#and oot and tp ganondorf are supposed to be the same guy even though they look nothing alike

[mimimonart]

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does ganondorf reincarnate as different people with similar ambition or is it the same guy

[dinonid123]

I think its pretty funny how everyone loves to talk about the angst potential of Ganondorf/Demise, Zelda/Hylia, and Link reincarnating just to suffer for centuries on end and the angst you can derive from that but like,

1) this is basically not explored in the games to my knowledge (Having played only like 6, but, ya know)

2) Because of the timeline split and the fact that there aren’t actually that many games there’s really not that many canon incarnations, PARTICULARLY of Ganondorf bc off the top of my head I wanna say that at least OoT, WW, TP, and ALttP all actually just have the ONE Ganondorf born to the Gerudo before the events of OoT because of the Timeline Split Shenanigans who goes Ganon fulltime in Downfall and only as a final boss form in OoT and TP (Which are both Adult, I suppose)

3) I think only Ganon is really incarnating by soul anyway- I haven’t played Skyward Sword yet (getting there!) but if I recall it’s the rage of Demise hunting the ones with the blood of the Goddess (so all Zeldas are just related through the Hylian royal family to the original human incarnation of Hylia) and the courage/spirit of the hero or whatever (i.e. whatever kid happens to end up being the destined one, though not necessarily the same spirit reincarnated- how would the Hero of Time be the shade in TP talking to the Hero of Twilight then, unless it was like, his subconscious).

Don’t stop though, I do really like it! Particularly I think you can really do a lot with Ganondorf- poor guy hasn’t gotten the nintendo king villain redemption arc yet, and I’m almost doubtful that the cowards will ever do it. I was writing a fic about it, and I really should go back to it, of the idea of a young Ganondorf reincarnate (like a proper one, a male child born to the Gerudo NOT directly before OoT lmao) knowing of the destiny that is set out for him and actively being afraid of it, of rejecting it, because he’s not a monster, he’s just a man who wants to do his people right! But that little voice speaks inside his mind, more and more as he grows older, telling him to oppose those damn Hyruleans, and to take the power he deserves, that he is destined to wield. Or even better- it just happens to him as he grows- no voice, no seeming outside influence- he doesn’t become evil, he isn’t a cackling mastermind- just a man who wants to do his people right, and knows that the only way for him to do that is to fight Hyrule.