where does the trope of unwilling hero even come from
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it's very common in zelda fanfics to be all "oh woe is me i never wanted to be the hero but the goddess chose me and now i must" but like
why, where does that come from
the whole point is that he is the only fool who actually wants the job
most hylians would be like "uh go explore the belly of a giant fish?? i think i will choose survival"
canonically speaking if link didn't want to be the hero the goddess would have picked somebody else lol