User blog comment:Bowserdude/Death Battle Rant: Bowser VS Ganondorf/@comment-27033016-20160406182116

My thoughts exactly on the Dry Bowser scenario, but there's also someting that I've noticed that is also inaccurate.

The Deku Tree curse. It's not the same as the Harry Potter killing curse so it doesn't kill instantly just like that. The Deku Tree curse works by summoning a monster (Gohma) inside the host's body that will gradually weaken it from the inside, and overtime, will eventually kill the host. It's even stated that the Deku Tree has been cursed long before Link even started his journey, so they really should've double checked on that before making the assumption that the curse "instantly kills".