VitaTempusN92 said:
Actually, since Dark Link technically isn't really Link, he should be able talk. Besides, if the Hero's Shade (who is technically a Link incarnation or in this case more like a Dark Link) can talk so can Dark Link.
The Hero's Shade isn't an incarnation of the Hero of Time, he
is the Hero of Time. An incarnation would refer to that being taking on the form of a physical manifestation or a physical existence so-to-say. I definitely wouldn't say the Hero's Shade is of a physical existence, but more so of a spiritual being that Link connects with due to being related to him in some fashion. He certainly isn't the reborn Hero of Time, more so his spirt, as shown as it seems like only Link can see him and why we are transported to a place that could make reference to the heavens or the inner chambers of Link's mind.
Yes it does. Did you not see the three Dark Links in the scene in TP in which Lanayru was talking about the Dark Interlopers? Think about it, out of all Zelda villains why would they Dark Link in that scene? Obviously Dark Link must play a big role in the series.
Well Dark Link appearing in
Twilight Princess was a cameo, much like it was in
Spirit Tracks - I wouldn't look too deep into it. The Dark Links are more of reference to the "bad side" of someone, so in reference in that scene - the bad side of Link. People lusted after this power, shown by Link and Ilia, but Link makes it and suddenly turns into a darker form of himself (his dark/bad side). I see that as more of a symbolic scene, the Interlopers take on this appearance to represent the bad, but I would still say this is more of a symbolism to what I mentioned earlier.
VitaTempusN92 said:
SS further confirms this but very faintly with the scene from the first visit to the sealed grounds where Demise as the Imprisoned clearly places a shadow curse within Link's head. Later in SS, Demise brings up about that curse to Link as tells him that because of the curse, while in the process of Demise becoming Ganondorf, an incarnation of his hatred is born from the curse from within Link's head as Shadow Link who is said to follow Link's and Zelda's kind, more especially Link's kind.
I'm not sure what you mean about The Imprisoned placing a curse on Link... Anyway, I see you have connected Demise's Curse to Shadow/Dark Link, which I'm seriously confused about. I actually don't believe that Demise placed a curse but instead was reiterating the balance of power in Hyrule already. The Triforce connects the three holders to one another and they always will be connected in some fashion when a unbalance occurs, as shown multiple times.
I wouldn't be so confused about you stating that it refers to Dark Link, but you didn't provide any evidence, so it just seems as if you are believing what you want to believe in order to back your overall theory up, which is fine, but to make theories believable, they have to have some sort of back bone.
VitaTempusN92 said:
This was later disregarded by HH via one of the dumbest remarks I've ever read, the part in the AoL section where they call Shadow Link just some trial glop thing.
Well
Hyrule Historia is canon, and as canon sources are hard to come by in this series, they are valuable and if we are to make
good theories then we have to take this information into account.
VitaTempusN92 said:
Dark Link can be meant do more than just fight Link. Dark Link is supposed to be like an Anti-Link, which like I just said can be meant for more than just fight Link. As an Anti-Link, Dark Link is against all that Link stands for and supports all that Link is against, like Ganon as well as the idea of terrorism upon Hyrule, which in process will eventually effect Link anyways. According to TP and SS (faintly), Dark Link obviously isn't supposed to be just some shadow figure who only fight Link, no, he's supposed be at least one of the leaders of the Dark Interlopers. Dark Link is supposed to be the opposite of Link as in the Villain rather than the Hero. You see, this makes Dark Link the true main antagonist of the series because of Link who is the main protagonist.
Well we know very little about the Interlopers, but let's go through what we know; the "Dark Interlopers" as you refered to, well they are actually know more as "Interlopers" - this refers to a person who intrudes or is in a place they are not meant to be. So essentially the word "interloper" is referring them to breaking into the Sacred Realm. The Interlopers are magic-wielders, most probably they are sorcerers, who excel in shadow magic, as why they are referred to as "dark". They wanted the Triforce for unknown reasons but were instead chased across Hyrule and sealed into the-now Twilight Realm.
I find it highly unlikely that the Interlopers have a leader as such, they seemed like individuals as far as I can tell, the figures in that scene were all the same, no stand out figure. Plus Lanayru always refers to them as "they" and "individuals", it's most likely, from this evidence that there was no leader. Let's say Dark Link is related to them, then he got sealed away right? How could he make countless appearances on the Timeline? Zant refers to them as being trapped without no escape, is Dark Link an exception this? It just didn't seem clear in my opinion, but more so a hasty conclusion that you have come to.