I will protect this smile forever
Posted Jul 24, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC
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Stand tall, my friend,
May all of the dark deep inside you find light again,
This time, time whirling, turning, we make amends,
Eternal winds from all the land ascend,
Here to lift us that we won't end!
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The lyrics make me think of him. Every single time I hear them, I see him saying these words to us.
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Square, let us hug him!
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What's stopping you? (I really wish I could make him smile or something... Dammit /gpose)
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SQUARE!!!
Give us a cutscene in future content where he breaks down and we can hug him to console him!!!!
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Not that I don't want this, but it would totally ruin the moment for me when my lala hugs his knees. loool
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Make it a gene where they’re both sitting down like the one in Kholusia.
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Author credits because required: myself (@noahrgent on twitter). This was done with a parallel >!Emet-Selch!< portrait.
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Fantastic work! Beautiful colors. I look forward to seeing any of your future work!
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Aaaah thanks a lot ! ;w;
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When my friends and I did MSQ together and synced up our cutscenes, we all chose this option. Everyone on voice chat was hysterical T-T
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Tbh I felt like writing-wise it was the only right option, due to it being much more developped and high in quality than the other two, which felt more like...filler options and scenes.
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The other were for people who hadn't done crystal tower.
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Yeah I didnt touch crystal tower with a 10ft pole and probably am too lazy to go do so. Tis a shame but I swear I recognize this cat from somewhere else in ARR.
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If you go to Mor Dhona, and travel south east out of town, there’s a small settlement out east. There’s an NPC named Rammbroes that gives you quests to open the Crystal Tower. Next to him is G’raha Tia.
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I mean, I am pretty sure too many people did crystal tower but still had no idea who he was. I myself knew him but forgot the name, so glad the option was "say his name", like, I didnt really knew the actual name, but still cried so much in reconizing him 😢
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Sounds exactly like me. His hood flew off and I was like 'It's him!', having no clue to his name.
I try to avoid theories about upcoming content, so it also totally took me by surprise because I nearly forgot about him.
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A smile better suits a hero.
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Two expansions later and Square is still yanking on that fucken heartstring like GODDAMN IT ALREADY but it was so beautifully poignant ;w;
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I doubt they'll let it go so easily. They know that one is one of the community's larger heartstrings weaknesses.
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I'm not looking forward to the fight against >!Shiva!< in the Eden raids. Considering how the theme of the raids is all about memories and perceptions and whatnot, and what we learn >!about the Amaurotian's creation magic!<, I have a feeling SE is gonna make that fight rather emotionally tough.
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With a banging engerish Jpop song to boot.
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Oblivion is one of, if not my favorite, primal songs so I am really hoping we get a super cool remix.
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Oh gods I wasnt even thinking of that... double dose of depression meds that day...
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I’m slow on the uptake, because I just made the connection: memory and perception > FFVIII and GF induced memory loss.
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I finished the MSQ for the second time yesterday, but this character had actually completed Crystal Tower, so I had the option to do this. My friends got to hear me lose it over voice chat ahahaha
That aside, the colouring here is so soft and dreamy. I really love the variation of the thickness of the lineart as well
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wait, if you didn't complete the crystal tower - you don't get the option?
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No cause you would have no idea who this actually is. To your character(that hasn't completed CT) they're just another Miqo'te. It sucks sorta but also shows you the world building of this amazing expac
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To add on to this, you have to have completed all the Crystal Tower quests. I, in my infinite wisdom, did not realise that there was an extra quest to complete once I had done the World of Darkness (the one where >!G'raha actually shuts himself in!<) so despite my character having met him and knowing who he was, the game didn't register that.
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RIP :C. Protect that boy at all costs
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Now you've presumably done that quest you can rewatch the scene in an Inn and choose the right option.
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Having completed Crystal Tower adds a whole other layer to his motivations too. Seeing as the two of you have never met if you didn't finish it, this means that all he is to you is a selfless man who wants to save the big hero; and that to him, you're only a well-known and impressive hero. If you did finish Crystal Tower, he is trying to save his friend who just happens to be a hero, and to you, by the end, he is the friend you did not have to sacrifice in order to save your world and the First.
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What the heck? I had no idea this was a thing. I really regret not completing it now. :(
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I'm pretty sure there is one more thing you don't get if you didn't finish Crystal Tower. I don't know whether Rammbroes' dialogue is still the same after 5.0 whether or not you finished it, but there are two extra dialogue options with the Exarch that I'm pretty sure are limited to those who have completed it:
- Showing him your G'raha Tia minion
- Calling him G'raha Tia
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I went to check Rammbroes after the ending and he says something along the lines of "looking back it was obvious who Crystal Exarch was".
