I'm pretty confused-- honestly, dumbfounded-- as to the belief that the 10,000 years separating the creation of the guardians and the events of BotW occurs directly between BotW and the preceding game on the timeline (whichever timeline that may be).
As though somehow the events of-- humor me-- FSA occurred, and then the guardians were created, the Sheikah thrived, Ganon was sealed away.... then 10,000 years transpired... and then BotW. What?!
It seems clear to me that the events of 10,000 years ago are the events we see in the prologue to SS, for several reasons:
1. Most Zelda games take place only centuries or so apart. This has either been acknowledged by developers in some cases, or generally accepted by fans in others. Why break that rule now? 10,000 years is a period of time exceeding the entire history of human civilization, hell, the entire history of farminng. There's no way Hyrule could have persisted for 10,000 years so unchanged. And don't tell me, "it's magic!" Magic can't undo the corrosion governments, of infrastructure and economies; it can't hinder the progress of technology or human development, either.
2. What do we know about the period preceding Skyward Sword, the Era of Hylia? Mainly, two things: 1. There was an abundance of future era, bluish, robotic technology, and, 2. The Sheikah were prevalent.
What do we know about the era of 10,000 years preceding BotW? I'm not answering that, it's meant to be rhetorical.
3. 10,000 pre-BotW, the guardians and divine beasts were utilized in sealing a monstrous, primal evil, Calamity Ganon. They don't seem to be necessary in combating any other mode of malice, such as that which takes a human form.
Thus, in the instance that the events of 10,000 years ago are in fact the same from SS's prologue, it seems fitting that they would go unused for the majority of other games, as the antagonist in those games was never a formless, mindless essence of evil. Calamity Ganon, then, isn't in fact even Ganondorf, but the essence of Demise, named Ganon by the Hyruliand simply because that is the name most associated with that evil conscience.
This can explain why most characters reference the events of 10,000 years ago rather than referring to the most recent appearnance of Ganondorf.
As though somehow the events of-- humor me-- FSA occurred, and then the guardians were created, the Sheikah thrived, Ganon was sealed away.... then 10,000 years transpired... and then BotW. What?!
It seems clear to me that the events of 10,000 years ago are the events we see in the prologue to SS, for several reasons:
1. Most Zelda games take place only centuries or so apart. This has either been acknowledged by developers in some cases, or generally accepted by fans in others. Why break that rule now? 10,000 years is a period of time exceeding the entire history of human civilization, hell, the entire history of farminng. There's no way Hyrule could have persisted for 10,000 years so unchanged. And don't tell me, "it's magic!" Magic can't undo the corrosion governments, of infrastructure and economies; it can't hinder the progress of technology or human development, either.
2. What do we know about the period preceding Skyward Sword, the Era of Hylia? Mainly, two things: 1. There was an abundance of future era, bluish, robotic technology, and, 2. The Sheikah were prevalent.
What do we know about the era of 10,000 years preceding BotW? I'm not answering that, it's meant to be rhetorical.
3. 10,000 pre-BotW, the guardians and divine beasts were utilized in sealing a monstrous, primal evil, Calamity Ganon. They don't seem to be necessary in combating any other mode of malice, such as that which takes a human form.
Thus, in the instance that the events of 10,000 years ago are in fact the same from SS's prologue, it seems fitting that they would go unused for the majority of other games, as the antagonist in those games was never a formless, mindless essence of evil. Calamity Ganon, then, isn't in fact even Ganondorf, but the essence of Demise, named Ganon by the Hyruliand simply because that is the name most associated with that evil conscience.
This can explain why most characters reference the events of 10,000 years ago rather than referring to the most recent appearnance of Ganondorf.