Quote Originally Posted by MVX21 View Post
I mean if you want to talk about outright ignoring lore than that would be Phoenix. Demi Bahamut was explained away as a result of the ambient aether left over from the calamity that allowed you to obtain dreadwyrm/demi Bahamut even if you didn't do Coil. Phoenix on the other hand is something that you wouldn't even know existed unless you did Coil, and even then you had to attune and absorb that aether to learn dreadwyrm. So how is FBT and Demi Phoenix suppsed to work lorewise for those who never did Coil?
While I agree that it's disappointing that there wasn't any in-game justification for it (yet), there is a plausible theory for it:
When we unlocked our Dreadwyrm Trance over Carteneau, we must've also (unknowingly) unlocked Firebird's, since both Bahamut and Phoenix dispersed there.

The rest follows naturally, with us developing it further (like we did with DWT) to create Demi-Phoenix.