Lon and Romani, the names of Colin and Talo's horses, are obviously references to Malon (OoT) and Romani (MM). Does that imply that I think that either of these characters are horse-like? No. They're just names, and it's not because TP was set centuries after OoT that an author can't include references. There.

Colin's baby sister's name is Aryll! Omg, I played with names and references. Again. See above.

Blondie and Pint-size, the insults that Talo and Colin exchange on a regular basis, are a reference to nothing except the boys' physical appearance: Colin is blonde and Talo is shorter than Colin.

"Heroics are a lucrative business," is a sentence that I thought to myself when playing through TP. Seriously. Dungeon solving is like, the best way to make mad cash. You just go through a dungeon and you're sure to find way more money than a flimsy 300 rupee wallet can handle (boy was I glad to get the giant wallet!).

Celestia, the name Shad claimed was the City in the Sky's, is a name I picked up from the Hylia's unofficial TP soundtrack. It appears in WMP as the CitS' music track title, and I thought, that's a damn good name for a City in the Sky. So Celestia it was.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain," is a blatant quote from the Wizard of Oz. Not because Oz is one of my favourite movies or anything, but I had to put that quote in because... well... don't you think it just fits? I thought so.

As for old Gorons and young Zoras... well, I thought it was plausible. You see plenty of Goron elders, and it makes sense because, um, rocks are like, a thousand years old (the rocks in your garden? Yeah, they're a hundred times older than you, so treat them with respect!), but on the other hand you never see an old Zora. And I was like, why aren't there any old Zoras if there are old Gorons? Obviously, no one has been flushing any Zoras down the toilet bowl... So I chose to address this issue once and for all.

Gah, now here's the tough part.

The Wind Baton. I can practically hear timeline theorists descending upon me with their Sticks of Smiting. Especially in light of the fact that Aonuma recently confirmed the split timeline theory and that TP follows Majora's Mask and the childhood OoT line, while TWW follows the adulthood OoT line. So if Link from TP made the Wind Baton, it would not reach TWW's Link through the Royal Family, making that plot either impossible or completely inaccurate.

To this, I answer, with all the wisdom of my years... I don't care! The Timeline Theory is already enough of a b!tch to us poor mortals, and people have pretty much been doing anything they please with it since 1998, so what's my little story going to change?

That's right, nothing. Get my drift?

And, ah. One last issue. Pairings. CM, you'll ask, what kind of pairing was this story all about? I don't get it, you'll say.

Well, let's just say it's no pairing at all. Or, if you so desperately insist, it is Talo/Beth Fado/Beth Colin/Luda Talo/Luda Link/Zelda Link/Midna Shad/Ashei. All. At. Once.

Will this settle the unsettled? Will this appease the unappeased? Probably not, so there's no point trying to classify it all. I went for a character study, not a romance. This is the most plausible sequel to TP that I could think of. Now I can get back to writing my lovely AUs and stop being harassed by any TP related plots.