[ALL] I may be overthinking it, but going by the Zelda lore, couldn't Link and Zelda actually never marry or have a child?

Don't really need confirmation when there's tons of subtext and evidence to suggest something did happen. Like TP Link being a descendant of Malon and OoT Link, it's never confirmed, but the evidence is there.

You kind just proved my point there. If the Hero was based on bloodline, then there'd be more than one that should be a royal, but none of the ones we've seen are.

Because it's the spirit of the hero that inhabits someone, not his blood. The Hero gets reincarnated, the Goddess doesn't. Her bloodline matters, the Hero's doesn't.

Anyone can be the Hero if they've got courage in their heart and his spirit. And because of WW, we know the Hero's spirit emerges when there's impending doom.

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