What If Link SAVED Zelda From Falling?

[@thevioletbee5879]

Simple. We’d get Hyrule Warriors: Imprisoning War.

[@Reaktron88]

I wish this could be a real game, although the imprioning war wasn’t a big battle. They just watched rauru seal ganondorfs power. However they probably could make a game out of it.

[@NotVeryCreative1]

Maybe in like 3 years

[@ganonfan]

@@NotVeryCreative1 Lets all hope so!

[@le-bongaming212]

Ahhhh, I want that nowww

[@charlesgaillardet5455]

Rauru and Sonia healed Link and Zelda at the end... as ghosts, link's arm will be fine.

[@meancrank9039]

IMO it would have been interesting for both to go to the past. But instead, have it so the two can eventually go back to the future, to witness a hyrule destroyed and barren from Calamity Ganon. You’d have to travel back to progress in the game, and change the present Hyrule into a preferable outcome - eventually coming full circle with events like in the canon game, with Zelda consuming her secret stone and becoming a dragon, and revering the timeline to the one you came from.

[@ShiroOokamitoko]

I think there is an important flaw in your argument here: you assume that Link would need to bring the Master Sword into the past if he and Zelda both ended up there. But the Master Sword didn't fall with Zelda. She used her time powers to bring to her in the past, from the future. The game has Link put it on the altar outside the Temple of Time, but that's just to let the player have an idea of what happened to it, rather than have it be dropped in the Imprisoning Chamber and then mysteriously appear in the past with Zelda. So there should be nothing stopping Zelda from doing that again. Or, worst-case and she legit does need someone to put the sword on the altar in order to zap it back in time, she could leave a message for someone else in the future to find, telling them to find the broken sword and where to put it. There is a possible sticking point, depending on whether anyone besides Link and Zelda can carry the Master Sword, even in its broken state. However, it doesn't actually matter how far in the future it gets done. If Zelda can pull it back 10,000 years into the past, I'm sure she can pull it 10,005 years. Hypothetically, if they could find some way to get Link back to the future (stasis of some sort, maybe?), he could fetch the sword and take it to the altar _after_ defeating Ganondorf! Or, failing that, they just leave a message for the next chosen one. So like, Link and Zelda both end up in the past. They leave a message for the chosen hero after BotW/TotK Link, telling him (presumably) to find the broken Master Sword and take it to the altar at the Temple of Time on the Sky Island above Central Hyrule. From there/then, Zelda pulls the Master Sword back in time. The question now is, can she fix it _enough_ to be used on Ganondorf pre-Secret Stone? If she can fix it even a little, I bet Mineru could cook up a robot arm for Link and he could beat up Ganondorf in time to save Sonia. If she can't - which, let's be honest, is more likely as the other option would wreck the timeline - then it's back to Plan: Dragon, now with a side of Link. See, Link has no way to get back to the future. He can't store his soul like Mineru, and even if they had a spare Secret Stone for him there's not really a point to him becoming a dragon since there'd be no way to direct his focus in that state. Light Dragon Zelda didn't need direction. She just needed to exist as a light-battery for the Master Sword. Instead, Link has to come up with a trap. They know that the seal on Ganondorf will weaken and break in the future, because that's how they ended up in the past. Link has to come up with something to delay mummy-Ganondorf after he wakes up to give Hyrule a chance to spawn a new chosen hero. Alternatively, maybe Zelda could do something with the whole draconification bit? Like, she has light _and_ time powers, right? Could she possibly pull the Master Sword from the future, hork the Secret Stone, and then act as a light-battery for the sword and a time-battery for Link? Healing the sword and keeping Link unaging until the right time comes?

[@BRBrodie]

one flaw they have no clue about demises curse and would not know that another link and Zelda would appear also when they do it is probably more likely for the hero to stop ganondorf himself rather than erasing his own and everyone he knows existence to give the previous hero who originally failed a second chance at stopping him

[@theloruleanhistorian]

One caveat: yes, the Great Sky Island and the 13 stone monuments were uplifted after the Imprisoning War. But all of the other sky islands previously existed~ We have references to the Zonai civilization living on sky islands in several Zonai device item descriptions, as well as the Legend of the Stormwind Ark.

[@ganonfan]

Oh true!! I completely forgot about that. That part of the lore does tend to confuse me a bit, but thanks for correcting me. One quick question for you also: Were you part of the Great Zelda Debate video that Bandit Games put together? I feel like I recognize your username from that.

