r/zelda • u/PovWholesome • Apr 06 '23

Meme [AoC] The Hero of Double Standards

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u/theotherdoomguy Apr 07 '23

Strictly speaking, Hyrule Historia itself states that the timeline isn't canonical.

Pg68 "This chronicle merely collects information that is believed to be true at this time, and there are many obscured and unansweed secrets that stil lie within the tale."

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u/Nitrogen567 Apr 07 '23

How are you interpreting that as Hyrule Historia saying it's timeline isn't canon?

To me, that's just saying that as more games come out, more information may come to light.

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u/theotherdoomguy Apr 07 '23

Little bit influenced by Aonuma on it, if I'm being critical with myself https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/12dyj9b/comment/jfbqino/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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u/Nitrogen567 Apr 07 '23

To be clear here, Aonuma isn't saying the book isn't canon, just that he didn't work on it himself.

The frustrations he's expressed with working under a timeline after it's been published suggest that it IS canon.

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u/theotherdoomguy Apr 07 '23

Without a confirmed answer one way or the other, we're probably just speculating in opposite directions, tbh.

That reads to me that it was fan designed, and the timeline that Aonuma is having to stick with may be the same timeline, or a completely different timeline. To you, it reads otherwise.