Crazy Personal Headcanons

My personal headcanon is based off Greek Mythology [Studied it in college, always loved it and the stories] that the WoL is loosely based off of either Prometheus [Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans] or Perseus [The founder of the Perseid Dynasty and Slayer of Monsters / Precursor to Heracles] Though...now that I think about it more, after the whole Emet thing, we'd -kinda- line up with Persephone more so than the other two [The whole death / rebirth of nature stuff]

(Shadowbringer spoilers!)
My headcanon is that we are able to learn so many different jobs (be it for fighting or gathering/crafting) because we already had 8 parts of our whole souls back (now nine). While Ardbert and his group seemingly always stayed with their chosen jobs which is because people from shards have it not that easy because they are just 1/14th.

For the longest time, I thought Raubahn and Nanamo were lovers. And Pipin was their love child

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kujoestars

snip

---

This ^

I also personally think that
1. Some Auri can breath fire or some other element. After all they are unconfirmed part dragons- they share their super tough skin and scales (lore book confirms this is why their dress symbolises such), plus Auri physiology is extreme even for humanlike races, sui-no-sato auri can breath for 12 hours underwater on average, Xaela are perhaps the physically strongest race and some au ra have spacial sense that can beat a garlean's third eye with their horns

In addition, there were some especially draconic au ra years ago in north eorzea and the ishgardians wiped them out. Evidence includes Urth was an Auri warrior, Sidurgu's tribe was wiped out being mistaken for their spawn, witchdrop includes a condition "in case the accused sprouts wings" which given how heretics change all at once through aether must mean a half step change was once possible like Nael in the coils.
The dragoon player is a descendant of one of these Auri, hence nidhogg's eye responding and the player having a dragon part of their soul.

Lastly, Au ra don't have any set life span, in addition to being draconic, they are also like the viera in that they are young looking for most of their lives.

2. Lalafells are grown like shrubs, depending on which clan depends on where they are planted. Their ears are actually leaves, and one interpretation of the fishmonger in the fish guide supports that they are common faire amongst fishermen and sharks

3. Hien secretly wants to run off with Yugiri and Cirina but knows the moment he does, the player and gosetsu will find him

4. Tataru lost the paperwork that identifies the player years ago, and given the scions know the player has been through so much shit, when they fantasia they just don't care finding out if this new person claiming to be their godslayer is the real deal as they can kick just as much ass, or if they don't and get killed well that's what this idiot get for trying to impersonate them.

5. The warrior never attacks the ascians etc when others are present even when they should because their crossfire is apparently REALLY destructive (looking at the vault for a good example, apparently it was a wrec after the player went through)

6. The disciples of Hand and land are the most powerful jobs. Godbert, Julyan, the Bazooka and Fishers can all utterly wreck normal monsters. Its just not fun though.

7. Graha Tia is fine kicking the bucket because he knows the player or Lyna will swiftcast raise on him or at least use a phonix down.

8. The WOL tries every discipline as they are sure one of them holds the key to making larger inventories and armoury chests and they are wanting to sell those in retirement

9. Alexander couldn't read the WOL future because he couldn't see past the interdimensional rift.

10. Bunny boys have been seen. They just look like bunny girls.

11. The was once a musketeer's guild that was shut down by merwlyb because the only thing worse than drunk yellowjackets with axes is drunk yellowjackets with gunaxes

The Spoken races descended from the Ancients, but were altered by aetheric corruption during the events leading up to the Sundering, causing them to evolve into the current variety of peoples. Hyur and Garleans, specifically, were originally from Amaurot, which was the least affected (hence part of it still standing on the First), which is why they're the closest to the original form, and why most Ascians prefer to use them as hosts.

Miqo’te, Auri, Viera, and Hrothgars all actually have claws but most keep them filed down so they’re easier to work with (or possibly avoid stigma by more “human”-like races). But some still like to leave them as is and even further enhance them like some Xaela on the Steppes.

