30 Days of Final Fantasy!! (2018)
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"I don't like your plan. It sucks."-Yuna, X-2. I cracked up, because it is so utterly 180 from everything that defined Yuna for so long. Her self sacrificing, her "For the greater good" even in X-2 she's usually at everyone else's beck and call, and finally she just calls out people on their bullshit.
Tied with Aerith's "I can't let you get involved, blah blah blah, that's Cloud's line!"
Tied with Aerith's "I can't let you get involved, blah blah blah, that's Cloud's line!"
Clement Rage
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"If you live, everybody behind you lives! If you die, they die!"
Cid, Dirge.
Cid, Dirge.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
Vivi, as the best FF character and male, would have to take it.
Then, among the more traditionally "masculine" options: Barret, Cloud, Auron, Balthier, and Sazh are all up there.
Then, among the more traditionally "masculine" options: Barret, Cloud, Auron, Balthier, and Sazh are all up there.
The G'randiest' Daddy
Teh Bunneh of Doom
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- Darth
Hmm, I'd say it's a toss up between Larsa (the sass levels are just too good), Auron (for his rather darker sassiness), and Balthier (did I mention I like the sass levels these guys put out?).
Joe
I KEEP MY IDEALS
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- Joe, Arcana
I can't get on with a lot of FF's male characters. They are either far too Bishounen or just a complete joke/archetype. Yet Snow manages to be both of those things, while also not being a walking angst factory. Plus I love the hero trope in these dramatic games where everybody has something to be sad or pissed off about.
Also Larsa cos he's the best.
fancy
pants
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- Fancy
I've always felt something of an emotional attachment to Cloud because I relate a lot to his childhood and the whole 'outsider in a small town' thing. I also see him as a sidekick who’s been abandoned by the hero, but has to play the hero's role anyway (same reasons why I adore characters like Spiderman).
I see Zack as the quintessential Good Guy Protagonist, yeah? Especially with the release of the Compilation titles. He's good, he's strong, he’s confident, he believes very much in his own noble causes. But then he passes away, and we're left with Cloud, who's basically The Player (YOU). He's the player who has to step into the hero's shoes because something's gone terribly wrong and not at all as planned. And, goodness, does he try to fill those shoes, even at times when he's feeling unsure about himself. And I love that. That's how I see him anyway.
I love the whole Jerk With a Heart of Gold thing that Barret has going on. Methinks he's this big sweetie who's naturally optimistic, but has been hardened by life and has to be rough by necessity. The 'shiny, golden wire of hope' line man. Only the purest of pure hearts can dish that shit out and believe it!! TT__TT
The third character I wanna mention is Tseng, but I don't think he really counts because it's more my headcanons about him that make me adore him as much as I do LOL. I mean, I’ve always thought he was coolish aside from the bitchslapping he dishes out, but...yeah...aahh...the imagination is a wonderful thing. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Cid reminds me of one of my favourite uncles. So I'll always have a spot in my heart for him, haha.
I see Zack as the quintessential Good Guy Protagonist, yeah? Especially with the release of the Compilation titles. He's good, he's strong, he’s confident, he believes very much in his own noble causes. But then he passes away, and we're left with Cloud, who's basically The Player (YOU). He's the player who has to step into the hero's shoes because something's gone terribly wrong and not at all as planned. And, goodness, does he try to fill those shoes, even at times when he's feeling unsure about himself. And I love that. That's how I see him anyway.
I love the whole Jerk With a Heart of Gold thing that Barret has going on. Methinks he's this big sweetie who's naturally optimistic, but has been hardened by life and has to be rough by necessity. The 'shiny, golden wire of hope' line man. Only the purest of pure hearts can dish that shit out and believe it!! TT__TT
The third character I wanna mention is Tseng, but I don't think he really counts because it's more my headcanons about him that make me adore him as much as I do LOL. I mean, I’ve always thought he was coolish aside from the bitchslapping he dishes out, but...yeah...aahh...the imagination is a wonderful thing. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Cid reminds me of one of my favourite uncles. So I'll always have a spot in my heart for him, haha.
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... FFVII: Well, I personally think Aerith's death in FFVII takes the cake here. I didn't know she was going to die when I first played the game, and found it really shocking.
...in distant second place...
FFIX: Vivi's inevitably short life I think was alluded to throughout the story, so wasn't that surprising he actually died in the end, but still sad.
FFX: I think it was also alluded to that all the dead people would be "sent" in the end throughout the story, but given (at least in western tradition) such inevitabilities are generally broken, it is a bit of a surprise they went through with it (though iirc, the happy ending comes in FFX-2?).
FFXII: I didn't want Reddas to die
... but given the lack of time to get emotionally connected with the character, it is less tragic. If the story was written with him as a more central character from the beginning, it would have been almost as shocking as Aerith's death (though he willingly sacrificed his life, rather than it being taken from him, which is a bit different).Clement Rage
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Day 6: Probably Sephiroth. He was interestin and surprisingly pragmatic.
Honourable mentions: Steiner, Zidane, Vivi, Yaag Rosch
Day 7: I honestly don't remember how I reacted to most of them. The black mage factory in Dali, maybe?
Honourable mentions: Steiner, Zidane, Vivi, Yaag Rosch
Day 7: I honestly don't remember how I reacted to most of them. The black mage factory in Dali, maybe?
Lestat
He/him
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- Ergo, V
Three separate moments always leave me going Wtf!!!
Ffvii - Aeris death, it was the first time I had played a game which gave you a playable character who was killed in cold blood and the build up to it left me shocked for days.
Ffvii - Aeris death, it was the first time I had played a game which gave you a playable character who was killed in cold blood and the build up to it left me shocked for days.
- Both Luna & Noctis's deaths left me stunned.
Up until the leviathan scene I had thought of ardyn to be just toying with the guys but that moment cemented that he really was just an evil prick.
Up until the leviathan scene I had thought of ardyn to be just toying with the guys but that moment cemented that he really was just an evil prick.
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Clement Rage
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Can we maybe label XV spoilers?
