Tales from the Dawn

[EaraGrace]

It's possible the writers did intend him to have been told about the dynamis problem, but that just takes us to back to what I've been saying since the first page: Why didn't they tell us, and thusly make him look like less of an fanatic? Why did they seem to go out of their way to avoid all of the potential writing decisions which could soften the group's actions, even by passing implication?

For some of those, it might just be that they realized the writing surrounding the Sundering scenario was basically held together with sticky tape, and that elaborating too much would just create more problems.

For some of those, it might just be that they realized the writing surrounding the Sundering scenario was basically held together with sticky tape, and that elaborating too much would just create more problems. But in this case, there would be literally no downside to making it clear that Hydaelyn's faction was in the know. Like you said, the Watcher had only a fragment of his original memories, so it wouldn't even have created a continuity problem. They would have come across as more reasonable at 0 cost to the broader narrative.

So why? The only answer I can reach is "because they don't think it's important". That they consider the pure ideological justification for the Sundering cause enough.

I think this is kind of a leap. The story was intended to expand on the original Watchers’ relationship with Venat. What we’re discussing is a minor part of the overall piece, being a compliment to a longer and more focused convo that happened in 5.2 which is what I’m referencing. That convo is what we should look towards, as well as the statements by the Watcher on the topic of Dynamis/Meteion. Those are good pieces of evidence that they did know, and lack an explanation (apologies if this is repeating myself but I think this is really important to my point) that fills the gaps if they didn’t.

And calling him a simp (I know you haven’t but others have) or a fanatic is a bit reductive no? He was obviously dedicated to Venat and loved her, but his love doesn’t make him anymore a fanatic than any other character whose wears their affections on their sleeve. They had in-depth conversations on these topics and the Watchers admiration for Venat was born from watching her journey. Someone can be dedicated and devoted with open eyes I think.

Personally I feel the writers were more interested in telling us of the Watcher and Venat, and not so focused on justifying an event that’s already been given a lot of breathing room. It’s the same for the Tales from the Shadows Ancient pieces, focus on the characters and their feelings with the big lore events happening as set pieces.