Krimson KB Reacts - You're Not Alone, Endwalker - FFXIV Endwalker MSQ 

Emet Selch like "Have you seen the patch notes for 6.1? 7.0? I have."

I hear some people say the those Elpis flowers are watered by the tears of the ffxiv playerbase.

This is how I know Endwalker is special. It has been months since I did this myself. And I'm still over here tearing up

I kinda love how emet's voice is gentle, after he starts speaking about the wonders that we have yet to see. He starts mentioning them after our reaction his passing. And way he speaks is encoruaging, like as if he is trying to encoruage the next generation to take up the mantle, and carry on the duty of the ancients, of Azem. Same duty which he took it upon himself once upon a time and only recently decided to hand over, after we proved that yes..While ours is a fragmented existence, perhaps it is a right one. Perhaps one needs to be fragmented to see more, to strive through hardship, to adept and learn to deal with. Deal not with the monsters, but of despair of the mankind itself, for unlike the ancients of the unbroken world, we of the fragmented existence grew in despair, knowing our days are numbered yet carrying on marking the sands, and creating a path for the next generations to carry us, the mankind ever forward. You could say that it certainly is a new dawn for Etheirys, without the mother crystal, and zodiark---And ancients. Mankind on it's two feet, with it's destiny in their hands, and their heads held aloft. Not with pride but with wisdom that was earned from the mistakes they have comitted and overcome, together.

From misguided antagonist to staunch ally. He's the GOAT, with a magnificent supporting performance by Hythlodaeus.

"You will not end our journey. *That* is our answer. The answer of all lives of Etheirys, past *and* present." What a fucking powerhouse of a line. And Rene's reading of it is just. God it makes me cry every time. Talk about thematic payoff. From "Answers" at the end of 1.0 all the way through Meteion's search for answers at the behest of a nihilistic mad scientist who couldn't find one within himself. And talk about *character* payoff. Not only is Emet-Selch getting to face down the very thing that took away from him everything and everyone he held dear, the thing that turned him into the sort of man his younger self despised... but he's facing her down and answering her challenge on the behalf of not only his own beloved people, but the mortals that until so recently he claimed to despise and hate. (I say claim because I think he's a damned liar who hid his broken heart and repeatedly dashed hopes for mortal mankind behind snarky claims of hatred and disgust.) It's a stellar moment of character and thematic payoff wrapped up in one amazing line.

"Alright, Soken. This is the last zone, final stretch of the game before the climax. I'm gonna need you to go so unbelievably HAM on the OST here. Can you do this?" "Hold my beer."

i think the implication that Ardbert's voice at the start and end of tht walks is that he's the one reminding you of all those who are relying on you. It's shown that he's still 'there', thanks to our brief moment in SoS and when we allowed him to take over our body to speak with Seto, so i think the theory has some merit. Even so i just love this part :'3 and i also believe that what was preventing us from reaching Meteion's nest by this point was our own despair, the despair of being alone, of carrying this weight that he had been sharing with the Scions and so many others. it's brief, but we nearly gave in.

5:34 Nobody said Endwalker would be fair, Krimson. And it isn't. It is made to hurt you.

I heard few comparisons, but to me, Emet is one of the best villains we’ve ever faced. Our ideals clashed, we butted our heads, but he had a reason to. He was devastated in what he lost and fought for it. He did it for his greater good and most of us understood that. That line about him being defeated, but his ideals were invincible, that determination what made him an interesting antagonist. Course, he lost someone really REALLY close, mainly Hythlodaeus. Having to suffer along, knowing his friend sacrificed himself to save the star. He really wanted his friends back. Can’t imagine what was it like for them to finally reunite after so many years and knowing that his friend finally can be at peace and not be stuck near Zordiark. Then there’s you having to endure so much and remembering all those people that you met and your comrades being by your side again. There’s a reason why people said don’t skip the cutscenes. All that build up really paid off! Last thing to note is Meteion. Personally, she’s a victim that was overwhelmed by negative emotions and making the song of oblivion with her sisters. When she finally cracked upon seeing the field of flowers, that burden was lifted. The finale awaits!

