Post-Shadowbringers Speculation

[RopeDrink]

Everyone: Emet finally stopped slouching just before his death.
Me: Emet's near-death form utilized the standard robed Ascian model, which is always upright.

Come on, people. I get that it's a more symbolic sort of ending (and cool speculation), but the robed model doesn't slouch, as evidenced when Emet confronted the Mayor of Eulmore standing upright.

[Iscah]

Everyone: Emet finally stopped slouching just before his death.
Me: Emet's near-death form utilized the standard robed Ascian model, which is always upright.

Come on, people. I get that it's a more symbolic sort of ending (and cool speculation), but the robed model doesn't slouch, as evidenced when Emet confronted the Mayor of Eulmore standing upright.

Weird thing though - he's actually using an Elezen model throughout the game. It's a custom stance and I don't think he ever used generic emotes - nothing that made me realise it - and I was surprised when I looked up his character data. I'd assumed he was a custom model like Zenos and Varis.

Still, it's a little odd they use the generic stance after they hid it so well up to that point.

[Jaywalker]

Everyone: Emet finally stopped slouching just before his death.
Me: Emet's near-death form utilized the standard robed Ascian model, which is always upright.

Come on, people. I get that it's a more symbolic sort of ending (and cool speculation), but the robed model doesn't slouch, as evidenced when Emet confronted the Mayor of Eulmore standing upright.

Lol in the interest of transparency I have zero idea what the limitations are for movement and posturing in this game. When it comes to how stuff is programmed (it that's even the right way to put it, I really got no clue) I'm just gonna defer to people who know the stuff.

I do think though, sometimes the limits/capabilities of a medium mesh conveniently with how a story is being told. Symbolism and such. If we're gonna be super technical they probably could have had him die in his Garlean outfit instead to keep the slouching. It seems like something where they looked at what could be done and just worked it to their advantage.

Also, honestly I should've said before but in terms of slouching/not slouching my impression is he's got an "I'm PERFORMING" persona versus being himself? Vauthry business and even interacting with Varis I figured he was putting on a show.

[Tigerfury]

If Emet-Selch somehow was ultimately successful and completed all rejoinings, wouldn't any Garleans that survived all the calamities be first in line for sacrifice to restore the ancients? Given that after all of the rejoinings that have already occurred that a trademark of the race is still that they have 0 capacity for manipulating aether, I reason that they are one of the post-sundering "creatures" and have no shattered ancient souls that would reforge like the WoL's.

I have to say, that is a pretty great joke to play on the Garleans if you are Emet-Selch. Line them up as fodder to ready the world for each rejoining(at least in the scope of the story since 1.0), then toss them on a pyre to sacrifice to Zodiark to bring back his real pals.

If that is Ascian humor, I respect it.

[Edax]

If Emet-Selch somehow was ultimately successful and completed all rejoinings, wouldn't any Garleans that survived all the calamities be first in line for sacrifice to restore the ancients? Given that after all of the rejoinings that have already occurred that a trademark of the race is still that they have 0 capacity for manipulating aether, I reason that they are one of the post-sundering "creatures" and have no shattered ancient souls that would reforge like the WoL's.

I have to say, that is a pretty great joke to play on the Garleans if you are Emet-Selch. Line them up as fodder to ready the world for each rejoining(at least in the scope of the story since 1.0), then toss them on a pyre to sacrifice to Zodiark to bring back his real pals.

If that is Ascian humor, I respect it.

Emet doesn't view the Garleans (or mankind for that matter) as alive, but as aberrations. They would have no place in his new dystopia.