#Edge x rydia

[justanie]

Personally I'm not a fan of Twitter memes when they go viral like this, but…oh god, I really saw a situation like that coming between these two, I admit I had fun doing it.

[heart-kingdom]

FF Couples + Black

[zottower]

Here is the fight against the Cyberphallus King and the Vulvae princesses. As I was making researches about the antique figure of the flying phallus, I realized that there also was the walking vulva in the medieval culture. The funniest thing is that they were used for pilgrim medals (used to show which sanctuaries the pilgrim visited) ! That's surprising. The article I read can't give any solid interpretation about these creatures. They weren't use for fertility problems, maybe more for luck or health problems ... But I wonder if it's not just a medieval prank, just as we can buy a fake license plate : "2SEXY4U". We'll never know. Anyway, I think they are convincing as an addition to the bestiary. Vulvae Princesses make me think of Atomos, actually. lol

[tempural]

❄ Fannish Origin Story:

Crossposted from my mastodon/fediverse account.

🐣 The Beginning

The first "fannish" thing I can remember doing is live action roleplaying Final Fantasy IV characters with my neighbor. We were still playing SNES games when everyone else was on the ps2 and xbox grind… She was Rosa so she could date the main character Cecil. And I was Rydia, and I had to date Kain. Which I was fine with cuz Rydia's cute and Kain was cool cuz he had dark dragon armor and shared a name with Kane my favorite wrestler.

(Looking back, Rydia/Kain is kind of an insane age gap ship (she starts as 7 and time skips to a vague adult age later, while Kain is always an adult) that SOMEONE could do something with. I think in canon Rydia wants to eff Edge though (not to be confused with COPE))

I developed an interest in Final Fantasy, emulating some of the other 2D games, buying FF7 for my cousin's ps1 for ME to play, and playing FF8 at my mom's friend's daughter's place. I never finished FF8 cuz it crashed and wiped all the memory at the end of the first disc lmao. As a wee lad, I looked up pornographic doujin for FF7 specifically, on a site called SoDaSexy. I was looking for Vincent Valentine doujin. I wasn't that interested in Cloud x Sephiroth, and I didn't feel anything for Cid x Vincent or Sephiroth x Vincent, but I acknowledged that I was looking for yaoi. There was a monster x Vincent Valentine doujin that drew my attention though!

I think that's where my strange snake fujo ways come from - I have an uke fave, but not always a favorite ship with a specific character. Sometimes you just want to rotate your fave in the torture cube. Mob x Fave, Fave in Distress, and Fave Zerkin' It are often my favorite flavor of work to look at. But it's hard to explain in words to people who prefer a ships to faves.

I also remember reading a non explicit Yuffie x Vincent fic on ff.net that caught my attention. One of my original Gorl Scout x Squidward ships? Sounds funny nowadays to say that a het ship was more interesting to me than most of the yaoi LOL. Hey i dont see gender, they played into the Spongebob x Squidward onesided agegap annoying thing I always liked in the back of my mind.

🐓 The Growth

I hung around /co/ and tf2chan for my next fix of yaoi, not posting, just lurking for art, pretty much just going with the flow of whatever other people liked and not forming my own taste quite yet. So that meant shipping stuff that I forgot what J liked for their dynamics now, like Riddler/Scarecrow. I have a better memory of what I liked about ye olde TF2 ships like Sniper/Spy and Heavy/Medic. But I resolved never to become one of those annoying underage fans who latched onto Scout for his relatively twinkish appearance to turn him into a uke bishie yaoi boy!!! How the turns have tabled. Now I base my entire personality around Scoutsonas and Gorl Scouts.

At the same time, I got into boomer rock after one-too-many sleepless nights of VH1 classic. And it was inevitable when looking up photos of my favorite hair metal yaoi boyz, it would lead to tumblr blogs. So there's where I found the RPF army I desired. I started developing my own taste at this point because the pairings were MUCH rarer. Like trying to find Vince/Mick (crue) :P

I posted some art on Deviantart so I could do something with a high school friend. There was a little boomer rock RPF niche on there. It was pretty godlike when you found someone who drew them as bishie anime boyz and had their explicit art locked behind a personal site needing you to google translate Japanese for the password.

I made boomer rock OCs to use my autistic collection of 80s musician stories in my head for something. Pussywhip vs The Penetrators. The Penetrators came from a Rock Band (wii) name we used. Pussywhip was like.. damn I wish I came up with "Faster Pussycat" yknow? Jizzy (Doctor Love), Saucy (not Dave Mustaine, used as my maplestory avatar), and Johnny (played New Vegas around this time too smir were the first ones. I still draw Vicky and Angus a bit. And still add to this universe to this day :P y'all know about my ScoutSpy ACID PUSSY band au?!?

🍗 The End

I am still using Tumblr to this day LMAO. I draw comics and cartoons for a living cuz I still need to draw the strange niche yaoi I crave but can't find. I am married to my lovely manwife because we found each other through strange niche yaoi online. Fandom can be cool sometimes.

