@AbigatorM Minor spoilers but when you DO meet up with Ardbert in Shadowbringers and choose the right dialogue- he kinda confirms that the Exarch spys on you.
"It's probably something he's doing on purpose. Maybe he suspects you're watching him, kind of like you actually are now? And he's doing it just to confuse you?" Emet-Selch, trying to double-troll him, unknowing of Ardberts presence.
those tiny details are what make Bene's videos so great; theyre funny and well animated but this attention to detail gives so much greatness to the whole
I want to think the mirror thing isn't projecting the sound, we're just blasting music so loud in the pendants that you can hear it from the crystal tower
Emet-selch's face comes into frame over Exarch's shoulder: "This is the most entertainment I've had all day. I should get myself one of these." *Exarch yells. Potato chips go flying*
Crystal exarch: I mean... He could be warming up before switching to dancer foe today's outing. WoL: You and me, bro? We taking the spotlight at the next "Crystarium's got Talent".
The best part of this whole thing is the implication that the Warrior of Light despite all his good traits is still that guy who can and will play music at deafening volume within a hotel with thin walls.
My head cannon for the WoL is that we're a complete gremlin that just so happens to have godlike self control. If we're in front of foreign dignitaries and important people we will behave, when faced with enemies we will show no mercy, but THE MOMENT we're alone or with close friends we become sass machines hellbent on pranking everything and everyone.
I also personally consider them to be practically a seperate character, in the same way 'Bruce Wayne' and 'Batman' are practically seperate characters psychologically.
I mean his hood is not hiding anything in the video. But some people think of the Exarch and G'raha as separate characters. Exarch is future-G'raha. Meanwhile, G'raha post-5.3 is basically a brand new being born from the merging of our timeline's G'raha with the soul and memories of the Exarch. And it really shows in his mannerism and the way he talks. In Japanese, he even uses different pronouns and the Exarch talks like an old man, even after his identity was revealed. But fused-G'raha talks like a young man again. To me at least, it's very hard to think of them as the same person when they're so different.
@@geekwars3998 the one moment in Endwalker proved that G'Raha could still Exarch, but G'Raha did state shortly after the merging that not having a singular mission taking up every waking moment gave him a new perspective on life, kinda like getting a new start on life.
I don't know why, but the detail of exarch rubbing his fingers after eating a chip to get the chip dust off them. I just related to that on a spiritual level.
bruh, the first time I listened to Herald of Darkness, WoL and Ardbert were literally the first thing I thought of. Thank you for animating this. Your service will be remembered
I've literally been HOLDING MY BREATH WAITING for this shitpost combo. The SECOND I heard this song in Alan Wake 2 all I could think about was FFXIV lol. My stomach hurts, this is hysterical. Bless, thank you
I come back and watch this every couple of weeks and what cracks me up the most is how utterly confused Ardbert looks but how absolutely MESMERIZED he is with it. The dance has his body in an absolute vice-grip
As I was watching, I thought "...they just needed an excuse to animate this dance." Then I scrolled down and read the description and genuinely laughed out loud.
also so in love with the Champion of Light and Herald of Darkness being WoL and Ardbert respectively.... i am so sick. i love this so much. also Exarch adding another mental note about how insane WoL is
Lmao i just found out who the crystal exarch is during MSQ a few hours ago if this was in my home page just before i migth have got a spoiler😂 (great video btw)
Ok but for some reason i'm imagining Emet with the Exarch at some point while watching events unfold from a distance and the WoL just does something like this. I further imagine Emet being both confused and terrified.
Whats awesome is that all the dance moves are lovingly hand-animated. No feet slipping into the floor, no hyper extensions tugging at the arms and barbie hands, no deeply obvious clipping of legs through armour... damn you did a wonderful job
Игры
As I said on Twitter, Graha has a Garlean chair because it offers great lumbar support, so he specifically summoned one from the source
i beg bene could we get this as a ffxiv mod if you know how???
@@requ1emYBA unfortunately I know nothing about modding
@@requ1emYBA yes!!! i would love use a dance mod using this dance
pray that somebody does a mod for it
How many chairs did he accidentally yoink trying to get that one?
Two braincells combine and turn into…one, somehow
Shadowbringers villain screaming from the depths of the ocean as they witness this.
@@SpoiltLittlePrincess haha TO TRUE!
