| SuperNova said: Whats with all the rage? The guy did a nice little thing for his daughter. He didn't even *gasp* make Link female. If anything he very closely adhered to the philosophy the character is build on. I mean, he is called LINK because he is supposed to link the player to the experience. They are supposed to be able to project themselves on him. Referring to him in gender neutral language is just that basic concept brought to completion. Literally everyone can now project themselves on their Link to the game. I see this Link argument bought up whenever there is talk of giving him more of a character or even giving him a voice. The argument is always 'I'm against it because he is supposed to be a blank slate fo me to project on, that's his concept', but when someone dares to bring this concept to it's logical conclusion there's suddenly puzzlement, over why anyone would do this. |
You are right that we are linked to his experience, but that experience is about a boy who has to become a man, overcome evil, and rescue a princess. Link is not just a genderless avatar like what you would have in Pokemon, his character is an important part of the story just like Master Chief's or Samus's. If you make him genderless then who is he going to rescue? Nintendo would have to build a completely new story to accommodate a genderless Link and the franchise would become something other than what it is. Even Link's strength as a mascot for Nintendo would be harmed because what is he now: a boy or a girl?
I get upset because stories like this shouldn't be news but they are only because the liberal elite has an agenda of forced equality and they want to burn down anything remotely masculin. If a story about a male hero rescuing a woman whom he cares about and defeating a villain is now considered "sexist" then I honestly think that this society has become a sick place.
