I find I’m quite taken with the image of Link that we get in Breath of the Wild; i.e., that of someone who’s sensitive, compassionate, a bit easily startled, compelled to pet every dog he meets, yet at the same time the sort of person who will quite willingly paraglide off a mountainside - naked, screaming and possibly on fire - in order to get the drop on an enemy many times his size, rip its arm off, beat said enemy to death with said arm, then hang onto it just in case he runs into anything else that seems to be in need of a good arming.

Link: “I bet I could kill five chuchus in one swing of this mop.”

“I can taste the wisdom of the ancients!”

Caring for each other and protecting each other is almost as old as our species. This is selflessness, this is civilization, this is Philia. Be caring and protect others where you can, when you can, and how you can. 

Someone: *treats me badly*