What Link's Awakening's REALLY about (I think)

Link, having gained the entire Triforce in ALttP and becoming more or less almighty with the power of the entire Triforce behind him. But he's unsure of whether he can handle the power, and the burden of expectation on him becomes unbearable - does he want the responsibity for an entire kingdom? He goes on a journey to better himself, but his self-doubt causes the ToC, one of the Triforces he controls, to activate (remember how the King in AoL's BS said the ToC was dangerous when its owner isn't brave?). It makes his dreams and nightmares a reality - his doubt over whether he can protect Hyrule creates monsters he must slay to reassure himself. It also creates a girl as beautiful as Zelda but whose love entails less responsibility.

Eventually, he realises that he has to leave the island: the comforting dream of a small community where he gets to play hero without any real responsibility isn't satisfying because it isn't real. Neither is the love of a fake Zelda - not the same as the real thing. He slays the Nightmares, and when he realises that he enjoys a REAL challenge, he wakes up: HE was the Wind Fish all along. He returns to Hyrule, marries Zelda and goes on to become the Great King spoken of in AoL's BS.

Mostly fanfic, I know, but any thoughts? Does it fit?

he really gets the whole triforce at the end? wow, i thought he just sees it or something. i better play LTTP again,lol. if he does, i don't see why it couldn't work

I thought he only got to make the one wish and then it vanished, you can only keep it all if all three forces are in balance correct?

I do not like this idea. I always thought that Link stumbled into the dream of the Wind Fish and infected it with nightmares. Plus, where did you hear about the ToC being dangerous?

K.P said:

The mechanic for the triforce, as I know it, works as it was established in OoT. Link was balanced, as was Zelda, and so either of them could hold the whole triforce.

Link wished upon it yes, and then gave it into the posession of the King, because the royal family are the rightfull owners of the triforce.

The times when the triforce "disapears" are very rare, and usually include leaving the land of Hyrule, or the death of the holder without someone worthy for to pass it to.

I like this idea alot, what happened to Link after defeating Ganon and claiming the Triforce is too easily ignored, most people just assuming he directly gave it to the Royal Family. It is great to see someone playing with the idea that it did effect Link in some way, and the result could have been his strange adventure in LA. It was a strange setting for a game which hasn't been used again, and there havn't been the same circumstances for it to occur again, as Link has only held the Triforce as a whole that one time.

Originally Posted by quick_silver20

Link wished upon it yes, and then gave it into the posession of the King, because the royal family are the rightfull owners of the triforce.

What makes the Royal Family the rightful owners of the triforce?

The times when the triforce "disapears" are very rare, and usually include leaving the land of Hyrule, or the death of the holder without someone worthy for to pass it to.

Or when Daphnes wishes upon it. To me that was a clear indication that you get only one wish. Though the one who claims it will most likely receive a bit of the "power of the gods" as promised.

Or when Daphnes wishes upon it. To me that was a clear indication that you get only one wish. Though the one who claims it will most likely receive a bit of the "power of the gods" as promised.

Well Ganon wished for to turn the sacred realm in the shadow realm in ALttP and he still had the Triforce with him...

Originally Posted by the_Predator

Well Ganon wished for to turn the sacred realm in the shadow realm in ALttP and he still had the Triforce with him...

Yes but when he made the wish he was already in the Sacred Realm which is the resting place of the Triforce. It had no where to go

Indeed a very fanfic-like story, but hardly one to believe.

The Triforce only grants its owner 1 wish. The Triforce shall then remain with its new owner until death, or until its owner leaves the land the Triforce is bound to.

We see Ganon in ALTTP keep the Triforce he claimed, until Link destroyed him. He had only 1 wish, which was to rule the world. The wish grew stronger the longer he kept it. Link then claimed the Triforce himself, having being fully balanced.

In WW, KORL made a wish to give hope to Link & Zelda, and for a better future. Here we see the Triforce floating away, but we can't say for certain that it's gone just yet. My theory is that the Triforce remains with him until the water caves in on him at the end, depictng his death, and so the Triforce truly vanishes then.

In OOT, Link is seen returning to thge past with the ToC mark engraved on his left hand at the end of OOT. I'm sure most of us can agree though that when he left for Termina, the power within him vanished because he left the land the Triforce was bound to.

In LA however, despite Link having claimed the Triforce in his previous adventure, is not in Hyrule... He's sailing along the sea in search of greater wisdom, and a storm happens to knock him out, where his mind is then entrapped in a magical diety we know as the Find Wish. Still this isn't Hyrule... meaning the Triforce can't be with him at the time.

Link got one wish, simple as that. LA is designed to be entirely stand alone but is nonetheless a great game. The importance of Link's Awakening isn't what, how or why. Its when.

Originally Posted by Pàxèn

Link got one wish, simple as that. LA is designed to be entirely stand alone but is nonetheless a great game. The importance of Link's Awakening isn't what, how or why. Its when.

Watching the end of ALttP, it seems that Link got 50 wishes. And just for anyone who's never played AoL or read the instruction manual, here's a scan of the page that inspired this idea:
AoL Manual pages 9 and 10

Note in particular the section that warns of how the ToC is special.

Well Ganon wished for to turn the sacred realm in the shadow realm in ALttP and he still had the Triforce with him...

The Triforce in ALttP clearly states at the end of the game that Ganon was building up power in the dark world and was going to the light one to fufill his wish.

Originally Posted by Evilsbane

Watching the end of ALttP, it seems that Link got 50 wishes. And just for anyone who's never played AoL or read the instruction manual, here's a scan of the page that inspired this idea:
AoL Manual pages 9 and 10

Note in particular the section that warns of how the ToC is special.

Lol

So what you are saying is that your idea is entirely philosophical! Thats fine then, if its a fanfic do as you please.

Originally Posted by Pàxèn

Lol

So what you are saying is that your idea is entirely philosophical! Thats fine then, if its a fanfic do as you please.

Well, although I don't swear by the theory, I do think it's rooted in canon JUST BARELY enough to be a proper theory. After all, the Essence of the Triforce did say that it likes to create expressions of wishes.