Nice insight into Zelda, sometimes she annoys me in the games, but not anymore!

Sad and awwessoome. That was totally amazing, and you feel so horrible for Zelda now when you look back on the games and wonder what she was thinking through them. Happy about the Wind Waker story, but as for the rest... fabulous!

Wow! I'm utterly speechless. This is amazing. Goddesses both loving and so utterly cruel. Beautiful and ugly all the same. To make her remember and have him forget.

Very nicely done.

Zari

wow, very...deep? is that the word? thought provoking for sure. brilliantly written though, really, really good!

One word... Epic!

I wanted to comment on so many things, but what I wanted to say got lost along the story... the ideas just slipped me, so I'm sorry!

The only thing I can remember I wanted to comment you posted on your Author's Note: Zelda really is a strong woman, and you are one of the very few people that actually portrayed that. (I'm tired of seeing the same damsel in distress all the time xD)

Loved the fic! Keep the good (great!) work!

Oww... I 'm crazily in love now.
But- but can't you give us the romantically Zelda-Link-centric ending as a somewhat alternative fic ? * hope*
I guess I'm a passionate (and desperate) old fan of fateful-like Zelink. Can't get enough... @_@
Whatever, this is definitely going to my favs ! (ohyeah) X,D

really good, i never thought of zelda in that way, i like it,keep on writing, ur really good!

Very good, I'll say. Especially since it's your first fic.
Only one point of constructive criticsm: you might want to make your paragraphs a little smaller, so it's easier on the eyes.
Other than that, very good use of language.
Well done.
Keep up the good work!
~D243

I think you're right; the tone for this is perfect, and I don't think you could have written this differently. Banish your dissatisfaction. It's lovely. :)

nice dude, i liked the idea of zelda retaining her memories

That was lovely. I enjoyed reading every bit of it, actually. I love the way that you implied Link/Zelda, but didn't actually have a sappy ending. I know it's very tempting to put in a bit of romance at the end, but I'm actually liking the way it turned out. The way you describe the events in her life is amazing, and I love Zelda's characterization. It's exactly how I imagined her to think.

Overall, really great job! I hope to see some more Zelda stories from you in the future!

:D

Beautiful. Nothing else to say.

Simply beautiful. The whole air of mystery surrounding the story only made it better, and the tragedy was written in such a way that one could actually feel for Zelda, something that is extremely difficult for a lot of writers to accomplish. Also, I enjoyed how Link never seemed to remember any of their past lives together, which adds to the overall morsose feel. Personally, I thought you ended it well, that little spark of hope keeping the story from being entirely too depressing. Wonderful work.

~La Moirae

I signed up just so i could review this story. I'm new to so I hope I make some sense.
This is the best depiction of Zelda I've read so far. It's very faithful to the way she is depicted in the games.
Also, it's refreshing to read language that isn't so colloquial; especially since the character Zelda has always been elegant and eloquent, and (let's face it) aristocratic. (except for windwaker, I suppose.) It just ruins all believability when you're reading a story about a medieval princess and she sounds like an American teenager.
There's something a little dissatisfying and tragic about the plot that seems to be very much in league with the games. Even though this story focuses on her, since you're talking about all her reincarnated lives, it covers such a scope that in the short length of this story, you can only leave the details about Zelda a mystery, in fact the details become philosophically unimportant. I think the way that you managed to focus on her deep concerns, her thoughts and a sort of fixed identity as a theatrical role (in short, what makes Zelda, Zelda), and yet leave her so mysterious was very effective, not to mention a good technical feat.
Going back to the dissatisfaction one feels after this story, this seems to be a natural approach for depicting Zelda, since in the games one spends a great deal of time trying to rescue her and yet the endings don't really give you much Zelda. I would love to read a Zelda focused story that was faithful to her original character in which she took more of an active role and we could start to get to know her better. I think it would take a lot of imagination and skill.