I've been nursing a theory that the number of Chakra Gates associated with Monks (and everybody in general) is a correlation to the Sundering of the Source. Fourteen Gates = a Gate for each Shard, plus the Source. By unlocking them, someone takes a step closer to achieving a pre-Sundering physical state in regards to aetheric capacity and unmitigated access to it.

The 1.0 Echo ability that allowed player characters to interact with the past and change the memory of those who they met (but not drastically alter it) has been translated to the ability to perform sidequest content out of the intended story order, except this time the changes are real and tangible instead of imaginary, which is why the result of the changes can be seen in your own memory (The Unending Journey quest progress dialogue) as well.

I could go on for hours about mine...

tl;dr: On his way to the First, Archie got lost and wound up on AU Draenor from WoW. He helped the Army of the Light defeat what was left of the Mag'har Orcs (who were themselves led by my Undead Warlock) and inadvertently caused a Flood of Light to destroy AU Draenor entirely. Archie and the Warlock both escape to Azeroth through a mage portal. Archie can't figure out how to get to the First from Azeroth and winds up making a deal with the Warlock, who's on a quest to rescue the souls of his raid team from Gorak Tul. They succeed with the help of my Sunsinger/Dawnblade Warlock from Destiny and a really ludicrously overpowered Pikachu (my main on my original Blue Rescue Team file). The Guardian's Ghost is able to figure out a way to get Archie back on track to the First, and so he heads that way, bringing a crystal of Darkness given to him by the Undead Warlock, and that's when Shadowbringers happens.

Following the events of Shadowbringers, Archie returns to the Source and heads to the Rising Stones expecting a hero's welcome, only for Tataru to run up and punch him in the face and go into a full-on mental breakdown. Prior to leaving for the First, Archie hooked up with Y'hmitra (Y'shtola's sister and the Summoner job trainer, for those who haven't leveled Summoner), and he came home to a litter of catgirls and a very broke and very stressed "Auntie" Tataru.

Eventually, there's another huge battle between the Eorzean Alliance and the Garleans, led by Zenos. Archie shows up and fights Zenos, fight ends in a stalemate. Zenos deploys a Black Rose ripoff, Archie's Blessing of Light protects him and the important NPCs near him, but all the grunts die. They're now hopelessly outnumbered, so Archie summons my Undead Warlock using that crystal of darkness he still has with him. My Warlock was conveniently harvesting Scourge souls in the meantime (for a completely unrelated side project) and decides to deploy them into all the corpses laying around everywhere. Of course, everyone in this universe is used to Hildibrand-style zombies, so none of the Garleans have any idea how to deal with psycho bloodthirsty zombies, and that's what evens the odds. My Warlock drops an Infernal one rock at a time (his preferred way of doing that) and Zenos smashes every rock to bits one at a time, only for all the rubble to coalesce into an army of miniature Infernals and overrun the Garlean officers' camp along with the rest of the zombies. They ultimately defeat Zenos with Zerg-rush-style tactics; despite having the Echo and a lot of legitimate combat prowess, he simply can't keep up with everything at once and an NPC (either Estinien or Gaius) eventually tries to steal the kill, only to wind up being a distraction as Archie himself deals the finishing blow. My Warlock uses Soulstone trickery to secure and destroy Zenos' soul and then returns to Azeroth, having repaid Archie for helping him with Gorak Tul.

I always figured the Hildebrand stuff is just the WoL having a weird dream and that Hildebrand is a legit person but don't actually do detective work. Case in point, Godbert is shown in one instances in a side quest, completely straight faced and acting 'normal'. Hildebrand and Nashu are seen in the background of another sidequest, running around but nothing crazy happening.

The WoL is actually the villain that set the whole story of FFXIV in motion. They came up with the concept for the Hero in the days of Amaurot, but the idea for a hero requires an opposing force or threat to stop. Given this, the other members of the Convocation rejected the idea, causing the ancient form of the WoL to unwittingly bring about the end of the world with their secret creation lab, a "Devil's Lab," if you will, hidden in the underground.

Only, the creations the WoL brought about wrested free from his control, gaining souls without consent, and they were far too powerful for his "heroic" self to stop. Events snowballed into the calamity. In the present, we play the WoL with amnesia of their past self. Now we get to fulfill the concept of a Hero, through and through.

