The FASCINATING Biology of the Gerudo Tribe - Breath of the Wild Lore

[@vyvisabastard]

as a trans man, i have to disagree with trans gerudos being fine. they dont have a very good concept on gender roles but thats half the battle, most of it is internal. yes these gerudo would live and be raised as vai, which have no real distinction compared to voes, but there would still be a sense that something is off. you are fundamentally different than everyone else and you cant put your finger on it whatsoever, because the concept of voes are alien and vauge, but they may still identify with voes even if they dont understand it. in short: gerudo culture is not devoid of gender roles, its just highly skewed towards vais, and a deep lack of understanding of voes can cause trans gerudos a different kind of distress than it does in western/european societies

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks for the insight! I suppose the experience and feeling is deeply personal then? I have a trans man friend and asked him for input on the idea before recording the video. He thought that this take was accurate. Edit: for clarity's sake, I'm not trying to argue with you here, I'm genuinely curious.

[@vyvisabastard]

@@Drakenwild of course! it is an incredibly personal experience

[@Drakenwild]

@@vyvisabastard what was it like for you, if you don't mind me asking?

[@vyvisabastard]

@@Drakenwild i always kind of knew i was different from my other peers, but the thing was is that i never had a word to identify it with. i also was horrifically bullied, and living in a small town with classmates who used gay as an insult would not have helped. i would describe my experience as fighting against a current, theres what you need, then theres what your family wants, and then what society tells you what you want, and all of that is not what you need. relating this back to trans gerudo men, or even non binary gerudo, i can imagine once they start their journey outside of the town, they start to interact with voes and come to realize they relate a lot to them. they experience gender in a new way and maybe start to realize that they like this new experience better and identify strongly with. this is what they needed, and it gives them a sense of euphoria to finally have a word or experience for this feeling im having a bit of trouble putting into words my experience since it was a huge mess that has permanently altered my relationships and ive even had to cut off family members for my own sake. whats important to me personally is that i feel more like myself than i ever did when i identified as a girl

[@Drakenwild]

I think I understand. Thank you for sharing!

[@MegaVirus700]

The fetishization of the Gerudo is a pretty interesting topic. I could imagine the Yiga being a big culprit in that. If Gerudo relations is frowned upon by the sheikah, it would make sense for them to swing in the opposite direction. Although I don't think the Gerudo would appreciate the affection of the yiga very much

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah, I imagine Gerudo don't like that very much. With Yiga it's also that they might see Gerudo as a nation which turned away from Ganondorf and betrayed him/his memory, so them fetishizing and objectifying Gerudo, and spreading that to other parts of Hyrule, could also be a political act.

[@princesscadance197]

Yiga: Tries to hit on a Gerudo Gerudo: ‘Lookin to be a patch of red paste on the wall?’

[@lakobause]

Can't imagine how well that would work considering how often the Yiga have stolen from/kidnapped and tortured Gerudo.

[@Isaiahisland4031]

Glory to master kohga

[@Shinntoku]

I always just thought that Gerudo genes are always dominant. The variety in skintone and the shift from rounded to pointed ears could be the few dominant Hylian and/or Sheikah genes coming through

[@Drakenwild]

That's the likely cause, yeah

[@dalooneylass5561]

Totk seems to reinforce this

[@planetoforts]

​@@DrakenwildMy thought was that they do hybriogenisis as that leads to genetic variation but keeps them female

[@mikafoxx2717]

Reminder that it's only the Y gene that decides gender, it could be that they simply don't often grow if they don't receive X genes from both their parents instead.

[@generaltechnomage306]

While we're on the topic of the Gerudo, I gotta say that I'm still waiting for the day the series shows a Gerudo voe who isn't corrupted by the Curse of Demise.

[@Drakenwild]

Same here tbh.

[@generaltechnomage306]

@@Drakenwild Maybe the purpose of that Ganondorf mummy and that green hand could be to remove Demise's influence from Ganondorf?

[@Drakenwild]

Tbh, I'd love to see it but knowing how Zelda team usually tells stories I doubt it. Nice to think about though.

[@luma4682]

there is a theory that Yuga from link between the world is a male gerudo (yes he is a him) from Lorule he is not cursed by demise by the start of the game (maybe Lorule doesnt even have demise in their hystory, but is unknown if is a perfect copy of hyrule or no) spoiler of the game (Yuga and Hilda, the zelda version of Lorule, they both summon Ganon from hyrule and bring it to Lorule, but Yuga got corrupted later by Demise curse inside ganon, but at least is a male gerudo that wasnt affected by demise curse at the start)

[@MissFroggish]

personally, i always saw vilia as the gerudo "male" of breath of the wild. ive never seen direct confirmation that gerudo males cannot be born if ganondorf is still alive in some fashion. frankly, the idea is ludicrous, as the implication is that ganondorf would reincarnate, whereas vilia would simply be just another "male." shes obviously trans, and she distinctly looks more gerudo than hylian! thus, in a sense, she is the "lost king" of gerudo town. this is all coming from a trans woman's perspective, if that counts for anything.

[@bdk336]

Something I think is important for the Gerudo beyond their biology is their geography and trade relations. The locations of their town and bazaare as well as the wide selection of goods they sell would make sense if the Gerudo Desert actually connected to one or more lands beyond Hyrule making Gerudo canyon/Gerudo Desert the only land route connecting to the wider world and thus a major trade route. Hyrule probably isn't much of a tourist destination right now but it's quite rich in natural and magical resources and, prior to the calamity, I wouldn't be surprised if some of its agricultural products were also exported. There is no direct evidence I know of for this route existing or of other settlements beyond Hyrule but it could be argued that the Gerudo are far more comfortable traversing the desert than whoever lives beyond the map borders. I think the existence of sand seal sleds in Tears of the Kingdom (as well as the general emphasis on Sand Seals as a business) could also lend credence to this as they make carrying goods in bulk viable even without roads. As a bonus making Kara Kara Bazaare into a trade hub and running/guarding trade caravans both across the desert and into Hyrule would mean more access to voe. I suspect that the Gerudo and Gorons may also have been regular trade partners in the past as, despite the geographical distance between them, the Gerudo are known for their work with gems, they are comfortable in each others' climates and they can be found in each others' primary settlements in small numbers.

[@Drakenwild]

Those are all great observations, thank you for sharing!

[@baddest_vicky]

I’ve always wanted to see a video on the matter. It always made me curious how actually was the relationship between hylians and gerudos. And another thing I’ve seen in the game is that only 3 gerudos are romantically envolved with a hylian, and one of them is kind of a stretch to call it “romantically envolved”. Great video btw! (Srry for bad english)

[@Drakenwild]

Glad that you enjoyed! And yes, there are very few Gerudo in the game that are shown being in relationship with Hylians, though I did work under the assumption that everything on the display would be a scaled down version of that world. Otherwise we'd run into the issue of each race only having less than a hundred members. Still, the fact that there are only so many Gerudo shown having that romantic relationship informs us of the rough percentage and allows to speculate further.

