Thread: 3.56 MSQ Discussion (SPOILERS)

Originally Posted by Lambdafish

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Gosetsu has a thin face that is very Hyurian in structure. He is much bigger than a Highlander while also being smaller than the smallest Roegadyn (thanks to a friend helping me to get the scale with her smallest-height Roe). I'm actually thinking Gosetsu may be another instance of a half breed, being Hyur and Roegadyn (as we saw with Hilde being Elezen and Hyur).

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As for flavor text, I love Tataru. She is always asking the most important questions- do you serve someone who was once a foe tea?

As for predictions, a couple of friends of mine and myself were seeing how many of our guesses for the story would come true (hidden in boxes for double spoiler warning). I mentioned these things that made them go, "Xo mentioned this and that and- GD Xo."

1) On Omega:

The cocoon being the reason why Omega makes an appearance with significant power similar or exceeding Bahamut (as Omega was specifically designed to combat Bahamut while he was still at his absolute most powerful).

2) On Yda and her sister:

That Yda was continuing on her sister's fight, either out of guilt or admiration. However, despite calling the result, I had suspected this would come later rather than sooner- that we see both sisters together with the one losing her life and Yda taking the mantle as the girl in red while on Ala Mhigan soil.

3) On Papalymo:

His sacrifice was ultimately for "naught." Quotes because if not for Papalymo's sacrifice, the primal would have been free with no time for a counter attack or some other means of repelling it. Considering the Allagans were unable to defeat Bahamut, or capture him, when he was at full strength, something would have needed to be done. On the thought that the cocoon would forever contain it, I knew this was a doomed endeavor (again, with Bahamut, he can convert aetherial energies and make them his own- spells themselves are aether).

4) On the primal:

While I didn't really think it was Bahamut, and I did entertain the possibility of something like Nidhogg becoming a primal, when I first glimpsed the head and wings, I heard my husband say, "Bahamut Zero?" Once the body became visible, I told him, "That's no Bahamut. That's Shinryu." He didn't give in until the game itself said who it was; kind of happy I was able to call it before the game confirmed the identity.

I'm actually quite happy when you can put things together thanks to the help of lore. There is hardly anything more satisfying, to me, when a story, let alone a game, doesn't break lore or something that wouldn't make sense within its own history's confines.