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I'm seeing people argue in the replies of this post that Wind Waker Ganon is still pure evil - I disagree. The game clearly WANTS to frame him that way, but it fails horribly; Ganon's goal to restore Hyrule, his decision to spare Link's life after taking his Triforce of Courage, and the love he expresses for the bounty of Hyrule all paint him as morally grey at worst but honestly: kind of good at best.
Had Ganon gotten his way, Hyrule would have been restored, the current age of anarchy would end, and the people of the Great Sea would once again prosper in verdant fields of green. But because King Daphnes got his hands on the Triforce instead, Hyrule was lost forever, and it would take hundreds of years for a new kingdom to be established in a far-off land. Think of all the many generations of Hylians who lived a life of hardship on the ocean during that time, and realize that every single one of them could have had a better life had Ganon got his wish to restore Hyrule.
It can be a real boon for a story to give its villain some semblance of relatability and human motivations. But Wind Waker took this too far and made its version of Ganondorf so morally grey that he actually presented a better future than what the main protagonists were offering. So as hilarious as the below image may be: the fact that it actually applies to Wind Waker Ganon shows the weakness of that game's writing more succinctly than any 5-hour critique on the matter ever could.
