Shadowbringers 5.3 is incredible | First Reactions

[@nickh5021]

My primary hobby has become watching people cry at Final Fantasy XIV.

[@Rianoria]

And crying with them.

[@Sebasu_tan]

Step 1: Play FFXIV and cry. Step 2: Watch people cry while playing FFXVI Step 3: Cry again.

[@erlandir9121]

@@Rianoria Too true... Even now after 5.3. After crying my heart out. I still cry seeing those scenes. It's insane how much emotions can be plucked from us by this game. Really amazing story-telling and voice-acting.

[@Kanamon22]

@@erlandir9121 To this day i can't watch the Seto farewell without breaking down in tears. This game made me cry so many times that I'm kinda scared for endwalker, like there's a high chance I will need therapy

[@tenjenk]

its also great watching healer streamers react to that first attack

[@necroxisz]

If you've ever had a pet you've loved at any point, the Seto scene absolutely destroys you entirely.

[@nichtrick3308]

Legit, I was sobbing man

[@castoputa]

The roar! The ANNIHILATION

[@Wiz33]

The writing and voice actor for Elidibus is so good. How can seven lines of dialogue takes you from the elation of defeating an arrogant villain to shedding tears for him😢😢. not to mention getting you to cry while talking to a bird 😥

[@lordastrea2765]

the voice acting, the writing, it is just too damn good

[@kelvinhernandez966]

Because he is a relatable villain. His arrogance is part of being human. He is our ancestor who was unwilling to let go of his world. Unwilling to pass down his knowledge and his torch to the next generation. He is like an old stubborn grandfather who refuses to accept that the world has changed for us to live in.. we hated dealing with his stubbornness, but we are sad to know that the reason he was stubborn was because he really misses the way things used to be.. and we know some day.. it will happen to us..

[@Earthbound12]

Wow! 1:42:40 Bree was the farthest person from the tank which means the tank LB fell off her last and managed to be the only survivor! That's pretty nuts!

[@503leafy]

2:17:52 That flower that Runar is holding is the same kind Y'shtola is holding in A Realm Reborn - A New Beginning cutscene.

[@KyrialArthian]

Also, there's a Runar minion you get if you buy the new artbook, and if you put it near the Shadowbringers Y'shtola minion, it holds out that flower to her.

[@SirBeanTheJust]

And in the moment hippogryph guy runs into Mor Dhona, there are two of those flowers shown in the foreground of the flower patch.

[@mathy9408]

I didn't got that until you mentioned it. Good catch!

[@antonprieto6647]

“The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.” 😢💔

[@necroxisz]

I know we all love Emet-Selch but Elidibus' story is so tragic and well written. And really endeared him to me. They essentially took a juvenile or child Ancient and made them become the heart of a Primal. Forsaking all of their original personality/sentience and just turned into an instrument of a God's will. An individual that once revered Azem/the Warrior of Light, so much so that they couldn't even see the person they were fighting WAS Azem and is the Warrior of Light. From one of the short stories we saw that the original child that becomes Elidibus genuinely loved and idolized the rest of the Convocation. I'm sad we never learned what Elidibus' actual name is. But I guess that's poetic, he was so lost at this point that he didn't even have his own personality any more. At least not until the moments right before his final death. A child with no actual friends who just wanted to save everyone. It also makes way more sense why Elidibus ended up saving Unukalhai from the Thirteenth now, knowing he was just a child himself. Yes, Elidibus wanted to keep around a hero of the Thirteenth and try to convince them to his way of thinking, but even from a more basic sense, he wanted to save someone like himself. A child powerless to save his friends and lost it all.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I think what he did with Unukalhai was subconscious of the similarities between him and himself. Despite whatever reason he might claim.

[@weedgoku69]

if they keep up with their Greek god naming convention then I think the obvious answer is that Elidibus is Zeus. youngest of three brothers (Hades and Poseidon (who is Lahabrea in this case)) but leader and most strong-willed

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@weedgoku69 Lahabrea is an expert in weapons and fire magic. Why would he be named after the water god? If anything it would be Hephaestus. But then again, it’s conjecture and we can only guess so far.

[@atraxos]

@@acgearsandarms1343 I agree, the hall of the Akademeia Anyder dungeon that bears Lahabrea's name is not the one associated with watery things, but "phantomology". Mitron's halls had to do with sea creatures and Halmarut's with flora of every sort.

