Through the memories players can collect, BOTW acknowledges the ongoing problem of Zelda being damseled but doesn't do anything about it.
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Critics might call out sexism in games with bad gameplay but often act as if it’s not worth mentioning when the gameplay is great. It is.
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There is so much to admire in BOTW. Its gameplay is incredible. But that absolutely doesn’t excuse its use of tired, sexist plot devices.
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@femfreq Wtfru talking about? Zelda's no damsel. She's Link’s badass, magical, genius royal military Commander who 1-ups him at every turn. -
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@femfreq She may be sidelined, but she's not in distress: she has more important things to do. -
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@femfreq Zelda's only waiting 'cuz she's matched Triforce-for-Triforce with the Ultimate Evil & the guy bringing the other one nearly died. -
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@femfreq She's contained said evil single-handedly for 100 years, while Link snoozes on the job then spends the game playing catch-up. -
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@femfreq Then Zelda( spoilers!) finishes Ganon off at the end. She wears the pants here( literally!)—& she's not the only powerful woman. - 4 more replies
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Zelda, an avatar of a goddess, is straight up single handedly battling the elemental force of evil after saving link's life. 1/
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Link defeats gannon after being saved by zelda Blssed by the great faeries the zora princess and given the power to wield 2/
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an instrument ofnthe goddesses by the goddeses. Link's special power is that while women arendoing the heavy lifting he
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runs errands around the kingdom doing whats hes told
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Its almost like fem freq is just a slew of angry old women who speak from the mouth, not the brain, eh?
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What in the name of fuck. There is so much wrong with this. First, even if the game WAS sexist, that wouldn't have anything to do
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with its score. The score is about artistic and gameplay achievement, not about morals. Second, what you are saying about Zelda
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is objectively not true. She is probably the strongest character in this game, the most interesting and the one I admire the most.
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Yes, she has doubts and worries. Is it wrong for female characters to portray these feelings? I hope not, because right now she is
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the character I am empathizing with/relating to the most, and I'm a male. Also, it's easy to point fingers at Zelda, who isn't
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adept at fighting and gets saved by Link, and just ignore the other two female main characters who are warriors on Link's level.
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The last thing feminism or the game medium need is ignorance and splitting hairs for things that aren't there.
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