@dream_lamb exactly! there were already multiple points in HH where i was like “did the ppl writing this not play the games or smth?” but that part was where i was like “oh, so this is GARBAGE garbage” like, how do you fundamentally misunderstand his character THAT badly? 🤦♀️
"creative liberties" is kind given HH is error city/can't be trusted 😭 & i agree w your post abt ppl projecting pity b/c:
all we know of his life pre-mm is thru mm's flashback & the official jp site; he shows no sadness at having gone back & didn't look for navi for months (1/3
despite what hyrule historia claims (which contains creative liberties), i don't think oot link is the kind of person to lament being "forgotten"; in tp, the hero's shade's regret was being unable to pass on the lessons of life he learned rather than anything resembling self-pity