Would be funny if Bailu is technically older than Dan Heng... (Since we know she was given a medicine to suppress her aging, so her appearance doesn't reflect her age, even by Vidyadhara standards.)
presumption was that once there was a viable Vidyadhara egg with (half of) the power of the high elder inheritance in it, it was a viable candidate for succession.
I thought Dan Feng named her the successor? That implies he gave verbal/written indication. If her becoming the successor was automatic due to having powers, then Dan Feng had no real agency in making Bailu the successor, seeing as Dan Feng wasn't sure what was coming out of his experiment.
Because if they dragged it on too long and past his natural lifespan, he's going to do the natural rebirth automatically.
Sure, but we have no clue how much natural lifespan remained when Dan Feng was arrested. The only reason fandom thought he didn't have very long left was because of one folk song, which we know are not reliable accounts of anything.
If Dan Heng is only 30 years old, then Vidyadhara development is much faster than fans thought, making Dan Feng's age (based on appearance) on the young end during arrest. That means he'd have easily another 400-500 years to spend rotting in prison.
I don't think it's likely, but then again, I don't think miHoyo themselves know when any of this stuff happens either, so they just handwave away everything and end up with weird timescales.
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Date: 2024-09-13 23:20 (UTC)Would be funny if Bailu is technically older than Dan Heng... (Since we know she was given a medicine to suppress her aging, so her appearance doesn't reflect her age, even by Vidyadhara standards.)
I thought Dan Feng named her the successor? That implies he gave verbal/written indication. If her becoming the successor was automatic due to having powers, then Dan Feng had no real agency in making Bailu the successor, seeing as Dan Feng wasn't sure what was coming out of his experiment.
Sure, but we have no clue how much natural lifespan remained when Dan Feng was arrested. The only reason fandom thought he didn't have very long left was because of one folk song, which we know are not reliable accounts of anything.
If Dan Heng is only 30 years old, then Vidyadhara development is much faster than fans thought, making Dan Feng's age (based on appearance) on the young end during arrest. That means he'd have easily another 400-500 years to spend rotting in prison.
I don't think it's likely, but then again, I don't think miHoyo themselves know when any of this stuff happens either, so they just handwave away everything and end up with weird timescales.