We didn't join up with the Hydaelyn creators because we believed ourselves only capable of making monsters. Plus, we had to contend with our misbegotten creations still left from the Devil's Lab, which were now tied to Zodiark, because we tied them to the planet itself in the form of elemental avatars. Being tied to Zodiark meant that he would not erase them.

So when we make the Primals in Eden, the reason they come out looking completely different is because we're actually unwittingly drawing on our first memories of them, when we made them through the lab in the past. This is why Titan has an ATV.

The only exception being Shiva, but this is only a silly thing I cooked up as an excuse for the game to reference the Magitek Research Facility... and more importantly remix Devil's Lab. God, I would kill for that. And yeah, I know, Castrum Abania references both the Magitek Research Facility and Mako Reactors pods within its dungeon design, but I want big glass tubes with Phantom Beasts floating in transparent goo, dang it!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Vyrerus

The only exception being Shiva, but this is only a silly thing I cooked up as an excuse for the game to reference the Magitek Research Facility... and more importantly remix Devil's Lab. God, I would kill for that. And yeah, I know, Castrum Abania references both the Magitek Research Facility and Mako Reactors pods within its dungeon design, but I want big glass tubes with Phantom Beasts floating in transparent goo, dang it!

---

Not just that, the Magitek Research Facility is a literal area of the Praetorium, specifically the section where you're piloting magitek armour and have to blow away Protoultima Arms that block your way. Alas, it lacks Devil's Lab... :( But the Magitek Research Facility is already in the game.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Not just that, the Magitek Research Facility is a literal area of the Praetorium, specifically the section where you're piloting magitek armour and have to blow away Protoultima Arms that block your way. Alas, it lacks Devil's Lab... :( But the Magitek Research Facility is already in the game.

---

Remind me to go through Praetorium even more slowly next time I get it. MSQ roulette has been nothing but Castrum lately...

One of Gosetsu's grandfathers was hyur. I know Koji said that he isn't mixed-race like Hilda, so -> grandparent (slightly different! :) ).

There is a population of refugee Raen Au Ra in Thanalan that fled there decades ago when the empire started expanding into Othard. Narumi of the Songbirds is from that community.

Off the top of my head, these are a few of the personal head canons I've been calling for years:

• Godbert and Julyan are the final bosses of the FFXIV universe-- and their vast wealth makes them the first verified Trillionaires
• Rowena is second to them on the Trillionaires list-- and Gerolt wants to keep helping her get richer so that one day he can remarry her, file for divorce (again?), then claim half. Either that or both of them have always been in cahoot and have been laughing at all our backs for ages-- plus, Drake is their secret son. Aaah yes-- Gerolt is also actually both Rhalgr and Bygrot-- just depends on how drunk he is.
• Gaius, the six Coco brothers and three Ascians were all in a band-- they went touring in masked disguise for years. Gaius can play the guitars, drums and the sax-- when the three Ascians demanded extra royalties and that he stop making them look bad on stage, he permanently hushed them up-- then kept their masks as souvenirs.
• Aymeric likes getting impossibly drunk with me every time I visit Ishgard and he makes it a point to puke on House Dzemael's doorsteps afterwards-- you see, they've recently developed a habit of constantly annoying him in the new House of Lords. It's also why he took away all their construction contracts and gave them to House Haillenarte.
• By the way, Aymeric is still clueless about Lucia's advances so she continues to ship several of his fangirls off to Ghimlyt-- as a former elite operative, she's brilliant at eliminating the competition
• Hydaelyn and Zodiark are petulant twin siblings who started this whole silly business all because of a disagreement about which anime to watch-- we really should be worrying about how messed up things will really get when their parents return from vacation.
• Which begs the question-- any correlation between Hydaelyn + Zodiark's parents and the two "individuals" referred to in item number one of this list? What does that make Hildy?
• Cid and Nero are absolutely besotted with one another-- the intellectual innovations from their union amasses them enough wealth to place third on the Trillionaires list. They are also the true inventors of Omega-- they went back in time, built an AI they couldn't control, then came back to the present hoping nobody will notice their screw up.
• Other shippings happening are Hein + Cirina; Magnai + Sadu; Tataru + Wedge; Aldis + Mylla; Rhoswen + Carvallain-- by the way, anyone notice how recently Pipin becomes very flustered every time the Sultana passes nearby?
• Speaking of relationships-- Zenos is just obsessively enamoured with us because even after he tried to impress by turning into Shinryu, we still didn't give him the hug he always wanted-- a simple hug. He still doesn't understand that we can't stand him because of his insanely excessive sweet tooth.
• While we're on the matter of Zenos, I reckon he has a very formidable sister who has been backpacking through Hydaelyn--and while passing through Dalmasca, she became secret besties with Fran and Ashe. Rumour holds that they want to start a Sisterhood but need a fourth member.
• Kan-E-Senna likes to wear multi-coloured stockings which have now become the fashion rage of Gridania-- however, her two siblings vehemently disapprove.
• Not to be outdone, the illustrious Admiral Merlwyb has also fitted the entire insides of her coat with multi-coloured velvet-- and then took it a step further by commissioning the embroidery of her beloved destrier chocobo Vicky on all her gloves. Her approval rating has now rocketed to 98% amoung the Limsa populace.
• Raubhan truly and absolutely LOVES karaoke-- and has a surprisingly great voice.
• Also not to be outdone, Hien has now tried to take up karaoke as well-- nobody has the galls to tell him his singing voice is horrible. However, he's incredibly unbeatable at Mahjong, Lord of Verminion, and Triple Triad-- remember that he once had a lot of time on his hands.
• Emet dyed his hair electric blue way too many times just so he could stand out amoungst his brethren-- his trademark white lock is as a result of the persistent over-dying.
• That chocobo carriage man from opening cutscene for 1.0 or 2.0 Ul'Dah? He's definitely alive and has already figured out how to transverse between all the fourteen shards -- go look at the intro cutscenes for Shadowbringers, he's right there...again. I reckon the Exarch is slacking and needs to have a chat with him-- could learn a thing or two.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ramesses

[*] He's definitely alive and has already figured out how to transverse between all the fourteen shards[/LIST]

---

Not anymore...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mhaeric

Not anymore...

---

...Oh?

After taking both my main Xters through Shadowbringers up to 5.21-- and now taking my third Xter on Diabolos through SB-- I obviously have no idea what could have befallen the chap.

That's strange-- what happened to the ol'gezzer?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ramesses

...Oh?

After taking both my main Xters through Shadowbringers up to 5.21-- and now taking my third Xter on Diabolos through SB-- I obviously have no idea what could have befallen the chap.

That's strange-- what happened to the ol'gezzer?

---

If you think he's the guy who greets you upon landing on The First, then he is heavily implied to have been turned into a Sineater, which is promptly killed by Lyna and The Crystarium Guard.

I presumed the merchant hadn't turned into a sineater insomuch as that sineater devoured him - it left behind his distinctive ring after Lyna slew it which the WoL of course immediately recongizes and seemed to believe that was what happened. Either way, he met a sticky end no matter how you look at it. :(

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

I presumed the merchant hadn't turned into a sineater insomuch as that sineater devoured him - it left behind his distinctive ring after Lyna slew it which the WoL of course immediately recongizes and seemed to believe that was what happened. Either way, he met a sticky end no matter how you look at it. :(

---

This ^ /10char

I will say, however, that he is (was) probably the First's soul counterpoint to that merchant dude from the original opening cutscene in much the same way that the AF gear dude Grenoldt is for Gerolt and the WoL is for the WoD/L. So not the same person, but also kind of sort of in a way.

The Veena are the best winemakers out there, they use the berries growing around the Skatay range to make very good wines.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mhaeric

I will say, however, that he is (was) probably the First's soul counterpoint to that merchant dude from the original opening cutscene in much the same way that the AF gear dude Grenoldt is for Gerolt and the WoL is for the WoD/L. So not the same person, but also kind of sort of in a way.

