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** They probably thought that yellow was a more appealing color for her, especially because it ties her back to Tatl from Majora’s Mask. She does look like she could pass for a very pale, very yellow shade of yellow-green, so that might be what they were trying to go for as a compromise.
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** He didn't have time to get his gear before the game began. The crew came across the Ghost Ship unexpectedly and Tetra rushed ahead to explore the ship without waiting for anyone else to get ready. When she was attacked by the Poe Sisters and screamed, Link immediately went after to help her. In his panicked haste, he didn't think to grab so much as a basic sword, which is why he ended up with nothing but the clothes on his back when he got pulled into the Ocean King's world. Whatever gear Link may have still had after rising through the sea in Wind Waker's ending was probably stowed safely beneath the decks. If you want to justify him losing nearly all of his hearts, you can assume that he was partially drained by the Ghost Ship before he escaped or fell off and washed up on the beach.
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** Maybe he does have smaller items on him during his adventure, like the Wind Waker, perhaps. We the players just don’t see them, since they don’t have practical uses in this game. There aren’t many instances where changing the wind direction or advancing from day to night would be of help.

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** Maybe he does have smaller items on him during his adventure, like the Wind Waker, perhaps. We the players just don’t see them, since they don’t have practical uses in this game. There aren’t many instances where changing the wind direction or advancing from day to night would be of help. Link canonically has the Triforce of Courage with him during ''Majora’s Mask'', but it doesn’t come up because it doesn’t warrant mentioning.
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** Maybe he does have smaller items on him during his adventure, like the Wind Waker, perhaps. We the players just don’t see them, since they don’t have practical uses in this game. There aren’t many instances where changing the wind direction or advancing from day to night would be of help.
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* Where did all of Link's gear go between the ending of the previous game and this one? Most sequels tend to have ''some'' of Link’s equipment carry over from their predecessors, but here he’s missing his items, his sword and shield, the Wind Waker, and even the King of Red Lions.
** The other sequels have the excuse of Link being in the midst of journeying alone when he’s roped into their stories. Here he has the luxury of traveling with the pirates as they search for new lands, so he wouldn’t need to keep his gear on him at all times. There’s probably a room he shares with the other crew members where most of his stuff is stored, and given the Ghost Ship they’re looking for is always surrounded by fog, he probably decided not to have the King of Red Lions out in the event that it was separated from the ship.
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** This is also assuming that the spirits were very close to each other before being sealed away, and that the attributes Ciela is known for in the present are the same as they were before Bellum attacked her. Amnesia can do a lot to a person’s identity, and technically, we don’t even know if “Ciela” is her real name.


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** It could also be speculated that she’s still not at full strength after what Bellum did her, which could possibly cause her color to be a little off.
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** Jolene is likely exaggerating how long it’s been … remember this is a woman that purchased a sword, a boat and torpedos just for the purpose of a pirate cosplay she’s known to exaggerate things.
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** It’s possible that simply touching a Rupoor drains the money out of his wallet so the damage is already done he might as well keep it.

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** It’s possible that simply touching a Rupoor drains triggers it’s effect of draining the money out of his wallet so the damage is already done he might as well keep it.
the Rupoor now that it’s just a black rock.
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** It’s possible that simply touching a Rupoor drains the money out of his wallet so the damage is already done he might as well keep it.

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** Since the Ghost Ship from ''The Wind Waker'' was also rumored to have treasure aboard, it's possible people are just getting the two ships confused with each other, since there is no way to tell them apart just by petty gossip. Maybe that was even Bellum's intention.




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** Creating Phantom Spheres doesn't seem to have been a preexisting power of Ciela's; she says she makes them using the power of the Phantom Hourglass, which Oshus claims to have only created after she and the other spirits were sealed away. The hourglass remaining with Link after the game ends hints that Phantom Spheres were more of a spur-of-the-moment ability she created to help Link defeat Bellum, not anything she used outside of battle.



** There's probably not any real reason, but I like to think that witnessing the death of the King of Red Lions has traumatized Link, making it so that he can't enter deep water lest he flash back to that moment.

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** There's probably not any real reason, a canonical explanation, but I like to think a relevant theory in circulation is that witnessing the death of the King of Red Lions Link has been traumatized Link, making it so that he by the suicidal drowning of King Daphnes at the end of the previous game. He can't enter deep submerge himself in water lest he flash without flashing back to that moment.it.


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** Who's to say that he didn't tell them? That might be why they want to find the one they're looking for. The original Ghost Ship was responsible for protecting one of the Triforce shards and didn't make a habit of going around kidnapping people. Therefore, Tetra and her crew could suspect that someone is impersonating the true vessel in order to scare people and cause trouble, or even that they've hijacked the original ship and are using its supernatural powers for their own devices.
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** The ghosts of the Cobble Kingdom show that they can leave their places of rest, if they so desire. The one who gives you the Regal Necklace appears above the chest where you find it to explain its use, and the one who gives the King's Key appears later on in the temple where you use it to unseal the kingdom, which is on the other side of the island. Mutoh didn't even need to have written the letter; he would just need to wait near the postbox for the postman to show up and tell him who it was for and what it should contain.
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** It’s possible that they knew what happened to her and just pretended not to know her until she got her memory back.

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** So Oshus left the skeleton in the freaking lobby instead of freaking returning the adventurer's body to their families so they can be properly buried and mourned or buried the body himself? That's kind of disrespectful.

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** So Oshus left the skeleton in the freaking lobby instead of freaking returning the adventurer's body to their families so they can be properly buried and mourned or buried the body himself? That's kind of disrespectful.disrespectful.
** Maybe they don't have any living relatives. Or maybe they prefer being in the temple since they also want to deter stupid people from going inside it like they did. After a certain point in the game, they start offering Link tips about exploring the temple, so they don't seem to mind hanging around it that much.
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** So Oshus left the skeleton in the freaking lobby instead of freaking returning the adventurer's body to their families so they can be properly buried and mourned or buried the body himself? That's kind of disrespectful.

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