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why do i get the feeling we're about to learn the truth about melia's origins...

Thank you so much for opening up the floor for questions! I know it takes a lot of time and energy. 13.5 has been my favorite update by FAR and I am so hype for the end of Act 2 next release!! Thank you for everything you do What characters/in-game scenes would you like to see more fanart for? (asking for a friend hehe) Are there any plans to update WLL in the future (not a demand, no pressure at all, I am just curious!)? Not necessarily mechanically, but even just character-wise. I recently replayed it for the first time in several years and noticed that Clear seems to act a bit more outspoken, cruel, and unhinged when compared with her dialogue and actions in the recent updates of the main game. Has her personality/character changed over time? Or am I maybe just seeing something that isn't really there? [hah] I've seen a lot of allusions to Greek mythology throughout Rejuv (cursed house of [Talon] Atreides, Eriena -> Erinyes/Furies, the "Underworld" [coolest take on this EVER btw], Delpha -> Delphi, etc.). Are there others I have missed, or are there potentially references to other mythologies that you particularly enjoy? Most annoying/common misconceptions/misinterpretations about anything in the game? If you can answer this, are there any consequences planned for destroying the panel in the Underground sanctuary, or was this more an interesting moral quandary to test? It took me FOREVER to make a decision there--amazing job!

jenkel's boots :,,,,,,)

Hi guys! I wanted to make a follow-up post regarding some of my theories. I've just replayed the entire game, and there were a lot of changes in the pre-v13 story that took me off guard. I think the devs have done such an amazing job, and things are starting to become increasingly clear [heh] to me with the additional context.

I just thought it would be fun to voice some of the questions and theories that have been bouncing around in my head, now that v13 has been out for a hot minute <3

I'm stuck at the part in Erin & Kanon's quest in Anju's Estate where you are supposed to climb through a window. This is right after you get the decision to either look around the area more or go directly to the rooftop. After I select the option of going to the rooftop, it warps me back to the nursery. Where am I supposed to go now? I swear I've been wandering around the castle for ages :,)

Hi... its been like a year and a half buuut I just finished replaying where love lies and cried like a lil baby (again). i made a lil poster for the game inspired by its haunting story.

I've looked all over the Wetlands (even the Railnet) and can't find this diary. Where is it?

Wasn't she the one who pushed Taelia and Nora off of the cliff?

This is really well-written, and I understand a lot of your points. I do respectfully disagree with your position on this topic. I know that the world we live in right now is a volatile, ugly place, but it is still my personal worldview that violence is (99.9% of the time) not the answer. Even when it feels justified, it alienates people from your cause, and ultimately hurts it. On a scale like this, collateral damage is inevitable and invalidating to whatever justice you're trying to enact. I disliked Flora the second we met her, when we saw her hypocritically setting off her sort of corruption bomb Darchlight Forest. Are your really restoring the Badlands if you're destroying the earth somewhere else? I think in many ways this gets into the main theme of the game--whether it is ethical or right to sacrifice the life of one for another, or many (in Flora's case, sacrificing life on one part of the planet for another part of the planet)--or, if it is better to find another route altogether (do nothing, wait for a phone call, act as a rebel, etc.). Even if her original intentions were pure, when she took on the role of a terrorist leader, she made a lot of irredeemable decisions. Don't forget what she did to Rune and Huey. I'm just saying that I think the point of this game is to say that things don't always have to be black and white, and there is always another way to go about things. I think that, in terms of Bladestar, as you mentioned in your last couple of paragraphs, we should hold out for future releases though. Jan has implied heavily that we're not done with Bladestar yet. There are still working members, with Jenkel and V being at the top. There is still so much mystery surrounding these two and hopefully more will become clear soon. I think what Jan did so well was making Bladestar such a complex organization, and creating these questions to debate in the first place. Even if the cause was right, I don't think you can disagree that what Flora did was undoubtedly wrong. But, in terms of Bladestar as a whole, I don't think we should condemn the plot or characterize it with a trope until it's finished. I just think there's a lot more to this commentary on extremism than meets the eye, and again we'll just have to wait to see what route this takes. I think another thing to consider is the role of the player character in this story. It's kind of an interesting phenomenon. While technically you are you, and make your own decisions throughout the game, there is simultaneously a definite role and personality that is already laid out for your character the minute you start the game. They are the Interceptor. They are meant to act as a balancing act between good and evil, darkness and light. They are the Zygarde to the clashing Xerneas and Yveltal. If you remember Adrest, the name of this character is very likely to be a reference to Adresteia, which is an epithet for the Greek goddess Nemesis. Her role is literally "the goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris" (source). That is, by definition, a position that would be against Flora's role. In my opinion, Flora and the PC were destined to clash from the beginning, and it doesn't make sense for a character who is supposed to be of balance to join an extremist group. That's just my thoughts. Again, really well written and interesting analysis. I just think you should consider waiting to pass judgment until the entire story is revealed. In addition to my points above, I wanted to say that I think that the option to "join" Bladestar is presented to us in order to learn more about the organization (or story as a whole). If you choose to join them, you get to see their base and speak with a lot of members. You learn more about Flora, and learn that she is afraid of the Xenpurgis. I don't think the point of it was ever to derail the plot and work for an organized group. I think it was just an interesting way to learn more about the world.

