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autumn
@autumn

It turns out queer joy was only accepted in the empty, unstructured wilds of a Hyrule beholden to calamity. But in a world that has been filled by side quests and the new settlements of a monarchy reborn, there is no need for a hero who wears a skirt like a girl. Tears of the Kingdom presents a Hyrule where the Triforce rests not in the trinity of the spiritual aspects of Power, Courage, and Wisdom, but instead in the gender binary.

Much thanks to Riley, Maddy, and Mike over at Polygon for this one. (I did not intend for these pieces to publish 5 minutes apart).


pontifus
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more sharkman porn! (But yeah I think a lot of conversations about queerness in aaa are labeled headcanon when we talk about subtext and I hope it draws out as much as I can without claiming any intent that Nintendo is in fact responding to those head canons!!)

Yeah, I don't think you're assuming any motivation that we can't be sure about, and I probably shouldn't either. I just remember my initial impression of Sidon's sudden fiancee being, this seems a little too conspicuous. Also I just like imagining Aonuma hunched over his desk scoping out Sidon porn.