A Zelda theory/headcanon I've had for years, and one that I've never seen anyone else come up with, is the idea that Zelda 1 Princess is NOT the reincarnation of the girl we get in every other game. Instead the reincarnating soul was trapped in the Sleeping Zelda all this time.
So anyway, I like to think that Zelda 1 Zelda earned the Triforce of Wisdom by screwing over Ganon in a similar way the Hero of Winds earned the right to be a Hero.
(Tagging Linked Universe and Wisdomverse because those AUs are what got me thinking about this old headcanon of mine.)

















