Link

On a related note, there is one character amongst the Broadway denizens that is, in fact, Link from the Legend of Zelda. Broadway, Seattle, has its share of lunatics, streetkids, aging drunken Natives, and dragqueens. On any given afternoon, making their way with backpacks and assorted bags- an old crazy man with grey hair walks with his son, aka Link, an elf. Not in the diminutive sense, an Elf that stands six-feet and wears his 250 lbs. clumsily.
I first heard of Link from The Stranger, the actual newspaper of this city. I've come across a handful of references to this local character in the columns. Link wears a green elf cap, with green vest and full-on Zelda attire. It looks childish, but he is in his late teens. The story, apparently, is that his father convinced him from an early age that he is, in all actuality, an Elf, an immortal. Ofcourse, any kid would love to hear that from his father- so he obviously took to the idea. For example, a friend overheard this on the bus:
LINK (visibly dismayed at another passenger's obnoxious behavior): These mortals, my word.
BLACK WOMAN (to Link's father): SIR, I think its WRONG that you raise your son to think he's an ELF!
FATHER (not interested in confrontation, leans back to his son, with his grubby hand over his mouth, and loudly):Don't listen to these mortals.
Case in point, I am living in Zelda.