Hire J.K. Rowling to write

Harry Potter is a part of the fantasy genre, so it wouldn’t be that outlandish to have its author co-write some parts in Final Fantasy XIV. Doesn’t have to be anything big (this isn’t Harry Potter), but some English influence could be interesting for the game. Less catgirls, more schooling!

Oh. Hell. Naw!

And we already have way too many anime highschool setting in videogames without FFXIV jumping on the train.

So many levels of nope. Like, I could make a cake out of it, but I don't need to find out what concentrated nope tastes like.

I'd be all for it. She's a lovely individual in person.

It's not the writing that needs a new crew, because SHB's story was amazing.
It's the lack of proper direction (and perhaps the higher ups interfering with how the game works) that needs some TLC.

Does she speak Japanese? It might not work well if she doesn't.

Actually, it doesn't even matter because I'm sure they have positions open, so if she's not hired, it's likely because she's not applying, which would make sense considering it's a Japanese company and she might not want to work in Japan.

God your posts are awful.

Troll but let's indulge.

Nah, and a thousand more times, Nah..

Without getting too in-depth or critical about her writing. Sure, she's creative, and don't get me wrong I really love the HP universe. But she's equally very whimsical in ideas and it's very apparent in both character and world writing/development. Quite predictably so too, if you think about it hard enough.

The tropes she leans on in her stories aren't too far off from what FFXIV itself embraces.

Honestly, I don’t want any British or American writers touching this game, and I say that as an American. It would be generic and cliche and completely lack depth. And the characters would become stock.

*smacks emergency meeting button*
Vote t0rn. They vented.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

The tropes she leans on in her stories aren't too far off from what FFXIV itself embraces.

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Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

If we're going to hire outside writers for FFXIV, may I suggest Stephen King.

FFXIV needs a good killer clown-alien /s

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Originally Posted by Lium

Honestly, I don’t want any British or American writers touching this game, and I say that as an American. It would be generic and cliche and completely lack depth. And the characters would become stock.

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There's plenty of skilled British and American writers, though. It's not like the writers for FFXIV don't lean on generic and cliche tropes that are lacking in depth. Just look at the utter lack of meaningful, lasting consequences for the protagonists in 5.3 - compared to how ARR and HW had many consequences to deal with and things did not always wrap up in a neat little bow.

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Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

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She's innocent until proven guilty and Twitter mob outrage is not a court of law no matter what some may seek to bring about.

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Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

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Oh dear, here comes out this nonsense. Do you genuinely believe the Japanese writers in this game are all kinds of woke? She is woke herself, just not to the even more transparently stupid degree some of her 'critics' are.

Read Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

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Originally Posted by GrumbleBeard

Read Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

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Thank you for mentioning this novel cycle. These books are awesome.

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Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

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Everyone is racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever the next made up word is according to those people.

Too late. We already had that quest chain with "elf kid who looks like Harry Potter" and "Inspector who is only interesting when Hildebrand is around."
/glasses

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Originally Posted by Veis_Alveare

Everyone is racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever the next made up word is according to those people.

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No.
Thank you.

Is this a troll thread?
Honestly, as much as I like the HP universe, J.K doesn't even write that well.

Sure... and Yoshida can also retcon story or character elements via Twitter... you know.. for lore

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No.
Thank you.

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If you think those things aren't tossed around as a poor attempt at moralizing buzzwords you've not been paying attention.

Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade! ;)

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Originally Posted by Melorie

Is this a troll thread?
Honestly, as much as I like the HP universe, J.K doesn't even write that well.

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I use to love the harry potter books and read them as a kid. But even back then I knew bad writing when I saw it and those books were filled with them. If anyone needs examples I can give four off the top of my head just from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" alone:

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He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

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And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass.

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The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole of the Dursley’s house in it

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“It’s an invisibility cloak,” said Ron, a look of awe on his face.

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Then there is issues like...

• Harry and Ginny’s relationship.
• Hermione and Ron's relationship.
• Dumbledore always being either an incompetent good guy or he’s just a straight up bad guy.
• Voldemort is pretty much an idiot in the grand scheme of things.
• Ron being useless after Book 1.

There is more but suffice to say that while I still have fond memories of reading those books as a kid but as a author of a published book myself I can see that they're ultimately just poorly written stories which should have been proofread and rewritten at the end of the day. But since they sold well I guess this style just works for her series of books. So to each their own.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

There's plenty of skilled British and American writers, though. It's not like the writers for FFXIV don't lean on generic and cliche tropes that are lacking in depth. Just look at the utter lack of meaningful, lasting consequences for the protagonists in 5.3 - compared to how ARR and HW had many consequences to deal with and things did not always wrap up in a neat little bow.

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Yeah, I never said there was no skilled British or American writers. Just that I don't want them touching this game because it will turn into just another generic fantasy MMO. Overall, the writing in this game is head and shoulders above other western MMOs in my opinion. And you mentioning 5.3 while leaving out the entirety of Shadowbringers is odd to me.

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Nah, I'd rather they get George RR Martin. That way we can get some meaningful deaths AND it will delay Winds of Winter another decade! ;)

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Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

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Originally Posted by t0rn

Harry Potter is a part of the fantasy genre, so it wouldn’t be that outlandish to have its author co-write some parts in Final Fantasy XIV. Doesn’t have to be anything big (this isn’t Harry Potter), but some English influence could be interesting for the game. Less catgirls, more schooling!

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Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

Yeah, because the conclusion to Game of Thrones went so well for anyone.

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The death of the series was the most meaningful of all xD

EDIT: And I should probably point out that GoT ended badly because they ran out of material written by GRRM.

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Originally Posted by SavishSalacious

Why do you still post? Now I have to hunt down all your posts and report them and tell you as such.

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I'd advise against that, as false reports are taken as harassment. By all means report anything that explicitly breaks the rules - but not things that can be taken as an innocent suggestion.

Lol! J.K to write, but also complains about not having POC scions. Got it.

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Lol! J.K to write, but also complains about not having POC scions. Got it.

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Damn... didn't know the history of this individual. Guess I won't take this seriously

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Originally Posted by FF16Necromancer

Damn... didn't know the history of this individual. Guess I won't take this seriously

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Ignoring the troll won't make him go away. The forum army has decided to engage the troll directly to show him we are not afraid.

YoshiP has shown to be supportive of lgbt+ and jk recently has shown alot of hate to the t part of that. so major no. ffxiv already has great writers