What protected Link from the Lost Woods Curse?

That's what I believe, but I did give other potential examples for why Link is protected from the effects of the Lost Woods.

Originally Posted by Erimgard

hahaha. but um...what do deku nuts have to do with it o.0

nuts make everything better

Originally Posted by Liquid Fire

I'm just curious, in OOT Children who get lost in the Lost Woods become Skull Kids, how comes Link (as a child) never became a Skull Kid? The Kokori's are immune, but Link isn't a Kokori, and everytime you go through the wrong part and end up back at the start thats getting lost isn't it?

Obviously I know the answer would be "well the hero can't become a skull kid, hes gotta save Hyrule!"

Besides the obvious answer, any ideas?

The obvious answer is that, like all Kokiri, Link is under the protection of the Deku Tree. Not to mention that most times he eneters the Lost woods, he's only there briefly to find Saria, or go with Saria to the Sacred Forest Meadow. If he's not with Saria, he can listen to the music played by her.

So he has protection from the Deku Tree who knows he's Hylian, and Saria, who knows he's different.

You called him a Kokiri. Yearghoo!
Well, in any case, yes, that is the most likely reason that Link's immune, but there's no concrete evidence one way or another. It never says that Kokiri are immune. Saria probably made a map of the Lost Woods (I have too) and uses that to navigate if she's not a hundred percent sure of her location. In the manga (which isn't canon, I know), nobody EVER seems to go into the Lost Woods before the incident with the Skull Kid. What happened if a Kokiri went in before then?

Also, it's possible that there still existed a Forest Sage in the child timeline, but Phantom killed the previous Forest Sage and imprisoned Saria before she could become the new one.

Um, hes a Hylian, not a kokiri.

And the reason is:

He never got lost.

It's still possible he's a Kokiri. Say what ya like. But that's not the reason for this thread.

What makes you think Link never got lost? I'm sure even Saria got lost on occasion.

Originally Posted by Kokiri Mage7

Note also that the Woods of Mystery in MM (opposite of Lost Woods) don't seem to have any such effects. Only monkeys, the Twinrova sisters, and Snappers (turtle things) seem to go there. We don't see any Stalfos, Skull Kids, etc. there for whatever reason (I can see Deku going there for whatever).

Also, it does say that the people become "monsters" I think is what that girl said. I don't think she specified a Stalfos. Memory's not the best, so don't throw a sword at me if I'm wrong. Anyway, where do you think that girl vanishes to after that? And the guy? Wait, what if the guy became a Stalfos and the girl killed him because he was a monster? It would be possible, but unlikely, as I'm sure you'll say.

Point is, all we know about Skull Kids is what Navi speculates and the Kokiri state. Now, can we get back on topic?

Link is protected because he's a Kokiri, or at least part Kokiri. It's what I believe. But, if that doesn't work for you (I'm sure most don't believe that), then Saria would be able to protect Link while they played in the Lost Woods. Also, maybe fairies give protection and they would share that? Plus, Saria can clearly navigate the Lost Woods, so it's unlikely the two of them would get lost if they're in there together. BUT, in the event Link did go in there, that it was before he got Navi, that he ISN'T a Kokiri (I hated typing that), then I suppose there's always the theories that the GDT is protecting him or his mother's spirit is watching over him. idk.

Those are what I believe to be all the possible theories. If ya got another cool one, lemme hear, err, read it.

I agree with everything you said in that post, Kokiri Mage7, except about his mother's spirit protecting him, because I doubt that Link's mother would have seen the Lost Woods before she died! But otherwise yeah, I agree with you! Unless she explored it AFTER she died!

look he a hylian not a Kokiri just stop it if you want proof that here :glare
look at the first name!!! or in the L's
Category:Hylians - Zelda Wiki.org

haha, if in-game evidence doesn't change his mind, zeldawiki won't. He even said he doesn't care if Shigeru himself calls Link Hylian. Might as well give up on trying to convert him.

Originally Posted by Erimgard

haha, if in-game evidence doesn't change his mind, zeldawiki won't. He even said he doesn't care if Shigeru himself calls Link Hylian. Might as well give up on trying to convert him.

well i think ..no i demaned he stop trying to convert us to his "way" of thinking:glare

Originally Posted by Erimgard

haha, if in-game evidence doesn't change his mind, zeldawiki won't. He even said he doesn't care if Shigeru himself calls Link Hylian. Might as well give up on trying to convert him.

