Dramatic character deaths....possibly.

[Alerith]

For those of you who read the Bleach manga, they recently spent a couple chapters building up the death of a very well liked character named Kuchiki Byakuya. They gave him what was universally accepted as a "good, dramatic end."

In a recent chapter, it was recently discovered that he is still alive despite the absurd wounds he obtained. I felt this was a huge mistake. All the drama, all the built up emotion, all the chapter space, wasted.

Now, what relevance does this have to XIV?

Louisoix.

Please, for the love of the Twelve, let him be dead.
Like....Aeris dead.
Corpsetastic
Cadaverific.

He had such an emotional and amazing end in the eyes of the players. It was a wonderfully planned and executed scene that tugged the hearts of all players and even did the possible and united the forums, if only for a brief moment.

You've given him this monumental, built up death scene. Please let it be so, and let it be a rallying cry for us in 2.0!

[Lirion]

Damnit your gif gets me everytime.

[Sleverin]

I raised this issue in another thread...but what about Cid and the three leaders? I know we worked with Louisoix personally a lot and he was a heavy hand guiding the nations to being saved from Garleans/Dalamud but these people headed the war efforts of our states, should we not worry about them too?

But also on topic...who knows, he might come back as a spirit or something...there's always that.

[Alerith]

I raised this issue in another thread...but what about Cid and the three leaders? I know we worked with Louisoix personally a lot and he was a heavy hand guiding the nations to being saved from Garleans/Dalamud but these people headed the war efforts of our states, should we not worry about them too?

But also on topic...who knows, he might come back as a spirit or something...there's always that.

A short-term Force Ghost would be acceptable. And I'm sure the GC leaders and Cid survived.

The way it "feels" to me is that Louixoix was very important, but that this death scene was a necessary part of his character.

The others, Cid, Marlyboob, Kansascity and Rubon are all integral to the continuation of the plot.

[AdvancedWind]

Wait, Aeris dies?!

[Ryuko]

Using 'the echo' to discover more about Louisoix would be acceptable. Or, as others have said, he could come back to us and communicate in spirit form... OR, if he is an archon of the twelve, the essence of the god he represented could become incarnated inside another living being, either someone born or already alive.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I raised this issue in another thread...but what about Cid and the three leaders? I know we worked with Louisoix personally a lot and he was a heavy hand guiding the nations to being saved from Garleans/Dalamud but these people headed the war efforts of our states, should we not worry about them too?

But also on topic...who knows, he might come back as a spirit or something...there's always that.

They weren't very close to Dalamud and we didn't see any of them die or get harmed.


@OP I agree completely and Bleach isn't the only anime to do such a thing (not saying you think it's the only btw). There are many examples where there was a dramatic death of an important character and they just "miraculously" came back and it's always distasteful. Two well known examples of this was the comic following "The Death of Superman" had superman back to life after a very emotional death with the simple explanation that he was only "mostly dead" and the bringing back of Goku in DBZ after the Cell Saga when he was meant to remain dead forever (executive meddling had them bring him back again).
If they bring him back unharmed it will just go down as a cheap yank at our emotions. (Discrediting the speculation that he's the king of primals/summons or whatever new theories people have come up with of late.)

[Nushidorei]

Gotta agree, let him die. The worst part of FF13 was when everyone thinks a character committed suicide and then twenty minutes later returns after a very touching scene. It just leaves a horrible taste in your mouth.

[tymora]

Not particularly attached to Louisoix. He can stay dead.

Aeris was different, she was a playable character so in terms of attachment value, they are worlds apart.

[Sleverin]

It seems somewhat hard to tell perspective and such, at least to me anyways. I mean he was held to be military tactician so I would think he'd want to be near them for communications sake...that and watching Bahamut move from La Noscea back to Mor Dhona in what seemed like an instant was ridiculous. But again editing/movie perspective time really mess with basic explanations. MY NERDINESS IS INTERFERING WITH MY GEEKINESS. SMURFS ARE MAMMALS PAPA SMURF HAS A BEARD. Sorry, I think I got broken for a sec....

To be honest though I'm cool either way with him being dead or alive. If he's dead, we mourn his loss and powerful sacrifice to save us and Eorzea. If he lives, we shall work with him to make the world a better and stronger place. Either way, we win.