History Headscratchers / TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword

** Giving Link a personal motivation also ensures he won't immediately do what's arguably the ''rational'' thing for an untested teen student to do, namely ''tell the Skyloft Knights'' and their Commander, who happens to be Link's superior and teacher, what's going on. It'd be entirely sensible for him to let the '''adults''' take charge of any rescue attempt, merely assisting as part of a search team as they instruct; indeed, had Zelda's disappearance truly been a fluke of the weather, that's the approach that should've worked best. But her vanishing was a part of something hidden and much bigger, and a ''solo'' hero is essential to resolve the crisis, not a squadron of them.

[[folder:Re-sealing the Imprisoned]]

* Given that the whole game is a timeloop, and thus [[spoiler: in the present the Master Sword is already sealing Demise's consciousness, how can the Master Sword also exist in its Goddess Sword form, and how can Fi herself be conscious?]]

** ...So then why didn't she immediately use it after [[spoiler:reincarnating]]? If [[spoiler:she lost her memories in the process]], then why not [[spoiler:after Zelda regains Hylia's memories]]? It feels like the plot is bending over backwards just to allow Link to play hero.

** Building on the notion that Fi looking for Link would attract too much notice, monsters may not be able to touch the sword, but the Bokoblins probably have a way of keeping in touch with Ghirahim. If any of them were able to report to him with the sword’s location when Link isn’t there to use it, it’s not beyond imagination that he could use that to his advantage even if he can’t directly touch the blade. After all, ''Breath of the Wild'' has shown us that the Master Sword isn’t indestructible.

* Why doesn't Impa destroy the second Gate of Time the same way she destroyed the first after Link meets with Zelda? Its use is over at that point. Keeping it around is only inviting Ghirahim to mess up the timeline. It dissolves immediately after Link rescues Zelda, so... why not after killing Demise in the present? Why not while Ghirahim was rambling and Impa was ''just standing there''?

** She flat out states that she can feel her consciousness fading away as she speaks her last words. It was going to happen, pedestal or no pedestal. And even if that wasn't the case, there is a very important misunderstanding here. Navi '''did''' have a reason to leave Link, and it's the same reason Fi ultimately had to leave too: they weere accompanying their specific Links because it was their mission, and the mission is over. Sure, they may wish they could stay, but they're bound by whatever duties they still have. Navi as a non-companion fairy, and Fi as the sword of evil's bane.

[[folder: Demise's curse on Good vs. Evil being honored]]
* How is Demise able to create a curse so powerful to affect the ENTIRE LoZ timestream and allow the 3 Golden Idiots, yes, most flexible and SANE fans can call them that, to honor the deal that obviously adds no benefit to anyone, mortal or gods?! The Three should have altered the deal to add better benefits or just flat out denied it![[/folder]]

** Maybe the gust of wind itself is what's strong enough to push him up, and the sailcloth is just what keeps him upright as he flies up. This troper noticed that when he was blown up, he seemed to be flipping around more than when he had the sailcloth.

** It's not uncommon in stories to make things personal even if there are larger stakes. [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Aragorn has to lead the charge on Mordor]] because Sauron will conquer the world, and because apparently Arwen will die for some reason if he doesn't. [[Film/IronMan3 Tony Stark has to save the President]], save America, and save Pepper too. Reason being because authors feel the stakes don't feel real to the audience if they're about some ethereal world rather than a specific person we care about. In this case, the gods that let this course of events happen feel the same way. Metafiction reasons becoming in-universe ones, or fiction admitting metafictional causes. So these gods/authors let this happen to Link and Zelda so he'd turn from pretty driven to ''really'' driven.
*** In the case of fantasy works, it could also be a divine method to ensure the right players stay on the field they need to be, in order to keep things running rightly. Using your example, Aragorn NEEDED to be the one to lead the alliance, as the rightful King. If he had chosen to, say, give the lead to Theoden or Eomer, then the alliance may have splintered. If Link wasn't directly in the field, Demise may have won. Thus, you ensure their place by making the stake personal so that they're compelled to fulfill their part.
** Yes, but then why did Zelda/Hylia make such a big deal about what an awful, evil manipulator she was? If it ultimately only hedged their bets and didn't make him do anything he wasn't already willing to do, it shouldn't have been that big of a deal, so I feel like there has to be something more to it. Making him think his lover was in mortal peril would definitely have caused emotional distress, so it was cruel in that respect, but I still don't think it warrants Zelda's level of self-deprecation. I dunno, maybe she just took it harder than he did? This would work a lot better if he wasn't a HeroicMime... It's kind of annoying that the writers are starting to make Link into an actual character but still won't let us into his head.
** Because she's a good person who feels bad for putting him through emotional distress. In the end, it wasn't really a huge deal, but Link would have been justified in being more than a little pissed.
** Hm. Well, I don't think he would be justified, but I guess that's a matter of personal ethics/philosophy. I'd interpret it as her ruminating on the issue for a long time and thus blowing it out of proportion.
** I personally believe that something they could've done to avoid this issue would have been having Link develop closer relationships with the different Surface tribes and characters. People will say that Link saving a loved one was already done in ''The Wind Waker'', but in that game, you could still ''see'' at certain moments the bonds and relationships that formed between him and the other islanders, the Koroks and Rito, and so on. Thus, you can more easily imagine him putting his life on the line and saving the world for their sakes, as well, especially since Aryll is rescued only at the game's halfway point, and the Hero of Winds continues his adventure, not giving up until Ganondorf is defeated. In ''Skyward Sword'', the only times Link even speaks to a lot of the characters living on the Surface is to ask for information on where they last saw Zelda, and the first three dungeons he goes through are only because ''Zelda's'' somewhere inside them - thus, because we never see any signs of friendship between him and anyone else (not even his ''partner'', when you think about it), it's easy to see him as a pretty selfish "hero" and not hard to imagine him fighting Demise solely to reclaim Zelda's soul from him. The only time this incarnation of Link shows that he cares significantly for anyone but Zelda...is really when Fi asks that he return the Master Sword to its pedestal, and even then, it wasn't very earned since we never see any signs of a friendship between the two of them.