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Sidequest Book Club
Dark Knight
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Welcome to the first, 'we underestimated our first choice of subject matter'-sized episode of a new podcast, where two friends take one of the side stories of Final Fantasy XIV, and analyze it as the storytelling it is! We're starting with a big one: Dark Knight's job story, full of deep feelings, deeper thoughts, and even deeper holes where we keep sticking that giant sword. So join us as we discuss if Fray is Batman or Robin, JazzElves compares her favorite job quest NPC to her favorite Gundam MILF, and Cleretic somehow brings in cut content from Heavensward during Stormblood!
Find me on https://twitter.com/Cleretic, or https://cohost.org/Cleretic!
Find JazzElves at https://twitter.com/JazzElves!
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