Fuck hylians team gorons!!!!!
Yay gorons! But as a thoroughly traumatised child who imprinted heavily on animals, I'm more Team Rito myself. Even Team Kass as he's a delightful family man. It's so hard to come across games featuring non-humanoid races, these days. That's why I was excited about XBC2 and its talking tiger with an accent that lovely... Right up until they killed it for me with all the rampant perviness.
I'm so completely starved for heartfelt, caring stories involving non-humanoids I'll take almost anything at this point. I have no shame. But I do have standards, and empathy. Why must it all be marred by prejudice and perviness? Also, why must so many awesome-looking non-humanoids often be "RAR EVIL BEAST"?
Because denoting good/evil by appearance and species most certainly doesn't cement toxic ideas in the minds of those playing or anything. I knoooow its weird but fantasy prejudice of species/hide colour bugs me. Reminds me of the real deal. And it means I'll never get that game with a story about an intricate, lovingly portrayed and believable gay relationship between an old, pudgy gnoll and a giant transgender balrog.
I'm probably saying the things out loud again that should stay in my head. Ah well.
That's why BotW is my favourite, anyway. Sorry Xas. I was just so mesmerised by the story of Kass that I lost all interest in my other quests. I actually sought out the Rito village with only four hearts to my name thanks to this. I still go to the Rito village to hang out and chill because its lovely. BotW, a game with a somewhat heartfelt story about non-humanoids that isn't ruined by sexism, racism, predatory LGBTQ stuff, or worse. Thanks, Ninty.
It's kind of weird not always being able to relate to your own species as much as you'd like, feeling out of place, alien, and awkward. Similarly preoccupied with dysmorphic notions regarding self-representation which makes it all the trickier. It's weird as some may label this furry but it was never especially sexual for me. I'm not innately a sexual person, that's complicated. It's more an exploration of a more true-to-self identity. Therian maybe? Dunno, seems rather spiritual.
You seem like a good bunch of kids. I worry I'll regret baring my soul but there it is. Probably seems like quite the mental issue, give it a hundred years though and it might be at where transgemder is now. That'll be interesting.
Sooooooo...
Team Rito for me, then. I need more of these Rito folks in my life.
And I would very much welcome a stocky, buff Rito woman (owl?) and all the flight mechanics that might imply! Especially if it wasn't half-baked and aerial aceobatics and tactical maneouvres were possible! Gannon had best have an air fleet! It'd be so fun swooping around enemy airships and master sword-zapping at the blinky weak spots.
That'd be rad.
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Sorry about all that.
Random P.S. Robbie is totes Kass's musical mentor.