Tomorrow is a mystery

A nightmare hidden in your closet. Passionate about little things. 💜A lot of random stuff💜

[nephiieatsuranium]

with shortness of breath, you explained the infinite

a repaint of this.

[magitekconveyor]

Would you fall in love with me again? If you knew all I've done? The things I cannot change, Would you love me all the same? I know that you've been waiting, waiting for love.

[misedejem]

Me at 4am: it really should be sleep time now

My brain: I think it creates a really fascinating dynamic in Emet-Selch’s tragedy that on the surface he is a man who spent near enough his whole (undoubtedly very long) life in the company of at least one person he loved more than anything, and in the end he was left without them. But in this instance, the people he lost aren’t actually gone. He’s a man grieving souls that did not die, from a culture where death - to most - is seen as the ultimate goal. And all the Unsundered share that burden of course - they all knew people who gave themselves to Zodiark, who wait in stasis on the moon, and their allies are their Sundered colleagues, but Emet-Selch can see their souls most keenly, and he did not lose himself as greatly as them, so for him the reminders are constant. Azem and Hythlodaeus didn’t get to die, he has physical proof of that, but they’re certainly not alive either. And the same can be said of everyone else he knew too; he sees his loved ones, friends, family, colleagues, but they do not see him. The keeper of the Underworld, surrounded by Souls he failed to guide.

[picaroroboto]

Point #1: The first thing we learn about Emet-Selch, even before we learn that Solus zos Galvus is Emet-Selch, is that Solus loved theatre.

Point #2: Emet-Selch plays the villain with mannerisms so over-the-top you'd think he's about to burst into a disney villain-style song and dance number at almost any moment.

Point #3: He's self-aware enough to recognize that he is a villain in your story but a hero to his own people, and that whoever wins the battle will write history to declare the loser the villain.

Point #4: The Tempest, the zone where Amaurot is located, is named for the Shakespeare play of the same name, with other landmarks named after characters from the play. The BGM "Full Fathom Five" is also named for an iconic line.

Point #5: Amaurot feels so empty because it is, in essence, a set for a stage play. After the play is preformed it has no purpose.

Back to Point #1: Emet-Selch really loved theatre.

[kimikoyukiart]

we're so back

[krintou-squids]

Of the Seventh Dawn

[crystallinekitties]

[nights-at-crystarium]

behold a powerful spell of eld

[loveyazy]

AGATHA ALL ALONG (2024-?) 1.07 | Death’s Hand in Mine

[marril96]

Agathario AU insp.

[blov01]

[misakarose]

T i m e is a hypocritical construct...

[stars-and-clouds]

You know what makes Aymeric and Haurchefant special?

Despite having every reason to be cold, vengeful, mean and selfish people-being bastards, living in a house they weren't born to, growing up in an environment as hostile as Ishgard, having inherent beliefs different to everyone around them- they still chose to be kind.

I think it takes something away from them if we assume they were simply born with a kinder deposition.

Haurchefant was bullied by all of Ishgard, including his step mother, for being a Greystone. Aymeric was adopted and has really low self esteem because he probably grew up hearing how ill deserving he is of everything he got by being adopted into house Borel. Yet they both made a conscious choice to be better. They wanted to treat others the way they wanted to be treated themselves. They wanted to love and invite change when Ishgard taught hate and stagnation.

This is why the warrior of light would've failed in doing everything they did if it wasn't for Haurchefant and Aymeric. How many warriors of light have tried helping Ishgard before us? Over hundreds of years of war, this revolution can't have been the only one. Yet it was during our lifetime that the stars aligned perfectly to have Haurchefant aid us and Aymeric lead us into changing Ishgard for the better and bring about peace.

Without Haurchefant, we'd have ended up in prison and possibly executed (he saves us again by taking a blow meant for us) and we wouldn't have been let into Ishgard. And without Aymeric's trust over his best friend he wouldn't have let us go to Dravania and afterwards, invite the reality shattering truth about his ancestors' actions and usher Ishgard to peace and unity.

Everyone hails the Warrior of Light as the antithesis to bad with absolute power. That, if they're there, everything is solved. But without Haurchefants and Aymerics, the Warrior of Light would be nothing and would not be able to solve half the problems they have solved.

[squirrelstothenuts]

[squirrelstothenuts]

[the-prima-vista]

[cartethyia-fleurdelys]

FF7 Rebirth: Alphreid and Rosa