I know it's a waste of my time, but I wanted to make a couple points about that article.
On the issue of racism, the article suggests that all dark-skinned characters are portrayed as criminals while all white characters are portrayed as upstanding, law-abiding citizens. So let's examine the behavior of our superheroic white male, Link. Well, first of all he's a lazy jerk who might very well have slept through the entire game if not for the timely arrival of his fairy alarm clock. Second of all, he's guilty of multiple counts of vandalism and theft. He pushes people’s gravestones around, practices sword techniques on posted signs, breaks into people’s houses to smash all their pots and steal all their rupees, fucks up windmills just for the hell of it, and sneaks into castles to spy on people and shoot paintings with a slingshot. He is, in short, a tremendous asshole. Not exactly a portrait of moral goodness. I mean, come on - this little brat goes to a fishing pond and attempts to steal the proprietor's hat!
On the issue of sexism, the article points to the examples of Ruto and Zelda, suggesting that they are portrayed as weak female damsel-in-distress clichés. Fair enough. What about Din, Farore, and Nayru? They were women, too, and they created the fucking world. As far as acts of heroism go, I don’t think any of the male characters can top that one.
Also, the article mentions something about the way the game treats animals. I’d just like to point out that if you mistreat animals in OoT, you end up getting mauled to death by a bunch of invincible flying chickens.
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