[@necroxisz]

The monkey wrench about this whole thing is that SE has double and triple dipped on multiple sources for the FF14 Ascian names, including FF12. So it's almost impossible to reliably guess. The Greek stuff doesn't really work in this context, honestly. Lahabrea is associated with a lot of fire and weaponry and as someone else said "phantomology." Lahabrea essentially created the first version of Ifrit and Phoenix, which definitely does not seem like a water-aspected thing to do.

[@Wiz33]

Hythlodaeus is the key to the whole puzzle. It basically revealed that everything that happened once you set foot onto Amaurot is a setup by Emet to save your butt.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

Well, I think it's part of what he planned to do if you did manage to contain the light. It's too bad he didn't seem to realize what happened with Minfilia and Ryne and the possibilities that represented. That being that individuals can rejoin independantly of the world.

[@Confy__]

@@TheAkashicTraveller Yeah seriously. Could you imagine if Emet realized/found a way to I guess in a way rejoin souls without having to resort to genocide? I think it’s possible he may have had some idea but honestly he was already too far down the rabbit hole of bringing back his entire race, which unfortunately requires the deaths of millions.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

@@Confy__ What I think they would have ended up doing if they did discover that is take the sundered council memebers on tours of the worlds to pick up all their peices, they wouldn't even have to kill anyone just wait until they die anyway. It would start snowballing from there.

[@oszaszi]

@@Confy__ but he knew this, he knew that people can rejoin... he even asked us "do you think half of yours would give up themselves for the rest?" Because of the fact that when you rejoin, one of you will disappear... This was the main issue with Minfilia and Ryne too... Minfilia let Ryne decide because Minfilia put her whole life to protect and save others and she could not just take Ryne's shard and absorb it. But if this was any other random person, they might not have offered so freely to let themselves be consumed by another shard. Also dying DOES NOT rejoin the souls. If a split soul in one shard dies they return to the flow and then reborn in that same shard as someone else...

[@jkranites]

@@oszaszi well 5.5 shows who Mini actually is. Or rather who she was in the ancient times

[@robikkupegasus7039]

Shadowbringers, in its entirety, is a masterpiece.

[@callmeallyy]

It was probably the 3rd watch of this patch that I realized that when you are entering the Crystal Tower with the Crystal that contains G' Raha Tia's memories, he isn't speaking to you. He is speaking to his younger self. It is his last memory as Crystal Exarch etched into the crystal. "Here at Memory's End." I cried harder when I realized this.

[@TiduLimar]

Thanks for helping me finally understand those lines!

[@ChuckS117]

… aaaand I’m crying again.

[@kn0bhe4d]

He starts by saying "my friend", which he always does when he's talking to you.

[@tibowmew]

Ooooooooooooh

[@raimarulightning]

I don't know that I buy that interpretation, but it's certainly a fun angle

[@VinPetrol420]

Imagine having a dog, who is your best friend and companion. Then you die and become a ghost. Years later you watch as your old friend learns to talk, and tells everyone how much they miss you and how much you mean to them 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Futurama flashbacks...

[@Confy__]

@@Lordoftheapes79 fuck why did you have to remind me of that ;-;

[@alien_marksman]

Day: Saturday Schedule: Cleared Snack and Drinks: Available Tissues: In abundant Supply Ok, I'm ready for 5.3 Feelsbringers reactions

[@Hexium_Vexium]

Don't lie. NO ONE is ever ready for 5.3 Feelsbringers reactions. ;P

[@XthTerrorOfDeath]

Poor Alphinaud, the Chais are better parents to him than his actual parents..

[@whyarealltaken]

Well we don't know about mom at least

[@omegagilgamesh]

@@whyarealltaken exactly what I was going to say.

[@roetheboat1]

I'd have to say that the Chais are perhaps the most surprising characters to become my favorite in this expansion.

[@Zerif69]

@@roetheboat1 No joke at first when I met them I wanted to throw them off the balcony but by the end they seemed like such good surrogate parents for alpho.

[@omegagilgamesh]

@@Zerif69 half the time when I see them in these react videos, I mentally say, "Dulia, you have to be one of the dumbest (IQ wise) characters in video game history...and I can't bring myself to dislike you!"

