[Spoilers] The Patch 4.2 Discussion and Speculation Thread!

[Anonymoose]

While I don't have much to add or counter at this moment in time, I'd like to throw something into the pot. We all seem to be considering just how long Varis can be trusted, and we all seem to be in agreement that it's at least today (think Elidibus during the Warring Triad arc). If this alliance were to be a longer-running thing, and our "in" to Garlemald...

From a storytelling perspective, is the Resonance arc now wasted time on Varis's part? (If he's allying with Eorzea's Echo-blessed anyway, what was the point? To prove primal enslavement was legit? Would we even do that?) Varis and Elidibus were speaking of sacrificing his son on the laboratory table to raise an empire that would dominate the world. Imperial ambitions, technological progress, Ascian lip service, Scion alliance. How do we reconcile all of these to the same end?

If Eorzea vs. Garlemald isn't how Elidibus is moving towards the next Rejoining (which seemed reasonable given that he's now moved the Eorzeans and Garleans onto more equitable footing against one another) ... what is? Assuming Varis's seeming contradictions are not an attempt to out-maneuver the Emissary, what are they playing at?

If we look at all the puzzle pieces rather than only the batch that just arrived, fewer interpretations make sense as a narrative...

/hand to chin