[@theloruleanhistorian]

@ganonfan happy to help wherever I can. Yes, indeed I was. 😁

[@ganonfan]

@@theloruleanhistorian It must have been nice to have a discussion with big Zelda KZbinrs!

[@theloruleanhistorian]

@ganonfan yeah, it was pretty cool. 😎

[@haileeraestout5567]

YOOOOOOO @@theloruleanhistorian My Dude Whats Up??????????

[@TomMooreT2S]

It really wouldn’t make that much of a difference because only Zelda would still be sent to the past and Link could’ve fallen into Gloom’s Lair if not for Rauru’s arm.

[@mjnj0726]

Link should use his other hand since his hand is tainted by gloom should never touch Goddess-blood Princess Zelda.

[@nutronneil9]

yeah but didnt she also seal calamity ganon in botw?

[@magicoA]

It's very interesting the bad ending is actually the best way to the winning ending. Very Infinity War/Endgame "it was the only way."

[@phonotical]

Falls to her death? She didn't die You'd still have all your weapons and either continue going down the cave and defeating ganon yet again, or they'd just go away and try again later, hell, ganon doesn't even try getting out or doing anything until you go down there again, he's still trapped

[@ganonfan]

The only two events I explained was the two getting brought to the sky and the two being sent to the past. I'm not sure where you got it that I said Zelda fell to her death.

[@phonotical]

@@ganonfan you said it right at the beginning of the video, maybe watch the drivel you produce

[@ganonfan]

@@phonotical I watch my videos so many times over and over while editing, and I said in exact quote from the video "Zelda falls into the chasm and get sent to the past BEFORE falling to her death".

[@defence_tech8922]

OOOOOOOOOR, zelda used the secret stone by herself out of fear and since link caught zelda she isnt scared and link fights ganon right then and there in glooms lair

[@NotVeryCreative1]

but what if Zelda and Link never even went beneath hyrule castle?

[@ganonfan]

The gloom issue would have gotten worse. The entire reason they went beneath the castle was because the people of Hyrule started seeing gloom, and it needed to be investigated, well, the source of it for that matter.

[@Richterwrecker]

Wouldn’t the master sword of that time exist as the past part of TOTK isn’t pre skyward sword

[@ganonfan]

It could, but Hyrule was very primitive at this time, so knowone knew where to even look for it. Thats my theory on it though.

[@SwordEnd]

if Zelda doesn't go to the past would the imprisoning war even happen? but in that case Ganon and Rauru's hand wouldn't be there

[@ganonfan]

That's what I was thinking while making this video!

[@haileeraestout5567]

@@ganonfan 3:05 I Can See This Happening Because Of His Arm As PROOF Of Demise's Curse But He Can Get The Master Sword And If You Played Skyward Sword Then IF Link's Connection To The Master Sword Is Still There But Future Link Would Need Help From The One Who Knows Demise's Curse And I'm Talking About The Hero Of The Sky And The Same Can Go For Zelda And They Can Learn Demise's Existence And BREAK His Curse And Link Would Be Able To Locate Fi But Also Since They Are In Hyrule's Founding Era THIS Can Effect Link's Mind And He Can Get Headaches The Same Way Cloud Got Headaches In FFVII Also What'll Be CoolIs Link Muttering Demise's Name And When Link Looks At Zelda Say:"I Really Remember You Princess However My Family Has A Secret That Has Been Guarded For Generations I'll Tell You Now When I Was On Nabooris I Heard Urbosa Say A Name And Thats Demise When You Were Powerless I Now Know WHY" Zelda Looks At Link With Curiosity And Answers: "What Is It????"Link Looks Up And Continues:Its Not A Burden I Carry No Its Something Else And Its Affecting You Aswell Zelda's Shocked And Answers:" Go On Link Tell Us" Link Clutches His Damaged Arm And Slowly Looks At The Princess And Tells Her:"Its A Curse And Its No Ordinary Curse Its Demise's Eternal Curse Now That Curse Has Taken Its Toll On My Spirit So I'm Sorry I Failed To Protect You During The Great Calamity Rauru And Sonia Answered: "The Great Calamity?" Link Answers: Yes I Am A Survivor Of The Calamity And Also I Am The Fierce Deity And Zelda Is Hylia Herself"

[@ganonfan]

@@haileeraestout5567 Interesting thoughts!

[@BRBrodie]

@@haileeraestout5567 Link is not the Fierce Deity he just wore that mask one time also Zelda is not hylia she is just a descendant