3:23, "Baddest man on the planet. Raubahn." Fun fact, in case you didn't know this: Raubahn's ARR voice actor, JC Miller, sang the song played during this sequence, as well as the Shadowbringers theme

When Ardbert says, “Let’s finish this” I said: “Once and for all”

I really love how this quest 'You're Not Alone' embodies the scene of the same name from IX, its hard to put into words, but, it's like despite the pain of the current situation, you are supported and loved, from near and far by those youve met on this journey. Even if theyre not physically there for WoL, they are still there.

Fun fact: the song that plays after the snap is called Dynamis. I'm always able to keep it together until Midgarsormr. I don't know why, but hearing him proud of me gets me. And no matter how often I watch it, I get chills when the Elpis flowers fill the area.

i dare to say, you're the only one that noticed that this was thanks to venat's gift before she died, and thanks to emet, altering the ambient's despair, meteion stopped having power to remake the place as she wish, with that the scions didn't need to keep fighting against it in dead.

Finished this part late in the night after i was just like..."i cant stop now". And i never ugly cried so much for a Game in my life by the last "Lets finish this!" :D Best gaming experience up until now. These little bastards just creep into your heart and it touched on so different levels for lots of people in this times.

First hearing those lyrics when G'raha sacrificed himself, I started feeling considerably emotional. Losing the twins hit me much harder. But 'The Walk', as it's called... and hearing Haurchefant's line... I got as far as Aymeric's line before I just had to stop and cry. Endwalker just knew how to hit us all squarely in the feels. One way or another, Ultima Thule brought most of us to tears along the way.

I missed this part live... Waiting so longnto see your reaction to it! Now just gotta wait for the next part ^^

THE FLOWERS..... ; - ; NOW I UNDERSTAND

This sequence was soul wrenching and a perfect way to pave the way to the last boss in this awesome 10y arc.

So having a photographic memory is great until moments like the walk happen. I kid you not every single quote made my mind play back the scenes that they hailed from in crystal clarity (very much an echo moment to put it in perspective) and I was ugly crying the whole way.

Been watching your vids for a while, starting with Shadowbringers. And its amazing to see your reactions. I hope you had as much fun making these as I did watching them. Can't wait to see the rest of your Endwalker journey. Stay awesome, KB.

I was waiting for this... from the start of your journey.... Edit: I lasted until "Strong art thou, mortal." ... many tears were shed.

I still love how the initial statement you can make to her to say "I will find a way to reach you" can be interpreted in two ways. Either finding a way to reach her nest or finding a way to reach HER... Physically, or emotionally... up for your own interpretation.

I found it! It wasn't on the playlist I went through the channel videos itself and found it. Loved watching your EW journey on youtube

"Where the wild rose blooms"

Emet-Selch isn't just arguably the best antagonist in the entire media series bearing the "Final Fantasy" title, but one of the best-written *characters* to boot. It also doesn't hurt matters that René Zagger turned in absolutely stellar performances thus far as Emet's VA, granting a unique personality, a theatrical flair, and yes - that damnable swagger - to a man who loved his world and its people so much that he would see himself become (what some would consider) a wretched, abominable, genocidal villain just to attempt to be reunited with those friends he lost (& sacrificed, in the case of those souls who became part of Zodiark) to the first Final Days and its aftermath. "But more than that, the future you seek is not the past we loved. That is why we fought, and why I lost." - Hades AKA Emet-Selch, Third Seat of the Convocation of Fourteen o7

25:55 "That's when it all started...That smile...That damned smile!"

God dam music is perfect, execution is perfect.. Man..

aaaaaaaaah definitely love the close up smiles from Emet!! I wanna take him on an adventure as well ;( ;( would been nice to see the adventures he, Hythlo and Azem had back in the day.

Everyone of these my favorite moment is basically the first moment when they realize what's happening. First ardbert: oh who was that? Hauchefant speaks: aaaaand I'm crying that's not fair sqenix

1:35 "Oh that's not fair." Yoshi-P has not even BEGUN to play dirty. 13:30 It's the boys! 14:16 Worried birb energy intensifies. "What are they plotting?" 15:49 Dude, was he acknowledging you as a successor Azem? 24:07 And there's theater boy Emet. 25:55 Nothing crueller to an Azem than to tease them with "look at all the cool places I've been you haven't." 26:43 There's the smile.

