#huh this kinda became a hylink lore drop too lol

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If Fi being asleep means she wasn't the one choosing to do it... That only leaves Hylia, doesn't it? Time certainly didn't seal HIMSELF for 7 years and any malicious or evil entity would have just killed him outright

Yes? But also no

Now we’re diving into total headcanon territory, so if you (or anyone else) don’t agree with any of this that’s totally fine! This is just how I interpret the games and deal with Hylia and Fi in my au.

So, it’s difficult to figure out my own thoughts on this because LoZ lore is crazy, and neither Hylia nor Fi are even mentioned in OoT. But the way I see it, despite her slumber, Fi can still make choices. She was the one who realized Time was too young and sealed him in the temple, entrusting him to Rauru’s care. At the same time, she was also carrying out Hylia’s will since that’s what she was created to do. (Accomplish the tasks Hylia would have wanted her to, when she still retained the powers of a goddess.)

First doesn’t know exactly how much influence either of them had, however. Mostly because none of the heroes do. They have an idea (which is why Time strongly dislikes the sword. He knows it’s the thing that sealed him and changed him. But he has no clue about Hylia, at least in canon. In my au, he kinda knows about her? But just a general idea from what Sky’s told him).

But ideas are all they’ve got. Even Sky doesn’t know the entirety of it. He and Sun are still trying to sort through everything they went through and learned.

And so, because First knows so little about the situation he takes it out on the two people he knows the most about.

Himself and Fi. Mostly, himself, because that’s just how he is.

(And it’s far easier to berate himself instead of one of the only people left from his time, one that he was close to and helped create.)

His relationship with Hylia is complicated. He was angry with her for a while before the war with the Demon King. Much like the Christian idea of God allowing us to go through hardships to hone us into someone stronger, Hylia allowed him to go through some serious crap so he could transform the Master Sword.

And though she endured it with him, it was at a distance. Unlike the Christian God, who is perfect, she is more like a human. She can make mistakes and hurt the people she loves.

His fate was willed by the gods. She couldn’t stop it, and even if she could she knew she shouldn’t. So she distanced herself. Which harmed them both more on the long run.

But in his final moments, First forgave her for all that. Fighting beside her again reminded him that she hurt too. And while that didn’t excuse her actions, it allowed him to understand them a bit.

And now that he’s got a new lease on life, he really doesn’t want to be angry with her again. It’s not that he couldn’t be (YES he wishes she had found a way to ensure the heroes were all young men instead of young boys) but what good does it do?

Especially when there’s the Demon King to hate