tishinada reblogged
I understand why people see venats “no more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. henceforth, he shall walk.” as a #hardship breeds character #ease is bad statement but to me in the context of endwalker and in the context of Hermes’ whole deal it was more to me a “you are so fixated on heaven you think earth is a misery. I’m overturning the fast lane you are trying to pave to heaven. Everyone is taking the scenic route”
#ffxiv#endwalker spoilers#yes!#And start looking at the world around you as it is and learn to love it#I got the sense from the conversation we had with her that she already saw that as a problem#that the Amaurotians were so isolated that only Azem really knew much about the rest of the world except theoretically#And I felt like your stories you told her showed her that *you* had been much more involved with the wider world however flawed it might be#That one short story that's available about the Watcher's origin shows her making that journey herself#From brilliant theoretician to suddenly realizing she was missing the experience of the reality she lived in