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DDFF Meme: Day 14: Worst Character Alteration.
…actually, I had to stop and think about this one for a while. Because I am largely “OH HAI LETS BRAWL NOW!” my first couple of playthroughs resulted in me paying very little attention to character development. Add that to the fact that there are Final Fantasy titles that I haven’t played to completion, and I had to scour my brain for the answer to this one.
For those looking to troll/bribe me into GETTING ON WITH IT, those titles are III, IV, V, VIII, IX, and XIII. Most of this is due to me not having the respective system (everything past VIII for a very long time, as well as III) or the patience for terribad translations (I’m looking at you, original translation of IV). I have played IV and V to near-completion (Only thing stalling me on V is the fact that I currently do not have custody of the PS2.)
Now, onto the answer to my question, Please note my small inventory of games to choose from in which characters have suffered severe derailment when you read my answer, and please, don’t kill me.
I would have to say that the prize for this particular award goes to…
Terra!
“Now hold up, wait a minute,” you might be saying. “She was massively derailed last game!”
Yes. Last game.
…got déjà vu yet? I wouldn’t be surprised. After all, the lead-in to this entry is a clone of the last one.
And it would still be absolutely true if it weren’t for the fact that her character hadn’t been effectively rerailed thanks to the events of 012 and how its events alter the course of several text-based cutscenes in 013.
BUT!
There’s still a small issue that, no matter how much I logic it away, bothers me about her setup to this day: her gear list.
I know in the translation of her playstyle, it make perfect sense—she’s a black mage for all practical intents and purposes, and so her gear should revolve around this accordingly.
Except that in FFVI it doesn’t.
In FFVI, Terra’s gear is swords, some greatswords, some daggers, heavy armor, female!gear (dresses much?), helms, hairpins/other caster headgear, light armor, and shields. If you showed her a robe or a rod, she’d probably pull the RAGEFACE and ask “Um, excuse me?” and point her greatsword at you and offer a demonstration about how she can cut dreamhares into little sashimi-sized bites with it. Then she’d roast those little sashimi-sized bites with Firaga and offer you a snack.
As far as physical and magical balance went in FFVI, Terra’s stats begin sliding into Disc 1 Nuke/Gamebreaker range pretty early on. Once you get certain Espers, you can slide her firmly into total-gamebreaker stat range—
Plus, she’s got Trance…which if you hold it enough fights can last for a very long time…and it doubles ALL of her stats except for base speed…You build her right, with the right sword, armor, accessories and stat slanting, and she can solo KEFKA. KEFKA! With melee strikes! KEFKA!!!
…then DDFF starts and she uses rods. Staves. Robes. Gone is her armor proficiency, and she has one solitary physical attack—her sword in chase sequences.
WHAT?
I understand it’s for the sake of her gameplay style, but. What. The. Hell.
Now, her style has since grown on me—I do love the black mages of the world—but the fact that the game has taken her from being a Mystic Knight to a straight-up Black Mage really ground my gears for a long time. What can I say? I don't like it when they mess too much with the classics. It BUGGED ME *rage*
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Whilst they were creative with quite a few of the battle styles, I am annoyed that Kuja doesn't get to use reflect blocks in Dissidia (he was able to use the spell to physically block someone from running at him in FFIX) and the holy balls/floating wasn't even in FFIX. (Sephiroth glided way more in FFVII than Kuja FLOATED not glided, FLOATED in FFIX) I like Kuja's playstyle but there are a few of his attacks that didn't come through; he was mostly a red mage in terms of being a master of both black AND white magic but he didn't use any weapons. What I'm curious about is if Kuja still has any degree of physical strength outside of FFIX. In FFIX he's able to not only kick a man larger than him off a platform without any difficulty but also support and restrain a 16 year old girl with only one hand. Not bad for our delicate little fruitcake.
*scours the wiki*
Yes, I've been looking. DON'T JUDGE ME!
…And Fridge Brilliance! It strikes!
That sword Terra's got? The one we don't even see outside of chase?
