Wouldn’t you know that, in 1958, Disney made a deal with a small, little trading card printing company called Nintendo. The likes of Disney and many others thrived off this idea for nearly a century. The story of the dashing hero or prince saving the princess is one of the oldest stories around. Instead, I want to talk about gender roles and sociology, specifically in regards to the Zelda series. No, today I’m not going to insinuate Link’s pronouns are they/them. Though, if you want a fun history lesson on why video games were marketed to boys for decades, I definitely recommend it. But don’t fret you don’t need to have read the prior editorial to understand what I’m saying here. Today’s piece is in some ways a sequel to that editorial. It was divisive to say the least, despite actually being relatively tame in terms of its ideas ultimately, I think people just really didn’t like seeing Link in front of a non-binary flag. Two years ago, I wrote an editorial on the non-binary nature of Link.
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