History Fridge / XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed

** The fact that N's sword is called the Sword of the ''End'' may likewise have also been foreshadowing his connection to Logos, given that Malos was once known as the ''End''bringer.

* Shulk naming his child Nikol takes on some Fridge Heartwarming when you realize that both Nikol and Klaus are variations on the name Nicholas. For all the problems Klaus may have caused, Shulk respected his forebear enough to name his child after him and "redeem" his name.

* Ontos' androgyny was hinted as early as the first game: when Shulk asks about Alvis, referring to him as a male, Melia says she has never met a ''male'' Homs before Shulk; this is in spite of Alvis being the seer of the High Entia court for years, and Shulk immediately pegs him as looking exactly like a Homs, but while Alvis does later mention that his ancestry is not easily explained, it's never indicated that Melia ''doesn't'' regard him as a Homs.

** In addition, Shulk and Rex make suitable replacements for Logos and Pneuma due to their ''many'' opposing differences. Respectively Shulk and Rex are Defender vs Attacker, from Bionis vs from Alrest, (relatively) [[LongHairedPrettyBoy feminine]] versus [[{{Hunk}} masculine]], [[HairContrastDuo have contrasting hair and eye colors]], [[NobleMaleRoguishMale intellectual vs emotional]], BrainsAndBrawn, GadgeteerGenius who developed futiristic technology vs AdventurerArchaeologist who excavated the past, [[HamAndDeadpanDuo reserved vs bombastic]], [[CynicIdealistDuo melancholy and responsible vs cheerful and gregarious]], [[GentleTouchVsFirmHand doting and nurturing vs strict and forbidding]]), and so on. The key difference is that these contrasts are the kind that complement and harmonize with one another as part of a RedOniBlueOni, like yin and yang, and like the metaseries' recurring themes of animus and anima, rather than fundamentally conflicting as Mythra/Pyra and Malos were in ''2'', causing them to provide a suitably healthy and stable foundation to maintain Aionios for as long as they can.

** In addition, Shulk and Rex make suitable replacements for Logos and Pneuma due to their ''many'' opposing differences. Respectively Shulk and Rex are Defender vs Attacker, from Bionis vs from Alrest, (relatively) [[LongHairedPrettyBoy feminine]] versus [[{{Hunk}} masculine]], [[HairContrastDuo have contrasting hair and eye colors]], [[NobleMaleRoguishMale intellectual vs emotional]], BrainsAndBrawn, [[HamAndDeadpanDuo reserved vs bombastic]], [[CynicIdealistDuo melancholy and responsible vs cheerful and gregarious]], [[GentleTouchVsFirmHand doting and nurturing vs strict and forbidding]]), and so on. The key difference is that these contrasts are the kind that complement and harmonize with one another as part of a RedOniBlueOni, like yin and yang, and like the metaseries' recurring themes of animus and anima, rather than fundamentally conflicting as Mythra/Pyra and Malos were in ''2'', causing them to provide a suitably healthy and stable foundation to maintain Aionios for as long as they can.

** It explains why Klaus and Galea were brought over with Ontos into the new world that became Bionis and Mechonis. Essentially Ontos was using Zanza and Meyneth as an ersatz Pneuma and Logos to help with decision-making, and Klaus and Galea were the closest male and female sapient beings available. Their opposition to one another mirrors the battle between generative Pneuma and destructive Logos. This also explains the different forms the Bionis and Mechonis took: Klaus, who began the experiment out of insatiable curiosity and a desire to create, became Zanza, a god of biological life, [[AGodAmI intense emotion]], and [[LightIsNotGood light]], representing an evil version of Pneuma, whereas Galea opposed the idea out of a rational fear of the unknown, and became Meyneth, a [[DarkIsNotEvil dark]] goddess of machinery who took a rational approach to her creations and accepted that she and Zanza would eventually die, representing a heroic version of Logos. Zanza succeeding in killing Meyneth massively destabilized their universe, hence Ontos needing to take matters into their own hands by preparing Shulk to take over as a new Driver. Following Shulk's defeat of Zanza, Alvis in light form, Zanza's Monado, and Meyneth's Monado even rotate together in a way highly reminiscent of Ontos, Logos, and Pneuma's placement within the Trinity Processor.
** Alvis's own membership in Zanza's Trinity underscores his need to work as part of a trio. It also gives a greater purpose to Zanza's otherwise-unexplained Trinity. Although Alvis did little in the way of actual antagonism with them compared to the more proactive Dickson and Lorithea, it seems he was using them as a surrogate Logos and Pneuma for his human incarnation, especially since the genders line up (ruggedly masculine Dickson and busty Lorithea to contrast effeminately androgynous Alvis).

* A's conversation with Shulk about their origins as Alvis' positive emotions, memories, and conscious given a new form after the Pneuma core divided them not only provides the final piece of the puzzle regarding the mechanism and nature behind playable Noah and Mio's incarnations in the base game of ''3'', but the pointed way A brings up Klaus' own history and role in it also seems to suggest that Shulk too may be a similar type of existence, resolving one of the biggest open questions of ''1'''s lore. His unusual resemblance and compatibility with Zanza was never explained to be anything other than a quirk of fate, but while it could be the result of unconscious eugenics on Zanza's part to parallel his inspiration Deus's actions in VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}, what A proposes here suggests the possibility that Shulk himself is the embodiment of Klaus's hopes in a new body (complete with borderline-SignificantAnagram name), similar to Noah/N, A/Alvis, Pyra/Mythra, and continuing off his existing Fei parallels, the relationship between Fei and Lacan/Grahf.

