#ganonymous

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Well, if it's any consolation. Despite what that man says, other current day sources say that Sheik is indeed a boy or otherwise (im going off the assumption that you headcanon sheik himself as a boy, if you don't, then I sincerely apologize for misunderstanding!) I'm just trying to back you up that despite what that man says, there are many other even current day sources that say differing things

I know I just said that I don't take NoA/Bill's word as gospel but just humor me. This got a bit lengthy so it's under a read more. I can't stand walls of text when I just wanna scroll down. Ya feel me?

In English, Smash generally refers to Sheik as a "she", the exception being in Smash Ultimate with Palutena's Guidance, where she and Viridi used male pronouns for Sheik. Hyrule Warriors avoids using gendered pronouns all together.

It doesn't matter what I think but for anyone curious, anon's assumption is correct. Male presenting Sheik is my preference but I'm not against any interpretations given Sheik's ambiguity and inconsistent pronouns in alternate material.

In OoT however, Sheik's only canon appearance, they are given male pronouns in the English translation, seemingly none at all in Japanese? I'm not well versed in Japanese by any means so I wouldn't know what I'm sharing without MULTIPLE wiki checks (which is why this is taking me as long as it is to answer this ask). I acknowledge that wiki pages aren't a definitive source of information but I do check their references. I'm trying to be as correct as I can be.

Sheik has a more masculine look in OoT64 and in official artwork. Regardless of their true identity, I personally believe Sheik was supposed to be presented as male to throw Ganondorf off Zelda's trail, which worked until she revealed herself of course.

For the life of me of me I cannot find the Kotaku article, or any for that matter, on this but apparently Nintendo conducted a survey a number of years back regarding the popularity of their female characters, and Sheik was included in that list. So again, inconsistencies all around. I try to look it up but all I can find are articles regarding female gamers buying more Switches and women in video games and I am NOT opening up that can of worms.

At the end of the day, it's a fictional character. There's no reason to harass people over it. People will headcanon what they headcanon and people don't have to agree on everything, but that's ok.

[changeling-rin]

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Shadow would Not Be Happy.  Unfortunately, Farore outranks him, being a deity and all, and Shadow would have no choice but to angrily accept the affection.  

Had to take a minute for the wordplay, clever.  My guess would be either the TriLinks, Shadow, or both of them at once, for the reason of ‘Because prank opportunity’, and by means of whichever dye store the TriLinks get their own products from.  I do doubt this would actually happen though, since Lore is rather protective of his hair color and there are always some pranks that go a bit too far.  However, should it actually happen... revenge.  Instant, painful, and possibly a bit too enthusiastic revenge.  Nobody knows where Lore found dye that’s immune to Shadow’s shapeshifting, but he did, and Shadow has never been more sparkly.  

Zant and Kohga wouldn’t get along at all.  Kohga is under the mistaken impression that he himself is invincible and can do anything, while Zant is under the equally mistaken impression that Ganondorf is invincible and can do anything.  You can see where these beliefs might clash.

If they could stop trying to kill him, that would be so nice.  How did someone like Kohga manage to end up in charge of so many people who are objectively better-trained than he is?  

For me, it makes sense that he went around the map counter-clockwise.  Geographically, Van Rutah is the closest Divine Beast to Kakariko, which is where he learned about the Beasts in the first place, so I feel like that’s the one he would tackle first.  From there, geographically speaking, it goes Vah Rudania, then Vah Medoh, and then Vah Naboris, and then swoop along the bottom to finish filling in the map and wind up back in the center, ready to storm Hyrule Castle.  I think the Master Sword happens somewhere between Rudania and Medoh.  

[changeling-rin]

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If they did, there aren’t any monsters alive who know about it.  Realm only has one because he usually gets lost again before he finishes off his enemies, thus leaving survivors to spread the word.  

Probably.  Time moves faster when you’re positive about it, you know.

I’m usually happy to call him an overly-ambitious wizard and leave it at that.  I’ve never thought too much into where he actually came from.

I assume you mean the Happy Mask Salesman?  No idea.  I’m pretty sure he’s not a normal mortal, what with the unnatural knowledge and the jump-cut movement, but at least he seems vaguely benevolent.

He just solidly avoided calling Sahasrahla by his given name until Sahasrahla said it out loud.  Lore was pretty sure he’d be pronouncing it right, but he didn't want to be offensive so he waited until he was sure.  (And yes, actual offense is something that Lore will try to avoid, much as he acts otherwise.)

None.  The Sign-Loving Subrosian will only be friendly with you in-game if you haven’t broken any signs (believe it or not, the game keeps track of that sort of thing specifically for that exact purpose), and since he’s friendly with Lore, Lore has not broken any signs.  Odd detail, but great for a joke.

[changeling-rin]

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Well, it’s not her fault that her Aspect keeps getting corrupted.  Odd though it is, there is inherently some free will involved, hence why Farore keeps tearing her hair out over all the trouble Courage gets into.  The problem with Power is that it is first and foremost seductive, and is always the most easily corrupted.  Din has her sisters to keep a handle on that side of her nature, but as for her Very Mortal Aspect?  Yeah, he has some issues, and Demise took full advantage of them.  (He will never, ever stop rubbing it in Din’s face.)

