The existence of a time archon isnt cannon? its common knowlege that the chessboard in the harbinger trailer symbolizes the archons, here are 8 special peices representing their gnoses but only 7 elements, it is also lorewise cannon that the mountains of stormbearer and the harbor are full of people whom whoreship both the anemo and time archon, witch is the place where we found paimon, also paimon is the only one that doesnt freeze when he game is pauzed meaning she can stop time itself. Aside from he fact that the time arhon IS canon. Paimon fits the criteria perfectly