I think you're getting me mixed up with Kokiri Mage7! And even if he DID call him Hylian, then that would'nt make him a FULL BLOODED HYLIAN!!!!

And besides, ALTTP states that the Hylian Knights lines of descent are NOT PURE!!!!

Originally Posted by Tuf Pic

I think you're getting me mixed up with Kokiri Mage7! And even if he DID call him Hylian, then that would'nt make him a FULL BLOODED HYLIAN!!!!

And besides, ALTTP states that the Hylian Knights lines of descent are NOT PURE!!!!

That's who I was referring to.
Is he ever called a half-Hylian? no. he's called Hylian.

And aLttP takes place AFTER OoT. Plus, where is this quote anyway? Provide a source

If Link's mother cam from outside the forest, and Kokiri are the most secluded race in the game (besides perhaps Shiekah), then it's safe to say his father wasn't Kokiri. If the Deku Sprout calls him Hylian, and not part Hylian, then there's no reason to believe OoT Link has Kokiri blood in him.

Kokiri are believed by some to be spirits, even though they can touch physical things like the fairy ocarina and the carpenter's saw. There's no reason to believe they can reproduce.

There's no indication that Link is Kokiri, while there's every indication to believe he isn't. I won't really try to drill that further into anyone, since it doesn't effect the game or timeline much as far as I can see.

If I am wrong, and there are negative implications for this belief, I will use my Mod powers to have a Ganon-banned banner made and stick it below Kokirimage7's name. How'd ya like them apples?

Originally Posted by Tuf Pic

I think you're getting me mixed up with Kokiri Mage7! And even if he DID call him Hylian, then that would'nt make him a FULL BLOODED HYLIAN!!!!

And besides, ALTTP states that the Hylian Knights lines of descent are NOT PURE!!!!

but they are sill only hylian and another thing if link was part Kokiri he'd look more like a kid then adult in the 7 years that past

easy answer: NAVY

Originally Posted by smallville boy

easy answer: NAVY

Got anything to back that up?

Maybe it's not a question of why Link is unaffected by the Lost Woods, as it's a question of why others are affected. In OOT, there are other areas with trees, but the Lost Woods is the area that the Kikori live near. It could be that the Deku Tree is the one who made the lost woods the way they are in order to protect the Kikori from outsiders, and that Link is spared either because he is pure of heart, or simply because the Deku Tree recognizes who he is. Granted we don't see them in TP, but that doesn't mean they aren't around somewhere.

Or it could just be that we aren't supposed to think about it.

i don't see how they become stalfos as adults.
i can kinda and i did believe the whole turning into a skull kid as a child,
and also i never thought deku scrubs were humans, and still think that.
but why would adults turn into stalfos? they're COMPLETELY different from skull kids.
why wouldn't they turn into skull adults? not lizards.
and also, what anyway would define what you'd turn into
at age 17 and below you're a skull kid, 18 and over you're a stalfos. ... lol
also, i believe for my part there are no skull adults,
because they know not to enter the forest,
whereas children are much more immature, and want to play.
of course, kids always go to places they shouldn't to play.

EDIT: ohh there are two pages haha, well if my stuff is old now, whatever

Originally Posted by zantdarksage

i don't see how they become stalfos as adults.
i can kinda and i did believe the whole turning into a skull kid as a child,
and also i never thought deku scrubs were humans, and still think that.
but why would adults turn into stalfos? they're COMPLETELY different from skull kids.
why wouldn't they turn into skull adults? not lizards.
and also, what anyway would define what you'd turn into
at age 17 and below you're a skull kid, 18 and over you're a stalfos. ... lol
also, i believe for my part there are no skull adults,
because they know not to enter the forest,
whereas children are much more immature, and want to play.
of course, kids always go to places they shouldn't to play.

EDIT: ohh there are two pages haha, well if my stuff is old now, whatever

What were did that liazrd thing come from? Stalfos are skelletons, which fits skull adults. The japanes version even calls skullkids stalkids/stalchild, stal is probably the Hylian word for skull since a lot of skeletton enemies carry that prefix. (stallord, stalhounds)

I'm going either with guardian fairies or simply being the hero of time.