#hydaelyn ffxiv

[354bunny]

hydaelyn, the mothercrystal

[yhane]

“To all of my children”

Inspired by “Answers” and “Your Answer”. The fight with Hydaelyn makes me cry so much. I love how Endwalker reveals deeper meanings to “Answers” and how “Your Answer” echos to “Answers”.

“Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?”

「あなたの旅は、良いものでしたか？」

Glad that I played FF14.

[diadoescomics]

My tribute comic to the Ancients.

It didn't really come out as I would have liked but I'm glad I finished it.

The text is from the song "What Angel Wakes Me" from the Titania fight in ffxiv, written by Masayoshi Soken. Making this comic was only possible through the support of my patrons. If you enjoyed it and want to see more don't forget to ring that bell and smash the subscribe button consider giving me a follow and donating on kofi or subbing on patreon! Links are on my pinned post

[magitekconveyor]

I made this last year for Mother's Day so I'm bringing it here

[birues]

My motivation for levelling crafter gatherers in fun fantasy fourteen lately

[picaroroboto]

One of the typical imageries associated with the concept of "hope" is the image of light amidst darkness. FF14 does a lot of stuff with light and dark of course but in Shadowbringers they made light a thing of horror so they can't rely on the light image all the time.

Another usual image is a bird - "Hope is a thing with feathers..." from the Emily Dickinson poem. Meteion, the bird, was created with hope, but becomes a thing of despair.

So what's left as the image of "hope" in Endwalker is this:

From the cutscene "Live, Die and Know", where Venat monologues about hope and light everlasting while the camera cuts back and forth between her, blackened with blood, and the WoL succumbing to the Light corruption, both limping and stumbling along their paths. This is the face of hope in FF14 - broken, dying, bloodstained, yet defiant. That's what makes playing the hero in FF14 so damn magnetic.

Early ARR, I was cringing at the cliche chosen one, light vs dark type concepts. Further along I began to doubt Hydaelyn, given her ineffectiveness and the cruelty of the fate she bound the WoL to. But from Elpis to the end of Endwalker and beyond, I was proud, for the first time, to be called a Warrior of Light.

[underarchon]

"What thinkest thou, of mine appearance?"

[asleepinawell]

ffxiv fans will see a chunk of quartz and be like that's my mom

[twinkle-art]

reunions at sea

[itsmeishmi]

"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth he shall walk."

[marikafoxtail]

"Well come and well met, my brave little spark~"

[kisslatr]

i completed endwalker today ;-;

[diadoesart]

I humbly offer my ideas on how the Pictomancer LB3 might flashbang the Alliance raid in Dawntrail (Bonus blank one so you can make your own, but please tag me if you do I'd love to see them)

[totallycorrectffxivquotes]

WoL: i may not be Hydaelyn's strongest warrior but there is all sorts of bullshit that she makes me deal with and i hndle it not very well usually

[anneapocalypse]

Yet another reason Ysayle should have lived is she ends up being such a major piece of foreshadowing for the truth about Hydaelyn. Ysayle summoning Shiva into herself is the first piece of evidence we get that a person can become a primal, which is the setup for the eventual reveals of Hydaelyn and Zodiark's true nature. For her to be there when we finally meet Hydaelyn in the aetherial sea? It would have been an amazing full circle moment.

Also I think that as a treat Ysayle should have gotten to mutter under breath, "Oh, but everyone made a fuss when I did it."

[ahhhtai]

Henceforth, he shall walk. (v2)