I love Hythlodaeus with all my heart and one of the many reasons I love him is that he gives me somebody to blame for every fucked-up monstrosity that can't already be blamed on Allagans
there's that one interactable in Ktisis Hyperborea that suggests the previous Fandaniel was the one who invented migratory birds and I simply do not accept that
behemoths are entirely our fault and we can't even blame past us for them, that's literally us, in the present, doing that to ourselves in the past. that's just our fault
Elidibus: I need you to promise me before I send you back in time not to fuck with anything WoL, realizing that accidentally helped make the Behemoth: what did elidibus say again i don't remember
listen the WoL saw an enclosure in which they could find enrichment and their natural impulse honed from the fucking diadem and eureka and literally everywhere else took over before any thoughts could actually occur to stop them
you know how a lot of people in the AuDHD hellcloud of neurodivergence will just kind of involuntarily drop everything to solve a problem put in front of them?
if you're like me and your WoL canonically has done every sidequest possibly available and achievable within a given time frame then there's absolutely no way they are not some flavor of it honestly
"i see no difference in value between rescuing someone's pet and saving the entire universe from annihilation" is the most autistic-ass my values are normally prioritized i don't know what you're talking about thought problem to have
WoL, realizing that accidentally helped make the Behemoth:
what did elidibus say again i don't rememberenrichmentand their natural impulse honed from the fucking diadem and eureka and literally everywhere else took over before any thoughts could actually occur to stop themmy values are normally prioritized i don't know what you're talking aboutthought problem to have