Link Floyd
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In Breath of the Wild, we have dogs, wolves, goats, and of course, viscous half horse half lion things called Lynels. But we never see any cats, do we? Where did they go? We see them in TP, specifically gathered by that golden guy's house in Castle Town, so they have existed in Hyrule at some point.
First of all, we have to consider BotW's placement in the Zelda timeline. If the game takes place in the Downfall Timeline, it's very likely that they never existed in Hyrule at all, since we never saw them before and during OoT.
Same goes for the Adult Timeline. There is no evidence for cats existing in this era either.
So with all of that in mind, our attention goes to the Child Timeline. As far as I know, they only appear in TP. And there's no NPC that mentions they own a cat or anything in any other game.
So could the existence of cats be the key to figuring out BotW's placement in the timeline? And what about their existence in TP? What happened to them after that and in the other timelines? Maybe they adapted and turned into an enemy (possibly WW Keese) and we just never saw them as cats before? What do you think?
First of all, we have to consider BotW's placement in the Zelda timeline. If the game takes place in the Downfall Timeline, it's very likely that they never existed in Hyrule at all, since we never saw them before and during OoT.
Same goes for the Adult Timeline. There is no evidence for cats existing in this era either.
So with all of that in mind, our attention goes to the Child Timeline. As far as I know, they only appear in TP. And there's no NPC that mentions they own a cat or anything in any other game.
So could the existence of cats be the key to figuring out BotW's placement in the timeline? And what about their existence in TP? What happened to them after that and in the other timelines? Maybe they adapted and turned into an enemy (possibly WW Keese) and we just never saw them as cats before? What do you think?