We are already in June, the month that celebrates Pride and everything related to the LGBTQIA+ identity. In the video game industry, the representation of this sector of players has improved, but curiously one of the characters that has helped many discover their affinity with the LGBTQIA+ world is a character who is a man.
We are talking about Link, the main protagonist of the series of Legend of Zelda from nintendo.
FoxBusiness He highlighted that the hero of the legend is seen by many as a gender-neutral character, thanks to which many young players or children have discovered their gender or sexual identity and have entered the queer world, a word that means “weird”, “strange”. ” “unusual,” which is used to describe a gender and sexual identity other than conventional (heterosexual and cisgender).
The publication collects testimonials from LGBTQIA+ member players who report that they have discovered their queer identity through Link to such a degree that Ash Parrish from The Verge refers to him as a “transgender icon” and even as an “egg breaker” (via PBS News Hour), a term used in the media to precisely identify what helps people find affinity with the LGBTQIA+ world.
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So Link of Legend of Zelda is he male or female?
It is pertinent to remember the words of Eiji Aonuma, the main person in charge of Legend of Zelda. The creative referred to in a 2016 interview (via TIME) that his intention was to make Link de facto gender neutral at the time of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
For The Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessAonuma took a different route and envisioned a “more masculine” version of Link, although he reports that for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild he returned to gender neutral, but made it clear that “Link is definitely male”.
“Gender-wise, Link is definitely male, but I wanted to create a character that everyone could relate to,” the developer commented. “So that’s why I think the rumor spread that Link might be female. Because maybe users were able to identify themselves that way.”
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It has been possible to see Link dress in feminine clothes thanks to a mission in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with the goal of infiltrating a city that men are forbidden to enter.
On the other hand, there is a female version of Link that first appeared in a manga (Link with pink hair), but didn’t make it to video games until 2016 with Hyrule Warriors Legends, in which details of the male Link are distinguished, but with female features and appearance in general. This version, however, was created as part of the spin-off Hyrule Warriors sub-series and is non-canon.
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