[kahran042]

Some couples I like

Here is how you read the list… If a couple has a (s) after it, that means it's directly stated in the game/show that they're a couple, and I feel funny breaking them up, even if I wasn't too keen on it. I am going to rate them individually with the (s) before the number so you can see how keen I am on the pairing. If a couple has a (1) after it, it's a first rate couple. Meaning, they are favorites of mine, and I tend not to read fics if they get split up, unless I was unaware (no one marked it), or someone recommended the story (the only exception is if the broken pairing(s) is/are reworked as 1 or more (3) pairings). But if a (1) or (s) couple has the word FANATIC after it, that means I'm a rabid fan for it. I tend to leave a fic that I've started if I don't find them together, unless the romance started so late that the plot has got me intrigued. If a couple has a (2) after it, it's a second-rate couple. Meaning, I like them, but I'm not fanatical about them. I couldn't care less if the story I'm reading splits them up. I can even have a character appear twice in a second-rate couple list. Finally, a (3) is one I don't really like, but don't hate, either.

Breath of Fire II Ryu & Katt (2), Ryu & Ray (2), Katt & Nina (2), Jean & Nimufu (2), Ryu & Nina (3)

Chrono Trigger Kino & Ayla (s, 1), Crono & Marle (s, 2), Crono & Lucca (2), Lucca & Marle (2), Lucca & Robo (2), Queen Zeal & Lavos (2), Slash & Flea (2), Ayla & Lucca (3)

Final Fantasy IV Cecil & Rosa (s, 2), Cecil & Kain (2), Edge & Rydia (2), Rosa & Rydia (2), Kain & Edge (3)

Final Fantasy VI Terra & Celes (2), Locke & Terra (2), Locke & Celes (s, 2), Locke & Setzer (2), Edgar & Locke (2), Edgar & Sabin (2), Edgar & Terra (3), Setzer & Celes (3), Leo & Terra (3)

Legend of Mana Heroine & Daena (1), Blackpearl & Florina (2), Daena & Matilda (3), Daena & Sierra (3), Elazul & Pearl (3), Larc & Sierra (3), Escad & Irwin (3)

SaGa Frontier Asellus & White Rose (1), Ildon & Rastaban (s, 1), Asellus & Gina (3)

Suikoden II Camus & Miklotov (1, FANATIC), Freed & Yoshino (s, 1), Riou & Jowy (1), Culgan & Seed (1), Kinnison & Ayda (s, 1), Anita & Valeria (2), Flik & Viktor (2), Futch & Kent (2), Riou & Eilie (3), Jowy & Jillia (s, 3), Clive & Elza (3), Luca & Jowy (3)

Terranigma Ark & Dark Elle (s, 1), Royd & Fyda (s, 2), Fyda & Light Elle (2), Light Elle & Dark Elle (2), Perel & Meilin (3)

Wild ARMs 3 Virginia & Maya (1), Jet & Florina (1), Clive & Catherine (s, 1), Gallows & Shane (2), Dario & Romero (2), Virginia & Janus (3), Jet & Virginia (3), Gallows & Jet (3)

Xenogears Fei & Elly (s, 1), Bart & Billy (2), Bart & Margie (s, 2), Citan & Yui (s, 2), Citan & Sigurd (2), Rico & Hammer (2), Ramsus & Dominia (2), Krelian & Miang (2), Fei & Bart (3), Fei & Citan (3), Miang & Elly (3), Id & Fei (3)

.hack//SIGN Tsukasa & Subaru (s, 1), Crim & BT (2)

After War Gundam X Garrod & Tiffa (s, 2), Jamil & Garrod (2), Garrod & Carris (2), Carris & Tiffa (2), Toniya & Ennil (2), Witz & Roybea (3), Tiffa & White Dolphin (3)

Angelic Layer Icchan & Shuko (1), Sai & Kaede (1), Misaki & Tamayo (2), Misaki & Kotaro (2), Kotaro & Tamayo (2), Misaki & Hatoko (2), Shoko & Misaki (3)

Aria Akari & Alice (2), President Aria & President Maa (2)

Aura Battler Dunbine Niel & Lmir (s, 2), Marvel & Keen (2)

Azumanga Daioh Sakaki & Chiyo (1), Tomo & Yomi (2), Yukari & Minamo (2), Maya & Kamineko (2), Sakaki & Kaorin (3), Osaka & Chiyo (3)

Black Butler Ciel & Sebastian (2), Ciel & Lizzie (2), Ciel & Soma (2), Soma & Agni (2), Sebastian & Grell (3)

Candidate for Goddess Gareas & Ernest (1), Zero & Kizna (2), Zero & Erts (2), Clay & Saki (2), Roose & Wrecka (2), Kizna & Ikhny (2), Zero & Clay (3), Zero & Hiead (3), Hiead & Ikhny (3), Yamagi & Roose (3)

Cardcaptor Sakura Sakura & Syaoran (s, 1), Touya & Yukito (s, 1), Tomoyo & Meilin (2), Chiharu & Yamazaki (s, 2), Rika & Naoko (2), Fujitaka & Sonomi (2), Terada & Rika (s, 2), Sakura & Tomoyo (3)

Chobits Hideki & Chii (s, 1), Shinbo & Shimizu (s, 2), Hideki & Yumi (3), Hideki & Shinbo (3), Chii & Sumomo (3)

Chocotto Sister Choco & Yurika (1), Haruma & Makoto (2), Haruma & Chitose (2), Makoto & Chitose (2), Haruma & Ayano (3)

Clannad Tomoya & Nagisa (2), Tomoya & Youhei (2), Nagisa & Fuko (2), Ryou & Kyou (2), Youhei & Tomoyo (3)

Cross Ange Ange & Tusk (s, 2), Ange & Jill (2), Ersha & Vivian (2), Rosalie & Chris (2)

