Villages of the Farreach - HELLSGUARD

[LineageRazor]

I have to admit, I'm a bit worried that someone might hastily read this post, and joyfully update the Final Fantasy wiki with the info. There's a lot of cringey misinformation there...

That said, folks DO use this forum from time to time to find real lore to plot out their RP plans. This isn't TOO different from that...

[Iscah]

That said, folks DO use this forum from time to time to find real lore to plot out their RP plans. This isn't TOO different from that...

I think the difference is that in those cases they're asking "here is my idea, please apply canon lore to it", and this is more that there's a gap in the canon, so there's nothing to discuss except the idea itself.

I do think it's probably better to keep the lore forum for actual lore (or clearly-marked hypotheticals based on information we do have), but it's a bit hard when we don't have a "fanworks" subforum available.

At the same time, there are probably exceptions I'm not thinking of now, and it's probably all a bit hard and overly pedantic to police. Just mark the speculation as such, preferably in the title.

[Galeteya]

I'm a bit worried that someone might hastily read this post, and joyfully update the Final Fantasy wiki with the info. There's a lot of cringey misinformation there...

I certainly didn't mean for any of my little creative writing to be "cringey misinformation"... I'm not trying to misinform anyone. I'm not entirely sure how much more in the post I could make it clearer that it isn't canon? I've mentioned "headcanon", "canon-inspired", and "fan villages".

(Besides, I don't think anyone really cares about the Hellsguard enough to update the wikis... None of the large guide that was written has been added to anything. I attempted to make an account on one of the wikis, but a lot of things are outdated and old so I'm hesitant to touch anything because I've never edited one before.)

I'm really feeling like I made a big mistake by posting this. I never thought this would turn into some kind of debate about what is and isn't okay to post. I tried to lie my intentions out clearly and was just excited to share some canon-based fan stuff with the community, but it's turned into a discussion that isn't at all about the intended topic... It's just fun to me. If it's better off just being removed, please tell me and I will. I didn't mean to cause a disruption.

[LineageRazor]

I certainly didn't mean for any of my little creative writing to be "cringey misinformation"... I'm not trying to misinform anyone. I'm not entirely sure how much more in the post I could make it clearer that it isn't canon? I've mentioned "headcanon", "canon-inspired", and "fan villages".

I apologize if I wasn't clear. When I said "There's a lot of cringy misinformation there", I was referring to the wiki, NOT to your post. I very much understand that what you wrote is non-canon. What I'm worried about is someone who DOESN'T understand that, transcribing to the wiki. It probably won't happen - but take a look at the wiki. You'll see a lot of glaring inaccuracies there (at least for those of a lore-minded bent).

And don't get bent out of shape! I don't think folks are treating this as a big a deal as you think they are. Just some speculation as to whether it's forum-appropriate. And, to be perfectly honest, we've had a lot of posts a whole lot less forum-appropriate than this one. You're FAR from being on the road to becoming a pariah, here! Folks were quite pleased with your Hellsguard compendium, after all.

I don't think it's possible to change the title of a forum post, sadly, but don't feel like you need to ask for the thread to be removed.