Zero_Sedai
Senior Member
lol, really? Zelda just binds her breasts to make it LOOK like shes a male. She doesnt change her gender just to be Sheik.
Male or Female Sheik?
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oranges_ate_you
help me frm doppelgänger!
good to know people arent dumb on this one like they were on the last one fighting, the poll has the right idea this time
No. Sex and gender are two totally different things. Sex is what you are based on what genitalia you have, and gender is how you socially identify.
Whether as Zelda or shiek, both have the sex female, because they both have lady parts. As for gender, I don't actually believe Zelda changes Into shiek to change how she identifies herself, she simply does it as a disguise, so her gender remains as female when as shiek. Though gender can also refer to gender stereotypes, and as shiek expresses masculine qualities, she can also be referred to as he.
TL;RD - shiek and Zelda's sex is always female, but sheiks gender can be either male or female. Discussion over.
HAHAHA did you see the last thread cause it got to that point for a minute.
tamagotchi
i'm not mean
I refer to her as a guy, even though I know she's Zelda. She looked like a guy to me so I just used 'he/him/his".
the other thread didn't even get ignited until oranges came
CookingOkasan
C H A T B O T
There really isn't any reason to project a gender identity onto sheik to begin with. Sheik is simply zelda in disguise solely to disguise herself from link and ganondorf. Like I'm not demeaning the importance of gender identity in real life or in media, but it has absolutely no place here as it has literally no context. Zelda isn't taking on the guise of Sheik to express anything at all. In fact she takes on the guise to suppress her identity entirely. However, since we are observers, removed from the piece of fiction, we know that sheik is zelda and her obvious and stated intention of taking on the sheikah disguise... I mean, it's all cool to have your opinion on the matter but I really feel that projecting real life gender identity onto Zelda/Sheik is just twisting the plot mechanic into something that it wasn't originally meant to be.
Jamborenium
ugh
Eiji Aonuma
has said that players preferred female characters that were more independent, citing Sheik and Tetra as examples. Sheik is referred to using feminine pronouns on the official Zelda website
On August 5, 2014, Bill Trinen, Nintendo's senior product marketing manager and head translator for Ocarina of Time, stated in an interview that since Sheik is just Zelda in disguise, and since Zelda is female, Sheik is also female.
Because Sheik is a disguise that is supposed to be perceived as male, Zelda Wiki refers to Sheik in canon appearances as male.
~http://zeldawiki.org/Sheik
has said that players preferred female characters that were more independent, citing Sheik and Tetra as examples. Sheik is referred to using feminine pronouns on the official Zelda website
On August 5, 2014, Bill Trinen, Nintendo's senior product marketing manager and head translator for Ocarina of Time, stated in an interview that since Sheik is just Zelda in disguise, and since Zelda is female, Sheik is also female.
Because Sheik is a disguise that is supposed to be perceived as male, Zelda Wiki refers to Sheik in canon appearances as male.
~http://zeldawiki.org/Sheik
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Why would Sheik do anything to tip her off as being Zelda though?
"Well, Ganondorf's searching for a young woman. Maybe I should say I'm a girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this."
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cue OoT scene where Sheik reveals to Link that she's Zelda and how that doesn't fall apart into disaster immediately
