What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Skyborne]

Damn I didn’t think the word “deranged” would tear up the thread like this but I can’t say I’m not entertained! Fight fight fight!

You now know how an ascian feels as he hands Powerful Macguffin to some king and then watches it all burn shortly after.

[anhaato]

You now know how an ascian feels as he hands Powerful Macguffin to some king and then watches it all burn shortly after.

No wonder Lahabrea went batshit with power

[Lauront]

No wonder Lahabrea went batshit with power

[Yandere-chan]

Having played all the MSQs, Endwalker was easily the favorite of the bunch for herself. It really brought her character full circle from all that she had done up till that point. Not only that, but it especially dug into who she is. It was like a love letter to all she had experienced, and even what had been lost to her of her unknown past. It was great for all the other characters too, especially Zenos whom was hurt by Stormblood's rough pacing. The ending was spot on too; what a great way to end it. 10/10, easily one of her favorite gaming experiences due to those reasons and more. If she absolutely had to nitpick, she was a bit upset Yotsuyu didn't make any sort of appearance since her story really touched her, probably more than any other, and she was even referenced in a Japanese promotional commercial. Perhaps it's just that she moved on at this point, but it would have been nice if they could have written her in, maybe showing that in death she found her redemption (even though, if she's being honest, would have really loved to have saved her and see her redemption play out in life, like, come on, the WoL could have easily intercepted those bullets...was kind of a forced death). Really, they have under utilized Yotsuyu. Like, why not have her outfit(s) and hair in the online store? Square is just sitting on a huge pile of money by not putting it out there. But, alas, she digresses...

[PawPaw]

Having played all the MSQs, Endwalker was easily the favorite of the bunch for herself. It really brought her character full circle from all that she had done up till that point. Not only that, but it especially dug into who she is. It was like a love letter to all she had experienced, and even what had been lost to her of her unknown past. It was great for all the other characters too, especially Zenos whom was hurt by Stormblood's rough pacing. The ending was spot on too; what a great way to end it. 10/10, easily one of her favorite gaming experiences due to those reasons and more. If she absolutely had to nitpick, she was a bit upset Yotsuyu didn't make any sort of appearance since her story really touched her, probably more than any other, and she was even referenced in a Japanese promotional commercial. Perhaps it's just that she moved on at this point, but it would have been nice if they could have written her in, maybe showing that in death she found her redemption (even though, if she's being honest, would have really loved to have saved her and see her redemption play out in life, like, come on, the WoL could have easily intercepted those bullets...was kind of a forced death). Really, they have under utilized Yotsuyu. Like, why not have her outfit(s) and hair in the online store? Square is just sitting on a huge pile of money by not putting it out there. But, alas, she digresses...

I'm sorry but I've read this three times and I have to ask who are you talking about? I don't know who "she" or "her" are supposed to be referring to, not to mention intercepting bullets??? What?? Why would we have done this?? Are you referring to yourself in third person?

Otherwise, thanks for your input?

[Yandere-chan]

Yes, she was talking in the third person. It's not difficult to follow.

Why would we? Why wouldn't we? Yotsuyu had an abusive upbringing that lead her to the mental state where she did her misactions, which were heavily manipulated by the Empire in the first place. Going through the second stage of her arc, it's clear to see a part of her was capable and wanting of something more, but before that could be realized, her slimy brother again took advantage of her. As the WoL, through the echo, we were aware of her backstory as well as what we witnessed first hand. It would make sense to block her brother's attack with that being so; we even see the WoL tighten their fist clenched in anger. If Yotsuyu didn't kill her brother, we would have is what was implied. It would be more than sensible to have defended her from the start with that being so. Thanks for the input? Um, who are you again? This is a pretty open thread. It isn't just directed to you. Didn't even know you were a person who existed before you went out of your way to reply to her post. Lol.

[PawPaw]

Yes, she was talking in the third person. It's not difficult to follow.

Why would we? Why wouldn't we? Yotsuyu had an abusive upbringing that lead her to the mental state where she did her misactions, which were heavily manipulated by the Empire in the first place. Going through the second stage of her arc, it's clear to see a part of her was capable and wanting of something more, but before that could be realized, her slimy brother again took advantage of her. As the WoL, through the echo, we were aware of her backstory as well as what we witnessed first hand. It would make sense to block her brother's attack with that being so; we even see the WoL tighten their fist clenched in anger. If Yotsuyu didn't kill her brother, we would have is what was implied. It would be more than sensible to have defended her from the start with that being so. Thanks for the input? Um, who are you again? This is a pretty open thread. It isn't just directed to you. Didn't even know you were a person who existed before you went out of your way to reply to her post. Lol.

You're right, this is an open thread, and as such I feel quite comfortable replying to anyone I feel like replying to. Again, thanks for your incredibly relevant input! And maybe whenever "she" has realized that "she" doesn't exist and is in fact YOU, then "she" can come out and join the rest of us in reality and offer something that isn't completely off-topic and bizarre.

[Yandere-chan]

Your thanks is irrelevant, which is the point of her reply. It's not that you can't reply to people, so long as you follow the rules, but rather the implications of what you are saying being rather off and self important in context to another person responding to the topic thread. It's not her problem that you have personal issues with following something so basic as the third person. You're just going to have to deal with it, she guesses, since doing so isn't against the rules and you have no power to abuse (since you seem like the type who would do so). Also, what she said wasn't irrelevant. She gave her opinion on Endwalker, which is what the topic is about, and included the one minor nitpick she had with it, which is a part of her opinion on Endwalker. It's your personal problem if you got hung up on that part of what she said. if you truly believe that her original response to the thread was off-topic though, feel free to try to report it as such. Pretty sure the mods will find that it is within the bounds of the thread topic though. Your reply to her though? Perhaps not, since it just came off as a vague personal attack for the sake of trying to rile another up.

[not_ya_wify]

I'm pretty sure that's not true. I'm pretty sure rejoining means the consciousness of the shard soul gets dissolved leaving only the source version's ego. This would explain why we never hear the voices of the 7 people rejoined with us (the 7th during our lifetime), they don't exist anymore, just the aether of their/our soul merged back with us. Ardbert's silence since 5.3 suggests he's probably ceased to exist by now.

So yeah it's worse than genocide it's the total cessation of existence for everyone on the rejoined shard.

But maybe I'm putting more thought into this than the writer's did. A shame if it's true, Ardbert could've been kept around as a recurring character that only we can see/hear and talk to, occassionally manifesting and talking to us.

First of all, the other seven shards did not merge with us during our current lifetime. Calamities were thousands of years apart.

Secondly, it wouldn't make sense for Ardbert to keep "talking to me" if he is now a part of me. We're not separate entities anymore. I am neither the original WoL nor am I Ardbert. I am whatever product came out of the fusion of WoL and Ardbert. Of course, the WoL's personality overpowers Ardbert's because the WoL was already the amalgamation of 7 shards rejoined while Ardbert is only one shard.

[YukikoKurosawa]

First of all, the other seven shards did not merge with us during our current lifetime. Calamities were thousands of years apart.

7th calamity happened while you were alive, canonically. It was only 5 years ago. It was the events of 1.0 that literally led to ARR. The 6 previous calamities happened before you were alive, though.