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I finally get to add A Link Between Worlds to my list of completed Zelda games! My playthrough gave me so many thoughts, so I had to doodle some of them :))

Anyway, I love Gulley dearly. If he has no fans in this world, then I am dead. The blacksmith’s wife in Lorule says that Link was muttering Gulley’s name in his sleep when she found him unconscious in the middle of the road 😭 and this is right after he sees Gulley’s portrait for the first time.

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Has Commander made any links (no pun intended) between the people he knew in the War of Eras, like Midna or Marin, and the heroes he knows now?

He has his suspicions. He’d be shocked if Mask and Pirate haven’t come to the same conclusions, too.

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Last but not least of the November birthday gauntlet—November 22nd, the release date of A Link Between Worlds, Artisan’s first adventure.

While Artisan was certainly an inspiration for Ravio finding his own courage, Ravio had his own influence on Artisan. For one thing, Artisan was much quieter and more withdrawn before meeting his counterpart.

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Day 18 - Shopkeeper

Who else but the silliest shopkeeper of all time?? Who else can I trust to steal my house and take all my stuff when I pass out?

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i think i remember seeing in an earlier post something about ravio and artisan’s relationship and i have just got to wonder is their relationship strictly platonic here or was there something more between the two of them ?? or is there a secret 3rd option where neither of them know and basically never will (unless..?)

i know you probably left it vague on purpose lol but just to satiate my curiosity I’ll ask

I was wondering if this would get asked! It’s mostly the third option. Artisan loves Ravio very much, but as for what type of love he feels... that is unspecified.

Artisan falls into the category of heroes who were unfortunately old enough to comprehend the horrors of their adventure while they were going through it, and before then, his life was pretty mundane. He worked with the blacksmith’s family, hung out sometimes with the village’s old man (which is incidentally how he knows how to swing a sword rather than just make one), and the biggest threat to life was a bee in a bush or an octorok on the road. And then Lorule happened, and his only real anchor amidst the chaos and the missing people was the purple rabbit guy who took over his house because he didn’t have the heart to say no.

Like with Farmer and Midna, everything happening was far too much of a whirlwind for him to really define what any of it meant. They were certainly friends, of a sort, and despite falling prey to his renting policies, Ravio made sure that Artisan was alright, and that meant the world to him. As for whether there were any romantic feelings, that wasn’t a thought Artisan had until much later, when it was far too late to ask about it.

Artisan is definitely pining for Ravio, but whether that’s platonic or romantic, even he isn’t sure. He hasn’t even seen the man in three years. All he knows is that he cares very much.