Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-33105209-20171007160821/@comment-26440657-20171009033331

1. It's not a theory, it's fact (but not for the reason you think) and it's part of the game mechanics. 2. It's not holding back hardmode on purpose but hardmode comes as a consequence for killing it. You destroy one evil but set forth a chain of events that unleash more evil into the world. Almost like when a mob boss dies, other people want to become the new godfather so more mobsters appear.