Intoners were goddesses birth from The Flower, here The Red Girls are mimicking their divinity as spiritual successors to that of the Intoners thus False Idols.
@@observer.b_e_l_l_i_s I mean, can they really be called goddesses if they can age, feel hunger, be overwhelmed by non-divine opponents, and freaking die?
@@scarecrowhobo iirc there are claims that yoko taro himself stated in an interview that the events of ffxiv yorha: dark apocalypse are canon to the nier universe. and considering the fact that yoko taro even made a screenplay about yorha canon to the universe and even a shortfic on when 2B reactivates post Nier Automata ending d and ending e (where 9s chose to send his consciousness with the machine ark and where he chose not to) as canon as well.... it's a strong possibility that he'd make a crossover event canon. He's notorious for expanding on his game world's lore in other mediums and, in ffxiv's case, other IP's.