#dehydrated ganon

[ovegakart]

cut to ganondorf climbing tall things to get away from this small demon (doesnt work)

[blackautmedia]

Orientalism, The Gerudo, and Legend of Zelda | SWANA Representation in Gaming

It took a while, but here's a video essay about the portrayal of the Gerudo and the ways they reinforce orientalist beliefs about SWANA people, the portrayal of the Gerudo, and the broader storytelling implications that come about because of it.

Orientalism, The Gerudo, and Legend of Zelda | SWANA Representation in Gaming

00:00 Introduction03:06 What is Racial Coding? (The Deku and Cannibal Horror)06:13 Orientalism09:22 Ganondorf - The Wicked Man of the Deser

The land and society once owned by the gods must be restored and brought to its former glory as it is fated to be led by the divinely chosen Hylians, the chosen descendants tied to the gods. To that end, to defeat the evil and violent Middle Easterner who has defied the natural order of Hyrule, everyone must sacrifice themselves for Link to become the divine governor of power.

Sections in the Video:

What is Racial Coding? (The Deku and Cannibal Horror)

Orientalism

Ganondorf - The Wicked Man of the Desert

Sav'aaq: Colorism and the Othering of the Gerudo

The "Good" Arab and the Conditional Humanity of the Gerudo

The Vai Outfit - Harems, Veiled Women, and Belly Dancers

Staggeringly Neutral - Link and the Gerudo as Queer Expression (Why James Somerton is wrong about the Gerudo)

Swapping and Shopping: Japanese Media

Orientalism of the Mummy - Dehydrated Ganon

The Native Zonai - The Source of the Right Arm

The Myth of Native Extinction

The Brown Body and the White Mind

Link Can Make it - Community Vs Saviorism

Divine Right to Rule

Japanese History and Zelda (Shinto in Zelda Lore)

Gameplay First - Zelda and Storytelling

Closing Thoughts

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Alternate intro to Ganondorf

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Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 • Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Chapter 14 • Chapter 15

[wadepturner]

“I’m thirsty”

[fox-bright]

So those Tears...

in the new Zelda game, do we think the title has to do with the same sorts of tears that Midna used so devastatingly at the end of Twilight Princess?

'Cause Dehydrated Ganon is *definitely* actually a Dehydrated Twili, isn't he.

[sloth-powerart]

VROOM VROOM!

This was a sketch I did in my beginning streams, I don't remember much of the purpose but I think it was just a joke.                                                

[kailuuart]

BOTW2 screen cap redraw. i’m so excited for this game!