As we know fortunately or unfortunately Aonuma confirmed the split timeline. Though I was very disappointed at first (I thought I’d never understand the mechanics or never be able to create a theory again) but now I realized something about the split timeline. Many things stay the same, the timeline that I follow is able to be the same in terms of order. But many things change too.
I bet most of us would assume that geography, people, landscapes, and layout would all be different because of the split, but that’s not true. We can use games on the Child Timeline to learn about the Adult Timeline. The main thing I noticed is our geography factor.
We know that the split timeline starts like this (in most of our cases anyway):
TWW—
PH OoT <
MM—
TP
This is essentially how most of the theorists timelines start out/have a similar pattern. Now if we look at this we see
OoT, but then
MM branch out on one part and
TWW branch out on another.
MM goes along with
OoT so
MM is cancelled out, and we know nothing about
PH so ignore it. Now all we have left is this:
(Pre-WW events)
TWW—X
OoT <
TP
Now if nothing major like an earthquake or a giant asteroid striking Hyrule happens we are safe. Pre-WW and
TP match up, but they are on different timelines. So sad T_T ….wait? Not sad? This could actually be a good thing? Yes, it can. Even though the timelines are different they take place in parallel dimensions/universes. I don’t know, whatever you want to call it. Right when the split occurs we can safely assume
OoT has the same geography in both parallels. And up to the flood both worlds are the same.
If this is the case we can still use our
TP the
TWW geography connection theories! C’mon people dig them out of the trash! Revive them! They are still useful! Who cares if it takes place in a completely different parallel they have the same geography and they can be used to match up islands with landmarks. Linearist old ways are still good in theory.
Events…events…Pre-
Tww OoT< Geography = Consistant
Events…events…
TP
Using this idea when can compare geography between games but over the dimensions. And it doesn’t end at geography.
Please tell me what you think, and of course I expect tons of criticism from many ^^