#and Bahamut has better reasons to be driven mad with scourge
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Ya ever find it weird that Bahamut barely has his role talked about in game? How strange his role really is?
Bahamut, the bladekeeper
Bahamut, the draconian
Bahamut, the keeper of prophecies and creator of the crystal
Bahamut, the god of war
Bahamut, the god who never provided a real reason for why so much blood had to be spilled for his prophecy to come true
Bahamut, who misled Ardyn and Somnus both into petty violence
Bahamut, who told Ardyn to spread the scourge upon the world for decades
Bahamut, who let Ardyn go on a vengeful killing spree just long enough to really hate Lucis- but not get his revenge- and then let him go back on his merry way to Nifilheim and Verstael Besithia who had ambitions of war and tin soldiers powered by scourge
Bahamut, who enabled a war that killed nearly everyone on both sides not to mention those who were caught in the crossfire- a war that would not have been so bloody had Ardyn not had such a hand in it
Bahamut, who demanded a blood price 2,000 years in the making- who really demanded two sacrifices- Ardyn and Noctis- who did not need both for there is a world where Noctis at least lives and the sun rises and no one else needed to die for it.
Bahamut, the god of war, the creator of the crystal
It’s a strange pairing when taken with the story of ff15. That’s all.
#if I were a war god I sure as shit would have ulterior motives while writing prophecies#like I’m just saying it’s weird right#that Bahamut of all people is the one dishing out prophetic visions#that Bahamut is the one with both hands in the bloody bloody tragedy#despite the fact that literally any of the other gods could have been the figurehead#or they could have made it a group project#but it very clearly appears to be Bahamut’s work that the other gods just need to sign off on#which like- again that’s weird right#there’s no reason for the war god to have prophetic powers#there’s no real reason for Bahamut specifically to even be part of the game#he doesn’t even- far as I know- have a history of being prophetic#his history in the series is largely defined by being big and scary and smiting with megaflare#why not swap his and Ifrit’s places in the narrative?#after all Ifrit has better reasons to be messing around with kingdoms and prophecies#and Bahamut has better reasons to be driven mad with scourge#or go one step further in the tomfoolery#and have Shiva Bahamut and Ifrit trade roles (in that order)#my point here is that I stopped and thought about the prophecy and stopped taking it as the word of god truth#and it gets really weird really fast when you realize that the consequences of the prophecy are awful convenient for a war god#*insert that image of the guy with his conspiracy board*#nyx rambles#ffxv#ff15#final fantasy 15#final fantasy xv#bahamut#ffxv bahamut
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