Why does no one remember Dalamud?

[PorxiesRCute]

Five years ago in real life was 2019. What was the most important world event to you that happened in 2019? For me it was probably the Australian election that year, but that's because I'm both Australian and politically active, the global number one is probably the fire at Notre-Dame.

How much do you, as a real person in real life, talk about the fire at Notre-Dame in 2024?

Five years is actually a long time when it comes to casual conversation topics; chances are, even the Azim Steppe's just sorta talked out on that point. There's more recent and more important things to discuss.

Covid started in 2019.

Just saying.

And the point isn't just that Dalamud fell five years ago. Like Tahli says, the point is that for thousands of years, until only five years ago, there were two moons.

If the IRL moon suddenly crashed into the Earth one day, I really don't think all evidence of its existence (outside of the one place it crashed into) would disappear from our culture and collective memory.

[Cleretic]

Covid started in 2019.

Just saying.

I did think of bringing up covid, but that's actually a bit of an unhelpful example because that wasn't just one moment, that was the start of a very long-term thing that's still ongoing. In Eorzea, sure, that's true of Dalamud, but off in Othard? Sure, it happened, might've even been a big deal at the time, but today, the fact that the tiny secondary moon isn't there anymore isn't an especially important issue on the day-to-day.

Yeah, they probably have started spinning up some stories! You just didn't ask, and they're not that interested in talking about it right now. They've got a life, and that life probably didn't revolve around Dalamud.