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Sketches.

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Controversial and contradictory opinions from me when I wish every day that XIII never had sequels, but find myself instantly overcome by indignation whenever someone says that XIII-2 was a garbage game.

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a rare LR thought from me.

I think it was a missed opportunity to not let Lightning fight Pulse and Lindzei. Bhunivelze summons them in the final fight to wield them as a weapon, which is definitely fitting given how he treats everyone (as tools), but I really wish they'd gone a different route.

Imagine if instead of Bhunivelze having four damn forms, Lindzei and Pulse were their own phases of the fight. Bhunivelze sics them on her as she's confronting him, finally forced to fight the ones responsible for the War of Transgression, for the Ragnarok Focus, for Cocoon.

I can see why they went with the literal weapon angle for them, for multiple reasons (game dev hard!), and I do appreciate the effort they went through to pull it off as they did. I just think it would have been more narratively satisfying to fight their true forms. And to see them in their full glory after all this time!

I also don't think Bhunivelze should have been as proficient and terrifying in combat as he was given his track record, but that's a thought that wouldn't, perhaps, work very well in the video game medium. Alas.

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Cluster of happy platisheep orbs.

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If Hope Estheim has 0 fans, then that means I am dead.

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Why are you protecting me? Protecting one of our own. We can do without their brand of mercy.

FINAL FANTASY XIII (2009)

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Then let's run away. Ciao!

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You said it made you happy when I smiled, didn't you?

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I wish I could explain why I love these things so much.

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"*This alphabet does not include the letters D, I, J, K, P, Q, V, W, X, and Z."

Are you okay, Complete Official Guide? Because it does include those letters. It would have to, as Lightning's gunblade inscription—"Invoke my name - I am Spark"—uses letters you have asserted don't exist. Some of those letters are on Pulse, too.

id. A screenshot of the god Pulse. Within the highlighted square, the word “VARIABLE” is written in Pulsian script. end id.

Words like "variable," "average," and "multiplication" are scattered across Pulse's exterior. Interesting lore implications behind that, but it's in-game confirmation that there aren't letters just inexplicably missing from the Pulsian alphabet.

Furthermore, some of the translations for the panels above aren't wholly accurate. "CARGO" and "SCHOOL" seem spot-on, but the second panel actually reads "BEHMO" which is quite funny, and the guide only gets partial credit for Fang's weapon. It doesn't just read "Oerba" and "Fang." It's her full name. Oerba Yun Fang.

Alphabet of Cocoon and Gran Pulse Final Fantasy XIII: Complete Official Guide (2010)

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Fanille comm for @self----indulgence 🥹!! Your honor I love these gals so much

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Asexual Lightning Farron, my beloved.

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Since when have heroes ever needed plans?

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Sergeant Farron

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