I love that Emet sees how sad we are at them leaving again and appeals to our curiosity and love of adventure to keep us happy and going forward. “The future you fought for is not the past we loved.” Now he has given up on the past and is encouraging us to keep that spirit of a better future and not dwell on losing them. He has adopted the thinking the Scions had when we first confronted him and he has now become a scion, to me, and I really would like for him to come back to continue that evolution.

13:40 When I reached this part, something about what Emet-Selch said in this part awakened a long line of thought in my head. Something I didn't even think about until this moment here. It had me pondering for the past year and a half thinking what I'm even doing with my 9-6 job, and I'm honestly quite dissatisfied. I then came to the conclusion that I should just explore the world more, seek bigger horizons. Meet new people. Find something worth living for. Roam the Earth and see what I can find for myself. Though I may be hundreds of miles away from home now, I think I may have finally found true happiness in my life. Thanks, Emet-Selch. Your last words made me go on my own Dawntrail.

Emet Statler and Hythlowaldorf offering their review of the whole story never fails to entertain.

Hythlodaeus... Most kind and selfless man. That's my hero in this game.

i love the way emet selch sounds like he's a high school teacher giving an end of the school year speech

** WARNING: Spoiler Comment for Shadowbringers & Endwalker Content ** Lmao. I love that Azem, Hythlodaeus, and Venat basically exist to torment Emet-Selch with their antics, tomfoolery, and mischief (very much in the same way our character interacts with and sometimes annoys our Scion companions). But I also love that as much as Emet-Selch groans and complains, he always puts up with it. Why? Well, it's partly because it's amusing and entertaining, to say the least, but two, because I'm fairly certain these were the only actual friends Emet-Selch ever had. Or at least, the only people who could put up with Emet-Selch. For all Emet-Selch's posturing and moaning, I love how you can non-verbally see that Emet-Selch genuinely cares very deeply and often thinks about and worries about his friends. Not only that, he takes his role as "Emet-Selch," ruler of the Aethereal Sea (the Underworld) very seriously. He takes pride in it, his work, and his friends. As Hythlodaeus and Venat said in Elpis, it's because he cares deeply that he scolds and reticules them. It's because he worries (aside from the "Azem's" and Hythlodaeus, there was probably none that cared more deeply not only for his people, but for all the creations on the star and the star itself). He's very much "the parent" to the three, trying to teach them, look out for them, and wants the best for them. However, he doesn't coddle or spoil. He's very serious, direct, and to the point. But that's just part of his charms. He can be kind and sympathetic when need be, but he's trying to build you up to be stronger. But just as much as the other three needed Emet-Selch to keep them in line, Emet-Selch also needed them. Yes, he's very abrasive and prickly on the outside. But he's always been there for Azem, Hythlodaeus, and Venat whenever they needed him. He's never failed to assist them when they needed it. ...Is it then any wonder why Emet-Selch carried Azem's crystal with him on travels in memory of his friend? Why he despaired so greatly that he created a phantom Amaurot so that he could spend his time in it reminiscing of those halcyon days? Or why he poured more aether into creating a more complete and intelligent phantom Hythlodaeus for our character to interact with? And is it any wonder why throughout the entire Shadowbringers expansion, Emet-Selch went out of his way numerous times and tried desperately to revive the memories/soul/aether of his friend Azem that he saw in us, the Warrior of Light/Warrior of Darkness? Every time our character was overly sad in-game, Emet-Selch always cracked and helped us out or offered sage advice. I know in Endwalker in Ultima Thule, Emet-Selch longs for his rest and says that he wants to be no part of a reunion should they all meet again in a new world/new life. However, if there was ONE character in this entire game (FFXIV) that I wish with all my heart we could revive and bring into the Scions as a companion, it would be Emet-Selch (Hades). It's almost downright criminal that we don't get more time with him accounting for how well his character was written and portrayed. FFXIV's Emet-Selch (Hades) is probably one of the most well-written and thought-out characters in any RPG. And I also love that it showcases that real-world people who aren't extroverted, aren't overly friendly or sociable, and who don't frequently use humor, and who are more serious and direct can still be phenomenal individuals whom you want around. Literally the definition of, "yes he's a witty sarcastic asshole, but I love him!" S-Tier all-around. #FFXIV #FinalFantasy14 #Endwalker #EmetSelch #Hades #ReneZagger #NaokiYoshida

God. I'm actually angry that I wasn't given a dialogue option here with Emet-Selch (Hades)! I wanted to Sora him with a huge tackle-hug, calling out his name while crying and saying "Emet-Selch! I've missed you, you Tsundere bastard!"

