Feedback: Feeling disappointed by 6.55's narrative, and thus unsure about Dawntrail

[4clubbedace]

I did say in another thread and it seems relevant here that in the beginning, during ARR, it is hinted at a few times that we and others with the echo are tempered by Hydaelyn. We would then be subject to the same biases as the Ascians were with Zodiark. It also appears that Zodiark doesn't consume Aether just by existing, but in order to perform the star altering tasks the ancients wanted to it to then they would have to sacrifice more lives to it.

it was confirmed that hyda doesnt temper anyone, although they kinda forget about the echo much at all in favor of the blessing, which was a spell venat could always use anyways. Kinda strange considering krille and iceheart

[SieyaM]

it was confirmed that hyda doesnt temper anyone, although they kinda forget about the echo much at all in favor of the blessing, which was a spell venat could always use anyways. Kinda strange considering krille and iceheart

They say that, but then there are multiple instances during ARR where primals say that we are either already claimed by another or tainted by the light which seems to indicate that we are tempered in some way. I think this is evidence of a plot that was greatly altered that would have made Hydaelyn either more of a morally ambiguous figure or just made her an opposing force to Zodiark with both of them being equals.

[Iscah]

That's why I said either or. Both version have been know to used before in other work, it's just usually a setting will pick and stick with one version instead of multiple. But hey it's fiction, there is no rule saying you have to stick with one.

What I'm trying to say is that it is possible to have a single set of rules on how time travel works, and yet have some circumstances where a stable time loop forms and other times where it is possible for the traveller to alter events.

To be clear, I fully understand that there is no changing or erasing of the original timeline. G'raha did not save the timeline he came from. But he still managed to change events in the past, which caused a second branch of time to split off from the path that leads to where he came from, so that there can still be a timeline where the original version of events happened.


Edit to add: Basically, splitting the timeline is the last resort to prevent a causal paradox when a time traveller's actions stop their own past from happening.