hairy_hen said:

I don't necessarily see him as being the most talkative sort, considering he usually lives alone and tends to react to things rather than initiating them, but it would fall completely flat to force a live action version of him to never speak. In my experience with the world of Zelda fanfic, most of those who write him as silent tend to be unable to conceive of how to convincingly adapt the gameplay into a realistic depiction of the characters and setting. (There are exceptions, of course; I've seen it done well before, but it's extremely difficult to pull off.)

A few years ago I spent a lot of time writing a story based on Twilight Princess, and in it I depicted Link as being both soft-spoken and generally disinclined to engage in lengthy conversations, but perfectly capable of expressing himself well when he needs to.

I think Twilight Princess gave us more of Link as a person than any of the other Zelda games. You get more of a sense of who Link is. That's probably why I connected to it more than Skyward Sword. I always kind of felt there was something odd about the fact that he lived outside of the village. It was hinting that maybe he didn't feel like he belonged.

Zelda games always seem to focus on what Link has to do. Twilight Princess seemed to focus more on Link. You even get some of his emotional struggle. Majora's Mask had moments like that, but didn't really go into it as far as Twilight Princess did.

I want to see Link's struggle. I think a good hero story must have low point.