queenriju:

feministgamingmatters:

I know at first glance it may seem like I’m just suggesting this because I want more female protagonists in games, but I promise I’m going somewhere very specific with this train of thought.

Princess Zelda’s entire narrative arc in Breath of the Wild’s flashbacks to the past is about rejection of the destiny laid out before her. She is expected by nature of her predestined birth to fulfil the role of the goddess, but she clearly has her own ambitions. She wants to venture off into this wide world, learning how best to survive it. She wants to catalogue plants, experiment with recipes that enhance abilities, take control of the Divine Beasts, and unravel the mysteries of the Shrine Dungeons.

She wants to be of practical use to the war effort and find ways to take down Ganon as effectively as possible. She doesn’t want to run straight for Hyrule Castle. She wants to venture out into the world and prepare for a war Ganon cannot survive.

Good to see there’s plenty of uncreative butthurt fans in the comments section of this article lmao