Ultros Predicted Villains From Future Games
For whatever reason, Ultros wants to be a villain. Of course, throughout the series, he comes off as a troll. Ultros: Mwa, ha, ha! I’ll pretend to be Setzer and […]
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Final Fantasy Characters Have a Supersense for Justice
What makes a hero? Why do Final Fantasy characters put themselves on the line to save the world? Personally, I think it’s who they are as people. Heroes are: person […]
Narrative Conflicts in Final Fantasy
Here are the conflicts in Final Fantasy, the challenges main characters need to solve to achieve their goals: Game Man against Man Man against Nature Man against Self Man against […]
When Final Fantasy Villains Became Sociopaths Instead of Psychopaths…
I’ve written about the tonal shift of Final Fantasy villains and how they changed from one-dimensional stock characters to having some type of pathos. But why did they shift this […]
Ashe or Vayne: 2016?
Personally, I like Ashe. People liked her husband, who led the kingdom into a successful merger. Still, we can’t really judge Ashe based on her husband’s deeds; that’s a bit […]
Vayne Solidor, the Übermensch and the Will to Power
The will to power (German: der Wille zur Macht) is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to […]
Vayne Carudas Solidor’s Theoretical World B Timeline
Sometime after the 12th/13th cycle… Vayne is the son of Gramis, the Archadian Emperor. Through Machiavellian tactics, be becomes Consul to Dalmasca. Like Gramis and Gabranth, he’s amoral and completely […]
Broken Reflections on Final Fantasy XII
One of my first posts on /r/FinalFantasy asked the community to pique my interest in Final Fantasy XII. I played the first two hours of it yesterday – talking to […]
Why Final Fantasy Villains are Twisted…
We’re all aware that the main villains of Final Fantasy are a little off. Obviously, they’re “evil”. But for the most part, their “evil” is based on irrationality. So what […]
The License Board and the Story of Final Fantasy XII
Like many of the later Final Fantasy titles, Final Fantasy XII allowed players to customize their characters. Of course, the limit of customization is job class, but characters could have […]