Wol and Ardbert: What’s a brain cell?
1+1=1 🤯
8 times rejoined lets get it
Lost it at the crystal exarch watching the WOL having a psychotic mental breakdown in his room alone
My thoughts exactly 😂
While eating crisps
i mean i knew he is a simp. but spying on WOL in his bedroom is kinda creepy xDDD
@@AbigatorM I mean as a WOL myself I'm not complaining 😂😂😂😂
@AbigatorM Minor spoilers but when you DO meet up with Ardbert in Shadowbringers and choose the right dialogue- he kinda confirms that the Exarch spys on you.
"I am baffled, yet intrigued." - Crystal Exarch, probably
I'd be wondering where the music came from if he just woke up, too.
"What was in that sandwich I gave him?"
"It's probably something he's doing on purpose. Maybe he suspects you're watching him, kind of like you actually are now? And he's doing it just to confuse you?" Emet-Selch, trying to double-troll him, unknowing of Ardberts presence.
"I'm confused, yet aroused..." - Crystal Exarch, definitely
@@CeresAzalia yeah I believe it coming from him.
The Exarch brushing his fingers together after eating the chip to dust them off is one of those tiny details that make the animations so captivating.
those tiny details are what make Bene's videos so great; theyre funny and well animated but this attention to detail gives so much greatness to the whole
@@ursulcx299didn't have well fed smh
Oh hey, I know you.
"Oh my God, even his mental breakdowns are amazing!"
Him being a fanboy in all time periods 😔🤟
I want to think the mirror thing isn't projecting the sound, we're just blasting music so loud in the pendants that you can hear it from the crystal tower
Which, considering the sheer size of the tower… eulmore’s army’s knocking with a noise complaint
That's what I thought too! Given how muffled it sounds. It sounds like it's coming through a wall.
it does sound a bit muffled so its totally possible thats whats happening
@@queencyrys6309 Now I imagine Vauthry screaming at full volume to turn the damn music down.
@@OmegaGamer04 or secretly doing dance move in his room
"What did I put in that sandwich?"
If crystal exarch was spying on us in our rooms at the Crystarium, he probably thought we were psychos talking to ourselves whenever Ardbert showed up
Given the Exarch's own history, I imagine the next thought then is "Eh, who am I to judge."
We did tell him there is a ghost the first night! We have an excuse!!!
I mean, Ardbert even pointed that out himself.
Emet-selch's face comes into frame over Exarch's shoulder: "This is the most entertainment I've had all day. I should get myself one of these."
*Exarch yells. Potato chips go flying*
Bowl lands on Emet-selch’s head
@@LinkJTOsungalsses drop on emets face.
wheeeeezing
Oh man. This. All day.
Or he just holds up the bowl. Game recognizes Game and Grandpa recognizes Grandpa.
Crystal exarch: I mean... He could be warming up before switching to dancer foe today's outing.
WoL: You and me, bro? We taking the spotlight at the next "Crystarium's got Talent".
The best part of this whole thing is the implication that the Warrior of Light despite all his good traits is still that guy who can and will play music at deafening volume within a hotel with thin walls.
its not a bad trait, its a healthy way to release life pressure
My head cannon for the WoL is that we're a complete gremlin that just so happens to have godlike self control. If we're in front of foreign dignitaries and important people we will behave, when faced with enemies we will show no mercy, but THE MOMENT we're alone or with close friends we become sass machines hellbent on pranking everything and everyone.
Every tenant in the Pendants at 2 am: "...He's doing it again..."
"I don't know why this is doing it for me. But it's definitely doing it."
- Exarch, probably
I love how Ardbert's expression is just frozen into this shocked gaze the entire time.
"W-why isn't my body listening to me!?"
WoL - Warlin Door
Ardbert - Alan Wake
In terms of facial expressions
Ilkka Villi's "confused Alan Wake" face is priceless
Your psychosis is chronic, but your dance moves are eikonic. :3
THIS COMMENT 🤣
I love how everyone is calling him "Crystal Exarch" to avoid spoiling anyone
I also personally consider them to be practically a seperate character, in the same way 'Bruce Wayne' and 'Batman' are practically seperate characters psychologically.
