#shadow temple

How the FUCK did the "Gerudo kidnap men and rape them" headcannon become so popular? This shit actually pisses me off so god damn much. Actually, I don't even need to ask why this FUCKING BULLSHIT HEADCANNON got accepted as canon. I know why. It's because this fandom is just fucking littered with sexists and racists and shit.

The people who genuinely believe this headcannon make me so mad because they act like it's an 100% unarguable part of the actual canon, and say shit like "Yeah the only reason Nintendo doesn't make them rape men is because they need to keep their E for everyone age rating", when literally NOTHING we know about how the Gerudo operate suggests this even slightly.

The Gerudo's whole system of how they get men to reproduce has always, ALWAYS, been going to their neighboring regions to find boyfriends. BOYFRIENDS. Aka LONG TERM PARTNERS. Aka the exact fucking OPPOSITE OF A HOOKUP! And in later iterations in BOTW/TOTK the Gerudo don't even let men inside their town. The kids aren't even aloud to look at men out fear of LITERALLY BEING CURSED WITH BAD LUCK. The Gerudo don't even let their kids be around their fathers that much when they're born outside of Gerudo town before they get sent their for the rest of their life until adulthood, for what is likely this exact reason. They don't even let Link in town without a disguise until he fights off Thunderblight Ganon and Queen Gibdo. So again, why the FUCK would the Gerudo be kidnapping men and taking them anywhere near their city?

And people try to counter this with "Oh but what about the carpenters? The Gerudo kidnapped them so they could rape them" and then act like it's such a fucking gotcha moment and like... no??? That isn't the reason??? Did you play the game??? The Gerudo in OOT didn't kidnap those carpenters to rape them. They kidnapped those carpenters because they tried to fix the bridge in Gerudo Valley, their OWN VALLEY, that the Gerudo themselves broke to avoid intruders. Read that again. THE GERUDO BROKE THEIR OWN BRIDGE TO AVOID INTRUDERS!!! So obviously they kidnapped those carpenters, they were intentionally breaking into their fortress when the Gerudo were ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET THEM OUT. I don't even know why I'm saying the Gerudo kidnapped the carpenters, because they literally didn't. The carpenters came into Gerudo Valley on their own accord, the Gerudo just imprisoned them because they didn't even want them there in the first place.

It's also really annoying that people who like to headcannon the Gerudo as rapists bring up OOT as proof, because the whole "Gerudo looking for boyfriends in other regions" thing was something that was introduced in that same game by talking to a gossip stone. So not only are they NOT rapists, it was set in literal stone from the Gerudo's first appearance that the Gerudo generally prefer long term relationships over simple hookups. So AGAIN, why the FUCK would the Gerudo be kidnapping men and taking them anywhere near their city?

These people are the same people who will headcannon the Gerudo as rapists with no evidence other than they're all women, and then get mad at people who headcannon the Gerudo as mostly lesbians for the same exact reason. Because as I said before, this fandom is littered with sexists and racists, and if the Gerudo aren't making babies, then why would they be in a relationship?

The funniest thing (I say funny lightly, it's more annoying really) about these kinds of people trying to justify their shitty rape headcannons is that any kind of evidence they do bring up can be shut down by the fact that this just... doesn't happen. Ever. No Gerudo in the entirety of the Zelda franchise has ever raped anyone. So not only do they treat their headcannon like canon, it's also completely fabricated and not hinted at once.

"Oh but I just want a darker Zelda stop being mean🥺" Okay. Then what about the Hylians? Because if you want to talk about a race with rapist potential let's talk about the Hylians. The creepy men outside Gerudo Town in BOTW/TOTK being the biggest piece of evidence. But also like... the Shadow Temple was a torture chamber for enemies of Hyrule during the Hyrulean Civil war you guys. The Gerudo were enemies of Hyrule during the Hyrulean Civil war. It's also implied that the Gerudo are a very looked down upon race in OOT, considering that when wearing the Gerudo mask, people are suddenly scared of you, and Darunia outright says, "I hate Gerudos!" with his full chest. This is all in OOT by the way. You seriously don't think that the torture the Gerudo would be subjected to in the Shadow Temple would include rape in any way, given the fact Hyrule literally hates them?

There's also the fact that in TP there are no Gerudo in the desert, and no explanation is given so anything could have happened to them. But no. The Gerudo are rapists simply for being a group of mostly women who live in the desert. Because why do we need evidence for anything when we could go off of harem tropes instead? Also, if you think some of the Hylians could be rapists even if you do have all the canonical proof in the world, then you're racist actually.

Anyways the shadow temple is literally (imo) a reminder from the game that this is a medieval kingdom with a dark horrible past. Always makes me think of the theory that bongo bongo was once the thief that owned the eye of truth and was tortured and executed.

After seeing all that shit with basically the mind of a child (and still seeing all the shit in the well as an actual child!) I'm really not surprised he left the kingdom after being sent back to "regain his lost time" by Zelda.

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