There's not actually a lot here that we disagree on.
If we take "leave him alone" to mean that they didn't actively try to stop him from obtaining the Triforce, I guess that makes a certain amount of sense. Who held onto the Spiritual Stones, though, I w-nevermind, that's ridiculous. We agree that this is a different retelling, the method of accessing the Sacred Realm could be entirely different.
You may be right concerning him leading a gang of thieves, but I remember that being the backstory of the Twili, not Ganondorf's troops - the Twili being cast into the Twilight Realm because they sought out the power of the gods. But again, if we agree that it's a different retelling, then the Gerudo as a race aren't necessarily distinct from the Hylians. My only problem with this is that it contradicts the stated intent of Ganondorf in the Wind Waker, which was that he wanted to conquer Hyrule for the sake of bettering the lives of his people. The idea that he basically sacrificed his own people in order to obtain power contradicts that characterization of him.
I seriously need to replay the game just to brush up on that particular sequence.
As to him wanting the entire Triforce - ehhhh, not really. It's a means to an end, not an end in and of itself. The only game in which he was preoccupied with obtaining the whole thing after already winning was Ocarina of Time. He wanted it in Wind Waker, yes, but only to bring back Hyrule. I don't think he ever mentioned wanting to take the "power of the gods" that had been bestowed upon Link and Zelda in Twilight Princess.
Wait, Ganondorf can be reincarnated? What, just as a Hylian, or a human, or are there still Gerudo, or what? I never played FSA.







