Quote Originally Posted by The_Last_Dragoon View Post
Technically FFV is a fictitious tale in Final Fantasy XIV canon, so that is almost definitely not a reflection.
The fact that FFV is a fictional tale is FAR from proof that FFV is not a reflection. In fact, if anything, it makes it MORE likely that FFV is a reflection. Travel between reflections is possible, as we know; with the exception of Minfilia's journey, all currently known travel has been facilitated by Ascians (or made by Ascians themselves), but it DOES happen. Suppose one such traveler either visited or originated from the FFV reflection, and brought the tale of Exdeath back to the Source? It's just a story here, but was the actual truth on this other world.

No, the fact that FFV (and all the other numbered Final Fantasies, if we take the Triple Triad cards to be evidence of such stories) is a fictional tale on the world of the Source does not mean that it can't be real elsewhere. In fact we KNOW it is real elsewhere - in the world of FFV. The point of debate in this thread is, just where IS the world of FFV? Is it one of the reflections? Or is it another universe entirely?

That was the point of my post - the reason it WOULDN'T be one of the reflections is because that leaves SE far more storytelling freedom. If the reflections are all wholly owned by the universe of FFXIV, then the writers are free to do whatever they want with them. If the reflections are the other Final Fantasy games' worlds, then the writers would have to tread very carefully, for fear of pissing off long-term fans of the series (a group of folks pretty heavily represented among the playerbase of this game).