I swear, Tingle is more of a villain than Ganon is.
I have a sudden craving to see the opening sequence of that game again, but with all the pictures of Ganon replaced with pictures of Tingle.
It would make more sense. Take a good look a Tingle Tower, the images carved on it. Then look at the spinning thing on top. That thing is being spun by two unfortunate guys that Tingle
enslaved - and Tingle claims it's "fairy magic" moving it(despite standing next to the two slaves as he says it).
Maybe he should hook up with the creepy Queen Fairy who lives literally on the next island over. She's some serious nightmare fuel right there. Despite the creepy child-like appearance(that none of the Great Fairies have), she starts
hitting on Link during their conversation, then she finishes the conversation with "the fairies of this fountain will ease your weariness.
Use them as you will." Emphasis mine since that phrase is usually associated with rape, meaning the Queen Fairy just suggested that you rape her underlings - made worse since this is the first Zelda game(if I recall) where you can visibly see the fairies' reaction to being put in a bottle(they don't like it).
The look your (sentient) boat gives you when the Queen Fairy starts coming on to you is hilarious, like he's trying to say "No, don't even think about it, Link".
He's probably trying to put Link and Zelda together, since Zelda is the last of his bloodline, maybe even his daughter(it's kinda unclear). To be fair, the King of Hyrule is a boat, so shipping is all he can do at this point.