Quote Originally Posted by Nefiiria View Post
I feel like people who use the "time bubble" theory are taking it too broadly. Clearly there are events that have happened, and therefore time must unfold in that space. You can put things in a bubble or sort of suspend quests and locations to certain points in time, but you cannot assume that the events between ARR and Shadowbringers have only been a short amount of time.
That's not how the time bubble works here. Time is still passing and the story is still being told in order. The time bubble is just keeping the calendar from moving. It's why Aphinaud is still 16 and the Calamity is still "5 years ago" and such despite 4-6 years worth of events having happened since the beginning of 2.0.