So, someone really needs to say this...

[Leowilde]

Because Haurchefant is just Haurchefant...he's just there. His character doesn't have much to do within either of the ARR or HW's storys.

Should of had Shiva/Ysale in the spot light instead, I loved her from the get go and her death gave me feels like you would not believe (Ysale/WoL<3). Gods, I hope I'm not the only one who feels like this.

Spoilertags, please! I didn't know that yet! T_T

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Serious question:

Who's Haurchefant?

[Gaddes]

It's funny how Haurchefant posts always seem to attract a host of Haurchefant bashers. If you didn't care for the character, hey good for you, but don't pretend to speak for everyone else and make blanket statements like "no one cared about him before that event happened.

Personally, I liked him back when he made his rather enthusiastic entrance in Dragonhead. I didn't go ga-ga for him, but I liked him. When they made him more visible and active in the Heavensward quests, I liked him a lot more. But there's something about a

death of a character that will intensify a fan's feeling towards that character. And I'm not even just talking about FFXIV, this happens all the time in all sorts of stories. So it's not really a surprise that people would be more vocal about it after the fact... what's the saying? You don't know what you've got til it's gone?

[Emmanellain]

It's funny how Haurchefant posts always seem to attract a host of Haurchefant bashers. If you didn't care for the character, hey good for you, but don't pretend to speak for everyone else and make blanket statements like "no one cared about him before that event happened.

Personally, I liked him back when he made his rather enthusiastic entrance in Dragonhead. I didn't go ga-ga for him, but I liked him. When they made him more visible and active in the Heavensward quests, I liked him a lot more. But there's something about a

death of a character that will intensify a fan's feeling towards that character. And I'm not even just talking about FFXIV, this happens all the time in all sorts of stories. So it's not really a surprise that people would be more vocal about it after the fact... what's the saying? You don't know what you've got til it's gone?

I second this!
Yoshida was asked about Haurchefant during a interview in November. And apparently since there's a huge outcry for more Lord H he says they might consider a way to make him reappear, most likely in a future flashback. So i'm on board with OP, if the Japanese fanbase and the countless forum posts is any indication, a Haurchefant piece for the fankit would be appreciated by many.

[ChocoFeru]

I just want a x1440 version of the wallpapers

[myahele]

I second this!
Yoshida was asked about Haurchefant during a interview in November. And apparently since there's a huge outcry for more Lord H he says they might consider a way to make him reappear, most likely in a future flashback. So i'm on board with OP, if the Japanese fanbase and the countless forum posts is any indication, a Haurchefant piece for the fankit would be appreciated by many.

With enough prayer .... he can return


Alternatively, he could always still watch us from afar ... like edda

[Ykronix]

You know, I actually liked the toned-down version of Lord H. Compared to the Japanese version, he could be taken way more seriously. Its really a balance issue between cultures, between what's acceptable and not. I mean, if you actually encountered the JP guy in real life, why wouldn't you be running in the opposite direction? There's also the consideration that this guy is rubbing up on you and you MAY already have a partner...then its just obscene.

Even then, despite what so many people whine about, the English version still resonated with those awkward 'Okay, you are TOTALLY getting all up in my space dude' feelings, but the translators turned it into formal, elaborate innuendo, so you'd actually think that he was just overly expressive instead of mentally unstable. I mean, I remember the part returning to Camp Dragonhead after 2.0, I asked my FC 'Is Haurchefant a lonely man? He's kinda being too...friendly." And the reaction after the event justified the whole thing, that he was someone that the players have grown attached to to make the impact of that scene more powerful. It would have lost a lot of it if he'd been reduced to just a perverted fanboy character.

On the other side of things, I kind of feel bad for totally forgetting Ysayle after the whole thing. Even though we spent a good amount of the game traveling with her, she kind of got overshadowed and felt like a lesser character no one really cared about.

With enough prayer .... he can retur-

NOPE.

[Pomelo]

HW characters:

Ysayle> Estinien> Heavensward > Pope > Aymeric > Lucia > Random Npcs > Haurchefant > Hilda