[@lordjellybean1622]

The way you said traps is just so funny to me. You have a great video and a lovely voice, and I would love to see more of your videos in the future.

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! There definitely is more coming :D And that's good, that means the joke landed ;D

[@superspider64]

Imma be honest I'm kind of proud of myself for immediately sussing out what you were talking about as soon as you described the meaning of Parasitic

[@Drakenwild]

:D

[@zqmxq]

Same lol

[@myleswelnetz6700]

2:40 All Shiekah are Hylians, but not all Hylians are Shiekah.

[@Lionlord1000]

I thought of something you didnt mention. Gerudo might actually provide a net benefit to other societys by siphoning young males away at least during more peaceful times. A abundance of young single men is usually not a good thing in society therefore the gerudo lowering that number if only slightly might be a good thing.

[@Drakenwild]

It would be true if demographics were skewing on the side of there being more men than women or if Hylians were polygamistic but I don't thinkt that's the case. If anything, at the time of BotW there might be more women than men, with all the monsters running around.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Siphoning off an agricultural society's most productive part of the workforce? Not really a benefit. Also, first time hearing the abundance of single men is a recurring problem. Historically it's a problem when there are too few, usually due to war.

[@nuniyoa]

in the video, i noticed you did mention that gerudo seem to only have gerudo children rather than mixed species children but you didn't expand on that. so i would like to propose a headcanon i came up with for it! :) i headcanon that gerudo could be something like whiptail lizards and they simply don't technically need a male and reproduce via parthenogenesis/gynogenesis. whiptail lizards (to my knowledge) can't reproduce just on their own with one lizard and they need stimulation from another lizard. though since whiptails are all female, the stimulation isn't fertilization. for gerudo i imagine it'd be sort of like that? with the male hylian taking on the "stimulation" role but there's no actual genetic information being exchanged, so the gerudo essentially clones herself, just like a whiptail lizard. it's like a button is pushed if that makes sense. humans, the closest analog in our world for gerudo, _are_ capable of parthenogenesis, though the offspring often is not at all viable and ends up as a tumor. i believe partial parthenogenesis has occurred though with successful offspring but i'm not sure on that. i'm not sure how ganondorf would be reproduced (probably either random mutation or partial parthenogenesis) but this is also a universe with talking trees, magic, etc haha edit: i have gotten a few replies saying mattison disproves this, but it's not necessarily the case. from what i can tell, it's only her hair that looks like her father's (but i could be overlooking something). other characters such as addison also sport the hudson hairstyle without being related to him! (or maybe there's lore i don't know about them being related? i think there are other hudson construction company employees with this hairstyle, but i'm not sure and can't name any)

[@Drakenwild]

Oh, I did not know that. Thank you for sharing, that's super interesting! :D I was thinking more along the lines of some species of birch trees that can apparently mix with other species and still produce itself but parthenogenesis is also a viable option!

[@dalooneylass5561]

This is disproved by totk and the character of Madison, who is clearly shown to have physical characteristics of her father.

[@williamliao4829]

Mattison obviously disproves this, but I'd say Ganondorf is effectively a massive mutation, almost cancerous in nature. (look ok i think it makes a lot of sense for ganondorf himself to be a literal cancer)

[@nuniyoa]

@@williamliao4829 i like your theory on ganon! and as for mattison disproving it, i edited my comment with an explanation of why i don't think she does. i don't want to retype it tho. super quick summary of it is that it's just a hairstyle they share (unless i of course am missing something, which is possible!)

[@williamliao4829]

@@nuniyoa yeah that probably tracks tbh hairstyles are... relatively easy to reproduce with video game logic.

[@TheBreadPirate]

This is such a great point! Gerudo are biologically designed to exploit other humanoids for reproduction. It sounds ridiculous, but the facts don't lie. I had a lot of fun watching this video, and love your accent! The little dragon animations also added a lot of character to the video. Thanks Draken!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm so glad you enjoyed :D And the dragon did evolve a bit since then, pupeteering it is a lot of fun ^^

[@gratefulgamer7907]

And so a partnership of content creation was born!

[@dalooneylass5561]

Some of this is cleared up in totk. Gerudo children born outside the town actually have to return to Gerudo Town after recharging a certain age by Gerudo Law. Gerudo males ARE a thing it’s just that they’re rare. and also the birth of a Gerudo male has to do with supernatural shenanigans and Ganondorf has hijacked the system to his benefit. And as for the union of a Gerudo and Hylian only ever resulting in a Gerudo child, it is to my knowledge only ever implied and never outright stated, there’s a theory going around that Malon is of Gerudo descent fore reasons after all.

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah, I want to revisit Gerudo culture at some point with new info we got from TotK.

[@Mari_Izu]

The Malon gerudo theory is bogus because of her red hair is not enough proof and Talon saying Gerudo mask reminds him of his wife is also what he says when you're wearing the Goron mask.

[@notsans9995]

I definitely think its reasonable that vai on vai relations are a thing, unless they genuinely fall in love with their hylian mate i can see how many gerudo would go out on journey purely for fhe purpose of bringing back a child, which ironically kinda makes them less parasitic socially since that leaves hylian males available to their own breeding pool. This could also lead to the fetishization of the gerudo since Hylian men who just wanna get laid will see a traveling gerudo as an easy free pass. If you talk to enough gerudo, youll get the vibe they develop a distaste for men for this very reason, which in turn could support a form of lesbianism. Also in lurilin you can find a older gerudo who has more or less decided to retire their and not even have a hylian mate, its possible that gerudo settling down in other sections of Hyrule may have been more common pre-calamity, but after the fall of the hylian government they just decided it was safer to stick to their own part of the map, as you can see theres almost no guardians or even malice in the desert or even in the mountains to the north of them, it probably made the desert seem more like a protective bubble than a hostile environment in their eyes. This could also explain why theres a bigger emphasis on them needing classes aka Socialization because finding hylian mates in the aftermath of the calamity would been much more difficult (cause allot of them died with most of the surviving settlements being to the far east.) Which could of lead to few decades of social isolation and stagnation... Speculating on the social and genetic implications of fictional people is super fun, i can see why you make these videos now lol

[@Drakenwild]

It do be fun xD Re the socialization classes, TotK gives us a lot more insight into why they are needed. If every Gerudo is forced by law to isolate from all men, including her own father, from a very young age, pre-puberty young, and then taught that men lie and would like nothing more than to hurt them by both the school and the society around them, then is it really that surprising that adult Gerudo struggle so much with relationships that they need to be taught how to interact with men? Tbh, there's so much new information in the game that this video needs a follow up, lol

[@RespawnGod]

I never thought about them being considered parasitic but it makes sense, I'm curious if the tendency of traveling Voe to get a bit "crazy" close to the town os perhaps a symptom of being in close proximity of a large gathering of gerudo pheromones

[@Drakenwild]

Could be! That's a very interesting idea.

