we read an article for my gender & media studies class about portrayals of female characters in video games. it talked about zelda (and seemed to be written post ocarina of time), but surprisingly (to me) didn't mention sheik. since we're supposed to be thinking about final paper topics, i thought, ooh, i could write about the evolution of zelda as a character.
then i did some preliminary googling and found that someone already did their thesis on the topic:
The Princess and the Platformer: The Evolving Heroine in Nintendo Adventure Games
so maybe i won't do my paper on this topic, but it's an interesting read if you're at all interested in video games/feminism.
I think we might be psychic because I definitely found and read that paper for research.
Writing academically about video games must be the new trend.