Descendants of Darkness Tsuzuki & Hisoka (s, 1)

Digimon Adventure Taichi & Yamato (1), Takeru & Hikari (2), Takeru & Mimi (2), Wizarmon & Tailmon (2), Mugendramon & MetalSeadramon (2), Taichi & Sora (3), Yamato & Sora (s, 3)

Fate/stay night Shirou & Saber (s, 1), Rin & Illya (2), Shirou & Rin (3), Rin & Saber (3)

Fruits Basket Tohru & Yuki (2), Tohru & Kyo (2), Tohru & Kagura (2), Tohru & Kisa (2), Kyo & Yuki (2), Shigure & Hatori (2), Hatsuharu & Momiji (2), Arisa & Saki (2)

Fushigi Yuugi Miaka & Tamahome (s, 2), Miaka & Yui (2), Yui & Nakago (2), Hotohori & Nuriko (2), Chichiri & Tasuki (2), Tasuki & Koji (2), Keisuke & Tetsuya (2), Miaka & Nuriko (3), Yui & Suboshi (3), Mitsukake & Chiriko (3), Keisuke & Tamahome (3)

Futari wa Pretty Cure Nagisa & Honoka (2), Nagisa & Fujimura (s, 2), Honoka & Kiriya (2), Honoka & Ryouta (3)

Gravitation Shuichi & Yuki (s, 1), Hiro & Ayaka (s, 3)

Gundam Wing Trowa & Quatre (1), Heero & Duo (2), Duo & Hilde (s, 2), Zechs & Noin (s, 2), Noin & Relena (2), Treize & Zechs (2), Treize & Lady Une (s, 2), Noin & Sally (2), Dorothy & Relena (2), Alex & Mueller (2), Heero & Trowa (3), Heero & Quatre (3), Heero & Zechs (3), Duo & Quatre (3), Quatre & Sandrock (3)

Infinite Stratos Ichika & Charlotte (2), Cecilia & Rin (2), Charlotte & Laura (2), Chifuyu & Tabane (2), Chifuyu & Ichika (3)

K-On! Ritsu & Mio (1), Yui & Ui (2), Yui & Gitah (2), Satoshi & Ui (2), Yui & Azusa (3), Mio & Azusa (3), Tsumugi & Ritsu (3)

Kyou Kara Maoh! Yuuri & Wolfram (s, 1), Greta & Beatrice (2)

Last Exile Claus & Dio (2), Dio & Luciola (2), Claus & Lavie (3)

Lucky Star Yutaka & Minami (1), Konata & Kagami (2), Konata & Tsukasa (2), Konata & Yutaka (3), Sojiro & Konata (3)

Magic Knight Rayearth Hikaru & Umi (1), Ferio & Fuu (s, 1), Zagato & Emeraude (s, 1), Tatra & Tarta (1), Lafarga & Caldina (s, 2), Caldina & Ascot (2), Lantis & Eagle (2), Aska & Sang Yung (2), Hikaru & Nova (3), Zagato & Inouva (3), Eagle & Geo (3)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Eledore & Michel (2), Eledore & Karen (2), Michel & Kiki (2), Ginias & Apsaras (2), Aina & Ginias (3)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Kira & Athrun (2), Kira & Cagalli (2), Murrue & Natarle (2), Mu & Kira (3), Athrun & Lacus (3), Mu & Murrue (s, 3)

Negima! Setsuna & Konoka (1), Negi & Asuna (2), Ayaka & Asuna (2), Evangeline & Chachamaru (2), Kazumi & Sayo (2)

No Game No Life Kurami & Fi (1), Sora & Steph (2), Shiro & Izuna (2), Steph & Shiro (2), Steph & Jibril (2), Sora & Shiro (3), Sora & Jibril (3)

Noir Mireille & Kirika (1), Altena & Chloe (2), Chloe & Kirika (3)

Oniisama e… Kaoru & Rei (1), Nanako & Tomoko (2), Fukiko & Nanako (2), Nanako & Rei (3), Fukiko & Rei (3)

Ouran High School Host Club Haruhi & Tamaki (s, 2), Tamaki & Kyoya (2), Hikaru & Kaoru (2), Mori & Honey (2), Honey & Usa-chan (2), Haruhi & Hikaru (3), Ranka & Tamaki (3), Usa-chan x Kuma-chan (3)

Pandora Hearts Oz & Gil (1), Oz & Alice (3), Gil & Alice (3)

Petite Princess Yucie Beth & Cocoloo (1), Yucie & Arc (2), Yucie & Glenda (2)

Prétear Kaoru & Natsue (s, 1), Himeno & Hayate (2), Himeno & Mawata (2)

Record of Lodoss War Spark & Little Neese (s, 1), Parn & Deedlit (s, 2), Ashram & Pirotess (s, 2), Slayn & Leylia (s, 2), Ghim & Leylia (2), Garrack & Ryna (s, 2), Parn & Spark (3), Slayn & Ghim (3), Deedlit & Shiris (3), Leaf & Little Neese (3)

Revolutionary Girl Utena Utena & Anthy (s, FANATIC), Miki & Kozue (1), Touga & Saionji (1), Juri & Nanami (2), Nanami & Mitsuru (2), Utena & Wakaba (3), Saionji & Wakaba (3), Miki & Nanami (3), Kozue & Shiori (3), Akio & Touga (s, 3)

Show by Rock!! Retoree & Cyan (1)

