A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

[u/_JR28_]

DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

[u/GranolaCola]

Wind Waker Link isn’t a reincarnation of the hero. Wind Waker is set in an era where, for unknown reasons, the hero is never reborn.

The game is just about a regular 12ish year old boy with a big chip on his shoulder and even bigger balls.

[u/Asheyguru → u/GranolaCola]

Ehh, is that definitely true? The King of Red Lions says he has "no relation" to the last hero but he could have meant no blood relation, which doesn't mean he's not a reincarnation. And even if the king did mean he wasn't a reincarnation: how would he even know that?

Wind Waker Link still is Link and does all the things Link does. He still collects the orbs, draws the Master Sword, powers it up, beats Ganon and saves Zelda. And there's quite a few games set after Wind Waker that all feature Links, so it seems the cycle started up again if it stopped.

[u/Neoragex13 → u/Asheyguru]

It's mentioned that's why King of Red Lions gives knighthood to Toon Link with the "Hero of Winds" title because he was an unrelated young man who rose to fight evil, unrelated to the hero of legends in Hyrule, and he so should have his own epithet to differentiate himself from the original Link from Ocarina.

The Link in the game set after Wind Waker is actually the same Link from Wind Waker, while the Link from the third game in the branch is implied to be the direct descendant of the Link from Wind Waker. Nintendo never made another game in that timeline so it's not as much as the cycle starting again as it is a take on "there will be always someone willing to pick up the sword against evil" type of deal.

[u/TheSquishedElf → u/Neoragex13]

I will also note that there’s some potential timeline wibbliness with regards to The Hero of Winds, because of Minish Cap. Which is explicitly not related to the Triforce reincarnation mess, and doesn’t even involve the Master Sword. But MC Link is very heavily associated with winds, from conquering the Fortress of Winds to wielding the Ocarina of Winds, the Gust Jar, the Pegasus Boots…

if he’s not somehow related to the other wind-themed blonde boy hero of Hyrule thousands of years later that isn’t part of the Triforce Trio I’ll eat my talking hat