Talk:Zelda Timeline: Difference between revisions

:::::::::::Actually, I don't think Link just dies. You see, it's actually quite simple. There is an original timeline, let's call this one timeline A. On OOT, Link sets out for Hyrule Castle, meets Zelda and goes to the Temple of Time. When he takes the Master Sword out of the pedestal, he doesn't travel in time nor create any alternate timelines. He just sleeps for 7 years. After that, he meets Sheik and starts awakening the Sages. But at some point, when going to either the Spirit or the Shadow Temple, he needs to go back to his childhood (to enter the Spirit Temple's passage to the right or get the Lens of Truth on the Bottom of the Well). After putting the Master Sword on the Pedestal of Time, he time travels 7 years back in time and at the same time, returns to being a child. That's the beginning of the Adult Timeline, which we will call timeline B. Now here's the interesting part: Link is no longer on timeline A, so Ganondorf succeeds in his plan but the Sages stop him and imprison him (Imprisoning War). But from the point of view of someone from timeline A, Link failed/died in his quest. However, he just went from a timeline from another. Back to timeline B, Link awakens all other Sages and fights Ganondorf. He defeats him and Zelda sends him back to his childhood again. Zelda is left alone on this destroyed Hyrule from timeline B, but they eventually reconstruct it and the backstory of TWW happens. But what about Link? Well, he's not back to the childhood from timeline B. He's now on a third timeline, called the Child Timeline. The Master Sword returns to its correct place and Link goes to meet Zelda again. From the player's view, the game ends and there's nothing more, but in fact, Link tells Zelda of what Ganondorf is going to do to Hyrule. He also uses his Triforce of Courage to prove that everything is true, and the Royal Family decides to arrest Ganon before he does anything. Years later, the Sages use a white sword made by themselves to execute Ganondorf for his horrific plans. This Ganon didn't even get the Triforce yet, but according to developers, by some "divine prank", he actually has the Triforce of Power and survives, thus starting TP. I know this is long and all, but I tried to be as detailed as possible. --[[User:Zelda Fan 123|Zelda Fan 123]] 13:04, 29 December 2011 (EST)

:::::::::(backing this up a few notches for space) That's my theory too, but it's only a theory.  It's ''likely'' got to do with the return to childhood for the Spirit Temple, but we can't say for certain since it's not official.  Still, I stand by my statement that we don't need to know what caused the third branch to know it exists. --[[User:KingStarscream|KingStarscream]] 15:42, 29 December 2011 (EST)

:The part I always have qualms with is that Majora's Mask and Wind Waker are on opposite sides of the timeline. The reason for this is that the backstory for Wind Waker clearly mentions the Hero of Time leaving Hyrule for another, unknown land. It's quite obviously referring to Termina. Wind Waker should most certainly have a tie to Majora's Mask. (Plus the fact that Majora's Mask and Wind Waker are abbreviated as MM and WW, respectively, which can be flipped to get the abbreviation for the other title. But that seems unlikely to be anything more than a fun fact.) [[User:Kyro-Dizzy|Kyro-Dizzy]]