I love tge Majora's Mask snippets, but they got me thinking. Does Link retain his ability to turn people into masks in Reconciliations? I get he probably wouldn't want to, but are you keeping it as a tool in his arsenal?
Reserving the right to change my answer on this one because it hasnāt entirely crystallized in my head yet, but technically he does, yes.Ā Itās just that the Song of Healingās effect isnāt TECHNICALLY as specific asĀ āturns people into masksā.
Technically in RR canon, weāve seen it do three things:
Turn some DEAD people into masks
Free people FROM transformation masks (freed Link from the Deku Scrub mask, which he did not initially put on himself, and freed the heads-on-sticks from the monster masks they were wearing)
Free Thomas from Agahnimās Mind Control
The third bullet there is likely a corollary of the second, mechanically speaking - one spirit controlling/possessing/influencing another and playing the song ends the control/connection.Ā Agahnim wasnāt using a mask on Thomas, but the function of the spell was roughly the same, minus the physical transformation.Ā A spirit other than his own was driving his body.
(Hypothetically, the song could have worked on Dark Link as well to separate him from Brayden, but Link didnāt have it yet at that point, so, you know, stabbing happened.)
But the song has limits.Ā It wonāt work on all spirits (living or otherwise).Ā And it doesnāt always turn them into masks.Ā The mask element likely requires a very specific set of circumstances.