Mido's Bloody Fate (Zelda: Ocarina of Time Theory)

Who is your LEAST favorite character in ALL of Zelda lore? For me, it's got to be... probably a certain flying chicken

Both Mido and King Zora lost someone to them becoming sages. That's why they are sat together in mourning.

People hate Link for one simple reason. Dude will bust into your house to break all your jars, steal your cash, and do it again at the neighbor's place without a care in the world.

You gotta feel bad for Mido, both times he finally let's Link pass, someone dies. The first time he couldn't accept it and blamed Link, but the second time he learns that he's just going to have to accept it

Small note from my head cannon I’d like to think that Mido figured out mid-conversation he was talking to an adult version of the Link he once knew, and that he was swallowing his pride by apologizing, while also somewhat feeling shame/saving face by not directly admitting that he had realized who he was talking to

The credits sequence with the two sitting away from the festivities is a pretty powerful moment. Celebration can bring out the melancholy in those who mourn the passing of better days. Mido never had a chance with Saria but now that dream is entirely gone and a father will never get to see his daughter again. At least the two sages sprinkle some of that light over them just to let the two know that they'll never be completely gone.

Mido was the Secretary of Defense for the path to the Deku tree.

I like to think Mido made his name by protecting the Harbor from enemies...the same way he did against Link. By shuffling side to side with one hand outward, stopping any from passing.

If Mido were to make a name for himself among the Hylians, I personally think it would be more as a rescuer than a war hero. When the war raged, Mido could have gone out to the Hylians and helped them evacuate to the Kokiri forest. Since he and other Kokiri would guide them, the people wouldn't get lost and become stalfos/skull kids. For the Hylians, some kid suddenly showing up out of nowhere and saving many lives by relocating them to a conveniently hidden location would be quite the heroic tale.

Zora king also blocking the horse entrance. Classic.

Maybe the reason King Zora and Mido are sitting together in the credits is because they both lost someone very close/ important to them. King Zora lost his daughter and Mido lost Saria

He's sitting with the Zora because both of them lost someone extremely close to them. Princess ruto and saria.

Something i just realised, the kokiri at the lon lon party have no fairy at all, even mido... perhaps when a kokiri leave the forest they lose their fairy and then begin to age normally... maybe the fairies are the ones who cant leave the forest at all in normal conditions, thats why navi had to abandon link at the end of oot in order to survive or maybe to mantain her physical form ( i theorize that when fairies are used to give health or leave a fairy fountain they lose their physical form and leave to another realm), maybe they are the reason kokiri dont age as they have the power to cure?

If it's canon that he gets a town named after him by the time of Zelda 2, he must of done something pretty great to be on the level of the sages

This theory makes Mido sound like a total badass, at least in his later years.

I always just assumed in the credits that Mido and King Zora were sat on their own sadly as they had just lost someone they loved...

Regardless of the theory, the reason for Mido being sad after Ganon's defeat is actually just that he misses Saria just like King Zora misses Ruto. The Kokiri & Gorons are too happy-go-lucky to not celebrate. The Zora & Gerudo didn't know Ruto or Nabooru personally. There are no Sheikah present to mourn the loss of Impa. There's nothing more to Mido's sadness at the end, he's sad that he wasn't nice to Link & lost Saria.

"Ah, yes. The tale of Mido is a tragic one, but one we all need to hear. Our actions have consequences, the consequences bring sorrow, sorrow unveils fear, fear lights hope, hope forms courage, and courage fuels a brighter future."

Thinking about it, Mido actually saved Link. Link needed to find a sword and a shield before he could see the Great Deku Tree since there were monsters on the way to and inside the Great Deku Tree.

You can’t ignore King Zora sitting next to Mido as, “he’s just too big.” Dude lost a daughter and Mido lost a father (deku tree). That is powerful and I always felt they were comforting each other. In my head canon, King Zora may have even taken Mido as a surrogate son. Zora’s were great warriors. In any timeline, Mido meets up with the Zora, he becomes a warrior. Of course, my head canon is just as much speculation, but it’s hard to separate that these two sit apart from the crowd, but together.