ENDWALKER MEGA THOUGHTS POST
Let's go from general to specific.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS EXPANSION BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'D CHANGE.
I liked how everyone came together, cause at the end is what the game is about, connection and helping others.
I loved exploring Garlemald, and learn about it's people beyond just the faceless evil.
AT THE SAME DAMN TIME WHY IN THE FUCK DO WE BUILD UP A REGION ONLY FOR IT TO BE HALF A MAP?!? OR WHY DO WE HAVE 1 AND A HALF GARLEANS HELPING WHEN WE HAVE OTHER THREE THAT WE KNOW BETTER?
Bear with me here as the local Cid lover I'm about to go on a rant: WE HAVE CID AND NERO; FUCKING GENIUSES, ONE OF THEM WITH EXTENSIVE MILITARY TRAINING, THAT DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHEN WE TRY TO HELP THEIR PLACE OF BIRTH. AND THEN WE HAVE GAIUS WHO'S LITERALLY THE HIGHEST MILITARY HEAD OTHER THAN ZENOS HIMSELF, WHO AGAIN DOES NOTHING FOR HIS COUNTRY EVEN WHEN HE SWORE TO FREE IT FROM THE ASCIANS.
(as you can imagine I'm very angry about why we used ONLY Lucia and Max when my boys are right there)
Honestly I think Garlemald could have been handled on it's own expansion, like make Garlemald and Vitra one expansion, Old Sharlyan and Elpis another.
Elpis, good lord I loved Elpis, I loved meeting Hyth and Venat, I LOVED LOVED meeting Hades properly, not just Emet, BUT HADES. (If you know me you know I have a very big weakspot for tragic villains) HADES WAS FANTASTIC, someone grab Renee and shake him giving him thanks cause I swear to god his portrayal of the two sides is Oscar worthy, THE ONLY TIME I WAS MORE INVESTED ON A VOICE ON THIS GAME WAS FUCKING ARDBERT CRYING ON THE FIRST ABOUT BEING A GHOST FOR A CENTURY.
To be able to see Hades, the kind man that hides under all the pain Emet went through... It was so heart-wrenching, to finally understand what he was fighting for, to see how much he did lost himself in trying to bring everyone back...
I loved Hyth so much too, he's so confident in his friends, he never doubts them, he knows we have soemthing to do with Azem and he trusts us IMMEDIATELY, he's such a good friend, he tells us about the things Hades won't, and in the end of all things, in the Moon where he has been wandering for millenia he STILL RECOGNIZES US, CAUSE WE ARE AZEM AND HE LOVES AZEM. (writing this with the LoTR soundtrack in the background was a bad idea, now I'm crying)
Venat.... I have conflicting feelings with her (Which you CAN TOTALLY SEE ON HOW MY AZEM OCS REACT TO HER) on one hand I understand why she would keep things from the convocation, as she was part of it and got how they worked and such... BUT MA'AM I'M SURE YOU COULD HAVE THOUGHT A COUPLE OF SAFEGUARDS MORE FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
I understand that in turning into the Mothercrystal she also lost herlsef to it, in the same way Elidibus lost himself to his purpose, It's one of the things I like the most, THE PARALLELS.
I'M A SUCKER FOR PARALLELS AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE ZENOS SO MUCH AS OUR FOIL.
Old Sharlyan... Dear god I REALLY REALLY wanted to slap the teins father a couple of times, like bish come here, our hair might look the same but I wear it better (Astrid uses the same hairstyle as him)
I liked the whole forum part, not as much as Elpis or Garlemald but it was alright, BUT AND GET READY FOR THE SECOND PART OF MY CID AND NERO RANT:
HOW IN ALL THE FUCKS DO WE NOT CALL THE BEST FUCKING ENGINEER IN THE DAMN STAR TO HELP US MAKE A DAMN ROCKET?!?!? I'm not saying this as Cid's wife, no I'm saying this as a person who knows nothing of engineering, If I have to handle something like the Ragnarok I call my friend who knows how to fix ANYTHING, and who has been proving himself as a fucking genius for the last 10+ years of the damn game going all the way back to 1.0, HE AND NERO FOUND A WAY TO TRAVEL THROUGH FUCKING TIME FOR FUCKS SAKE, AND YOU DON'T THINK TO CALL THEM TO FIX TEH RAGNAROK ONCE WE REACH THE POINT OF NO RETURN??????? I understand not doing it before, secrets bullshit... but once we see the fucking clock ticking, call him to fix it not ME.
I'm going to change the subject before I get too angry, I'll write something to fix it later... IS THE AYMERIC BULLSHIT ALL OVER AGAIN SE, LET THE MEN JOIN THE FIGHT.
Thavnir is gorgeous, and I loved Vitra so much, to see a dragon with such love for humans that he WOULD JOIN THEM... It was beautiful, the places are beautiful, the people are kind and the cutlure was fascinating, I love learning about other cultures AND IS WHERE KALEH WAS BORN (Kaleh, is the little miqo that Arslan and Aren adopted during the whole people turning into monsters part of the game, her family was unfortunately dead, and she was a baby so they just adopted her)
I really loved the expansion don't get me wrong, I do thing things could have been handled better in two expansions instead of one, but... At least it will feed my fics for a while to come.
LAST POINT I SWEAR BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THIS TO ME AND NOT EXPECT ME TO HEAR MY BOY NOCTIS GOING: WALK TALL AT THE END OF XV (astrid is named LUCIS cause of him, and the XV collab gave me my favorite galmour after all)