Does anyone ever feel like they're an impostor because they don't look like Ardbert?

[EirolOcarrol]

Like, the idea of the game originally was that we were the "Warriors of Light". Even described in Carteneau in plural, that they couldn't remember us, but that we were legion.

And of course, it's neat the the use of the default Midlander as a stand-in for the Warrior of Light has been a tradition since 1.0. It's nice that you can chart them since the very beginning as the face of Final Fantasy XIV.

But as time has gone on, Ardbert has been introduced, mirroring the exact team as shown in promotional materials, a Midlander man with short brown hair, a Lalafell with blonde twintails, ect.

Coupled with the inherent problem of MMORPG storytelling where a multitude of players share a very specific, linear, one person story of being the "chosen one", that should be exclusive to one player and doesn't make sense between multiple players. Not a problem unique to Final Fantasy XIV by any means, but a problem with the entire genre, themeparks especially.

But it all comes together to make me feel like an impostor. Not only do I have the strange ORPG cognitive dissonance of having a mutually exclusive and unique story shared with every other player. But every time I see Ardbert, I think upon the many increasingly impressive promotional trailers, featuring the Warriors of Light. And I feel even less canonical than before.

It makes me feel like an impostor. And I'm starting to get a strange sense of derealization. I feel like a Lalafell woman pretending to go through the story of Midlander male's. I don't feel like I'm a Warrior of Light. In every cutscene, I feel like a Midlander Man who looks like Ardbert was supposed to be here.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Nope. They had to give the wol a standard appearance for trailers.

Doesn't mean my character isn't the wol.

[Brightamethyst]

I think Ardbert is an imposter because he doesn't look like me.

[MsQi]

I think Ardbert is an imposter because he doesn't look like me.

They should have made "him" look like us (our character), and we get to name him/her. But that would be a lot more voice work and such.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They should have made "him" look like us (our character), and we get to name him/her. But that would be a lot more voice work and such.

They could have just had 2, one male one female. Would still have been more work, and he is his own person, so I don't think it really matters.


Souls have no gender.

[Morningstar1337]

They should have made "him" look like us (our character), and we get to name him/her. But that would be a lot more voice work and such.

Not to mention it'd be a spoiler. After all woudne't be suspicious that you get to name a plot relevant NPC?

[MsQi]

Not to mention it'd be a spoiler. After all wouldn't be suspicious that you get to name a plot relevant NPC?

There are creative ways around that, Like keeping him/her concealed until the right moment, You don't name them until you would find out his/her name. Like in other FFs, there character says oh my name is... then you name them.

[Gothicshark]

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It makes me feel like an impostor. And I'm starting to get a strange sense of derealization. I feel like a Lalafell woman pretending to go through the story of Midlander male's. I don't feel like I'm a Warrior of Light. In every cutscene, I feel like a Midlander Man who looks like Ardbert was supposed to be here.

Ok a few things... You need spoiler tags both in the Thread title and in the text. to add spoilers use [.HB] HB in brackets with no period[./hb]

HB in brackets with no period

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This said, yes the Default WOL is the Midlander Male found in promotional videos. However your playthrough is just as valid, and you shouldn't feel like an imposter. However, the RP of the WOL is the Everyman default dude, which is how an RP player should treat things. For non-RP players just enjoy the story as you see it, and ignore the promotional videos.

[EirolOcarrol]

Ok a few things... You need spoiler tags both in the Thread title and in the text. to add spoilers use [.HB] HB in brackets with no period[./hb]

HB in brackets with no period

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You're right! How foolish of me! I'm sorry.

I don't know that there's anything I can do about the thread title. What do you think I should do?

[EirolOcarrol]

This said, yes the Default WOL is the Midlander Male found in promotional videos. However your playthrough is just as valid, and you shouldn't feel like an imposter. However, the RP of the WOL is the Everyman default dude, which is how an RP player should treat things. For non-RP players just enjoy the story as you see it, and ignore the promotional videos.

I missed this earlier, but are you saying that people who roleplay as the Warrior of Light are expected to be a Midlander, in roleplay groups?

Once again, my apologies for the spoilers. I didn't realize that their name could be considered a spoiler when I wrote the title.