Initially adding the Core Value Converters package into Core! Currently this will break all the existing things but it makes views insanely simple with ModelsBuilder!!

src/Umbraco.Web/Models/RelatedLink.cs

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+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="RelatedLink.cs" company="Umbraco">
+//   Umbraco
+// </copyright>
+// <summary>
+//   Defines the RelatedLink type.
+// </summary>
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The related link model
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RelatedLink
+    {
+        // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _link item.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly JToken _linkItem;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _caption.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string _caption;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _new window.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool? _newWindow;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _is internal.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool? _isInternal;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _link.
+        /// </summary>
+        private string _link;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _linkDeleted.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool? _linkDeleted;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _type.
+        /// </summary>
+        private RelatedLinkType _type;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RelatedLink"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="linkItem">
+        /// The link item.
+        /// </param>
+        public RelatedLink(JToken linkItem)
+        {
+            this._linkItem = linkItem;
+
+            // get the current Link to set the _linkDeleted is a internal link
+            var currentLink = this.Link;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the caption.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Caption
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this._caption))
+                {
+                    this._caption = this._linkItem.Value<string>("caption");
+                }
+
+                return this._caption;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether new window.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool NewWindow
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (this._newWindow == null)
+                {
+                    this._newWindow = this._linkItem.Value<bool>("newWindow");
+                }
+
+                return this._newWindow.GetValueOrDefault();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the link is internal.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsInternal
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (this._isInternal == null)
+                {
+                    this._isInternal = this._linkItem.Value<bool>("isInternal");
+                }
+
+                return this._isInternal.GetValueOrDefault();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the type.
+        /// </summary>
+        public RelatedLinkType? Type
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (Enum.TryParse(this._linkItem.Value<string>("type"), true, out this._type))
+                {
+                    return this._type;    
+                }
+
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the link.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Link
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this._link))
+                {
+                    if (this.IsInternal)
+                    {
+                        if (UmbracoContext.Current == null)
+                        {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+
+                        this._link = UmbracoContext.Current.UrlProvider.GetUrl(this._linkItem.Value<int>("internal"));
+                        if (this._link.Equals("#"))
+                        {
+                            this._linkDeleted = true;
+                            this._link = this._linkItem.Value<string>("internal");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            this._linkDeleted = false;
+                        }                        
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        this._link = this._linkItem.Value<string>("link");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return this._link;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether deleted.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal bool InternalLinkDeleted
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var linkDeleted = this._linkDeleted;
+                return linkDeleted != null && (bool)linkDeleted;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Web/Models/RelatedLinkType.cs

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+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="RelatedLinkType.cs" company="Umbraco">
+//   Umbraco
+// </copyright>
+// <summary>
+//   Defines the RelatedLinkType type.
+// </summary>
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The related link type.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum RelatedLinkType
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Internal link type
+        /// </summary>
+        Internal,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// External link type
+        /// </summary>
+        External      
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Web/Models/RelatedLinks.cs

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+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="RelatedLinks.cs" company="Umbraco">
+//   Umbraco
+// </copyright>
+// <summary>
+//   Defines the RelatedLinks type.
+// </summary>
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The related links model
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RelatedLinks : IEnumerable<RelatedLink>
+    {
+        // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _property data.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly string _propertyData;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _related links.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly List<RelatedLink> _relatedLinks = new List<RelatedLink>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RelatedLinks"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="propertyData">
+        /// The property data.
+        /// </param>
+        public RelatedLinks(string propertyData)
+        {
+            this._propertyData = propertyData;
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(propertyData))
+            {
+                var relatedLinks = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JArray>(propertyData);
+
+                foreach (var item in relatedLinks)
+                {
+                    var relatedLink = new RelatedLink(item);
+                    if (!relatedLink.InternalLinkDeleted)
+                    {
+                        this._relatedLinks.Add(relatedLink);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        LogHelper.Warn<RelatedLinks>(
+                            string.Format("Related Links value converter skipped a link as the node has been unpublished/deleted (Internal Link NodeId: {0}, Link Caption: \"{1}\")", relatedLink.Link, relatedLink.Caption));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the property data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string PropertyData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this._propertyData;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The any.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The <see cref="bool"/>.
+        /// </returns>
+        public bool Any()
+        {
+            return Enumerable.Any(this);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The get enumerator.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The <see cref="IEnumerator"/>.
+        /// </returns>
+        public IEnumerator<RelatedLink> GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return this._relatedLinks.GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The get enumerator.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The <see cref="IEnumerator"/>.
+        /// </returns>
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return this.GetEnumerator();
+        }
+    }
+}