[@PetarBladeStrok]

5.0 and 5.3 feels are way too strong. I never thought something would surpass 3.3 for me but goddamn. Elidibus and Emet's goodbye always break me. This game is just so damn good & beautiful. And the fact that Emet made our/Azem's crystal in secret. He was our best friend. :') BTW Elidibus summoned the main cast of FFIV from other reflections.

[@bandi138138]

The Spectral thief was Locke from FF6. The Dark Knight and Dragoon summoned to fight alongside Elidibus were Cecil and Kain from FF4. And of course Eldi is OG WoL from FF1

[@1jidion]

1:38:04 is not the first time that question has been asked after the fight with king thordan, he says, when the lights fade out, "who...what are you?" and yes, the seat of azem the 14th member of the convocation is you, emet selch was the friend who made this crystal for azem, that was his voice speaking when the crystal came to life

[@aurion123]

Neat little trivia Bree, that pose Elidibus did with the other Warriors of Light is supposed to be a reference to the original FF14 logo

[@raviolijesus6181]

No, it’s a reference to the original Japanese cover art of the first final fantasy game released in Japan.

[@Kharazidusk]

@@raviolijesus6181 It's not. Look at the original FF14 cover art. It's almost pose-for-pose the same - the original FF cover art was the Warrior of Light with a more relaxed pose.

[@YaMamasAss]

@@raviolijesus6181 Fam what?????? That's not even close to FF1 key poses lmfao

[@Ferdy_Yuugitsune1040]

​@@YaMamasAss 1:39:18 I am a Japanese. Here we know well, the pose officially taken based from the FF1 Origins & Dawn of Souls logo version. it is canonized by squareenix that Elidibus was the 1st Warrior of Light from FF1 though he has given no name yet but filled with player name (FF1 Warrior of light were redesigned to be put into Dissidia Final Fantasy game, and he returns in FFXIV Shadowbringer with a little revamped design and he then given name Elidibus, but only for FFXIV)

[@YaMamasAss]

@@Ferdy_Yuugitsune1040 Who lied to you and told you that was true???? 💀 None of the FFs are connected besides 14, Tactics, and 12. The FF1 WoL being seen in the book and being used as a boss was just a reference and a nod to how Elidibus saw himself as the hero the Unsundered needed. Absolutely nowhere has it ever been stated that Elidibus was the FF1 WoL. Not even in FF14, because he just takes the shape of that WoL after seeing it in the book and researching on his own.

[@TarossBlackburn]

An interesting parallel. When you are running towards the Crystal Tower, that part of the forest is the same part you entered when you STARTED in 5.0. G'raha and Beq Lugg are lying in the same clearing you met the trader. You're even stopped at the Exarch Gate by Lyna JUST like the first time and leave in the presence of the Exarch...

[@tenjenk]

@Tenacious_Bree by the way, you can find Bree there at the camp building to inform her the Exarch is alright

[@Tobeh]

The realization that Elidibus was a child compared to the others made this hit harder when I rewatched it. He’s just a bit taller than a female au ra, and in all the cutscenes from his pov the other ancients are looking down at him. For a society like theirs having a younger member to help “reconcile” disputes would help break older members from any of their ways they might have been set in and to reintroduce new ideas would make sense

[@acgearsandarms1343]

He was assumely a prodigy considering they only allow the most talented and intelligent of their people to take office among the Convocation. He was indeed the youngest among the members.

[@isaactoburen1622]

Also I heard something along the lines of the seat of Elidibus being largely ceremonial unless shit hit the fan... and well... it did.

[@atraxos]

@@isaactoburen1622 That would explain why he departed from his posting as Zodiark's heart to rejoin the Convocation. "Reconciliation... Elidibus... I was needed."

[@Malcis]

It's fine, I didn't need to sleep anyways

[@crusherjoe8519]

It's remarkable that the world map theme, "Etermal Wind" by legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, from the original Final Fantasy III game in 1990 - which has been used many times since then in the Final Fantasy franchise, including as the basis for the theme song, "Zephyr Memories - Legend of the Eternal Wind," heard during the Final Fantasy III 3D Remake opening movie in its release on the Nintendo DS in 2006 and its subsequent releases on other platforms - became the G'raha Tia/Crystal Exarch theme under Masayoshi Soken's sound direction in Final Fantasy XIV, including its solo piano version 7:55, and as part of the Shadowbringers trailer and opening movie theme. If your player character is male, then Hythlodaeus refers to the 14th member who defected from the Convocation as "he," "his," and "him." If your player character is female, then Hythlodaeus refers to the 14th member who defected from the Convocation as "she," "her," and "her." With this knowledge, it can't get any clearer who you were back then, Hythlodaeus's "new old friend."

