Before I started watching Star Trek, I had heard about it on the Big Bang Theory. The way it was talked about, I was expecting a franchise with very airtight and complex lore. In reality, it’s kind of a muddled mess. And really, it’s better the creators don’t worry too much about continuity, why let continuity get in the way of a good story? It doesn’t make sense that half the cast of the original series had encountered Trelane before but in the end, does it really matter?
Anyway, fans of big franchises who keep track of all the lore and act as though it’s all consistent, put way more thought into continuity than the creators.
I just treat every LoZ game as if it’s the only one in the series. I couldn’t care less about the other games when i’m playing one. The only game that felt repetitive, or derivative, was TotK…because BotW was so good.
Exactly. Within the world of TotK/BotW, Twilight Princess is just folklore: yet another “Legend of Zelda”, one legend among many.
Similarly, think of all the self-contradictory narratives surrounding the founding of the United States of America:
Trying to integrate Majora’s Mask into some sort of consistent Legend of Zelda branched timeline makes my brain hurt in the same way as when I try to make a non-contradictory timeline of all these other works.