I cried many times in this game, most of them in Endwalker. This moment I had literal tears running down my face and that other moment with the slow walk to avoid spoilers. I am a 6'6 son of a coal miner, I grew up on a council estate and I cry tears of Joy and sorrow all the time in this game lol. Currently playing through from scratch on a 2nd account after a break of around 7 months and I know I will continue to cry my eyes out at this incredible masterpiece of a game they call Final Fantasy XIV.

I like to think Venat gave them both a big warm hug to where Emet Selch uncharacteristicly said "oh alright I admit it. I missed you too"

I love how Emet-Selch's voice sounds more like the Emet we know from ShB. Just a touch more theatrical and his eyes look a little more lazy, since this is him in his most present form. I finished this quest today and couldn't stop crying.

Emets smile at the end was the last nail to my coffin of sorrow. I bawled like a child. bruh

Everytime i watch this cutscene i keep tearing up!

After Emet-Selch's poem at the end of his Tales from the Shadows entry "Ere Our Shadows Fall" his dialogue in this scene broke me lol

I just love how sassy Emet is "wtf do you mean I HAVE to help"

Emet mother effing Selch is the best ff14 character ever, or ever will be.

that final speech of emit was legendary still kicking ass in the afterlife and call us out for being shortsighted and ignorant while giving us a hint of what is to come, 100/10

The mood whiplash was intense.

I can't take a lalafel seriously.

Its insane the amount of details that went into in a 16 minutes voiced story cutscene to justify Matchmaking

Since arriving to Ultima Thule the feelings never end ,i woke up the neighbors with the excitement when this happened

10:33 Feeling a spark of hope after nothing but despair for so long, I know that feeling. It hurts so much, but it is a good pain, all of your emotions rushing out in a flood of relief.

Damn when that music kicks in, every single fucking time 😭😭😭

I’ve got to this part recently and damn did I fan boy out when I heard Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus, and then teared up when my friends came back, I can’t wait to finish Endwalker

Meteion and Hermes' love is the most beautiful and precious thing this game has given us

Emet Selch is truly one of the best JRPG villains of all time, I never found the "reasons" for villains to be "evil" that plausible. And during Endwalker he beccame a person I truly cherished as a comrade and even a friend. His final speech about the many places Eorzea and the other reflections have to offer was such a nice foreshadowing and at the same time it gave me hope and confidence on a personal level that no matter how dark times may seem there will be light eventually and better times and there are always things to look forward to. Really such a well written character.

I've never been so happy to see Emet-Selch :D

I wanted so much for my WoL to have a chuckle at Hythlodaeus and Hades' exchange after expressing the want for a reunion... and just give a gentle smile to them both.

I like how Emet cheers us up at the end. This will be the closing to one story but there are so many more adventures out there for us, this is a new begining. >:Y then he had to ruin it by rubbing it in that he's been through all the next future expansion areas. I hope for the New World it's not just Aztecs but that they take inspiration from all Native American tribes.

I was really hoping we'd resurrect them for a fight but we had already used them in a previous one :( I get the last trial having to be done with other players and not the NPC's but still

I like how he went from not seeing us as truly alive to seeing us as the future of his people, or at least the descendants of them.

Emet Selch gave us places to visit. We have a duty to fulfill!!!

This shit makes me cry no matter how many times I watch it

I love these scenes, just cant take lalas seriously haha

Why do i feel like we will also go to afterlife in some future expansion. I know it is a normal saying to say we will meet in next life but this is fantasy. They can make us go to next life but by not being dead.

anyone know the name of the music at the start? i just heard it in the 6.3 msq and it immediately brought me back to this. absolute chills.

12:52 this comment makes me wish the conclusion of the next group of expansions is that you turn to rejoin shards for some reason. XD

So seeing lots of photos from Fanfest which have gold statues and the special boss trial during the event is gold too. All of it made me remember 14:02 so I suspect 7.0 is going to have the New World as one of the locations.

Good Boy Emet Selch is a Good boy.

This moment was the weirdest moment of all, sad being horrofied of the future and gaining new hoep at the same time endwalker was a fairytale, that went from destructing to consuming darkness and blooming to the door of new hope.

13:43 I found you

His name will always be Raziel

If God YoshiP allows it, we shall strive for a future that can be both past and future. Perhaps two reflections. 😉

The true identities of the Twelve... check Fabled golden cities of the new world... (Dawntrail)... check I love how the devs went... okay, so our current story is ending... let us have our best written character give our players a preview of what is to come.

Did emet just admit has was azem?