[@lumaj1147]

Did you catch the fact that the Crystal Exarch is wearing a red robe... is a sorcerer, AND from the very first time you enter his chambers, it plays Doga's Manor theme? It makes me so happy. FF3 was my very first final fantasy game. The ds version. This music made me cry, and happy all at the same time!

[@TarossBlackburn]

I'll not lie... When I got to the Urianger part myself my heart sank the moment he mentioned the crystal. I felt like marching to doom when he told me to go bring it. I ugly cried at Seto. The entire scene made me feel at once all the happy-sadness remembering those I've lost myself. I was honestly shook for a short bit. And I STILL cry every time I see someone else play through it.

[@Kasaaz]

I do love that the Zenos he creates in the walk down memory lane becomes self aware and decides he is bored...

[@chasemcdowell1294]

I can’t put into words how amazing this patch is. The cutscene after the Seat of Sacrifice is the second time I have cried to this game (first being 3.3).

[@LoveXMachina]

Shadowbringers couldn't have had a more perfect conclusion. We all cryin' here.

[@safarfsaf]

The rains have ceased and it's another beautiful day...but you are not here to see it. Destroys me every single time.

[@ScrewFearMe]

Yeah, its such a powerful line, and if you think about Soken and Yoshi-Ps friendship and how Soken was hospitalized, the line is even more powerful then.

[@koko_law]

1:42:40 LOL when everybody died to LB4 except you xD Congratulations on saving the First! Welcome back home :)

[@gametherapyla4942]

How did you live though? I still can’t see it/understand.

[@BytheOriginal]

Zepla put it well - it's easy for media to make people cry out of sadness, but it's hard to make people cry from happiness. It was quite a journey going from your Shiva phase change reaction to here! Thanks for uploading and sharing your experience!

[@bahumut01]

Emet making the crystal for his dearest friend azem so he could use his own personal magic again, he made it as he knew that the convocation wouldn't make the defectors, azem remained neutral and didn't join in either hydaelyn or zodiark, makes me feel kinda sad that we as his closest friend had to kill him

[@Wiz33]

Did we? Watch the scene with Hythlodaeus in Amaurot again and think about it.

[@Tackleberry61]

@@Wiz33 ??

[@orsonsnow1228]

I always took him to actually be a sliver of Emet's soul. The theory is that Emet did it to have a portion of himself immune to Zodiark's tempering. He's a schemer and a manipulator. It's in his nature to have a safety net. I think the writers actually foreshadowed this by showing us all those clones on the Source. We know that the unsundered have the ability to resurrect a portion of a sundered's soul. He states that that is the process for filling the offices after the sundering. In Fanow, Emet said that one day he may tell us his true name and not just his title. It is assumed that it is Hades. But, I'm stubborn. I think his true name is Hythlodaeus.

[@bahumut01]

@@orsonsnow1228 its hades, 2 other ascians real names were revealed too but I won't say what they are and which 2 due to spoilers

[@Wiz33]

@@Tackleberry61 Emet could have wiped out your entire party in The Dying Gasp without a blink. Why didn't he? it's because he believes that you are worthy. Given that he created Vauthry, he would know what absorbing all that Aether will do to you so everything that happened once you set foot upon Amarout is a setup to save your butt if you're indeed worthy. If Hythlodaeus's shade can see Ardbert beside you in Amaurot. Emet certainly can and did much earlier and realize that you both have a fragment of Azem's soul . My theory is that he believes that combining 2 souls (yours and Ardbert's) will allow you to control and channel all the excess Aether but he doesn't know if it can be done (after all, if he knows how to rejoin souls, they're won't have to work towards the rejoining). So he took a gamble that having 2 fragmented soul close to each other under great stress (not unlike a calamity) may make it happen. So all the trails in Amarout are so he can be sure that you will persevere through and to put you under so much stress that your 2 fragmented soul will join.

