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Final Fantasy Xvi - Blog Posts
Ambrosia and Torgal
These two have an ungodly hold on me
Find the flame
i love you clive rosfield,,,
FFXVI really takes your hand and says 'come with me', then shows you a world that is broken and full of pain and heartache and selfishness and cruelty. It shows you the terrible things people are willing to do to each other for no good reason, it shows you how how leaders can be short sighed and foolish in their earnest desire to do the right thing for their people, and that causes no less pain then when they are corrupted and arrogant and vain monsters. It shows you how people's cruelty all to often is born of a world that beats them down that gives them no other choice but to be cruel if they want to survive.
And then it asks: is this worth saving? Is this worth protecting? Wouldn’t it be better if you just let it all go? Let it all be destroyed, and broken apart, and lost? Wouldn’t it be enough to just end the pain? Wouldn’t that be salvation?
And in the same breath it answers, no because salvation isn’t the point. Humanity is cruel, greedy, fractious and hateful and it always will be. Just as humanity is kind, generous, united and loving and always will be. Even as the world falls apart The Dame fights to keep Northreach together, even as monsters beat down her gates Martha takes in refugees and escaped slaves and refuses to stop, even as nations crumble and bandits flourish the Dragoons still battle for the sake of their people and country, while the Crusebreakers keep struggling to free the innocent and protect the weak. Even as Joshua is hacking up blood, even as his body is shutting down he keeps walking forward at Clive’s side inevitably, inexorably to the end, because he loves his brother and refuses to give him up to Ultima’s scheme.
FFXVI tells you that there are no promises, not guarantees, that the only people who can promise salvation are the ones who want to sell it. FFXVI says that no one is assured victory, or safety, or paradise. The point is not to save the world from it’s evils. The point is that we fight to try and reach the next dawn with the people we love. Humanity can never create a perfect world because we are imperfect creatures, but the battle to make a better world, a kinder world, a more free world, a more gentle more fair, more loving world is what defines us.
MAKE ME CHOOSE → CLOUD STRIFE or CLIVE ROSFIELD (for @soulventure91)
Final Fantasy XVI - PC • Clive + his father
Clive Rosfield FINAL FANTASY XVI (2023) dev. Square Enix
We stand good princes trying to redeem bad empires!
Best puffy-sleeved imperial princes.
🥹😭🤧🥲
Tears of joy tho, they're so cute!
“I met him once when we were children. He was a chivalrous soul even then, and has served his empire indefatigably ever since.” - Joshua Rosfield 🥀
This is really cute tho
Finally here it is!
Yes I "Lionkinged" Dion and Terence.
Just imagine a moment in their later teen years on an excursion in the Greatwoods.
It's corny, yes, but seriously after everything they went through in the game? They -deserve to be silly normal dudes in love.
I CAN ONLY REBLOG GREAT ART SO FAST
The Humbling River
Now here's a serious question: in Valisthea, are dragoons (and everyone if they have the training) able to naturally jump like this, or do they have to be using magic - perhaps Light magic specifically? Some of Dion's attack jumps are specifically using Light magic to create the shockwave, but in this instance we see he doesn't have to be doing a Jump/Dive attack to be able to just launch himself further than any regular jump should manage.
One of the more hilarious things in the game is that the jump button for Clive makes him jump like a NORMAL PERSON. Unlike in, say FF13 (the sequels especially where there is a designated jump button), he can't naturally launch himself from a dead stop to arguably higher than his own height (magically enhanced or not). I question the inclusion of a jump button if it's going to be so useless and you have Garuda powers to launch you in the air if necessary.
So does that mean in Sanbreque, with their prejudices against Bearers, technically the dragoons are using some kind of magic-infused armor or weapons while still not wielding actual magic themselves? Is Dion the only one capable of using a Jump/Dive without it needing to be an attack? Is this why Dion always has his spear when he Primes - to help him focus his magic? When shit went down in Twinside, he Primed *without* holding his spear, but it was present when he eventually De-primed, suggesting that it is somehow tied to his Prime (or the devs needed him to have his spear in the next cutscene and didn't want us to think about it that hard).
Sidenote: why did the game feel it necessary to tease Dion dying here? Did it feel like that to anyone else? Like "I will be with you anon" as the last man to fight to buy the ship enough time to eacape...and he does - proving in the process that he is far better to be the last man buying the ship time when Clive's escape against the Sleipnirs ended with him barely clinging to the Enterprise and telling Mid to punch it. Dion is able to actually jump a long distance even when the ship is taking off. Cool. But why focus on Dion buying them a few extra seconds? Just to show off for ONE scene? Why did it feel like they were teasing that he might not make it...when he easily does?
Anyway, I rant as always
DION LESAGE ↳ Elusive Jump
SOMEONE DREW IT YES
So like… did they actually check that Dion could still prime before pulling that little stunt or…?
Dude this is so pretty...
Works with Phoenix and Ifrit made for FFXVI merch. Great game which I love with all my heart
Some mood boards I made for a final fantasy xvi fanfic I’m going to be publishing very soon on wattpad (sunbl3achedfly) 🤭
Enid Seralyth
dominant of hræsvelgr | bringer of light | warden of life | lost to time | called by fate
"Gods are stubborn, I suppose. As am I."
Hræsvelgr
The Eikon of Life
Morana Lyskaris
dominant of meteion | light eater | warden of death | fallen from grace | defier of fate
"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is by far the kindest."
Meteion
The Eikon of Death
Guys I just started writing a joshua rosfield x oc fic (low-key just an aerith-type character) and I’ve been putting it off for ages cause I thought no one would wanna read it.
So this is honestly 100% self indulgent but I genuinely think it may be some of the best writing I’ve ever produced.
I love them together so much omg. Just the burden of responsibility that Joshua carries and the hope she would bring him and everyone around her to keep going—
Like??? 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
