The Reasoning behind The Sundering? (*6.0 Endwalker Spoilers*)

[Tsiron]

So the current races are not the "new life"... but then Yoshida revealing that they all "evolved" after the Sundering feels like a pretty big fuck up? Why are they the same on the First (and, I assume, the other Shards) then...? There's no longer a reason or explanation

(I will not accept "convergent evolution" as the explanation)

[MikkoAkure]

So the current races are not the "new life"... but then Yoshida revealing that they all "evolved" after the Sundering feels like a pretty big fuck up? Why are they the same on the First (and, I assume, the other Shards) then...? There's no longer a reason or explanation

(I will not accept "convergent evolution" as the explanation)

Yeah... I'd rather hear what Oda/Ishikawa/Koji has to say on that. Several of his answers in the Q&A he mentioned he had Oda or Ishikawa help on, like the one about Venat's thoughts on the Ancients, but that one felt like he just said whatever was on his mind without thinking about it all the way. The Mystel do seem different from the Miqo'te in that their gender ratio is evenly split, but otherwise they're completely the same and it's a bit weird to give what he gave as an answer when a lot of the other answers were much more detailed and thought out.