this is one of the most beautiful tribute videos ive ever seen for anything ;;;; thanks for making me cry and giving me something to love

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Your words are incredibly touching, I was in a cab when I read your comment and the cab driver thought that I received a cute message from my wife ( which is funny because I'm not married.)

@spectrophile1146

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheNerdsTemplar omg thats so cute!!!! ; W ; im so happy it touched you!!!!

@DespiadaNamira

4 жыл бұрын

​@@TheNerdsTemplar I agree! Really the most beautiful, well made tribute I've seen so far so Emet-Selch. Thank you SO much! ^.^

@eladriellebachental

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from me too. I caused me a lot of pain defeating him, since I understood why he did all this. This is truly one of your best videos! Well…I just can’t find more words. Has anyone a tissue? 😭

Emet-Selch saw us as we would see a broken plate. We're not precious pieces of ceramic to be cherished and cared for, we're garbage, and all he wanted was his damn plate back.

@Zayindjejfj

5 жыл бұрын

It's funny, because the way he talks to us just before the battle with him... He comes off as if he tried countless times to "fix the broken plate." Only for the pieces to cut him up each time he tried. And thus only cementing his hatred for what was once his beloved people.

@BabyShenanigans

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zayindjejfj Yeah it sounds like he tried to live with the new races, but he just couldn't get over his love for his home and people.

Emet-Selch (Hades) is such a good Tragic Hero!! 1) Emet-Selch never once lied. He was very upfront and honest about everything from the beginning including who he is, about the Ascians and their goals and objectives, about Zodiark and Hydaelyn, and about Amaurot. He didn't necessarily go out of his way to try and deceive or hide things you (the player) or the Scions either. 2) If Emet-Selch's plan all along was to simply bring about the rejoining at all costs, then he should have killed the Scions while he had the chance to do so (and there were numerous chances). Especially while you (the player) were down and struggling w/ becoming/turning into a Light Warden after the downfall of Vauthry in The Crown of the Immaculate Trial. It would have made things easier for him and the Ascians. But he didn't. 3) Y'shtola (Master Matoya) would have been lost to the aetherial currents if it weren't for Emet-Selch. He went out of his way to rescue her after your scuffle with Ran’jit in the Rak’tika Greatwood. 4) The Exarch's end-game was to sacrifice himself by absorbing all the light from the Light Warden's in you (the player), thus saving you, but killing himself (Win/Lose). Emet-Selch actually spared the Exarch's life by interrupting his ritual. By capturing the Exarch, Emet-Selch gave you (the player) a reason to follow him and learn about Amaurot and the Ascians (the people/race). Hell, he even gave you (the player) special permissions in his recreated Amaurot. 5) Emet-Selch deeply loved and cared for his home, his people, and his friends. He recreated the original Amaurot in the ruins of Amaurot on The First in part to preserve the city and the people from his memories, but also to educate you (the player). As Emet-Selch has explained on numerous occasions, “The gulf between us is a reflection of the disparity between the world as it was and what it has become.” Emet-Selch and the Ascians DON’T hate anyone or view anyone as evil or wrong. They view their existence as the resulting mistakes between the battle of Hydaelyn and Zodiark that sundered The Source. They are, in Emet-Selch's eyes, incomplete beings who are hollow shadows of their former selves that or ignorant and blind to the truth. They are merely one small fragment or piece of the larger picture. “For we who have known perfection, the shattered source, and these shards are ghastly mockeries of the true world.” “The ephemeral lives you exalt are pale imitations.” - Emet-Selch. Alphinaud was incorrect in his assumption that Emet-Selch was lying or or was trying to insulting them with this information. 6) Emet-Selch had an inkling that you were also a fellow Ascian. And he already knew that you (the player) would eventually end up vanquishing him. However, he had to make sure that you were worthy to take up the mantle in his stead as the new stewards of the star. Thus, he went out of his way, expending a significant amount of aetherial energy, to create/reconstruct not only the city of Amaurot, but the dungeons Akadaemia Anyder and Amaurot, and the Trail The Dying Gasp. All of which was in order to test and educate you (the player) on the history and plight of his home and his people (After Emet-Selch is defeated in the Dying Gasp, the player finds themselves outside on a platform in the ruins of Amaurot (with his illusion/recreation completely dispelled). He knew that you (the player) were capable of significantly more than what you were struggling with and verbally told you numerous times how disappointed he was in you over such menial/trivial things. Which is why Emet-Selch kept pushing you repeatedly (like a father). He kept telling you how he had such high hopes for you and that he was disappointed in the current you (knowing what you COULD do and what you could become). He even hinted at it with the line: “your performance was underwhelming and I remain unconvinced of your worthiness.” This is confirmed during the Shadowbringer's quest and The Dying Gasp Trial when Emet-Selch see's a shard of another Hero/Ascian (Ardbert) rejoining with you (the player ...aka a piece of your former self). Emet-Selch says to the player after seeing and accepting that they are an Ascian and are capable and worthy of being stewards: "Remember…Remember us…" “Remember…that we once lived…” before he gives the player a somber smile as if to say: “Thank you,” and “Come now, don’t give me that look. Everything will be okay. The rest I leave to you,” before he died. 7) To Follow up the points above, Emet-Selch saved not only the Exarch's life, but yours (the players), the Scions, and many others. All the while, helping educate you, empower/strengthen you, and to help you regain a piece of our former self. He knew that by battling him in an all-out battle of Light vs Darkness, that the corrupted light aether in you would be expended and your aether would return to equilibrium.

@ThatOneGuy0006

5 жыл бұрын

True, he saved best girl and (in a roundabout way) new best boy. For that I am eternaly grateful.

@Bongaboi151

5 жыл бұрын

Emet was a true professor of Ascian Studies, one of the finest, and having to pass his rigorous two-part examination required numerous retakes before making the grade. The Triple Triad Card I will accept as my diploma.

@remsilvertongue25

5 жыл бұрын

Reading this puts his quote "I am Hades - He who shall awaken our brethren" into a new light.

@ocu5850

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly think Emet Selch had other intentions other than the rejoining. Like you pointed out he had plenty of opportunities to cause a rejoining and wipe out the scions but never acted on those chances. Sure he was willing to wipe us out once we where unworthy but intill then all he did was test us. IT was almost as if he wanted us to kill him, to free him from his burden. IT could also be possible he didn't want the destruction of the calamities and saw we could potentially create a rejoining down the line without a calamity.. just a possibility.

@Bongaboi151

5 жыл бұрын

@@ocu5850 In any case, Elidibus is rightfully pissed that the Professor intentionally dropped the ball.

"Remember. Remember us. Remember that we once lived." This line always breaks me

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

It's a solid ending line. It sums up an entire peoples struggle and story. I'm planing on doing more emet selch videos if you like them! *Obligatory subscribe plea.*

@captainwodie2753

3 жыл бұрын

And it really feeds into the theory that the WoL is Azem.

A lot of people call Emet-Selch a late-game villain. They forget that as emperor, he’s been a main villain since 1.0.

@foolisnoteighteenyet

5 жыл бұрын

this tbh

@Darksaviour

3 жыл бұрын

He is literally responsible for every event except for the dragon song war. Even then at the end of heavensward azys la was his creation.

@shinkamui

3 жыл бұрын

@@Darksaviour i mean considering the first offense to the dragons was done by allag and their crimes toward bahamut/tiamat, safe to say that even the dragonsong war had some repercursions of emet selch's machinations

@Darksaviour

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinkamui 6.0 we dealing with Zenos his grandchild. So technically he still is responsible for the conflict in each expansion

@rogthepirate4593

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinkamui He created the allagan empire, so technically that's solely on him as well.

You know the story is so damn good when you love the supposed "villain".

@tetudim

4 жыл бұрын

but hes not. he only wants his life back

@RhadaGhast100

2 жыл бұрын

@@tetudim I mean, he wants to kill cosmic wide genocide so... hes still very much the villian.

I'm really gonna miss him. My new favorite Final Fantasy character ever.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

You are not alone in that, I assure you.

@Cptraktorn

5 жыл бұрын

This ;_;

@starwyvern010

5 жыл бұрын

Same. I'm still hurting so much from this. SE gave us such a phenomenal character, and took him away so quickly. ;_:

@itsaredvine

5 жыл бұрын

Throughout this entire expansion my friend and I were debating about why we should love or hate Emet-Selch (she was against him) Then when we got to the end, she started crying and felt so bad for him and the Ascians

@maxwellarant6155

2 жыл бұрын

Two years later and even still. Even more.

The one villian i would like to spend an evening taking a walk, to talk about his past, his world, his friends, family and favorite locations but also about my past, my world, my friends, family and favorite locations in a world that is neither his nor mine, where there is even ground for us. Just to learn for what we both fight for, not to compare it as we a bias by nature. I would call it a date, but maybe for him its a nightout with an old friend he lost on his way.

@apoptosis9459

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus, my waterworks came out. I was doing so well until your comment ;-;

I really can't hate this character, he's been through so much. He just wants his friends and family back

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Because that's what life is all about

@hkoizumi3134

5 жыл бұрын

Even the way he slouches as he stand show how much are on his shoulders.

@kellymoffat3670

5 жыл бұрын

@@hkoizumi3134 That and he's a depressed boi, he even stated he loves to sleep :

@mamayareborn

5 жыл бұрын

I don't hate him either but I hate his methods. The person and the method are separate. Maybe he tried to bring Amaurot back through peaceful means but, having failed in doing so, he resorted to violence, death and genocide. No matter how noble his intentions may be, he's still willing to sacrifice ALL mortal life to bring back fewer. He's weighing the importance of one life versus another. Emet-Selch is perhaps a relatable antagonist but he's not good. He's not right. Maybe the fact that he started to help the Scions reveals that he, himself, was already starting to recognize his actions are morally unforgivable, but giving up is out of the question, so his only hope is that the Warrior of Light stops him.

@icewolf6062

4 жыл бұрын

Kelly Moffat in sleep he can dream he didn’t lose everything. Only to wake up every time.

The one thing FF14 does so very well is to show that wars are not fought by one "good" side, and one "Evil" side, but rather by opposing viewpoints that cannot coexist. Emet-Selch wasn't evil, but his viewpoint was directly opposed to ours. Hating the villain is an easy story to write, but writing a villain you sympathize with, yet still want to defeat, is amazing storytelling.

"*Remember... Remember us... Remember that we once lived...*" I absolutely welled up after he said that. All he want was his world restored and his friends back. Now that that is out of the equation, all he could do is to tell us to remember them, that they existed, that they weren't just some myth dreamt up by some loon, he asked us to remember his history and his people and pass it on to the next generation. Emet-selch, truly a wonderful character and a very depressing one.

@1jidion

3 жыл бұрын

theres another quote that i well up on, this one from elidibus: "the rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day, but you are not here to see it"

@rinnnnnnnnnnrin

3 жыл бұрын

@@1jidion this quote always makes me think of my now deceased mom

"You're plotting something" "Every hour of every day" I am surprised even in this gorgeous tribute video it made me laugh... It keeps cracking me up. I don't know why. It's just so... Emet.

My enemy...my friend

@DigiCube4

4 жыл бұрын

We had two friends like that...one still clings to life and i love him for it. Zenos may be messed up inside, but he also finds friendship within us in a way. If we had lost both Zenos and Emet..i'd honestly be heartbroken.

@Shadethewolfy

4 жыл бұрын

@@DigiCube4 Perhaps in another time... we could've been friends with both.

@averijames3741

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god am I Zenosing Emet

@happyhealsgaming7614

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Wyrm, phone call for you, Someone named Zenos wants to talk to you about that phrase...

Just finished the MSQ and feel like I need a support group to deal with this. Emet Selch tore my heart out and I loved every minute of it.

It is my daily goddamn chant, every time I log in, every time I greet an FC mate. "Emet-Selch did nothing wrong".

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

I'm personally tempted to rename my channel to "Emet-Selch did nothing wrong."

@mamayareborn

5 жыл бұрын

He is personally and directly responsible for the suffering and death of thousands, so I wouldn't say he did nothing wrong. That's kind of silly.

@BM03

5 жыл бұрын

@@mamayareborn Let's assume for a moment that you are the last human on Earth and a species of human-like creatures that only lives for 5 minutes filled the Earth. If you could kill them all, not for your own pleasure, not for power, but to *return* every human to Earth. Would you? Would it be so terrible? Well, yeah it's still probably pretty terrible but I'd do it in a heartbeat. He doesn't even relish on the suffering of these ants. The whole story is that he's still just "human". He suffers in his lonelyness and despair and does what needs to be done, for those he loved, for those that are gone; for the greater good. Emet-Selch did nothing wrong. (That line is just a joke though, he's just a sympathetic villain. Lol)

@PharohAmonKhanII

4 жыл бұрын

@@mamayareborn Are you insane? He ushered in civilization for who knows how many shattered worlds. He gave the beings of the source a thousand upon thousands of years to stop their petty squabbling wars with each other to steward their star(s) to a Utopia and found them wanting! Just like our own world. Emet is not the villain here... we are! From Emet's perspective, the Scions and their ilk are cockroaches that inherited a world destroyed by nuclear war; he intends to ratify that mistake. They are the result of a mistake and shouldn't even exist. The world and all existence was right before them and Emet intends to make it right again. Most people want to blindly see Emet as the "villain" because "Well that's how the story troupe goes right?" NO! The story was to challenge the viewer/reader/ audience that it's not black and white. But in the end, it all came down to who wanted to live... There were no victors... just survivors.

@RoyalKnightish

3 жыл бұрын

@@PharohAmonKhanII Pretty much this. When Elmet said this to Alfie "Were the situation reversed, and you were on the brink of total annihilation, would half of your people BE WILLING to sacrifice themselves to save the other half?? The answer is NO". Alfie couldn't even refute this (also us as sapient would also not be able to) Ascian was selfless and cares so much that they were willing to die for their friends to live on. The only discord between them that has ever happened to them was whether or not to sacrifice those species born anew after Zodiark returned the life on their planet. The amount of their compassion clearly is way above any sentient beings that live on Eorzea They are just pale imitation of what Ascians are

Okay, so some really cool facts about Emet-Selch: 1) The name Emet-Selch is composed of two root words in Hebrew. In Hebrew, words and phrases are developed by modifying or changing root words, which means everything can be boiled down to an original root word. Both "Emet" and "Selch" are root words, meaning that they are the originals (much like Emet-Selch is an original from before the fragmentation of the world). 2) You learn that Emet-Selch is his title, with his real name being Hades. If you look at the literal translation of his title from Hebrew, it comes out as "To Forgive the Truth". In Hebrew, the word "Emet" is composed of 3 letters from that alphabet (which has 28 letters). It is composed of the first letter of the alphabet, the middle letter, and the final letter. If you erase the first letter, the word then spells the Hebrew word for "Death". This is also important because not ONLY does it match with his real name being Hades, but it would also change his name from "Emet-Selch" to "Met-Selch", which would roughly be something like "To Forgive Death". 3) You probably won't recognize the man behind the voice for Emet-Selch, René Zagger. Unless you are a fan of "The Bill" (kind of like a British version of Law & Order) from the time period of 1999 to 2004, when René Zagger played a fairly important role. Otherwise he's had some success in a variety of different roles on British TV over the years. Most importantly for FF14, in 2004 René Zagger left "The Bill" and joined the Stafford Festival's production of "The Comedy of Errors", a play by Shakespeare. "The Comedy of Errors" is more slapstick humor than anything impressive like "Hamlet" or "Macbeth", so it generally isn't as important as his other plays. He went back and joined another production of the play in 2011 or 2012. 4) The reason that "The Comedy of Errors" is important for FF14 is that it shares an important connection to another Shakespeare play that ALSO shows up in FF14: "The Tempest". See, back in the 1500's an Italian critic began promoting this concept of the "Classical Unities" because he misread a translation of something from Aristotle. The concept of the "Classical Unities" is that any fiction that is a dramatic tragedy needs to have one principal action, the action should take place in a time period no longer than 24 hours, and it should exist in a single place. Basically, the Ascians are obsessed with unity. Emet-Selch's decision to recreate Amaurot as it was right before they summoned Zodiark would also fulfill the criteria for the "Classical Unities".

@Konpekikaminari

5 жыл бұрын

Being a native Hebrew speaker How did I not notice this earlier?!

@Mirving123

5 жыл бұрын

If you’ve played FFXII as well, the Esper - Zalera, the death seraph. It says in the bestiary, “Created in opposition to Emet-Selch, angel of truth.” So for him to reveal himself as Hades made me squeal abit.

@Xelemich

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mirving123 Emet-Selch "angel of truth" Lahabrea "the celebrant" both fit in the names they carry, Lahabrea is always speaking "zodiark might-darkness power ecc.." like a priest while Emet never lie to us "angel of truth"

@StaticNEP

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this wonderful insight into hebrew and the connections that you'v made ! Awsome !

@zeehero7280

Жыл бұрын

Death is Maves, usually spelled Mem Vav Taf, however I believe occasionally the Vav is dropped.

Meanwhile, in Warcraft: WE FITE BECAUSE WE HATE EACH OTHER DURR

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Zugg zugg

@DarynLuna

5 жыл бұрын

durrrrr

@tavernadodevilhunter6732

5 жыл бұрын

"sylvannas is the enemy of life" oh come on blizzard, how pathetic is the storyline from failure of azeroth

@BM03

5 жыл бұрын

We had a dictator genocidal leader, but we took him down and we replaced him with a dictator genocidal leader that's also undead.

@PrayIsHere

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheNerdsTemplar kek kek kek kek kek kek kek

I loved Emet-Selch. He was such a good antagonist. Scratch that, He was such a great character. I fell in love with him after his reveal at the end of Stormblood. Can't imagine my happiness when I saw him turn up during the MSQ in Shadowbringers. And even though I knew what would eventually have to happen, I kinda hoped that there was some great plot-twist so he could remain. I very rarely enjoy antagonists or "villains". But Emet-Selch is definitely the star character of this expansion in my eyes.

RIP EMET-SELCH. He wasn't wrong you know. Each time the damn duty finder puts me in Amarot I feel bad because of how tragic the story of Emet-Selch's people was.

He even decided to live a mortal life, start the empire and start a family....

@saundyuk

5 жыл бұрын

Yep but he's also completely down with killing his kids and every single other member of that family, without them ever knowing why.

@johnathanvarga8883

5 жыл бұрын

@@saundyuk Likely because they became another disappointing and hateful race in the end. Barely comparable to his own people who knew nothing but intellect, peace and a selflessness.

@saundyuk

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnathanvarga8883 I know right? All that peaceful love and selflessness. What's the odd bit of infanticide and genocide right? Please.

@kaitoudark1

4 жыл бұрын

@@saundyuk that's A narrow view of it all. If left as is, the rejoining will happen anyway. Beast tribes have been evoking primals, and that will still tip the balance. What we have after the split is a bandaid on a chest gash. It's not a permanent fix, is a half arsed attempt at stalling the inevitable. Mind you, thanks to the war between the two Ascian factions, we're stuck with a slowly deteriorating star instead of an immediately imploding one. Every life in all 14 fragments is a reflection of one whole, complete life, pre sundering. In short, meet was fully correct in his assessment of the world's current condition and state. With or without the remnant Ascian interference, you would see genocide. The Issue here is that I genuinely believe Emet was also trying to break his tempering, and the only way to do that, was to overpower the WoD/WoL with massive amounts of light based aether; which made us a pure bullet of light; and turn that gun on himself. He literally orchestrated his own suicide to stop himself, and openly informed you as much as he could about everything going on before he died.

@TheUndyingCrystal

4 жыл бұрын

@@saundyuk The problem is that Emet's race are so peaceful and selfless, they literally volunteered to kill half their numbers and then were going to do so half again, without apparently a second thought for the benefit of the other half that would survive. Imagine going from living in that reality to one where these remnants are selfish, greedy people who kill each other for the most moronic of reasons. Emet himself didn't even immediately go on a genocide mission, he actively tried to integrate and get over it, for what he described as thousands of thousands of lifetimes, living amongst these remnants as one of then again and again. The ghosts in Amaurot even mention that Emet was putting the burden of everything on himself even before the Calamity that destroyed their homes. Can't agree with what he wants to do, but it's certainly understandable how he's gotten himself to this point and why he would do such a thing.

I-I...am definitely sobbing. I love Emet-Selch so much. Such a great character.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest villians in FF history.

There is, however, one thing lots of people overlook but what I will personally miss from the Professor: The finger snaps. Yes. THE finger snaps. If this can be a cash shop emote with sound effect, I can act like the professor any time I want!

@itsaredvine

5 жыл бұрын

That and his outfit. I'd really love to get his coat

@keybladesrus

5 жыл бұрын

I want that super dismissive wave he does as he walks away, like he's just brushing you to the side.

@Bongaboi151

5 жыл бұрын

@@keybladesrus /backwave or /bwave, I would call it. Mog Station item, oooh, and I want a Wind-Up Emet Selch!

@Zayindjejfj

5 жыл бұрын

This man literally does a reverse thanos snap on Y'shtola. All you need to know about how legit he is.

@Chrisfragger1

5 жыл бұрын

I'd buy it...

We gotta gove props to his and Vauthrys voice actors. God damn.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

They slayed it.

@Platypi007

5 жыл бұрын

FFXIV has really upped the voice acting game since I started playing back at the beginning of 2.0. Back then I kept the voice audio set to Japanese and just read subtitles because so much of it was so terrible.

@kapsi

4 жыл бұрын

@@Platypi007 Cid was especially bad in 2.0

@Platypi007

4 жыл бұрын

@@kapsi I had forgotten how painfully bad until I was in Castrum recently and had English voices turned on. Was watching KZread and heard this horrible sound... Took me a minute to realize.it was Cid! 🤣

@prinstyrio0

4 жыл бұрын

@@kapsi I'm glad I'm not the only one, I remember hearing Cid speak the first time when we meet him, and my first thought was "Wow, that VA really sounds inexperienced and makes Cid's character feel... weird.". That said I've missed Thancred's VA the most from 2.0, that was top quality and while the new has grown on me, the new felt really off in Heavensward and bit in Stormblood. The old VA just had that sass and confidence the new one doesn't bring out, but it fits better for less of a sassy lady's man that goes with the flow and more as the serious father figure with a set mind that he's become.

Emet Selch is the best morally grey villain ever devised. You know what he is doing is terrible, but knowing his motives, you can't hate him for what he is doing.

I thought I was the only one who liked this character. Emet is such a deep and sad character. When he finally accepted his defeat, all he asked was for us to remember them. For us to remember our original family.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

You found your family here.

I cried. Damn it all, I wept for this man.

you're plotting something... Every hour of Every day.... LMAO best line in the expansion XD

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

It's a solid line, I chuckled at it and it stuck out enough for me to remember it. i loved it.

one of the reasons i like emet, is because he reminded me alot of ardyn, a villain he was, but not on a scale like kefka, he was a great antagonist, one of the best ones in ffxiv, maybe even the series

@Cptraktorn

5 жыл бұрын

Ardyn is underrated but Emet blew me away more. probably my favorite antagonist ever.

@keybladesrus

5 жыл бұрын

Emet is like Ardyn, but better. I really liked Ardyn. He was my favorite FF villain. His only problem was the game he was in not letting him truly shine. Then the Episode Ardyn DLC happened and ruined much of what I loved about him. But now I have Emet, who embodies much of what I loved about Ardyn while having better writing and execution in a much better game. I don't know how SE can ever top him.

@DawnAfternoon

4 жыл бұрын

There's a reason Emet is the only villain who manages to get voted as #6 in Top 10 Final Fantasy characters. No, not even Kefka or Sephiroth got that far.

He is not just a 'good antagonist for an mmo' not even just 'good for a videogame' he is one of the best antagonist in any work of fiction.

I still come back to watch this every once in a while. It's so beautiful.

shoutout to his voice actor Rene Zagger, this guy is a genius

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

He made the character

@comkorea243

4 жыл бұрын

His VO is Rene Zagger, not Cillian Murphy. Cillian Murphy is frankly too high profile.

Emet-Selch is such a good written character. In just one expansion he gets an amazing character development. For a sec I actually sided with him. He's one of those grey antagonists where he's done so many wrongs but at the same time all of his actions have a valid reason. Caius Ballad from XIII-2 was a similar case. Emet-Selch has become one of my favorite ff villains if not my favorite. An absolutely amazing character that I'm definitely gonna miss. I will always remember you Hades. WE will always remember that you once lived.

It broke my heart to have to kill Emet-Selch. I was hoping up to the very end that there would be some way we could reconcile our differences and come to some kind of agreement. But as soon as he started asking "What would it all have been for?" when considering giving up, I knew there was no going back ;....; Emet had done terrible things, but I never felt like he was truly evil. Fate dealt him a hard hand, and despite his good intentions, he didn't handle it well. It's a tragic example of how loss and grief can twist a person. I have a feeling that what we learn about him going forward (including what his relationship was with the WoL during the days of Amaurot) is just going to make his story even more tragic and make me feel even worse about killing him.

We need an Emet Selch full sized portrait that we can put in our apartment/house. I would put it in my bedroom, or maybe on the side of the dinner table opposite me. *Edit* 2 years later! The prophecy is fulfilled! i.imgur.com/nergWzV.jpg?1

@gabrielclark1425

5 жыл бұрын

"When I said to 'remember that we lived' I didn't mean for you to put a portrait of me looking down on you above your bed while you had sex!"

@foolisnoteighteenyet

5 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielclark1425 lmao

@jo-ryansalazar4555

4 жыл бұрын

It's available in modded form, but yes, we could use a cash shop furnishing.

@MilkAndSugar16

4 жыл бұрын

I'd buy it for sure and cherish it like Haurchefants.

@rinnnnnnnnnnrin

3 жыл бұрын

Well he is on the shadowbringers portrait but I definitely agree. We need villain portraits and some of the rest of the scions

Emet-Selch was as much a hero as we were.

@Cptraktorn

5 жыл бұрын

Emet's the biggest hero, man. ;_;

I wish there was a minion of emet selch! It would of been so great because he always followed us in the story as well

The "remember us" bit made me especially sad when I noticed noone remembers them as noone knows of the original world that existed before the 14, and how the only 3 that do know it and their people are the ascians. So it must almost feel like they never existed. They're not in the history of all these planets. Sure some people remember snippets but it's not really the same. I love amaurot but it felt so lonely and sad at the same time.

i love this character i swear, best character ever

"do you believe half your number would sacrafice themselves to save the other?" Not even on this shard Emet

@RoyalKnightish

3 жыл бұрын

Not even in our world would such thing happen. 2020 proved how backwards our species are. Even just telling people to sacrifice a bit of their time to practice basic fuckin hygiene is a daunting task, let alone telling them to sacrifice themselves to save others. If i were the Ascian and saw that my friends legacy turned to these rambling and self serving sapients, i would bawl my eyes out What Elmet Sech did was not wrong, If you were Ascian

Emet Selch: Live for thousand of years, see every history, and act base on his logic and his judgement WoL: I killed because I hear voices in my head and see thing no one else can see Hmm...their motivation is equal all right

@nepspartan-7597

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: the WoL is batshit insane and nobody steps in to stop them or call them out because they're all afraid of joining the juggernaut's steadily climbing body count.

Ah man this made me remember why it was so hard for me to move forward on MSQ after SHb ended. Emet Selch will always be one of the best characters written in FFXIV for me. Thank you for making this video! It made me cry again TTATT

This video is so powerful. Truly a proper final spotlight for Emet-Selch.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Your words honor me!

I hate that I loved him so freaking much. He was such a well-written antagonist. I'm gonna miss him.

remember us.....remember that we once lived

At its core Shadowbringers is a story about grief, loss, and the measure of a person's soul in its darkest hour. Emet-Selch is a hero who failed and who has spent eons in the shadow of that failure, trying to correct his mistake in the way he thought would be best. In a way he's the mirror held up to the Warrior of Light's face, and a really good example of what happens when someone's despair and grief twists good intentions into something monstrous. I'll miss him. Far more compelling villain than Stabbyweeb McGoodhair has been so far tbh.

@ladyhrist

5 жыл бұрын

(Note my feeling on the guy is "cool motive, still murder," his goal is fundamentally incompatible with 99% of the rest of existence so this was inevitable. But that doesn't mean I won't still miss him. He's part of what made this xpac so good.)

I will always remember that Emet once lived what a king

"If ought threatens the balance twixt light and dark, it falls to you to remove it! That is why the Empire exists! Why I built it?!!" Good reference right there. The difference between good and evil in the world as we know it.

Emet Selch is simply geniusly written and so developed by the end of the expansion. He is the epitome of a morally grey 'enemy' that in but a few decisions would be a stalwart ally or damndest enemy. All he did was for sympathetic reasons that us as the player can resonate with. He makes us truly think of what lengths would we go to. We do not know for how long he fought the good fight like us the players of FF14 have before he turned into the darkened form and twisted thoughts that he holds.

There goes my heart, shattered into a million pieces.

It's like he was passing the torch. After thousands of years it was time for him to move on, as he was loosing the desire and focus to heal the world. So he gave us all his knowledge, tested us, and when satified, left the world in our hands to finish the healing. I think he knew of his mistakes, and that since there were only a few ascians that they didnt have the strength of numbers to finish the task. That fresh eyes, of many others could find a way to finish the job, and maybe, just maybe bring him and the others back. I would love to see a day when we finish the healing bring them all back. Maybe it would be the final x-pac, maybe it would be the first x-pac in which we explore the unbroken source as it was. All I know is after this epicness I can not return to a plain old alliance vs empire storyline.

This is beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make it. Damn, I miss him so much. My character wears all black in mourning and I keep my shoebill at my side

From what I can tell, of the 3 unsundered Emet was the only one that seemed completly in control of his mental faculties.

i really really love this character... the fate of amaurot and the fate of the ascian hit me really hard. to see this entire city build as an living illusion was so tragic and made me sad. unfortunaly the ascian belongs to the few ppl who cannot be safed by the warrior of light and honestly the ascians need it more than anyone else...

His plan, though noble at heart for his home, was ultimately doomed to fail with what we learned in Endwalker. As a "perfect" society, their fate was to end the same as the world that created Ra La to end their own existence.

The voice actor for Emet-Selch is called Rene Zagger

Hey I don't wanna be that guy, too late for this, but after watching it (and not weeping I swear) like four times I realized it should've ended with that strange waving he does when walking away.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Don't you worry, there's plenty more emet Selch videos coming.

I love all of your tributes but I love this one the most. I absolutely love Emet-Selch. His story and his sincerity really hit me hard. Because honestly, if we were in his same boat, I'm pretty certain we'd do the same. He never lied to us, ever. He tried to blend in with us but it was missing something. His people, his freinds. And then us, his freind are the one to end his suffering. It was honestly a mercy, but I wish we didn't have to kill him. I really wish we didn't.

I come back to this video constantly. Every time I click on the video I tear up. I had so much going on in my life playing through this earlier in the year, and meeting him helped me out so much. Emet quickly became my favorite character in any video game ever. Every moment spent with him was incredible and I'd be lying to say I didn't bawl my eyes out when we fought for the last time. About a month went by and I finally got to the Seat of Sacrifice, and seeing the sassy wave got my heart pumping and I just let out a scream, and tears rushed to my face. I wanted to thank you for posting this video so I can remember that he once lived.

Truthly when we discovered Amaurot, I understood him then and there. The world, the society, the culture...it was like a dream. You live eternally, with the power to create whatever your heart desires. Your society is civilized, intelligent, peaceful and prosperous. God, who wouldn’t want to fight for that? That’s something worth suffering for.

The video is amazing, and the music just makes it 100 times better

This is great!! Thank you for making it! I really want something that shows all of Emet-selchs cutscenes in order from beginning to end. His dialogue, especially In Shadowbringers was amazing! It made feel for him and in some ways sympathize!

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Bruce! This video was a pleasure to make and I'm incredibly happy you like it!

Emet is such an amazing character. I love him and hate him at the same time.

1:43 - 3:00 is just, damn... Emet-Selch is my #1 fav charakter in all of FFXIV and I love this tribute to him, very, very well done!

This song always wrecks me and I was pleasantly/unpleasantly surprised to find it here 😂

OOF RIGHT IN THE FEELS!!! And here I thought my heart couldn’t get anymore raw T.T RIP emet, may we meet you in another lifetime

You deserved that 500 thumbs I just gave ya. Emet Selch is a fantastic villain. Just fantastic.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have 3 other tributes uploaded too. Make sure to subscribe, I'm making plenty more!

Im not crying, YOU'RE crying! Love the tribute!!

Excellent job editing... brought a tear to my eye 😥

thanks alot.. this made my night. he was a great villain for Shadowbringers.

Emmet's voice actor reminds me of the late Roddy McDowall. Such an impressive talent, he truly brought Emmet to life.

best written antagonist I have seen in a long time

I hope you still have more tribute videos planned! I've had these on repeat and they NEVER... NEEEVER get old!

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Rendering one right now

*SPOILERS FOR 5.3* So many lines from him become more clear after knowing Elidibus’ story. “Remember that we once lived”. He says this not just because he’s dying, but because in reality he was the last living being that remembered Amaurot, as he knew Elidibus had forgotten it a long time ago. “My world will have no need of heroes”. At first it could be interpreted as he mocking us, but it can also be him referring to Elidibus; he saw the young Eli and his journey of commitment, accepting being a sacrificial lamb, and how even after death he decided he still could help the Convocation, that his work still wasn’t done, and remade himself. In the tales of the shadow about him he remembers the original cheerful Elidibus that looked up to them so much that he was almost embarrassed about it. He now sees the current Elidibus devoid of all that joy and emotion, knowing that now he’s just a man pretty much programmed to work selflessly for all eternity to restore the world, even if now he no longer remembers why.

1:45 is the coolest and saddest piece of dialogue I have ever heard

They need to give whomever did his voice a raise. He really brings it with his emotion and feeling. Awesome, awesome stuff.

Wow this is Beautiful. He is such an amazing Charakter.. Well, lets cry and admire. Thanks!

Very glad I came across this. This character deserves a tribute. His story is just to tragic and in the end, he departs with grace and composure.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it! I'm making plenty more, so stay tuned for those! (insert generic subscribe pitch here.)

Coming here after Endwalker and oh god I love him 😭

The greatest villain in Final Fantasy history I have a hard time even calling him a villain he’s much more of an antagonist

Wonderful work - many thanks

This and the Ardbert Tribute are top tier. Honestly every time I try to say one is better I remember something about the other that makes it just as good.

@TheNerdsTemplar

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like them

We will remember...

Based off what we've been told by Emet, he and the player being tempered by Zodiark & Hydaelyn has to lead our understanding of both of their actions. With both Eikons being fundamentally opposed to one another, means that despite our desires neither of us can truly come to clear decision of cooperation regardless of any interests or desires to do so. I'd like to believe that freed from their manipulation we truly could've come to work together and avoided the whole conflict coming to a head. In light of that the actual ending feels much more tragic and hopeless. As an aside, I also think that Hydaelyn's influence over us gives credit to the player never truly having a choice in turning down requests (quests) from even the most ridiculous of NPCs.

"do not squander it. the legacy i leave you."

Omg.. I love this so much ;^;

His is one of the sadest deaths in the game and we are the ones that did it, which just added to the emotional side effects.

This is beautiful. And I've come to the conclusion that the ending song Tomorrow, tomorrow is actually from Emet. Time to drown in my tears...

Emet-Selch in the title? Instant thumbs up

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

You rock!

#632 idk why im only seeing this content now but im glad it finally came up on my feed. about to hit your entire list

"I pit you, I do."

@roetheboat1

5 жыл бұрын

How did you manage to get rid of the subtitles in cutscenes? I haven't been able to find any options for that to record cutsenes.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

@@roetheboat1 scroll lock

Gee thanks for making me cry again.

1:44 my favorite Emet-Selch moment.

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

it's in my top 5 for sure.

And now, the end is near, and so I face, the final curtain...

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

if i didn't think i'd get copyright striken for using that, i would.

ShB is as much Emet's story as it is Arbert's and Graha/Exarch's. Emet is so central to the whole Shb story and the only reason you and everyone else survived the whole ShB experience! Without him. Y'shtola would be dead (and you would not even realize that Elidibus is a Primal), The Crystal Exarch would be dead after absorbing all you Aether, the Scion will get sent home but may or may not make it in one piece, you will have no help in reaching the Crystal Tower since the Scion/Exarch will be gone, without the Azem crystals, you have no chance of defeating Elidibus, even if you somehow managed to defeat him, you can't bind him since you have no control over the tower and there will not be a memory crystal to transfer the Exarch's memories to the younger G'raha. Tell me how can someone who have done all that does not have a perfect exit strategy all ready for his final curtain call, with the encore being snapping you out of the void in SOS and basically telling you that he's handing you the future but he's still there if you stray from the path. I'm not saying Emet Selch is a saint. I'm sure he was a "evil" Ascian all set on continuing his work for the rejoining upon his return. What I'm saying is that once he meet us and saw that we have a fragment of Azem's soul and have another fragment walking beside us. He was finally open to the idea that we might be a worthy successor to their legacy and an alternative to the rejoining. He then proceed to test our worthiness all through ShB which resulted in us possessing 2 fragments of Azem's soul and the official holder of Azem's office as part of the 14. While Emet probably doesn't see all but he's basically a god compare to us with his thousands of thousands of years of experience among us, establishing the Allagan Empire and all his experience as a member of the convocation of 14. Just look at his body posture in ShB until the end of 5.0 when you "defeated" him.

Emet-Selch's character made me cry so hard. I know he did multiple genacides and he had to die, but fully understanding his motives made me wish so badly that there could have been another way. Imagining him lonely for so many millenia is heartbreaking. Best villian ever written, in my opinion. On a lighter note, it makes me laugh sometimes when I think about what he might say about our fight to the death with his dear great grandson after the Endsinger fight. I wonder what Hythodaeus would also say 😄

a awesome tribute to a great man

@TheNerdsTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it!

We are all agree that Emet-Selch is the best "villain" in this game so far and even one of the best in the final fantasy and the videogames in general. Nice video love it.

Right in the feels. Ow.

Absolutely amazing 😉

Ho damn this hits so much harder after Endwalker. *sobbing*