(fallen london stamps by remind me to write my essay about how the 6.X patches, in addition to likely setting up a future expac, are actually an important thematic addendum to Endwalker itself and not just filler
I think a lot of this is tied up in how I personally do hope - "it's not as bad as it looks" "I promise it will get better" and the like have never been comforting to me. if anything, they feel like willful ignorance
what does mean something to me is "no matter how bad it gets, it is still worth trying. it is still worth living. there is no meaning, but we have the power to create it. we can still make a difference in each other's lives, no matter how small; and even though we'll all die in the end, that difference will still have been worthwhile."
this was, I think, what Endwalker as a whole was trying to say, but the framing in 6.0 didn't entirely work for me. so I'm very, very, very glad for 6.X, which has a framing that does
