Kamikazek
Smash Lord
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I never got the interest in female Link at all.
Well that's not entirely true. I do get why some people would like the opportunity to chose to play as a female Link at the beginning of Zelda games because they identify with that better and Link is a player avatar.
But beyond that, I don't understand the general interest at all. The idea of a female Link is incredibly boring. Because Link is boring. I mean I don't dislike Link or anything but he's basically a block of wood. That's what he's supposed to be, an empty shell. And I've never found myself saying "you know, if I could have a female version of this block of wood, that'd just make my day". Plus one of the very few characteristics that Link actually has is that he's very feminine seeming for a male lead in a mainstream game, and usually when people genderswap him they just make female Link equally feminine to male Link which is a pretty standard degree of femininity for a female character which actually just makes the character more boring.
And I like genderswaps. I like genderswaps a lot, I think they can be really interesting. But Link is one of the worst characters to genderswap I can think of.
Well that's not entirely true. I do get why some people would like the opportunity to chose to play as a female Link at the beginning of Zelda games because they identify with that better and Link is a player avatar.
But beyond that, I don't understand the general interest at all. The idea of a female Link is incredibly boring. Because Link is boring. I mean I don't dislike Link or anything but he's basically a block of wood. That's what he's supposed to be, an empty shell. And I've never found myself saying "you know, if I could have a female version of this block of wood, that'd just make my day". Plus one of the very few characteristics that Link actually has is that he's very feminine seeming for a male lead in a mainstream game, and usually when people genderswap him they just make female Link equally feminine to male Link which is a pretty standard degree of femininity for a female character which actually just makes the character more boring.
And I like genderswaps. I like genderswaps a lot, I think they can be really interesting. But Link is one of the worst characters to genderswap I can think of.