What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Fiel_Tana]

As a description, it does sit somewhat ill at ease with what we're told in EW. Coupled with how durable the shield even a sundered Zodiark could maintain was against multiple stars' worth of harnessed despair, it suggests to me that when Hermes says it's far weaker than aether, he's not wrong about that much at least. In any case, we're left with a description that says she can affect them but only indirectly, by affecting their magicks; still raises the question of how hijacking control over their creation magicks isn't directly affecting them, in contrast to the below...

You're right, but it does mostly answer my question how they were affected if it was indirectly through a disruption of the planetary aether flow (which they may use to power their magic?), so thank you! Gives me something to think about

I still haven't seen any proof of the theory that Hydaelyn sundered the world out of necessity because the ancients inability to manipulate dynamis, other than Hermes comment, when in story there are many examples showing otherwise. I suspect that theory is people taking Hermes at his word and running with it.

My spikes do get up when I see someone trying to gaslight someone into believing something unfounded by insulting their intelligence and / or comprehension, which is why I went a bit on the offensive with the post that started this discussion. I wish one of these theories made sense as to why the sundering was required, my brain might stop looping on it then.

@Simple_Barghest I've wondered the same thing and really hope that the Pandaemonium story explains some of the MSQ inconsistencies.