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Malon and Talon were inspired by Marin and Tarin from Link's Awakening. Tarin and Talon were inspired by Mario. Tarin in Link's Awakening ended up turning into a raccoon as an homage to Mario in Super Mario Bros 3. Marin's harp playing may have been the inspiration for Zelda's harp playing, and Nayru from Oracle of Ages harp playing and abilities to be at one with animals, which may also be the reason why Malon is a farm girl since she also takes care of animals.

Marin turns into a seagull at the end of Link's Awakening if you don't die at all, and Link from Wind Waker has an item that lets him fly in the body of a seagull.

It's implied Malon and Link in OoT end up having a child because Twilight Princess link lives on a farm and know's Epona's song. It's also hinted that Malon has a crush on Link a lot in OoT.

Marin and Link develop an attraction to eachother apparently according to some rando wiki too that I'm too lazy to double check.

It's kind of amazing how Marin was so influential to Zelda lore. Link's Awakening doesn't seem to have many connections to other games at first until you realize this.

tl;dr Marin is best girl