The Brilliance of FFXIV’s Ascians or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Sad Bird

!MSQ spoilers below!

That was a good read!
I agree about them being "cartoonish but well written villains.
The dynamic between the ascians and... well, everyone else is interesting. The Emet-Selch quote and their "academic" nature paints the picture of them viewing us as not much more than a thought experiment.
I guess one thing that shows their humanity though is their desperate clinging to the past. And then even more with Emet-Selch and his loneliness.

Ascians fighting for the past, sundered souls fighting for the future.

Anyway I'm hoping our future adventures will be less ascian centered, at least for a few expansions.

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I need more of these.
!MSQ spoilers below!
That was a good read!
I agree about them being "cartoonish but well written villains.
The dynamic between the ascians and... well, everyone else is interesting. The Emet-Selch quote and their "academic" nature paints the picture of them viewing us as not much more than a thought experiment.
I guess one thing that shows their humanity though is their desperate clinging to the past. And then even more with Emet-Selch and his loneliness.
Ascians fighting for the past, sundered souls fighting for the future.
Anyway I'm hoping our future adventures will be less ascian centered, at least for a few expansions.