Because of the ways in which she is so clearly set apart from Link, Linkle only works to reinforce the notion of "male as default.”
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A kid-sister version of Link in a non-core-Zelda 3DS game is hardly what many of us meant when we said we would like to see a female Link.
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For more on the Ms. Male Character trope, watch our video examining its use throughout video game history:https://youtu.be/eYqYLfm1rWA
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@femfreq It IS a female Link, dammit, what more do you want?! -
@VarlusMD No, it's Linkle. We want a literal female Link. -
@browndr And who are you to demand anything from the dev? What power do you have? Their franchise. Their decision. Don't like it, tough. -
@VarlusMD I'm a consumer. I have purchasing power. No shit, but that doesn't mean I can't make demands/requests/etc... -
@browndr Sure, you can elect not to buy the game. The creator, however, has the power to do whatever they want with their property. - 7 more replies
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@femfreq Are you ever happy. You asked for a female link!pic.twitter.com/3TDnXpvBq7
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@LevellanAlice@femfreq A female Link. Not a separate character. A character who is indisputably Link. -
@MaxwellElvis@LevellanAlice@femfreq I like how they list those two tweets as if the designs in them were at all similar. -
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@atak_jak@MaxwellElvis@LevellanAlice *Asks for a woman to be Link, the Hero of Time* *Gets Linkle, little sister* "Why aren't you happy?!" -
@CranBoonitz@atak_jak@MaxwellElvis It's only been a while since Linkle was announced... Do you want a brand new game immediately? -
@LevellanAlice@CranBoonitz@atak_jak Yesterday, and that's not fast enough. -
@LevellanAlice@CranBoonitz@atak_jak To steal very shamefully from someone who was talking about something way more important. - 2 more replies
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@femfreq you RTed a tweet about how a female link would be good and now you've got it you're fucking moaning.pic.twitter.com/qdg6c0zUJ2Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq Well duh. Link is male. Period. No discussion. There are other female characters, but not Link. He's male. -
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@MaxwellElvis@femfreq Dude, what? That's not what Zelda's about, not by a FAR shot. -
@MaxwellElvis@femfreq You're really gonna be THAT literal minded about Link's name? -
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@MaxwellElvis@femfreq No he didn't. Please. Hyrule Historia. Do read it. Or at the very least, visit a Wiki about it. -
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@MaxwellElvis@femfreq Hyrule Historia. Do read. - 8 more replies
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