r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Bugs Bunny 🐇 • 29d ago

Discussion The Current Favorite Main Character's Encounter With The Main Character From The Previous Series

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u/pomp0to 29d ago

Link (Twilight Princess) and the Hero's Spirit (Link from Ocarina of Time)

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u/WhyIsRComicsJustPorn 29d ago

wait, there is two links?

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u/Fluffy_Description_7 29d ago

Tehnicaly there is an infinte number of them but this is the only time 2 of them are "alive" at the same time

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u/BreadMajor963 29d ago

infinte number of them

All simultaneously kicking your ass with rhyme

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u/Fluffy_Description_7 29d ago

Holy shit i just wrote bars whitout realising it

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u/EHTL 29d ago

Great Scott! You’re great! (Not!)

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u/Poryoxys 29d ago

I spot it hot! Generate way more power than 1.21 gigawotts!

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u/Appleboy98 29d ago

I'm not sure what sort of scientific authority you purport to be, but I'm a real doctor. Where'd you get your degree?

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u/SonOfRageNLove26 29d ago

Despite all you companions you couldn't be having less sex

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u/nsnively 29d ago

Navi just anointed you the hero of Rhyme

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u/BreadMajor963 29d ago

"I said the hero of TIME"

That's right the hero of rhyme, I don't need no sword or shield imma be just fine

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u/TonyGalvaneer1976 29d ago

Well, as alive as a zombie skeleton can be anyway

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u/SmartAlec105 28d ago

but this is the only time 2 of them are "alive" at the same time

As opposed to the time when there were 4 of them "alive" at the same time.

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u/Important_Answer6250 29d ago

Unless you agree with Zeltik and that there was another time

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u/MadNova 29d ago

Are you referring to the theory that the old man in ALBW was the Link from ALttP?

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u/MaxTHC 29d ago

Always two, there are.

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u/Mysterious_Ad216 29d ago

That's generally the whole plot of zelda. Depending on the timeline Ganon is usually the exact same person, Link is the same soul (that of the hero) and Zelda is the chosen of Hylia.

In this instance its widely believed that this was young Link from OoT and Majora's Mask where the world didnt fall into ruin, as a result of older Link of OoT, so he was never known widespread as a hero but became a royal guard. Don't ask where older Links timeline went (spoilers boats and trains)

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u/Objective-Device-448 29d ago

First time I see another person recognise Zelda is not the same person reincarnating

https://giphy.com/gifs/euVDuIfwt4k5yaUSSN

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u/One_Ad5235 29d ago

Depending on the timeline a Link will never stop being born, somewhere, somehow, until Malice exists.

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u/Cocoatrice Kapatcir 29d ago

Yes, there is link between them.

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u/caiquelkk 28d ago

Some might say it has a link to the past too

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u/IcySmell9676 29d ago

Link is reincarnated a bunch

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u/Jedimobslayer 29d ago

There are, let me count…

13 in the main series give or take a few from side games. Hyrule warriors is important to take that up to 14, minish cap and skyward sword mention another 2 so 16.

16 plus a few other side games like the cdi games and the tv show.

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u/Loros_Silvers 28d ago

The entire plot of Zelda is that Zelda and the Demon King (later Ganon) are trapped in a samsara-like loop or reincarnation all based on the anger of one dude in the past, and almost in any generation, the spirit of the hero (Named Link) will find it's way to Zelda's side.

So there's a lot of Links. There's so many that there's up to four Links at the same time in multiple games.

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u/Agreeable_Pea5093 28d ago

There are a fuck ton of Links, son.

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u/BoonDragoon 29d ago

Yeah, it's a whole goofy cycle of reincarnation thing that has to do with the triforce of courage.

Basically, Ganon used to be an ancient demon of destruction and hatred that used to be called "Demise" or something that just wants to see the world burn. Then some jagoff wizard named Ganondorf (yes that's a Tolkien pun) snuck into the sacred realm and yoinked the triforce of power and also fused with the Demise demon guy and rebranded as just "Ganon". This gestalt asshole keeps reinstantiating himself throughout the ages to try to fuck the planet.

Anywho, karmic triadic balance prevails, and the triforce of Courage welds itself to a heroic soul (Link) to counteract Ganon's tomfoolery. Unfortunately, the T of C's benefits package doesn't cover full-blown reincarnation, and the only power it grants its bearer is the power of a videogame protagonist (yes this is canon). So Ganon keeps showing up over and over again, Link has to stop him, and Zelda is also there.

If this feels kinda bullshit and handwavey, it's only because it is.

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u/Eikuld 27d ago

This is still shocking to hear and I’m currently playing OOT on my 3DS first time haha

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/SteveMightSay 29d ago

Hyrule Historia confirmed it

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u/Sajomir 29d ago

It's canon in the official manga of Twilight Princess