Request: Limiting the number of blatant Game of Thrones references in future?

[Dualgunner]

Oh yes. It definitely means that it's bad localization. For such a reclusive person to openly expresses the fact that he sees you as a partner is a *big* part of that revelation. Changing openly vocalizing such an important change to simply implying it means effectively changing the character. It has absolutely zero to do with fitting the target culture's tastes.

Saw this and felt like replying:

Though he never refers to my character as partner, having done all the DRG questline he did make several references to the fact we're both cold hard badasses working together under the name of the Azure Dragoon. So while he never said "We're partners, partner." He did make intonations that gave me that same sense of feeling.

I swear I'm going to make a thread that lists all of the references that my husband, myself and friends have recognized over the years that probably fly over the heads of most people. Most F.A.T.E.s and quest titles are references. Achievements, too. This is not even counting puns/wordplay (like Special Tarasque Force).

• Sharknado - FATE -B rated movie of the same name; has a cult following.
• By the Horns - FATE - Chocobo named "Bull Chocobo"- in reference to the phrase, "to catch a bull by the horns."
• The Migas Touch - FATE - in reference to The Midas Touch
• You're Tearing Me Apart - achievement - in reference to a line spoken in the B rated movie, The Room.
• The Lady in Red - Stormblood MSQ - song reference to Lady in Red; the achievement is "Cheek to Cheek" upon completing this quest, which is a lyric from the song (in case you doubted the reference).

There's just soooooooooooo many references. I know there's a list floating around of just references made in FFXIV toward other FF titles.

Off the top of my head:

The Big Bagoly Theory
The Big Banquet Theory
The Secret Life of Plants (Secret Life of Pets maybe?)