What would happen if someone succeeded in summoning the Twelve?

I've held the theory for a long time that the primals are actualy the Elementalts given the physical form befitting of those that worship them. IE the Amal'ja are summoning the Elemental of Fire but it's taking the immage that the Amal'ja expect their god to take. This could possibly tie in to the Ascian statement that should we perfect the echo that we and the Ascians would "Veiw the world the same", which to me sounds as if the ycan literally see something we cant rather than just being able to see their point of view. Who know, it may turn out that the cake is a lie and the Ascians are really the good guys.

Except the elementals are actually completely different to Primals and other aetheric entities, in that they exist freely throughout everything in creation - yes, even rocks and water have elementals. For some reason though they've always been more potent and active within the Black Shroud, which led to the misconception that they were only found there. The 1.0 Gridanian storyline actually touches on this:

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Originally Posted by version 1.0 main scenario quest 'Souls Gone Wild'

Papalymo: "That's what I've been trying to tell you. There are elementals in all sorts of things. Rocks, rivers, flowers. They are the unifying force of this entire forest."
Yda: "Sooo, an elemental is like a gigantic, super-powerful person?"
Papalymo: "Really? Are you kidding? How have you made it this far in life? They are not to be thought of as individuals of any size, you dolt. Explain to me what part you don't understand."

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Originally Posted by version 1.0 main scenario quest 'Souls Gone Wild'

O-App-Pesi: "Where were we...? Ah yes, of course, we were speaking of the elementals."
O-App-Pesi: "They are a part of this world, great and powerful. And they do not oft trouble themselves with the inconsequential affairs of man."
O-App-Pesi: "They do show themselves from time to time, though. When one beckoned by the wood arrives to hear their bidding, say, or should the greenwrath be wakened."
O-App-Pesi: "Those who do not believe in the elementals had best stay clear of the Twelveswood, else it would claim them."

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Additionally, a random npc in 1.0's CNJ's Guild also mentioned about the elementals being found throughout Eorzea in metal:

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Originally Posted by version 1.0 npc Telent

"I've been listening to these damn trees for more summers you've seen. No one else can make sense of them, which I suppose is why they suffer me to stay. I always wanted to hear the elementals in steel and iron and bronze-metals, you know? Maybe earn myself a ride on one of them fancy Garlean airships. But nothing ever seems to work out the way we plan it."

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Although ARR does retcon a few things from version 1.0, from everything that's been stated throughout ARR's story, it's clear that this idea about the elementals has still been more or less kept, even though the elementals have been shown to have become far more insular and withdrawn recently, due to the aetheric damage wrought by the Calamity. In any event, it's clear that the elementals and the Primals are two totally different kinds of entity.