I've been wondering! And maybe some of the Mages in Emillion can help me with this? Or maybe anyone with an interest in spell theory?
How does Dispel work? Does it quicken the duration of the opposing spell it was cast on, so that the spell's full effects technically still occur but the duration is rapidly worked through, as if rapidly fast forwarding a recording? Or does it simply abruptly end and untying the fabrics and threads of the spells energy to explode the effects outward?
Then, if it works in the first manner, and is effectively an alteration of space and time in that manner, does this mean that we should be questioning and more considerate of other spell effects more thoroughly?
The effects of black magics are apparent in their immediate response, but what about simpler, and more overlooked things, like Haste, Cure, Esuna, Silent, and Float?
( (ooc: omg this is getting so long, I am so sorry) )