Zelda Timeline Theory (criticism, please!)

[Dooey Jo]

Multiple Ganondorfs really doesn't work, since the Gerudo went extinct. Where are these Ganondorfs all coming from?

Generic thief tribes? If that's even the case; apparently the Gerudo will appear in Phantom Hourglass.

[Qwerty 42]

But then the Gorons have no reason to consider Link to be a Hero, so why would it be guarded as a treasure? Young Link was not known to have accomplished anything.

Well, it's possible he did other things between MM and his death.

It has been speculated that the guy who teaches you the sword techniques in TP is post-MM Link (based on the "this is for heroes only" line, and the Deku symbol on his shield.)

There's also the time where the teacher calls you his son

[Darth Yoshi]

Semi-bump because this is the first opportunity I've had to log in since leaving for Guam.

My impression of the Zelda community is that everyone have their own personal timeline theories and are very protective of them. The currently most popular theories are the split timelines theories, and a multiple Ganon theory would probably be classified as highly heretical. If you proposed it, I predict you would get approximately 6 quotes from Miyamoto and Aonuma thrown your way as "refutation", because author's intent is gospel when examining the Zelda timeline (nevermind that what they say can change on a whim, but the evidence found in the games will always stay the same). I suspect this might be because there are a large percentage of IDers and creationists there, who, as we all know, like to take certain things as absolute truths, and many are also in their lower teens...

Well, I knew that going in. Considering that I'm using single timeline, with WW after everything else, and the fact that I'm pointing out multiple Ganondorfs within that single timeline, makes mine a veritable lightning rod.

Basically what I'm saying is that many, if not most, of them are idiots, and even though the multiple Ganon theory might well fit better with what we see in the games, it'll take several years at best to change the general consensus.

Considering the ST v SW debates, that sounds about right.

... >_< CRAP. But your explaination is good, though. Or Link modified (or got someone to modify) his bow as he grew up. Still conceded.

Well, cool. I just felt that it'd be dishonest of me not to bring that up.

Although, that means either TP happens only a few generations after MM, or a few generations after some other Hero entirely. Considering the drastic geography changes between OoT and TP, I'm going to have to go with the latter.

Aye. In fact, despite the fact that TP Hyrule is definitely larger that OoT Hyrule, the slow passage of time in TP actually makes it smaller that OoT Hyrule.

But then the Gorons have no reason to consider Link to be a Hero, so why would it be guarded as a treasure? Young Link was not known to have accomplished anything.

He killed King Dodongo, remember. Even with the timeline shift, the first three dungeons were before the shift, and so still happened. If you want to make totally baseless assumptions, however, the Sages might remember what happened in the original future as well.

Multiple Ganondorfs really doesn't work, since the Gerudo went extinct. Where are these Ganondorfs all coming from?

Consider what the Gerudo are. They're a tribe of bandits. When you're a tribe of bandits, there are only three ways to survive: a super-secret fortress lair, an impenetrable fortress lair, and nomadism. They tried the impenetrable fortress lair during OoT era. The fact that the Hylians were able to sufficiently subdue them enough that Ganondorf's declaration of allegience was believable means that the imprenetrable lair doesn't work, even ignoring the relative ease Link had compromising the fortress. Which leaves the secret lair and nomadism. In FSA, the Gerudo live in tents, which are a sign of a nomadic people, so the fact that the Gerudo are absent from Hyrule at times simply means that they've moved on to raid other people.

It has been speculated that the guy who teaches you the sword techniques in TP is post-MM Link (based on the "this is for heroes only" line, and the Deku symbol on his shield.)

Really? Damn, I never even noticed that.

There's also the time where the teacher calls you his son

Well, that doesn't mean anything, since the Hero's ghost as been dead for quite some time, judging from his state of decay.