i saw that you have sailor and grasshopper from hyrule warriors (2014) but not the main link from that game. are you able to explain why you included those two without hw link or is that spoilers? i would love to hear about the thought process behind your creative decisions if you can share :)
[Has been wanting to touch on the offscreen Linkies for fun but had no idea where to begin, so I am thanking you lots for this!]
HW Link isn't the only Link that didn't make the cut for the focus of this AU, but he definitely exists as a canonical figure that could've been involved. I unfortunately can't disclose the Watsonian reasoning behind why he isn't due to spoilers, but the Doylist reason is that I'm just. Not as confident in my characterisation of him as I am with the onscreen party aslfkjdkl; not super conducive for the intended goal here (collective character study)! That, and I feel like my grasp of any resulting dynamics wouldn't be as nuanced.
I love rotating him (and the six other offscreen heroes) in my head though :) Maybe I'll do some bonus shenanigans with them. Who knows! Here's a peek at Commander in the meantime.
