2013-03-10, 08:52 AM
Admittedly, I stopped following the argument since I wasn't looking to debate about feminism when I was trying to look from a standpoint where video games could be improved if females were marginalized less often than they currently are. I also think picking on Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker was a bad example because Zelda is integral to Link's victory there and not simply a Damsel in Distress even a Helpful Damsel.
Her point about Zelda being kidnapped as soon as she drops the disguise is not a valid nod towards the trope simply because Ganondorf did not know she was Zelda until then and she also happens to have a piece of the Triforce, so she could have been a prince or god or whatever and still be kidnapped by virtue of having a Macguffin, being the plot device of the scene and not being who the player controls. If it were up to me I would have picked Minish Cap as a more direct example of DiD but eh, nitpicking about the Legend of Zelda wasn't a good move in the first place since the story has nearly always been less about saving the girl and more about saving the world.
Her point about Zelda being kidnapped as soon as she drops the disguise is not a valid nod towards the trope simply because Ganondorf did not know she was Zelda until then and she also happens to have a piece of the Triforce, so she could have been a prince or god or whatever and still be kidnapped by virtue of having a Macguffin, being the plot device of the scene and not being who the player controls. If it were up to me I would have picked Minish Cap as a more direct example of DiD but eh, nitpicking about the Legend of Zelda wasn't a good move in the first place since the story has nearly always been less about saving the girl and more about saving the world.