The Return of Majora - Zelda Theory

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The idea of botw link unknowingly using a mask that still straight up still has a vengeful spirit in it is very chilling, but also very funny because majora cant do anything bc hes stuck in hyrule.

Majora's Mask helped me move on from my mom's death. I understood the pain and anger of the Imp and of the characters Link was helping. It will always hold my heart.

The theory that Majoras powers only activate in Termina is so genius

I like to believe the Mask is under the great sea in the Adult timeline.

Majora’s Mask feels like a fever dream. The golden cartridge was such a cool idea too.

You forgot one of the most subtle things of all, the mask itself. Look at it, what do you see? It is a heart shape, with spikes protruding from it. It is a heart in pain, essentially a foil for regret and sorrow. The authors wrote Skull Kid, who regretting his friends the giants leaving him behind, and Skull Kid wears this mask of a heart with spikes protruding from it. Why? Because Skull Kid is a foil for Link, who regrets his friend Navi leaving him behind. In the end Skull Kid is briefly reunited with his friends, the giants, but tell him they must go but it is ok, live life to your well despite the parting. Happy Mask Salesman himself hammers this point home "Wherever a meeting is to occur, a parting must sure follow". This is the big lesson for Link, who does not want to part with Navi and chases/searches for her. The game is all about learning to say goodbye, either from people drifting apart or people dying. Some would say that the theme of saying goodbye is all about learning to grow up, and there is another subtle jab about this. You are Tingle. Rather, you are Link and Tingle is the Termina version of Link, and therefore Tingle is a reflection of Link and therefore the player. Although his function in the game is to sell maps to the player, his story is essentially "I want to dress up as a green fairy boy (Link) and go on adventures". Guess what the player does every time he turns on his Nintendo console and plays a Zelda game? The player becomes the green fairy boy Link and goes on adventures. This jab is further dug in with Tingle admitting he's 35 and his father is embarrassed by him doing those silly things in his outfit. Of course Tingle is a character played for laughs, so him being a funny age is part of his character, but it runs with the theme of "grow up" that the game tries to tell.

Beautiful intro.

Imagine if Ganondorf got a hold of this mask and won in his timeline. I’d definitely play that game.

The fact that in BOTW the masks eyes are still glowing (whereas in A Link Between Worlds the eyes are dull and it appears to be incapacitated or at least inactive ) is frightening. And it can even display it's manipulative properties on the monsters said to be under the control of calamity ganon. Could this mean that in BOTW, not only is Majora still active inside the mask but that it's now powerful enough to snatch away control over monsters from calamity ganon itself ? That is horrifying to think about... pray to the golden deities that that thing never gets back to Termina.

It would be cool if there was a spin-off game or future dlc that let you play as the mask salesmen and let you discover how he came to posses the mask.

I keep forgetting that most zelda theorists don't have the millions of followers they deserve

I am literally dying for a chance to go back to Termina. I love Zelda games that have villains other than Gannon. It makes for both a refreshing change and opens a lot of avenues to explore Link without the foil of Zelda.

We’ve met with a wonderful fate

At the end of the video, it could be possible the Majora's Wrath may already be gone. If was shown and displayed as a historical artifact then it may have already received the attention it desired.

I want to point out that Majoras Mask may have some small remnants of Majora's powers left inside of it even after it was cleanse of Majora itself. The entity could possibly be gone, but a part of its energy remains inside of the mask. Is this the most likely answer? No, but it is a answer nonetheless for a child timeline placement of BOTW and the mask.

who needs the song of healing to heal the wound of no recent zelda theories when you have the king of bokoblins uploading a new video

18:08 Correction: “Hylia help us all”

Majora's Power only activates when the eyes glow, that's when skull kid becomes Attached to the Mask, when he has no control over what he does. In the start he is able to take off his mask and do what he wants, and near the end, skull kid gets dropped off the mask when it does not glow, then as soon as he leaves, the eyes activate again.

Amazing as always! I'd never even seen the shrine before. And Majora being a deity whose wrath came from its abandonment and neglect makes a great parallel to skull kid, being upset the giants no longer played with him, who it ultimately uses as a vessel.