History NightmareFuel / FinalFantasyXIV

** The whole scenario is just ''extremely'' uncomfortable at the very least. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Zenos basically forces himself onto your body without your consent, and makes it do horrible things against your will.]] For several players, the scene carries utterly horrific undertones of '''''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]]''''', and changes their perspective of Zenos from an annoying pest, to a completely and utterly ''disgusting and depraved stalker.''

** The whole scenario is just ''extremely'' uncomfortable at the very least. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Zenos basically forces himself onto your body without your consent, and makes it do horrible things against your will.]] For several players, this scene carried some horrible ''rape'' undertones, and made them go from annoyance towards Zenos, to utterly '''''[[ItsPersonal murderous]]''''' '''''[[ThisIsUnforgivable hatred]]''''' of him.
* "Remember when I told you I wanted to die, and take everyone with me? '''''I meant it."'''''

** This whole scenario puts TheStinger of ''Shadowbringers'' in a new light. Not too long ago, Zenos was in the exact same situation the Warrior of Light is in, and yet even in the body of a lowly soldier, he was ''still'' able to defeat Elidibus and force him to flee for his life. While Zenos did have the benefit of possessing an Eorzean and thus could manipulate aether, giving him a bit more of an advantage than the Warrior of Light, it really shows just how monstrously powerful Zenos has become since ''Stormblood''.

** During the boss fight with her Sepharim-inspired divine form, Theos, the highly melodic and upbeat boss music turns malicious and insidious if you actually pay attention to the lyrics. In a stark contrast to the boss music of the "Myths of the Realm" raid which consists of the Twelve's worshipers singing in joy, this is clearly Athena singing her own song with lyrics that define her obsession for knowledge of all things and power over all, that the sun is setting on creation and all its people, to be replaced and perfected under her hand. She even goes on to refute the existence of all mortals, stating they were "never once truly alive" and as such they are alone with no gods to hear their prayers and hopes, its time to say goodnight as she'll use them as fodder for her perfect existence and new chosen people. All while the song continues to be appealing rhythmic.

* Athena's psychopathic words are matched by her expressions, there's just nothing behind her eyes and her body language is very off-putting which is perfectly inline as she talks about people like tools and their value based solely on their utility to her, even when it comes to family. Ofcourse special note is the scene where she is leaning over, her head tilted staring with wide empty eyes and a blank smile at the screen.
** During the boss fight with her Sepharim-inspired divine form, Theos, the highly melodic and upbeat boss music turns malicious and insidious if you pay attention to the lyrics. In a stark contrast to the boss music of the "Myths of the Realm" raid which consists of the Twelve's worshipers singing in joy, this is clearly Athena singing her own song with lyrics that define her obsession for knowledge of all things and power over all, that the sun is setting on creation and all people, to be replaced and perfected under her hand. She even goes on to refute all people, stating they were "never once truly alive" and as such they are alone with no gods to hear their prayers and hopes, its time to say goodnight. All while continuing to be rhythmic and appealing.

** And this isn't even getting into the revelations of their origins at the end of ''Stormblood'', that mean their overarching goals for domination and their sense of self and pride is all one gigantic Ascian machination to control the world and cause further calamities. ''All of this horrible suffering is intentional and deliberate, and only a couple people ever knew.'' Varis himself ends up being the LesserOfTwoEvils, and that isn't saying much considering he's the one behind a chemical weapon that can, and in a BadFuture ''does'', end the world, and prefaces his independent motives from Elidibus' by proclaiming he'll make a world of only [[ANaziByAnyOtherName one true super race]] by any means necessary.

* 6.4 ends with the worst case scenario: After strongarming your way back to the Void, the one you came for, Azdaja, was corrupted into becoming the Shadow Dragon by Golbez. Not even beating him was enough to stop him, as he sacrifices Azdaja into the chasm to awaken ''Zeromus''. As Golbez puts it succinctly, we may have won the battle, but right now, he's winning in this war. And right now, there's nothing to be done but retreat. There is the glimmer of hope that she can yet be saved due to the Void preventing true death, but that glimmer is incredibly dim.

* 6.4 ends with the worst case scenario: After strongarming your way back to the Void, the one you came for, Azdaja, was corrupted into becoming the Shadow Dragon by Golbez. Not even beating him was enough to stop him, as he sacrifices Azdaja into the chasm to awaken ''Zeromus''. As Golbez puts it succinctly, we may have won the battle, but right now, he's winning in this war. And right now, there's nothing to be done until then.

** And this isn't even getting into the revelations of their origins at the end of ''Stormblood'', that mean their overarching goals for domination and their sense of self and pride is all one gigantic Ascian machination to control the world and cause further calamities. ''All of this horrible suffering is intentional and deliberate, and only a couple people ever knew.'' Varis himself ends up being the LesserOfTwoEvils, and that isn't saying much considering he's the one behind a chemical weapon that can, and in a BadFuture ''does'', end the world.

* During the echo flashback when Fandaniel's true origins are revealed, the player is given a glimpse at the DeadlyDecadentCourt that the Allagan Empire was, as you hear about experiment where an unsuspecting man was [[BodyHorror given the head of a bull]] for ENTERTAINMENT. The noble even gleefully recalls the [[AndIMustScream man attempting to scream in terror and only managing guttural growling.]] The entire affair is so brief, and overshadowed by the other horrors in the expansion yet its horror so much more horrific because of the sheer cruelty. This was the man chosen to become Fandaniel.

--> '''Meteion:''' True salvation lies in not in dying. It lies in not being born.

* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRQN2VxZH_k "Answers - Reprise"]] is a short version of "Answers", but with a strong echo and reverb added to the lyrics. The song itself is already pretty intense with the lyrics alone, but having the song play with the added effects just adds to the creepy factor as if you know something terrible is going to happen. The song usually just plays during The Rising event as a tribute to everything that happened before the fall of Dalamud in 1.0, however, it also plays after Illberd begins the summoning of Shinryu, whom he explicitly states to be even stronger than Bahamut. The developers intentionally made the scene similar to events of the Calamity that led to the chaos that was Bahamut, song and all.