James13 said: Gatewatch was basically defeated by Emrakul, yes. And Emrakul ominously noted that it wasn't "her" time yet. Emrakul will be back and is happy awaiting her time of destruction.You have to take note somewhat of what Ugin said about the Eldrazi titans. It's not malevolence or anything that guides them. View them more of a till that turns over the soil. Or a volcano that erases/builds new islands in the multiverse.Nahiri used the nature of them to seek revenge against Sorin. Emrakul didn't really appreciate the fact she was brought there when the plane wasn't ready for her. Yet.The Eldrazi are kind of a force of nature. Operating at a level or dimension beyond the ones of the planeswalkers, Bolas, etc. Because they are somewhat primal forces they could be predicted and manipulated. But they are still soemwhat unknowable. The manifestations the story has interacted with were described by Ugin as if a human reached a hand of themselves into a pool of water and we, as fish, see only the hand and try to understand it as such. The titans we know are a fraction or piece of an unknown whole elsewhere.That makes them kind of fascinating from the story perspective.
James13 said: I wouldn't call it a crutch so much as heavily "elder gods" Lovecraft inspired.And it's as cool a place as any to take inspiration from.