Tears of the Kingdom – Tear of Time?

After studying the different abilities in Tears of the Kingdom, we already could notice that Recall is different from the others. It glows in a golden light and it is represented by a stylized kanji, instead of the green Zonai magic and a straight-forward symbol used for Ascend, Fuse, and Master Hand. Well, and if we look at the tear that Zelda is holding in the last trailer, we can see that it has the Recall symbol on it, which stands for time:

We can also see how Zelda activates the same glowing light when she falls, probably to save herself (thanks to Zeltik's analysis for this one, I didn't spot this myself). Fans of the theory that the Goddess of Time mentioned in Majora's Mask and Hylia could be one and the same will certainly enjoy this connection.

We also have seen how Link obtains this glowing light at what appears to be the large temple structure that we saw time and time again at the large group of sky islands, which is probably the tutorial area.

Perhaps this is the final reward that you will obtain there, like the Paraglider at the Great Plateau, instead that this is given to you by Zelda, or at least left by her. And then you will move on to collect the remaining tears, where each of them will give you a new ability.

It would be the best of both worlds. You get a starting kit of abilities, like in Breath of the Wild, which are enabled by his Zonai arm. But the golden gauntlet he wears will let him use the tears in addition, and with them you will collect new "items" throughout the game, which will let you progress in different ways. And this could mean that these are more much significant than expected.

The "wind" ability for example most likely will be a replacement for Revali's Gale, where you obtain this from Tulin or together with Tulin. If these characters are truly the new Seven Sages, then these tears could be what the Medallions originally were originally supposed to be in Ocarina of Time. In earlier versions of the game you could assign them to the C-buttons and use them for abilities, where the Fire Medallion would have worked like Din's Fire for example. And perhaps now, 25 years later, we finally get to have this idea in action.