I've been playing around with the episode order today. It's impossible to move "The Missing Link" to disc 1 (as much as it feels like the "origin" of Zelda's badassery and as much as getting the love revelation out in the open early on would benefit the series), due to the relatively low file size of "The Missing Link" compared to that of every episode on disc 1. Basically, I can't move any episode from disc 1 to disc 2 to make room for "The Missing Link" on disc 1, because disc 2 is almost at capacity and can't fit a "bigger" episode.
For those that are interested, here are the file sizes for each episode (in megabytes):
Disc 1:
01 The Ringer: 663
02 Cold Spells: 664
03 The White Knight: 675
04 Kiss 'N Tell: 776
05 Sing for the Unicorn: 689
06 That Sinking Feeling: 688
Disc 1: 4155
Disc 2:
07 Doppelganger: 688
08 Underworld Connections: 687
09 Stinging a Stinger: 588
10 Hitch in the Works: 595
11 Fairies in the Spring: 606
12 The Missing Link: 606
13 The Moblins are Revolting: 601
Disc 2: 4371
I'm considering the following order:
Disc 1:
01 The Ringer
03 The White Knight
02 Cold Spells
04 Kiss 'N Tell
05 Sing for the Unicorn
07 Doppelganger
I moved "The White Knight" to before "Cold Spells", because WK has a scene with a roaring fire in the castle, suggesting winter, and CS is the beginning of spring.
I had "That Sinking Feeling" and "Doppelganger" swap discs (they're the same size), because TSF is clearly a post-love episode (see below).
Disc 2:
13 The Moblins are Revolting
12 The Missing Link
08 Underworld Connections
09 Stinging a Stinger
10 Hitch in the Works
06 That Sinking Feeling
11 Fairies in the Spring
I moved "The Moblins are Revolting" to the beginning of the disc, so the series won't end on Link's great screw-up, and said screw-up will be the last thing before the big love revelation.
That's why I moved "The Missing Link" up to directly after TMaR.
Now, both of Zelda's demands for a kiss ("Stinging a Stinger" and TSF) are on disc 2 and after the love revelation instead of before.
I put TSF after SaS, because TSF is the more passionate of the two (Zelda tackles Link to the ground, moans in lust, and says "Shut up and kiss me").
I put "Fairies in the Spring" last, so Zelda could have a line during the final scene (all that she does is laugh along with the others in TSF).
Thoughts?