Slayers Lina & Gourry (s, 2), Lina & Zelgadiss (2), Gourry & Sylphiel (2)

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Cleao & Lycoris (1), Orphen & Majic (2), Orphen & Hartia (2), Majic & Ellis (2), Hartia & Ellis (2), Orphen & Cleao (3), Orphen & Azalie (3), Majic & Cleao (3)

Sound of the Sky Kanata & Kureha (2), Rio & Kanata (2)

Sword Art Online Kirito & Asuna (s, 1), Liz & Silica (2), Kirito & Klein (3), Asuna & Liz (3)

The Familiar of Zero Saito & literally anyone but Louise (1), Kirche & Tabitha (2)

The Rose of Versailles Oscar & Andre (s, 2), Oscar & Rosalie (2), Bernard & Rosalie (s, 3)

The Vision of Escaflowne Van & Hitomi (s, 1), Allen & Eries (1), Naria & Eriya (1), Dryden & Millerna (s, 2), Folken & Dilandau (2), Allen & Van (3), Hitomi & Yukari (3), Hitomi & Amano (3), Hitomi & Millerna (3), Amano & Yukari (s, 3), Van & Folken (3), Folken & Eriya (3)

Three Leaves, Three Colors Teru & Serina (2)

Tokyo Mew Mew Ichigo & Masaya (s, 1), Zakuro & Minto (2), Bu-Ling & Tart (2), Ryou & Keiichirou (2), Ichigo & Minto (3)

Venus Versus Virus Sumire & Lucia (2), Sumire & Yoshiki (2)

Yes! PreCure 5 Karen & Komachi (1), Nozomi & Rin (2), Nozomi & Urara (2), Kokoda & Natsu (2), Shiro & Urara (2), Bunbee & Scorp (2), Isogin & Yadokan (2), Nozomi & Kurumi (3), Komachi & Urara (3), Karen & Rin (3), Natsu & Komachi (s, 3)

American Dad! Steve & Snot (1), Stan & Francine (s, 2), Jeff & Hayley (s, 2), Stan & Roger (2), Danuta & Nerfer (2), Francine & Hayley (3)

Bob's Burgers Bob & Linda (s, 1), Zeke & Jimmy Jr. (2), Teddy & Mort (2), Tina & Josh (2), Louise & Jessica (2), Louise & Logan (2), Hugo & Ron (2), Tina & Jimmy Jr. (3), Tina & Tammy (3)

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Lyra & Bon Bon (1, FANATIC), Shining Armor & Cadence (s, 1), Rarity & Fluttershy (1), Sweetie Belle & Scootaloo (1), Twilight Sparkle & Rainbow Dash (2), Rainbow Dash & Soarin' (2), Rainbow Dash & Spitfire (2), Soarin' & Spitfire (2), Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon (2), Celestia & Twilight Sparkle (2), Luna & Twilight Sparkle (2), Applejack & Rainbow Dash (3), Twilight Sparkle & Pinkie Pie (3), Cadence & Twilight Sparkle (3), Spike & Sweetie Belle (3), Fluttershy & Discord (3), Shining Armor & Big Macintosh (3)

Dear Evan Hansen Connor & Zoe (1), Heidi & Cynthia (2), Evan & Connor (3), Evan & Zoe (3), Zoe & Alana (3), Heidi & Evan (3)

Starlight Express Ashley & Buffy (1), Rusty & Pearl (s, 2), Greaseball & Electra (2), Flat-Top & Dustin (2), Greaseball & Dinah (s, 3), CB & Dinah (3)

[7marichan7]

Edge & Rydia 

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[crystal-starlight]

Final Fantasy Couples + Autumn Colors

[x-red-string-of-fate-x]

Final Fantasy Couples → Cool Tones

[x-citrus-cake-x]

Final Fantasy

↳ Top 10 Couples 

[x-ballad-of-the-goddess-x]

Final Fantasy Couples

↳ Top 5 “Royal Couples”

[squinoas]

Rydia of Mist & Edge Geraldine in Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

[lockescoles]

🔥 for the unpopular opinion ^^: ffiv or ffxv (shipping), pokemon (overrated/underrated starter or legendary) bonus: any final fantasy (music)

I already answered for FFXV, so I’ll go with FFIV ;) I love Rydia and Edge together with all my heart, and even more in The After Years, in which he’s the only one who manages to give her hope when she’s depressed because she’s losing all her eidolons. I also really like Palom and Luca together. I think he’s disrespectful toward Leonora but awkward with Luca, which definitively means something. And note related to shipping: FFIV is one of the best FF game and I wish more people would play it. 

As for Pokémon, I’m surprised to see how Chikorita is not popular. It’s my favorite 2nd gen starter and one of the starters I like the most in general. I guess it’s too “girly” for some people but it annoys me because Chikorita is such a cutie and Meganium is really strong. 

As for Final Fantasy and music, I’ll simply say Celes’ Theme > Aerith’s Theme. Those two songs are beautiful and similar in some ways, but Celes’ Theme came first and will always win for me. I think it sounds more tragic and impactful. 

Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion (and include a topic)

[fantasyresident]

Rydia X Edge- A beautiful budding relationship!

[yellow-chocobo-s-blog]

I finally finished my ffiv tay piece!!!!

[freyayuki]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper Japan Current Progress Part 9

Here’s a list of my current progress in the Japanese version of the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (#ad) (FFRK) mobile game.

