Disappointed in one Endwalker Aspect [SPOILERS]

[Rulakir]

Y'all are overthinking this. My thought process following an expansion where the WoL's life was saved the and 8th Umbral Calamity averted was Elpis could end with another timeline. Why bother having us go back in time at all vs. Echo flashbacks? Why bother giving the WoL agency in the past so that the player thinks there's a chance they can change history only for that always to be an impossibility? Had we been restricted to being a witness to it, fine, but we were a participant and that created a paradox.

Since I know someone's going to bring up Alexander, I had no idea what that was until a few weeks ago. I've only done the MSQ and since I hate raiding I never would have done that content anyway. ShB was all I knew of time travel, so I assumed FFXIV operated under multiverse theory. I would've preferred it that way too as I don't like time loops and their subsequent paradoxes.

Anyway, re: tempering, Thancred has a line after Qitana Ravel, "The eldest and most powerful of primals... Gods. If that were Hydaelyn's origin, then what would that make--" Sadly the first and only time he's expressed being concerned over Hydaelyn's treatment of Minfilia.

Edit: Forgot to add that I don't agree Venat was acting in the same capacity as an Azem at all. Her actions are contrary to what we know of 'our' Azem as well as from what we've seen of the WoL and Ardbert.