[@BrokenRazorButterfly]

The waiting has ceased, and we have been blessed with another beautifull video, and you are here to see it

[@ChiliFarmer]

Bree, I love your reactions.

[@TenaciousBree]

Chili I love YOUR reactions 😭 (and other funny content)

[@castoputa]

Omg 😻😻😻😻😻

[@ashaman1]

"Promise me you'll take me on your next adventure" This destroyed me, I cried harder than I can remember.

[@dec222]

I remember during my own playthrough of this part, I started bawling when Hythlodaeus said "...how else will you keep your promise to Emet-Selch?" and had to stop for a while. Thank you so much for sharing your journey, Bree; it's been so wonderful. I continue to look forward to your future videos, and can't wait to see your inevitable Endwalker vids when they come out! ^_^

[@emachine310]

The VA for Elidibus nailed that final line. You can genuinely feel the pain and suffering in his voice.

[@smartalec2001]

Its a big gulf between the portrayals of Emet and Elidibus, and their emotional ranges... and Lahabrea back in 2.0, who only had one note and that was "Muahahaha!"

[@SirBeanTheJust]

Oh, phew, I wasn't the only one bawling for an hour straight. Thank you for posting all these (with minimal edits)! Sending hugs!

[@lumaj1147]

You Know when a game makes you ugly cry, over and over.... That it's a masterpiece.... Gahh we're glad you're awake, Soken! And you Ishikawa!!!

[@vendettascrub8130]

This is harsh, you need game money, sub money and tissue money

[@wolfwyvern3662]

Been waiting for this, love your reactions

[@atraxos]

I'm glad you enjoyed the feels-rollercoaster that continues to be Shadowbringers. "And you thought you were crying *before* this..." I kid, I kid. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the rest of us.

[@aron1973]

OMG, with the Azem crystal, they just made summons across realms cannon!

[@Przemro9]

Facial expressions got so good over the years, I was watching some streamers playing through ARR and there was barely anything and now full expressions :D

[@serisothikos]

I''m so happy when I see three-hour 5.3 videos, it gives me life. The gamut of emotions we ran was like nothing else and I'm glad you had a good time (even when you were distraught).

[@Keneset88]

Not going to lie, this single patch of all the patches still makes me cry to this day. Watching it from different streamers and reactions to it has been a blessing and curse. From the amount of disbelief to just gut punching with each moment in the game I can't fathom how much it makes you move. The fact you didn't know it was Emet mid phase was spot on as another didn't catch his hand wave or even his snap. I remembered fighting first time and that snap was all it took for me to realize oh shit! That gave me the shivers he was watching over us still! The patch title of this expansion was truly fitting at the time. Finding out Elidibus was a kid after watching his Echo I found myself in irony because the sheer will of the adults in the room of the convocation was a lot to take but the fact a kid held fast to their beliefs was just as great too. When you get a chance later on to rewatching the scene in Japanese his voice is of like a kid compared to his adult counterpart. It's really sad. The line with, "The rains have ceased..." was used especially when the composer Masayoshi Soken was in the hospital during his cancer treatment. Even the song that was produced in this trial was composed when he was in the hospital bed. Beautiful ending to a wonderful expansion for sure!

[@cameronwyatt9467]

The scene where you confront Elidibus on top of the tower and the one after the trial collectively are my favorite moment in the entire game. I still get chills months and months later

[@maceofbass9295]

I have been so damn excited waiting for this video. Cannot wait to your reactions!

[@willanrac]

@1:42:10 I love the confusion when she said, if you answer that with a yeah or no emote you're banded. lol

[@bewaretheteddy436]

Thanks for sharing your reaction with us. It really let me feel the full impact of this patch all over again, and I really appreciate that.

[@ToxisFaux]

So this song for the trial is one that soken worked on while in the hospital when he had cancer. The rains have cease line hits me so hard. So just assuming you got extremely lucky with server tick and being the last one the tank LB hit. so you were the last one it hit, causing yours to fall off just a milisecond after elidibus/WoLs ult attack. I know cause it happened to me while I was a Rdm, so i know that panic. If you didnt survive it would have started from the very beginning. Surviving ultimate is a checkpoint for second phase.

[@mrbastos]

5.3 is so good. Elidibus has been around for the whole game, but in this short time they made me understand him and feel for him. Crazy how some good writing can change a character. I watch all the reactions that pop up on my feed and get the feels every time. I love this game.