[@lakobause]

I'm not sure that Gerudo daughters inherit NO traits from their fathers. When Bolson and Rhondson have a daughter, she has her mother's skin and hair color but her father's hairdo. That could be an aesthetic choice, or an inherited trait. It would also explain the variation of traits among Gerudo. They still need outside males to maintain a healthy genetic diversity.

[@Drakenwild]

Hairstyle is not a genetical trait, she just adores her father. That said, yeah, variation in skin color and facial features will likely come from the fathers (which I think I said in the video? It's been a while). It's just that this skin color will always skew towards the darker spectrum (seeing how white Gerudo are rare even though it's the inverse in Hylians and how being white in the desert might be disadvantagious), and they will always be tall women with red hair.

[@lakobause]

@@Drakenwild I guess what I meant is that she may have inherited the hair consistency from her dad. It's like how people may inherit blonde hair from one parent and wavy hair from another. Or she may have just styled it that way to look like her daddy. Who knows.

[@Ixmore]

@@Drakenwild Hair style may not be a genetic trait, but how one's hair grows certainly is

[@1th_to_comment.]

Random Gerudo child being taller than Link: Link: 🥺

[@bdhuffman42]

The girl in Terry Town in TotK looks just like her Hylian dad, but her mother is Gerudo.

[@Drakenwild]

Yup, and Mattison herself is a Gerudo, too.

[@tedplaleaf]

i loved this video :3 but the part about trans male gerudo had me thinking... there's a secret club in gerudo town where people can buy masculine clothes such as the voe armour and the luminous armour, even though the sale and purchase of masculine clothes seems to be outlawed. i do like to think that the existance of this shop implies there's a small community of queer and non-conforming gerudo in gerudo town, who are buying voe clothes in secret. i don't think gerudo would be transphobic. a few gerudo are able to see through link's disguise, and they don't have a problem with him being there, so i think the "no voes allowed" tradition is more like a strict dress code - they don't really mind who enters the town, as long as they wear a vai outfit. i like to think that trans male gerudo would be welcomed with open arms, as long as they still wore a crop top when walking around the village, lol. the gerudo can be intimidating but i think they're very sweet at heart. definitely my favourite race in breath of the wild :3

[@Drakenwild]

That's a very interesting interpretation, thanks for sharing! :) I think Secret Club means that either you're right or there is an extremely small number of Gerudo men out there somewhere who buy clothes like that. Or it could be both xD

[@Ch-ew9tm]

Nice lore/theory but I don’t think hylians, shiekah and gerudo are a different species. They probably just are different ethnicities since they are genetically compatible and produce fertile offspring.

[@Drakenwild]

Idk about that, the trait of being born female only is pretty unique to Gerudo and it separates them from Hylians and Sheikah.

[@Ch-ew9tm]

@@Drakenwild I think it may just be a curse and not genetical because they still do get a male children but only once every century.

[@Mari_Izu]

It's a fantasy game so I don't think the devs where thinking about IRL biology to make their "all-female race where a male is born each 100 years for some reason". If it was a curse it would probably be stated as that in one of the games.

[@croclizard5951]

Yeah and in skyward sword, we see the likely ancestor (Groose) of the Gerudo who was the same species as Link

[@bengoodwin2141]

Something I should note: There's a species of fish that works kind of like the gerudo! I forget what its called, but this fish species is all female and lives in lakes with an extremely closely related species that they split off from, and from which they need sperm to activate their reproductive cells (although they don't actually use thr host's genetic material, their daughters are clones) These fish also (probably) specialize in different foods to the host species so that they don't compete for the same resources. Also, I think your assessment of Shieka as a different species is unlikely. They seem to be compatible with hylians, and even rhe ancient monks are tall instead of short. I think its more likely that they're like... A different thing that's not like species but instead a genetic variant within the same species, like dog breeds. Also... Where does the idea of gerudo not having committal relationships come from? Just inferred? I imagine we just don't see all the examples.

[@Drakenwild]

That's very interesting, thanks for sharig! And yes, it's inferred, since the grand total of Gerudo living outside the desert peranently is 0 before Tarrey Town. I went with the assumption that it would happen in universe but since it was barely represented in the game then it is probably uncommon. TotK doesn't exactly bust it either, from it we know it happens often enough for Gerudo to have traditions and laws around it but we still don't see many Gerudo inhabiting elsewhere (I think besides Rhondson there is one older lady who moved out to Lurelin). We also see one case of a Gerudo moving back to Town with her daughter, leaving the husband behind (which led to him getting imprisoned).

[@Cretaceous158]

I wouldn’t say having the ability to breed with hylians makes something the same species, as we have seen Zora-hylian and Goron-hylian hybrids as the maidens from LttP, and Rutella and Russo, although Sheikah are just descendants of SS Impa I believe, who is a skyloftian/hylian.

[@pressftopayfrog1050]

i looove this sort of discussion! overthinking fictional societies and their relations within and outside of each other always hits right. also love ur point that gerudo don't rely on their gender to decide their place in the town's society, damn i wish that were us

[@Drakenwild]

Overthinking fiction is the best! :D

[@Techhunter_Talon]

11:26 Love that reference to the Gen 5 Pokemon games. XD

[@Drakenwild]

Gen 5 is best gen xD

[@TehKyura360]

Saw someone else with the take of: what if the voe ban in town was a way to ensure greater safety for those traveling? The logic being if all the obsessed creeps are sculking around the very defendable walls, then the vai going out to look for love are less likely to encounter the creeps due to them all being in one place. Keep your friends close & enemies closer kinda deal.

[@mosseater9290]

great video! although if im not wrong, in Oot there are clues that seem to be pointing to the fact that malon's mother is gerudo while she herself seems to be hylian wich may mean that gerudo can have non-gerudo children or maybe malon is just a really lightskinned gerudo

[@Drakenwild]

If they were, I completely missed them when I played ^^' Still, there is a large time gap between OoT and BotW, so some traits might have changed since then. Zelda has some drastic evolution written in its canon in Wind Waker so it wouldn't be a stretch.

[@happysmilesworldandgames8755]

2:15 in totk, theres a quest that shows a bit of that

[@thomapamoht]

i like this video alot !! it was really fun to listen to while drawing. also, i really like your editing :] good job !!

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! I'm happy you had a good time :DDD

[@ESCOBAR0817]

I think you could also claim that lurelin people could be distinguished from typical hylians for several features they have and could also breed with Gerudo as well probably.

[@Drakenwild]

I tend to include people of Lurelin with Hylians as a race variant, so yes!

[@panosmosproductions3230]

My thoughts about the Gerudo biologically are that the Gerudo traits are dominant over Hylian and Shekah traits.

[@Drakenwild]

It has to be either that or some sort of magic genetics, yeah.

[@moonpanzor]

Well I was prepared to sort of go against what you said at first about them being parasites, but after watching and realizing you split the concept between bilogy and society, I can see what you meant and agree, biologically they are more or less parasitic, and you saying that society-wise they are not is more of what i was going to refer to. As Gerudo make excellent traders and guards, and while we dont see evidence of such, there is no reason to believe they wouldn't be as the journey would need money and Gerudo are amazing warriors. Sorry bit of rambling to say i agree with you there and love your format. Also your avatar is adorable, and i adore your accent.