I mean his hood is not hiding anything in the video. But some people think of the Exarch and G'raha as separate characters. Exarch is future-G'raha. Meanwhile, G'raha post-5.3 is basically a brand new being born from the merging of our timeline's G'raha with the soul and memories of the Exarch. And it really shows in his mannerism and the way he talks. In Japanese, he even uses different pronouns and the Exarch talks like an old man, even after his identity was revealed. But fused-G'raha talks like a young man again.
To me at least, it's very hard to think of them as the same person when they're so different.
@@geekwars3998 the one moment in Endwalker proved that G'Raha could still Exarch, but G'Raha did state shortly after the merging that not having a singular mission taking up every waking moment gave him a new perspective on life, kinda like getting a new start on life.
@@ultimategaymer_Bruce Wayne is Batman???
@@Tundra. The butts match!
not the shitpost crossover I expected, but now that I think about it, it makes too much sense
It just occurred to me that this song fits both WoL and Ardbert way too well.
Crystal Exarch is thinking to himself "Did I bring the wrong person over?"
And then he remembered that this is tame compared with what he is used to with the famed Derplander.
The FFXIV/Alan Wake crossover I didn't know that I needed!
I was actually scrolling to see if someone posted where the song came from! Thank you for beating me to it
I don't know why, but the detail of exarch rubbing his fingers after eating a chip to get the chip dust off them. I just related to that on a spiritual level.
"Its not a loop... its a dance party"
"It's not a lake... it's a portal to the realm of the gods..."
I always wondering what the Crystal Exarch was doing when WOL is out and about. Yea, that makes sense.
Nah , just what he's up to when WoL is in his room. Good thing WoL isn't in constant need of stress relief, huh?
The end had me cracking up 😂
The Exarch being the audience surrogate - he's just like us fr fr😂
You just combined two great things, Alan Wake and FF14 into this beautiful piece, thank you
New Bene G. just dropped. It's either going to be funny or depressing.
Funpressing.
i am still mad at him for the ptsd flashback denial video.
If you consider Fray too, you realize the WoL is a weird combination of DBZ Abridged Piccolo post fusions and Garfield Minus Garfield.
well that depends on how much you level up your DRK...though WOL is canonically a DRK in ShB so i guess it works
Including me I have 4 personalities in my head
WoL: "I'm 3 guys now!"
LMAO I never realised how perfectly this song fits, this is top tier
bruh, the first time I listened to Herald of Darkness, WoL and Ardbert were literally the first thing I thought of.
Thank you for animating this. Your service will be remembered
Honestly, I thought of WoL and Zenos, both are great though
ive rewatched this an embarrassing amount of times.
I'm so glad you animated the dance. The song has been a recent obsession of mine.
Ohh YOU KNOW the Exarch is enjoying every second of this!!
The SECOND i saw graha i knew you'd be here. God i love this community.
Lizard is never late, nor are they early, they arrive _precisely_ when Graha does!
Of course your here xD, was half expecting for catboy's gf to kick the sanctum door down lol
He's also probably thinking WoL is having a stroke, but he's too entraptured to look away.
Truly a "one brings shadow, one brings the light" moment
Babe wake up Bene dropped a bangef
I've been thinking about Shadowbringers a lot ever since the song came out.
Our favorite exarch in the end, being baffled and perplex was so good xD
Christ now you're doing full bodied dance animations with crazy footwork as well? MY GOAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT x)!
I saw the pose in the thumbnail and knew exactly where this was going. Bravo 🤣
You have merged two of my favorite things ever. FFXIV and Old Gods of Asgard. Thank! You! I adore this with every reflection of my fragmented being.
I love the echo in the room when the Exarch is watching
I've literally been HOLDING MY BREATH WAITING for this shitpost combo. The SECOND I heard this song in Alan Wake 2 all I could think about was FFXIV lol.
My stomach hurts, this is hysterical.
Bless, thank you
Those are chips, I KNOW they are chips.
My Brain: Mini-tacos.
Meet in the middle: tortilla chips.
This has been on repeat for the past 4 hours...
Yeah, I can see the WoL and all of his reflections meeting up and doing a dance off.
The crossover I never knew that I needed 😂😂.
