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I did some reasearch and came up with the conclusion to make this thread.
Frankly, this is very hard to explain, and I'm likely overthinking it. But here I go.
So, for those who've played Chrono Trigger, recall the time Marle was Ret-Goned from existence, and how she recalls the experience. That's just a small snippet of the Darkness Beyond Time, and ye only allusion you'll get to the negative repercussions of time traveling in this game. That all changes with its far more cynical sequel, which goes ham on this.
See, when the original cast beats Lavos, its "death" caused a whole lot of paradoxes to come into existence, and sends timelines to the DBT. This happens...often. AFAIK There's the Dead Sea, El Nido, etc. It's implied that every change in time dooms at least one of infinite realities to the DBT.
And every reality is heavily reliant on Lavos (I'll get more into that).
Now recall that Lavos is basically BB, let alone the Dream Devourer. You manage to somehow kill one, bypassing all of its defenses, there's always a timeline where you didn't kill him, and that one will wreck shop. Ever since base, killing him paradoxes timelines in and out of existence. Wipe 'em all out? The DBT is the base of its operations, and you just sent all of Creation there. Congratulations. Yeah, as we've established before, Lavos in his Devourer states have no qualms about bringing itself back from the DBT. The rule about there being timelines that you didn't kill him in applies there as well.
Basically, Lavos can bring himself back from the DBT even if reality is paradoxed to that void as well.
Again, this only applies to Time Devourer...if legit. And maybe Dream Devourer, as their regen stems from the same reasonings kinda.
I did some reasearch and came up with the conclusion to make this thread.
Frankly, this is very hard to explain, and I'm likely overthinking it. But here I go.
So, for those who've played Chrono Trigger, recall the time Marle was Ret-Goned from existence, and how she recalls the experience. That's just a small snippet of the Darkness Beyond Time, and ye only allusion you'll get to the negative repercussions of time traveling in this game. That all changes with its far more cynical sequel, which goes ham on this.
See, when the original cast beats Lavos, its "death" caused a whole lot of paradoxes to come into existence, and sends timelines to the DBT. This happens...often. AFAIK There's the Dead Sea, El Nido, etc. It's implied that every change in time dooms at least one of infinite realities to the DBT.
And every reality is heavily reliant on Lavos (I'll get more into that).
Now recall that Lavos is basically BB, let alone the Dream Devourer. You manage to somehow kill one, bypassing all of its defenses, there's always a timeline where you didn't kill him, and that one will wreck shop. Ever since base, killing him paradoxes timelines in and out of existence. Wipe 'em all out? The DBT is the base of its operations, and you just sent all of Creation there. Congratulations. Yeah, as we've established before, Lavos in his Devourer states have no qualms about bringing itself back from the DBT. The rule about there being timelines that you didn't kill him in applies there as well.
Basically, Lavos can bring himself back from the DBT even if reality is paradoxed to that void as well.
Again, this only applies to Time Devourer...if legit. And maybe Dream Devourer, as their regen stems from the same reasonings kinda.