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! I'm so happy you liked them

[@WorldWeave]

“Getudo are parasites” Me after thinking about it for two seconds “wait…wait…WAIT!”

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

There are some parisites though that help the host physicality but that's just for their own good though. Don't remember the names though 3:15 I can understand

[@Drakenwild]

What you mean is symbiosis. This is a completely different relationship than a parasitic one, because parasites don't help their hosts by definition.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

@@Drakenwild I know what symbiosis is, that is not what I meant I also mentione "that help the host physicality but that's just for their own good though" they don't do it out of the kindness of their hearts, they still f@(k you up, some more than the others but they need you in top condition for them to thrive in you. There are parasites that... if you don't want to take my word for it just google Positive parasites (mind you that you'll have to research it a bit). The reasons I know that is because there was a theme about it in my school few years ago (healthcare and physiotherapy) and half of the people harled, some went straight to the toilet and most of the people became paranoid after the lessons and all of us were disgusted.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

@@Drakenwild Thing of it like the gaslighting of narcissistic toxic relationship. They might make it look like it good and you can co-exist but in reality they lie and they slowly damaging and even k!ll!ng you Edit : in fact we did have a case of something like that in the hospital and when we looked the x-ray we talked to the surgeons because it was outside of our expertise and it needed to be removed

[@Drakenwild]

As far as I was able to gather from googling, "positive parasite" isn't recognized as a classification, however some parasites do bring benefits to the host, albeit unintentionally and more as a side effect of their activity (with how intestile worms give you a boost to your immune system because the immune system flares up trying to get rid of the worm). Other than that, humans using parasitisms between other organisms for pest control was brought up. That's very interesting though, I did not know that.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

@@Drakenwild Yes, that is what I am saying more or less though that's a bit of a generalization, there are lot of parasites and even more we know nothing about yet which is why it need to be researced a bit. I'll use as an example the case with the guy I mentioned before and I'll try to keep the importan stuff so I'll leave some details out so no to waste your time. The guy I knew liked to travel around and mostly to let's just say more natural places such as rainforests etc. (he was trying to rival similar things I did but usually failing due to his impatient, lack of physical training and lack of knowledge, he wasn't fat, he just wasn't fit either) anyway, in one of his adventures he fell down cut himself a bit underneath his right ribs, nothing serious just a little bit deep scratch, he returned though after 3-4 days later and I noticed 2 things among other things but I'll stick to these 2, 1st he was way too more energetic than usual, especially for his physic and every now and then he was coughing, I told him to do a check up he said that I am more jealous that he's better than me now and went a bit back and forth, anyway 2 days after I told him about the check up he came to do General Health testing as we call it here (in other words almost every test that exists so far blood test, xrays etc) long story short we had to wait about his blood test and enzymes etc a week but on the xrays we notices something very very small like a leaf attached on his right lung. We told him, he pissed his pant and you guessed it, that little thing was a parasite, he removed it through surgery and when we took the results of all his tests we realized that his dopamine was on the roof, though based on how things were in the results it was a bit tough for us to realize this, anyway I already wrote a long text which might annoy you so I'll leave a lot of details out but the long story short is that he was infected, the parasite was feeding of him and somehow, we don't know HOW from where it was but it increased his dopamine level which resulted to him to be more athletic (don't expect anything extreme though, simply running a bit longer and very slightly faster than usual etc). Needless to say the dude never went anywhere near rainforests or similar terains again. I am sorry for the long text but I left out as many unnecessary details as possible because ther were a lot of other things that happened during all that which made me realize that some people should have their medical and scientific license removed but that's another story.

[@moonshadowmagic7116]

Excellent video! Well- thought- out analysis. The more sophisticated the game, the more so the humor... I quite enjoyed that Nintendo took the Ocarina of Time Amazon-ish tribe and, well, reductio ad absurdum... gave them a classroom setting on relationships, and examples of NPCs trying to put the teachings into practice out in the world. Link gets to rush to the aid of NPCs being attacked by monsters, and we see a lot of them simply running away from enemies. I can't remember any of those being Gerudo. Within BotW, I might argue the conclusion that Gerudo don't contribute to Hyrule; I suspect that, when travelling, a trader would be quite relieved to have a Gerudo share the way (headcanon: because all able-bodied Gerudo serve a hitch in their militia before heading out to wander.) Reader, avoid the following if more random headcanon bores you: I think that there is far more to the culture than is shown in- game. We never get to see more than a day's journey, more or less, in a radius from Gerudo Town. Yet, looking from the Highlands, there is at least that much desert stretching beyond the Skeleton and the fairy fountain. Beyond that... A bay, with a large island. To the north? Obscured. One could hide quite a large port city, for instance. I think that, while Gerudo Town is the traditional center of the culture, there is quite a large presence somewhere else, the economic heart of the civilization. And maybe the Gerudo go there to find mates, as well. And maybe there are other options, closer at hand. The only justification for the idea is the mere fact that Desert Voe clothing exists. We don't see any wandering voe, alone or in groups, because Gerudo Town is besieged by monster encampments (btw, Ganon in BotW treats the Gerudo no better than any other race; in fact, they get special attention from the Yiga-- because they're closest?) In peacetime, a century before, did they do as the Greeks said of the Amazons, and have regular holiday get-togethers? I can see a tent city and trade fair outside the Gerudo Town walls or at Kara Kara with its spring and access to Hyrule. The point is made elsewhere that the Gerudo now have pointy ears, presumably from millennia of bearing children to Hylians. If so, how did they become a distinct people in the first place, before Ocarina of Time? There, they were a Thieve's Guild sort of tribe (possibly a "Yeah, and we're REALLY GOOD at it!" reaction to prejudice?) Were they the female half of a people whose males were the Garo, the mountain assassins of Termina in Majora's Mask? (That's a fun stretch, but the Gerudo show up as the pirates in Termina.) Conclusion, muddled: I think that male Gerudo exist in numbers now, ten thousand years at the very least after OoT. Gerudo rejection of Ganondorf as shoo-in King sent them away from that tradition, although they maintain their isolation. I also think that the no-voe law in Gerudo Town has become a joke. The gate guards take their duty seriously, but Riju and Urbosa Got It.

[@Drakenwild]

That is a very interesting train of thought! I still don't think there is a large community of hidden Gerudo men - according to Rhondson, it is very rare for a man to be born to Gerudo and hence, they travel to find mates - but a port city being somewhere out there isn't that much of a stretch. Tbh, I always assumed that what we see in the game is a scaled down version of the actual world. As for Gerudo voe clothing, perhaps men are being born, just extremely rarely, like Rhondson said, and that clothing was designed for them?

