Crazy Personal Headcanons

[sidurgu-12]

Don't know if it's crazy but my new headcanon is souls are made up of both aether, which breaks down and gets recycled, and dynamis, which remains whole. Basically due to personal beliefs this is how i rationalize things.

[Nekaru_Infitima]

Zenos is a failed experiment. In his lonliness, Emet tried to bring forth Azem by using the 13th shards soul, and use his hated grandsons child to swap the souls out. But he was deemed a failure when he felt nothing, had no memory of being Azem, and was too weak. This is why Zenos can see the final days and feels no happiness for anything, it's not the real Zenos.

Basically FFXIVs version of Kuja while we're Zidane. The right one.

[Rannie]

Because of the midnight snack comment said by Cleretic... I can now so totally see Hythlodaeus helping Azem with the concept for Ifrita all just to save those delicious grapes that Azem shared with him one day. It was after they helped some poor grape farmer destroy a bunch of terrible insects and their horrendous plot to destroy the crop and their reward... a bunch of sweet hella delicious straight from the vine grapes (maybe even the Bacchus grapes) and he was hooked ever since. The reason Emet is so exasperated by all of this is that he never got one bite. Azem and Hythlodaeus ate them all!!

Edit: or another route was Azem and Hythlodaeus ended up saving one grape for Emet because they both realized they should atleast let him have a taste. (He did help after all against the mighty insect army of doom). So they wait for him to come back (he had to freshen up a bit ya know) and give him the empty bunch with one grape hanging from the bottom. He takes it and stares at it in disbelief, his mouth hanging open slightly. However, before he could even get to try THAT grape a bird swoops down or some animal jumps up and snatches that one last ripe delicious juicy looking grape and makes a mad dash with it... thus denying Emet-Selch the pleasure and causing him to be salty over it for years to come.... The birth of Mr Grumpy...

[Steelpapercranes]

Fray is a very small primal.

Pocket-sized really. He doesn't take up much aether at all....please let us keep him

[SannaR]

Emet and Venat having dated makes some sense. Anyway my head cannon is that the Ancients don't own any swim wear so even if there are things like hot springs they just let their aquatic creations use them. That is unless they do have swim wear but it's in the style of those one pieces from the early 1900s.

[Alleluia]

Emet and Venat having dated makes some sense. Anyway my head cannon is that the Ancients don't own any swim wear so even if there are things like hot springs they just let their aquatic creations use them. That is unless they do have swim wear but it's in the style of those one pieces from the early 1900s.

1910s/20s architecture and jazz, 1910s/20s swimwear. Makes sense.

[Vyrerus]

Emet and Venat having dated makes some sense. Anyway my head cannon is that the Ancients don't own any swim wear so even if there are things like hot springs they just let their aquatic creations use them. That is unless they do have swim wear but it's in the style of those one pieces from the early 1900s.

I know it's 20 to 30 years prior, but this made me imagine them riding Penny Farthing bicycles.

[Naria]

When Rammbroes became an Archon, he planned to have his Archon tattoo on his face like his idol Louisoix. Somewhat drunk on the way to the tattoo artist, he instead got into an argument and took up a dare from then precocious brat Papalymo, and that is why the tattoo is on his head instead and why he now has to keep his head shaved. This incident embarrassed Papalymo more than Rammbroes, and Papalymo never spoke of it again. Rammbroes, of course, went out of his way to tell Yda years later.

[EaraGrace]

Given the 20s Art Deco stylings, the Ancients in my head canon had a particularly tense debate over one specific topic.

Prohibition.

After all a drunk Ancient would be a mighty threat indeed.

[Denishia]

Azem accepted the Convocation position as to travel as far away from Amaurot as possible as often as possible as to have the freedom to be able to shed those excruciatingly ugly and ill-fitting robes and wear garments without being judged as childish or fermenting resentment and jealousy in others, only bothering with the mask and robe when having to return for government meetings. It's why the Warriors of Light care about glamour both in-game and meta (true endgame jokes, also every and any fantasia usage) and are constantly doing tasks or fights solely for appearance items, and why every time the WoL applies a new glamour plate, that piece of their soul that is Azem is singing with joy.