EP 10 | Hope, Despair, and Finding Meaning in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers & Endwalker (with Marina Ryan)

18/09/2023 49 min

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Episode Synopsis

Marina sits down for her first solo episode to celebrate Quest Markers entering our episodic double digits, Dawntrail’s announcement, ARR’s 10th anniversary, and her finally getting caught up in MSQ after 1.5 years of playing FFXIV.

This episode goes in-depth on Shadowbringers and Endwalker lore, why Endwalker’s story hit as deeply as it did, why Emet-Selch is one of the greatest antagonists in all of gaming, and why FFXIV gets the friendship, hope, and villainous nihilism tropes so, so right. 

00:00 Introduction
3:48 Recap of Shadowbringers & Endwalker
10:29 Dynamis, Meteion, Zodiark, and the Great Sundering
20:06 Why was it so power that Shadowbringers flipped the WOL's role?
22:13 Why Emet-Selch is one of the best villains in all of Final Fantasy
29:29 Why Endwalker's story hits so hard
42:27 The 2 cutscenes I could rewatch over and over again
46:40 Answers
47:37 Wrapping up

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Special thanks: 

• Yoshi-P
• Soken
• G'raha Tia
• My Free Company
• StoutHelm for his lore videos: https://www.youtube.com/@StoutHelm 
• Anyone and everyone who has ever documented any FFXIV lore over on Fandom: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIV 

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• Quest Markers: https://twitter.com/questmarkerspod 
• Marina: @marinahascoffee on socials 
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