Nah. That makes a lot of what happened in the previous timeline inconsequential and if they're a new timeline then we'll have two different versions of our party.
Cloud 1 & 2
Tifa 1 & 2
Zack 2
Aerith & Aeris
Barret 1 & 2
Red XIII 1 & 2
Also is Marlene from Midgar 1 an orphan again? Is Marlene in Midgar 2 gonna have Barret daddies?
Due to how the Whispers basically "Domed" Midgar, I always though that, storytelling wise, the thing that makes the most sense for adding the new timeline in without undoing Anything happening in Part one is thet the party AND MIDGAR went through to a different timeline.
-Zack ends up back at Midgar after the events of Part 1, because that's where Midgar and the Party ended up.
-There aren't copies of the party lying around being complicated, except for Cloud, which would create a dynamic that could lead to serious and interesting developments considering how Cloud 2 could have recovered or be manipulated by Sephiroth.
-Everyone else would have been either never met yet, like Yuffie, Cid, and Vincent, or only existed in Midgar by that time and would likely not have copies, like Tifa, Barret, Aerith, and Potentially Red XIII, no info on how long he was in captivity.
-Jessie could be alive and performing at the Gold Saucer, as an alteration in an event in her life lets her live her dream rather then get involved with Avalanche.
-The status of Midgar's Ceasefire and power dynamic with Wutai would be changed, and potentially set them up for a more even and expanded conflict, allowing better storytelling opportunities.
-Small alterations in the plot moving forward would be justifiable through a slightly alternative lense in a way that Part 1 has difficulty reconciling, like the expanded character personality leading to expanded content.
-Zack is back baby, and so can a ton of characters from Before Crisis and Crisis Core, and them being called back into action could be stirred by Zack going on an alternative journey aided by his connections with the Turks, leading to more interesting developments by the later parts.
I just think it works story wise, and I personally hope this is the direction they go in. I respect that it could be way different, or go basically the same and the stuff we see are teases that go nowhere, but I feel this approach has the best potential for interesting and awesome stuff.
The best way to describe them is "Cute Stamp" and "Even Cuter Stamp" also I am pretty sure the "Even Cuter Stamp" is a border terrier and looks nothing like a Yorkshire Terrier
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Fair point! Unfortunately I was going off of the other poster since I have limited cute dog knowledge, but "Timeline Terrier" is even better then Yorkshire, so thanks!
