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I don't think I've ever seen much in the way of people "building upon it and imagining" in regards to Link's Awakening's plot. I don't think the issue is that the storytelling isn't explicit but rather that the ending and related twist are just about the only aspect of the story that's even particularly noteworthy and it feels like people are projecting that back onto the rest of the game when there's just not all that much else to it, explicit or not.

Also while the ending and the few beats leading up to it are good, the...specific nature of it probably only really works well in the context of a story that isn't great or that prevalent to begin with. If I actually cared a lot about the plot and characters here, I'd have probably been annoyed at the ending instead of praising it! It's the kind of thing that can maybe elevate mediocrity a little but would probably take masterclass execution to not drag down a story that's actually good.