Umm?  Shadow, probably.  He could just shapeshift himself some dragon parts and take care of that pesky biology problem right then and there.  Plus, imagine Shadow with a flamethrower.  Just, imagine.

I think they probably share the same origin.  Like, you know how all the Romantic languages sound fairly similar, because they’re all rooted in Latin?  It’s that kind of deal.

Well, it’s more convenient for me if I say that his wolf-appearance in Twilight Princess was meant to be a sort-of ‘approachable’ strategy, so I’m gonna say it’s [SPOILERS]!

After figuring out that his three transformation masks are literally the people that he saved, making a pointed effort to follow him around, he’s a lot more comfortable wearing their bodies.  I think the least comfortable ones would be those that are kind-of-actually dead faces.  Like Captain Keeta, who basically leaves behind his own dead skull for Mask to wear as a hat.  That’s just nasty.

There’s workplace loyalty, and then there’s unhealthy obsession.  The choice between your chickens and your wife should not come out in favor of the chickens.

Oni, probably.  Barring him, I would say Dusk, Speck, Wind, and Green.  With the exception of Shadow, everyone’s pretty honorable, but if you compare who would take advantage of a villain’s distraction in a fight... yeah.  

War.  All-out war.  Lore promptly declares himself to be his own team and uses the Rod of Seasons to ludicrously unfair results.  The resulting snowball fight lasts for hours.

Out of the three of them, I think Farore would have the least use of a house.  I figure that, since her defining spell is based around movement and wind, she’d probably never be able to stand still.  She’d happily spend her time flitting between Nayru and Din’s houses.

An excellent reminder, thank you.

[changeling-rin]

[Ganonymous:] Just wondering, is there a specific way the letters are arranged to form Labrynnian words? Also, I think I've created a new Golden Age of Examinations! Parents will love my ideas! Any suggestions on how to successfully bribe the government?

My notes on Labrynnian arrangements is ‘Pronounceable’, and that’s about it.  I do try to make the words more sibilant, as opposed to having harsh stops though.

Not sure, never tried.  Donuts, maybe?  

[changeling-rin]

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They’re like four-hundred and something years old, there’s no way they remember how to do a Summoning Ritual properly.  Whoops, forgot part of Ganon’s mind.  Well, we've got the body and most of the instincts, it’ll be fine.  (It was not fine.)

Yes, but Lore hasn’t been there yet.  It’s A Secret To Everybody, including him.  

Take that, probabilities!

Well, who am I to stop you?  Hope it works out the way you want it to.

Not sure.  As of right now, he doesn’t seem to exist at all in the other two timelines.  Perhaps one day Nintendo shall tell us.

Do you really?  I hope you choose your targets with discretion, because that’s the sort of Lore-quote that will make people legitimately question your sanity.

Best weapon they’ve ever had, unless they’ve never had it.  For those Links, they don’t quite get what all the fuss is about, but can totally recognize a quality sword when they see one.

See, that’s an interesting idea, but I’ve never seen anything that actually backs the theory up with solid canonical evidence.  Now, that could be because I haven’t looked hard enough, but I don’t think it’s a legit thing.  Cool idea though.

[changeling-rin]

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An interesting headcanon.  I’ll take that into consideration!

That is also an interesting headcanon, but sadly not one that I think is accurate.

It does?  Well shoot, I thought I’d updated that.  I’d say I’m about 35-40% done.

Number three, definitely Number three.

Now, whose fault were the CD-i quotes, hmm?  Yes, I saw the theory, and contributed to the theory.  It’s a disturbing theory.  

The first time, yep.  It’s a bit of a whiplash, going from the cheerful version to that.

Just a random unnamed beach island thing.

Child Labor Laws need to be a thing.

Probably.  The boys need ways to bond with each other that aren’t sword fighting their enemies to death, after all.

Gen was not originally supposed to be so snarky.  My original idea, the waaaaaaaay far back OG idea, for the Four was nothing like what they are now.  Lore has steadily gotten more and more eccentric as time goes on.  Realm used to have reasonable excuses for getting lost.  So on and so forth.

He actually just said ‘Hyrule’ because being any more specific would have required him knowing where he was in Hyrule, and he obviously had no idea where he was.  Sorry for the confusion!

[changeling-rin]

[Ganonymous:] Okay, but to be fair, I had no idea the CD-i quotes were going to escalate that far. Which Zeldas are Ruling Princesses and which are not? Did spending time inside Demise's mind make the HIs more powerful (some of them seem to be stressful for nineteen Links working together, let alone just one)? Did Lore ever get annoyed that the soldiers went straight from "you're-just-a-kid-and-very-pathetic-go-home" to "you-are-a-wanted-man-who-is-very-dangerous-and-must-die"?

Point accepted, carry on.

I think most of the Zeldas are Ruling Princesses, excluding Tetra for a while and also possibly Zelda from The Adventure of Link, because she spends ninety-nine percent of the game asleep.

Not really, that’s just me trying to make sure that they seems like they DESERVE to be extensions of Demise and/or Holders of Power.  Gotta live up to your titles, you know.

He was very pleased that someone was finally taking him seriously, but mostly annoyed that people kept getting in the way of him doing his job.  (This was back when he cared about that sort of thing, you understand.)