raisedbymoogles: (Default)
raisedbymoogles ([personal profile] raisedbymoogles) wrote in [personal profile] rthstewart 2021-02-07 01:24 am (UTC)

(disclaimer, this is not ownvoices, i'm open to concrit)

"Music transforms," Sheik tells Link, and it's true: their duets open doors, speak with spirits, pull Link themself through time and space. Note by note, the two of them are unmaking the thorned threads of Ganon's corruption, healing the land, making Hyrule whole.

It's making them whole, too - at the final battle Zelda sheds Sheik's clothing but not his name, walking like a proud Sheikah man in a dress that snaps around his ankles in purposeful rhythm, and Link's heart sings in counterpoint as they follow, as whole in the neither of the man-woman question as Sheik is whole in both.

Post a comment in response:

If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

If you are unable to use this captcha for any reason, please contact us by email at support@dreamwidth.org