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elidibus rolling up to emet on heelys
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 19:53 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 08:08 |
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Rand Brittain posted:At this point they've had multiple opportunities to make it clear that Elidibus was an Actual Kid and passed them by, so... But they're not doing that? They've shown us about as explicitly as they would ever need to?
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 19:53 |
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Rand Brittain posted:At this point they've had multiple opportunities to make it clear that Elidibus was an Actual Kid and passed them by, so... The fact that hes explicitly a much smaller ancient in his true form is the game saying something.
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 20:34 |
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Amaurot was a highly advanced civilization that recognized the worth of manlets, going so far as to elect them to office
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 20:54 |
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:The fact that hes explicitly a much smaller ancient in his true form is the game saying something. Alphinaud and Alisaie are like 17 and they're still way smaller than the other elezen. Elidibus is probably supposed to be around that age - maybe not what essentially everyone calls a small child but definitely in the range where most people would feel comfortable saying they're a kid or at least immature. In addition, according to the FF fan wiki, quote:Alphinaud is a combination of "Alvin," which in old-English means "Elf Friend," lol
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 20:54 |
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I really expect the twins to have a sudden growth spurt and get adult elezen bodies in the next expansion. Maybe there'll be a timeskip during the 5.x content, or maybe they just won't be part of the active party during 6.0 and when we meet up again they've grown
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 21:00 |
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Rand Brittain posted:At this point they've had multiple opportunities to make it clear that Elidibus was an Actual Kid and passed them by, so...
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 21:09 |
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IMO the twins already hit their growth spurt off-screen before we met them which shot them from "smol Literally the only way to give them a chance to be imposing or in any way able to be taken seriously is to take away their nerd books and sissy foils, and give them real weapons and real jobs give alphinaud a gun
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 21:12 |
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why did Lahabrea make a fem-ifrit
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:14 |
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i never realized how badly alphinaud needs to become MCH until now
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:17 |
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Jetrauben posted:why did Lahabrea make a fem-ifrit Why did mortals make a male Ifrita?
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:25 |
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Mordiceius posted:Why did mortals make a male Ifrita? Because Lahabrea taught them how to summon wrong, as a joke.
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:27 |
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Mordiceius posted:Why did mortals make a male Ifrita? Does the Amalj'aa culture even have the concept of genders?
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:36 |
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i like how they never specified Azem as male or female, either fuckin' cute as hell
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 22:37 |
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Gruckles posted:Does the Amalj'aa culture even have the concept of genders? I think they're supposed to have a concept of gender but almost no sexual dimorphism to speak of? In other news, I find the notion they keep playing at with "concepts" in relation to creation magic fascinating. It's like it's a persistent pseudo-soul or essence to build a summoned entity around? And now they've confirmed there's some of 'em just lying around ready to use?
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 23:12 |
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Jetrauben posted:why did Lahabrea make a fem-ifrit It’s probably the original idea in universe. It’s likely that he was the one who told the Amaljaa about Ifrit in the first place (with a gender change for a patriarchal society) That or it’s a reference to Ifreeta from WoFF In whichcase you have to wonder why he didn’t make Shivalry or Ramewl
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 23:24 |
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thetoughestbean posted:
Because Shiva is a known person that lived in Eorzean history, and Ramuh, if based off Rhalgar as theorized, is likely already based on another Ancient.
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 23:26 |
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:Because Shiva is a known person that lived in Eorzean history, and Ramuh, if based off Rhalgar as theorized, is likely already based on another Ancient. I was very not serious but I appreciate the response.