[@xyrenity6703]

It's fine, I've cried so many times to 5.3, one more..will be fine.. I also hope you try out the Eden raid storylines! It's a really good side story on Ryne's part.

[@andyliu6530]

Ryne and her girlfriend xD

[@mishisho2779]

the Sorrow of Werylt is a must see over eden's storyline if you have to pick one. Both are great in their own way though. the former has a bigger emotional oomph imo

[@luminous2585]

@@mishisho2779 Eh, I don't want to spoil, so I'll leave it at they tried to do something too hard. It's a good story, but that one thing feels a bit off-putting to me. Edit: To be clear, I mean Werylt

[@mishisho2779]

@@luminous2585 That comes down to taste, you cant making something that everyone will unconditionally like. but a majority of the people i know who went through that questline consider it the best side story of shb.

[@luminous2585]

@@mishisho2779 It plays into a gripe I have with the direction of the overarching plot. Too much demonization of the Garlean Empire going on. I'd have appreciated a chance to learn more about their people and culture than just treating them as an evil military power only.

[@killer114188t]

Ah, poor Fandaniel. He just _had_ to pick the most _punchable_ face in the entire Source. We finally get a chance to destroy Asahi's body ourselves >:D

[@Ketsuekisan]

1:53:40 I love that you can see the exact moment he realizes how he can have the best death, worthy of a place in the epic tales he loves.

[@大杯冰豆漿-d5m]

Congratulations on clearing! Watching your journey revives the excitement I felt at the time. Even through the screen, I strongly feel the feelings for my friends ...! Let's continue to enjoy the world of Eorzea together! ※I'm sorry, my English is not good.　I'm using a translator ---------------------- クリアおめでとうございます！ 貴女の旅を観ていると、当時自分が感じた感動が甦ります。 画面越しでも仲間たちへの思いを強く感じます…！ これからも一緒にエオルゼアの世界を楽しんでいきましょうね！

[@aelinskyfiregaming]

Another fabulous reaction! I was so happy when this came across my feed

[@Varrizwatches]

Great video! So glad to see you caught up with us. (Looking forward to seeing your Nier raid reaction perhaps even the Bozja storyline?) All I want to say was what struck me the hardest during these scenes when I experienced them first: The convocation sacrificed a freking CHILD to be the hearth of Zodiark. Yes I know people argue that Elidibus technically is not a child but a "Young man" but I personally still going to view him as a child because of his childish stubbornness ("I am good, you are evil! I will fight you. No I don't feel pain YOU fail pain" and such childish remarks) and also because it hits stronger when we glimpse into the desperation of the Ancients that they used whatever and whoever they could to save their world.

[@jankentrexpalalay8879]

Eternal Wind + Graha Tia = perfection

[@raviole]

I laughed when Y’shtola winked at Runar at least there’s some comedy in this tear ridden patch

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I don’t think she wants to end up like a lonely old lady like Matoya.

[@KutluMizrak]

Ah yes, 5.3, the feelsbringer patch. We are pleased to see yet another soul's offering of tears and feels are sacrificed to it. It shall serve to feed Ishikawa's creativity for many more expansions to come.

[@CorynSilver]

I want to just take a moment and remind everyone of the stupidest thing the Exarch ever said. "Your journey will go on, by my role in it will scarcely be remembered." as if we could ever have forgotten all he's done for us, then or now.

[@castoputa]

The real hero of the whole story, his humility killed me, so noble, sobbbbbbbb

[@LK.Cynric]

What a wild ride it was watching you play ShB. Your videos are great since you leave so much, it's a great reminder of everything that happened. I've seen a dozen or more reactions and you're the only one that like me got so sad saying goodbye and leaving everyone behind. Thank you for these videos! They always make my day be better and cheer me up. Now we start the ride into endwalker!

[@rev8399]

So many feels… Especially with the scene with Seto, that one still breaks me

[@TheAzureFlame]

Bree, thank you for this wonderful video and will round out the rest of my birthday today. Now for our march to Endwalker!

[@TenaciousBree]

Awww happy birthday!

