#but they still have the elitist overtones despite kinda disregarding lore

[doomed-era]

look my main takeaway from totk that isn't massively spoilerrific is that zelda games tie into each other only when the devs say they do and even then they can discard details whenever.

if you want to find connections you can and no one's stopping you

but the devs are not interested in creating a consistent timeline they are interested in making a fun game

so basically do whatever you want