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Added 2023-04-22 18:43:24 +0000 UTCAdventure City had a real name long ago, but th
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While the big plot stuff is interesting and important, one thing that I've wanted more of is an actual understanding of how the "siblings" (Jane, Ophiel, Yggdrasil, and now the staff) actually think about each other. Does Jane even think of them as family, or are they more like pets? Does Yggdrasil get jealous about how the others get to go on adventures? Ophiel is in a child-like state right now, but does he get resentful because he keeps getting used like a tool by Erick, rather than explore his own goals? What type of personality will the staff undergo?
N0m_N0m
2023-04-27 19:53:20 +0000 UTCWhile The Big M does say "all" his knowledge, we gotta keep in mind that when The Sundering happened Big M permanently lost significantly more knowledge than all the Gods combined retained. He literally lost infinite amounts of knowledge. What remains will surely be a huge boon to Erik in all his next endeavours, but yea, also not quite as "all" as some people might be thinking at first glance.
Emily Gurnavage
2023-04-27 17:06:20 +0000 UTCI am sucker for demiurge stories. So I do love the idea that Xoat a long time ago chose to destroy everything but Veird and be reborn as Erick to make the New Cosmology a better place. I think a more fitting story is something unknown as of yet caused it, and Erick is the latest in a long line of not really reincarnation of Xoat. Just enough of his goodwill and Wizardry clumped together in the mana to make the occassional Wizard a powerhouse with a heart of gold.
Brisingaer
2023-04-25 05:42:52 +0000 UTCan interesting theory!
Arcs
2023-04-22 21:20:18 +0000 UTCSo, the easiest and most horrible option for what caused the Sundering is Erick did it. Or rather, will do it. And not because he wants to, but because Erick is Benevolence and it is Benevolence that will guard the future against all possible Sunderings, but for Benevolence to be born the Sundering needed to happen. This would also possibly explain why he hasn't become a full Wizard yet. Erick is Paradox, so becoming a full Wizard would unmoor him from time and causality. Benevolence can't allow this to happen, yet, because Erick only created Benevolence as it exists due to all the horror and loss and trauma caused by the Sundering and his experiences on Veird in a post-Sundering world. This would even explain why no one saw it coming. We already know that Benevolence can block knowledge of what is to come if it serves the Benevolence future, so in a Paradox, those in the Old Cosmology couldn't see anything coming because Benevolence blocked them, but they couldn't tell they were being blocked because Benevolence did not yet exist. Ugh, time travel...it's just turtles all the way down, I swear.
Collateral_ink
2023-04-22 20:19:09 +0000 UTCThanks :)
s476
2023-04-22 20:09:48 +0000 UTC
