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How can I say this, you say? First of all, just check out the artwork. Try to find one picture of him with a pleasant expression on his face. Oh no. We have him jumping out with his sword extended and a mean expression on his face. We have him charging forward with his sword extended and a mean expression on his face. We have him thrusting his sword forward and a mean expression on his face. Doesn't this guy ever smile? Let us compare with Ocarina of Time, when we have him sitting in the grass with Zelda, Link playing with Navi, adult Link and Epona, etc. Apparently not getting a date gets to a guy.
Oh, but why stop there? Shall we continue with his evil streak? Take the beginning for example. You make a deal with the Happy Mask guy. You get him Majora's Mask, he'll heal you. First of all, why is he even helping that guy anyways? The salesman looks suspicious if you ask me. Why should Link trust him? And he knows the mask is evil, so why give it back to the grinning idiot? Link should know better. But it gets worse. Link cheats the guy. He doesn't hold up his end of the deal. Making false promises here. What a cruel little "hero." Honestly, didn't the Deku Tree teach him anything?
Oh, but you might argue that he's helping all these poor people? Ha! I say. Let's think about it here. Take Romani for instance. Sure, he helps her out. But then he gets the bottle and, satisfied, he goes back in time. So he never actually helped her. He just did it to get the bottle, not out of compassion. When Link finally stops the Mask, will he remember Romani? Nope. She'll still get abducted, and they'll still lose their cows. How rude. And the least he could do is tell everyone stuff. Does he try to console Anju? No. Does he try to apprehend Sakon? Not a chance. Does he ever tell anyone there's someone in the toilet? Uh-uh. Does he try to warn the Bomb shop lady? Nope. He'll wait around until Sakon steals the bag so he could look like the hero. It makes me think he was in cahootz with Ganondorf since the beginning. But the worst of all is taking the room from the poor Goron at the Inn. And then watching as Anju vainly tried to reason with him, knowing all that it is YOUR fault, and yet not speaking up. Poor Anju. Poor Link-goro. I felt so bad I tried to give the key back to him. And Link wouldn't let me. It looks like this item doesn't work here. Trying to rationalize it, aren't you Link? You thief.
OK, just a few more examples here. The captain of the skeletons tell Link to give tell the soldiers the war is over. Does he? Nope. Just uses them for his own advantage. As usual. C'mon, face it: Link is not a nice loving guy. He intentionally calls out Garos simply to humiliate them, he cheats in the dog races (not to mention carrying the dogs over his head; the animal rights activists must be going bonkers), he enters houses uninvited, and then there's the big one. Does he ever tell anyone that Darmani and Mikau are dead? he tricks the entire Goron race! It's not their fault they're blind and stupid! And the elder was ready to give him the throne! Talk about gaining power for false pretenses. And then pretending to be a Zora rock star, probably just to be famous for a while, is highly immoral. Granted, you will not find anywhere in any morality book that posing as a Zora rock star is wrong, but it is implied. Link probably used that as his excuse. And so you see, Link is a rather cruel and evil guy. So just think about that the next time you plug in your N64. How do you know Link's not actually working with Skullkid in the first place?