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[Theory] Timelines, the Multiverse, and the True Scope of the Final Shape

According to the ideology of the Darkness and Sword Logic, the Final Shape is a state where one singular species or individual has overcome all other life to become the last living things in existence. In the "Unveiling", we learned that it was the Pattern that became the Vex which embodied this ideology, which the Winnower admired. Within the game, it is the Hive who actively pursue the Final Shape through Sword Logic, and the Darkness has taken an interest in Guardians because it believes we can become the Final Shape. The thing is, the existence of trillions of timelines and other universes adds an additional layer to things. For instance, a single race could become the last thing in existence in one timeline, but they may have become extinct in [i]another timeline[/i] where another race became the Final Shape, and so on. For instance, there could be a timeline where the Devil Splicers won against the Last City; timelines where Crota and Oryx never died; a timeline where Ghaul won the Red War and successfully held onto the Light he took. Or perhaps even ourselves: a Dark Guardian who so embraced the Darkness they eventually became the Final Shape in their timeline/universe. This is where the Vex come into the picture. The Vex extend their reach across not just one universe's past, present and future, but all possible timelines and all possible universes. They created Atheon in an attempt to create ontological weapons and write themselves into the fabric of reality. They created Panoptes and the Infinite Forest to find a future where their goals are achieved. To be honest, a part of me has begun to wonder whether we merely destroy [i][b]our timeline's[/b][/i] versions of Atheon and Panoptes, or whether they were singular existences for the Vex Collective, but that's a topic for another time. Because of the Vex's nature, I am rather certain that the future story Destiny is going towards will eventually extend towards those different universes and timelines, because the true scope of the Final Shape isn't simply to be the Final Shape in one universe, in one timeline. If the Vex and the Pattern in the field of possibility are any indications, the Final Shape needs to extend across all timelines and all universes. In other words, any being, any race who became the Final Shape in their respective timeline or universe would inevitably turn their gaze towards other timelines, other universes, to eliminate any potential threats to them from those realities and timelines, or to ensure their own supremacy across timelines and realities, just as the Vex would. Perhaps this could open up the possibility of a future villain in Destiny 2 being our own Dark Guardian counterpart, from one of the countless timelines where the Darkness won and our Guardian embraces the Darkness. After all, we don't really know what happened in those dark timelines Elsie has lived through after she's pulled back in time via the time-loop.

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  • I wouldn’t think too hard on it. I mean you make sense, I said the same thing a long time ago when the whole multiple timelines/universe wasn’t actually confirmed. It’s a never ending stream of bad guys, who are super powerful because they won, that can gather together and/or hide from us infinitely while harassing us and whittling us down. It sloppy writing on their part. It [i]sounds[/i] cool but when looked at critically it falls apart easily. As far as Atheon, my understanding of their time spanning means there is really one [i]one[/i] Vex. Their interconnected nature and how the Vault was the central hub for [i]All[/i] timelines means there was only ever one Atheon. So the multiple timeline works against them. Their extra dimensional space however affords them protection from the forces of the Darkness. In the BoS, it was said the Hive lost so much of their power going into the Vex domain they had to retreat. It isn’t explained how. Elsie in this timeloop is a great example of a poorly managed retcon. For one, it’s a massive retcon of her origin story, where she was doing either time travel or we were a simulation she was tinkering with. (Her D1 grimiore cards are interesting) Even the whole Dark Future concept, which involved the Vex in Curse, has now been retconned to be Elsie’s story. However there is a single lynchpin that can completely unravel the threat the other timelines pose. The removal of paracausality. Remove the power and all those threats vanish. As long as we defeat the Vex first, the removal of paracausality will kill the Hive entirely and the Darkness forces. It’ll also remove our power and the other timelines won’t be able to threaten us. No Vex means no gates to travel by. It’s the only way it can go, otherwise there can be no end to the conflict.

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