botw link was implied to be a happy, popular, and normal boy with a family who looked up to his father and wanted to be a knight like his dad. and it JUST HAPPENED that he was able to pull this magic sword and suddenly he’s this incredible perfect hero. and the feeling of so many people watching him and judging him and telling him “youre the hero and youre going to save hyrule” confuses him and causes him so much anxiety that it causes him to become mute. and then hes part of this team of champions and one of them is an asshole and hates him so much for having the master sword but link never wanted it in the first place. and then it becomes his job to follow around the princess but she hates him too and he doesnt understand why. and eventually he and the princess become friends and she loves him. but he fucking DIES protecting her. and then he gets resurrected but HAS AMNESIA. and just wakes up 100 years later in a world where everyone is a stranger to him and he has no memories of his friends and loved ones. and from the moment he woke up, all he was told was the exact same thing that he heard from everyone before he died: that he’s the hero and he has to save hyrule. and its implied that he cant fully recover his memory so then he’s a shell of his former self stuck saving this ruined world. like he only ever did what people wanted him to but he still suffered so FUCKING MUCH and for nothing