-The spiritual stone symbols carved into the Triforce on within the Stone…
-The fact that children transform into skull kids - not stalfos - upon entering the Lost Woods without a fairy…
-The sad, somber variation of Saria’s theme that plays within the area…
-The fact that he’s the only one there - alone - protecting the entire place….

Oh Nintendo.

Are you trying to pull a Shyamalan twist on us afer The Hero of Time’s adventure post-MM, or is my theorizing brain taking things too seriously again?
EDIT: Oh lol I just realized he’s left-handed too…playing his horn with his left hand in the original GC version.
hahaha…. fuck. D:
EDIT: LOL THIS THEORY IS NO LONGER TRUE. HYRULE HISTORIA HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE HERO OF TIME BECOMES THE HERO’S SHADE IN TWILIGHT PRINCESS. GO AWAY NOW.