Ragebait example one: doesn’t make you rage, is not bait (something to get people angry)
Ragebait example two: does make you rage, is bait (something that gets people angry)
I believe Link has three parallels:
Tingle is someone who desperately wants to be a fairy, and everyone mocks him for it.
Kafei is an adult trapped in a child's body against his will.
And Skull Kid couldn't cope with loneliness after being abandoned by his friends.
>get bullied for being a nerd
>get job at GameStop, home of nerds
>gets made fun of on the internet by new gen high school bullies
Nerds have no safe space anymore thanks to tiktokers who want to harass nerdy workers for views
Has always been my theory. Maybe I've read too many fantasy books but I always assumed Zelda had an arranged marriage with another noble house & Link married Malon. His direct descendant (TP) being a ranch hand, naming his horse Epona, & knowing the song made too much sense.
When I was a kid, instead of wanting Link to get married to Malon or Zelda like 90% of Zelda fans, I wanted him to get married to Ruto, which in hindsight was absolutely just me projecting
We're at the point of OoT Remake discourse where people are complaining about "changes" that were already in the OG. I am begging y'all to play N64 OoT before giving these dissertations lmao