The City Below

ocha-no-deathscythe:

A Link to the Journey by Art-Zealot

notsosupergav:

Drag.

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this is amazing…

watch it [here]

This is quite possibly one of the best things I’ve ever seen…

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coelasquid:

abel-bodied:

killerstella:

abel-bodied:

special-snowflake-hall-of-fame:

piragon:

sshof-vidya:

tropesversuswomen:

Princess Zelda, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) #damselindistress

I strongly disagree with this, and I know I am not the only one.

She had spent 7 years on the run from Ganon, evading capture dressed as Sheik, a very androgynous character (I always thought it was Zelda anyway, but knew for certain after hearing Sheik’s voice when she was thrown by Bongo Bongo in Kakariko Village). You do not get to criticize her for cleverly disguising herself as a Sheikah, unless you think it would have been smart for her to proudly flaunt her royal title and garments to everyone in the name of ~feminism~? Zelda remained in the shadows of the story the entire time, guiding Link to do the work that was not safe to do herself. That is anything but a damsel in distress trope.

When she was finally captured, it was because Ganondorf believed that SHE was a bigger threat than Link. 

1. Her magic would have made her a more formidable opponent, thus necessitating his need to take advantage of the opportunity and capture her when she was off-guard in the Temple of Time.
2. She possessed the Triforce of Wisdom, which is what he wanted anyway. When she was younger, he wanted her to open the gate to the Sacred Realm, which Link ended up doing. After the Triforce split, recapturing her piece was the objective.
3. She was the 7th sage and the final part needed to seal him away. It was necessary to separate her from Link at the point when he had saved all 6 (actually 5) sages and received the medallions.

Really, she was only a “damsel in distress” for one dungeon, and it only came about after she had shed her disguise. But for the rest of the game (apart from her younger self), Zelda had been smart and cautious, making herself known to Link at key moments, and vanishing back into the shadows. 

Yet another example of a dumb attention seeking radfem trying to bitch about a game, and getting shut down by anyone who has even a basic knowledge of the actual storyline. Shocking !

Lol. Thanks. She didn’t put much thought into this one. I just assumed any self proclaimed gamer like she claims to be would have played this title and known the storyline. But maybe that’s expecting too much of Anita, the ultimate damsel in distress.

I still can’t get over how

Final Fight

and

Final Fight (Japanese Version)

were two different “entries”

Not to mention making EVERY Mario game an entry feels like cheating.

“But maybe that’s expecting too much of Anita, the ultimate damsel in distress.”

oh
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUMN!!!!!!

“It’s me. I am the true victim. I am the woman, the final boss all of the tropes struggle to defeat. I shall fall victim to the ultimate trope against women!”

She cries out as she is crucified onto a giant Venus symbol with “FEMINISM” written under it, the entire display lowered into a massive refrigerator.

You know, you guys can talk about what a badass she supposedly is all you want, but ever since I was a little kid I absolutely hated the whole “guess what that super badass character was actually the PRINCESS, now she’ll be pale, feminine, and useless until the end of the game that shows up almost unilaterally in Zelda games. Like, we were straight up laughing at Wind Waker when Tetra’s like “hey so guess what I’m the princess now, you can tell because for no reason my skin suddenly looks like It’s never seen the sun also I’m going to sit in a hole under the ocean for the rest of the game. Same case when Sheik is like “Hey I’m the princes-bluuuuh captured”. And when you’re trying to escape Ganon’s castle in a time limit and her function is basically to open doors and whimper at bats and falling rocks we’d always be like “HEY ZELDA, HOW ABOUT YOU PRETEND TO BE SHEIK AGAIN. I BET SHEIK COULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE BATS.” And it’s not like it’s getting better over time, skyward sword kept the tradition going strong.

I mean, I’m sure everyone knows I love the Zelda series, but that doesn’t mean I refuse to consider there might be something wrong with the whole “more pale and more feminine equals less capable and more prone to capture”

koalalove121:

Definitely one of my favorites. A girl was just walking around the expo carrying this giant head. When I asked to take a picture of her, she crouched down, put the head on herself, and transformed into this. I actually have no idea what she cosplayed as, but it was the most creative costume I saw there.

DEKU SHRUB COSPLAY THAT’S FUCKING BRILL

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