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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s Sheik Is Nothing Without Their Androgyny

The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s Sheik Is Nothing Without Their Androgyny https://ift.tt/gJ9SmwY As a transgender woman and someone who doesn’t conform to their birth gender, there are a handful of characters throughout video games who I treat with a certain level of reverence.  During my "firmly still in the closet" teen years, I found myself fascinated with Guilty Gear’s Bridget , as they blurred the lines between masculine and feminine long before their queer identity would be cemented into canon. Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door proved equally impactful thanks to a personal arc that reinforced the woman she wanted to be and always had been. Though neither explicitly stated their queer narrative intentions, my growing mind subconsciously read between the lines, regardless: Both offered quiet forms of queer representation that, decades later, still rings true. The same compelling allure can be attributed to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time...

Dune: Prophecy Trailer Reveals The Sisterhood's Greatest Enemy

Dune: Prophecy Trailer Reveals The Sisterhood's Greatest Enemy https://ift.tt/gwED4os

HBO's upcoming Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy, is set 10,000 years before the events of the films. The show will revolve around the Sisterhood that grew in power over time to become the Bene Gesserit. But in the new trailer for the series, the Sisterhood's very existence is threatened by a man whose only desire is to wipe them all out.

Vikings star Travis Fimmel appears in this series as Desmond Hart, the interloper who is whispering in the ear of Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong) that the Sisterhood is expanding their influence and represents a threat to his empire. Desmond's not entirely wrong, and the leader of the Sisterhood, Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson), can't persuade him that she isn't his enemy. If this is a war for the heart of the empire, then the Sisterhood is already on their backfoot while Desmond advances on them.

The trailer was unveiled at New York Comic Con, where the creative team and members of the cast teased what's ahead on the series. Showrunner Alison Schapker even set the stage for the story by revealing that Dune: Prophecy takes place in the aftermath of humanity's war against intelligent machines.

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