Don’t diminish your self u got it all right (▰˘◡˘▰) I’m glad they talked this out and showed their concern for the future.
Dont worry I just said yap bc i almost starting going on random thought paths that weren't entirely relevant to the point i was trying to make. I'm also glad they worked things out and hope Anubis either leaves him alone or assist and helps give us insight on why Yanzi might have been sent into the past creating this paradox in the first place. I truly do thing it's the work of another God be it Nefentum/Thoth/Khonsu (last two are associated with time) I just hope I'm not getting my hopes up for serious lore. Lol
Idk the process behind Yanzi time travel is so weird and confusing first Mimi should up in the future as a mummy?/ cement statue it makes me really wonder how in the world they got to transfer part of his soul into that statue. And is it possible for any god to do that? Or just Anubis does that mean the Anubis From the future made this possible?
I’m kind of spiraling rn bcz I feel like being a god Anubis should have the ability to know yanzi doesn’t belong to this timeline no? But then since ebis was in ruins in the future doesn’t that mean Anubis dies too since he now doesn’t have any worshipers, if so then that would explain y he nv knew about the future of other religions
Irl its hard to see anubis as a god that isnt believed in bc he still has worshippers in the real world but maybe in this one he doesnt.. And this is where we hit complexity with paradoxes stone Mimi acted like he knew Yanzi or maybe he simply followed him bc his blood awoke him, and that insinuates that Yanzi has special blood, which means it was more than likely a god who created him/blessed him to be able to awaken Mimi so that Yanzi could go back in time in the first place. Who knows ultimately we would need more info on why Mimi was in the stone in the first place.
Yes yanzi is definitely not a regular person idk it’s just ever since he traveled to the past his aura and character changed so much that it’s easier to assume he’s an apostle?(forgot how they are called) like I think for a 2000 ordinary person it’d be pretty hard to adapt to a new timeline but he fits in perfectly that’s y i think yanzi used to be from that time and was reborn years later cuz like u said the stone Mimi followed him and cared for him like they knew each other from way back.
But maybe im projecting, cuz i do remember another story kind of similar but straight and more cliche so idk
They're both right, in Yanzi's time the city was in ruins and if Anubis is the past Anubis then the future he saw was the one that didn't have Yanzi in it. Yanzi prevented the religious order from taking over. Anubis likely saw the isolated and unchanged Mimi who while he had the right ideas didn't have the right solutions which likely lead to the down fall of the civilization in the long term, likely bc he only had short term solutions and rather than try to help his people adapt to his changes, he had a 'my way or the highway' atittude.
Yanzi already knows what works and there for he can confidently move forward bc he understands the importance of making long term solutions and the importance of providing the people with opportunities. Like how you buy high quality boots to work in to help with quality life, or having a free library for people to learn.
Mimi has righteous ideas but he lacks diplomacy, i believe that flaw was likely the biggest contributor to the cities down fall. Bc you can tell a cultist that they're in a cult but until they deconstruct what they've been told theyll only get defensive. I think in the original world that failed Mimi failed to help his people deconstruct from the religious cults teaching and it caused a lot of negative effects.
With Yanzi being seen as sent from the gods Yanzi had more sway in popularity amongst the people making it easier to help deconstruct away from the cult.
But Anubis has only seen the civilization that fell bc Yanzi being in this timeline i feel was pebble being tossed in a still pond. A likely intention toss of skip rocks to heal what was suppose to be a destroyed civilization.
I might be reaching but it's be cool if we eventually saw the god Nefertum since the water Lily seems to be important in this story (the flower on Yanzi's neck). The water Lily symbol is usually associated with rebirth and the gods Nefertum. And Technically, with Yanzi's help this would be a rebirth of a civilization.
I've absolutely yapped long enough. This is all just theorizing and everything I said could be completely wrong. (^^;)))