Before that, let me start by saying the reason why I started playing the Japanese version of FFRK. It’s the same reason why I’m also playing the English version. The answer is Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Currently, he’s my absolute, most favorite Final Fantasy character. He’s in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, so that’s why I’m also here.

Labyrinth Dungeon Season 2 Group F Water Banners 1 and 2 Relics List

The Labyrinth Dungeon Season 2 Group F Water Banner 1 contains the following relics:

Bartz Klauser’s (from Final Fantasy V) Coral Blade True Arcane Soul Break (TASB) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break (ADSB)

Paine's (from Final Fantasy X) Full Throttle Edge+ TASB

Paine's Sword of Dark Knight Paine Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB)

Aria Benett’s (from Final Fantasy III) Ballad Crown SASB

Leila's (from Final Fantasy II) Danjuro SASB

Serah Farron’s (from Final Fantasy XIII) Guardian Amulet SASB

Bartz's Lohengrin SASB

Leila's Blue Armlet Chain Soul Break+ (CSB+)

Serah's Crown of Splendor Awakened Arcane Soul Break (AASB)

Tidus's Nightbringer AASB

Paine's Shock Shield Glint+ Soul Break (G+)

Aria's Luminous Robe G+

The second banner contains the following relics:

Meia's (from Final Fantasy I) Diablada TASB

Meia's Avalon Breath SASB

Tidus's Mirage Sword SASB

Famed Mimic Gogo's (from Final Fantasy V) El Dorado SASB

Meia's Lune Noire AASB

Famed Mimic Gogo's Polymorph Rod AASB

Arc's (from Final Fantasy III) Staff of the Devout AASB

Meia's Cornucopia Chain Soul Break (CSB)

Meia's Witch's Origin G+

Arc's Lambent Hat G+

Famed Mimic Gogo's Mythril Knife Legend Materia+ (LMR+)

Arc's Laurel Crown LMR+

Characters with Water Soul Breaks

My only dupe is Bartz’s Sync on banner 1. I considered pulling on these banners to shore up my water team since it’s severely lacking. My only water Sync is Bartz. My water AASBs are Paine for physical and Rydia (from Final Fantasy IV) for magical. I also have Tidus’s TASB and his physical Chain. My magic water Chains are Gogo’s and Strago Magus’s (from Final Fantasy VI). 

Got a few other water relics but nothing all that remarkable or of use like, AFAIK, I have Arc’s G+, but what use is that to me if I have nothing else for him? I may have Gogo’s and Strago’s Chains but I don’t have a single BDL relic for either of them and my magic water DPS is basically just Rydia with her AASB so what good does that do me? How could I form a magic water team with only these relics?

Physical water seems a bit more promising with Tidus, Bartz, and Paine but it doesn’t seem to be enough. For Bartz, I have a few of his Glints but I don’t even know if one of those is for his water tech (he has relics for lots of elements). Having his water Sync is nice and all, but SASBs can only be used once per battle, so what’s he gonna do once the effects of his Sync have run out? He’ll be useless if I don’t have other BDL relics for him or even just an Ultra Soul Break (USB) or 2.

To my surprise, I actually have quite a bit of Paine’s and Tidus’s relics. I was under the impression the only decent thing I have for Paine was her AASB while for Tidus it was his TASB and his Chain. Apparently though, I also have one of Paine’s USBs and her AOSB and possibly a few more that I can’t remember right now. Too bad I don’t have any other BDL relic for her though. 

For Tidus, I have one of his USBs, his Limit Break Overstrike (LBO) or Limit Break Over Flow (LBOF) and possibly a few more that I also can’t remember right now. Don’t have any of his Syncs or AASB though which sucks. 

So when these water banners dropped, I eyed them with interest, especially after hearing how good the featured relics were. Banner 1 has mostly newly released stuff while banner 2 contains rerun items but since I only really pull on banners with Final Fantasy VII chars (especially if they include my fave Genesis), there was the potential to get something good from both banners.  

Pull on Water Banners?

Was feeling reluctant about pulling though because:

The rates are so horrible here on Final Fantasy Record Keeper that I always dread pulling. More often than not, I end up with 1/11 that’s either a dupe or a relic that’s useless to me even if it might be new. I still remember that time I spent 500 mythril pulling for Cloud Strife’s (from Final Fantasy VII) TASB and Zack Fair’s (from Final Fantasy VII and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII) SASB and failed to get either.

All that mythril down the drain for nothing. It was such a horrible experience that I don’t think I’m ever gonna forget anytime soon. It was so freaking frustrating and depressing because there was no pity system for that banner unlike in the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game. 

In DFFOO, it’s fine even if I happen to get unlucky since at least I can pity the featured weapons. So it doesn’t feel like a waste even if I end up spending lots of gems. At least I can still get what I want.

I couldn’t do that for the Cloud and Zack banner though. Even if I kept on throwing mythril on that banner, there was no guarantee that their relics would ever drop.

