Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-35782287-20190110015924/@comment-1255618-20190317232955

I can't remember where I read this exactly, but in the Elder Scrolls universe Love (in the most abstract encompassing sense) is a major if not the major opposing force to Time; sure sometimes they cooperate, but also there is a conflict between them.

Makes sense in a way: Time is inevitable and is aloof towards those it affects; Love seeks to hold on to things and improve things and appeciate things and sacrifice for others in spite of Time. Time is an aspect of unliving physics; Love is an aspect of living beings. Also, Love is a major factor in determining "good" and "improvement" as opposed to just "change", so it makes sense that it could be considered a major force in the universe. In a lot of ways, Love is the "wild card" that can upset the cycles and amoral progression of things in this universe, including apocalypses and the end of Time. You the hero are frequently reshaping destiny because you love things which are compelling you to action, often breaking or reshaping Time in the process.

So even though the writer is trying to be all prophetic and in-universe fancy-future-talking, it's not actually as complicated as it sounds. There are references to possible future events as well as hints as to what life has become post-Landfall, but mostly the message is clear:

Landfall is going to happen. This is bad. I want to help as many of you escape Landfall as I can, but to do that you're going to need to embrace Love and think bigger. Everything that's happened until now has happened according to a certain process. Your job is to use Love to guide this ongoing process in a way that saves you and everyone you can. Because if you don't, then you all will probably be f***** in the Landfall.