#honestly on some level my newfound loathing of hyrule is just spite

[gay-jesus-probably]

...Okay yeah she's a Queen, not a cop, but like this game outright informs us all that Hyrule is an imperialist country that forcibly annexes its neighbors, and considers all non-Hylians to be inherently inferior races who exist only to serve Hyrule, specifically the royal family. And as the Queen and one of the founders of this autocratic nightmare, Sonia absolutely carries the blame for the horrific situation. She totally had it coming, keep up the good work Ganondorf!

Yeah I know the game presents Hyrule as being Pure Good, but like. They also outright say that Rauru and Sonia have been repeatedly demanding that an independent nation submit and become annexed into Hyrule, and then the game suggests this was wrong because they should have been forcibly annexing the Gerudo instead. Japan has a massive problem with nationalism, and my god does it ever show in this game. They've convinced me that Ganondorf is a good leader trying to stop his people from being annexed and subjugated, it's just that the game thinks that imperialism is good so Ganon fighting against his oppressors makes him evil apparently.