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So the most common way of defining the timelines are
Classic timeline: RBY -> GSC
Advanced timeline: Gen 3 -> Gen 4 -> Gen 5
Mega timeline LGPE -> Gen 6 -> Gen 7
However this seems to be overlooking something to me. In XY NPC's specifically mention that the Fairy type has only just recently been discovered, and that Mega Evolution is still pretty unique, and there was nothing when XY initially came out that suggested it was in a different universe to Gen 5. It was only when ORAS came out, specifically the delta episode that people assumed ORAS is different universe to RSE, and XY must be linked to ORAS.
However that doesn't fit, in ORAS the fairy type is not mentioned as being recent, in fact it's though its been there the whole time. People just assume as ORAS was in Gen 6 it's the same universe as XY.
But Gen 7 proved you can have alternate universes in the same timeline (SM and USUM clearly are alternative universes to each other)
So couldn't XY still be part of the Gen 3 - Gen 4 - Gen 5 timeline, with only ORAS in a new timeline?
As for Gen 7, it's implied that Anabel in SM is the one from Emerald, and from a different universe, implying Emerald and SM are in different universes, but this is then removed in USUM, so is it possible that while SM are not in the Gen 3 - Gen 4 - Gen 5 timeline etc, USUM might be?
Classic timeline: RBY -> GSC
Advanced timeline: Gen 3 -> Gen 4 -> Gen 5
Mega timeline LGPE -> Gen 6 -> Gen 7
However this seems to be overlooking something to me. In XY NPC's specifically mention that the Fairy type has only just recently been discovered, and that Mega Evolution is still pretty unique, and there was nothing when XY initially came out that suggested it was in a different universe to Gen 5. It was only when ORAS came out, specifically the delta episode that people assumed ORAS is different universe to RSE, and XY must be linked to ORAS.
However that doesn't fit, in ORAS the fairy type is not mentioned as being recent, in fact it's though its been there the whole time. People just assume as ORAS was in Gen 6 it's the same universe as XY.
But Gen 7 proved you can have alternate universes in the same timeline (SM and USUM clearly are alternative universes to each other)
So couldn't XY still be part of the Gen 3 - Gen 4 - Gen 5 timeline, with only ORAS in a new timeline?
As for Gen 7, it's implied that Anabel in SM is the one from Emerald, and from a different universe, implying Emerald and SM are in different universes, but this is then removed in USUM, so is it possible that while SM are not in the Gen 3 - Gen 4 - Gen 5 timeline etc, USUM might be?