Originally Posted by
Kish
Yes, exactly. That is one example of something that would be in line with that statement.
"Vaarsuvius just isn't there at the final battle, because the fiends yank them down to the Abyss" is something that would not be in line with that statement.
If Rich can come up with a way that being able to yank Vaarsuvius out actively helps the fiends, rather than being the same for them as if Vaarsuvius was permanently out because Xykon had crushed their windpipe, well and good. I'm just concerned about the story leaving it at: all they ever needed was Vaarsuvius' absence, and they should not have said that line because in end-of-comic retrospect it was the opposite of true.