Ahaha, I was just joking with the Framies that I would take up the mantle of being the new logo defender for that reason alone.

I take it as an everyday truth that it's overwhelmingly difficult, if not impossible, tell a story without encoding prescriptionary and cautionary messages...

...but every year Matsuno says something that keeps me proud of all the "I will forgive him any lore quibble because he's worth it" jokes.

The risks of doing the entire franchise in one crossover; fact-checking all of that would almost surely be a nightmare.

That said, "Zodiark is umbral" is wrong like 3 different ways. 😭 Definitely worse than the underling Ascian glyph with the overlord shoulderpad model.

Still great cards, tho!

I do see the overlord shoulderpads but between the 2.0/2.3 oddities† and the recent Thancred necklace incident I'm thinking maybe we just let that go…?

†2.0 shows 14 black-robed, shoulder-padded overlords before Eli arrives. 2.3 shows the 14 (inc. "dead" Emmerololth) PLUS Eli, but no pads on most.

Yeah; I have a lot of questions, starting with: "How remastered are we talking?" The reveal quote makes it sound like the goal is for Ecco + Tides to focus on catching up on basic stewardship and availability and then the new game can focus on being "modern". Curious if that impression is accurate.

[deadpan voice, narrowed eyes] I am flummoxed bearing witness to Final Fantasy XIV seasonal event key art featuring members of the Path of the Twelve and/or the Circle of Knowing who appeared in the critically unclaimed Final Fantasy XIV Version 1.0 and subsequent Seventh Umbral Rising patch series.

Of all the ways they could re-up their commitment to the time bubble...

I would have thought he meant like...living ones, in their current outfits. This event is HAUNTED.

(Ty for the quote, tho; this is what I get for not being able to engage live PLLs, lol.)

YOUUU LISTEN: They are/were Scions. Of the Scions, they are among those known for being in 1.x ... "the 1.x Scions"!

Let an old man go senile with some dignity when confronted with Circle of Knowing members in seasonal event artwork in the Year of our Deryk 2025.

...You're right, we probably *should* check if there're any Mhachi goth girls in there...