---

Except... None of them are, except the WoL. Not likely, anyway. Consider:

Folks assume these are shared souls because the individuals look similar and have similar jobs. However, the only definite, for sure shared soul we know of is the WoL and Ardbert - and unless you designed your character in a VERY specific way, your character does not look at all like Ardbert, and probably does not have the same job.

So, appearance and job have NOTHING to do with whether you're a shared soul. Now, this is the Headcanon thread, so if you want to pretend they are, go for it! There is, however, no evidence to support it, in-game. I think Yoshi P stated in an interview that certain jobs attract certain types of people, and that's why you have strikingly similar folks like Grenoldt and Mowen. Not even he claimed they are shared souls - and, indeed, he seemed to be hinting you shouldn't read too much into it.

I suggest reading the title of this thread.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

Except... None of them are, except the WoL. Not likely, anyway. Consider:

Folks assume these are shared souls because the individuals look similar and have similar jobs. However, the only definite, for sure shared soul we know of is the WoL and Ardbert - and unless you designed your character in a VERY specific way, your character does not look at all like Ardbert, and probably does not have the same job.

So, appearance and job have NOTHING to do with whether you're a shared soul. Now, this is the Headcanon thread, so if you want to pretend they are, go for it! There is, however, no evidence to support it, in-game. I think Yoshi P stated in an interview that certain jobs attract certain types of people, and that's why you have strikingly similar folks like Grenoldt and Mowen. Not even he claimed they are shared souls - and, indeed, he seemed to be hinting you shouldn't read too much into it.

---

Actually, except the WoL and Ryne. Ryne inherited Minfilia's soul. Running parallel, foreshadowing WoL and Ardbert. Also I'd say, even though in gameplay we're a different race and appearance from Ardbert, Ardbert is clearly the same face as the canonical representation of the player character in the trailers and other related medias. Yoshi's answer in the interview is a careful answer, so that he doesn't step on too many toes in regards to fan theories.

.../chuckles and shakes his head

VIIR Spoilers

Zenos' new co-conspirator is a Time Janny taking very direct approach, since G'raha's actions as the Crystal Exarch have seriously thrown fate off the rails.

My most favorite, treasured headcanon:

Nero Scaeva painstakingly winds his little forelock into a little curler every night before he goes to sleep.

Also, in the afterglow of his recent mischief in Eorzea, he hopped the next ship to the New World where he was allowed to apply his scientific skills to researching fierce monsters and innovating new hunting equipment with the Research Commission's Third Fleet. After all, since a Monster Hunter crossover is already pretty much canon, why not? You know he'd be the first one over there if it means interacting with very cool, very huge, and very destructive things (...in the name of science, of course).

My personal headcanons are as follows:

- Magnai is a bara tiddied dandere.
- Nhaama isn't tied down to one gender or sexuality. In other words, Nhaama isn't strictly female.
- If you breed a Xaela with a Raen, you get galaxy lizard baby.
- We Auri actually do have fangs and claws, SE just hates us lmao
- Aurum Vale is absolute bull and nobody should ever have to be subjected to such torment.
- Nero and Cid are clearly gay for each other.
- Same goes for Sadu and Cirina. They exhibit strong lesbian energy, with Sadu being the goth GF and Cirina the pink smol fluffy GF.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cilia

VIIR Spoilers

Zenos' new co-conspirator is a Time Janny taking very direct approach, since G'raha's actions as the Crystal Exarch have seriously thrown fate off the rails.

---

Oh, I like this one... "crossroads of fate" indeed...

And, another FFVIIR inspired one, which is going to get lots of groaning (none the less because I myself actively dismissed such ideas in the past), but hear me out:

FFVII's Planet is the Source Hydaelyn in the far far future! And based on what evidence? The appearence of none other than the Enterprise in the skies over the Cetra civilization, so by extension, we are all Cetra! (okay that particular scene was just a Shinra propaganda video... but it can be infered that the Shinra's artistic interpretations of what the Cetra were like were based on Ifalna's information, given the Cetra shown in that scene match the mural Aeris drew on the wall of her cell as a child... so the appearence of Cid nan Garlond's Enterprise from Hydaelyn in that video must mean that Hydaelyn=The Planet is also true right?

