Why i think "Flames of Truth" was a weak way to explain the world's survival

[Jonnycbad]

I'm curious why so many people continue to think Hydaelyn is replenishing aether by re-absorbing a Shard. As far as I'm aware, there is no actual basis for this fan theory. The Ascians work towards a Calamity in order to break down the barrier between the Source and a Shard. The outcome may be the same, but the purported motive for the means is not. At least, not based on what I understand about Calamities.

Ascians call Calamities "Rejoinings". It's implied that the aether is drained from the land in one aspect to bring about a calamity, and then during the Astral Era. The ascians want to return the world to its original state, probably by rejoining the shards to the source, e.g. combining the aether pools of each shard back into the source to rejoin the lifestream into one entity or some such.