[MAJOR ENDWALKER/SHADOWBRINGER SPOILERS] On the introduction of dynamis.

[vormela]

I have seen people mention time-travel as the reference they were making when they said "we're really going there" but I really feel like introducing dynamis was the most shocking risk.

There is always stuff that scientific knowledge can't quite explain, but it did feel out of left field. It felt like they thought they had to take us back to show us a "source" of this new phenomenon to be able to make it work.

There must be more scientific fields IRL than I am familiar with where all-encompassing underlying processes have just recently been fleshed out. Like when you are writing a paper or doing a study... When you read old literature from before the discovery you have to parse through all the old outdated terminology and explanations to figure out how to readdress those observations and apply them to what you are trying to say.

They can do a lot in the story's future with the problem of reaching a scientific consensus about these new/old ideas.

I had thought that other Hydaelyn (uhh, Etheirys) cultures' scientific inquiry would be able to shed light on the workings of the in-game universe, but I didn't think it would be this big! Now that they are going to continue writing the game, it feels like this dynamis might just be paving the way for more revelations as we go to those places that are name-dropped toward the end.

ETA: The scientific inquiry and theorycrafting in Thavnair felt believable and organic and any arguments about the specifics would have detracted from the story and the imminent catastrophe happening all around. Like I can compare it to the pedestrian observations about how the 2020 pandemic research, engineering, and application took place and how it was a global effort that is still not over.