stupid question about the silent realm

its mandatory right? not optional

sorry have to ask as part of this argument i'm in

Mandatory, but they're later in the game.

and they're awesome

Indeed. music's great, and it makes my heart beat extremely fast whenever my flower thing runs out and all the guards start to chase me.

The Eldin Silent Realm was hard..

I hadn't read much on the game before I started, and I kept calling that there would be a PH dungeon in the game (I just had a feeling, I'm not sure why), and when I finally got to the Silent Realms, I was like, "There it is!" and I loved it. I haven't done the Eldin one yet (just finished the Lanayru one), but I really enjoyed the two I've done so far. They are mandatory, but you get cool items from them anyway.

lolwat. What part of the silent realms has anything to do with anything in PH? More to the point, how do they not scream Tears of Light from Twilight Princess?
Don't get me wrong, they are awesome. Easily the most post-game time I've spent is on Silent Realm time trials.

Ah, fair enough. There aren't really any safe zones in SS aside from the starting point, but I see what you mean now. :3
Still, it does scream TP more though.

Just wondering when can you get back into them for time trials, and can you get more dusk relics in them?

You can do the time trials after you meet the thunder dragon (he'll tell you to come back layer but you can talk to him immediately). And yes you can get more dusk relics from them.