[@TheAzureFlame]

@@TenaciousBree Thank you very much and yes I had a very good bday :)

[@James-gx9gn]

I've got to stop watching those videos. Every time Bree starts crying, it starts me up too

[@omegagilgamesh]

Three hour video seems a small price to pay to watch Feelsbringer 5.3 destroy yet another innocent soul. This is a strange amalgamation of the joy of sharing, vicariously reliving through someone else an incredible experience for the first time, and schadenfreude.

[@Jenkins247-94]

Im late to the videos of yours, but the first one of your videos that was ever reccomended to me was your reaction to the full Endwalker trailer. Your reaction was basically the same as mine, and it feels amazing to see another share the same investment and emotional attachment to the story and the characters and the appreciation of the music and zones.

[@bahumut01]

Also it's kinda sad that elidibus picked up the crystals of emet and lahabrea, elidibus was the youngest of the 14 and looked upto azem, he wasn't a child but a young man

[@Blitzwaffen]

Young man by our standards (16) but for his own race he was still a child for those so long lived.

[@bahumut01]

@@Blitzwaffen true that

[@IdleCommentator]

The crystals are actually that of Lahabrea and Igeyorhm as they apparently were closest to him in Convocation. Lahabrea and Igeyorhm are the ones shown in his memories talking to him with Lahabrea being the Speaker. Igeyorhm is the one who basically tells Elidibus/Themis to go out outside & touch grass instead of working that much. So Elidibus refers in particular Lahabrea and Igeyorhm not being there to witness "another beautiful day" with him, while holding their crystals, as they were the ones he had that conversation in the first place.

[@omegagilgamesh]

Now that you have experienced 5.3, especially the music that played during the fight, I recommend looking up "A special message from Masayoshi Soken," or something along those lines as you find out what was going on behind the scenes while he was writing that music track.

[@dajillwilliams]

YES!! Ive been waiting for this upload!!!

[@nathanaelthomas7816]

This patch. The story. The gameplay. The music. The long wait due to the pandemic. I will never forget this and how it made me feel. Also, when G'Raha says "the final chapter in the tale of this star" it was huge cause at that point there wasn't any 6.0 news to go on. So many speculations on what that meant and where the game would go afterwards!

[@PunYT]

fun fact, at 29:20, if you leave Ilberd alive long enough, he'll cast Sanguine Blade, and when he finishes the cast, you guessed it, he says "SLOPPY!".

[@Ramlarh]

i watch these kinds of videos, because i wish i could play it for the first time again.

[@Trueshiriko]

That quiet "god damnit" as you start crying again from Dulia Chai? Yeah thats 5.3 in a nutshell. its basically "but I JUST stopped crying damnit!!!!!"

[@raviole]

Lyna’s part hit really hard for me I remembered how she thought of the Exarch as a grandpa… and how he practically raised her :(

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Also due to Viera/Viis culture, they don’t get to have such a relationship with their male figures. Lyna and the Exarch WAS truly blessed to have known each other and shared so much between them. Only regret is that they didn’t show more familiar ties on screen in the game. But he disk the leave anything unsaid to her.

[@StriderHoang]

Imagine a game relaunch and three expacs later and we get a canonical explanation to why everyone is technically the Warrior of Light

[@JohnnyRaven69]

I love your reactions

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

The fact that Elidibus was literally just a child who wanted to be a hero destroys me... Fuck this game.

[@seecrit436]

Watching it the second time, it hits twice as hard. What a great Story!

[@relaxtakenotes9556]

been waiting for this one :)

[@acgearsandarms1343]

This might be the most truest moment you as the player had to live up to the role of Warrior of Darkness. You had to play the role out into its entirety. We already brought back the night, but we also had to fight the embodiment of the Warrior of Light like a parallel of what we did on the Source with the Warriors of Darkness. Also remember what Tesleen said about the story of the Warrior of Darkness? We bring the souls of the dead and dying to a final rest. We have Elidibus the best kindness we could have in that moment despite everything. We did that. We could simultaneously be the greatest of heroes and villains in this incredible story.

[@Silvist]

Hah yay you made it through the roughest part of tearbringers! We were all there with you :D

[@ystin]

the best thing about the heroes gauntlet is it confirmed that everyones hero Hildebrand Manderville is confirmed as a warrior of light :D

[@Jettison42]

I think you mean, a GENTLEMAN of Light. 😛

[@RealRaslu]

Just watching this and hearing the music brings tears to my eyes. Edit: I watched this bit by bit and was very wholesome en enjoyable. This game will always be one of the best journeys of my life. Thanks for sharing yours.

