Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
Based on ending B from Drakengard, the copies thing is certainly a most plausible explanation.
The Seeds of Destruction all copy the exact monster that Furiae becomes once Inuart placed her into the Seed. I guess my hang up is, what's manipulating what? Is the Machine Network controlling the Watcher's/Power of God now or was the entire Machine Network consumed by a Seed?
Well, one current popular fan theory for the series is... (DrakeNier spoilers)

That the series is essentially taking place in a repeating time loop where eventually the androids/machines will advance to the point of reaching the Watchers' power and the create Dragons and recreate humanity, eventually being locked out of reality the Dragons before working their way back in through Zero and the intoners and restarting the whole thing all over.


That said, I do think that the 2B and 9S that appear in FFXIV are from some side branch timeline like Drakengard 2, if not just outright non-canon to the series.