I was reading an article online and read this. I't makes perfect sense and best of all it doesn't label Link as dead and I found it really interesting and completely agreeable with. What do you think?
He doesn't die in the timeline A,he just disappears.Why?Because when Link returns to the child timeline after knowing of his role as the adult link/hero of time,he returns to a certain point with knowledge and items that he did not possess before.So when he gets back to the child Hyrule,it's not the same but a mirrored one,in which his newer actions are taken into account.
So when Nintendo says that Link failed,they did not make canon his death:the hyrule he left and can't return to is the Hyrule of this timeline and Link fails by not existing in said timeline,not by dying.
In essence,the entire timeline only gets somewhat troublesome for some due to the branching that Ocarina of Time operated on the entire mythos;with this official timeline,however,prior variables are now encompassed as follows:
A- Link fails (the Link to the Past era)
B- Link is victorious and sent back,leaving adult Zelda on her own (the wind waker era);
C- The Link that was sent back warns young zelda (in a mirrored hyrule) and travels to termina (the Twilight Era).
Now, I do not consider this theory flawless for one reason:the constant time travel in Ocarina of Time.when young Link comes back from the future,the past changes,correct;however,this means that Link fails in various mirrored Hyrules that he abandons while travelling through time. So ALTTP and subsequent games may occur in another timeline that isn't the original one,but one of the mirrored ones from the various time travels.And they may not even occur in the same timeline between themselves.Therefore,the timeline itself would depend of player experience in an entirely subjective demeanour and canon would be appropriated by the player,thus reducing the canon to a formality.
To put it simple when Link travels back in time for the shadow temple and spirit temple to do the child stuff. He returns and makes the past split again or atleast this is how I understand it. I just hate to think that Link failed and Ganondorf killed him or he got lost in the water temple or committed suicide for not being able to beat the running man even with cheating.
What are your opinions..?
He doesn't die in the timeline A,he just disappears.Why?Because when Link returns to the child timeline after knowing of his role as the adult link/hero of time,he returns to a certain point with knowledge and items that he did not possess before.So when he gets back to the child Hyrule,it's not the same but a mirrored one,in which his newer actions are taken into account.
So when Nintendo says that Link failed,they did not make canon his death:the hyrule he left and can't return to is the Hyrule of this timeline and Link fails by not existing in said timeline,not by dying.
In essence,the entire timeline only gets somewhat troublesome for some due to the branching that Ocarina of Time operated on the entire mythos;with this official timeline,however,prior variables are now encompassed as follows:
A- Link fails (the Link to the Past era)
B- Link is victorious and sent back,leaving adult Zelda on her own (the wind waker era);
C- The Link that was sent back warns young zelda (in a mirrored hyrule) and travels to termina (the Twilight Era).
Now, I do not consider this theory flawless for one reason:the constant time travel in Ocarina of Time.when young Link comes back from the future,the past changes,correct;however,this means that Link fails in various mirrored Hyrules that he abandons while travelling through time. So ALTTP and subsequent games may occur in another timeline that isn't the original one,but one of the mirrored ones from the various time travels.And they may not even occur in the same timeline between themselves.Therefore,the timeline itself would depend of player experience in an entirely subjective demeanour and canon would be appropriated by the player,thus reducing the canon to a formality.
To put it simple when Link travels back in time for the shadow temple and spirit temple to do the child stuff. He returns and makes the past split again or atleast this is how I understand it. I just hate to think that Link failed and Ganondorf killed him or he got lost in the water temple or committed suicide for not being able to beat the running man even with cheating.
What are your opinions..?
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