These water banners have a sort-of pity system although I don’t know how to feel about that. On one hand, it’s great to finally have a pity system. On the other hand, this could have been implemented better. Behold the stamp sheet for these banners:

1 Stamp: 5000 Gysahl Greens

2 Stamps: 50 of each 4-star Mote

3 Stamps: Paine's Psychic Dress Record

4 Stamps: 50 of each 5-star Mote

5 Stamps: 3 Daily Draw Tickets

6 Stamps: 5000 Gysahl Greens

7 Stamps: 10 of each Crystal

8 Stamps: 100 of each 5-star Mote

9 Stamps: 10 of each Crystal

10 Stamps: 1 free pick from Selection A

11 Stamps: 5000 Gyashl Greens

12 Stamps: 7500 Gyashl Greens

13 Stamps: 50 of each 5-star Mote

14 Stamps: 60 Rainbow Crystals

15 Stamps: 1 free pick from Selection B

16 Stamps: 30 of each 6-star Mote

17 Stamps: 90 Rainbow Crystals

18 Stamps: 30 of each 6-star Mote

19 Stamps: 90 Rainbow Crystals

20 Stamps: 1 Soul Break Honing Scroll

You get 1 stamp every time you pull on either one of the water banners. You then get the reward associated with that stamp. 

Selection A includes the AASBs on banner 2 as well as the G+ and LMRs. Selection B has the new stuff on banner 1 as well as the Syncs and TASB from banner 2.

In short, you need 500 mythril to pick an item from Selection A and you need 750 mythril to pick an item from Selection B. 500-750 mythril for 1-2 banners is way too much considering FFRK isn’t generous at all when it comes to giving pulling currency. You’d need to skip a lot of events and banners to be able to “pity” a banner or 2. And you can only pick 1 relic from each Selection. What if you miss out on a lot of relics? IIRC, the stamp sheet doesn’t reset.

In contrast to that, on DFFOO, it costs 75k gems to pity an Ex, 75k to pity an LD and 125k to pity a Burst. There’s no limit as to how many times you can pity. 75k and 125k might seem like way too much but it’s really not that bad when you take into consideration just how generous DFFOO is. Seriously, the game practically showers us players with tickets and gems. The rates are pretty good too. Yeah, I’ve had to pity a few times but I’ve also gotten lucky a number of times. It all balances out. 

And I never dread pulling on DFFOO. I might be miffed if I end up with a series of crappy draw results or if I have to pity a weapon, but it’s never for long, and I find that I can never really hate this game. Heck, all I need to do is remember how bad FFRK is when compared to DFFOO, and any rage I feel soon goes away. Besides, it usually doesn’t take long before I get something good on DFFOO after a bout of bad luck so it feels like it all evens out in the end.  

Also, did I mention how generous DFFOO is? We get lots of celebrations and campaigns that give us multiple first free multi-draws across several banners. They’re so generous that I can pull regularly and still have a stash of resources. Ah, if only FFRK was more like DFFOO. If only Genesis was in DFFOO. Seriously, Genesis in DFFOO when? Genesis being in FFRK and not in DFFOO is pretty much the only thing that Final Fantasy Record Keeper has going for it and why I still play it even though there’s lots of things I hate about it.

Ahem. Sorry, got distracted. Anyway, where was I? Right, was reluctant to pull on these water banners because of the trashy rates. Another thing that made me think twice about pulling was the fact that there wasn’t even a single char from FF7 on this banner. I prefer to pull on banners with FFVII chars, especially if said banner features my fave Genesis. 

That’s another thing too. Wouldn’t I be better off just saving my mythril in case a new banner featuring something new for my fave shows up? Genesis just got his TASB though so I was fairly sure he wasn’t gonna get anything new anytime soon although I certainly wouldn’t say no if the game decides to surprise me. I doubt it though. 

I mean, if we were talking about the likes of Cloud, I could definitely believe it. Heck, it just happened actually. On the same banner that featured Genesis’s TASB, Cloud got new relics. He got his third Sync and his third Awakening and a brand new Chain Soul Break. Who cares if there are still plenty of chars who don’t even have a single AASB or SASB, right? Just give all the new tech to Cloud and all the other super popular chars, right? LOL.

I get it. Cloud’s a protag and he’s popular so of course, he’s the one who often gets relics even if he doesn’t need them because his old ones are still really good. I like Cloud too. Heck, that’s why I tried to pull for his TASB, remember? Nevertheless, can’t help feeling rather miffed about him always getting new stuff anyway. Can’t help but wish that Genesis could get more relics too. Give him a new SASB or AASB, please. How ‘bout giving him one of those new Limit Break Guardian Summon Soul Breaks (LBGS)?

So I ended up going back and forth on whether to pull on the water banners or not. Couldn’t seem to make up my mind. I was like, I don’t need these chars. Yeah, my water tech sucks, but so what? Maybe I’ll get more via free pulls (at least this game gives a few free pulls sometimes although sometimes, it also only guarantees that you’ll get at least 1 5-star relic which sucks because all the good Soul Breaks are 6-star or higher) or whenever I pull on a banner with an FF7 char and which also features these other chars. 

Then I also thought about how I actually need good water tech if I wanted to take on 6-star fire Magicite Ifrit as well as water-weak Argent Odin (also known as White Odin). I need an Ifrit with 2 Empower Fire Passives and an Argent Odin with the Fire Seal to power up my fire team. There was no way I could do any of these fights without a decent water team though.

After thinking about it some more, I eventually decided to go for it. It took me so long to decide though that, by now, there were only like 2 days left before the water banners would go away. I almost wish I missed them. In retrospect, I do wish I had ended up being too late to pull on them. 

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 1

I started with banner 1. Was hoping to get Paine’s tech, particularly her SASB and TASB to go with her AASB. Then I could make her Hero Ability (HA) or Unique Ability (UA). Tidus’s AASB was also welcome to go with his TASB.

