The Temple of Time (spoilers maybe)

[Eralk Fang]

Evahn, the portal from Ocarina of Time that goes to Lake Hylia is also in the Zora graveyard, and I recall that being in the Lost Woods. Perhaps Kakariko sucked up some extra space in the back?

Commodore, I think the temple was just moved entirely.

[Commodore Axilon]

The only portal to Lake Hylia was in Zora's Domain. And there need not be only one portal.

[Eralk Fang]

Ah. Wrong portal. But that makes more sense then the Lost Woods tunnel, if the Zora Graveyard is part of the old Domain. True, there could be another one.

[Evahn]

Whoa, I'm not saying the Zora Graveyard is the old Domain (though it could be), I was just saying it is near where the old Domain was in OoT.

[Commodore Axilon]

Speaking of Lake Hylia, why is it so much bigger than in OoT?

[Eralk Fang]

I'm saying that, Evahn. The portal is so similar (even comes out in the same area), that it could be plausible the old Domain becomes a graveyard.

Commodore, it's just gaming limitations are different now. And all manner of things could have happened in game. But the entrance from that cannon shop to Hyrule Field? Freakishly similar to Ocarina of Time.

[Evahn]

Well, actually you have a good point on the warps, Eralk.

I'm not sure about the size of Lake Hylia. Lakes can grow over time, can't they?

[Eralk Fang]

I think they can, but the thing is, the level of the lake dropped pretty steeply, but it recovered, unlike the latter half of Ocarina of Time. So we have the waterfall up to the new Zora's Domain, and Lakebed Temple (if not the Water Temple, certainly in the general area) at the bottom of the lake.

[Commodore Axilon]

It's just that things look way too different for me to believe they're the same places. I know about gaming limitations and what not, but it just irks me.

[Eralk Fang]

I can see that. So how do you work out the Temple of Time thing yourself, Commodore Axilon? I didn't gather too much about your theory from your previous posts.

[Evahn]

Now I'm thinking it was moved. I can't really decide if it was moved or rebuilt, but there was nothing wrong with the old one, besides the location.

[Eralk Fang]

I think it was moved after Ocarina of Time to stop other attempts like Ganondorf's. But now I'm having second thoughts about the Time Door not being able to relocate Link, because if it took him back to the Temple of Time before Ocarina of Time... perhaps the Time Door isn't tied to location, but just to the Temple itself. If it's "set" to take someone back so many years, it takes you to the same temple, no matter where it is. So, hypothetically, if Link crashed in a window in the Temple of Time in Twilight Princess, we could end up with a huge time paradox on our hands. And who doesn't love time paradoxes?

[Commodore Axilon]

How does the Time Door decide what time to send somebody to? Is it random? Is there some divine influence? Does it take you to what time you want to go to? Is it somehow set to a particular time? Or is it something completely different?

Theories, people!

[Eralk Fang]

Perhaps the Time Door judges on intent. Someone with malicious intent on the Triforce will not be sent to the time when the door to the Sacred Realm was open- rather, they would be transported to the time when the door was made, or another time when their intent could not be realized. By a similar token, benevolent intent is rewarded. The Link of Twilight Princess' intent was to get the Dominion Rod. Therefore, the Time Door took him to a time where he could get the Dominion Rod. A time when it was eight stories tall. Since it can judge intent, the Time Door probably has some divine influence, but it could be all exposure to a portal to the Sacred Realm, or the work of magicians.

[Evahn]

I presume it is set to a certain time in the past. I don't think it would go past OoT's time, but really, it could be set to take you to anytime into the infinite past. So we don't really know.