Hey, so thoughts about how Wind's personality is portrayed in both the fandom and the actual LU comic. (Ft. Snarky/angry teenager Wind lol)
So, of what I have seen most (fandom and the comic), Wind is portrayed as energetic, happy-go-lucky and generally kind. Although in the comic, we can see he does get angry on behalf of what he believes about the king of Hyrule and the future (featuring his optimism which is a trait he has in most works), and also when the other Links underestimate him and about general well-being of others.
Yep, he is a pretty well-rounded character in the LU comic (thank you Jojo). Though I do wish we could see another more flawed side of him that involves more selfish-esc reasons (not reasons in which he is justified to get angry and such. But, that can still happen sometime. Even if doesn't, I still do really like the og Wind as one might say, I rest my case.
Can't say the same for some major parts of the fandom. If you have seen what I reblogged here before, you know my opinion about that. I get that Wind is definitely amongst the most popular Links, but sometimes I get very sad with how some people portray him. Which is basically the happy-go-lucky, energetic kid without the stuff I said before that happened in Jojo's comic.
Like, I do know that these traits are what make Wind, Wind, but he's not all the time like that. For God's sake, he is 14, have you known any? They can be assholes sometimes, for absolutely no reason. 'Cause that is just part of growing up too, when you are in early puberty it's even harder to not get angry and scream at people for a multitude of reasons.
Maybe when Wind was 11-12, he was most like what people portray him as, but they literally took away 3 to 2 years of experience and maturity from him (I know it seems too little, but at teenagehood these numbers matter a lot more than when you are an adult). Yes, Wind is still technically a child, not even an older teenager, but the thing is, he ain't a normal 14-year-old either. He can be very serious a lot of the time, and also he is not emotionally immature, there's a lot of times he will be the most level-headed than a lot of the older Links.
And important, he was and is a big brother first, don't take that away from him please.
Let Wind be so annoying and irritating some days that a lot of the other Links will not even want to talk to him. Let him be selfish sometimes. Let him jab the others with harsh words that he will have to apologize for later (if he even recognizes his mistake, which depending on the situation, can take some time. Boy can stubborn for good and bad things). Let him be brutally honest to contrast his general easy-going attitude.
Yeah, Wind is optimistic and he can be a very kind and cute kid, but he's still a teenager going through a lot. He's bound to be rebellious and nitpicky a lot of the times.
Anyways, thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Though, of course you don't have to agree with me. This is just my opinion. But, I will say, a lot of teenagers don't act all cute and selfless most of the time.
Wind is definitely out of the norm for teenagers lol