Notice the dagger she's got?
What's the betting that it's VI's
AtmaUltima Weapon? Its size and power varied with HP levels, going from the size of a dagger to a fricken buster-sword sized thing...and Terra can equip it!Oho?
Judging by every other Genome and how they are all skinny androgynous little whelps, Kuja is probably the closest thing we get to an adonis from Terra (but he wasn't toned or slender, he was healthy flat with curvacious hips and an ass that screamed "TAP ME!") with the muscle tone he's got being the buffest he can get due to being genetically waiflike. It's hard to tell since Zidane has quite muscular arms and thighs... Though I think Zidane's a special case due to going through childhood and all, therefore having the potential to grow. That and Garland probably didn't build Kuja with much muscle mass. Who can say?
FRIDGE BRILLIANCE HAS DONE IT AGAIN! :D
Let's celebrate with some Kujerra!
Her cheeks flush as she fumbles through her next line, stammering the words. “A-All my fortunes at thy foot. I-I lay---and I shall follow thee throughout the world!”
“No sweeter melody hath I heard than these gentle words! Lock me forever in thy gilded cage, I shall ne’er sing for freedom from love’s replenished curse. If this prison be a vision of summer beauty, it’s bars the stalks of red roses and the chains thy tender embrace then freedom is but trash.”
“Where…does it say that in the script?”
“Nowhere. That, my dear, was improvisation. It’s the mark of any actor worth his salt.”
“Oh…”
“Of course, I always feel that for all Marcus’ passion in his lines he fails to deliver with his actions. If he truly wished to convey his love for Cornelia then he could say it far better with a desperate kiss than the declaration of a hundred words---”
Whatever else he has to say is cut short.
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Why can't I finish this bugger!? D:
Squ-yee!
Kuja, you big ham! <3 Bet he never saw that coming!
…that reminds me, I gotta… *begins rummaging through bookmarks*
Re: Squ-yee!
I'm trying to keep it an equal relationship and Terra had been flushing red from UST for too long that Kuja was absoloutely in control. I didn't like that so I wanted Terra to finally put all this 'Will they, won't they' to rest.
He does quite a bit of theatrical flirting in his original game (though it's deliberately creepy) so I used a bit of it here with them reciting from Kuja's favourite play (Okay it's the only one of two plays in FFIX that gets any lines to quote from) and Thongboy going off on one. I also had him flirting earlier when he corrects her on how to cast Ultima properly but it's still not entirely complete. Terra blushes a lot in this. I hope that doesn't irritate people.
Re: Squ-yee!
Celes had a "? The hell kinda question is that?" sort of reaction, other party members weren't sure how to answer—it takes General Leo and SHADOW of all people to get her an answer.
Now, she never quite gets an answer on how to deal with this sort of thing…so she's kinda shooting in the dark.
Re: Squ-yee!
And I wrote her as very innocent during that sneaky peek scene. Poor thing was probably never given a sex-ed lesson. And as tempting as the idea of an equally confused Kuja trying to figure out WTF they're doing during their first time is, I don't think it has a place here... but I'll save it for the crack pile! Ehe! (What? In several of my fanons he's a virgin before being summoned to Dissidia. With Mateus being the flower picker of choice)
MY HEAD!CANON APPROVES OF THIS.
…you just gave me an idea. *dash*
…that just gave me an idea, one which I am not entirely certain how I'd even start.
MWAHAHAAHAHA!!!
And why is it this is the second Dissidia!sex ed idea I've spurred? (That sadly never came to fruition on the kink meme)
Kolkolkolkol....
Well I was offline for about two months thanks to Charter Internet (they suck!) so there's a lot that I don't know about on the kink meme. If I'd known about this I probably would have taken a shot.
Re: Kolkolkolkol....
“So do all men have them…?”
“NO!”
You can probably guess who the victim was. >D
The original idea had Laguna trying to teach the class and failing. HARD. I'll try and find you the prompt. *forages*
Re: Kolkolkolkol....