[@moonshadowmagic7116]

@@Drakenwild Definitely the voe are in a minority, or we'd see one, given that there are clothes designed for them that apparently have traditional elements, like a specific hairstyle. Still, nothing like one boy per century. Also, the one Gerudo Town vendor refers to having her husband bring in more goods, so we expect that there are simply a number of long-distance relationships; she implies a frequent communication, since she sells food. If the married merchants don't take the time to go to Kara Kara, perhaps the voe or Hylian husbands just set up tents outside the walls while they're there. As none were included in the story or sidequests, I expect no effort was expended to put any in the game. Curious note about Kakariko: the estranged wife of the cucco guy looks as if she's from Lurelin. The Sheikah seem to run to blond hair (Grante) that turns white early, if they show hair color at all; she's the only adult I can think of with dark hair and skintone. So as you point out, maybe the Gerudo are such a totally different culture that they and the Sheikah ignore each other. We don't see any Sheikah in Gerudo Town, though we see Hylians, Rito, and Gorons.

[@RadxPLord]

Gerussy is the ideal dommy mommy

[@BitchChill]

The internet has ruined society

[@Doug_GT]

Bro your down bad for video game characters like get a girl and a life.

[@RadxPLord]

@@Doug_GT already turned my life around in the past 13 days

[@Doug_GT]

@@RadxPLord good.

[@peachypufff]

@@BitchChill they say with a blushing anime girl pic 💀 it’s okay bro, we’re all a little affected by the internet, it’s been like this since the 2000s-

[@Mari_Izu]

With Hylians crushing on Zoras and vice versa, and with Gerudo only birthding other gerudo, I just assume Hyrulean races and species works like Pokémon, the offspring will always be the mother's race with little bits of the father's traits which is why we never see mixed raced people xD

[@gamarleton]

2:33 i feel like you picked the strangest looking hylian for this example xD

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah. Yeah, I did xD

[@midonatwiga]

This was really interesting! Thanks a lot! I juste think that at 3:50, you're not totally right, because in Ocarina of Time, Gerudos have "normal" ears ( there's more humans than Hylians at that time ), but in Botw, they have hylian ears ( and there is only Hylians).

[@Drakenwild]

I was talking strictly to the status quo we have in BotW, partially because the window of time between OoT and BotW is massive and evolutionary changes like this could have easily occured in that window. Plus, Gerudo culture at that time was way different than it is currently.

[@mikafoxx2717]

Plus ganondorf has round ears too, and they're much more ancient.

[@judebox9438]

The real question is how they got to this point. My money is on temperature. When the humans first started living in the dessert the heat effected the genetic balance. Basically like some creatures in our world. The high temperature of the dessert forced more births to be female. It likely started slow but overtime, even in 2 or 3 generations. It became noticeable that less males were being born. Keep this going for 50+ generations and the ability to birth males is almost completely gone. Save the rare genetic reversion of one male. The fact that no males have been born since Gannon might not be because of gannon. But because he was the last of that mutation and the odds are dropping to non-existance.

[@Drakenwild]

I don't think that would be caused by temperature. From what I know, in our world there are creatures whose gender is determined by temperature of their surroundings but these are all egg-laying and cold-blooded, and Gerudo are neither. For temperature to matter for something like this, it would have to be able to affect body temperature of the developing child and mammals just thermoregulate themselves. My bet is on random evolution. Either, for one reason or another, female offspring was doing better in conditions they lived in, which resulted in better survival rates and more offspring that eventually forced them to start looking for mates outside their own species or some early Gerudo mixed with another race and that offspring was doing better in harsh climate, so the species slowly evolved towards constant mixing of itself with other genetic pools. Regardless of how exactly it looked like, I don't think it's 50+ generations, I think this is going back to Skyloft era or maybe even earlier, which is more than 10k years ago at the time of BotW. I do agree with you though that one male being born at different times in history would be some sort of genetic reversion or mutation and I also think that this may be why another Gerudo man hasn't been born yet, it's just an extremely unlikely event at this point.

[@judebox9438]

@@Drakenwild Everything you said is true. The only other thing I can think that would cause an event like this without being Devine interventions would be a disease that effected men more than women. A bottleneck event that caused this mutation. Though it still wouldn't explain the hugely dominant trait of only women when mixing with so many other blood lines. Ultimately the easy and possible right answer is it has something to do with the goddesses. But that isn't a satisfying answer for scientists.

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah, I don't like to reach to divine interventions or "a wizard did it" for explanations of things as long as I can help it, lol. Plus, goddesses usually tend to be pretty hands off with Hyrule, so they shouldn't be the go to regardless.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

There hasn't been another male Gerudo because Ganondorf hasn't died yet. So he can't reincarnate When Ganon took over Ganondorf (the Gerudo male) body, they became like one. The one male Gerudo is their king because it's always the reincarnation of the same person, the Gerudo king. Not because he's born male And since Ganondorf hasn't died, and gave shame to the Gerudo race, they decide to end that tradition altogether so even if Ganondorf dies and comes back as another male baby Gerudo he's not going to be king anymore So rijus and urbosa's descendants will be the rulers in the future

[@Mari_Izu]

@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess The game never said there hasn't been a gerudo male since Ganondorf just that "one time Ganon came in form of a Gerudo".

[@eramo607productions6]

4:51 Laughing? No, not really. This looks more depressing than hilarious.

[@Drakenwild]

Fair!

[@Boleniana]

The definition at the start, I thought "commensualism" was the word for an organism that benefited from another, but neither helped nor harmed that other? But here it seems to be lumped in with "parasite".

[@Drakenwild]

Looking back, I did phrase that part weirdly, yeah. I just wanted it to not feel like I'm reading a dictionary xD Good catch!

[@sera-chan8194]

My thought on trans gerudo: While I love the idea, I honestly don't think they lorewise can exist. (normally) Why? Because of the thing (is it a curse? I dont know) that a gerudo male can only be born every 100 years. So I also would say this goes beyond pure flesh. We still don't know what exactly makes a person be transgender, but in the end it doesn't matter anyway. A "male gerudo" does in my eyes not only mean a gerudo with a penis. So either no trans gerudo can exist, or trans gerudo can only be born every 100 years. Because if you are a man born in a womans body, you still are a male which can't be except every 100 years. Queerness per se is totally fine, there can be asexual gerudo, pansexual gerudo or lesbian gerudo, but trans-gerudo don't make sense regarding this 100-years shananigans. And especially because we know that ganon is still "alive"-ish as a mummy down there. there is still a male gerudo "alive" [And please don't think I am transphobic because I say they can not exist. I am all for inclusion and I was super phyched when I read that Perfuma is confirmed to be transgender in She-Ra, or that they made Double-Trouble non binary. I am also pan-sexual, so I am queer myself]

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

Mmmm

[@Mx.ChaoticGood]

This is a really good video! I love that you actually talked about queerness and how you discussed both biology and sociology. Also you're verry well spoken and your accent is pleasing to listen to. I would like to point out that it is not known if the Sheikah are a distinct species from Hylians or simply a clan with cultural and maybe small physical differences, such as how they have red eyes in most games, and normal eyes but white hair in BotW.

