Not saying I like it much, I prefer older protagonists, but it explains why they look the way they do at least.
Eh. The way they look, to a degree, is secondary to other issues.
I mean, you want them to look cool or w/e
I mean, even with FFVII; Cloud was essentially the same. One could argue that ALL of the FF main characters in everything but IX were like that. And even Zidane was like that in the concept art for IX.
Just for I-VII they were sprites, thus not as defined in the game itself.
ever since ever since 7, FF series has been.. uhm, very giving to the yaoi fandom.
I do remember this 2 girls at school, anime/games club just loving the cloud x sephiroth, squall x seipher pairings and doujins....
Final Fantasy characters have always been pretty. As far back as Cecil rocking that lipstick and eyeliner. Guys or gals it's never mattered. If you were female and played FF, you've had a cadre of men to fawn all over as much as Yuffie is my waifu.
You guys can keep balloontits Tifa.
XV is like a bro fantasy. The *** are the women, the beastpeople, the weirdo cat on a stuffed moogle, the super tall Na'vi with a broken horn or *** anything not human? Even XII managed to give us one Viera and that was a missed oppurtunity in a world with Bangaa, Nu Mou, Seeq etc.
As a long time administrator of a FF dedicated forum, I can tell you there are swarms of youg girls who appeared over the years who thought of Squall as dreamy and they wanted to marry him.
Some about Cloud and Tidus.
...and but one idiot who thought that monstrosity of Vaan was hot.
Final Fantasy characters have always been pretty. As far back as Cecil rocking that lipstick and eyeliner. Guys or gals it's never mattered. If you were female and played FF, you've had a cadre of men to fawn all over as much as Yuffie is my waifu.
You guys can keep balloontits Tifa.
XV is like a bro fantasy. The *** are the women, the beastpeople, the weirdo cat on a stuffed moogle, the super tall Na'vi with a broken horn or *** anything not human? Even XII managed to give us one Viera and that was a missed oppurtunity in a world with Bangaa, Nu Mou, Seeq etc.
I wouldn't mind a bit more racial diversity in the cast, but we've gotten further away from that since X also.
Well we haven't seen anything from the other 4-5 countries and what exists in the wilderness yet, hopefully they have some beast-like people. Maybe even a beast tribe with a city
No wonder Balthier turned tail and bailed from Archadia. If my dad was as cool as XIIs Cid? I'd fly the coop too. With haste.
Mad scientist Cid was the best idea XII ever put to screen. Guy uses nukes on Nebudis, causes a war to obtain said nukes, dismisses the nukes as mere baubles, creates his own nukes with help from God, goes full Shakespeare, middle fingers the gods by blowing up their power source and then uses an eldritch abomination on the team before going out in a blaze of glory.
And the best part? He got everything he wanted. Like a *** boss. Cause he's Cid.
It's not even they're peasants. Ashe is a fugitive from the start and has little time to be wasting on formalities when people are trying to kill you. She shuts Vaan down because he's a kid, a stupid kid asking stupid questions.
Throughout the game shes burdened with all these responsibilities to herself, country, God (dem Occuria) and promises of peace vs. assured war.
I think XII was pretty good at showing that a political FF is something that can both use the fantasy trope while also veering away from a IV-esque cheesefest. A pity the game wasn't well received by fandom.