Quote Originally Posted by SannaR View Post
I understand how it's easier and to refute some wild theory if you're dealing with cold hard fact vs when you're trying to debate about something that isn't rooted in said fact as much. I feel there's probably some more questionable summonings then what's already been brought up. Enkidoh for example is one that doesn't make much sense from a strict aether only idea. Some of Ysayle's transformations into Shiva and even Tsukiyomi. My problems is there isn't a lot of faith/prayer/hope or I guess in Yotsuyu's instance anger(?) to help complete said summoning. In some instances there's even not a whole lot of aether either. Or at least not a lot of crystals. Then again how do you try and quantity the emotional part of the equation?
Enkidu was summoned when Gilgamesh was thinking about his friend while surrounded by crystals. In Yotsuyu's case, she was also surrounded by crystals, while invoking the power of the moon and holding a relic specific to Tsukuyomi as a deity. Neither instance contradicts what we already knew about summoning and both involve focusing on a specific image in the presence of great amounts of aether. Ysayle even mentions requiring aether to transform and steals some from the Gnath's cache.

The problem I have with summoning having a dynamis component is that we already know it's related to Ancient creation magic and they did not use dynamis at all. Zodiark and Hydaelyn are said to be the oldest and most powerful primals and both are just extremely large-scale summonings performed by beings that normally can't handle dynamis.

It's also difficult to reconcile dynamis with summonings when it's already been established that primals are pure aether that require more aether and that overwhelming aether cannot interact with dynamis. Then there's the Gnath, who don't have emotions at all, but are still capable of summoning Ravana.