| Wright said:
Well, there's always the game conundrums. Zelda could definitively challenge Ganondorf, but the game treats her as a damsel in distress, despite being in possession of Wisdom. I guess if she could simply go and beat Ganondorf there wouldn't be much game. You could say something like "how come just a small gap prevents Link from going to Hyrule Castle and rescue Zelda", and you spend like an ungodly amount of time saving the Sages so that they simply open up a bridge for you to get to the castle (Yeah, they kind of help Zelda at the final battle, but still). Wasn't Zelda trained by Impa? She definitively knows how to move around herself. Considering it is established that Zelda uses magic, it's really not a big leap to just think that she really transforms her whole self. She might be using contacts, and she might have dyed her hair. But then she went and used magic to change her skin. So why not use magic to change her eyes and hair? (Which is the most plausible thing). And then, since she has already changed a lot, why not change measurements or bodies for the time being? Zelda has no problems switching back and forth. Brawl and Melee employs a whole spell to swap Zelda for Sheik - and it's not just for hair, eyes and skin, the moveset itself is changed. You could say this is simply as a brawler distinction to make Zelda two different fighters, but even then, that's a hell of a lot of changes with the use of a single spell, wouldn't you say? While we can't see the face, here's the Sheik OoT costume as DLC for Hyrule Warriors:
And here's Zelda (Couldn't find any better image, sorry. The official one has Zelda doing some funny movements and it doesn't show properly):
Even with a male attire, and being field centric, Sheik is just way bulkier than Zelda. There's tape around Sheik's chest, implying a binding of some sort. However, shoulder pads would restrict mobility and breast binding does not explain every physical difference, such as the difference in the shoulder-to-hip ratio and muscled arms. Before you mention the attire, look again at the arms. That clothes are skintight, yet Sheik's arms are bigger and stronger than Zelda's. They're physically different. No matter how much masculine attire you put on yourself, there are some differences that can't be explained with clothing. Unless Zelda used magic to change them, which then again brings us to the point... |
You do know that the tape is a type of bandaging female ninjas used to hold their breast steady so they wouldn't hamper their movement as much as possible? That's another indicator the's no gender swap. Your image doesn't really back your stance as in game Sheik is not much different from Zelda in bulk size indicating further more it's an attire attribute, are you not aware that the attire can simply be a body suit of some sort that can have a slight thickness for protection?
These aren't uncommon and even that image of Sheik's DLC and Zelda make them look even closer as Sheik is not as bulky as in the art work as well as having a more hourglass like figure and Zelda's body proportions match with her even more.
