Quote Originally Posted by PeaTearGriffin View Post
Yes, I know. Just because the end of the cutscene was metaphorical that doesn't mean the entire cutscene has to be. Even still, that metaphorical walk down the smoky hallway still doesn't retcon anything from shadowbringers. A cutscene can be metaphorical and not retell a different version of events.



This is also another continuity error, thank you for pointing that out. This really only drives home the point how careless the writers were.
Schrodinger's Cutscene... It's simultaneously metaphorical and inaccurate unless player "Weebpolice" decides which one agrees with his point at any moment of time.


I really don't understand how you can look at this and think it's not metaphorical. Especially the part with Hythlodeus. He has his whole thing with Emet-Selch right as she's narrating about sacrifices.

You said in your OP that you just watched someone else play Endwalker and it's difficult talking about the story with someone who hasn't even experienced it and is getting everything second hand. I didn't agree with the whole idea of having a cinematic cutscene that condenses the events of the Final Days/Sundering, but your take on it feels like someone who came to class without their homework and copied someone else's who just rushed through the material.


But sure. Somehow the writers make a fully retconned cutscene at the height of a story, say it's metaphorical to cover-up their inadequacies, and 1 guy on the forums who hasn't even played the expansion uncovers the truth that it's not a metaphor after all despite admitting that half of the cutscene is indeed metaphorical.