Originally Posted by Mattocks

Just a point to note. When I first played through OoT, before I loved the series and read into it, I always assumed that Ganondorf was just sealed, and there was only one time line ending to it. I guessed that when Zelda sent Link back, because of the magic of the sages, the effects of the adult timeline stayed consistant. I thought it would be wierd for Link to go through all that trouble, just to be sent back in time, and have to do it all again. I don't know exactly, hard to explain, but just a thought to add in here.