Did the wriothesley buff quest yesterday and I love him. I mean he's arguably my favourite character in the whole game so obviously I love him but boy I love him, every time he shows up I just love him more I love him so much. I don't know how his quest compares to the other buffs since he's the only one of them that I own and have leveled over 70, but the way he goes about things is sooooooooo correct I adore him.
Mainly, the part at the beginning where he asks barbeloth if it's to be considered a prophecy and then says there's no fontainian who would dismiss a prophecy because first of all he is correct of course at this point no fontainian would, but it reminded me of the beginning of the fontaine aq chain and how we start with lyney and lynette talking about the prophecy and how it seems like very few people are taking it seriously, and isn't it incredible and wonderful that at the same time wrio was underwater building an ark specifically as a precaution in case it did come true? When no one above water was doing anything but hoping furina would fix things at some point if and when it came down to it?
I've always loved that wrio is written as someone who fully believes no one will save him so he has to do things himself, while at the same time going out of his way to save as many people in the process as he possibly could - like his main philosophy in life is if you want things done you have to do them yourself, and in the case of the prophecy I believe he outright mentions that he's building the ark because he's under no delusion that the people above water will remember the fortress once the time for the prophecy to fulfil itself comes, but then he's building the ark to save everyone is he not. It's like either he puts himself and everyone else in two completely different categories (I won't be saved, but that doesn't mean you don't deserve to be saved) or like he realized at some point that no one was willing to act as a saviour so he took the burden upon himself without even realising, not because he wants to but because he thinks someone must do it, like it's simply his responsibility. And despite it all if you ask him he'll tell you he's selfish and unredeemable too. What a character, seriously
Also him mentioning how he always takes prophecies seriously reminded me once again of how hadn't neuvillette come in clutch by the end of the quest chain and saved everyone the only people remaining in fontaine would be the fortress's inmates, which is crazy no matter how much I think about it. Wriothesley is just a guy, you know? And he had it covered already for the hundreds of people under his care with no need of godly help, he's insane. The game doesn't even make that huge of a deal out of the feat either, which makes it even better to me - he just did that. Yeah he built an ark saved his people then helped rescuing everyone else too nbd. Crazy work
And another thing I love so much about him is how half of his character is built on his fascination with the past and weariness about the future, so I love that he took the time to ask barbeloth and alice how prophecies fulfil themselves, exactly. Sorta sad between the traveler and alice they ended up making somewhat light of his question, but it's actually so great that he'd ask at all - they did have a prophecy in fontaine that no matter how hard they tried still ended up true (semantically), and now it's been... well, in game I guess it's been a couple of years since too, but he's still thinking about it, and he's still trying to understand it, and prepare for a future in which they might find themselves in that situation again. Is there a way to avoid a prophecy? Which is a funny inquiry, actually, given that barbeloth and alice were talking about how sending the traveler to fetch the people involved would be fine because it wouldn't alter the fate just at the beginning of the quest (so these prophecies aren't set in stone?). But it's cool that he'd ask. That once he found himself in the position to talk to someone with more information about the topic he'd go out of his way to try to learn, it's great that he's consistently that kind of person
Anyway, I love that about him. That he comes from nothing, with no formal education nor ease of access to information, but he's still so inquisitive about the ways of the world and the history of it, and he's still always so projected towards the future and all the ways to be prepared for it - which is actually a logical outcome to how his backstory was set up, his wish for knowledge and desire for control, but. You know. I still love it. He really is such a neat character to me, I fear they might never do better than him at this point
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