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed ^^ Yeah, I was aware that there is no consensus on Sheikah being their own species or not. I tend to treat them as separate because they have very strong fenotype, unlike Hylians, be it hair or eyes (though Impa had white hair in OoT and SS as well). I don't think they are far removed from Hylians though because of the similarities. Kind of like we have an Eastern Lowland Gorilla and Western Lowland Gorilla. Both are gorilla, but they are still considered different species.

[@jharris3110]

@@Drakenwild Impa's hair was blonde in SS, it's just kinda hard to tell! I think otherwise it was white which I think is interesting that most if not all Sheikah have white hair in botw.

[@helioswindemere3157]

For what its worth, the character description screen in tears of the kingdom seems to group the Sheikah with the Hylians.

[@generaltechnomage306]

This video has also got me thinking: Are you gonna do any videos on the biology and gender roles of the Zora, Rito, and Koroks? I would have also added Gorons to that list, but there are already plenty of videos that detail their biology.

[@Drakenwild]

That is definitely planned down the line, yes. Not in the next video but one after that, probably.

[@Frogofwiseness]

I wasnt expecting to hear about “rightleaning hylians” today😭

[@whisperghxst]

This is a really interesting video! I love that you touched on the idea of queer Gerudo.

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you, I'm really happy you enjoyed it :D And the idea of queer Gerudo really begged to be touched upon with how their society is structured.

[@derpy_goat]

is anybody going to mention that the gerudo word for male is one letter away from foe different language and all but considering gerudo language has the same roots as hylian the words would be connected somehow

[@keiroty7187]

Mimicry is a big evolutionary strategy like baby cheetah cubs looking like a honey badger

[@Drakenwild]

Yup, exactly!

[@starleo64]

After watching your video all the way through, I enjoyed your dive into the ways of the Gerudo (well, the more romantic side). It was a great watch and I hope to watch more of your videos in the future. ^^

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the channel :D

[@DearestAuthor23]

One thing I'm confused about is saying that gerudo and sheika are different species when, at the very least sheika are just a different race but are still hylians. The sheikah were a group of hylians that moved out and made their own society so they are a society not a species. Similar to for example the difference between British people and French people they aren't different species. I always assumed that the gerudo were another sub-race of hylian originally that just developed their own culture that mimics to an extent the Amazons of Greece. However with slightly different biology after many years of acclimating to their climate and changing and everything because it is even said in ocarina of Time I believe that the reason they tend not to keep male gerudos that were born is because they are brute savages. Now obviously that is not true in tears of the kingdom and breath of the wild anymore but I would argue it at least does give some Credence to the theory that the gerudo overtime just adapted, and ended up developing some sort of genetic mutation that causes them to always give birth to a female with the exception of the one male every 100 years. Which it's not very clear if that's 100 years from the birth of the last owner from the death of the last one seeing as ganondorf is still alive in this one and we see no male gerudo be born and this ganondorf has been alive for over 10 thousand years I would say probably from the death of the prior male gerudo. But again I would argue we cannot define them as a different species per se without hard evidence. Edit: this is the only time I've seen them as well as shieka referred to as different species from hylians but I've never actually understood the reasoning and logic behind that assumption.

[@s.e.n3264]

Genetic parasites. Gerudo town. Hyrule's greatest brothel???

[@BowsettesFury]

No way she put Genshin Impact Inazuma on this 😂

[@tomfool5460]

This randomly popped up in my recommended and when the video finished I instantly pressed on the big ol’ red button. the quality of the video was great and you explained everything concisely. Surprised you don’t have more subs! I hope that the KZbin algorithm is nice to you.

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it ^^

[@wichothagreat6326]

The sheikah also kept the best documented proof of the beginning and end of the calamity so their prejudice against the gerudo makes sense

[@alucardsdenial]

AAHHH!! THIS IS SOO COOL!! I CANT BELIEVE IM THE 100TH SUBSCRIBER!!

[@Drakenwild]

Hell yeah dude! :D

[@sledgen.]

You need at *least* 100 subs

[@Drakenwild]

10 left to go! :D

[@Link-Link]

She got em :)

[@Drakenwild]

@@Link-Link indeed!

[@sledgen.]

@@Link-Link she needs at least 200 subs now lol

[@Link-Link]

@@sledgen. She'll get them if she continues like that, mark my words

[@deoxysoverlord8710]

The only Gerudo I`d reproduce with is Ganondorf.

[@Oaki_the_Korok]

Great video!

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks man! :D

[@-Random.Internet.Femboy-]

You need more followers cuz damn this is such a good video, AND ONLY 182 LIKES!!!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you, I'm very happy you liked it :D

[@jaytahoe]

Great video. The lore runs deep

[@Drakenwild]

It really does!

[@FryingMike]

I never knew the lore was so deep. Gannon is the only male ? Is ganon even male? ???

[@Drakenwild]

Yes, he is a man and he is the only known Gerudo man in the wild era. In previous Zelda games it was said that there is a Gerudo man born every 100 years and this child grows up to become Gerudo's king. Wild era games seemed to have dropped this notion and now it's more like a mutation that occures randomly, at least in my opinion. Other people speculated that new Gerudo man hasn't been born in thousands of years in wild era because the previous one remained alive this entire time but personally I try to avoid divine intervention theories.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

If there were more males among them, they wouldn’t have this problem.

[@hunterdauer5832]

2:02 nah then wouldn’t they be viruses 💀

[@thexdfacedgamer2306]

The idea is simple. *Because it isn't.*

[@Channeldyhb]

Oh yeah, in tears of the Kingdom, there might be a Nonhetero relationship, specifically, the to gerudo women involved in the monster allergy quest During the battle for gerudo town, she can be seen as the only one with a ruby not A lizalfos horn i think, and then later with a fire pepper

[@Drakenwild]

Not sure I'm picking up what you're putting down.

[@Channeldyhb]

@@Drakenwild hold up

[@Channeldyhb]

@@Drakenwild no I was totally wrong, I must have hallucinated memories about the gerudo quest

[@Drakenwild]

@@Channeldyhb happens! Don't worry ^^

[@rockhuerta]

I was surprised Hylians weren't bred out

[@TheOneGuy1111]

Some notes: I would argue the Gerudo are not a parasitic _species,_ they are a parasitic _subspecies,_ since species are literally defined by who members of the species can reproduce with. We don't even know if it's _possible_ for Gerudo to be trans. It may be that whatever makes them all born physically female ensures they're all born mentally female too. Not saying this is necessarily the case, but it's a possibility we have to consider If there are trans Gerudo, one piece of evidence to support them being accepting of such is that they allow Gorons into their city. Gorons are male, but they reproduce asexually and are thus physically without sex. The fact that they are allowed in Gerudo Town implies that their restrictions prohibit those of the male sex, not those of the male gender. Finally, for some tangentially related theorycrafting, I think that the Gerudo did not evolve naturally, but were were rather once Hylians that were corrupted by Demise to spawn his incarnation (Ganondorf) and act as his army and harem. Of course, they've advanced beyond that, but they are biologically designed for this purpose.

