Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
Trying to mount an argument based on the fact that we've yet to see one (aside from Lucia) do so in-game is not really going to make a difference here, because rarity alone of such individuals would be a sufficient reason for that and does not refute what the lore book is saying.
Someone didn't read the rest of my posts. Even if Lucia at one time cast the cure spell, it's since been changed. I went looking further after I woke up, and found that even Steps of Faith videos from 2015 had her standing off to the side. She still only used Aqua Vitae in the Grand Melee in older videos as well. So there actually wasn't an exception, ever. Although, feel free to show me a receipt (of course, the receipt is ultimately worthless, so you might not want to bother but I am curious).

The lore book refutes itself several times. As does the game. That's multiple refutations to a single sentence, that once again, is merely the author leaving themselves room to be wrong.

I'm sure that if demand got big enough, then money influx would come at the cost of story and lore. I'd rather it didn't though.

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Also people in the backread seem to be asserting that Cid just gets his Garlean lineage ignored every time he's helping out. That's far from true. We had to calm the Bozjan Resistance down, and were even worried about one of them killing him. Same deal with the Garlean engineer in the GNB questline. Same deal with Nero at the Lotus Stand.

Like it or not, much of the world is not a friendly place to/for Garleans. Being able to start as one makes almost no sense. The twins wouldn't warm up to a Garlean. Yda wouldn't warm up to a Garlean. The idea that a Garlean could remind the City-State leaders of the Warriors of Light from Carteneau is also incredibly laughable.

Now, know I like Garleans. Most of the Garlean cast contain most of my favorite NPCs. But getting to play as one just does not make for a cohesive narrative. The other new races don't present problems in this manner because them existing has no stakes or backstory in the narrative. Bunny Boys and Horny Toads and Manthers all can work because they ultimately don't matter to the narrative nearly as much as Garleans.

Also @Theodric. You need to replay FFVI. Celes's imperial background is grounds for suspicion, even from Locke. Right away by Cyan. Kefka plants the seed of doubt at the Magitek Research Facility, and it causes a temporary rift between Celes and the party. It's one of the more interesting bits in the game. She even goes back to working for the Empire after warping Kefka away, until after the events of Thamasa. She only fully proves her true allegiance when she stabs Kefka on the floating continent.