I never actually got the time to read more that a couple of pages of the FAQ, but I think it would make more sence if the timeline was aclually infinite, and the only fixed point in time is the "Present" as in, the point in time that a person is who is sending th people back in time. The past cannot be changed to alter the present, that is why Ellone could not change the past. This can also be 1 or 2 dimentional time.

School is starting, so I can't go on very often, and will not play any game until the end of the school year (this is the one that counts the most). But after, I will play FF VIII through again with special focus on this, I'm also planning on getting FFXI then, too.