#he WAS under command by none other than the Lord of Light Galeem himself)

[basedstoutland]

I watched through that one subspace cutscene, ‘The Crushing Ruinous Defeat’ and noticed a few...interesting things. (Due to the cutscene being so short, I had to slow down the video to see certain things better.)  1. When Ganondorf got launched into Master Hand, it looks like his impact caused one of the Chains of Light to snap off.

This next shot is maybe a second later: The chain that snapped off is no longer there. It might be because the chains were a part of Tabuu and therefore once it was no longer connected to him, it disappeared.

This all happens pretty quickly so less than a second later, I’ve noticed something about what happens between these two shots here (and yeah, that’s most likely alien blood coming out): His index finger is free and he’s using his one free limb to escape in such a metal way. It’s hard to really show off with just images but his free finger is farther out than the rest of him- almost like he’s trying to pull himself free. (This could also mean he was aware of what was happening while under Tabuu’s control and waiting for an opportunity to somehow escape.)

2. It happens pretty quickly and it’s kinda hard to show what I mean but it looks like he pushed pretty far into Tabuu’s barrier with his punch before falling back down, most likely due to his wounds and exhaustion catching up to him. 

3. Right before he ultimately collapses, it looks like he’s trying to get back up here. 

So basically, TL;DR: Master Hand was the one who freed himself (albeit with Ganondorf’s accidental help), is more of a badass than people give him credit for, and if he wasn’t horribly injured, Tabuu would’ve been a deadman.