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Ok, so if you don't subscribe to the "Split Timeline Theory" then this does not apply to you. If you do then keep reading. I have seen a lot of versions of the timeline and one thing bothers me. In most versions, Twilight Princess takes place in the "child timeline". The commom reason seems to be that durring the cinematic at the Arbiter's Grounds Ganondorf is sentanced to death because he tries to conquer Hyrule. Thus this must be because Link, a child at the end of OoT, tells the king of the evil King's plans leading to his arrest. But I think there are some compelling reasons to conclude that this game could take place in the "adult timeline".
1- Durring the cinematic I mentioned above, Ganondorf survives his execution because of the power of the Triforce of Power. In the "child timeline" Ganondorf never got the Triforce so how could he use it to save himself. And to those who say that once he got it in the future he got it through all time periods, this is rediculous. If this was true then Link and Zelda would have also had their pieces in the past and OoT would have been a much different game.
2- Several very distinct references are made throughout TP which point to its placement in the "adult timeline".
First, at the beginning you get the Hero's Clothes which it strongly implies were once worn by the Link in OoT. But if this was the "child timeline", there was Hero of Time. If Ganondorf was executed before he could conquer Hyrule, then the events of OoT never happened and Link was just Link if you catch my meaning. The only one who would have known that Link was anything but a 'forest boy' was Zelda. Furthermore, Link in OoT didn't recieve his Hero's Clothes until he was an adult. So they would never have existed in the "child timeline".
Second, when you recieve the Zora's Tunic in TP Rutela says her husband, King Zora, made them for a great hero. this didn't happen until Link in OoT was an adult. So if this happened in the "child timeline", these could not possibly have been made for the Hero of Time.
And Third, we see the Biggoron Sword on display in Hyrule castle in TP. This sword was not completed and used by the Hero of Time until he was an adult. Again, this item would not exist in the "child timeline".
Oh and Fourth, the fishing hole in TP has a picture of the master fisherman from OoT holding the Hylian Loach caught by Link, which didn't happen until he was an adult.
Finaly, I think that certain geographical shifts can be best place in the "adult timeline". Most notably, after the "adult ending" of OoT the castle was left in ruins and would have had to been moved. This explains why the Temple of Time is no where near Castle Town in TP.
That is all for now. I want to eventually put up a timeline of my own but not until I finish examining the little nuances of the other games so that little hints and references don't get past me. :triforce:
1- Durring the cinematic I mentioned above, Ganondorf survives his execution because of the power of the Triforce of Power. In the "child timeline" Ganondorf never got the Triforce so how could he use it to save himself. And to those who say that once he got it in the future he got it through all time periods, this is rediculous. If this was true then Link and Zelda would have also had their pieces in the past and OoT would have been a much different game.
2- Several very distinct references are made throughout TP which point to its placement in the "adult timeline".
First, at the beginning you get the Hero's Clothes which it strongly implies were once worn by the Link in OoT. But if this was the "child timeline", there was Hero of Time. If Ganondorf was executed before he could conquer Hyrule, then the events of OoT never happened and Link was just Link if you catch my meaning. The only one who would have known that Link was anything but a 'forest boy' was Zelda. Furthermore, Link in OoT didn't recieve his Hero's Clothes until he was an adult. So they would never have existed in the "child timeline".
Second, when you recieve the Zora's Tunic in TP Rutela says her husband, King Zora, made them for a great hero. this didn't happen until Link in OoT was an adult. So if this happened in the "child timeline", these could not possibly have been made for the Hero of Time.
And Third, we see the Biggoron Sword on display in Hyrule castle in TP. This sword was not completed and used by the Hero of Time until he was an adult. Again, this item would not exist in the "child timeline".
Oh and Fourth, the fishing hole in TP has a picture of the master fisherman from OoT holding the Hylian Loach caught by Link, which didn't happen until he was an adult.
Finaly, I think that certain geographical shifts can be best place in the "adult timeline". Most notably, after the "adult ending" of OoT the castle was left in ruins and would have had to been moved. This explains why the Temple of Time is no where near Castle Town in TP.
That is all for now. I want to eventually put up a timeline of my own but not until I finish examining the little nuances of the other games so that little hints and references don't get past me. :triforce:
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