Is Manderville Canon?

[dynus]

Having worked in a casino for the last seven years, I can tell you that sometimes, people are just wild and where they go, life throws logic (and I swear, physics) out the window. The Hildy quests are like that- reality that's unrealistic.

[Lium]

Hildebrand is love, Hildebrand is life. The questlines are an absolute requirement in the game.

They're funny. But I hated having to massage his back all the time. Doesn't he have an assistant for that? And what's up with that superhuman strength? His dad could slay primals. Should've taken him to the First. The whole thing would have been over in five minutes.

[Iscah]

You'll notice that even Godbert himself behaves differently if you compare the MSQ to the sidequests

Indeed - he's even wearing pants when he meets with Nanamo...


(I agree with the one-way lore bubble though.)

[Dualblade]

It is my interpretation that the events of Hildebrand are canon - but are being filtered to us as viewers through a "silly" lens. E.g., there really is a Hildebrand, he really has an assistant named Nashu, he really does solve mysteries, and may very well be something of a bumbler. The truly crazy stuff we see, though? It is embellishment. It's much like how the Wandering Minstrel tells exaggerated tales of our encounters with various trials and raids, except without any NPC explicitly as the storyteller.

So, in broad strokes, you can consider the events of Hildebrand to have actually happened, but the more crazy aspects have likely been made up or exaggerated. So how crazy is "too crazy"? That varies. And I often change my mind, for that matter.

Note, that's just my own personal interpretation. It's what works for me. You are, of course, welcome to accept every detail as gospel, or dismiss the whole thing as too ludicrous to consider, or anything in between!

Given all the "Next time on!", the ending curtains and all that it wouldn't surprise me if the very last Hildebrand quest ends with us talking to the Wandering Minstrel as he tells us of how the tale we told him has become a smash hit (though he may have embellished some parts.)

[GenBroadaxe]

I don't want to live in a game world where the Hildebrand Quests aren't canon.

[Ramesses]

Not only is he canon but for the umpteenth time, I'm underlining this crucial fact and calling it...

Godbert Manderville and his wife Julyan are the final bosses of the Final fantasy XIV universe.

True story.

[YianKutku]

Indeed - he's even wearing pants when he meets with Nanamo...


(I agree with the one-way lore bubble though.)

My snarky contribution to the discussion the last time it came up was that the sign of whether you are in the Manderville Bubble was whether Godbert is wearing pants.

(Notably, the statue of Godbert in the Manderville Golden Saucer has no pants...)

[dragoelete]

Indeed - he's even wearing pants when he meets with Nanamo...


(I agree with the one-way lore bubble though.)

hes a bussiness man so he prolly knows better that to talk to his queen pantseless

[Rannie]

I figured he tried it once during a syndicate meeting and they all went... ,"OH HELL NO!" And then his wife hit him with her gigantic frying pan of doom for the embarrassment.

[Kytrin]

I always took Hildy as canon, even the crazy bits lol. Hildy and his family are just obviously fairly high level... er, somethings... to be able to handle that kind of damage and walk away. And Godbert might help tidy up any damages left in Hildy's wake with that vast Manderville fortune.

These guys are just clearly completely insane in all the best ways, and my WoL is spending her time going "How do I get myself into these situations!" and "Thank the twelve the scions aren't this insane..."