the whole transgender issue seems to revolve around two lines of text, and the distinct lack of certain anotomical differentials. ok.. boobs, i said it :-p
firstly, its a game translated from japanese, which is a much easier language to avoid using gender-specific pronouns. often when referring to someone else in an english covosation, it is almost impossible to avoid using the words "he, she, him or her". thus a lot of the text referring to shiek had the gender pronouns added in during translation.
secondly, were talking about polygonal models here people. it simply wasnt possible to greatly detail the models shape as it is today. the very act of polygonal modelling resulted in many anomolys, and it is greatly possible that shieks alleged package was a result of that, as well as the fact that ladies chest areas were either pointy and huge or flat. (tifa, origonal lara croft, ruto examples of the former)
thirdly, my favorite argument
Zelda in OoT is flat as a board (result of point 2) hence it was much more easier for her to disguese aspects of her feminity, however as has already been pointed out, TP Zelda (a different person time-line wise) is considerably more "developed" than her OoT couterpart. therfor, it is harder for her to disguse her assets, and thus doesnt bother. (simply put, zelda now has boobies, so shiek now has em)
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