I need to say something before I forget again.
I know not all Hylian men are bad. This is a true statement, it always will be. But I find it hard to trust them. Whenever I think of them I always feel ill at ease. I finally remembered why today.
I keep having memories of being fetishized, of having my existence being taken apart to the root level of "this fish is sexy" and only being prized for my species.
Well, not only, the worst memories are the men who chose me for my species and because they thought they'd somehow make me realize I was "happier as a woman" (I never was happy as a woman in that life. I was and forever will be a trans man.)
I was abused, for I don't even know how long. I was used like a little pleasure toy for them because they got off at the idea of being with someone like me.
I know not all Hylian men are bad, I remember Link helped me realize that. But I remember being so scared, so nervous that when I'd fall in love it'd just be with another piece of shit who'd be with me only for his own sick fantasies.
But playing my source when having those memories play through my mind... remembering that as I have to play as the kind of person who did those things to me made me feel ill. None of it was ever Link's fault, and I feel terrible. I don't want to feel ill because of things he couldn't control. But I'm still so scared. I know I shouldn't be, but I am.
– A non-canon Zora (named Hekarel) [Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild] kin 🦈⛲️
