Opinion: Shadowbringers Plot

[TabrisOmbrelame]

It's a good idea except for one thing. During a conversation in heavensward, Thancred admitted nothing was wrong with his eye. He kept it covered to try to get women.

Not quite.

At least, not if this is the quote you're thinking of, shortly after we are reunited with him (and you're most likely thinking "what happened to your eye?").



The game seems to tease 'not giving you an answer' several times, but then there's a scene with Thancred and Krile sneaking into Castrum Meridanum - and Thancred isn't wearing his eyepatch. Instead you can see his left eye is intact but seems to have turned pale blue. (Or at least it looks blue in the scene - though his character data indicates that it's white. Either way, very clearly changed from his normal hazel colour.)

We still don't have an explanation for that.

I'm on part with Iscah, Something is wrong with Thancred's Eye. When Y'shtola came back, she get White Eye too, but she was blinded but can "see" using surrounding Ether. Thancred probably wouldn't be able to do something like that. And for me, he's Half blinded.

So why did he came back with his two eyes intact ? That's a mysterie

[DracotheDragon]

I'm on part with Iscah, Something is wrong with Thancred's Eye. When Y'shtola came back, she get White Eye too, but she was blinded but can "see" using surrounding Ether. Thancred probably wouldn't be able to do something like that. And for me, he's Half blinded.

So why did he came back with his two eyes intact ? That's a mysterie

i know this is a weeb comparison but like kakashi with the sharingan? where if he looks though it it drains his chakra?

[TabrisOmbrelame]

i know this is a weeb comparison but like kakashi with the sharingan? where if he looks though it it drains his chakra?

No, nothing like that. Going in the Aether can cause trouble on the organism. Y'shtola loose her sight in totality, but with her magical masterie she can sense Ether of people surrouding her so she can "see" but at the cost of her life span.

For Thancred, he was luckier, he just loose one eye, but we don't know if it get a function, it's unknow at the current time. So we suppose his left eye his blind.

[KageTokage]

I'm really hoping this expansion doesn't end up like SB's MSQ in that it feels rushed due to splitting it between two different regions.

I have this hunch it's going to be split between Ilsabard/the first shard.

[Iscah]

I'm on part with Iscah, Something is wrong with Thancred's Eye. When Y'shtola came back, she get White Eye too, but she was blinded but can "see" using surrounding Ether. Thancred probably wouldn't be able to do something like that. And for me, he's Half blinded.

So why did he came back with his two eyes intact ? That's a mysterie

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For Thancred, he was luckier, he just loose one eye, but we don't know if it get a function, it's unknow at the current time. So we suppose his left eye his blind.

I'm not sure if he's blinded or if it's something else entirely. It doesn't look clouded over like Y'shtola's eyes, it's just a different colour - like you can replicate in the character creator with the 'odd eyes' setting.

If you want to have a look at the cutscene, it's the only scene for the Dragonsong quest "As It Once Was".

[Gun-Cat]

Y'shtola loose her sight in totality, but with her magical masterie she can sense Ether of people surrouding her so she can "see" but at the cost of her life span.

Did they outright state that in the english translation? The japanese version has Matoya saying that using it can become a heavy burden if she isn't careful. Like, with her fixing the burn and being completely exhausted afterwards was probably already deep in "Matoya would scold you for that, foolish girl" territory. Granted japanese tends to be rather indrect most of the time, but I'd like to think it isn't as life threatening as people make it out to be.

Also no one ever said one word of thanks to her for saving Thancred and keeping the WoL alive at the cost of her eyesight.

[TabrisOmbrelame]

Did they outright state that in the english translation? The japanese version has Matoya saying that using it can become a heavy burden if she isn't careful. Like, with her fixing the burn and being completely exhausted afterwards was probably already deep in "Matoya would scold you for that, foolish girl" territory. Granted japanese tends to be rather indrect most of the time, but I'd like to think it isn't as life threatening as people make it out to be.

Also no one ever said one word of thanks to her for saving Thancred and keeping the WoL alive at the cost of her eyesight.

When you play the game in French, this is what we get.

[RukiaFae]

If you looked at the live letter. The next dungeon is on the battlefield. Yoshi said we will find out why we are becoming the WOD in the next patch. I believe the fight will come to head in the next patch with us facing of with fake Zenos. Everything goes to crap, then the new expansion will start with the time difference forward. I don't think will be doing as much bouncing back and forth like we did in Stormblood.

Seeing Thancred makes me wonder if the other Scions were taken out purposely to save them from this battle. Almost like the Avengers plot. The voice knows they are needed and if they weren't taken out early then they would die on the battlefield.

[KageTokage]

I'm doubting that there's actually going to be a time skip or a calamity at the source.

I feel like it's more plausible that the first shard was basically a 1-1 copy of the Source in terms of its history, just that time flowed faster there so we can effectively see the future by learning exactly what happened there.

[Kuroka]

In german he said smt like "i almost lost my eye" but i cant recall where exactly...