My Own Zelda Theory

I had to write this before I forgot it. This was inspired by a meme my friend sent me, though there are countless other memes and videos that I have seen previously that I am sure contributed to this.

I am not a Zelda theorist, but I do enjoy watching them on YouTube.

Here is my theory/realization:

Who really wins in Hyrule?

Seriously, is it Link? Is it Zelda? What about Ganondorf? Does the Great Deku Tree win? I mean, I bet he can live a long time. Is it Tingle? Maybe it is Revali? After all, Revali did get up to that Divine Beast on his own.

NO.

The real winner is none other than the person/company who makes the pots that people (NPCs) buy and place in their homes.

No matter who wins, Link or Ganon, NPCs will presumably continue their lives, assuming they survive, and they will still have a need for pots.

HOWEVER, that is not the main reasoning; it only contributes to it.

Eventually, the next version of Link will come along, enter the NPC's home without permission, break their pots, and steal whatever was inside. The NPC will presumably, at some point, go and get more pots to replace those that contributed to the hero's quest. This requires them to purchase new pots. Each NPC may be subject to this for multiple times during the same game, and any NPC that owns pots is subjected. Therefore, this shadow pot factory has a guaranteed majority of the population of Hyrule as customers across MULTIPLE GAMES. While it may be true that the individuals involved in this operation die between games, the company may still live on. Perhaps it is a family-run business; this could be their specialty.

We could go even further and say that this family uses both Link and Ganon as puppets. They create problems, some of which may result in pots being broken due to devastation, and then they also create a hero, who will then go break the pots on his way to solve the problem. In the meantime, NPCs are left helpless; the only thing they can do is replace their pots.

Think of all the rupees that this family as made over time! They probably own Hyrule! The royal family might even be simply renting the castle from them.

While I may not be able to give the name of the family involved, I do have a suspicion as to who may be at the head of this operation.

I heard from an owl that cartographers also enjoy pottery.

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In all seriousness, I truly hope that nobody takes A SINGLE THING that I wrote above seriously. This is just meant to be funny. Everything I wrote is just asinine. But it is worth thinking about.