Someone finally met their end in Endwalker. Let the theories hit the floor!
0:00 – When Endwalker Got Dark Start
1:24 – Tower of Zot
7:09 – Oops, More Magic Lore
14:51 – Dream a Little Dream
21:22 – Oops, Even More Magic Lore
29:16 – Finally Garlemald
43:39 – The Big Cook
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3:54 I must disagree just a tad here. (as someone that has played no other FF games)
It is established that the Towers are powered by all of the unfortunate souls that are trapped within the tower. In the first tower we saw, with Arenvald and Fordola, it was Amalj'aa that were trapped in the Tower, which birthed Lunar Ifrit. In Pagalth'an, there was a vast host of tempered dragons, which led to Lunar Bahamut. So when Zot is being powered by the Hannish, it leads to a manifestation of their gods: The Magus Sisters.
I also, personally, don't find the music the slightest bit hopeful or uplifting. The percussion is very "forced march" or army-like, giving credence to the subjugation of the Hannish people, and the main melody is rather eerie and tense. But, of course, music is a quintessential subjective experience.
i can't say anything because i've been gagged by Sharlayan NDA, but this was great!
Why aren’t the videos more successful!?!? Incredible cookery, as usual! Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, cook ‘em in a stew!
As someone who has played most of the Final Fantasy games, while I'm more than cool with then bringing in music from previous games (as the music can slap, and its more about theme and vibe than anything specific), I hate when they do more than that. Locations and storylines should be FF14, not some rehashed previous FF story. And they're kinda guilty of pulling a little bit too much from previous games.
Though summons / eikons / primals are different. They're a staple of FF games, not really a nod to one in particular.
"So traditionally when you cut up a person you would think of burying the 5 pieces at the corners of the earth" THIS KILLED ME LMAO
I remember on Mr Happy's State of the Realm podcast there used to be this one joke that Stormblood never ended and that we're still in it 😂
How many "welcome to Endwalker" moments have we had so far? I can't keep track…
Soon(TM).
Actually Mikoto talks about 'Akasha' in one of Ranabanstre raid cutscenes. If you were just paying attention..:)
I'm surprised you didn't mention the actual boss fights on the Tower of Zot. I honestly didn't even know the sisters were a reference to past FF games, but man, that dungeon has to be my favorite in the whole game. The aesthetic, the eery feeling of the music, how spicy the last 2 wall to walls can be, and just the bosses. The first boss has a very spicy DoTs on top of really fun mechanics and altought the second boss is not as fun, it all culminates on the last one when all 3 sisters come together in an incredibly fast paced gauntlet that is a ton of fun an surprisibngly challenging for an MSQ dungeon (and a test of fire as BLM to keep your rotation) And on top of that the glam is awesome! The armor might be recolors from sallow's compass but that glam slaps! and the weapons are completely unique and amazing.
I love that that I got an ad playing soldier boy music, that made me think for a moment you edited that in, only to skip the ad and have let the bodies hit the floor play not a second later.
I’ve never had doubled whiplash before but here we are.
It's funny. You guys talking about the radio reminded me of a talk I listened to about writing. "People will believe the impossible, but they won't believe the improbable."
So, take of this what you will. The summer before Endwalker launched, I was pre-ordered and had a medical catastrophe due to a long-term condition (kupo cancer). I was unaware of anything, though, until I woke up on the 4th of July in a hospital to find out that I'd died and fought my way back. Took months to get to the point where I could go home, stand, walk, etc. All this so I could play this expansion because no way in hell was I going to miss it.
Endwalker, when I was still recovering emotionally from that experience, DESTROYED me and I will forever be grateful for it.
Y'all speculating about the WoL having to "walk through the valley of the shadow of death" and reaching the other side only because of the Scions… I kinda lived that IRL. And then I played Endwalker.
I am loving your speculations. Oh, the sights you will see. The sights you will see.
Hey…guess who wrote the Azim Steppe storylines?
All I took from the whole thing was that radios are just box shaped dragons. They are both magic and I cannot understand them.
Some quality cooking here, truly a fine feast of theories. 🙂
Looking forward to watching y'all continue your journey!
Garlemald was extremely hard for my husband to go through. The way the Garleans react to/treat the Eorzeans feels way too familiar to how we've had people react to/treat us in our actual lives. When you've experienced people actively trying to tear your life apart, say it's your own fault, but you'd still try to offer your hand in assistance when they need it and they not only slap it away but spit in your face, it's hard to continuing having any sympathy for them. These are people that would rather die than question their own beliefs about you and accept the help of the monster they believe you to be.
Essentially, the zone was hard, not because it was poorly done, but because it was TOO well done and the people were TOO believable. They're modeled after the kind of people that make us fear for our safety IRL. My husband says this is the only time he felt like the WoL wasn't him, he couldn't have made the same kinds of choices that the WoL made in Garlemald.