[@Drakenwild]

To be honest, Gorons kind of strike me as genderless. I mean, they are basically Zelda variant of Earth Elementals.

[@TheOneGuy1111]

@@Drakenwild Physically, yes, but they are always referred to in masculine terms. Additionally, if you talk to one of the Gorons in Gerudo town, he has the line "Hang on... I thought men weren't allowed in this town... Why did they let me in?" implying that they do consider themselves to be male (or at the very least, he does).

[@Drakenwild]

@@TheOneGuy1111 good point!

[@Cretaceous158]

@@DrakenwildYet they seem to be able to occasionally breed with Hylians somehow, based on that one guy from LBW who is the sage of fire.

[@leftdreamer6881]

It would be neat if you do a continuation of this topic with TOTK

[@Drakenwild]

I do plan to eventually but it will take a while to get there.

[@leftdreamer6881]

@@Drakenwild take all the time you need!

[@gabegu5102]

It may just be style of the art but the Gerudos ears used to be more rounded in the past and now in the future they are pointed. To me it seems like some of the Hyland and Sheka dna is becoming dominant in some of their visible traits

[@Drakenwild]

It's possible. Or just Gerudo with pointier ears had better luck finding partners.

[@hoopa6477]

I do wonder how gerudo Town maintains a population when they don't allow males to enter, but eventually leave so they can have children

[@Drakenwild]

It honestly just depeds on how often they leave to do that. If on average every single Gerudo does leave and get a child at least once in her life, they are at a net zero.

[@DominicRobinson-ju7st]

WHY is there genshin music in this vid......

[@Drakenwild]

@@DominicRobinson-ju7st because it sounds nice.

[@mogaku776]

I hadn't thought of it like that.

[@Drakenwild]

:)

[@ReadMe_8]

link was roaming around under their sexy noses the whole time

[@benjaminstiles]

The accent sort of hit me like the Boston Molasses Disaster, or, more accurately the Dublin Whiskey Fire. Not disliked, but dang that had a PUNCH on the first hearing.

[@Drakenwild]

I'll take it as a compliment, lol

[@francisco646]

You should cover Gerudo anatomy in equally in-depth detail next. For science. 👋 🥵👌

[@Drakenwild]

Science is very important, yes.

[@TheGameNerd13]

Loved the video and with the release of totk we now know that all young gerudo are required to live for a time at gerudo town also you didnt talk about the fact that male Goron are allowed in the town

[@Drakenwild]

I didn't talk about those Gorons because from the dialogue I was under the impression that Gerudo thought that they were women.

[@justsomenumpty]

I thought that Gorons were a sexless species because they’re literally just rocks but sentient

[@Drakenwild]

@@justsomenumpty as far as I'm aware it's rather unclear? I don't remember exactly though, haven't done a deep dive on them yet.

[@Cretaceous158]

@@justsomenumptyThey seem to either have biological sexes that do not change anything socially for them, or have both organs. Darunia has a couple of Hylians as descendants in the fallen hero timeline.

[@docAvid314]

Hah, this video has a fairly abrupt ending. The core problem with considering Gerudo to be parasites is the question of whether they are even a different species from Hylians, and of course, if they can interbreed, they are not. Beyond that, Kokiri/Koroks and Sheika are clearly not separate species, and there is reasonable evidence that Zora, Rito, and maybe even Goron, are all, as the games actually do describe them, different tribes, of the same species. Some magic imbedded in the fabric of Hyrule, may make them seem very different, at times, but that doesn't mean they are not the same at the heart.

[@Drakenwild]

I tend to treat all of those groups except Hylians and Sheikah as different species. They are called tribes but outside of science we also don't consider tomato to be a fruit. Language doesn't always conform to these kinds of divisions. Also worth considering that the tribe label might not be internal thing in Hyrule. They also could be called that because they are a tribe of a wider group (of Gorons, for instance) that lives outside of Hyrule. We know for sure that at least Zora have other domains.

[@nanisarchive2042]

Yoo Where is your background music from? It's sick and lovely to listen to!

[@Drakenwild]

Various games. In order of use: - Death's Door - Hall of Doors - Death's Door - Estate of the Urn Witch - Death's Door - Overgrown Ruins - Death's Door - Mushroom Dungeon - Genshin Impact - Streets of Elegance - Pokemon Legends Arceus - Jubilife Village - Octopath Traveler - Jewel of the Forest - Musashiden II Blademaster Aeolic Guardian

[@nanisarchive2042]

Thank you so much!!♡ keep up the awrsome work!

[@Drakenwild]

No problem! :D

[@Minus_bf_but_freaky]

Gerudo women so hot like my god if i was there id melt in two ways 🥵🥵🥵

[@ericsanders9847]

That is an interesting video about the gerudos

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed :D

[@Link-Link]

Amazing!

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed! :D

[@Cosmosis-86]

This is why Ganondorf ran for the high hills 😜

[@ethangnasher3848]

I don't mind the Gerudo... Aside the strange thing about voes not allowed inside considering Ganondorf happens anyway.

[@Drakenwild]

I believe it was explained that no voes allowed happened specifically because of Ganondorf.

[@ethangnasher3848]

@@Drakenwild Me just trying to warn the Gerudo authorities about something but don't have the time to crossdress: Oh sorry am I Ganondorf? Do I look like Ganondorf? I'm just here to deliver urgent news for the goddesses' sake! I got no time for this weird cultural thing that will disappear if I ain't able to deliver the message! *Has to crossdress anyway to deliver the message.*

[@daemondoodles]

Hang on, ok, that bit about Gerudo children always being only Gerudo. I've heard that around a lot. Where does it come from? Can you point me in the direction of a canon source? I need one for a project I'm working on and I just can't find it.

[@Drakenwild]

Great question. There is no source. Basically, across all games, we haven't seen a confirmed child of a Gerudo that wasn't fully Gerudo in race. We only ever saw Gerudo (children and adults) that don't have traits of other races, except some variations in skin color. Thus, we presume no mixed race Gerudo offspring until proven otherwise. It goes back to Russell's Teapot argument: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot Hope this helps!

[@daemondoodles]

@@Drakenwild Got it, thanks. Also, neat, somehow I haven't heard of that before

[@Drakenwild]

@@daemondoodles no problem! And it is neat, though unfortunately it doesn't come up much outside the scientific debate community, even though it's applicable to a lot of problems.

[@daemondoodles]

@@Drakenwild Some kind guy on Reddit actually found a real source and shared it with me, so if you're interested, it was said by the script director Toru Osawa. I can't find the primary source but it's shown in a Zeltik video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6TEdnhvrchjfac

[@Drakenwild]

Nice, thanks!

[@ViolaDragon621]

Lol I need to take one of those relationship classes, I barely even know how to talk to people of any gender

[@Drakenwild]

@@ViolaDragon621 don't go to Gerudo with this, they're absolutely clueless lol

[@henryhamernik4794]

So what you’re saying is that the Guerudo are canons milfs?

