#also japanese media is notorious for this incredibly subtle romantic undertone instead of actual declarations

[selenityshiroi]

It's amazing how weird people are being about the house in Hateno and being so adamant that Link doesn't live there.

Like...People can have whatever headcanons and interpretations they want...but it's not exactly rocket science as to Nintendo's intent, here.

There are a lot of nods to BOTW in TOTK but almost all of them are incredibly vague and subtle. The overarching plot is only kind of generally mentioned and interactions with NPCs who had sidequests in BOTW tend to be 'thanks for helping me last time' instead of saying what Link did.

This is clearly because Nintendo are trying to keep BOTW spoilers to an absolute minimum. So that if anyone wants to play it who hasn't (or if you've missed things and you plan to play it in more detail later) then the experience is affected as little as possible.

I think the only side quest I can think of that is kind of spoiled is Kohga mentioning Link throwing him down into the depths. And that was more because it was difficult to explain what he was doing down there otherwise.

So the reason why Link's ownership of the Hateno house isn't mentioned? Because it's a BOTW side quest. That's it.

They could have had Zelda living anywhere. Even in one of the new houses just on the other side of the bridge. She could have been living with Purah or something. They chose to have her living in the house Link brought. And not because Link's ownership has been erased. But because Link's ownership is bonus knowledge for those who played BOTW and it adds to the tease of the ambiguity of their relationship status.

#zelink #totk spoilers #if they didn’t want people assuming link and zelda have been living together since the end of botw #then they would have given her literally anywhere else to live #also the new tarrey town house isn't a sign that link doesn't still live in the hateno house #the tarrey town house is supposed to be an upgrade #it's described as a dream home and a place for the future #also japanese media is notorious for this incredibly subtle romantic undertone instead of actual declarations #you'll have a pair that only speaks formally to each other and have never touched in public #and you find out they've been married for 20 years and would die for each other #the retired weeb in me looks at the subtle nods of zelink and translates 'the hairtie is in the chest' as 'they have absolutely banged' #but regardless of if they are romantic or platonic you are absolutely supposed to assume they live in that house together