Congrats, LOZHistorian on finding evidence that Aonouma supports the single timeline. Yet why do I feel that the evidence is in itself a double-edged sword? We know that Aonouma supports a single timeline, yet he has created inconsistencies that make such a series of events impossible.

1) After walking away from the Master Sword in OoT's ending, Link then meets Zelda in Hyrule Castle. Zelda does not appear to possess the Triforce mark on her hand, which tells us that this event takes place before Ganondorf gained access to the Sacred Realm. Likewise, Ganondorf could not have taken the Triforce of Power if Link had returned to the point in time where he was at the point of opening the Sacred Realm, which confirms Link must have been sent back to a time before those events took place. However, no reference to her meeting with Link is given within the game, which should have occurred considering the importance of that event.

2) We know from MM that Zelda hands Link the Ocarina of Time to protect him on his departure from Hyrule (which could confirm that he didn't have it when Zelda sent him back in time). But how did Zelda have the Ocarina to throw to Link partway through Child OoT if she was also able to give it to Link's future self?

NEW IDEA: Is it possible that the final scene with Zelda in OoT's ending is simply a representation of the huge accomplishment that Link has saved Hyrule from darkness (in order to give the player that feeling of enormous satisfaction), rather than a literal meeting between them? The memory of Zelda's words to Link in MM could be the continuation of this representation; of their friendship.

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