Split or single

[Penguin dude 2]

I've seen a few people who think the timeline is single, but no arguments forthcoming.  C'mon, someone has to have an actual argument besides "I'm right and you're wrong unless you agree with me". There has to be at least one person who can argue it.

[Hi no Seijin]

I think it can be any way.  I use whatever theory is convenient for the story I'm writing.  Simple as that.

[Mysterious F.]

The timeline is split because it has been stated by the game producers to be split.

Also, Storyline stuff.

[Master Dragmire]

I totally agree with Whocares. It has actually been stated. I'm not saying that a single timeline is completely outrageous, but a split timeline is just much more agreeable with the storyline. You can believe what ever you want to believe, but being a single is just being stubborn.

[Penguin dude 2]

I so believe the split! I know its been stated, though there are those who don't care, and I wanted to see what the arguments were.

[Commodore Axilon]

I totally agree with Whocares. It has actually been stated. I'm not saying that a single timeline is completely outrageous, but a split timeline is just much more agreeable with the storyline.

Okay, I've always felt that the split timeline was just too unnecessarily complex, i.e. Occam's Razor kinda disagrees with it there. I'd really like to know why you think the split timeline makes more sense.

Edit: I'm actually of the opinion that most people here only believe the split timeline because of Aonuma. Maybe we should use our own brains a bit more instead of someone else's, hmm?

You can believe what ever you want to believe, but being a single is just being stubborn.

This is just precious. You can believe whatever you want to believe...as long as it's what I believe, right?

[Mysterious F.]

Well, Commodore, the reason it makes more sense is because at the end of OOT...

* Zelda said, before sending Link back in time, that she would repair her country.
* If Link went back in time, then the events of Adult OOT never happened and no one would remember them but Link. At the end, it has been seen Link and Zelda talk with each other. In the talk Link tells Zelda about the future, and this forever changes their relationship with Ganon. As a result, Ganon is to be persucuted by the sages.

[Commodore Axilon]

* Zelda said, before sending Link back in time, that she would repair her country.

Yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean there has to be any games after it, now does it?

* If Link went back in time, then the events of Adult OOT never happened and no one would remember them but Link. At the end, it has been seen Link and Zelda talk with each other. In the talk Link tells Zelda about the future, and this forever changes their relationship with Ganon. As a result, Ganon is to be persucuted by the sages.

Uh, yeah exactly. He'd tell people about it, ergo people would know about it. What is this point supposed to say for you exactly?

[collaboration]

Split. Why does it have to be single? Live it up individually, with each game. That's how I roll :3 Whatever works for you, though, I guess.

[Mysterious F.]

I never said that there were any games after it, but if Link were to go back and time and Adult Link's world erased, then there would be no point in saying she would repair her kingdom, because it wouldn't exist for her to do so.

You alos had no understanding at all of my post.

[Commodore Axilon]

I never said that there were any games after it, but if Link were to go back and time and Adult Link's world erased, then there would be no point in saying she would repair her kingdom, because it wouldn't exist for her to do so.

Good thing I never said Adult Link's world was erased then. *rolls eyes*

I'd appreciate it if you'd actually read my posts before responding to them.

You alos had no understanding at all of my post.

Were you not saying that only Link would know of what happened in the future? 'Cause if not, you should probably make your posts easier to understand.

[Mysterious F.]

Only Link would know when he was snet back in time. Navi probably did, too, but she doesn't matter at this point.

But Link told Zelda, and through a chain of events Ganon would have to be executed.

[Commodore Axilon]

Okay, but how would that prove the split timeline? I'm really confused here as to what you're trying to argue.

[Mysterious F.]

Read it over a few times, and you'll get it. I prefer to make people's brains work, for knowledge is essential. And the 'excecution' happens in a flashback in TP, the one where you get the first mirror-fragment.

[Commodore Axilon]

For the love of me I can not figure out what you're trying to say. It looks to me like some sort of observation on what happens after OoT; what it has to do with the split timeline, I have no idea.