And hey, both planets have a Lifestream and materia! ;)

*And that is not also taking into account that FFVII's universe but not world and FFX's Spira are supposedly in the same universe, but that was never really confirmed as actual canon... so.... ;)

Yes it's complete and totally darksteelfoil, but.... these are strange times indeed we live in so... ;)

Oh lawd, I hope not.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Vyrerus

Oh lawd, I hope not.

---

Haha, yeah I hope not too! It was just so crazy I don't even believe it myself! :p

(Although the Enterprise does indeed appear in that scene I mentioned, it's clearly just artistic embellishment and a bit of fanservice by SE with no deeper story connections - similar FFXIV references show up elsewhere in FFVIIR, like the Sephiroth clones wearing tattered robes that resemble Ascian robes, and the Hell House fight using an attack literally called 'Heavensward' (all one word), but it was the Enterprise that made me stop and think for a moment..

hence the crazy headcanon above. ;)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Haha, yeah I hope not too! It was just so crazy I don't even believe it myself! :p

(Although the Enterprise does indeed appear in that scene I mentioned, it's clearly just artistic embellishment and a bit of fanservice by SE with no deeper story connections - similar FFXIV references show up elsewhere in FFVIIR, like the Sephiroth clones wearing tattered robes that resemble Ascian robes, and the Hell House fight using an attack literally called 'Heavensward' (all one word), but it was the Enterprise that made me stop and think for a moment..

hence the crazy headcanon above. ;)

---

http://media1.tenor.com/images/09c07...itemid=3364955

Oh lawd, they gonna do it!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Narigo1

For the longest time, I thought Raubahn and Nanamo were lovers. And Pipin was their love child

---

^This...

Though I tend to forget in many eastern games, honor and loyalty are HUGE and doesn't always imply love, where western audiences will beg to differ... even though the overtones of love are in your face.

ShB implies Y'shtola and Urianger have a thing going, or on and off again. Earlier on I thought her and Thancred had a thing going but was broken off, they know each other so well.

Now for my personal headcannon...

1. Urianger is Venat, or a fragment of him. There is more to this NPC than the game is letting on, started with his gambit involving Minfillia, the WoD, and Elidibus. He's always plotting and planning several steps ahead, and even in ShB and Eden he still calculates. He is the one that the Exarch confides in for his grand master plan to rid the First of the corrupted light, and Urianger has experience dragging his "friends" along, it wouldn't be the first time he sacrificed someone for the greater good. I think we're going to meet the Ascian equivalent of Hydealyn soon, and Urianger is merely an alias. I'm waiting for him to do that animation where he puts on the light mask after a specific event, or basically a convenient plot device to whisk him and the other Scions back to the Source.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Tracewood

1. Urianger is Venat, or a fragment of him. There is more to this NPC than the game is letting on, started with his gambit involving Minfillia, the WoD, and Elidibus. He's always plotting and planning several steps ahead, and even in ShB and Eden he still calculates. He is the one that the Exarch confides in for his grand master plan to rid the First of the corrupted light, and Urianger has experience dragging his "friends" along, it wouldn't be the first time he sacrificed someone for the greater good. I think we're going to meet the Ascian equivalent of Hydealyn soon, and Urianger is merely an alias. I'm waiting for him to do that animation where he puts on the light mask after a specific event, or basically a convenient plot device to whisk him and the other Scions back to the Source.

---

I know the whole thread is about improbable things, but the reason the Exarch targets him as confidant is precisely because of his previous gambit, so the two are essentially linked. The Exarch knows that Urianger will do what needs to be done now that he knows the truth, even though he doesn't want to - he looks so despairing as he asks why he's been entrusted with it. He keeps those secrets not because he wants to, but because he can see that he must, or the Exarch's hundred-year gambit will fail. Once he's free of that need to remain silent - in both instances - he is deeply apologetic and seems to beat himself up over it for a long time after.