If Erin was originally older than Melia, is she still older after Melia's +3 years in the past, or is she now younger?

Hey so I noticed that there's a theme titled "Xenogene" in the music folder, as well as some sprites in the characters folder labeled "Xgene." Is that a reference to something outside of rejuvenation, or is it something meant to come up later in the story?

Will all mega stones be made available before post game? If not, which ones are planning to be excluded?

Updated my pic for v12!! spent a lot of time on this one. so happy with it *^^*

nah, that just was the latest possible time, since jan said it would be released ~today~ you’re in the same time zone as jan so i wouldn’t worry with it !

I mean by the same argument, we don't know she ISN'T born to man. There is a chance that she actually is Souta's blood related granddaughter. He could've had a family with someone else. Or she did have human parents and was just orphaned. It's too early to tell.

The game IS all about decisions. I feel like in the end we're going to have to choose which prophecy will come true.

Kinda outta nowhere but I think this episode is going to focus a lot on Erin. Considering where we left off, it would make sense. There are still so many unanswered questions about her too. Like where did she come from? Was Souta her biological grandfather, or was she adopted by him? Why did Allen & Alice call her "Eriena" ? I tried researching the name but I couldn't really come up with anything. Also, the last moments of chapter 13 make it seem like some power is going to be awakened in her, like with Melia in the Ruined Future. Maybe the glitchy teases are related to the eight-bit world? Alice & Allen talked about how they spent "so much time together" with Erin, and she seemed confused about it. Maybe this will go into depths about where / when / why / how this occurred. On another note, does anyone else think Erin might be one of the darknesses? There's just something about her that feels off to me, like maybe she's holding back or not telling us everything about her. For one, she reacted weirdly when she saw Melia for the first time, implying she knew someone who looked just like her. She never explained anything about that, either, and it still hasn't been addressed. She also uses an Absol, which is the symbol for the Dark prophecy (contrasted with Melia's Gardevoir , the symbol of the Light prophecy). There's also a lot of Greek Myth references throughout the game, and Erin's name could come from The Erinyes, which is the term for the Greek Furies. They were known as "those who walk in darkness," and were hellbent on serving vengeance. I won't get into specifics about the mythology, but what was even more interesting is that they were born into the earth along with two other types of creatures---one being the giants, and the other being nymphs called Meliae. What an interesting coincidence. We have seen her get mad quite often, especially towards Aelita. She's shown to be pretty judgmental, and, according to Flora, an incredible analyzer. If she were one of darknesses, she would be the perfect candidate for the one of Betrayal. idk, just a theory. I'm interested to know what you guys think about her.

If that's the case, that the red haired girl from WLL is Freya and the surfer dude is Lord Xenadin, then I hope we get to see more of them in V12. I think it has been p much confirmed that the former is still alive, as Saki believes she saw a girl named Freya in Aquamarine Cave (along with a blue whale, which I presume is Kyogre, though I have no idea why this would be). She also said she had red hair, which lends further credence to the theory. I just feel like I imagined Lord Xenadin to be a little less... odd? idk with a name like that I guess I shouldn't have.

That's a good point! If that's the case, then I wonder where the catastrophe actually originated from, and why.

I like your theory! I don't know if we can definitively say that the time travel HAS to take us to the same place tho--like with the timesplicer stones at least, we know that those link between both different times AND spaces, and so the same could be said for surfer dude's manipulations. At this point it's just hard to say. I still agree that Zone Zero is/was Hiyoshi City tho, I mean it was the last known place Indriad was operating, and I feel like the END dungeon (where you fight Gardevoir) could easily be where the destruction begins, due to not only Indriad, but possibly all of the Garufan magic the three protectors were bound to be using. Nymiera even said before they headed out that this would be their final mission, and the text was gold to boot. Plus all the E, N, and D unowns makes it less than subtle that something definitely came to an end here.