The Meaning of Yotsuyu's Song - FFXIV Lyrical Lore

[Music] a common theme in final fantasy 14 is tragic figures deserving of our compassion even if we must stand against them and hold them to account for their action the tale of tsuyu and yotsuyu further complicates such stories with the question of how responsible one is for the actions of a self they cannot remember two voices sing one female in japanese echoing the pain and suffering yotsuya's broken and torn psyche seems to experience it's further shown off in the mid-battle transition as all the projections of torment are made manifest by those closest to her save for one gosetsu [Music] the other voice a male's in english is the voice of those who tormented and restrained her one might wonder if the flower itself is not merely an illusion to yotsuyu herself waiting to be used and abused by those of her family literally sold into prostitution [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] tsuyu's demeanor seems to suggest that yotsuyu been given a chance as a child been given kindness instead of hatred and contempt she could have been a kind soul not the monster we find on our arrival in doma her betrayals by those who should have given her love though she gave onto her all forged her into a weapon of hate it broke her she is not free from the consequences of her actions nor our scorn but we can feel compassion and wish it had been different that she had been given a chance [Music] [Music] as the sun sets in the west it's light bleeding eastwards across the land and the night comes upon us the way we're daughter unmanageable and impossible to control steps into her element the night tired eyes weary from the endured pains of her world the teeming sea of life is not but an all-encompassing tide of transgressions these lines are meant in contempt and makyotsuyu doma's wayward daughter [Music] [Music] yotsuyu is associated with the moon consistently and the crimson light may both refer to asahi his name being able to be read as morning sun in japanese or those of doma who helped make her into what she became however it might be red the juxtaposition is clear and as yotsuyu she has nothing to offer the world but hate malice and sorrow for her vengeance is sweet and the moon may wane but she has taken the sun with it in the end there is to be no more no more chances and no more pain yotsuyu was a monster it's hardly a questionable statement but what matters is that she was forged not born in her tale we see a broken sorrowful woman and the kind soul that she could have been this content was brought to you by the aorzian archives if you enjoyed this video help us please the 12 by leaving a like and subscribing for new content every thursday and comment down below with any topic you'd like to see our archons cover in the future for even more content discussion and exclusives please check out our discord and consider supporting us on patreon

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Keywords: answers, Answers, FFXIV, ARR, a realm reborn, ff14, final fantasy, yoship, hydaelyn, endwalker, lore, lyrics, yotsuyu, tsuyu, wayward daughter, waywarddaughter, stormblood, storm blood, tsukuyomi, tsukiyomi

Id: 9d1qQm5rZxc

Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 18 2021