Tears just came watching this again omg 😢

Watching this again made me tear up all over…this story was amazing and wrecked me emotionally In All the most amazing ways…

Yeah this was like I am already broken you dont have to shatter me more ... especially that double Fortempt ... the Emet Hythlo encore is the grates encore in history ... also Emet is a Leaker confirmed

Endwalker just played with me. It was a full rollercoaster of emotions, emotional piercings through my heart, tears and bittersweet smiles.

The Walk that gets everyone. Plus our boys were back! Of course, not even 10 seconds back and already a salt mine’s worth of salt. Definitely our Emet!

Loving your channel. Liked and subbed.

Knowing bits of the out of game side stories you can get and realizing that Hythlodaeus will literally jump at the chance to do things with you makes it all better. Especially if it leaves a mess for Emet to clean up. Apparently that volcano incident mentioned in passing in Elpis? Yeah our excuse was we saved an entire island from a krakatoa event........for grapes. Hythlo bypassed all the regulations to give us Lahabreha's ifrit concept which we congealed the volcano's energy into and kicked its butt. And then Hades had to clean up all the paperwork. All four of us together were basically a standard FF14 party. Goof, headstrong, the one guy holding sanity together, and the multiclasser. ...Also the fact Hades finally acknowledged us as true enough to his old unsundered friend to the point he cared enough to cheer us up so he could leave with a smile on our face.

Emet-Selch straight up said: "Oh man, you're sooooo wrong if you think this is the end of your adventures, buckle up baby Azem, you're in for a crazy ride."

I have been waiting for this video for so long lmao I love that the game also uses Emet to clap back at Meteon in a way the WoL could never through limited dialogue option, and to make it gloriously sassy in the process.

The walk is definetly the best part of the expac.

Probably the first streamer ever (that I've seen yet out of a dozen+) that guessed every single voice right.

Thought my sound wasn't working at first. I'm use to the opening music.

Ah, the walk of feels, so many feels, gets me every time

Not often have I seen people remember the name to every voice during the walk. I personally was able to place most of them but I had been up for like 15 hours binging endwalker at that point, and had been sobbing for at least 3 hours prior.

And tears again, the walk sequence is a masterpiece, hats-off to the writers!

Dammit i'm crying again TwT

Impressed you nailed all the voices. Papalymo's escaped me, simply because I used to play with JP voices back when he was still alive and I didn't recognize the quote.

24:40 Emet-selch the spoiler man, BAN HIM.

I'm not crying... 🥺😭

this quest is what cemented ffxiv as the greatest mmorpg story for me

the line from Edmont hits so much harder knowing his VA is dead.

thanks, i cry again

Well I wasn't planning on spending the morning of my birthday crying over this again but that's exactly what I'm doing XD

This was a great way to end this legacy and the old story. I love that was apart of this story from 2.0 to now. Cannot wait for more

Oh they played us dirty with the emotional hits here...boy, did I need a few days rest after this sequence.

welcome to depression... the zone!

Man, the only way to improve this part would be if the song was a remix of Final Fantasy IX's You're Not Alone ;-;

I kinda missed the sassy Emet wave from the end.

"Save OUR star" says the man who once treated us like detritus.

who is the first voice before haurchefant..? I forgot :'( I remember everyone except that one :'(

27:33 I MEEAAAN, these character had more options of development since this game got like 4 sequels and more will come, unlike almost all final fantasy series.

People in every single reaction chat on this scene making the spoilers joke from emet and i'm just like "Thank god this game can seed future expansion ideas IN THE GAME xD".

I always feel like when emet says "as a show of respect to the last of us." and with his eyes locked on you he is referring to us specifically. Like he knows we are the last of the convocation azem.

I told you, torcher 10 fold

This expansion wrecked me. Every time I watch a reaction it's new all over again. Agh.

Dude, why haven't you made a reaction video to DORK SOULS "Wrong Way" yet! 😨

I mean... Emet lived for millenias. He has all the time to travel.

I love how in Shadowbringers you kinda assume maybe it was the years of loneliness and resentment that made Emet a salty boi.... but no, he was just always a crusty old man lol.

this one might not be in the playlist

the people in the comments, New Game+ is for people who enjoyed the story and want to relive it... not for punk boosters who paid to skip the story. I loved the comment "I can understand wanting to play" so why pay to skip 90% of the playing? obviously you dont want to play. this endgame is the only game is a cancerous wow ideal that needs to die a thousand deaths in the pits of the seven hells.

This music is not helping 😭😭😭