Okay, so we all know about the Song of Storms. In Ocarina of Time you learn it as Adult Link by talking to Guru Guru (guy at the Windmill). He's angry because a kid came and played the song, ruining the windmill. He teaches you the song, and you go into the past to play it for him, revealing that you were the kid.
We realize this is a paradox. Somehow it's an infinite loop. The timeline of these events goes like this:
1. Link plays the Song of Storms to Guru Guru in the Past.
2. Guru Guru teaches Link the song in the Future after learning it from Link in the Past.
3. Link travels back to the Past, going back to 1.
This is an infinite loop. Unless it was an act of god that created this loop, something had to happen with time travel to start this loop in the first place. I believe it was the events of Majora's Mask where Link learns the Song of Storms from the Composer Brothers of Termina.
I think we can all agree that when Ocarina of Time first came out the timeline split was not intended. The fans made it up and Nintendo decided to use it in canon. If this is the case, then the timeline of Ocarina of Time goes something like this:
1. Link pulls the Master Sword, sleeping for 7 years until the Future.
2. Link goes through the game, traveling back and forth in time to change things.
3. Link defeats Ganondorf, saving the world IN THE FUTURE.
4. Zelda sends Link back in time, without messing up the other Link sleeping in the Temple of Time.
5. This Link that was sent back travels to Termina without messing up the timeline.
What I'm proposing is that the Song of Storms was composed by Termina's Sharp and Flat, and only comes from Termina. This means the timeline continues like this:
6. Link learns the Song of Storms.
7. After the events of Majora's Mask conclude, Link heads BACK to Hyrule.
8. Link teaches the Song of Storms to Guru Guru while his past self is still sleeping, starting the infinite loop.
9. Link wakes up and learns the Song of Storms from Guru Guru.
10. Link travels back to the past and teaches Guru Guru the song.
11. Link defeats Ganondorf and is sent back in time.
12. Link goes to Termina, REMEMBERS the Song of Storms instead of learning it for the first time (according the game's actual text), and does not go back to teach it to Guru Guru since he learned it from him in the first place.
This effectively stops the events that created the loop (Link from Termina teaching Guru Guru the song for the first time), but the song persists because of the time loop.
Sorry for the long explanation, but time travel stuff made it necessary. Thoughts? And did I mess up somewhere and have to reword something?
We realize this is a paradox. Somehow it's an infinite loop. The timeline of these events goes like this:
1. Link plays the Song of Storms to Guru Guru in the Past.
2. Guru Guru teaches Link the song in the Future after learning it from Link in the Past.
3. Link travels back to the Past, going back to 1.
This is an infinite loop. Unless it was an act of god that created this loop, something had to happen with time travel to start this loop in the first place. I believe it was the events of Majora's Mask where Link learns the Song of Storms from the Composer Brothers of Termina.
I think we can all agree that when Ocarina of Time first came out the timeline split was not intended. The fans made it up and Nintendo decided to use it in canon. If this is the case, then the timeline of Ocarina of Time goes something like this:
1. Link pulls the Master Sword, sleeping for 7 years until the Future.
2. Link goes through the game, traveling back and forth in time to change things.
3. Link defeats Ganondorf, saving the world IN THE FUTURE.
4. Zelda sends Link back in time, without messing up the other Link sleeping in the Temple of Time.
5. This Link that was sent back travels to Termina without messing up the timeline.
What I'm proposing is that the Song of Storms was composed by Termina's Sharp and Flat, and only comes from Termina. This means the timeline continues like this:
6. Link learns the Song of Storms.
7. After the events of Majora's Mask conclude, Link heads BACK to Hyrule.
8. Link teaches the Song of Storms to Guru Guru while his past self is still sleeping, starting the infinite loop.
9. Link wakes up and learns the Song of Storms from Guru Guru.
10. Link travels back to the past and teaches Guru Guru the song.
11. Link defeats Ganondorf and is sent back in time.
12. Link goes to Termina, REMEMBERS the Song of Storms instead of learning it for the first time (according the game's actual text), and does not go back to teach it to Guru Guru since he learned it from him in the first place.
This effectively stops the events that created the loop (Link from Termina teaching Guru Guru the song for the first time), but the song persists because of the time loop.
Sorry for the long explanation, but time travel stuff made it necessary. Thoughts? And did I mess up somewhere and have to reword something?