And then they're genuinely hanging out, catching bunnies, complaining about Linebeck, even making plans to come back to Papuchia Village after they get Zelda's body back so that they can go swimming together. What do you know, they make a good team! And then Zelda is dancing to Link's flute music, and cheering "ALLL ABOOAARD" when Link boards the train, and excitedly rushing to tell him all the new cool things she can do in a suit of armor. And Link- he's a typical young guy, sleeps in late, loves his vehicle, gets flustered over the pretty girl inviting him to sneak into her room where no one would see them- still, he doesn't automatically try to save her when she's attacked the first time (she has to yell at him) and he suffers and sighs at her dramatics clearly he's bitten off more than he can chew.īut they work together, and Zelda is learning new things, and Link is guiding her through the Tower of Spirits in a suit of armor. It falls away, showing a sassy, naive, jumpy young girl who at first didn't even want to get involved in her own rescue mission- though eventually, she starts to shoulder that responsibility, there with Link every step of the way until she eventually saves herself. Zelda is distinguished and composed that is, until she's a ghost.
At most she sees him as a means of transportation and he sees her as the high class VIP passenger that she is, but after the plot kicks off and suddenly they're stuck with each other, you see their walls finally fall. Maybe it's because they start out barely knowing each other- but then again, most zeldas do.