impatient-traveler:

hongvanngh:

mixgoldenphoenix:

Hi. Hey. Here’s my personal feelings about the whole Ardyn thing. This is where I stand currently as a person.

I don’t care that Lucian history paints Somnus as a noble and good king, because history always paints the victors in a positive light. I don’t care that he sounded sad when he asked Noctis to save Ardyn, because he’s the one who abandoned the man in the first place, helped erase him from history, and was also willing to let all the innocent civilians of Insomnia die. I don’t care if he had good intentions or if he was pressured by the gods or his people, he left his brother in a deep, dark pit for an unknowable amount of time because of a prophecy and HELPED ERASE HIM FROM HISTORY.

I do not care one ounce for Somnus. In a game where Noctis’ retainers, friends, brothers-in-arms are willing to risk everything for HIM and not some divine plan, in a game where the theme song is literally “Stand by Me,” this fucker did none of that.

At the end of the day, Somnus went along with daemonizing his brother. His bloodline struck from history the gods’ involvement in their own fabled Healer’s supposed downfall. Over the centuries, no one was even allowed to conceive of an alternative to SAVE Ardyn instead of damn him and kill him after years of torment. Years that became two millenia.

Ardyn is a cruel, homicidal man, make no mistake. He takes back all those lives he helped save. But had one Somnus fuckin’ Izunia given nearly half an ounce of love to Ardyn that goddamn Ignis Scientia gave to Noctis he wouldn’t be. If Ardyn had popped outta that prison to find a world that celebrated his sacrifice and mourned him, that REMEMBERED him and wasn’t afraid to admit it fucked up…that man wouldn’t be NEARLY as pissed off as he has every right to be.

Congratulations, you made your own damn monster. And you have the gall to be SAD. Two thousand years after the fact, after being willing to let Insomnia fall because the gods say to look towards the future and not the suffering right under your nose. Fuuuck you. You are no king, and certainly no brother.

There is a book called “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas“

Omelas, was a shimmering city of unbelievable happiness and delight. But the city’s constant state of serenity and splendor
requires that a single unfortunate child be kept in perpetual filth,
darkness, and misery. In a way, the one unfortunate child of Omelas have a smililar but better fate than Ardyn. They were mortal, their suffering would end soon; and each and every citizen of Omelas, at 8 years old, would know and meet this child in their prison. They were allow to acknowledge the price of their happy lives while people in Eos were clueless till the last moment, generations after generations.

Life as we know it, are made from endless
interaction between countless being, both intentionally and
unintentionally; but what if you find out all the privilege you have so
far, all have build directly on the suffering of a single innocent person, kept in perpetual filth, darkness, and misery for eternity…. Would you still enjoy your life, or you would be “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”?

Noctis, the chosen king, have make his choice, since his homeland already ruined, he choose to walk away and also free an other man from his shackles. The debt of his family to Ardyn, he paid for it with his own.

And what about Somnus? He couldn’t even mourn his own brother. Queen Elizabeth keep a secret portrait of her convicted mother in her ring, and what did Somnus do? Enjoy the throne while his own brother suffer. The throne was build on countless effort of Ardyn in saving people.

I don’t agree with how Ardyn pour his anger on innocents descendants and there is no way to say that he wasn’t a villain; but
if he did that on 100 years span or 3-5 generation after the betrayal; I
would gladly help him with full force.

I am popping back into existence after literal months of not using this blog only to say how amazing I find that you also thought of Omelas. It’s a wonderful, profound, sad little short story by Ursula K LeGuin and it’s been on my mind A LOT recently.

You guys should give it a read, it’s easy to find online

Insomnia was content building its happiness on the suffering of one doomed child. Simple math says it was the right choice. But Noctis showing compassion right at the end there tells me he didn’t think it was right. And that’s why I love him so much.