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Holiday Poll: Most Huggable FFXIV Dad

Which FFXIV dad (father or father figure) do you most want to hug?

Thancred Waters

Hephaistos/Lahabrea

Gaius van Baelsar

Godbert Manderville

Midgardsormr

Edmont de Fortemps

Ihnami (Yugiri's father)

Fourchenault Leveilleur

Wilfsunn (Moenbryda's father)

Voting ended onJun 17, 2024

Second poll here because there are some pretty glaring people that I accidentally left off.

ngl, this was harder than the mom one and I seriously considered doing a most punchable or rerunning the worst dad bonus poll I did a while a back since there are a lot of dads in XIV that unambiguously suck (here's looking at you, Varis).

Honorable mentions to Hildibrand Manderville (acting as Gigi's dad in the Heavensward questline), The Crystal Exarch (as Lyna's grandpa), and Chai-Nuzz (who doesn't have dad energy quite the same way Dulia-Chai has mom energy, but is still lovely)

[lost-in-the-headspace]

more Pandaemonium

name reveal! [that I already knew because of the voiced cutscene at the end of Endwalker :P ]

me and a friend were going through it together on VC, trying to figure out who tf he was. was like his brother? oh he said father? is it his real dad or just a younger version? whats going on??

yeah I [the player] knew. also possibly in HC since he has some of Azems memories

aww they were good friends ;__;

Azem must have some sort of seer sight or visions/premonitions to be able to know his future sundered self would come along. maybe he was able to travel to the future and secretly meet Atlas? hmmm -getting ideas for HC writing-

aw thanks Venat ;_; and this is confirmed to be some time after our first visit and obviously before the Final Days happens.[was tryin to convince my friend that it must be] I wonder how much time passed between the two events

aww thanks buddy

[ihaveatypeanditstrickstergods]

When you think about it, Praetorium and Porta Decumana are really just the world's most awkward barbecue hosted by two sad dads. Lahabrea brought his ex and didn't tell anyone, there was drama, everything kinda blew up, and now everything is burnt and Gaius is just spouting his political opinions everywhere.

[lost-in-the-headspace]

whew, got through circles 4-10 of Pandaemonium today and that's a lot of lore to absorb :U out of context spoilers ahead

Reminds me of Zero when she hid her face with her hat xD

ah yes, you still think i'm a familiar :3 also interesting that extreme emotions are not common, yet not surprising since during our initial trip to Elpis, dealt with Hermes feeling like an outcast since being the only one who could make the flowers change color because of his emotions being so strong

yay parental issues

yeah, uhh, he's kinda terrible. at least in the future

CARBUNCLE NO! [lol i got excited for the music]

YOU!

>:(

my thinness works to my advantage >:P

[damn he lookin kinda hot]

oooh call him out!

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Most Huggable Ancient (non-Ascian)

Y'all really liked the Ascians poll, so here's a quick one for Ancients that weren't on the Convocation when the sword dropped

Which of these Ancients would you most like to hug?

Hythlodaeus

Venat

Erichthonios

Azem

The Watcher (or the guy who became the Watcher)

Hegemone

Agdistis

Hesperos

Athena

But Humble Pollrunner, you forgot... (tell me who)

Voting ended onFeb 7, 2024

In other news, I've got a decent number of punch or hug nominations, so I'll start rolling those polls out soon (and if you want to throw more at me, have at it)

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Round 1B: Emet-Selch vs Proto Carbuncle

"Look at that man. He's been through generations of loneliness and suffering. Will he ask for a hug? No. Does he think he wants one? No. But we all know he does. He made a fake city with fake people just to feel loved again. That man, needs a hug."

"look... he is a good boy, he deserves a hug"

Who is more huggable?

Emet-Selch

Proto Carbuncle

Voting ended onAug 9, 2023

[lost-in-the-headspace]

Pandaemonium

:3

i know they live for like, forever, but curious how long it's been

we were handling it >:P

so now we know the true names of the three unsundered Ascians ..and Fandaniel

yeah, similar reaction. you cut out part of yourself? damn

angy

he looks at me....and I look at him...

none of your business

that works too

i should've picked the meaner option

yeah i doubt he's been fully honest

HA! oh boy

fully calling him out, for my homie Thancred

YEAH!

but i don't like him :/