mother died while undrr the care of the kokiri several months after she feld to the forest with a newborn Link. Malon's mother on the other hand had to have died recent enough for her to pass on Epona's Song to her. The simple solution to this is that Malon is in fact older than Link, at least by two or three years. We don't know for a fact that Zelda's mom is dead though.

[Husse]

So, your only supporting argument that's solid is they look the same. Which, IMO, they don't. Their official art also looks extremely different. Yes, both their mothers died recently, but it could be that way with Zelda or any other old bag. (Wow, there are NO mothers in that game!)

And as for her having only fickle interest in Link, well, that's also a weak argument. The seeing stones "rumors" were put in there by game developers as "truth", they wouldn't hint at something that's not true/doesn't exist! And it seems she does have dear affections for him as a child and subtle affections as an adult that become much more evident in MM. (Remember Cremia's hug?)

And regardless, what of Link? Since it seems once he gets back to child status he doesn't want to be hailed or treated like a hero, wants to leave the past behind and relax, and since he supposedly "agrees" to stay with Cremia and her family, and gets very comfortable with them, is it not remotely concievable that apon reaching Hyrule again, (if he did after MM, we don't know,) he would settle into obscurity with the little smitten farm girl the game developers have been hinting at?

As Talon once so wisely said, "So, how'd you like to marry Malon?" And Link, of course, said yes! ('Nother little game developers hint, IMO.) The love relationship with Saria, as she herself says, cannot come to be, Ruto also realizes this, Nabooru, well, that's just creepy, and the only affections for Zelda hinted at are of sisterly love. (Not saying they're related, nobody knows, but that seems to be the affection.) And yet, Malon remains undefined, until MM, releasing subtle hints.

[Husse]

You don't know that. I personally believe he isn't, but when I first played it through, without anybody telling me this theory, I believed Link was Zelda's brother b/c there WAS a lot of evidence suggesting it! Now I don't because I've played other games and there isn't ENOUGH evidence. But it is a possibility, like it or not.

[Wolf O'Donnell]

As Talon once so wisely said, "So, how'd you like to marry Malon?" And Link, of course, said yes! ('Nother little game developers hint, IMO.)

Ah, but you're given a choice and you don't have to say, Yes.

You don't know that. I personally believe he isn't, but when I first played it through, without anybody telling me this theory, I believed Link was Zelda's brother b/c there WAS a lot of evidence suggesting it! Now I don't because I've played other games and there isn't ENOUGH evidence. But it is a possibility, like it or not.

ERm... you do know that in other games it's not necessarily the same Link, right?

[Husse]

Yes, of course, but I was mainly referring to MM. If it was a recurring theme, there should be a least a little more evidence, and there wasn't. Sorry about the confusion. I wonder, how many people are there that still think there's only one Link?