I'm doing nothing of the sort. There are no ruins in the clearing where you find the Master Sword. With all the nitpicks you've made about similar temples, now any forest you find the Master Sword in is the same place?
You're the one using the Master Sword being stored in the ToT as part of your argument, which implied that you acknowledge that it was a former ToT.
And I'm not saying its just any forest... I'm saying it's the same forest... the exact same place as the Master Sword was found in during ALttP and ALBW, which has been confirmed to have once been a temple.
BotW is the most uncertain title in the series and the least wise to base theories on, but here we go. There is still only one ToT and one sword pedestal in that game. The royal family is not just guarding the Master Sword as they have in other games; they are in full possession of it and allowing knights to wield it if they can. If the Sword pedestal can be moved at all, this is by far the most likely time for it to have been moved. When a small object that's missing from a building is found in another area we don't have to assume that there are actually two of each.
The theory hasn't been based on BotW... it's been about for years... BotW just provided solid evidence to support it.
I don't know where that nonsense about the royal family guarding the Master Sword came from... they know about it, but Link is the only one who wields it, and it is implied that he had to retrieve it from the pedestal in the forest in order to do so.
It has only been found within close proximity of the royal family on three occasions... SS (technically the Goddess sword, and the royal family hadn't been established), OoT and WW (both of which had it being used to seal something away)... pretty much every other appearance (four to be precise) has seen it having been left in the forest.
It's also worth pointing out that only the pedestal in OoT is referred to as the Pedestal of Time... every other appearance refers to it as either the Master Sword's Pedestal, or just a pedestal... so there's no reason to think it is always the same pedestal.
Also, where it is found in BotW bears a strong resemblance to where it is found in ALttP and ALBW, which has been confirmed to be the remains of a temple.
And any layperson would tell you it's pretty damn close.
Which just means any layperson would be wrong.
You're drawing a funny line between architectual differences and artistic ones in a video game. But if we're mentioning renovation over the years then we're not caring about the fact that it used be more ruined than it currently is.
You clearly don't understand the difference between architectural differences and artistic representation... the former is fixed, the latter can vary.
Only your theory would mean it had been more ruined in the past than it currently is, and what we're seeing it not consistent with the reconstruction that would have been needed... the three ToT theory would make it a progressive decay over time, with only a reasonable amount of renovation, which would be expected.
I mentioned wood because it would rot in thousands of years, indicating the structure was in good condition not that long ago.
The BotW ToT appears to have been in use until the time of the calamity 100 years before BotW... I'm not denying that... nor does it conflict with anything I've said. But for the record, wood is actually capable of surviving for centuries given the right conditions.
All three places share the same theme. Except it's exactly the same music when it's in the same state of repair, and only an echo of its former self when the temple is only an echo of its former self. At any rate, music is just the greatest of the many similarities that I was pointing out.
So why does the TP ToT not feature an 'echo' variation of the theme when it is in it's decaying state? It's actually not referred to as the ToT in the present of TP at all... the name only appears when you go to the past. This would imply that it was no longer the ToT by the time of TP.
And if you're so fixated on places sharing the same theme having to be the exact same place, then how would you explain the fact that the Sacred Grove shares the same theme as the Lost Woods?
The only circular structure would be the pool of water, and the area around that is decidely square. The one in BotW has no town square around it. There is room for one perhaps, but all you actually see are staircases and temples. The buildings between the fountain and the ToT are temples to the creation goddesses. I honestly think both are supposed to be the old town square as the hints would imply, but the distinction you are trying to make is not supported.
I'm talking about the circular stone wall that surrounds the area the fountain-esque structure is in... it's not an open square, it's an enclosed space... not a town square.
But it clearly is a town square in BotW... most of the buildings have been destroyed, and it's been scaled up from its OoT appearance, but it is still quite clear to see that it is a town square.