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Originally Posted by Aralith
Most Germans hate what Adolf Hitler did in WWII, yet they still name some of their children Adolf. Perhaps with the Gerudo, it is tradtion to name their men Ganondorf or something. Or it is just a good name to them. After all, why would they have named him Ganondorf in FSA if the previous Ganondorf had done such terrible things in OoT and WW (the only two games with Ganondorf that we know for sure came before FSA, if on the adult timeline).
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Yes, but there is only one male Gerudo.
If you knew that your child was going to be the King, would you name him after someone who was despised?
And in OoT, all the Gerudos except Nabooru loved him, so why wouldn't they name their new future leader after him?
A progression of OoT to FSA makes more sense, because he was loved in OoT and hated in FSA.
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Why not? There have been other villains besides Ganondorf. Vaati in the Four Swords Trilogy, and the Nightmare in LA (though in all fairness that did feature a Ganon monster as the final form). Point is, there are other villains, and there are unexplained histories of Hyrule.
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Vaati was given a background story, and featured in 3 games.
This is one line in a game, using a term [demon] that is used frequently of Ganon.
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Why would the King trust the leader of a band of thieves? And why not try to amend relationships with a group of people? Going back to my WWII example, the Allies of course eventually repaired their relations with the Germans. Why would the King of Hyrule do any differently with the Gerudos? In fact, if anything, I'm surprised it took 100 years for the Hylians to attempt to deal with the Gerudo. Of course, they may never trust them again, now that they've had two of their leaders turn evil and attempt to rule Hyrule (at least in this timeline).
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As I said before, the King had just reached a state of unity, and the Gerudos were the only tribe he had not yet formed an alliance with.
The general public in OoT seem to dislike the Gerudos [talk to people using the Gerudo mask] so I'd say the King was trying to secure peace.
When someone uses the power of a forbidden Trident, steals a Dark Mirror, spreads Darkness all over the land, and attempts to conquer Hyrule...you wouldn't think they'd be so eager to make an alliance of any kind with him.
However, the fact that you state it's two different Ganondorfs makes it semi-believable, if Ganondorf II pretends to be more peaceful and diplomatic than his predecessor.
But still, I don't think the Gerudo's would name their future King the same thing as the previous one whom they despised...in fact, I doubt they'd even stick to the "the male gets to be King" rule after their previous King brought so much shame to them.