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To be clear I don't think younger players of the Remake that are experiencing this game for the first time and having this read are wrong in any way, not at all! It's kind of a "oh wow when you look at it like that, I guess that was pretty fucked up actually" kind of thing

Like, the Hero of Time has ALWAYS straight up been a child, and it is in fact, completely crazy that he goes through all of that. Idk... perhaps there's something to be said that we've become so protective of children that we've forgotten that we used to 'be' children.

Meanwhile Gen Z's read of the character seems to be 'that is a baby, why are we sending a baby to fight evil, what the fuck' And in a way, that's kind of missing the point... and yet, it's also JUST as true now as it was in the original, and I just think that's really funny

Granted, the read of the Hero of Time being a tragic figure has always been there, but up until this remake, his story had been seen as an allegory for our own journey into adulthood. A protective instinct didn't kick in with us because we saw him 'as' us.

It's interesting to see the massive change in perspective regarding the Hero of Time over the years. 20+ years ago, Link was us; literally the 'link' between the game and the audience. Today, he's almost exclusively seen as a child; an unprotected exploited victim.