Honestly, he's not supposed to be twink-ish. The problem is that western porn-brains see him dressing up as a woman in disguise as gay, rather than as comedic.
I guess from that point of view, that is true (and I wasnt trying to imply otherwise).
I was more thinking of the fact that he is generally very lanky and has tended to have some baby-faced features in many of his depictions, rather than a more Western style "grizzled hero" look. Which makes sense due to the elf-like nature of both him and Zelda, but like you said some Western people take that in a different direction and make it into something it isnt.
That's the most tragic part about it. Link's a great model for a boy wanting to go on an adventure. The last thing that should be done is sexualizing him.
To be fair, that at least makes sense as Link has been kind of twink-ish in several of the games.
Honestly, he's not supposed to be twink-ish. The problem is that western porn-brains see him dressing up as a woman in disguise as gay, rather than as comedic.
I guess from that point of view, that is true (and I wasnt trying to imply otherwise).
I was more thinking of the fact that he is generally very lanky and has tended to have some baby-faced features in many of his depictions, rather than a more Western style "grizzled hero" look. Which makes sense due to the elf-like nature of both him and Zelda, but like you said some Western people take that in a different direction and make it into something it isnt.
That's the most tragic part about it. Link's a great model for a boy wanting to go on an adventure. The last thing that should be done is sexualizing him.
Unfortunately, almost every game has Link being fawned over in some form by numerous cute to hot women. Sexualization is inevitable in that regard.