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This may have come up before, if so I apologize, but I've not seen the explanation for it.
I find a glaring plot hole with Zelda's lineage as it unfolds in TOTK.
In the flashback memories: Sonia, and Rauru are the founders of Hyrule, and supposedly Zelda's ancestors, the first of the Hylian Royal line.
In the flashback memories: Mineru states that she feels both of the powers Sonia, and Rauru respectively command present in Zelda. Reinforcing the image that the Royal couple are indeed related to Zelda.
My confusion with this bit of information and the issue that I can't latch onto is, how are they related? During the cutscene memories both Sonia, and Rauru die. There was no mention of them having children, not even a child unobtrusively visible in the memories, or a brief story inscribed on one of the tablets.
While both Sonia and Rauru are indeed the founders of the Hylian Royal line, they seemingly died without leaving prodigy. How can they be related (as the cut scenes imply) to the modern Royal bloodline of Hyrule, and hence Zelda?
For that matter, how can they be related to the modern Royal bloodline anywhere beyond the Imprisoning War? Hylian Royalty may have been continued by another couple being corinated but that would have created a separate bloodline unrelated to Sonia, and Rauru.
It seems to be lazy writing to just impose something as important as direct lineage while leaving out such a small, but all important detail as a child. Especially as children are often utilized in storylines throughout both BOTW, and TOTK.
I find a glaring plot hole with Zelda's lineage as it unfolds in TOTK.
In the flashback memories: Sonia, and Rauru are the founders of Hyrule, and supposedly Zelda's ancestors, the first of the Hylian Royal line.
In the flashback memories: Mineru states that she feels both of the powers Sonia, and Rauru respectively command present in Zelda. Reinforcing the image that the Royal couple are indeed related to Zelda.
My confusion with this bit of information and the issue that I can't latch onto is, how are they related? During the cutscene memories both Sonia, and Rauru die. There was no mention of them having children, not even a child unobtrusively visible in the memories, or a brief story inscribed on one of the tablets.
While both Sonia and Rauru are indeed the founders of the Hylian Royal line, they seemingly died without leaving prodigy. How can they be related (as the cut scenes imply) to the modern Royal bloodline of Hyrule, and hence Zelda?
For that matter, how can they be related to the modern Royal bloodline anywhere beyond the Imprisoning War? Hylian Royalty may have been continued by another couple being corinated but that would have created a separate bloodline unrelated to Sonia, and Rauru.
It seems to be lazy writing to just impose something as important as direct lineage while leaving out such a small, but all important detail as a child. Especially as children are often utilized in storylines throughout both BOTW, and TOTK.