This expansion has gone a long way towards showing him as more human and emotional, not just scheming in the background. There have been flashes of it throughout, but now we're actually spending time with him and it's clear that despite his awkwardness he cares deeply about his friends.

My own headcanon take on his behaviour is simply that in our world and time, he would be considered to have Asperger's Syndrome* - and that's not a bad thing, just one that explains a lot of his eccentricities. He's smart but he doesn't get how to socialise normally. He takes his speech patterns from books rather than people, and quotes prophecy at you instead of saying hello. He lectures Thancred of the intricacies of pixie language, despite Thancred's disinterest.

But this is all more like an overlay to his personality than any indication of his intentions - and personally I'm convinced those intentions are good. Look past the odd speech and the "keeping to himself", and he seems genuinely caring and loyal, just poor at expressing it.

* and no, the Internet usage of it as an insult and/or excuse for poor behaviour is not what it actually means.

On a totally unrelated note, I've had the idea for a while that the WoL's Carbuncle summon is essentially Hydaelyn-egi - drawing on some sliver of Her power, whether we're doing it consciously or not.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Oh, I like this one... "crossroads of fate" indeed...

And, another FFVIIR inspired one, which is going to get lots of groaning (none the less because I myself actively dismissed such ideas in the past), but hear me out:

FFVII's Planet is the Source Hydaelyn in the far far future! And based on what evidence? The appearence of none other than the Enterprise in the skies over the Cetra civilization, so by extension, we are all Cetra! (okay that particular scene was just a Shinra propaganda video... but it can be infered that the Shinra's artistic interpretations of what the Cetra were like were based on Ifalna's information, given the Cetra shown in that scene match the mural Aeris drew on the wall of her cell as a child... so the appearence of Cid nan Garlond's Enterprise from Hydaelyn in that video must mean that Hydaelyn=The Planet is also true right?

And hey, both planets have a Lifestream and materia! ;)

*And that is not also taking into account that FFVII's universe but not world and FFX's Spira are supposedly in the same universe, but that was never really confirmed as actual canon... so.... ;)

Yes it's complete and totally darksteelfoil, but.... these are strange times indeed we live in so... ;)

---

I just finished the game itself! Mostly very good!

Except the Time Jannies themselves and the "What the Kupo" ending.

Ahem. Important note: that particular bit of propaganda was an actual FMV (you can tell 'cuz Cloud has the Buster Sword regardless of what you have equipped), so they're probably just reusing a small asset a lot of people won't notice since it's so far away.

BUT.

I do support the idea that a lot of the games take place in the same universe, though not on the same planet, due to some metaphysical parallels between several games. XIV just has it the worst due to the large amount of references to previous titles... and that idea might be at least part of why I'm not so keen on importing locales and enemies from other games, since it sledgehammers this idea with conspicuous similarities across planets.

Whoooo knows......?

Elidibus was responsible for the death of Solus's first son, as part of his 'correction' to get Emet-Selch back on track.

EDIT: (Since I didn't want to make another new post) Midgardsormr has the powers and abilities of an unsundered, and very likely the First Brood are the same, however their children, being born of aether of the Source have subsequently weaker souls than their progenitors, which is also why in turn their lifespans never seem to reach as long.

For the sake of getting some piece and quiet on occasion, the WoL sometime spreads outlandish rumors about themself, stuff like "they're a giant beast several malms tall" and the sort.

Here are some of my crazy personal head canons:

The Warrior of Light is actually a (Japanese Salaryman || High School Student || College Student || Shut-in || etc.) that was mysteriously (transported || reincarnated) to Eorzea alongside many others.

Near the end of the Shadowbringers expansion before the fight against Hades, G'raha Tia randomly dragged seven unfortunate individuals from (North America || Japan || Europe || others) to assist the Warrior of Light against Hades... with some against their will. Some of them are even from the future which is how they know the fight.

P.S. Final Fantasy XIV is technically an Isekai with Isekai levels of powercreep.

Couerls and Behemoths were created from the Allagan Empire experimenting on Hrothgar. This explains why both creatures share facial features with Hrothgar, and why we don't see either creature on the First (as far as I can recall).