He's My Favorite Link Purely Because Of How Tragic His Life Really Is - Tumblr Posts

time!link is genuinely so fascinating. during ocarina he's a child in an adult's body, in the end he's more like an adult in a child's body. he did everything for the good of the people, he saved everyone, he won't get any credit for it but that's okay, right? he loses his one and only companion as the sole reward. no one will ever understand what he saw. he needs to find her again. he saves a world again, and this time the world is a cruel mockery. every 3 days he helps people, he saves them, every 3 days they don't remember. its an endless cycle of being a hero and having nothing. he saved this world too, right? it's still worth it right? navi is gone. tatl is only a parallel, and even she has to leave. everyone in this new world is someone he thinks he knows, but he doesn't. then he knows them, they're friends, he knows what will happen, but knows he can never save all of them every time. some have to suffer for others to get their suffering relieved, every timeline. is he a hero for saving them? is he playing god in choosing who to save?

maybe he's the fierce deity. the villain who always wins, every time.

even when he dies, he can't erase the bitterness of his efforts being forgotten.