earthnashes:

So I’m gonna answer your questions in reverse order so my answers flow in a more cohesive set up:

A new hero can’t be born while the current one is still alive: in my headcanon Link is always the same person no matter what lifetime he’s living in, so it’s basically the same guy reincarnating in a different point of time. <:

With that said, Link can’t contact or interact with the spirits of his past lives, or at least not in the way Korra or Aang did in Avatar. This is partly because of his reincarnation cycle: like said above, he is reborn to different parents and a different timeline, but it’s always the same person (maybe somewhat different in mannerisms and such depending on environment but largely exactly the same).

However, there is a way for him to interact with his past lifetimes. So this idea was inspired by @zanarnaryon​ and this post HERE.

At some point during my timeline, Link will have to undergo the Trial of the Hero, in which he will have to prove himself worthy of not only wielding the Master Sword, but also to test his resolve as the Chosen Hero by fighting himself from previous lifetimes. Each incarnation retains the skill, wisdom, and experience they obtained before their cycle restarted: it can be likened to going back in time and encountering your past self.

The Master Sword (or more accurately, Fi) holds all of this within itself in the form of memories, and it releases them into a tangible opponent when it’s sheathed into its pedestal: though I have the idea that there’s more than one Master Sword pedestal and each corresponds to the location and environment a particular incarnation is most familiar with. For example: Link’s lifetime from Twilight Princess would be accessed by a Master Sword pedestal housed in the Twilight Realm.

I hope that makes sense! O: