One of the funniest bits of the Hydaelyn fight is that there is a bit of trust NPC banter that occurs. Estinien will occasionally yell at Alphinaud to look out, and Alphinaud just responds with a confused "What?!" because he did the mechanic correctly. It's actually Alisaie that Estinien was yelling at who is standing in the AOE

@stitches1110

Жыл бұрын

LMAO I knew there were unique interactions and dialogue but I didn’t know that was one of them. 😂😂

@ramezhachicho1777

Жыл бұрын

@@stitches1110 It's ALWAYS Alisae .. For some reason her trust AI likes to get greedy XD

@HollowiiMarz

Жыл бұрын

Geniusssd

@autumneagle

Жыл бұрын

Omfg

@Nimoot

Жыл бұрын

Plus Y'shtola will do the mechanic way faster due to her 'Sight'.

there are a lot of wild things about the ffxiv setting that are absolutely bonkers but chief among them is "the afterlife is underground and scientists just casually built an elevator down into it"

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHA for real though.

@Puddingskin01

Жыл бұрын

Ever think one of them asked "Wait, what if the spirits see the elevator and escape into the world?" And some smug scientist was like "Don't be daft, spirits can't look up!"

@Krysta1Rose

Жыл бұрын

Yet it kinda makes sense lore wise? Everything(mostly because lolDynamis) is Aether, even your soul is composed of it. After you die your Aether dissipates and slowly decomposes in the afterlife, ready to be reborn. That's why it was terrifying for me playing at the time with the Final Days, there's no rebirth with the stagnation of aether. Ay but lmao it's true about being able to just casually go to the center of the planet with spoopy spirits

An important note about this set of dialogue: "It is thy hopes and prayers that enable Azem's invocations and give them life, so keep them close. But pray, remember this... When the way forward is hidden even from the mind's eye, look not to the invocation, but within yourself. These were the words of the crystal's original bearer." We know from Hythlo's shade in Amourot that Azem's crystal was made *after* Azem defected, and only even has a crystal because one was made in secret by a close friend of theirs. That's why the crystal has none of Azem's memories and only contains the one incantation which "Embodies the spirit of Azem." That means, the original bearer Venat is referring to is probably *Emet-Selch* who left that message for you, and that just warms the hell out of my heart.

@rainerziehtkatapultenachgo9001

Жыл бұрын

Its pretty much a fact, considering the dialogue Emet has during EW final. Where he talks about different places and stuff, saying that as crystal bearer you should at least see that bit, ending his sentence with a "I certainly would" .. and his smirk. At this point its pretty clear, he was Azem once.

"We will find our way, Venat" is the only right option during that dialogue choice. It's not even about calling her Venat, it's about finally giving her peace. Remember what she told you all that time back in Elpis? How she would never be able to return to the star and rest until she was certain that mankind will find their way to the future. It's been more than ten millennia since, but you finally managed to show her that her efforts were not in vain and that mankind now has the power to move forward on their own. After ten thousand years of solitude and suffering and ceaseless guilt over the misery and trials she put mankind through, always doubting whether it was the right choice. After all that, she can finally rest.

@ApexGale

Жыл бұрын

The sad part is that she literally gave everything she had as Hydaelyn. As she fades away, her soul is not returning to the star. Venat is gone for good.

@CloudCuckooKing

Жыл бұрын

@@ApexGale I don't think there's anything to indicate that. Elidibus was the only one with such an unenviable fate, due to the unique nature of his destruction. Even washing them out with white auracite, as Emet demonstrates, is an ordinary, if final, death. And Hyth, also a soul liberated from a Primal manifestation, returned as well. The Mothercrystal wasn't her soul, it was a side effect of her existence. (edit for typo, I should really proofread before posting)

@ApexGale

Жыл бұрын

Venat expended all of her aether. When people die in 14, their aether returns to the lifestream to eventually be passed back into the world. Venat using up everything means she no longer could return to the star. She is gone for good, and cannot possibly reincarnate because her aether didn't enter the lifestream. Even Elidibus could eventually return because his aether was bound and then dispersed. Same thing that happened to Nabriales, Lahabrea, and others defeated through auracite. Venat did not get to do that. She pretty much gave up the remainder of her entire being to test the Scions and imbue Azem's crystal. But I think it's very fitting that the woman who did not intend to return to the star does not do so even at the very end.

@CloudCuckooKing

Жыл бұрын

@@ApexGale That does not follow, because she's far from the first being to die of exhaustion - Moen, notably, expended all her aether to focus into the White Auracite - and Elidibus, while his discharge might have been into the Sea, was trapped and used as fuel. IF this happens to anyone, it happens to Elidibus, but you have precedent for the manner of Hydaelyn's death both as a primal and as a person. If you headcanon this, there's probably not going to be direct contradiction, holding Venat over for a 7.0 narrator would make little sense, but the game itself doesn't in any way suggest that.

@ApexGale

Жыл бұрын

It's not a headcanon. In one of the live letters they confirmed Venat expended everything - her soul and her aether. She's not coming back.

One of the funniest moments in the whole story to me. Morbidly so at least. That time Asahi appears only to drag Hermes into superhell lol

The song that plays is called "Your Answer" as in your answer to "Answers" and your answer to the question she asked of you in Elpis.

my husband ran the level 89 dungeon with me when i did it the first time. His only advice was "Keep moving". I am madly in love with Haurchefant, any reference to him makes me miss him so badly. When we got to him my mouth dropped in shock. My husband then screamed "Haurchefant likes big pulls! Lets go!" and RAN! I was like "What?! Wait! I need to process this." Then comes Minfillia's Spirit, I was done!

The moment you realized that was Papalymo and just went 'oh, this dungeon is gonna -do- stuff to me.' ; w;

"Know you will wake; on winds rise again, for this journey's end is but one step forward to tomorrow." Every single time.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

I did a quick and dirty analysis of flow together a while back after the solo duty. I like to think a good portion of flow is talking directly to meteion/the mateia "Deep dark far away I have heard your voice, weighed your every choice, now our hands join round the meaning you sought" just feels like a direct message to her.

@serisothikos

Жыл бұрын

@@terabellum I always like to think of Flow as carrying a dual meaning, where the words are relevant to both the WoL and the Meteia, but for different reasons. For us, Venat was "deep dark, far away" within the aetherial sea, weighing our choices and coming together with us to give meaning and purpose to our hero's journey. For the Meteia, she heard their song of despair throughout the millennia and, choosing to understand their actions rather than resent them, came together with us as her proxy to give them the meaning they were after. And then, as you saw just recently in your end-6.0 stream, in the final scene with Meteion our hands quite literally join around hers to unite the two stories and bring closure to her journey. Kathryn Cwynar, the English localization lead, wrote the lyrics to Flow, and I couldn't possibly come up with the words to give her enough credit. An absolute masterwork.

@Keira_Blackstone

Жыл бұрын

@@terabellum It's hard for me to imagine her talking to anyone but the WoL in that song. Because the entire song sounds like everything I wish my mother had ever said to me. It's the most seen I've ever felt by a piece of art. It took me months to be able to listen to it without crying every time.

Also, I love that they distinguish between Venat and Hydaelyn. When she speaks as Hydaelyn she refers to the Scions with formal old English - uses thee and thou. When she speaks as Venat, she speaks with regular speech

@SarahExpereinceRequiem

Жыл бұрын

Weird fact but while thee and thou is archaic (outside of Yorkshire I tell thee) its actually the more familiar form of address, "you" is the formal form. It makes sense for a mother to address her children "thee"

@Idran

Жыл бұрын

​@SarahExpereinceRequiem A weird fact to throw onto your weird fact: this is actually an example of what's called the T-V distinction in Linguistics. "Ye" was the second-person plural pronoun with "thou" being the second-person singular pronoun, but as happens in a bunch of languages, the plural form was often used when talking in a formal situation, and thus it also became the formal version. This is also why "you" is still conjugated with plural verb forms today, why it is that it's "thou is", but "you are".

That final scene with Vanat makes my cry every damn time. On my playthrough I had to stop and take a break after that.

I have to admit, that scene with Asahi was one of the most unintentionally funny scenes in the game. "You embarrassed me in front of my crush, so I'm gonna drag you into superhell!" xD I like the part where Y'shtola points out that Venat sundered us in order to allow us to interact with dynamis, but there's a part to that she is also more subtly getting at that I think a lot of people miss. It was not only to allow us to interact with dynamis, but to teach us how to deal with hardship as well. The Ancients had it so good, that when something bad happened, they had no idea how to act. They basically just defaulted to their generic "fix-all" solution of creation magicks, and in order to get enough aether to do such monumental things, they sacrificed countless lives. "Oh, did it not work? Throw more sacrifices at it!" They had no appreciation for the value of life. Anything that wasn't mankind itself was just aether to them, free to be repurposed into anything else at a moment's notice, and even with mankind itself, they had the mentality of "well, we can always just bring them back to life later." By sundering us and taking away mankind's nigh-eternal life and ability with creation magicks, she was not only allowing us to interact with dynamis, but teaching us to value life, so we wouldn't turn to rampant sacrifice as the answer to everything, like the Ancients did. And hell... the reason Hermes accidentally caused this entire situation in the first place was because of how he felt like he was the only one who valued non-human life. By getting mankind to value life more, we also avoid a repeat of THAT situation in the future. :P But man, her goodbye... this game, and many other games and other forms of media for that matter, has made me cry plenty of times, but always silent tears. Not this goodbye. I audibly SOBBED. Even watching it just now, when I've seen it several times, I cried a bit. I love Venat more than any other fictional character ever. Hell, I sometimes worry I love her more than any real person I've ever met, which is kinda concerning. But it was so bittersweet, because I was happy for her that she could finally rest. She held on for so many thousands of years, waiting for the day we no longer needed her, and it finally came. And yet... I may not have needed her, but I still wanted her around. I will always miss her greatly.

Yeah, the ice block got me too. I was a complete mess through that dungeon - had to mute myself in discord for the whole run because the friends I was in voice with hadn't reached it yet.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

Ishikawa really said, "Oh yeah, we can make them cry in dungeons too!"

I cannot believe the Scions failed you like that. Welp, time to flee the Star.

I can't be convinced Amanda Achen isn't sent from heaven. I can't withstand her voice for even a measure, even this long after having finished the game myself in Dec 2021.

I always like Alisae's reaction to finding her napping. Like, damn, girl, it's not like we looked at your browser history.

When I first found you a few episodes back I was happy to find someone that was as emotional as me and have been looking forward to the feels these last few have brought and re-experiencing them with you. I cried so hard for Venat. I have a tendency to be nihilistic like Hermes, and feel lost a lot. I only happened to play FFXIV because some mutual friends needed a healer and even though I story skipped, I tore through the lore once I realized how good the journey and characters were. It happened to be during one of the lower times in my life and while I don’t have the time and as strong a connection with this game, it’s still affected me greatly. Thank you for continuing to play and share even though it’s been hard.

Yshtola friend zoned the shit out of runar once her beloved WoL showed up.

I love watching your journey through this amazing game. Seeing you cry in scenes makes me think own journey. I bawled like a baby at the Hyadelyn scene had to hug my puppy lol

In preparation for going to Fan Festival in July I'm revisiting all our journey as the WOL ... I am enjoying your input, emotion and narration so much. Keep the excellent content going and thank you ❤ I don't feel so weird any more seeing others enjoy this game with as much passion as I did. I'm just smiling and crying along with you ❤

My mother passed away a few months prior to the release of Endwalker. Saying goodbye to Hydaelyn made me cry harder than any media before or since.

@Final.Family

Жыл бұрын

*hug*

Checked your channel the last two days for a new video cause i waited exactly for that scene... xD

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

The final video(s?) Might not be up until next week on account of editing through tears is quite a challenge. Thanks for sticking around!

Venat after thousands upon thousands of years and insane amounts of suffering, gets her well earned rest

0:50 "If they start throwing Moenbryda and Haurchefant and Papalymo... in front of me. Trauma sea, here we go!" 2:30 Aww, no Ilberd reaction? 4:38 Haurchy! /sob 5:08 Cape Westwind Extreme incoming. 6:20 Hello Antecedent. It's been a while. 7:22 First Crystal Tower, then Ktsis Hyperboreia. How many times do we need to teach you this lesson, old man!? 8:00 "Curtain Call.... very long cast... shouldn't there be a rock or something to block this?" Ice, yes. Ask and ye shall receive. 8:28 And there she saved us again. 15:04 No way Emet isn't pissed about it. Especially the irony of him asking us to remember when he's forgotten stuff. I'm gonna love it if he references that. 18:20 Your "omg not you" face was hilarious. 19:45 I hate that we gotta give him that. 23:12 Ready to meet mom? 30:47 "Is she gonna fight us again!?" Yes. 32:33 Yes, Answers. It's always been Hydaelyn's theme. 33:40 "We're going to the end of the universe, where the fuck is Zenos?" =-) 35:45 Bye Terra. =-) Also why you edit out part where we finally hear the whole meaning of hear, feel, think? 49:40 Yup. The achievement names for the MSQ are the trailer lyrics. 51:30 In case you didn't notice, the paladin artifact armor you're wearing is the same set the WoL is wearing in the trailer. 1:06:45 "Tis good to be awake." /sobbing

little spark😭😭😭😭😭

Flow got a standing ovation at the London Fanfest fanfest, by the way.

Good Morning Terra! love these reaction videos... and I hope it doesn't sound weird but I love you to! such an open and loving heart... nice to see...

"why would it be a- I don't like this." Here we see an example of a player learning to distrust the game lmao.

One of THE moments of Endwalker, imo.

I've always felt that scene would have played out better if Alisaie had fallen asleep with her head on G'raha's shoulder.

YOOOOO TRAUMA TIME LET'S GOOOOO

Your opening about Zenos is actually so fking accurate lol

52:10 I did. Hey, I'm a Gunbreaker too, I gotta look out for the homies.

Ah yes, Emotions the Dungeon and the immediately following trial 'Feels crusher'!

Your chat is wildin', goes from the scene of you crying after Hydaelyn to the bedroom scene, and I look in the chat and see someone, in all caps, going "DONT PUT PASTIES ON EMET!" I simultaneously want to know the context of what brought that about but at the same time, I am quite contempt never to know the answer or see that phrase again xD

@terabellum

11 ай бұрын

NOT THE PASTIES INCIDENT. I thought I cut out all evidence of it, hahaha. Context(IF YOU WANT IT): After the hydaelyn fight, I went to take a picture with mom. I sat my little lala right underneath her because there is some room under her. After a couple cute photos I got the unhinged idea to use the stickers in gpose to put two star stickers ⭐️⭐️ over certain parts of hydaelyn... IN MY DEFENSE I DIDNT THINK HYDAELYN WAS GOING TO DIE RIGHT AFTER. My chat has never let me live it down and still reference it to this day. 😅

@D3th10rd

11 ай бұрын

@terabellum Oh my God, that is amazing xD

I picked that. He cannot do anything as a GNB without amunition, so he needs someone to imbue it with magic. in the first it was Ryne, here is Y'shtola or Uhrianger. but he has to have a ton of it since wel...have you seen how many bullets a gnb shoots. i dont want my tank to become useless in a fight.

Terra, if you haven't heard the live version of Flow and need an "in case of emergency" cry song, go listen to it.

Terra, if you want some extra heart pain, you should seek out the Orchestra version of Flow once you finish the expansion- it seems to be one of the live versions that are a different arrangement than the in-game version. You can't watch it now, just because the video has spoilers for the end of the expansion.

You can also run into Livia and Rhitatyn in palace of the dead, so it's possible to kill them a total three times across the whole game.

Ya, the AI doesn't expect the tank to pull through AoE so if you do, they just follow basically.

Amon’s end is one of the punchiest scenes for me. His monologue is genuinely one of my favorites in gaming.

A hug? You want a hug after putting pasties on Mom? :P

Calling it now, Runar becomes a scion in 7.X!

At this point Terrabellum I'm certain you're contemplating on whether this is the greatest videogame story ever. I wouldn't disagree if you gave in and said it was :)

4:40 Thats part you should always /smile. I do. :)

I just found you but I can already tell that you are one of the gut lalala fells

I don't forgive Hermes, he caused so much suffering. During the Atiascope scene I had no words for him. I loved over the top nihilistic Amon and Fandango, but not him. Also Asahi's VA is so good even if he is a little rat simp I enjoyed his little cameo 😂

Zenos doesn't "cling to the platform"... Spoiler below... He IS the platform 😂

Why can't we have more mother figure like this in video games. I much prefer than another one of those macho females.

@LazzyVamples

Жыл бұрын

Whenever somebody uses "females" as a noun to refer to women, I assume they're a gross incel. It's pretty cringe, my dude.

@ApexGale

Жыл бұрын

"macho females" my brother the first thing Venat does upon meeting in Elpis is cave a shark's skull in, I don't know how you could consider that not "macho"

@cparle87

Жыл бұрын

@@LazzyVamples Sounds like a personal problem to me. Your entire statement is worrisome.

@LazzyVamples

Жыл бұрын

@@cparle87 Then you're part of the problem. Gain some perspective.