[@BrokenRazorButterfly]

fun fact as to why the crystals have constelations on them the ascians are named after the "esper of light" in the FF tactics universe the espers of darkness some might remember as being enemys in bozja and tge rabanastre raids (hashmalin, bellial etc) the espers numbered 12+1 and are designed after zodiak signs, thus the star motiv the 13th esper being zodiark

[@jadenaddams3674]

And there it was: The Breakdown of Happiness when G'raha reappeared! ^_^ Our truest ally and the best boi. And he FINALLY gets to fulfill his wish of joining us in our adventures!

[@TiduLimar]

5.3 is soo good. Wholesome happy and sad! Thanks for leaving so much in and sharing with us! :3 Edit: only this video i noticed the azem explanation appearently being gendered towards our character, which makes the point of the connection to azem clearer as it already was :o

[@BlueDrakk]

I'm glad you love Graha as much as I do. I mean, who doesn't love Graha? I love your reactions Bree, but on a side note I recommend going over the ascian lore again as there was stuff I missed the first time that I only picked up on subsequent watches of other streamer playthroughs of SHB and FFXIV as a whole. Anyways, I look forward to seeing your reactions to the rest of Shadowbringers as it continues to ramp up towards Endwalker! -Tenacious_Gamer_

[@MillieBoBilly]

I cant help but cry every time I watch Elidibus reminisce

[@JustinK0]

1:36:50 i love how this is what the Warrior of light looks like in the original Final Fantasy game's box art

[@alexdavies6469]

Not gonna lie, one single manly tear appeared that moment G'raha appeared in our world.

[@Puddincess]

I've been waiting for this oh god it's 3 hours ... fuck yeah it's 3 hours

[@MrFitzonic]

Don't worry, Ryne. We'll see you again in 6.0 when you find a way to come to the Source to help us in our hour of need... ...right? Right? ;_; (another great video Bree!!)

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Assuming the Crystal of Azem can work, it will be temporary.

[@bad3ip2k10]

Well, she has gaia by her side. They'll find a way to come to the source and help the scions.

[@kinzie1031]

"I can't stop crying..." ah yes, the universal experience of the 5.3 wrap-up.

[@TheHyny]

Thanks for the amazing video again Bree. I really wanted to see your reaction to Terror Unleashed since you're a healer, and you did not disappoint! Me and the randoms ended up wiping on it a few times before the healers got it down.

[@Mocita]

At 18:05, if you chose the kupo option, you would’ve made a moogle/kupo sound. Sometimes the most ridiculous options offer the best response.

[@luminous2585]

Damn, I can't remember. Was it when you encounter the Night's Blessed for the first time? You can say "Kupo" and Thancred will comment that it will be a lot less amusing once we have to kill them all.

[@Mocita]

@@luminous2585 At that time, there isn't the kupo sound. It's really only at this point where the sound effect is made/heard.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

It’s funnier if you did Moogle deliveries. You’re used to delivering stuff to people like a moogle.

[@VForceWave]

It's okay, I thought the Emet-Selch Ancient was supposed to be Hythlodeus, lol.

[@jaesaces]

Something you might find helpful: You can button mash Active Time Maneuvers. You don't need to just click the one button.

[@roetheboat1]

That part with Lyna just tears at my feelings so hard. The idea that your father, the person who raised you, is still going to be alive but forever out of your reach. The idea that the best thing for them is to embrace their life without you, and that they will need to no longer worry about you in order to be happy because they take their responsibilities too seriously. That part hurts, a lot. It's not quite the same as mourning someone who has died, because in death they are either gone or it is a temporary separation before you eventually join them.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Grandfather figure, but yes you have the right of it.

[@Carsu12]

@@acgearsandarms1343 if you have no father, there is no difference between the two

[@tibowmew]

This is so true. Of all the scenes that are super sad, the two with Lyna when he is saying goodbye and she is passing on a message never fail to make me bawl my eyes out. Far more than any other scenes.

[@Zakjuh]

"Close your eyes." Words said seconds before disaster.

[@omegagilgamesh]

1:06:30, wow, I didn't figure out that mechanic until like my fourth run through this. You are smart, with a capital SMRT!