We're doing the whole gender discussion thing again? We've had like 4 full threads of this!
I mean, I like the discussion and all but it always goes around in circles with the same points made:
- Person A says Link could be female.
- Person B says Link is male
- Person A says all Links known so far are male, next one could be female
- Person B says Link is a character, not a concept, use Linkle
- Person A points out Linkle is not Link, seperate characters
- Person B is okay with multiple characters for diversity, recomends playable Zelda
- Person A says playing as Zelda'd be cool but they want Female Link since Links are different characters
- Person B mentions all Links being reincarnations of the Hero
- Person A responds with Wind Waker and Twilight Princess as proof of this not being true, and points out that reincarnation does not necesarily mean same gender.
- Person B says that Link is a character from Marketing stand-point, mentions Smash Bros.
- Person A suggests that next Smash could just have gender options, marketing still uses male version.
- Person B argues that the stories of the Zelda games wouldn't make sense if Link was a boy.
- Person A points out that barring a few games (i.e. Wind Waker) most plots are gender neutral barring pronouns
And it goes on, and on. People join the discussion in the middle, arguing points that have already been made, people misuse the term "Hero of Time" as if that's the catch all term for the Hero, others bring the non-canonical
Skyward Sword manga, I bring out the image of the Hero Spirit concept art from
Twilight Princes where it's female, someone joins the discussion by just saying point 1 again and it starts all over again.
Actually that sounds fun, can we do that? I'll start:
Link could be female.
EDIT:
Imagine this before
OoT... "What would be the point for Zelda to dress up as a male ninja? It wouldn't make any sense at all."
If the plot is written in a way that calls for it, it absolutely can make sense.
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