Did Link's Awakening time travel from 1993 to 1991 when A Link to the Past released?

Also yes, yes it is. But I'm gay anyway so...

News flash kid... the world won't bend to your will. You can go online, make a blog, even ascend the ranks of mainstream journalism. But what you can't do is change mankind. No matter how good your intentions are, it's human nature for people to be sexist, mean, racist and bully others. Whining about it won't change anything. Going online like a warrior, using your words to try to express how evil you think things are, won't change anything.

Human beings are hard wired the way they are. If you want to be what you consider a "good" person, then by all means, go and do it. But as far as everyone else goes? You just need to deal with it.

Weren't they referred to as the Seven Wise Men in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, not "sages"?

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Zelda is portrayed in an ancient, medieval era time most often (the windwaker series is closer to pirate era, but the point stands) and during those times, you didn't exactly see warrior women often. This isn't sexist, this is a parallel portrayal of humanity a long time ago. If they made modern era Zelda and did this, then sure its sexist. But that isn't the case here.

Don't forget to mention that Zelda can't even be fussed to tell you how to push the throne aside, which apparently left a lot of players confused/unable to advance. So in addition to portraying women as shrews, the game makes them out as incompetent AND as the first roadblock to actually continuing the game.

Can't wait for Legend of Zelda: SJW Edition where Link is reduced to a lowly farmhand who is bossed around by the owner's daughter (i.e. Malon) and is forced to spend each day cleaning up all the crap from the cucco's pen, appropriately earning him the nickname "Link the Cucc" in town.

It's all about how you view it.

Of the most important people in the land of Hyrule, there were seven females and one male. And the weakpoint was the male. Meanwhile, the true power in the story actually lies with Zelda - if it weren't for her, Link would never have embarked on his quest. The maidens are eventually the ones that provide Link with the ability to enter Ganon's tower, but Ganon's plan was to use them to get to Hyrule.

Think about it - sure, Link has to save them, and he's male, but the reason why they were taken in the first place is that they were powerful, and Link is only able to do what he does because of a combination of triforce-related power (from goddesses), finding powerful objects, and a connection to Zelda.

The maidens weren't "victims", they were sources of power and the key to victory for both sides.