The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Continuity forks

In any fictional work where time travel is involved, it always makes sense from the point of view of the main character. It does not always makes sense from a strictly historical/chronological point of view, though.

In other words, how does Labrynna look from the point of view of all characters who do not travel in time?

Time paradoxes: a plot flaw
A typical time paradox is when an author treats the past time and the present time as if they were at the same time. In other words, a time paradox is a turn of phrase to hide a plot flaw.

For example, let us analyze this sentence from Oracle of Ages:
 * "She is doing it now, in the past!"


 * Now = present time
 * In the past = past time
 * They are obviously two different times!

The statement "now in the past" makes the reader think: "When? Now!" and "Where? In the past!" This is obviously wrong, because the past is a time (when?), not a location (where?).

The sentence above is equivalent to:
 * "She is doing it now, 400 years ago!"

Written this way, it becomes apparent that there is a contradiction.

Criteria

 * Any time in the past and in the future is the Present sooner or later. There is no privileged point of view along the timeline.
 * For the statement above, "alteration of the past" is the same as "alteration of the present", and the latter is apparently nonsense. Therefore, an "alteration of the past" is just a plot flaw.
 * Still, "alterations of the present" can be nice and functional for comedies ("Back to the Future", "Sliding Doors"), but nobody considers The Legend of Zelda a comedy.
 * Let us give priority to what is said and shown in the games; use pure logic, not physics; never fully trust any manual.
 * Try and avoid retroactive corrections to continuity as much as possible.

NONETHELESS, the game says that the flow of time is disrupted. This means that the forked continuities can mix up randomly.

History of the Western Woods
Along the True timeline, since the Maku Tree senses the Essence of Time during Zelda's age, it has to be assumed that the Essence materializes again after it was collected by Link during Ambi's age. With this logical assumption, the True timeline becomes self-consistent, and the False one becomes unnecessary.