#future redeemed spoilers

[call-me-noa]

The new Star Wars suburbs show or whatever reminded me of something.

[thelvadams]

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES: DEFINITIVE EDITION (2020) XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3: FUTURE REDEEMED (2023)

[thatbiiih]

father and son 💕

[hoshizoralone]

malos when he has to watch via sword propped up in the corner of the room as m pegs n

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Xenoblade’s insistence on making a point to show that their alt universe future timeline version of the United States doesn’t use Fahrenheit is really funny to me and I don’t think we talk about it enough

[fenixseraph]

Noah way… I can't believe Mio is secretly a fujoshi, and Future Redeemed was part of her Old Man (and Nonbinary Computer) Yaoi stash the whole time.

Parody of that one batshit official Xenogears 4koma about Elly being a fujo who ships her friends, of course. Actually, does it make it worse if Rex is her dad? Or was unifying the worlds by tossing everyone into Rex's polycule part of Alvis's vision all along?

Official Xenogears comic I'm referencing goes under the cut:

Yes, it is indeed official.

[invenblocker]

Forgive me for thirstposting on main real quick, but I just still can't get over this.

Like, holy damn, Monolith just decided that if they were gonna be bringing back these characters, they'd make them the biggest thirst traps ever.

Shulk went Dunban mode and he's absolutely rocking the look, Rex heard people making fun of him and hit the gym hard, Melia got a new haircut and a dress that didn't go for a panties out look, and she's elegant as fuck, and my beloved waifu Nia fused her blade look and her driver look into her ultimate design, accented with spectral copies of her wives' swords.

These four are the bisexual dream, like hot damn they're peak attractive.

[snarkks]

it feels like coming home

[goldenhylia]

I still can’t get over how it was Logos, Pneuma, and Ontos combining their power, however indirectly, that led to the formation of the first full Interlink and the defeat of one of the last vestiges of Klaus’s original philosophy

[i-hate-the-mercator-projection]

So where the hell is Rhadamanthus?

OK, lets list some things we know about the space elevators, orbital ring, and conduit in xenoblade 3:

the orbital ring is around the equator exactly

the orbital ring has three space elevators, Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus (the world tree)

the conduit/zohar was found in Africa, PRESUMABLY near lake turkana, just north of the equator in Kenya

presumably, the three space elevators are equidistance from eachother, at three different spots on the equator

ok now that we've got that straightened out, lets try and pinpoint the locations of the three stations. The only one we actually see is Rhadamanthus, and at the end of future redeemed we get to see the surrounding areas.

Many people were quick to note how much this looks like California. A sprawling city by the sea with mountains inland. not to mention the obviously american architecture. Hell when we visit the same place in xenoblade 2 we see ruins of road signs made in the american style. Including references to a interstate 236, that doesn't exist

But, obviously, there's no part of the USA that straddles the equator. So we have to look for other locations that fit the bill. First of all, we know that the flashback to the city in future redeemed takes place during the afternoon, as we hear the radio broadcaster mention that the show is the afternoon news. Shadows point east in the afternoon as the sun is in the west. We see shadows pointing away from the sea in future redeemed, so that must mean that the location of Rhadamanthus is on a west coast.

There are only three countries with a west coast the equator cuts through: Gabon, Indonesia, and Ecuador.

Gabon doesn't fit the bill, it's too flat.

Indonesia has several islands on the ecuator that COULD fit the bill, but I'm really interested in ecuador here.

this part of ecuador right on the equator fits the bill perfectly. by the sea, with mountains inland, on the west coast, and there's a BIG reason to suspect rhadamanthus is here, but I'll come back to that in a bit... For the record, I'm going to assume that the areas around all three space elevators are administered by the USA, or at least the "coalition goverment". We know the USA had a MASSIVE hand in at least Rhadamanthus's management as we see references to the US government in it in xenoblade 2. I'm imagining it to be a panama canal situation, where only a small strip of land around the space elevator is actually controlled by the USA. Which would explain the road signs and the non existent interstate. (worth mentioning that 236 could be a connecting road to the nearby pan american highway). Anyway, what about the other two

Well. Obviously one of them is going to be in East Africa right? To the south of lake Turkana. They'd build up from where they found the conduit for sure. So, what are some potential locations? Well, about 175 miles south of the lake is the city of Nanyuki. Right on the ecuator, and has an airport. Perfect spot for a major development to happen.

So, what two locations are equidistance from Nanyuki on the equator? Well, to find that we need to divide the circumference of the world into thirds, and then measure that number along the equator from Nanyuki in both directions

the circumference of the world is 40075km, divided by 3 is 13358.33km To the east 12258km from Nanyuki is...

The middle of the ocean... which is fine. There are no three spots on land on the ecuator which are equidistance from eachother. There was always going to be somewhere in the water. But the way i see it, if you can build a space elevator you can build an artificial island. So this probably wouldn't be an issue. It gets exciting when you go west though, because 13358km west of Nanyuki is...

RIGHT OF THE COAST OF ECUADOR.

Within a margin for error of about 300km too. and if you're building a structure of that scale 300km is nothing. Rhadamanthus could've absolutely been right there on that coast. Anyway, this has been my TED talk. Rhadamanthus is in Ecuador. Why the conduit is there and not in Nanyuki... well thats a whole different question to ask.

[vanillahina]

A/Alvis, half and half of the same soul 💕 (all done on stream!)

[call-me-noa]

Can't believe Xenoblade 3 got away with having lesbian sex on screen

[captain-padraig]

[stillunpainted]

Finally can play the xenoblade 3 dlc and I love the group dynamic so far. Matthew is like "yeah Nikol why are you so quiet and shy that's weird" and A is like "That was insensitive Matthew. He's literally neurodivergent and a minor. You should consider your words more carefully." And Matthews like "oh sorry buddy it's okay that you're neurodivergent and a minor we all have our own strengths and weaknesses. The world is beautiful" and Nikol is like "thanks... I'm going to invent the iphone 14 now... see ya"

[semi-sketchy]

Alright, so I'm slightly confused by this. Matthew and A get called "Moebius hunters" so it's clear they've caused problems for Moebius, as this affinity scene states.

It's in the same area as this cutscene, so obviously a follow-up on it.

Yet...

Just the two Matthew and A killed in chapter 1? How did they get the title "Moebius hunters" if they didn't kill any prior? In fairness, the affinity scene says nothing about them "killing" any Moebius, just causing trouble, but this compact between Z I'm assuming happened shortly after the first confrontation against Alpha, if not right before.

In order to earn that title, surely Matthew must've caused problems before this point, no? He even knows the exact way to kill a Moebius, implying he's done this before, so...

I know it's very minor, but it's always been a "huh?" moment for me.

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Love how Matthew was all like “hold on, is A even your real name?” and in Classic Alvis Fashion™️, A just straight up dodges the question

But then at the end of the game, Shulk casually calls A “Alvis” with Matthew standing 10 feet away.

What do you think he was thinking at the time? It’s gotta be ‘Why the fuck was that a secret’ right?