Of course Shiek's a girl. otherwise she wouldn't be attractive to guys.
um...right? :puppy:
I think that's a part of it, honestly. Since Sheik's gender is unknown to us throughout most of the game, we settle on one gender or another before we find out that Sheik is Zelda; I think the whole "mystery" surrounding Sheik is what makes people attracted to him/her in the first place, regardless of both the sexual orientation of the gamer and that person's interpretation of Sheik's gender. Freud would probably say that most people are subconsciously justifying their attraction to Sheik by vehemently asserting that Sheik is of a particular gender, possibly out of homophobia. But then again, Freud says all sorts of wacky things.
At any rate, there are definitely exceptions to this, and I'm not implying anyone is of a certain sexual orientation (although, of course, being upset with that would also probably mean you're homophobic
).
Ironically, on the opposite side of the spectrum, people who are adamantly arguing that Sheik is female (who happen to have more in-game evidence on their side, in my opinion) could
also be rushing to the claim that Sheik is female to justify
their attraction, and again, possibly out of homophobia. :hmm:
Sheik is probably such an awesome character that everybody is attracted to his/her personality on some subconscious level. This may also be because at the time of OoT's release, its primary demographic was probably between ages 7-25, and a large portion of that demographic is going through puberty and is being overrun with hormones of all sorts, possibly explaining why everyone seems to be so in love with Ocarina of Time characters or [CORNY] maybe it was just such a lovingly crafted game with characters that everyone could fall in love with.:love: [/CORNY]
At any rate, congratulations Nintendo -- you created one of the best games of all time while simultaneously spawning a generation of sexually confused adolescents. You win some, you lose some, I guess.
