Ooh I am interested to see Gerudo Town from your perspective! I was exploring some caves and ruins before heading into the city and ran into Riju out in the ruins practicing her lightning, so picked it up that way.
And yeah, if that memory is the one I think it is, the racism in Ganondorf's design -- that hugely prominent nose, mostly -- REALLY jumped out at me. :/ The Gerudo in general have been horribly Orientalist forever, and I *know* there was a lot of criticism of them in BotW so its disappointing, but not unsurprising to see they... have not improved.
Also, I reckon Sonia is either just a dark-skinned Hylian or one specifically from Lurelin, tho she doesn't have the Lurelin-ese(?) other markers, so, probably Hylian? They do seem to have more design variety in this game than I remember in BotW.
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Date: 2023-06-18 20:46 (UTC)And yeah, if that memory is the one I think it is, the racism in Ganondorf's design -- that hugely prominent nose, mostly -- REALLY jumped out at me. :/ The Gerudo in general have been horribly Orientalist forever, and I *know* there was a lot of criticism of them in BotW so its disappointing, but not unsurprising to see they... have not improved.
Also, I reckon Sonia is either just a dark-skinned Hylian or one specifically from Lurelin, tho she doesn't have the Lurelin-ese(?) other markers, so, probably Hylian? They do seem to have more design variety in this game than I remember in BotW.