Bartz’s TASB was fine although I wouldn’t mind missing it. Too bad his AASB wasn’t here. Hoping I don’t end up duping his Sync. Aria’s SASB seems nice but I don’t have anything else for her and I don’t think she’s gonna be all that useful with only her Sync so I’d rather get other relics than this. 

Leila’s water Chain buffs physical attack and it’s better than Tidus’s so I’d love to get it. Then she can be my physical water Chain holder. With her Sync, she can join in the DPS after casting her Chain. Have nothing for Serah but being able to get both her AASB and SASB would automatically make her my primary magical water DPS.

Okay, so I basically want everything on this banner except the dupe Bartz Sync. Could do without the bottom half too. Like I said though, the rates here are so trashy that it seems impossible to get some, much less all my wants on this banner.

Currently, I have 456 mythril on hand. My first draw gave me 1 disco orb. Welp, looks like we’re already off to a bad start. This is gonna be dupe Bartz Sync, isn’t it? Or maybe Dr. Mog won’t even show up and I’ll just end up with one of the G+. 

Thankfully, Dr. Mog showed up, turning the 6-star item into a 7-star one. He actually gave me something new. Just got Paine’s TASB. Nice. 

Getting just 1 item sucks though. Wish I could have gotten more. It really feels bad to see just 1 6-star after spending 50 mythril, especially since acquiring that 50 mythril didn’t come easy at all. 

And if I didn’t already have a few of Paine’s relics, including her AASB, this would have been a really lousy draw. I mean, I have Tidus’s TASB and no other BDL relic for him, so he’s not exactly usable. So, yeah, this draw could have been a lot better. Then again, it could have been worse as well so I guess this wasn’t as bad as it could have been. 

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 2

You know, my plan was to only do 1 pull on this banner and possibly 1 as well on banner 2. After that, I was supposed to just walk away and ignore these banners already. But how could I walk away with just Paine’s TASB? At least give me her Sync too, right? 

I shouldn’t have done it. I really shouldn’t have done it. But I ended up doing it anyway. Yeah, that’s right. Just did another multi-draw on banner 1. I regret this. I really do. 

Because once again only 1 disco orb showed up. WTF is up with this? Seriously? 1/11 again? Why? Ugh. How frustrating. Even more so since Dr. Mog didn’t even have the decency to show up. 

Was afraid I’d end up with one of the Glints here. Thankfully, I got one of the Awakenings instead. Tidus’s AASB2 showed up. Hell, yes! Finally, I have something to go with his TASB. The 1/11 still feels bad though.

Water Banner 2 Multi-Draw Results 1

Since I just got Tidus’s new AASB, I was like, let’s try for his Sync on banner 2. His SASB2, which was the one that’s featured on banner 2 was said to be one of the best Syncs in the game. His AASB2, which was the one that I just got, was said to be much better than his AASB1.

Good Sync or not though, I was interested in acquiring it either way so I could have another BDL relic for Tidus. Then I’d have no qualms making his HA. See, I want to have at least 2 BDL relics for a char before I make their HA. And I’m not counting a TASB for that because it’s basically just an improved version of an Arcane Overstrike Soul Break (AOSB) right down to costing 3 bars to cast the finisher (unless you max hone them, in which case they’ll only cost 2). So I’d want either 2 AASBs or 1 SASB and 1 AASB for a char before making their HA.

And so that’s how I found myself on the water banner 2 even though I should be long done with this pulling session by now. I pull and get yet another 1/11. WTF? This is the third time already. Is this some kind of joke? Argh! So freaking annoying. What’s with all the 1/11, damn it?

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Dr. Mog didn’t even appear. But wait, there’s more. Because this draw wasn’t horrid enough, of course I didn’t even get an Awakening. Nah, instead all I got was Gogo’s LMR+. Eff this game.

Water Banner 2 Multi-Draw Results 2

I was angry and disappointed and frustrated and - man, I just freaking hate this game. Why? Why? Why? Argh! In my rage, I decided to do another draw on this banner. Yeah, I’m writing this post after the end of this disastrous ordeal and I regret everything and wish these banners had disappeared before I made up my mind to pull for them. Still filled with such rage. This is like the worst freaking game ever. Sigh.

Anyway, guess what I got on this draw. If you say 1/11 again, then you’d be right because eff this game. Of-freaking-course it was 1/11 again. This is like the normal thing now, isn’t it? I hate all my pulls on these banners. Eff all these 1/11. Could I just get out of here already, please? I want to quit this goddess-forsaken game but Genesis. Someone add him to DFFOO already, please. 

Oh, hey, look, Dr. Mog just showed up. Small mercy, that. I think this game really just wants me to hate it though or something. 

Why? Because I just got Meia’s TASB. Did I mention that I have nothing else for her? How in the world am I supposed to use her with just this? TASBs can only be used once. The initial 15 seconds of BDL costs 0 gauges but the finisher costs 3. And then that’s it. What’s Meia supposed to do after using her TASB? 

Argh! This is so freaking frustrating. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn’t this have been Tidus’s Sync instead? Heck, I’d even take Meia’s Sync or AASB. At least those 2 have effects other than just the BDL. 

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 3

So I went back to the water banner 1 even though the right thing to do was to just walk away. Should have done that a few pulls ago. I guess I kept hoping that things would get better, that I’d stop getting 1/11. But that’s all I kept getting and it didn’t seem like that was gonna change anytime soon.

Was only 1 draw away from getting the 3 Daily Draw Tickets from the Stamp Sheet though so I thought I might as well go for it. In retrospect, I still regret everything. 

