Linzin

Linzin is the het ship between Tenzin and Lin Beifong from The Legend of Korra fandom.

Canon
Tenzin and Lin have been together at some point in the past. They have known each other since they were children because their parents were good friends. At some point, Tenzin and Lin began to grow apart and their romantic relationship began to crumble because they had different goals in life. When a woman named Pema confessed her feelings for Tenzin, he decided to break up with Lin so that he could date Pema. Lin was very upset and did something to Air Temple Island because of her heartbreak. She also tried to arrest and imprison Pema for stealing Tenzin from her.

Over time, Tenzin and Pema eventually married and had four children together (two sons and two daughters) -- Lin, on the other hand, never had children and eventually chose to remain single. When Korra arrived in Republic City, Lin was initially bitter toward her because of her past relationship with Tenzin. When Lin decided to have the police guard the arena after a threat from Amon, Tenzin convinced her to allow him to join her, and she smiled that it would be like old times. Tenzin also convinced Lin to be nicer to Korra and give her a chance.

Tenzin and Lin later worked together to investigate Hiroshi Sato when he was discovered to be an Equalist. They were trapped and rescued, but all the cops working for Lin were taken away. Lin was depressed and decided to resign as chief, and Tenzin told her she needed to rest. When Korra was kidnapped, Lin left the hospital and Tenzin told her that she still needed to rest. After Korra was rescued, the Equalists began attacking Republic City, and Tenzin entrusted Lin to look after his family while he was away. After Pema gave birth and Tenzin returned, the airbenders decided to flee, and Lin went with them to protect them. As the Equalists chased them, Lin ran after them to distract them, and Meelo said she was a hero, to which Tenzin agreed. Lin was eventually captured and her bending was taken as a result of her sacrifice.

Over six months later, Lin heard a crash at the police station and went to see what had happened. Mako explained that he had broken up with Korra, and Lin remarked that the damage was nothing compared to what she did to Air Temple Island after Tenzin broke up with her. After the Red Lotus escaped from prison, Lin went to Ba Sing Se to inform Tenzin, explaining that they had to protect Korra. Lin eventually went to Zaofu where she confronted her half-sister Suyin. Su remarked that she could see why Tenzin had abandoned her, which provoked Lin to attack her.

Fanon
Linzin is a popular ship in the Legend of Korra fandom. Due to the way Tenzin and Lin behaved around each other, many fans speculated that they had dated in the past. This was especially the case when it was revealed that Tenzin had dated someone else before Pema. Some fans hoped that this was not the case, as they felt that it would disprove Tokka, since Tenzin and Lin would be cousins. However, it turned out that Tenzin and Lin had dated in the past. Many were excited and began to ship Linzin, while others were disappointed that Tokka had been disproved, as it was not yet known that Lin had a half-sister.

A lot of fanon was written about Linzin as soon as it was revealed that they were a couple in the past. Many fanon writers wrote about how the breakup happened. Many fans speculated that Lin did not want to have children, while Tenzin desperately needed them or the airbenders would die out. Some also made fan art of Toph teasing Lin and calling Tenzin "Twinkle Toes Jr." while embarrassing them both. Some fans hated Pema for stealing Tenzin and hoped that she would either die in childbirth with her fourth child or turn out to be an Equalist so that Linzin would still have a chance. However, many Linzin fans accept or even ship Pemzin.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * It is not known exactly what Lin did with Air Temple Island after Tenzin broke up with her.
 * According to the show's creators, at least part of what hurt Lin and Tenzin's relationship was the fact that Tenzin wanted to have children while Lin did not.