It took 15 years but finally, finally, the awful pain inflicted by DW s4x13 "Journey's End" was healed in my fangirl heart. I'm not even saying that facetiously, my friends. Donna's ending in s4 hurt. The fact that here in the year 2023, Donna not only got her memory back, but she got the Doctor back? And the Doctor finally stopped running? And he found a home, found a family, and it's with Donna?
I can hardly believe it.
It took so very long but they got the happy ending they were denied back in 2008. I can't even tell you how happy I am right now. 🤗💖
Did Indie have any assumptions about what Eorzea would be like before she arrived there? Were her expectations reasonably on the mark, or not so much? What has surprised her the most about Eorzean life so far?
Indie had heard some pretty terrifying stories about the Eorzean city states and people, ranging from violent pirates out to kidnap and sell you into slavery, to corrupt officials who will do whatever they can to ruin you financially. Let's just say it was a pretty daunting trip to Ul'dah but she was determined to keep an open mind!
Her main assumption, as it was something she'd been warned about countless times, was that she would not be welcomed, she would not be accepted - if not for being Ala Mhigan, having a Garlean-esque last name was definitely not going to help her make a good first impression and she would have to work extremely hard to gain anyones trust. She expected it to be a lonely time.
So what has surprised her the most is how welcoming people have been since her arrival: Momodi at the Adventurers guild, Hamon (Dad) of the Pugilist guild, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn who are practically family, HAURCHEFANT her actual knight in shining armour and the rest of House Fortemps… The list goes on. Indie has established more of a support network in the last few months than she's had her whole life and it means everything to her. Her adventures have been fraught with danger and she's suffered some heavy losses, but her friends will get her through it and that's not something she could have imagined in that carriage ride just a few months ago.
Second favourite moment of the campaign today with Sun who joined the party in order to earn money because it had gotten too cold to sleep out. But when they got to the inn the only good room was reserved so she just gave her full 10 gold of earnings to get it for them. And, I mean, maybe it's not the most selfless thing when she's been too removed from society to grasp what money means and what she's just done but I love her for it all the same.