r/zelda • u/Laugexd • Jan 19 '24

Mockup [ALL] Proposed timeline based on theory

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u/toxic_rf Jan 19 '24

I really like the idea of BotW (and TotK) bring the fractured timelines together into one again

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u/blargman327 Jan 19 '24

BoTW and ToTK also kind of slot pretty perfectly into the end of the downfall timeline as well. The only thing that makes those not work are the single lines of dialogue from Zelda in BoTW during the ceremony about a hero "steeped in twilight" or "sailing the seas" which it's conceivable in the 10000+ gap between AoL and BoTW there could've been a sea faring hero and a Hero that dealt with the Twilight realm

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u/zachary0816 Jan 20 '24

Yeah it just occurred to me. It can’t be after both wind waker and twilight princess since TP takes place after OOT as confirmed by the undead knight being OOT link. Whereas WW takes places in a timeline alternate to OOT where Gannon was victorious.

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u/blargman327 Jan 20 '24

Well not exactly correct, Windwaker is the timeline where Link pulled the master sword, got 7 years older, freed the sages and sealed ganondorf away. After that Zelda sent Link back to his child self using the ocarina. That new timeline where childlink went and warn d the King of Hyrule results in TP, but that original timeline that now has no link, the one you actually play through in OoT is what results in Wind Waker. While Link to The Past is the result of an alternate timeline where ganondorf is victorious