The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (contains spoilers)

Oh, that's a funny point.

"Clearly the Gorons are all of a single gender but, in the interest of maintaining strong trade relations with Hyrule's primary source of gemstones, the Gerudo do not recognize that gender as male."

IIRC the stated reason for the girls' club rule is... to discourage Gerudo women from just hooking up with whichever men wander into town, and force them to actually go out and see the world if they want a husband.

Gorons are presumably excepted because they're technically asexual even if they fill a lot of masculine stereotypes, and presumably nobody marries a Goron.

That's such a stupid explanation though. Practically speaking, all that would happen is that suitor camps would pop up outside the walls and the gerudo ladies would just go there for the convenience instead.

And we do, in fact, see a few would-be suitors just sorta... lingering around outside the town gates. Like the sand shoes guy.

Pretty dumb logic, though. Given how several of the Gerudo NPCs actually see through Link's disguise and don't really care, I get the impression it's just an antiquated law that nobody really cares about but is still legally enforced by the guards out of obligation.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Apr 29th 2021 at 6:30:58 AM

I wouldn't be surprised in the sequel if they just remove that rule completely.

My guess is there aren't that many men willing to camp out in an inhospitable desert for the chance of dating one of them.

There are a number of men at the nearby oasis who seem interested in the Gerudo, so something like that is happening. They're just not stupid enough to sit in the middle of the desert where there is no water—they sit in the middle of the desert where there is water.

I also imagine that Riju, indirectly, might be the cause of the law being enforced so strictly. Buliara seems pretty overprotective, so I could see her giving orders to make absolutely sure no men get too close to a young, impressionable chieftain.

That would make sense.

The weird thing is that a lot of women clearly don't feel the need to actually get married, because there are several little girls running around with no father in sight. Makes you wonder what Gerudo think the point of marriage is, and how many of them just want to have kids without all the rest of that bother.

Although what Greta says to you in the secret club makes me wonder if a lot of the Gerudo have just sort of secretly snuck in their would be boyfriends.

Edited by AceofSpades on Apr 29th 2021 at 11:34:20 AM

One of the merchants says that most of them are married, but their husbands have to stay outside the city walls.

There are some lines about gerudos only staying in town for certain parts of the year and going back living with husbands for the other parts. The game does imply that most married geruodos have good relationships with their husbands

I am having so much goddamn trouble in the Gerudo Desert. Starting to feel like I should have gone to Tabantha first, but like, this is where I am and I am going to find that goddamn fairy because I need some armor upgrades Jesus.

Have you tried riding sand seals? You can avoid or outrun just about anything on a sand seal. Or is there something else you're having difficulty with?

Mostly in not steering the damn seal right into an enemy encampment because I'm a fucking idiot. And then getting the hell away from whatever I ran into.

Basically I'm a dumbass. I know that the fairy is somewhere in that sandstorm though.

Edited by AceofSpades on Apr 30th 2021 at 9:59:40 AM

Look for a big whale skeleton

It's in the far southwest.

Finally got the time to find it. And Tera is the funniest one.

Edit: Spent a hell of a long time figuring out how to fight and defeat a molduga, only to get jobbed by an entirely different one on my way to the Southern Oasis.

Edited by AceofSpades on Apr 30th 2021 at 4:33:17 AM

Parthenogenetic is more accurate term for a species having only one sex, since asexual is more commonly meant to mean not having sexual attraction.

First and foremost it's still a term for sexless life that reproduces asexually. Parthenogenesis is one form of asexual reproduction that occurs, sometimes in normally sexual lifeforms. So no, it's not "more accurate".

Of course we don't know exactly how Gorons reproduce, for all we know they're hermaphroditic like slugs.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Apr 30th 2021 at 1:50:08 PM

All those boulders around you? They're baby Gorgons.

Managed to kill two Moldugas, thus driving them near extinction. I am the monster.

Now I'm at the Yiga hideout, distracting buff dudes with bananas. Or I will be after I get a good night's sleep anyway. Not sure I really have all the upgrades I need, but I really don't feel like stopping this right now to wander on up to Tabantha.

Don't feel too bad. Like every monster, the Moldugas you kill will be back after the next blood moon.

So I just beat Rudania and Fireblight Ganon. The lead-up wasn't difficult with Yunobo. The dungeon went quickly and I learned that those dead heads that come out of the malice count in the Compendium. The start when everything was in darkness looked amazing with the faint lights and the malice. It was very striking.

So I get to Fireblight and the fight I'm just firing ice arrows to stun it, do a jumping slash and then run away like hell. I was surprised how good my shots were. I managed to beat him without taking any damage.......and then realized that I didn't take his picture. So I reloaded the game but still beat him with no damage.

Attempting the Yiga Hideout. And I have been caught three times in a row.

Oh, I loved the Yiga hideout. Stealth and sneaking around are my favorite parts of the game.

I also loved the Ploymous mountain quest. Full set of Sheikah gear, downed a max-level stealth potion because I still thought food and armor effects stacked, and very carefully snuck around the plateau while keeping constant track of the lynel and feeling my intestines tie themselves into knots. Got every arrow in the place and didn't get killed once; I'm pretty proud of how that turned out.

Is that the one to get the snow boots? Because I've got a few quests stacked up for after Vah Naboris. Which I am sucking balls at now. I did manage to get the feet due to basically downing health restoration. (I had a hard time sticking with Riju and eventually learned that when you're actually aiming for the feet it's ok to leave the bubble.)