* A's conversation with Shulk about their origins as Alvis' positive emotions, memories, and conscious given a new form not only explain the mechanism and nature behind playable Noah and Mio's existences in the base game of ''3'', but the pointed way A brings up Klaus' own history and role in it also seems to suggest that Shulk too may be a similar type of existence. His unusual resemblance and compatibility with Zanza was never explained to be anything other than a quirk of fate, but while it could be the result of unconscious eugenics on Zanza's part to parallel his inspiration Deus's actions in VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}, what A proposes here opens the possibility that Shulk is the embodiment of Klaus's hopes in a new body, similar to Noah with N, A with Alvis, and Fei with Lacan/Grahf.
* The reveal that Ontos/the Monado provided the key architecture for Origin suggests that its appearance as a large sphere with a much smaller circle/dot inside it as the opening is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(philosophy) the symbolic depiction of the Monad as a dot within a circle]].

* A's conversation with Shulk about their origins as Alvis' positive emotions, memories, and conscious given a new form not only explain the mechanism and nature behind playable Noah and Mio's existences in the base game of ''3'', but the pointed way A brings up Klaus' own history and role in it also seems to suggest that Shulk too may be a similar type of existence. His unusual resemblance and compatibility with Zanza was never explained to be anything other than a quirk of fate, but while it could be the result of unconscious eugenics on Zanza's part to parallel Deus's actions in VideoGame/[[Xenogears}}, what A proposes here opens the possibility that Shulk is the embodiment of Klaus's hopes in a body, similar to Noah with N, A with Alvis, and Fei with Lacan/Grahf.

* Of course Rex would be the character to state that nonbinary gender identities make perfect sense to him. Not only was he characterized as a tolerant AllLovingHero in ''2'', but his Blade Roc is also canonically nonbinary. Of course, he'd see it as perfectly natural.
* A being nonbinary in gender has direct resonance with the themes of ''Future Redeemed''. Their gender identity existing between the strict binary choices of male and female serves as a literal metaphor for their ability to reject the harsh binary being forced by Z and Alpha, instead seeking to TakeAThirdOption and find a harmonious intermediate path that can save both the past ''and'' future. Likewise, if Keves and Agnus can be seen as symbolic stand-ins for male and female gender roles, then the nonbinary A, whose gender identity is indicated to be a mixture of both, provides the bridge that allows the two to unify as one in the end.

* A being genderqueer has thematic resonance with how they are able to reject the binary choice imposed on Aionios by Z and Alpha, instead seeking to TakeAThirdOption and find a path in between choosing the past and the future that bridges both.

** In addition, Shulk and Rex make suitable replacements for Logos and Pneuma due to their ''many'' opposing differences (Defender vs Attacker, Bionis vs Alrest, (relatively) [[LongHairedPrettyBoy feminine]] versus [[{{Hunk}} masculine]], [[NobleMaleRoguishMale intellectual versus emotional]], melancholy and responsible versus cheerful and gregarious, GentleTouchVsFirmHand). The key difference is that these contrasts are the kind that complement and harmonize with one another as part of a RedOniBlueOni, like yin and yang, and like the metaseries' recurring themes of animus and anima, rather than fundamentally conflicting as Mythra/Pyra and Malos were in ''2'', causing them to provide a suitably healthy and stable foundation to maintain Aionios for as long as they can.

* Alpha's endgame plot actually being a NoahsStoryArc works as a neat way to contrast him with the more appropriately named Noah from the main story. Both characters eventually reach the conclusion that Aionios [[ItIsBeyondSaving is thoroughly FUBAR and needs to be destroyed]]. The difference is that Alpha sees the ''people'' of Aionios as inherently flawed, violent and stuck in the past, seeking to only preserve the new generations born in the City, who he deems innocent. Noah, on the other hand, comes to believe that Aionios's very nature is to blame for everyone's misery, and Ouroboros, even after learning about the true identity of Z, point out that the whole setup explicitly prevents the humans trapped in Aionios from even attempting to fix anything even if they wanted to -- something that Alpha conveniently ignores. For bonus points, both Noah and Alpha are a case of LiteralSplitPersonality, but in different ways. Noah represents the hopes of his original self, while N is a shell of his former self powered by misery and regret; Alpha has very little left of Ontos's benevolent "Alvis" persona despite bearing the same appearance, with A being the actual inheritor of those qualities (and implied to be Ontos's "true self").

* Ontos' androgyny was hinted as early as the first game: when Shulk asks about Alvis, referring to him as a male, Melia says she has never met a ''male'' Homs before Shulk; this is in spite of Alvis being the seer of the High Entia court for years, and Shulk immediately pegs him as looking exactly like a Homs, but while Alvis does later explain that his ancestry is not easily explained, his assumed Homs status is never questioned either.

* Ontos' androgyny was hinted as early as the first game: when Shulk asks about Alvis, referring to him as a male, Melia says she has never met a ''male'' Homs before Shulk; this is in spite of Alvis being the seer of the High Entia court for years, and despite Shulk immediately pegging Alvis as looking exactly like a Homs.

* Ontos' androgyny was hinted as early as the first game: when Shulk asks about Alvis, referring to him as a male, Melia says she has ever met a ''male'' Homs before Shulk; this is in spite of Alvis being the seer of the High Entia court for years, and despite Shulk immediately pegging Alvis as looking exactly like a Homs.

* Ontos' androgyny was hinted as early as the first game: when Shulk asks about Alvis, referring to him as a male, Melia says she has ever met a ''male'' Homs before Shulk; this is in spite of Alvis being the seer of the High Entia court for years.