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I swear when my character smirked, it almost took me out🥵
Wow made me a murderhobo. ffxiv did change me , but the murderhobo still remained.
only natural I chose this answer since his question was meta.
"That, I can't deny"
God, women are so badass in cutscenes like this
"That i can't deny." could be interpreted as WoL finally free to simply enjoy themselves against the one person truly equal to them in combat, now that the Final Days are averted and their friends are safe.
"Think what you will. But I'm not letting you leave this place" could be interpreted as the WoL still not enjoying themselves, seeing Zenos as the biggest threat left to Eorzea and their friends.
"I've had enough of you. It ends here." could apply to players who never really grew attached to Zenos' character and just wanted him gone already.
All I can say is, if you didn't choose the first option, you get no bitches and stack no paper. No other way about it. None. Nada.
That, I can't deny.
There are those who are important to me, and I would fight the despair of the universe itself protect them, it's true. But if they were not with me, if they had never existed at all, I would fight anyways. To conquer foes each mightier than the last is why I started this journey, and it's exactly what I wanted at the end of it.
When you rolled up to that wing-headed amalgam of despair, did you think yourself "I'll save everyone from you"? Or did you simply want to kick its ass? To level up not just one job, but two, three, four, many more. To crush things for the challenge: trials, dungeons, raids, extreme, savage, ultimate. When you fought each trial did you want it to be over with? Or were you excited to see the mechanics, dance the dance, and see what your enemy was capable of?
Zenos called many of us out as players. It's pretty meta once you think about it. In Ala Mhigo, I denied him, because he was selfishly forcing our hand using himself as an obstacle. I was happy to fight him, but to call it the only reason was him childishly projecting his own desires onto us. But then he came to our aid, helped us end what he himself set in motion, and even allowed us the option to leave if we wanted. But he knew we wouldn't simply leave, and called us out. If I was fighting with the Scions I would have called him a child, but in the middle of this dynamis-soaked terrain at the edge of the universe with no one to witness, we can finally admit it. We are here to fight. We always were, we always will be.
I'm sorry but that first option is always going to be the best choice. I know "best" is subjective, but come on.
I had to pick the last cause I feel no connection to zenos. He's just the ex you cant get rid of. At least he seemed patient enough to wait lol.
Also I picture my main just "Jesus christ dude I don't have time for you. Find a new hobby" haha. She's so done with everything
My alt might pick the 2ns option mainly cause I have the mindset that she's a family person and just wants it all to end.
I wish there was a 'walk away' option.
Honestly I don't get the people who froth over the first option. It flies in the face of everything the expansion was about, which is finding meaning in meaninglessness. You did everything you did because you wanted to save the world and those you cared about. You realised the futility of existence but chose to make your morals and values what was worth living for. That's what made the WoL so strong.
Meanwhile, edgy fuckboi who read Nietzsche 101 and thinks he's enlightened for it is here telling you deep down, all you ever wanted was to fight. Like sure, fighting was fun, but there was no pathos to it without context. There was no value without knowing there was a greater purpose to it than just the fight itself.
Even the whole 'meta commentary' thing falls flat. You know when the most miserable I'd ever been when playing MMOs? When I joined raiding guilds out of necessity for progression itself, despite not knowing or caring for the people in those guilds, or when my friends had quit and I was playing by myself. A soulless, aimless grind without people I care about isn't fun for me. One of the reasons so many people are flocking to FFXIV over WoW is because they have more connection to both the world of the game, and the community in it. And think about just how insufferable hardcore raiders actually were; who here hasn't been in a raiding guild with some hyper-competitive douchebag who's good at their class, but is just a super shitty human being to be around? That's basically what Zenos is; an overachiever who has no friends because he's an asshole. The mere existence of the WoL is a retort to the idea that you have to shed morality and ideals to be as strong as you can.
I just didn't want to bother giving Zenos closure. He's a spoilt, emotionally damaged fuckboi who can't find happiness in small things and thinks he's better than everyone for being a great warrior, and it amazes me people put him and the possible responses to him on a pedestal. This is the kind of teenage-level naval gazing that made me realise how stupid that whole DBZ-esque 'DARE TO BE BADASS' competitive streak becomes as you get older and have more perspective in life.
Such pleasures for their own sake? No. I do it for the same reasons I've always done it. For the Glamour!
That, I CANT DENY!
First option is the best. WoL saved the universe and Zenos actually aid us, he was due his long awaited fight, not only that but WoL can finally indulge themselves in the glory of combat without any worry. It was anime as fuck and I loved it. The smirk though.
that last one tho
It kind of makes sense for us to choose the first option. We did just start off as an adventurer looking for an adventure. Surely we were looking to fight as well. We later got involved with saving lives and learned to care. Our agenda changed, but deep down we're doing this for pleasure and the rush of it. I live for fighting primals.
Zenos' quote "As surely as you know the thrill of pushing your body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes, dancing ever closer to the precipice, wondering if this will be the one to finally, finally… fill the void." doesn't need to be interpreted as "battle". It's more about the "purpose" that people need to hold on to continue.
You can play game for the plot, for battle, for relaxing moment, for the scenery, for the feeling of being surrounded by people, and all of those lead to one "singular bliss", your own satisfaction. To you, it may or may not be battle, but to Zenos, someone who can only find purpose in living when his own life is pushed to the edge, that his "sole pleasure" he knows and he wants to share it with you.
Have you ever found yourself alone in a group of friend when what you enjoy is not what they do, and you can't share it to anyone? That's exactly what happened to Zenos. If you have ever read the "Chronicles of Light" then you will know he has never sought out battle. What he sought is purpose to live.
And at this edge of the universe, where you have already done with all the things needed to save the world, wouldn't you be free enough to share that one "singular bliss" with a lonely man?
Of course, the writers want you to do this. But even when you don't enjoy it, for any reason, Zenos has got his moment. And he deserves it.
I couldn’t help but pick the first choice, and here’s why.
Zenos was right. Our WoL may be hailed as a hero by many, but deep down that’s not who we truly are. We are adventurers through and through.
In past clashes against him, he played the part of a villain in order to make us angry believing that to be the only way for us to fight him at full strength, but in truth if we did fight him in that state, we’d be no more than another rabid beast among the countless he’s slain. Alternatively, he might’ve also hoped that by playing the villain, our inner hero would do all we can to defeat him to save the world. But in the end, neither scenario would give him the satisfaction he craved.
So in the end, after reflecting on Alisaie’s words he finally realized that he never needed to do any of the drastic things he did. He challenged us in the end with no threats to destroy the world, no threats to kill our loved ones, he simply challenged us as an adventurer he wanted to fight for the fire burning thrill he seeks.
And that’s why I picked the first choice. 😊