Inconsistencies with the sundering (Spoilers)

[Atelier-Bagur]

If this is square enix's rationale I don't think it's a very good one. Cutscenes can still be metaphorical and symbolic without changing how events play out.

And that's the strange part. I think many people would figure that 1/14th the aether would be less effective at repelling meteion because this game does establish that having more or less aether makes a difference in this universe, but the final days/sundering event kind of ignores that rule and shows that an individual shard is just as good at repelling an attack from meteion as unsundered etheirys.

Maybe meteion just stopped trying after the ancients defended against her the first time around, but that wouldn't make sense either because as soon as the protagonist kills zodiark in the endwalker msq, a second final days begins to happen immediately which suggests that meteion was always constantly there.

My understanding is that when she created the song, it wasnt a force that immediately affected every single life and planet in the universe, but instead a sound that traveled through light years of the great expanse that would reach any unfortunate stars to hear it and cause its destruction. This sound was able to reach Etheirys which jump started its destruction, but as we know the Convocation summoned Zodiark to shield the planet from further harm and to replenish its lost aether.

However Meteion's plan was always in the works in the background, as she continued to gather the universe's despair and dynamis to further strengthen her song to one day be able to end everything; which means eventually even with Zodiark, it wouldnt have been strong enough to prevent total annihilation (interestingly enough this idea was hinted by the Minstrel in the Endsinger EX, what if she had more time to strengthen her song?) So when Zodirak was no more, the planet lost its protective earbuds and the Final Days was able to resume once more.