Now I regret not checking on him during 5.0.
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I have no idea whether he says the same thing before the end of 5.0 tbh, either I didn't check or he was still saying the same thing as after 4.56 and I didn't make note of it.
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Also you can show Exarch G'raha Tia minion even without finishing Crystal Tower, but he will just say that right now it's more than he can bear and ask to put it away.
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Oh huh really. If you havent done the CT quests, would you be able to get me a screenshot of those dialogue boxes?
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Heh, that's interesting. One of the things I will have to do on an alt is go through the MSQ without having done Crystal Tower. Do you perhaps have a video or screenshots of this?
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I think I have sight issues...
...oh wait...
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I'm not crying, you're crying! ;0;
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You got me, I’m crying.
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I second your sentiment and cry that I have but 1 upvote to give. Edit: a word
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I would like to report this post for fraud because it does not feature a photo of Dulia-Chai
(Really tho, this is very good! I really like your line work.)
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I remembered your style from the lovely Emet picture.
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Thanks ! ;w; I love both of those characters...
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Combine them both and get Dhaos
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My boy. I will protecc ðŸ˜
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It's silly, but it makes me happy that other folks seem to love G'raha as much as I do <3 Thanks for the adorable art!
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I'll be honest, I was fairly ambivalent on him for most of the CT questline, though it was sad when he sealed himself away. But seeing how much he's changed since then...I would die for this boy.
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He was mischievous and got on my nerves at times but that's exactly how I imagine a typical male Miqo'te. What's worse than having to do a fetch quest? Having someone mess up with you while you're at it! That first impression stuck, I wanted to pull his tail after he showed up. It has been quite the transformation for him, though I still think he prepares pranks when no one is watching and secretly cackles knowing no one would suspect such a wise and laid-back figure as the Crystal Exarch.
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Protect! 0:<
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Is it dusty in here? It's so dusty in here. ; ;
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Not gonna lie, I was more sad about killing Emet-Selch than I was about the slight possibility of Graha Tia dying. I love that miqote, but I feel for Emet so bad that to see him fail despite his best intentions and his earnest effort, hit way too close to home.
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I'm sad about that Austrian man as well. He had a terrible childhood but worked very hard and got far. I believe he did want to create a better world but instead of working for the betterment of all, he chose genocide. I'm sad he turned out that way but I'm not sad he died, I'm grateful.
At least in Hades' case he at least tried to understand a different perspective and, in his final moments, seemed to accept his was not the right way. I like to believe he's not yet beyond redemption. If he or a part of him survived, that is.
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Came with curiosity without caring if i get spoiled. Based on opinions around i guess the little keeper is biting the bullet and the game gives you the feels while at it, while the rest are ok-ish.
Please let me know which option i need to pick and when. If you can without any additional spoilers :)
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Basically, in the cutscene after the final boss of 5.0, there will be two times you will be given choice options. The option we're talking about is during the second choice time, and it's the third one.
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Make sure you've done the entire Crystal Tower sequence of quests (The CT Raids), including everything after beating the last one. It's all critical to setting up this moment.
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G'raha my sweet boy, if anything happens to him I will end them.
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I gave zero shits about G'raha when I started ShB.
But holy shit, am I going to be upset if anything happens to him now. I love him more than the rest of the Scions that have been there since the beginning.
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Graha Tia cried, I cried, only my WoL/D just smiled tough bastard! 😢
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RP trash post ignore if not RP trash but canonically my WoL has done everything he can to smile at every obstacle and moment of distress since that day in HW.
I mean, it's at least canon that the WoL keeps it in mind since you have the choice to say it to Ryne towards the end of the game.
Oh I know. I've finished the MSQ. That yank on my Goddamned heartstrings was both beautiful and not appreciated.
Plsplspls dont make my cry again!
Ugh, when that was a dialogue option. The feels
if the feels weren't in freight train mode this expansion i would've actually gotten through it all without much crying, i hate being squishy, but i love casting explosions
If I weren't flat broke, I'd gold or platinum or silver or something this post.
Have an upvote at least.
Thank you, but I'd much rather have the upvote anyways lol. I don't want anyone to give money to the Reddit corporate overlords on my behalf.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY UPVOTE. <3