Zelink is possible after Majora's Mask
I have been thinking about this for a long time, so I have decided to share my ideas of how this pairing is possible. This will be a large text but I hope you enjoy. I'm going to start with the time between MM and TP. I think that there are hundreds of years between Majora's Mask and Twilight. I say this because:
a) The Zoras live hundreds of years and in Twilight Princess we can see that have passed many generations of Zoras, because they look very different to the ones in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
b) Hyrule has changed too much and it's unlikely that it has happened in 100 years or less. And also I say this because in other games like BOTW, 100 years have passed in Hyrule and almost nothing changed.
So, the point of this is: It really doesn't matter who OoT Link stayed with to define the fate of TP Link, since many generations have passed and therefore, the families has to be separated and too many things could have happened. I say this because many people think that TP Link being rancher it's a key factor in determining who stayed with OoT Link, but I think that it isn't true. And next I'm going to explain my theory of how TP Link could have ended in Ordon. As we can see, Link is the only hylian in Ordon so it's very probably that him or his family weren't from there, like inmigrants. But then, where is Link's family from? First of all, they have to be from Hyrule because they are hylians and Ordon is a province. I know a place that appears in Twilight Princess and it was unoccupied, I´m referring to... Snowpeak´s Ruins! Why I am saying this? Because it looks that the people that lived there knew about Ordon, so it wouldn't be unreasonable that when that place became uninhabitable, they went to live in Ordon. Many people thought that the Snowpeak's ruins were Ashei's home, but that is false because Ashei doesn't recognize that place, so other people lived there and I think that it was Link's family. That would explain why Link is the only hylian, he isn't the owner of the Ordon Ranch, his house is separate of the village and he isn't relative to the mayor or the people in Ordon. Well, now I'm going to explain how Link have Epona and he knows the Epona's Song. And it's easy to explain. The first point is that isn't necessary that TP Epona be descendant of OoT Epona, think of this, it´s an animal and we can found many horses of the same color, so it´s easy to think that Link or his family found it in any place. Other posibility is that Epona has its own spirit that reappears at different times, like Link and Zelda and even other characters. Or we can think in a situation similar to TP manga, where is mentioned that Epona isn't a mare of the ranch and in reality is a mare from the militia, in this case, like an heritage from the people that lived in the Snowpeak's ruins. Now about Epona's song, I also thought in different possibilities:
1. OoT Link taught that song to his descendence. In Majora's Mask we see that Romani teaches Link that song and he remembered it. It's easy to think that he do the same thing with his children and more if he has the Ocarina of Time and Epona.
2. Malon taught that song to other people, because she sang that song all the time and for sure many people visited the ranch. What if that song became sort of popular in Hyrule? And that is how Link's family heard that song. Or what if a descendant of Malon taught that song to a descendant of Link? We can use all of our imagination.
3. Epona's song in Twilight Princess is only the reuse to the soundtrack and isn't very relevant.
I think that I already talked all about TP Link, now I'm going to talk about OoT Link. I'm going to start when he went back in time. We know that Link told Zelda and the royal family about everything that happened in Ocarina of Time, I'm not going to talk about that very much, but I'd like to cite the intro of Majora´s Mask: " In the land of Hyrule, there echoes a legend. A legend held dearly by the Royal Family tells of a boy... A boy who, after battling evil and saving Hyrule, crept away from the land that made him a legend... ". With this we can realize that the royal family knew about Link's feats and with this he gained the trust of the royal family. Also we can see this when Zelda give him the Ocarina of Time and when she mentions: "I'll never forget the days we spent together in Hyrule...". That means that Link and Zelda got along very well and probably the royal family approved this. They were so close that even Zelda mentions: " And I believe in my heart that a day will come when I shall meet you again... ". With all of this, it's sure that Link and Zelda met again after Majora's Mask and probably it was a very happy meeting. Also, I don´t see impossible that they have been able to develop something more than a friendship after a time. Now I'm going to talk about Hero's Shade. We see that he has an armor, so probably he became a knight so for sure he spent so much time in the castle and he was able to spend a lot of time with Zelda. And also I noticed something interesting about his armor. It looks fancy and it´s very similar to the Magic Armor that we see in TP, which coincidentally looks like a male version of Zelda's clothes. It can be a proof that indicates that OoT Link became noble or royality. Other thing that I found interesting from Hero's Shade are the Howling Stones, which have Sheikah symbols. It´s know that the Sheikah are very closely to the royal family, so the fact that Link uses these stones to pass his songs and skills means that he was close to the Sheikah and this can be possible if he ended up being part of the royal family. Here is where I'm going to relate the Snowpeak's ruins with Link and Zelda from OoT. The Snowpeak´s looks like their owners were militaristic, a fact that we can relate to Hero's Shade, and we see that is a luxury mansion but there is something most important that we can relate with Zelda and it is... there are symbols in the mansion that also appears in Hyrule Castle. So... that indicates that the owners of that mansion are related to the royal family. My think about this is: Any descendant of Link and Zelda from Ocarina of Time lived there. I think that Link and Zelda or any of their decendents could have had at least two children, one of them would inherit the crown while the other could become more independent and give rise to the family that lived in the Snowpeak's ruins. My conclusion about all of this is: The Hero of Time and Princess Zelda could end up together after the events of Majora's Mask. They had children, one of them would inherit the throne along with their offspring, meanwhile any descendant built the mansion from the Snowpeak and lives there with his family. Unfortunately, a catastrophe occurred which caused them to go live to a more peaceful place, which would be Ordon. It took many years for the families to separate long enough to give birth to Link and Zelda from Twilight Princess, to such an extent that the blood bond between them has been lost.
I think that is all. I hope you liked it. And if you have more ideas for this beautiful pairing, I invite you to write them in the comments. Zelink 4ever <3!!!
Note: English isn´t my native language, so I'm sorry if anything is badly written n.n"
