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The Fierce Deity
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2013
- Location
- Inside the Moon
The Zelda series is not known for having a particularly deep story. You run across Hyrule, beat monsters and dungeons, and save the Princess from Ganon. That's what many people tell me they think Zelda is. I find it to be so much more. It has actually made me think hard about things and examine various themes and ideas about how people live.
For example, there's are many people who proclaim that this series is a glorification of sexist ideology. Link has to save a weak and helpless princess from her evil captor yadda yadda you've heard it all before.. I really thought about this one. I don't think this series is at all sexist. It instead explores themes of man struggling to rescue the world and the woman he may love (#ZeLink) from all the evils of the world, which manifest themselves in Ganondorf and other evil creatures. I find this to be a largely good moral message to teach people. The world is full of wrongs and evils, and we as well as our loved ones, may fall victim to some sort of problem or issue brought on by the cruel realities of our world. We've each faced these wrongs in unique ways in our unique lives, yet fans can all feel its resounding metaphorical tone. That's why I love how the series teaches us to ultimately honor the ideal of the Triforce of Courage and face all the power of our problems of our world. It teaches us to never give up and overcome whatever great problem may lay before us. As a man, I find it especially meaningful in its portrayal of the male protagonist and the female love interest being the one facing the evils of the world. It's bad enough that all the various people of the world and you yourself were damaged by Ganondorf, but Zelda's distress despite her best efforts makes it a much more personal issue. It's a sort of call to the ideal role of man in protecting and overcoming evil.
Yet, this isn't even a masculine issue, as MM demonstrates Link's courage to find a lost friend and save the world from the pure insanity of Majora.
I could do more on other themes and the overall brilliant story-telling of the games, and maybe I will sometime. Anyway, how has zelda made you think deeply? What sort of things has it made you reflect on?
For example, there's are many people who proclaim that this series is a glorification of sexist ideology. Link has to save a weak and helpless princess from her evil captor yadda yadda you've heard it all before.. I really thought about this one. I don't think this series is at all sexist. It instead explores themes of man struggling to rescue the world and the woman he may love (#ZeLink) from all the evils of the world, which manifest themselves in Ganondorf and other evil creatures. I find this to be a largely good moral message to teach people. The world is full of wrongs and evils, and we as well as our loved ones, may fall victim to some sort of problem or issue brought on by the cruel realities of our world. We've each faced these wrongs in unique ways in our unique lives, yet fans can all feel its resounding metaphorical tone. That's why I love how the series teaches us to ultimately honor the ideal of the Triforce of Courage and face all the power of our problems of our world. It teaches us to never give up and overcome whatever great problem may lay before us. As a man, I find it especially meaningful in its portrayal of the male protagonist and the female love interest being the one facing the evils of the world. It's bad enough that all the various people of the world and you yourself were damaged by Ganondorf, but Zelda's distress despite her best efforts makes it a much more personal issue. It's a sort of call to the ideal role of man in protecting and overcoming evil.
Yet, this isn't even a masculine issue, as MM demonstrates Link's courage to find a lost friend and save the world from the pure insanity of Majora.
I could do more on other themes and the overall brilliant story-telling of the games, and maybe I will sometime. Anyway, how has zelda made you think deeply? What sort of things has it made you reflect on?