Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
My personal interpretation would be that its not the Emet'Selch we fought and traveled with who showed up but more a... mental image our character has of him. [...]
I'm just pretty sure that its not Emet'Selch himself - hes dead, gone for good. So whatever we saw in the end, its not the same Emet'Selch who was tempered by Zodiark and worked against us.
Ere Our Curtain Falls makes it quite clear that it's the real Emet-Selch's consciousness and not something the WoL dreamt up, or a pre-made illusion from the crystal.