A sorta sneaky piece from the shadowbringer trailer

[Seoulstar]

It was around the time of the Stormblood trailer.... <swoons>

I personally felt it was during the Heavenward trailer..

[Miste]

when did the WOL go and get all hawt.

I may have to trade in Aymeric for him.

WoL really bringing sexy back with Shadowbringers trailer....I think I have officially tossed Aymeric aside for him xD

That tousled hair and beat up dark look really suits him, umph!

He did look good in SB trailer but....his hair was a bit too short for my tastes. I love the new look.

[zuzu-bq]

I loved that small detail so much.

[Kaldaka]

Ya know, the poor guys been getting beaten about left right and center since his (presumably) early 20s. It's been 8 years LOL He's growing up and growing old. 10 more years, he's goina be going grey. Least they're not mean enough to give him a receding hair line... I hope.

[InkstainedGwyn]

I love that this has become a "recognise WoL's hotness" thread.

[Soge01]

Shouldn't we be calling him Warrior of Darkness now~? ;3 Warrior of Dark Hottness, let's go with that for the sake of this thread. XD

[Dualblade]

Derplander has evolved into Danklander!

[Shurrikhan]

Funnily enough, that 'ARC' gear from 1.0 was not even real - he only originally wore that in an Echo scene! in 1.0 (he was technically GLA in 1.0's opening). But yeah, definetely a reference to Derplander's 'journey' from 1.0 to the present day.

I guess he made it in imitation of the experience he briefly visited? Something felt right about that perspective, that self in another self, and he rolled with it?

Who am I kidding? Most likely they just forgot, yeah.

[SaitoHikari]

Reading this thread made me realize... I only started playing at the start of HW, but why did we choose to call him Derplander?

[Enkidoh]

I guess he made it in imitation of the experience he briefly visited? Something felt right about that perspective, that self in another self, and he rolled with it?

Who am I kidding? Most likely they just forgot, yeah.

Yeah, I agree. And more ironic is his original class was GLA (both in the opening movie and the original propaganda art for 1.0), which, given it upgrades to PLD, and it's whole 'holy' thing.... would have been a better fit for the 'weary traveller' look.... but then that may have been too blatant with the symbolism.

Reading this thread made me realize... I only started playing at the start of HW, but why did we choose to call him Derplander?

It's a really old meme from the late 1.0 era, a couple of members here on this forum started calling him that as a joke in regards to the silly faces he seemed to make in the original 1.0 opening and the early ARR teaser trailers, however the final ARR trailers improved on his facial expressions so it was no longer appropriate, but the name stuck and now we call him it fondly rather than with any ill intent. Some dislike it, but I keep finding myself calling him it endearingly.

And yes, I would totally have him in my party if I could. ^_^