History WMG / XenoSaga

The big reveal in Episode III is that the BigBad, Wilhelm, is planning to reset time in order to stave off the end of the world. It is heavily implied (and supported by WordOfGod) that this isn't the first time this has happened- it's happened before, many, many times. Taking this into account, it would be easy to say that every work ever created is, in fact, canon with each other, with Xenosaga taking place at the end of the timeline. (Well, my headcanon is that Xenogears takes place after Saga, and 'Blade is set before both of them, but let's set that aside for the moment.) As VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy has shown us, every time a Universe is reset, when it recurs, it is slightly different from the one that preceded it. Thus, every book, movie, tv show, video game, ballad, legend, myth, what-have-you is true, and actually happened on a previous loop. This naturally includes Xenosaga, the Animation- that's how events played out on a previous loop. Heck, this may even extend to fanfictions (though the idea that MyImmortal is actually how the Harry Potter series played out in a different loop might make one shudder.) Naturally, this makes the canon Xenosaga games the very end of the timeline (excluding my headcanon that 'Gears comes afterwards,) because that's where the loop is broken, and the universe finally proceeds past those events. For real fun, you could even say that we're on an earlier loop as well- have fun thinking about that one when you're trying to sleep at night.

The big reveal in Episode III is that the BigBad, Wilhelm, is planning to reset time in order to stave off the end of the world. It is heavily implied (and supported by WordOfGod) that this isn't the first time this has happened- it's happened before, many, many times. Taking this into account, it would be easy to say that every work ever created is, in fact, canon with each other, with Xenosaga taking place at the end of the timeline. (Well, my headcanon is that Xenogears takes place after Saga, and 'Blade is set before both of them, but let's set that aside for the moment.) As SuperMarioGalaxy has shown us, every time a Universe is reset, when it recurs, it is slightly different from the one that preceded it. Thus, every book, movie, tv show, video game, ballad, legend, myth, what-have-you is true, and actually happened on a previous loop. This naturally includes Xenosaga, the Animation- that's how events played out on a previous loop. Heck, this may even extend to fanfictions (though the idea that MyImmortal is actually how the Harry Potter series played out in a different loop might make one shudder.) Naturally, this makes the canon Xenosaga games the very end of the timeline (excluding my headcanon that 'Gears comes afterwards,) because that's where the loop is broken, and the universe finally proceeds past those events. For real fun, you could even say that we're on an earlier loop as well- have fun thinking about that one when you're trying to sleep at night.

[[WMG:Every book, movie, video game, animation, etc. etc. is canon with each other, with XenoSaga at the very end. (SPOILERS!)]]

...was Allen. As one of the only main characters to not have any direct involvement with the trilogy's many conspiracies, along with having none of the main party's fighting ability, he serves as a representative of the every-man in the Xenosaga universe. In other words, not somebody likely to strike Wilhelm as "significant." Despite this, he somehow finds himself dragged into most of the major events that occur throughout the series. There were plenty of opportunities for him to die, whether as far back as the Woglinde incident or any of the attacks by Ormus/U-TIC. In fact, he almost certainly did in all the previous cycles. Or perhaps instead of dying, he chose to duck out at some point. Either way, in previous cycles, he wasn't around for the third game's finale.

...was Allen. As one of the only main characters to not have any direct involvement with the trilogy's many conspiracies, along with having none of the main party's fighting ability, he serves as a representative of the every-man in the Xenosaga universe. Despite this, he somehow finds himself dragged into most of the major events that occur throughout the series. There were plenty of opportunities for him to die, whether as far back as the Woglinde incident or any of the attacks by Ormus/U-TIC. In fact, he almost certainly did in all the previous cycles. Or perhaps instead of dying, he chooses to duck out at some point. Either way, in previous cycles, he wasn't around for the third game's finale.

That's why Abel and Nephilim look like Abel and Elly, ''Xenogears'' Abel looks like his father as a kid. Abel and Nephilim found Lost Jerusalem, did whatever they were supposed to do there, then Abel decided to become a spaceship captain, because you can't be the Messiah all the time. They got married, had two kids, then the ''Xenogears'' prologue happened.

The big reveal in Episode III is that the BigBad, Wilhelm, is planning to reset time in order to stave off the end of the world. It is heavily implied (and supported by WordOfGod) that this isn't the first time this has happened- it's happened before, many, many times. Taking this into account, it would be easy to say that every work ever created is, in fact, canon with each other, with Xenosaga taking place at the end of the timeline. (Well, my headcanon is that Xenogears takes place after Saga, and 'Blade is set before both of them, but let's set that aside for the moment.) As SuperMarioGalaxy has shown us, every time a Universe is reset, when it recurs, it is slightly different from the one that preceded it. Thus, every book, movie, tv show, video game, ballad, legend, myth, what-have-you is true, and actually happened on a previous loop. This naturally includes Xenosaga, the Animation- that's how events played out on a previous loop. Heck, this may even extend to fanfictions (though the idea that MyImmortal is actually how the Harry Potter series played out in a different loop might make one shudder.) Naturally, this makes the canon Xenosaga games the very end of the timeline (excluding my headcanon that 'Gears comes afterwards,) because that's where the loop is broken, and the universe finally proceeds past those events. For real fun, you could even say that we're on an earlier loop as well- have fun thinking about that one when you're trying to sleep at night.

[[Every book, movie, video game, animation, etc. etc. is canon with each other, with XenoSaga at the very end. (SPOILERS!)]]