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5.3 Thoughts and Feelings

Y'shtola's Gaffe

Your later posts...
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like Elidibus was out of character. I really resonate with your feelings on the MSQ. Very similar feelings for me too. For Nier as well, though I have a lot of funs with the fights. The fight design is chef kiss

As for Y'shtola and the problem she presents... well I suppose it's up to G'raha really, and he does introduce himself that way. I've never been heavily invested in Miqote antics, because I'm not a fan of cat people(though Hrothgar cat-dads are really growing on me). I suppose it's more me for some reason losing my taste and even growing agitated with the character of Y'shtola. I'm up to Stormblood now on a full rewatch, replay of the game in my Let's Play, and I've found myself growing more cross with her, despite her having the highest nostalgia factor for me, being my first playthrough's starting Scion.


As for the trifling disagreement on soul destruction and aether blades, the soul does not need to be contained before blasting. Examples: Lahabrea killed by Thordan. Emet-selch killed by us(though he did have auracite shrapnel pierce his form, it did not contain much of him). It comes down to power, and the blow was intended to kill the WoL. The original reason for containment was to prevent them fleeing to the Rift/fleeing at all, and for mortals that's not applicable, anyway. Perhaps Ser Zephirin's, "Spear of the Fury" wasn't intended purely for soul destruction, but it was intended to kill and keep dead an Echo-gifted being, the context being killing the WoL as advised by Lahabrea. It's worth thinking about.

From a gameplay perspective it makes it impossible to heal the physical body for a time, and deals so much damage that it will outright kill any non-tank level 80 character. Not that gameplay always counts, especially in regards to extremes that come from a Minstrel, but the way some people seem to act about it, it's as if, "Oh that thing was never a real threat. No more of a threat than an extra crispy Fire IV or something." <--- (this is exaggeration).