I don't understand... Are those terms... somehow... in conflict?
... Well if Nintendo's going for the more 'mature' games option it would certainly be one way of handling it... XD

I agree on the tomboyish ass-kicking front, she does need to kick ass in her own right. SSBM and the final Wind Waker battle nonwithstanding. Also, she needs pants. I see her with a pretty princess outfit at first, and then shimmying down some ivy in leggings and a tunic to ride across country behind Link on his horse. Singing the theme-tune to Rawhide, of course.

(But where is this art of which the forthcoming article speaks? I'm tired of speculation!)