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# ? Sep 10, 2020 23:38 |
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I've never seen a group more insistent that they beat up a kid.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 00:23 |
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What we fought had little relation to the youth that was, this is something that is specified in both the game text and the story. And he was a "youth" at the time of the sacrifice, not a baby or whatever, just like the Beoulve youth that guided our fate, or Alphinaud
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 00:29 |
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thetoughestbean posted:Emet Selch going “but how could Azem get the concept of Ifrita— ugh, Hythlodaeus” is great Was Hythlodaeus the Architect? I thought that was ES
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 01:42 |
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erenoyo posted:Was Hythlodaeus the Architect? I thought that was ES The "Emet-Selch's title is also the Architect" is I think fanon that just spread so much that everyone assumed it was canon.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 01:49 |
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AstrialJam posted:The "Emet-Selch's title is also the Architect" is I think fanon that just spread so much that everyone assumed it was canon. Emet-Selch being "the architect" and Hythlodaeus being the head of the Bureau of the Architect in Amaurot is still quite possible.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 01:59 |
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A librarian didn't write all the books in the library.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:05 |
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Waffleman_ posted:A librarian didn't write all the books in the library. We don't know enough about Ancient lifespans and Amaurotian society to be able to say for certain that's true for them.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:12 |
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Hythlodaeus is the cashier at the Akashic Blockbuster. Yes I would like to rent one concept of love.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:20 |
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Summoning is weaker creation magic and Alexander was summoned with more knowledge/intelligence than the goblins that created him, so it's entirely possible for an ancient to create a book full of factual information that they do not know.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:21 |
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AstrialJam posted:The "Emet-Selch's title is also the Architect" is I think fanon that just spread so much that everyone assumed it was canon. No, Emet-Selch is definitely the Architect, Hythlodaeus just runs the bureau and lives to be a thorn in his side apparently.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:26 |
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Waffleman_ posted:Hythlodaeus is the cashier at the Akashic Blockbuster. Hythlodaeus IS the guy who makes us understand a lot of things
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:31 |
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Mister Olympus posted:Summoning is weaker creation magic and Alexander was summoned with more knowledge/intelligence than the goblins that created him, so it's entirely possible for an ancient to create a book full of factual information that they do not know. That's not quite a perfect example, because Alexander technically wasn't summoned with more intelligence, it was summoned with the capacity to learn and understand more than the Illuminati. Basically they summoned a Time Robot, and Time Robot could by nature perceive and understand things they couldn't. Ramuh on the other hand is specifically this, he's a wise old man summoned by a bunch of sylphs with the self-awareness to know that they're pretty dumb and bad at leadership, so they summoned a wise leader.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 02:43 |
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Jetrauben posted:I think they're supposed to have a concept of gender but almost no sexual dimorphism to speak of? No, a concept is exactly what it sounds like. Literally an idea. This means more to them because their magic is thinking about something and making it real. A detailed enough concept is enough for them to create something. And yeah, that's what the Architect is in charge of. Concepts, their use and their storage. What concepts are implemented and how, what concepts are kept in case they need to be used later, and what concepts should never be released. e: As for who that is, it's implied to be Emet, with Hythlodeaus as his chief. Hythlodeaus is flat out stated to be the Chief of the Bureau of the Architect, and is told by Hades that he could have been Emet-Selch if he wanted the position. Instead he recommended Hades. He also states that Hades is better suited because he always finds a practical use for what he sees, whereas Hythlodaeus simply enjoys seeing for it's own sake. So I don't think anywhere flat out goes "Hades = Architect", but it's the thing that makes the most sense. Mulva fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Sep 11, 2020 |
# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:25 |
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Mulva posted:No, a concept is exactly what it sounds like. Literally an idea. This means more to them because their magic is thinking about something and making it real. A detailed enough concept is enough for them to create something. And yeah, that's what the Architect is in charge of. Concepts, their use and their storage. What concepts are implemented and how, what concepts are kept in case they need to be used later, and what concepts should never be released. What I mean is that concepts seem to be persistent and stored in physical vessels. Coherent platonic ideals.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:27 |
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next expansion timeskip except alphinaud rolls up to the crew 3 feet taller with tree trunk arms, an enormous beard and the same voice
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:30 |
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Jetrauben posted:What I mean is that concepts seem to be persistent and stored in physical vessels. Coherent platonic ideals. Basically, the things we see in Anyder that the Cyclops, for instance, pops out of.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:31 |
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blatman posted:next expansion timeskip except alphinaud rolls up to the crew 3 feet taller with tree trunk arms, an enormous beard and the same voice I can't imagine Alphinaud being able to grow a beard But I can imagine him thinking he can grow a beard, so it checks out.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:34 |
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Jetrauben posted:What I mean is that concepts seem to be persistent and stored in physical vessels. Coherent platonic ideals. Yep, that is the entire basis of their society, creation magic. Everyone can make anything, but not everyone can conceive of everything, so useful ideas are stored so that others can recreate them later. That's what the Architect does, stores concepts. Any concept, all concepts. Even what we would think of as a "Primal". It's all the same to them. The idea of an object delivered in enough detail is that object, as far as the ability to create it goes.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 03:50 |
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Loving wine and also being terrified of it is canon character development.
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# ? Sep 11, 2020 05:54 |
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https://twitter.com/aspectedstep/status/1304094014149259265
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 03:05 |
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Will this mean I finally remember the Sunken Temple of Qarn's solution? No. I will always fight the ghosts.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 04:46 |
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That's the fastest way to do it anyway! Nobody cares about the loot in the treasure room.
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# ? Sep 12, 2020 06:44 |