In Memorium (*SPOILER*)

[Mahri]

The laws of dramatic storytelling say that, due to the circumstances of her death (she dies in front of the player with witnesses in a semi-graphic way and leaves a corpse) she is deader than disco and floppy disks.

"Laws of dramatic storytelling", pardon my french, ain't shit.

You're not wrong, of course, but it's not worth leaning on "this is how things happen because it always happens that way."

[kyuven]

"Laws of dramatic storytelling", pardon my french, ain't shit.

You're not wrong, of course, but it's not worth leaning on "this is how things happen because it always happens that way."

I dunno, never lead me wrong before.
Which bums me out, because it makes enjoying TV, movies, video games, comics, and a lot of books (though not as many as the other mediums) a lot more difficult when you can predict plot developments that happen halfway through the story at around the fifth chapter/episode.
Most of the time it's tropes or cliches, but the adherence to them (or, in a lot of more recent American media, the active need to subvert them to the point of creating new ones) is...taxing.

[Yumi_umi]

She's not actually dead, servant is actually good and was working with nanamo to expose the corruption in her hierarchy. Ppl all go wtf and raub still has only 1 arm, wears a tacky cloak to hide missing arm and goes like " i am the night.. The dark knight. " lolll
Doe the amount of lalas SE wanted to kill off in that 1 cutscene was a delight to see!

[Buff_Archer]

And DAMN was watching Raubahn lose his shit was.... impressive.

Yeah, I figured at a minimum we'd get treated to his saying 'Gods DAMN you! Gods DAMN you ALL to HELL!' a half dozen times, which is always fun, but seeing him go all Kill Bill was a nice touch.

Just wish we had a way to partake in the slaughter. Like maybe if at some point Ul 'dah gets a section where all the NPC's are bad people or otherwise dislike you, and you can just stroll through killing them on a wholesale basis like they were defenseless practice dummies, taking your revenge. Or maybe have certain NPC's added where if they say something accusatory or derogatory towards you, you can just kill them and they'd regenerate with a random appearance when you leave and return.

[Fated]

I'm just glad I won't have to listen to her whining in every patch anymore.

[Theonekitten]

Aerith, Dumbledore, Puma D. Ace, Mufasa, Robb Stark, Tupac, Elvis and now Nanamo... yeah, history repeats. Denial is strong.

Don't forget Michael Jackson!!

[Fenseven]

Shes not dead.

I was thinking that as well. It all could have been an act, whatever was in the drink could make her seem to be dead and she put on an act for the death throws.

[TessaJalloh]

Let's take a moment to remember the first time we ever met her. https://twitter.com/TessaJalloh/stat...01424124170240

the 1.0 quest 'There Might Be Blood'.

[HulveinBlitz]

They needed a strong enough reason to make the Warrior of Light go to Ishgard.

Saying, oh we got some primals over here.. wanna come kill em again sir? Would be junk. Someone had to die. It had to be a big enough scene to force the hero to move to Ishgard. So sorry, I cannot see them saying it was all a fake.. if they did, they'd need to come up with an amazing reason to why she's not dead.

[TessaJalloh]

they'd need to come up with an amazing reason to why she's not dead.

All witnesses were silenced, and the public believes the Sultana has simply fallen ill. This suggests they either intend to force the Sultana to do their bidding like a good puppet (requiring her to live through the poisoning but perhaps be frail/incapable of resisting) or they may intend to replace her with a look alike. (which would not require her to survive, and is highly likely). Either could be used to move the player to action, and Raubahn to lead civil war for ul'dah's reclamation, ushering in a new age for the jewel of the desert in the image of Nanamo's dream.

She is likely very much dead. But we're dealing with a world in which death is just an inconvenience to be overcome, and a little hope never hurt anyone.

Another common trope in Final Fantasy is the need for Royal Blood to activate some form of super weapon, this would need her to still be around so that the monetarists could become supreme rulers and remain unchallenged by their enemies.