Thread: 8.0 and World

Originally Posted by Chasingstars

And that is the point, explore the subject matter, where maybe there is a person who doesn't want to be rejoined to have their autonomy taken. That is a goldmine for storytelling. Not engaging with that content, by contrast, is just leaving a plot thread dangling for no other reason and could be considered wasted potential in writing. After all, if goes unexplored, then why was it even brought up in the storyline? Sure it tells us we are an incomplete version of Azem, but if we do nothing with that storyline, then I could snip it out of the story and no harm comes to the story. See what I mean?

I'm sure that other Azem shards will appear in the future and that there is a reason why they were introduced to the story. But there's a lot that can happen with these characters apart from rejoining with us. They aren't objects to be picked up and used, like the crystals of light we collected in ARR.
As long as the story hasn't established that we need to absorb other Azem shards, there is no need to do it, not to mention that the WoL would never agree to it without good reason.

Just because something would be interesting in a story doesn't mean it should happen, especially if it doesn't make sense for it to happen.
I could see a villainous Azem-shard trying it though.