Quote Originally Posted by Ignacius View Post
Well, weirder questions abound if that's the case:

-Why is Hydaelyn fighting the cycle?
Assuming there is a cycle in place (and it is anywhere even remotely similar to actual mythologies that exist in our world) I would say that it's a safe bet that she is protecting herself.

In the mythos of a lot of cultures, each subsequent generation of "gods" leads to the downfall of the previous one (Ie: Greek Cosmic deities give way to the Titans, Titans give way to the Gods, Gods give way to man... man gives way to supercomputers and the internet... etc ...). The only "God" that persists in most mythos is that of the "true" god, whom is usually the origin god (in Greek mythology that god is a shapeless entity named "chaos" from which all thing supposedly sprung into existence, including the cosmic deities) and is the furthest "god" removed from direct involvement with humans. The way such a god is directly involved with mortals is by nature (ie: chaos represents our state of existence. Rather than being personified or preforming miracles or w/e, we simply exist with Chaos as a facet of our reality). Hydaelyn may be taking on this role. However, it's also possible that Zodiark is the true holder of this role, and Hydaelyn just stands in for him, doing what she can to prevent her destruction at the hands of subsequent generations of Gods.

It is possible she's simply trying to protect us from destruction at the hands of this cycle, since it's possible that her destruction could also mean ours, but it's just as likely that she is only looking out for herself, and exploiting our ignorance as a means of getting us to play along.