Crazy Personal Headcanons

[Enla]

That Necron or something like it is behind the 'sound' that inspired the Final Days - since the FF14 dev teams loves to yoink plot beats from past FF games for their MSQ and a few things from the Amaurot section reminded me heavily of not just FFX but FFIX as well. I'm kinda doubly convinced of this now because...

5.4 spoilers ahoy.

Fandaniel and his group basically have the same methodology and desire to see everything reduced to nothingness. It feels a little too on the nose for Necron not to be involved to me.

I'm likely very wrong though.

[Ceasaria]

I came up with a dumb non-canon idea on my own that the music we hear in a primal fight is heard by our character. Most of the songs already have lyrics that are either sung by the primal or their followers (notable exceptions for Ifrit and Garuda who were done by the old team and Bismarck who is just a big dumb whale). So whenever we’re in a fight, we’re being sung at by the primal or their followers or our echo sounds and we’re hearing the thoughts of who we’re fighting like in Shiva’s case. The music accompanying the lyrics is either how the echo interprets the input or just the pure power of the primal warping reality combined with echo stuff.

Concerning the music, in particularly Pulse album, the though I had is it's the music tempered people are hearing.
Or it's secret fiestas taking place in Gold Saucer. WoL tells his fights to a musician who decide to create music on which people can dance and have fun...Trials (Tempered) difficulty have been added !

[Gemina]

OP, I always liked the idea that the WoL actually hears the music being played, and that is why their summoning on the first resulted in not only a skewed version of the primal they actually fought, but the music is also similar; but not quite right.

Some of my own head canon revolves around Fray, and the WoL's affiliation with him is not by mere chance, but orchestrated by none other than Fray after he witnessed the rain of blood as the WoL single-handedly obliterated the entire HW guard, and saw nothing but fear and dread in King Thordan before being finished off. It was then that Fray decided that he would surrender his soulstone to the WoL, and willingly lost his trial by combat in Ishgard despite exhausting his competition.
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I know there is no way this could ever be true canon as players get access to DRK well before the Thordan fight, but this is how it happened in my own head because I did not unlock DRK until late into HW.

[TaleraRistain]

OP, I always liked the idea that the WoL actually hears the music being played, and that is why their summoning on the first resulted in not only a skewed version of the primal they actually fought, but the music is also similar; but not quite right.

I've wondered about this sometimes, most especially because the music is muted when you go inside Cerberus. I always thought it was a nice touch, but also interesting for the implications.

[Jirah]

My favorite one I have is that the telegraphs of the many fights we do is due to the echo granting us some kind of clairvoyance. Hence why ordinary adventurers die to simple telegraphs we see coming ,where it be stack markers or Aoes, while we excel. Imagine the game with no markers going in blind, it would be tough out there if it weren’t for the echo

[Iscah]

Wild theory time: G'raha isn't as "together" as he claims and the Exarch is still a separate voice in his head, either not in direct control or sharing it, but he (they? both of him?) doesn't want to make us worry. So young G'raha is overplaying it a bit at times and that explains any "out of character for his older self" moments.

[Fenral]

Wild theory time: G'raha isn't as "together" as he claims and the Exarch is still a separate voice in his head, either not in direct control or sharing it, but he (they? both of him?) doesn't want to make us worry. So young G'raha is overplaying it a bit at times and that explains any "out of character for his older self" moments.

That would be entirely in character. He seems to have a lot going on, and we probably won't let us in on any of it until it's nearly too late. I can't quite let myself believe the potential for instability was resolved in the same patch it was introduced.

[Iscah]

That would be entirely in character. He seems to have a lot going on, and we probably won't let us in on any of it until it's nearly too late. I can't quite let myself believe the potential for instability was resolved in the same patch it was introduced.

Even if it's not actually dangerous for him to be in such a state, it's definitely in character AND it resolves both the "young self overwritten" moral issue and that he just feels slightly off in the last few chapters.

Maybe "accepting each other as the same person" isn't instant but needs to happen over time. Mixing ice and water is a good metaphor, I suppose - essentially the same thing in two different states that can combine seamlessly but not straight away.

[Roda]

Oh my I have been waiting for a crackpot theory thread to share this one.
Moonkeepers and Duskwights have Argyria/silver poisoning.

Think about it. The shroud is the only source in the base game that contains silver. The silver is found near a water source. Argyria comes from the ingestion of high quantities of silver. Moonkeepers and duswights are wildfolk who live off the land outside of society who could easily have to resort to drinking from less filtered water. Argyria turns your skin blue.

[ChazNatlo]

Oh my I have been waiting for a crackpot theory thread to share this one.
Moonkeepers and Duskwights have Argyria/silver poisoning.

Think about it. The shroud is the only source in the base game that contains silver. The silver is found near a water source. Argyria comes from the ingestion of high quantities of silver. Moonkeepers and duswights are wildfolk who live off the land outside of society who could easily have to resort to drinking from less filtered water. Argyria turns your skin blue.

Huh. Not just "In the shroud" in the shroud in the area that has the historical Duskwight living area and the primary zone you encounter Moonkeepers.