I am very eager to see how you enjoy the next sections coming up
smiles in Raha burger moans
The real day one experience was staring at the log in queue waiting for the 2002 error.
The little potatoes and elves used magic and drove them into totally not Russia. Why would they do anything but despise you? Inside train town all the NPC's point out "Oh, it's you, you killed all my friends and squad mates at the castum, great, come to kill me to?"
well Garlemald technically hasn't been on the map since ARR. It was added to the map with Stormblood, just since then the new map was backported to people who aren't at that point in the story yet. Its appearance on the map was also slightly changed with Endwalker
Top tier cooking video, I loved this! Very much looking forward to the marathon stream!
Oh come on! Get a move on, you need to finish Endwalker before next expansion comes out.
I think the reason no one is talking about the arm is because this is a common means of summoning. Sacrificing bits of bodies or whole bodies (sweet baby Gabu's parents…) to summon a primal isn't as common as using crystals but mentioned plenty. It's, by my theory, likely just a shock to her that it's not just aether but still formed parts.
I hope someone submits this as a FanFest question.
If Garret's theory about Akasa and limit break is true, then that would suggest that not only was Papalymo aware of it, but he could also manipulate it? At the end of 2.5(?), Papalymo casted a spell that enabled Yda/Lyse to perfom LB3. Is this why Papalymo was killed off?
Yeah! Eat shit Emet!
[[ Jar Of Dirt Meme Here ]] I love watching you cook. I'm genuinely upset that I have to work and watch the vod of what comes next. I hope you have a great stream!
You make me wanna draw diagrams I am sure no one will see but my poor husband. I already have the 'Aetherical Christmas Tree' and he is NOT a fan.
Being disappointed that the Magus Sisters weren't "lunar versions", putting FF4 references ahead of lore consistency, is funny given that lunar versions of primals was a FF4 reference.
As a huge fna of both FF4 and 10 (in which Magus sisters are in), I don't like Zot at all (the aesthetic is great, but that's it)
Elidibus didn't sow the seeds of discord by spreading rumors about Zenos being possessed by an Ascian. We did.
don't have to manipulate aether to get stuffed in a tower hole.
Haven't been able to catch your streams recently but still watching VODs and loving your content! I had to drop a comment to compliment Garrett (I think?) on the drop of Torn From the Heavens with the explosion and Soken etc, laughed out loud there.
I like the part where they said "This is Thancred"
As always, loving the vids, I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. Have fun tomorrow!
walkin on walkin on BROKEN GLAAAA~AAASSS
I am SO hyped for the next stream. It's happening while I'm at work, but trying to pump up my productivity numbers today so lower numbers that day even out, cause I will be focused on something else. XD I do want to mention, and it's been known long before this expansion, but I don't remember if it's from an ingame comment or a lore book, but the Garleans DO have aether. All living things do. They just can't manipulate it as magic, instead, it makes them stronger and heartier than the other races. That's why so many Garleans are dangerous, even without magic. While summoning requires aether, it doesn't require the users to have aether, it GENERALLY comes from the environment, such as all the crystals they always talked about in ARR. All the summoners have to do is have a strong belief.
6:39 Yes Garrett, we WILL riot 😈
46:29 Classic Tales of Dismemberment aka "The One where the guys plan to get away with murder" 😂
When I arrived in Garlemald and met these survivors, it finally hit me how the Garleans see the people of Eorzea/Othard:
Cars, Roads, Industry, Warmongering, Propaganda, No Magic – The Garleans are essentially 1930's Germany – and they are interacting with people running around with swords, spears, bows and arrows. Them calling us savages suddenly made sense to me for the first time. "Those people on the other continents can throw fire from their fingertips and summon monsters that take over your mind!" Of course they hate/fear the Ilsabard Contingent.
This section is as much about humanizing the Garleans as it is about showing how the Garleans don't see the Ilsabard Contingent as humans.
What Kyle described about the limbs is what they did to Dracula in Castlevania 2, Simon's Quest if I remember correctly.
I love the cooking lmao
The speculations are chefs kiss. Good vydia
GG may have forgotten, but a soulless body does have aether, corporeal aether.
It was explained that people are made of corporeal aether of the body, and the incorporeal aether of memories and soul. 3 types.
Garleans have aether they just can't manipulate it to cast spells naturally.
The point about the bosses in Zot not being the lunar versions is such a good point. I didn't even think about that.
That radio music playing in the background during the garlean portion just kept giving me chills. It's such a haunting song. Really looking forward to tomorrow's marathon!
I love watching you theorize in these videos, it takes me back to thinking many of the same things. I can't wait to see your reactions at the end. Thank you for the wonderful content and great community.