Predictions for 5.3?

[MirronTulaxia]

I am honestly glad the Season 1 storyline is finally ending because it has gotten very old that basically every single bad thing in the plot has been "the Ascians are behind everything" since 2.0 storyline.

The questions I have is more on how will they handle Season 2 storyline now that it is entering unknown territory as it will be a new beginning and how will that story begin because it will certainly depend greatly on how Season 1 ends.

Season 2 can begin as WoL being a legend where people don't recognize WoL but we get mention once in a while by people talking about it since we know from certain Job quests (such as gunbreaker job quest where the our allies don't recognize WoL until the end of 70 Quests) and MSQ that most people have heard about the Legend of WoL but they do not fully recognize him/her due to only having the stories providing them information about WoL which can be greatly exaggerate in both events and appearances.

OR

Season 2 begins on a clean slate due to events of Season 1 ending requiring a certain sacrifice to guarantee our victory but we manage to survive in the end thus leading to the events that will begin our journey in Season 2.

OR

some how a mix of both outcomes.

Kind of a late reply, but “Main villain is behind everything” is pretty common in FF. It’s a way to show how much influence they have, but either way it’s basically an FF trope. Just look at FFI where almost everything is Garland or the Four Fiends and so on.

[EdwinLi]

Kind of a late reply, but “Main villain is behind everything” is pretty common in FF. It’s a way to show how much influence they have, but either way it’s basically an FF trope. Just look at FFI where almost everything is Garland or the Four Fiends and so on.

The issue with the trope was not it was being used but it was being constantly repeated over and over again to a point that the story feels as if it is saying everything can be world peace, hugs, and no more wars between countries if Ascians never existed. A concept that we know can never happen because people are born with conflicting ideas, desires, and standards which even the MSQ does show how betray and ambition can be right around the corner without the Ascians being involved.