Time travel stories tend to feel a little eh to me the more ripple effects there are, because I nitpick too much and frustrate myself. Things like "We have the Blessing of Light because Venat saw us with it, so we have it." feel like circular logic and that bothers me, even if I conceptually understand the idea behind a bootstrap paradox.

Personally, I wasn't bothered too much by Elpis, though I will admit that reading some other posts here did make me think over some missed opportunities. For example, Azem being split between working with their mentor on Team Hydaelyn or their two best friends on Team Zodiark. Maybe there will be a "Tale from the End" or something addressing that, since I think the question was raised to Yoshi-P.