the oldest dream's power seems to be creation, but his most active power comes from denying reality. this ties into the destruction of worldlines that dont have yjh in them, most notably 999. he denies that that worldline has a story, and since the star stream is sustained by stories... maybe its less that the oldest dream creates stories, and more that stories only exist when he does not deny them the right.
because kim dokja is in a horrible state of mind and doesnt have all the information anyway, in main story he only thinks of it as him creating worlds and causing them suffering, when in fact what he does isnt cause suffering, but give existing suffering a meaning, a story.
and as such a recorder is one who delivers stories to the oldest dream to decide whether its a story or something to deny. we havent really gotten yjh's pov on why he chose to regress / why hes searching for kdj so hard, if he literally cannot have that story written while kdj denies it...
this solves all the inconsistencies in worldbuilding re:oldest dream. his power isnt creating worlds, its to give meaning to some worlds as "stories" and deny others as "not having a real story". there are many worldlines, but only ones with a story are recorded on the final wall.
oldest dream's power isnt to create text, but to take white text on a white page and turn it into black text on a white page. because the text all exists in the snowfield, see, the words all exist, but they cant be read or understood, but they might as well not exist. a tree falling with no one to hear, so it doesnt make a sound.
so you see, the snowfield is the essence of the story, it is the story that will always exist, and the recorders are putting that text in order to create a story, and when the oldest dream chooses to acknowledge it it becomes a story proper, black text on white page.
so lee hakhyun is both a recorder and the oldest dream because he has both the power to deny stories AND the power to put text in order, which is how hes able to rewrite stories, he denies the story that already exists and then puts text in an order that he accepts. this also connects to the kkomas being able to rate what lee hakhyun writes in the snowfield and decide if its probable...
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