SHADOWBRINGERS AND ENDWALKER SPOILERS BELOW
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We all know how much Shadowbringers is loved among FFXIV fans, and they certainly did for a reason. I will discuss some of these elements in this quick thread.
Who are we without our memories? It is well-known that Plato described souls as entities having three components, but what about selfhood, which defined as a moral and intellectual state of being.
The rational self, which leads to knowledge of the self is not merely introspection. To understand oneself, we have to recognize that we are more than our bodies, which act as no more than our vessels.
In Shadowbringers, we were introduced to WoL's past, which relates to Plato's vision in which he believes that our souls existed before our birth, and this soul of ours will keep surviving death while inhabiting another realm. WoL was an ancient similar to the surviving ascians, but unlike them, WoL has forgotten about their past self, or as Plato describes in "Problem of Oblivion", which argues that the immortal soul that existed in the unseen realm will forget everything upon birth. We can apply this logic to the sundering of Azem's soul.
WoL can be viewed as a character modeled after Greek heroes, who are flawed and burdened, and chosen by fate. Furthermore, they -sometimes- end up confronting cosmic forces (aka the Ascians).
On the other hand, let's talk a bit about Emet-Selch, the main antagonist of Shadowbringers. His character is similar to many Greek antagonists: doomed by his own ideals, sympathetic, but also terrifying and brutal, much like Euripides' Medea. We can also link Elidibus to Orestes, as they both have similar missions that meets in the line of avenging/restoring.
Catharsis was one of the major plot devices of Shadowbringers, aiming to evoke pity in the player for the villains, namely Emet-Selch and Elidibus. Additionally, we can see hamartia through the Ascians fate and actions in general, how their virtue became their tragic flaw, in other words, their loyalty to their world made their flaw of denial of present state, and refusal to accept loss to the point of sacrificing many lives they see no value in.
The final days that the ancients went through were their sin of hybris, because they overstepped the rules of the universe by manipulating life itself.
Honorable mention to Amaurot, which serves as a demonstration of civilizations falling through their own hubris, thinking they could control everything without consequences. In the end, their demise was by the hands of their creation, their pandora's box: the Endsinger. They faced two difficult choices, either holding onto their own Talos —Zodiark— or letting go.
We can also see the inspiration for Hermes and Meteion coming from the Greek myth "Daedalus and Icarus".
That's all from me. I recently had a thought of why I love Shadowbringers so deeply, and that's what I came up with. Please excuse me for any mistakes, I'm still working on improving my english lol.
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We all know how much Shadowbringers is loved among FFXIV fans, and they certainly did for a reason. I will discuss some of these elements in this quick thread.
Who are we without our memories? It is well-known that Plato described souls as entities having three components, but what about selfhood, which defined as a moral and intellectual state of being.
The rational self, which leads to knowledge of the self is not merely introspection. To understand oneself, we have to recognize that we are more than our bodies, which act as no more than our vessels.
In Shadowbringers, we were introduced to WoL's past, which relates to Plato's vision in which he believes that our souls existed before our birth, and this soul of ours will keep surviving death while inhabiting another realm. WoL was an ancient similar to the surviving ascians, but unlike them, WoL has forgotten about their past self, or as Plato describes in "Problem of Oblivion", which argues that the immortal soul that existed in the unseen realm will forget everything upon birth. We can apply this logic to the sundering of Azem's soul.
WoL can be viewed as a character modeled after Greek heroes, who are flawed and burdened, and chosen by fate. Furthermore, they -sometimes- end up confronting cosmic forces (aka the Ascians).
On the other hand, let's talk a bit about Emet-Selch, the main antagonist of Shadowbringers. His character is similar to many Greek antagonists: doomed by his own ideals, sympathetic, but also terrifying and brutal, much like Euripides' Medea. We can also link Elidibus to Orestes, as they both have similar missions that meets in the line of avenging/restoring.
Catharsis was one of the major plot devices of Shadowbringers, aiming to evoke pity in the player for the villains, namely Emet-Selch and Elidibus. Additionally, we can see hamartia through the Ascians fate and actions in general, how their virtue became their tragic flaw, in other words, their loyalty to their world made their flaw of denial of present state, and refusal to accept loss to the point of sacrificing many lives they see no value in.
The final days that the ancients went through were their sin of hybris, because they overstepped the rules of the universe by manipulating life itself.
Honorable mention to Amaurot, which serves as a demonstration of civilizations falling through their own hubris, thinking they could control everything without consequences. In the end, their demise was by the hands of their creation, their pandora's box: the Endsinger. They faced two difficult choices, either holding onto their own Talos —Zodiark— or letting go.
We can also see the inspiration for Hermes and Meteion coming from the Greek myth "Daedalus and Icarus".
That's all from me. I recently had a thought of why I love Shadowbringers so deeply, and that's what I came up with. Please excuse me for any mistakes, I'm still working on improving my english lol.
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