TOP 10 INSANE ZELDA FAN THEORIES
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Welcome back to top 10 gaming.
If you’re a fan of the channel, you’ll know by now that we love our fan theory videos.
There’s some pretty impressive ones out there for many of our favourite series, and
today, we’re swinging by Hyrule and taking a look at some theories about our buddy Link
and his adventures.
It’s the top 10 insane zelda fan theories!
Let’s jump in.
10 Single Link Theory While it’s canon that there are different
timelines in the series, many fans believe that it’s one single Link that goes through
every single adventure in every single game.
Now Nintendo popped a hole right in the middle of this theory when they released the official
timeline of The Legend of Zelda series, but that hasn’t stopped theorists from speculating
away.
9 It’s a dream!
aka the Zelda Inception theory No theory list is complete without a dream
theory.
So Link always starts off every game by waking up.
While this is a common narrative trope in games and other fictional media, some think
that it signifies every game is a dream of Link’s.
Which explains the timelines, and how history can repeat itself in the Legend of Zelda universe.
And the inception part?
Well some fans think that rather than every game being a new dream, each time he wakes
up in a new game, he’s waking up from the previous dream aka game.
8 Cuccos are Immortal This one is a theory thats been proven in
practice - cuccos are immortal.
So by now, you already know that if you attack a cucco long enough, they’ll let out a cry
and their flock will attack you.
And there’s no way to actually kill them.
They’ll kill you first.
You either have the option of running away or..well, running away.
This has led many people to believe that cucoos are invincible, and therefore immortal.
No one has yet found a way to kill one.
What are your theories on the cuckoos?
Let us know in those comments below!
7 Talon is Mario While some people believe there’s a deeper
meaning rooted in this one, most fans have abandoned this as a theory, considering it
to just be a reference to Super Mario Bros than anything more substantial.
Those who don’t think it’s an homage have all crafted more fanciful theories, like Talon
is Mario once he’s retired.
Okay, sure.
Whatever floats your boat.
6 Agitha the bug collector is Zelda’s schizophrenic sister
For a someone that seems to be a non-consequential supporting character that isn’t really all
that integral to the main narrative of the game, Agitha sure has raised a lot of questions.
In Twilight Princess she pays Link for bringing her golden bugs.
This raises a few questions, like how does she have so much money?
Take a closer look at her appearance and surroundings and it becomes apparent she’s definitely
wealthy.
This led fans to think that she’s potentially Zelda’s sister, and has been placed in Castle
Town because she’s schizophrenic.
Mainly because of her grandeur delusions towards what she calls the insect kingdom, along with
depicting other traits of the mental disorder.
5 Epona died in Majora’s Mask This theory comes from reddit user Scantier,
and speculates that after Skull Kid steals Link’s ocarina and Epona, Link chases after
him and eventually encounters him, in which Skull Kid says this bit of dialogue “Theres
no point in riding a thing like that, so I did you a favour and got rid of it.”
Link then finds his horse at a ranch owned by Romani and learns a song to summon Epona
whenever.
But heres the thing - how would Romani be able to teach or immediately know the song
that would summon Epona?
Unless he and Cremia already owned Epona, and it’s a different horse.
Which makes us question whether Skull Kid carried out his threats.
Things to also consider - it would’ve been incredibly difficult for Epona to get into
clock town even if she did escape.
4 Dark Link Peter Pan Theory Many fans have debated what the origin of
Dark Link is.
This dark reflection of Link that he’s continuously faced with throughout the series has been
speculated to be Link’s shadow; that, similar to Peter Pan (whom he shares many aesthetic
traits with) he is constantly at war with his own shadow.
3 Majora’s Mask is the 5 Stages of Grief The theory explores the idea that Majora’s
Mask is based off of the Kubler-Ross model of the 5 stages of grief, with the five realms
you explore symbolizing denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, and how all the
NPCs deal with loss.
Clock Town’s people are in denial about the moon crashing into the planet.
Woodfall’s Deku King is filled with anger due to the loss of his daughter and is lashing
out at a monkey.
In Snowhead, Darmani’s ghost begs Link to try to bring him back, bargaining.
And Lulu in Great Bay copes with loss by standing in silence.
Depression.
Then, lastly, Link climbs the stone tower temple where he gets the light arrows.
Acceptance.
The Game Theorists go on to theorize that Link is purgatory and has died and is grieving
that.
But that’s a different theory.
2 Navi dies at the end of Ocarina of Time Speaking of death, let’s talk about Navi.
So Navi disappears at the end of the game, and many think it’s because she dies.
The evidence?
Well it’s speculated that Navi is part of a race that doesn’t seem to have a long
lifespan.
This is due to the fact that the red and pink fairies you find throughout the game also
disappear once they’ve fulfilled their purpose.
Many feel that the theory in our number 3 spot that we just touched on is actually Link
experiencing grief over Navi’s death, rather than his own.
And Navi is the beloved friend he is looking for.
1 Tetraforce Theory This one is based on the idea that there’s
a forth triforce piece - making it a tetra force - now the way it’s been portrayed
in all of the games is always the same, with a missing triangle piece in it’s middle.
This has led to speculation that there’s a fourth piece of the triforce.
This was further reinforced by the fact that n the Hylian Shield, there’s a yellow triangle
beneath the triforce at it’s bottom.
There’s barely any evidence from the games that supports this one though, but that hasn’t
stopped fans from commenting on other things in the game that come in fours - the 4 light
spirits in twilight princess, the 4 giants in majors’s mask, etc.
And there’s even speculation that there is a fourth goddess in the creation of the
triforce in ocarina of time - a goddess named Tetra aka Princess Zelda.
There we have it friends!
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Do you have one of your own?
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