Love for Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's new freak Bakool Ja Ja gets so intense that Square Enix asks the MMO's community what's going on

2024-07-09

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Bakool Ja Ja

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail has introduced a new husbando that the MMO’s infamously down-bad community has taken a liking to – and it’s not the shy cat boy this time, but a mean two-headed lizard who is ripped.

Warning! There are some light spoilers ahead, alongside some fan art you probably want to avoid explaining to a colleague.

Bakool Ja Ja is one of the many new faces you’ll see in Dawntrail. The broad strokes are that you’re helping one of four claimants to win a competition to cement their place as the next to sit on a thrown. Your claimant and pal, Wuk Lamat, is kind-natured but not as strong or smart as the others; the new cat lad on the block, Koana, is the smart one; Zoraal Ja is the only blood relative of the outgoing king; and then you have Bakool Ja Ja – a lizard who is seen as blessed because he has two heads rather than one.

The dude is a problem. He (they?) has little interest in the rules of the competition and only desires to cause chaos wherever they go while being rather mean to the likes of Wuk Lamat and others.

Most importantly, though – as fans of the MMO have noticed – he’s a ripped bad boy. I haven’t been able to log onto Twitter over the past few days without my trending tab throwing up Bakool Ja Ja’s name. Every time I see what’s going on, I come away withsomethingI wish I hadn’t plastered upon my screen while in the office.

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Bakool …. Ja ja… 🩷#FFXIVART pic.twitter.com/Vtn2u7xopPJuly 8, 2024

bakool ja ja when i give him the bakool job job if you know what i m pic.twitter.com/cQl6fVdDAWJuly 6, 2024

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Final Fantasy 14 features oodles of pretty people that the MMO’s community hassworn fealty to, though what’s turned heads this time is who is being thirsted over. Dawntrail offers up abuff feline mommyand ashy lil' cat boy, after all.

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Squeenix Employee: Sir, people are thirsting over one of the new #ffxiv NPCsYoshi-P: We anticipated this. We’ll offer support to the Wuk Lamat VAs and make sure we keep an eye on harassment towards cosplayers at-SEE: Sir, it’s Bakool Ja JaYoshi-P: IT’S BAKOOL WHAT WHAT? pic.twitter.com/evea6s6xI0July 8, 2024

It doesn’t happen often, though evenSquare Enixhas taken notice.

So how’s Dawntrail going pic.twitter.com/W4uRlguWePJuly 8, 2024

TheFinal Fantasy 14 community hasn’t vibed with everything Dawntrail has brought to the beloved MMO, though we can at least find solace in the muscley arms of Bakool Ja Ja until Dawntrail’s post-expansion run hopefully brings it home.

Final Fantasy creator says his Final Fantasy 14 habit got so bad “on rare occasion” that some of his employees would hop on the MMO to DM him about missed meetings.

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