Fierce
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Reading Axle's wonderful article on races, I was inspired to start this topic about the lovable Gorons.
Zoras have male and female counterparts, as do Hylians, Deku Scrub, Kokiri, etc... and yet the Gorons are always mysteriously male. Patriarch is the term used for the Goron leader in Twilight Princess. This is a bit of a confirmation for this, as Patriarch stands for male leader. The destinction is made, making it clear that the Goron is a single gender race with only masculine qualities.
Therein, how would these creatures create offspring?
I believe the gorons may perhaps reproduce asexually through budding, so to speak...
I will define budding first off, for those who aren't familiar with the term. Taken straight from Wikipedia:
Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism grows on another one. The new organism remains attached as it grows, separating from the parent organism only when it is mature. Since the reproduction is asexual, the newly created organism is a clone and is genetically identical to the parent organism.
- Genetically identical: Now this would make sense that they share the same DNA, as most gorons look nearly identical in all the series. The way their physical structure changes is likely due to diet. The amount of rocks and the quality of rocks does in fact matter, as has been gathered through conversations in OOT, MM, and TP. In this way, the rocks eaten could increase size and shape with age. As seen in MM and TP, age weathers and chisels away at older gorons making them mishapen and disfigured, much like it does with rocks in real life. All sharing the same DNA, all gorons are in fact, related... thus perhaps why each address each other as brother. (This term was likely extended to Link as a metaphorical bond)
- Growing on the Goron: HUGELY possible. Ever notice the rocky sprout-like patches on the back of the gorons? I theorize this is where the baby gorons grow and bud off of. This would also explain the father/ son relationships certain gorons have. The rocky diet seems odd for survival... but if this was true it would make sense. The gorons are living rocks perhaps, as they do not require the need to breath. (As seen in TP) Adding rocks to their diet, their backs calcify, creating new gorons. This makes them a hugely resiliant race, explaining why they've been able to survive in practically every game after OOT. Even Underwater in WW, these gorons likely lived, having an aquatic existance feeding on seabed rocks and going to the surface to trade.
-Leaving only when mature: Maturity is a major theme among the gorons. Like the ritual of rolling all the way down the hill with a bomb flower... This would explain also why young gorons are always seen at roughly the same age as well.
This is all of course, not confirmed in anyway.
What are your thoughts on the ideas I've proposed? What are some of your theories on Goron biology?
Zoras have male and female counterparts, as do Hylians, Deku Scrub, Kokiri, etc... and yet the Gorons are always mysteriously male. Patriarch is the term used for the Goron leader in Twilight Princess. This is a bit of a confirmation for this, as Patriarch stands for male leader. The destinction is made, making it clear that the Goron is a single gender race with only masculine qualities.
Therein, how would these creatures create offspring?
I believe the gorons may perhaps reproduce asexually through budding, so to speak...
I will define budding first off, for those who aren't familiar with the term. Taken straight from Wikipedia:
Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism grows on another one. The new organism remains attached as it grows, separating from the parent organism only when it is mature. Since the reproduction is asexual, the newly created organism is a clone and is genetically identical to the parent organism.
- Genetically identical: Now this would make sense that they share the same DNA, as most gorons look nearly identical in all the series. The way their physical structure changes is likely due to diet. The amount of rocks and the quality of rocks does in fact matter, as has been gathered through conversations in OOT, MM, and TP. In this way, the rocks eaten could increase size and shape with age. As seen in MM and TP, age weathers and chisels away at older gorons making them mishapen and disfigured, much like it does with rocks in real life. All sharing the same DNA, all gorons are in fact, related... thus perhaps why each address each other as brother. (This term was likely extended to Link as a metaphorical bond)
- Growing on the Goron: HUGELY possible. Ever notice the rocky sprout-like patches on the back of the gorons? I theorize this is where the baby gorons grow and bud off of. This would also explain the father/ son relationships certain gorons have. The rocky diet seems odd for survival... but if this was true it would make sense. The gorons are living rocks perhaps, as they do not require the need to breath. (As seen in TP) Adding rocks to their diet, their backs calcify, creating new gorons. This makes them a hugely resiliant race, explaining why they've been able to survive in practically every game after OOT. Even Underwater in WW, these gorons likely lived, having an aquatic existance feeding on seabed rocks and going to the surface to trade.
-Leaving only when mature: Maturity is a major theme among the gorons. Like the ritual of rolling all the way down the hill with a bomb flower... This would explain also why young gorons are always seen at roughly the same age as well.
This is all of course, not confirmed in anyway.
What are your thoughts on the ideas I've proposed? What are some of your theories on Goron biology?
Maybe you could play through at least OOT and MM again to get any and all possible information out of our rocky friends and continue to add on to your theory.
