Quote Originally Posted by not_ya_wify View Post
It's my head canon now that Hydaelyn tempered us which is why we cannot disagree with her or hold her accountable and why we keep indulging her cruelty.
Same. It's both laughable and disturbing how much more EW makes sense if you add in Hydaelyn tempering.

My headcanon is if Zodiark was needed to maintain the aetheric barrier then Hydaelyn was needed to maintain the sundering, so without her the effects will begin to reverse themselves. It may take centuries, but eventually all will return to the way it was. This is still within character for Venat too as her goals were to defeat Metetion and introduce suffering. Now that both those have been achieved there's no reason for things to remain separated.