"Zelda is your...", From A Link to the Past.

Imagine if, for one moment, he meant to say...

Zelda is your mom.

Roflcopter.

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Then we'd have that whole Oedipus thing going on, wouldn't we?

Wow, that's even freakier than the whole "Zelda is you sister" thing O_O

Lol. Yeah. Oedipus=Link. Whoopee.

I think we gave a new life to that song "Stacy's Mom"

You can see Link in a pop rock outift, going

"My-y mom, has got it goin' on,
She's all I want, and I've waited for so long
Malon can't you see, you're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong,
But I'm in love with my own mum-who is Zelda, y'all and she is one damn sexy lady"

And suddenly he changes to rapping. I dunno.

Oh man That is so funny, but oh so wrong *shudder* If Nintendo ever makes Zelda Link's mother, I will kill them.

I think every Zelinker would join you if Nintendo did that

"Zelda is your mom." That's just freaky.

No, DH! Don't! Don't mention Oedipus!! GAH!! I don't like that play at all! Mother?! *catches on fire and shrivels on the ground*

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When I played the game for the first time (A LOONG time ago...)... to be honest... I was one of those "Zelda is Link's sister!" people... when Ocarina of Time came out I was really confused, and then I just came to the conclusion that the creators just changed their minds... then I slapped myself... played the game again... and had second thoughts... It's just not possible, I think (Link is a descendent of the kinghts, who, I would assume, defend the throne... Zelda is obviously of the royal family... how then can they intertwine? ...Unless there's some sort of affair... but I doubt that).

I'm still traumitized! I just imagined Link screaming, "Kaa-san!!" in the midst of explosions. (Advent Children reference. XD)

*looks at self* I still have burn marks from shriveling...

When I played for the first time (during the beginning of the game), I started out as a Salinker. Then I saw Zelda for the first time, and I graudually changed to a Zelinker.

But, as for the "Zelda is Link's sister" theory, I was first introduced to that theory when I was reading a F.A.Q. section of a Zelda fansite. I didn't give it much thought at first, but when I was bombarded with it, I decided to counter the arguments. (These arguments will cover the Link and Zelda from Ocarina of Time, since we've pretty much agreed that Link and Zelda from A Link to the Past are not siblings.)


1. Zelda tells Link that his name sounded familiar.

Maybe because she saw him in her dream, perhaps? It wouldn't surprise me if that were the case. Zelda can see the future in her dreams. Link had a nightmare about a future event in the game. I think it's safe to assume that Ganondorf had a similar dream, maybe one where he obtains the Triforce?

2. Link and Zelda have the same hair and eye color.

This is a moot point. I used to have a friend who had the same hair and eye color as me, and we're not siblings. In fact, many people have the same hair and eye color in real life and aren't related.

3. Flat the Younger tells Link that he reminds him of Zelda.

So? My parents remind me of Inuyasha and Kagome, and they're not related. (There is, however, an inside joke between my friend and I that my parents are the reincarnations of Inuyasha and Kagome, but that's another story.) I think what Flat the Younger was talking about was Link's bravery, but I don't know.


So, there's really no evidence that can be used to prove the "Zelda is Link's sister" theory.

Good point. People can look like each other and not be related.

In fact, I've noticed as couples continue to stay together, they start looking like each other. XD And not with just older people... I think I see it in some younger couples, too.

Really? That's...odd.

Sorry to revive a dead topic, but when I was playing Link to the Past recently, the one they ported to the GBA, I noticed that they changed the whole, "Zelda is your..." thing to Link's uncle saying, "I'll always remember... our time together..."

They probably did this precisely to alleviate the "Zelda is your sister" thing

I only have it for the GBA, but thing is, they can't be siblings. Link is related to a Hyrule Knight and Zelda is related to a sage. Thus, no sibling is there.

I love it when I use logic like this. It happens so rarely.

I only have it for the GBA, but thing is, they can't be siblings. Link is related to a Hyrule Knight and Zelda is related to a sage. Thus, no sibling is there.

I love it when I use logic like this. It happens so rarely.

I noticed that changed dialogue, too. ='D

My theory is that the creators changed it to avoid any speculation of them being siblings.

And unless the sages and the knights intermingled... there's no way they could be related... and if the knights and sages were related somehow, time and different marriages would probably have separated there blood-line. So doesn't that make the Link and Zelda sibling theory impossible?

I'm agreed: that sounds like precisely why it was done. I've come across this "sibling" theory again and again, and it bothers me every time. Nintendo continually puts Link and Zelda in situations with romantic overtones ( subtle or blatant ), so in my mind, there's no question that this theory is horribly wrong.

With ALTTP: two entirely different bloodlines are involved, and if a relation existed at some point ( it's very possible as we have a lack of Hylian blood, yet Link and Zelda both share strong traits of it ) it's irrelevant. They wouldn't be related enough to matter.

With OoT: I've seen those points too, but the ZeLinker in me just uses them as their connection being reinforced...they've dreamt about each other, and others comment on their connection: drawing attention to the fact Link is bound to Zelda.

I definately agree with the "destiny" part. I've heard of that translation before, and considering the rest of the series..it fits. In WW, it's all about fate, and to me, they pretty much outright said Tetra was Link's destiny/fate. I believe the same of all the Link/Zelda pairs, they have an inevitable destiny to eventually be brought together.