I come back and watch this every couple of weeks and what cracks me up the most is how utterly confused Ardbert looks but how absolutely MESMERIZED he is with it. The dance has his body in an absolute vice-grip
As I was watching, I thought "...they just needed an excuse to animate this dance." Then I scrolled down and read the description and genuinely laughed out loud.
i knew i recognized that weird dance pose 10/10 would write again
THIS IS GORGEOUS THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH THEE CROSSOVER OF ALL TIME
also so in love with the Champion of Light and Herald of Darkness being WoL and Ardbert respectively.... i am so sick. i love this so much.
also Exarch adding another mental note about how insane WoL is
This gets better the more times I watch it.
I've never even played Alan Wake but I knew the dance, and I can't stop watching this video.
Herald of Darkness has buried itself DEEP in my brain
I watch this video every single time it pops up anywhere..
It's a treasure.
Literally same 😆
The lyrics really fit well.🤣
The chocobo PJs got me rolling 😂🤣😅🤣
When that music kicked in! I love Alan Wake and love that you used it for this. I cannot believe I didn’t even consider this joke!
Your channel is a hidden gem, thanks youtube recommandations.
Lmao i just found out who the crystal exarch is during MSQ a few hours ago if this was in my home page just before i migth have got a spoiler😂 (great video btw)
We should petition Yoshi-P and Soken to do a collab with Remedy for a cross-over. The dance can be the rewards for completion.
Whenever you drop videos, I can't like them hard enough.
Ok but for some reason i'm imagining Emet with the Exarch at some point while watching events unfold from a distance and the WoL just does something like this. I further imagine Emet being both confused and terrified.
Exarch: Oh this is nothing, wait until he decides to spend three days straight doing nothing but making coffee biscuits to get some extra gil.
I love this channel so much dude lol I just binge watched everything.
Thank you for introducing me to this song. I've been listening to it constantly all day.
All jokes aside, as perfect as 'One brings Shadow' is, this would be amazing for the Shadowbringers final boss theme.
I was waiting for this and as always you didn't disappoint. Love your content ❤️
Whats awesome is that all the dance moves are lovingly hand-animated. No feet slipping into the floor, no hyper extensions tugging at the arms and barbie hands, no deeply obvious clipping of legs through armour... damn you did a wonderful job
ALAN WAKE 2 REFERENCE
the animation is soo good xD keep it up !
The part with the crystal exarch at the end slayed me. XD
Heck yeah Old Gods of Asgard!
Thanks for an awesome piece again, BeneG!
this lives rent free in my head 24/7
And thus did the Crystal Exarch decide to make that man a sandwich!
I love that in the original video, the sandwich that the guy made had potato chips in it 😂
@@RawrieLynn Now thats some continuity!
I hope you know that you've created a masterpiece! Truly a work of art.
I don't know what I love more, how well this song fits or that it was made by Poets of the Fall ♥
The Crystal Exarch at the end is perfect!
so damn good, and the lyrics even suit it, wtf! amazing 10/10
I love both games, and I love you for this.
I cant stop watching this, top quality as always
I had a very similar idea to this but just the Exarch doing the dance, bless you for completing my brain worm for me better than I ever could
I could watch this over and over and never get bored of it
the crystal exarch's professional sound system
Sam Lake you hack!
Do the face
Amazing! That bit at the end... Perfection. Lol
great work love the videos
He will take a potato chip, AND EAT IT.
I absolutely love how you animate the Exarch because for all the goofiness you put in your videos, it's fucking lore accurate.
Friendly reminder that Herald of Darkness is Soken-san's favorite game soundtrack of 2023.
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!
(... ... ... ... ... silence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)
AND MAMA GAVE ME A MAGIC ECHO
WELL YES I THINK IT’S TRUE AND FAIR TO SAY
Ardbert: Teach me your secrets !
WoL: Are you sure you can handle them? *beings to dance*
Ardbert: *Follows the dance* I... I think I understand now !
Damn animations and lightning are on point as always.
That is surprisingly fitting
FFXIV AND Poets of the Fall? Matron take me, I've died and gone to the heavens.
This make me wonder how much of a nightmare Azem was.
Woah, this fits so well !
YES, i was waiting for someone to make this exact joke. Love both franchises!
The face at the beginning omgggggg🤣truly elegant, everything❤
...Did the Exarch just took a potato chip... And ate it?!!?
This was pure serotonin, thank you Lol
Just want to say that this video lives rent-free in my brain.
Edit: It doesn't help that I have it on a loop until I'm satisfied.