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rynling"But surely Kathryn," you may object, "surely these Zelda fans are taking a Watsonian approach to the metafiction and explaining Link's behavior within the context of the story. Surely they're not actually suggesting that they believe 17yo children should be sent to the military and taught to kill 'dangerous' ethnic minorities."
Unfortunately, that is exactly what's happening. These Zelda fans are real. There's an assumption that people who use Telegram to coordinate FPS games are blackpilled alt-right nutjobs, while people who like cute anime-style games are "woke." This is incorrect. Plenty of people who enthusiastically support ICE raids love Zelda. They have thousands of followers, and you have to be very nice to them.
"But what do you care? It's just a game," you may try to reason. Okay, sure. But what just happened to Mahmoud Khalil (the Columbia student who got arrested by armed guards and shipped to a detention facility in Louisiana without trial) is not a game. That shit's also real. It's unconstitutional, and it's scary as hell. If the federal government could do that to him, they could do it to any of us.
And so, if you ask me how I feel about a blue-eyed one-man-army supersoldier whose job is to go out and "save the world" by killing an angry brown man without asking questions, it's hard to say. I mean, my position on this is crystal clear, but it's not the sort of thing you can post anywhere.
If I'm being honest, though, I'm totally onboard with the idea of Link being evil. Like, not just a primal force of chaos, but actively evil. That would be super fun to write.Also he and Ganon should fuck about it.
But first I need to get over myself and finish the fic in front of me. Wish me luck, I guess.
Unfortunately, that is exactly what's happening. These Zelda fans are real. There's an assumption that people who use Telegram to coordinate FPS games are blackpilled alt-right nutjobs, while people who like cute anime-style games are "woke." This is incorrect. Plenty of people who enthusiastically support ICE raids love Zelda. They have thousands of followers, and you have to be very nice to them.
"But what do you care? It's just a game," you may try to reason. Okay, sure. But what just happened to Mahmoud Khalil (the Columbia student who got arrested by armed guards and shipped to a detention facility in Louisiana without trial) is not a game. That shit's also real. It's unconstitutional, and it's scary as hell. If the federal government could do that to him, they could do it to any of us.
And so, if you ask me how I feel about a blue-eyed one-man-army supersoldier whose job is to go out and "save the world" by killing an angry brown man without asking questions, it's hard to say. I mean, my position on this is crystal clear, but it's not the sort of thing you can post anywhere.
If I'm being honest, though, I'm totally onboard with the idea of Link being evil. Like, not just a primal force of chaos, but actively evil. That would be super fun to write.
But first I need to get over myself and finish the fic in front of me. Wish me luck, I guess.
