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:::I do think, if we mention the Shayde connection, it ''is'' important to mention alternate accounts, lest someone who only looks at this page leave under the impression that the Time Shades are Shayde's single, uncontroversial backstory. But yes, I would agree that a whole "possible identifications" section for entities whose identification is not an in-universe topic of contention nor explicitly the subject of alternate accounts is very strange. At most the similarity to the [[Spirits of Time]] (and that's really the right page to link to, not the more general ''[[loa]]'') should warrant a single sentence, perhaps in BTS. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC) | :::I do think, if we mention the Shayde connection, it ''is'' important to mention alternate accounts, lest someone who only looks at this page leave under the impression that the Time Shades are Shayde's single, uncontroversial backstory. But yes, I would agree that a whole "possible identifications" section for entities whose identification is not an in-universe topic of contention nor explicitly the subject of alternate accounts is very strange. At most the similarity to the [[Spirits of Time]] (and that's really the right page to link to, not the more general ''[[loa]]'') should warrant a single sentence, perhaps in BTS. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC) | ||
:::: Happy to agree to removing it as the [[T:BOUND]] state while this is under discussion, if that section is considered seriously contentious. | |||
:::: I do think it's misleading to mention any of these possible identities without covering the various accounts or why they might appear connected, but maybe it should be reworked into a BTS? | |||
:::: It does occur to me that given the audio medium, it may well be "Shayde of Time", but this seemed the Occam's razor spelling for sure. In any case, multiple writers ''have'' played with who [[Shayde]] might be. It's entirely possible this is another one of those, by authorial intent at least. And do remember this is '''[[Gary Russell]]''' (who was even DWM editor in that era, though not at the time any of Shayde's stories released). You can't really argue he's not familiar.{{User:SOTO/sig}} 01:37, 3 December 2024 (UTC) | |||