[@WhyIsWillowHere]

Awesome!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed it :D

[@estrielmoo8885]

Wait, you only have 100 subs? Remember me when you get famous lol

[@Drakenwild]

Yesterday I had 62, lol. Thanks for stopping by :D

[@fierceditiesnaruto]

You sound amazing! Sorry if this doesn't add anything to your subject.

[@Drakenwild]

It's fine xD Thank you, I'm glad you liked my voice ^^

[@jan.akisa.]

not very related to the video but what do you think about gorons being ace? my headcanon has been that all gorons are aroace because there is no eveidence of goron relationships, and also all gorons are allowed into gerudo town, implying that they arent men

[@Drakenwild]

Yea, I always thought Gorons are genderless and aroace. And, though the thought is a bit distressing, they probably multiply through gemmation or fragmentation/regeneration, because they are essentially earth elementals. A method along those lines would fit them well.

[@jan.akisa.]

@@Drakenwild yeah ive heard some people suggest that they reproduce through budding from the rocks on their backs

[@Drakenwild]

@@jan.akisa. yup, that seems like a spot more suited for that kind of thing than an arm or a leg. Perhaps when new buds get large enough they break off while gorns roll and grow into young gorons from there?

[@generaltechnomage306]

I have another question for this vid: How privileged do you think Gerudo men are? Since male privilege is a myth for the other human races (trust me on this), I'd assume that Gerudo men are more privileged than other human men, though also not as privileged as Mithra men from Final Fantasy 11. Privilege I deduce that Gerudo men have are not being treated as expendable and not being required to do hard manual labor, dirty jobs, or soul-crushing desk jobs. On the other hand, Gerudo men are still expected to join their women on the frontlines of a war (and other things like joining them in hunting trips) in order to make them better leaders. By contrast, Mithra men (while they have higher male birth rates than the Gerudo do, it's not confirmed whether or not the Mithra can crossbreed with other races) are kept sheltered and confined to their home country due to low male birth rates (it's even stated that in Mithran society, the men are tasked with taking care of children (while the women are the ones tasked with the fighting and leadership roles), and the life of a homemaker tends to be a privileged one); that's also probably why Mithran society is a matriarchal one, since Mithran kings, unlike Mithran queens, would not be expected to join their soldiers on the front lines of a war. However, I will mention that there is one male Mithra leader in FF11, and he's turned out to be a great leader. TLDR: What do you think of Gerudo male privilege?

[@Drakenwild]

Given the cultural stigma men have due to Ganondorf, I don't think they are privilege at all. If they are born and stay within the society, they do so hidden, otherwise, they are more than likely either cast out or killed. Gerudo don't exactly need to keep them safe in order to secure their survival after all. That said, it seems the culture surrounding Gerudo men has been different before Ganondorf made a mess of things. In TotK Gerudo followed him and it seems like his reign resulted in a Gerudo civil war. It's all conjecture because we don't have much on Zonai era Gerudo, but I feel like the root of the male stigma is largely political, a result of a power struggle between the chief family at the time and Ganondorf.

[@generaltechnomage306]

@@Drakenwild Yeah, I completely forgot to take into account the modern times of Zelda; thanks for the reminder. 😅

[@generaltechnomage306]

@@Drakenwild But for Zonai era and Ocarina era Gerudo men, how would you rate their amount of privilege, on a scale of 1 (human men) to 10 (Mithra men)?

[@Drakenwild]

@@generaltechnomage306 I have no idea who Mithra are.

[@generaltechnomage306]

@@Drakenwild Well, I gave some details about them in my original comment.

[@joel-uw2lg]

So to sum it up lesbian paradise nonbinary paradise Trans men hell because of ganondorf and just general sexism

[@Drakenwild]

Pretty much, yup. Honestly, seeing that guy locked up for trying to contact his wife and daughter was heartbreaking.

[@joel-uw2lg]

@@Drakenwild dlc better be a prison break quest for thay one guy

[@Drakenwild]

@@joel-uw2lg I'd get him out of there in a heart beat. Tbh, I find it frustrating that you can relay some information to him but not to his wife or daughter. I tried.

[@joel-uw2lg]

@@Drakenwild the legend of wabbin: prison break for his child

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

Yes

[@Frogofwiseness]

My headcanon is that the gerudo secret club is for trans and sapphic gerudo

[@robinlayley4758]

What about the biological male trans female gerudo that you get the vai armour from in botw in order to get into gerudo town

[@generaltechnomage306]

That person is actually stated to be a Hylian.

[@Drakenwild]

^ what he said. Pretty sure it is confirmed that this person is a Hylian and not Gerudo.

[@Link-Link]

1k views! Ik you could do it, congrats : )

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks man!!! :D

[@sueflewelling3657]

good video is it ok if I ask you a question?

[@Drakenwild]

Sure, ask away!

[@sueflewelling3657]

@@Drakenwild ok so we know that gerudo are mosly female and since ganondorf is technically still alive so there hasn't beam a male gerudo in a very long time and they have to mate with hylian this got me thinking so we know link reincarnat every time gamindorf comes back so let say one of links relatives or a incarnation of link himself had a child with a gerudo and now all of link descendent are for now on gerudo. now let say ganondorf is coming back and the hero is now reincarnated dose this mean there is now a another male gerudo?

[@Drakenwild]

My understanding is that gender in Gerudo isn't magically tied to being Ganondorf. There were rare Gerudo men before Ganondorf, there could be after. So I'd say that it would be possible to have two of them be Gerudo men at once, just extremely unlikely because they are so rare. Also not sure if the spirit of a hero demands to be in a male body. Gerudo Linkle would be cool to play as.

[@sueflewelling3657]

@@Drakenwild i know on demands on the hero being male i just thought it be interesting to see these greatest enemies one being separated races now there coming from the same race would be a interesting concept. I'm honestly surprised no one hase mad a video about that anyway thank you for answering my question

[@Drakenwild]

@@sueflewelling3657 no problem! And yea, it would be interesting to see!

[@FuryJack07]

Welp, I guess I just subscribed to yet another KZbinr with less than 300 subscribers... Let's see how this goes!

[@Drakenwild]

I hope you won't be disappointed, lol

[@JohnPD88]

On another note, does anyone know the music used throughout the video 😭

[@Drakenwild]

@@JohnPD88 don't remember exactly anymore but I'd bet on a lot of Octopath Traveler and a bit of Death's Door. (And something else probably but like I said.)

[@magdalenlowery9646]

Are the people from luralin village hylians? Or something else.

[@zacharypeterson1331]

Arn’t getudo, hylians, and sheika just humans like hylians are humans of hyrulina descent that have pointed ears like we actually do see hylian getudo interbred people it’s allll of the they have pointed ears inherited from hylians as well as there eye color variation other than yellow

[@christopherwalkerbeltrangu5427]

What Accent it's that? I can't figure from where could it be from?

[@Drakenwild]

Poland!

[@christopherwalkerbeltrangu5427]

@Drakenwild 🙀🙀🙀