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Even if the Sheikah were Hylian (they aren't) it's not productive to put "Hylian (Sheikah)" unless you're going to keep subdividing everyone. If you're doing that, you should put "Human (Hylian)" or "Human (Gerudo)", which would then mean you need to actually put "Human (Hylian (Sheikah))". Or you could just keep it snappy and always unequivocally correct no matter what and put "Sheikah", which is obviously the most sensible thing to do.[[User:Argentum Kurodil|Argentum Kurodil]] ([[User talk:Argentum Kurodil|talk]]) 10:20, August 9, 2023 (UTC) | Even if the Sheikah were Hylian (they aren't) it's not productive to put "Hylian (Sheikah)" unless you're going to keep subdividing everyone. If you're doing that, you should put "Human (Hylian)" or "Human (Gerudo)", which would then mean you need to actually put "Human (Hylian (Sheikah))". Or you could just keep it snappy and always unequivocally correct no matter what and put "Sheikah", which is obviously the most sensible thing to do.[[User:Argentum Kurodil|Argentum Kurodil]] ([[User talk:Argentum Kurodil|talk]]) 10:20, August 9, 2023 (UTC) | ||
:Skyward Sword's intro is in the form of a oral myth, not a direct narrative - the first line of it literally is "This is a tale that you humans have passed down through uncounted generations...". Same deal as when a character says something, you're cherry picking things that are open to interpretation to try and refute something which isn't because you Officially Know what's up. | |||
:"Human" has been used inconsistently in the series, ranging from "the round-eared guys in Twilight Princess" to a general term for "anything that looks a lot like IRL humans" (Some of this may be Early Instalment Weirdness - I think OOT was where the term "Hylian" was first used, so everything before that defaulted to human) - but the recent games, certainly BotW-onward, have specifically eschewed "Human" as a word. We don't need to subdivide when "people: Hylian" isn't subdivided. - [[User:Sanityormadness|Sanityormadness]] ([[User talk:Sanityormadness|talk]]) 14:36, August 14, 2023 (UTC) | |||