The First Princess He Loved by Dragonanne on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Okay, so here’s my thoughts/headcanon:

Mipha didn’t just love Link like a childhood crush-she was planning on marrying the guy. She had the Zora “princess’s betrothed” armor made for him. So (having not played AoC yet) my headcanon is that Link actually loved her too. They were childhood friends; they had a friendship and history to their relationship. I think he wanted to be with her (I can’t help but notice that in the healing memory, she’s being super shy and nervous about her feelings toward him, but not exactly subtle either. And he doesn’t seem awkward or embarrassed by it. He’s just very patiently letting her express her concerns and feelings. Idk, he just doesn’t seem like the kind of guy to lead her on when she’s sharing those kinds of things with him). But then he’s appointed as Zelda’s knight. His job is to protect, but it’s also his personality. So, when he is thrust into keeping up with this headstrong but vulnerable and hurting young woman, he wants to protect her from her struggles. Eventually, after he heroically saves her from the Yiga clan, she falls for him and, as a result, she opens up to him. Then, not realizing that it’s been coming on almost since they met, he falls for her....and through no real fault of anyone, he finds he loves Zelda, and not Mipha-at least not in that way any longer.

PS: There's a second/bonus/follow-up picture to this on my Tumblr and my Artfol 😁

Link and Mipha belong to Nintendo
Art belongs to Anne Marie Wells/me