Since I'm a Duskwight I RP as though I'm from Eorzea, just not from directly around the city-states - since otherwise I have to come up with a complicated story about how I got to where I started out and it's too annoying and snowflakey. Zojha's summary neatly resolves most contradictions (lol) and I assume most NPCs don't know what they're talking about. Why, the Valentione's Day guy told me this year that he hoped I'd find love - while I was wearing my eternal bond ring!

Figuring out what was and wasn't canon for my character in the 1.0->ARR chaos was a real pain as a new player.