This draw actually gave me 3 disco orbs. Was surprised, to say the least. It felt like forever since I’d seen more than 1 disco orb. Then Dr. Mog appeared and turned one of them into a 7-star item.

And I get to the draw results screen and see that quantity doesn’t always equal quality. Was hoping for Paine’s Sync so of course that didn’t show up at all.    

Instead I got Serah’s AASB, Bartz’s TASB and Aria’s G+. Well at least Bartz now has another BDL relic. Now if I can just get his water AASB. Serah can go join my very few water mages. Ah, if only her Sync had shown up instead of Bartz’s TASB. That would have been really helpful in shoring up my water magic team.

Have nothing else for Aria so her G+ is basically useless. Would have been better off with her Sync. Also, it looks like I forgot to take a screenshot of the draw results screen for this pull. Must have been too disappointed. Still, it was really nice to see 3/11. Here’s to hoping I can see more. Just don’t want any more 1/11.

Daily Draw Tickets

That last pull just gave me 3 Daily Draw Tickets via the Stamp Sheet. These tickets are used on the Daily Draw banner. 

These tickets are a 10-draw but it looks like you aren’t guaranteed to get anything, or maybe you’re only guaranteed at least 1 5-star. Not sure. Either way, was pretty disappointed with the results of these pulls.

The only seemingly good thing I got was an Awakening from a char in Final Fantasy IV. I think it’s Fusoya. Still too pissed by how horrid all these draws are that I can’t even be bothered to look up what Fusoya’s AASB does though. Pretty sure I have nothing else for him anyway. At least I remembered to take screenshots. Here they are:      

Daily Draw Ticket 1 Pulls Results:

Daily Draw Ticket 2 Pulls Results:

Daily Draw Ticket 3 Pulls Results:

Water Banner 2 Multi-Draw Results 3

I’m down to 217 mythril now. So much for only doing 1 or 2 pulls on these banners, huh? I really should be done by now. Haven’t I been disappointed enough already? Yet here I am, about to do another multi-draw. Argh! 

Couldn’t seem to help myself. I kept thinking how the relics that I just got weren’t completely enough to really shore up my water team. Just look at Meia and Serah. All I have is Meia’s TASB and Serah’s AASB. Need more BDL relics for them, especially Meia. And I’d really like to have either Tidus’s Sync or Paine’s Sync, preferably both. 

So against my better judgment, I did another pull, this time on banner 2, hoping for something good. It wasn’t meant to be. Eff this game. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating - I really freaking regret everything. Curse these goddess-forsaken banners and these game and its trashy rates.

Once again, got 1/11. Dr. Mog didn’t show up and the game couldn’t even give me something new. Nah, to add insult to injury, I got Gogo’s LMR+. Again. Ugh. Yeah, I freaking hate this game. Why is this happening?

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 4

So I went back to banner 1 instead of just stopping. Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking back then anymore. I think I was just so angry about how horrible all these pulls were. I just wanted to get something good. Which was apparently the game’s cue to give me another dupe. It was Tidus’s AASB this time. Eff this game.

Water Banner 2 Multi-Draw Results 4

By now, I’m 7 draws deep across both banners. It feels too late to stop. It’d be even more of a waste if I stop now. So I kept going. Back to banner 2 this time. Seeing the 1/11 disco orb didn’t even surprise me anymore. Was expecting it. Still disappointed anyway. 

Dr. Mog showed up, which was nice, but even this could turn out to be bad. Might just end up with another dupe.

Allowed myself to be cautiously hopeful when the “Congratulations” screen showed up and it wasn’t immediately followed by a rank up screen. At least I’m getting something new. The question is if this could be of use to me.

The good news is that yes, I was able to get something of use. Tidus’s SASB2 just came home. Hell, yes! Now I can finally make his Hero Ability. And he just became my primary physical water DPS.

Was relieved to get something good but, argh! Again with the 1/11. Why is it always like that? Sigh.

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 5

I’m 2 pulls away from the Selection A pick from the Stamp Sheet so I decided I might as well go for broke. It really was too late to stop now.

This draw gave me yet another 1/11. This time I got Paine’s G+. At least it’s new. But why couldn’t this be her Sync instead?

Water Banner 1 Multi-Draw Results 6

I’m definitely broke now though. Started out with 456 mythril. After multiple disastrous pulls, I’m now down to 18 mythril with only a few good relics to show for the loss. Don’t even have enough anymore to do another multi-draw. 

Have to grind some quests to get more mythril for my last multi-draw. Just need one more pull to get the Selection A pick. Would have preferred the relics from Selection B but there was no way I could get to that now. The banners are ending. AFAIK, I’ve less than 24 hours to scrounge up enough mythril to get to 50. Getting more than that seems impossible since I simply don’t have enough time. 

Don’t think it’s worth it either. Honestly, I don’t think this entire pulling session was worth it. I regret ever looking at either of these banners. Wish I could go back. Should never have pulled even once.

After what felt like forever, finally have the 50 mythril I needed for my last pull. As usual, got 1/11 because eff this game. You’d think Dr. Mog showing up could make up for that but nah. 

Looks like he appeared just to give me a dupe because eff this game. Clearly, I needed another copy of Bartz’s TASB. Did I mention that I hate this game?

Water Banner 1 Missing Relics

After that horrible pulling session, I’m missing the following relics from the water banner 1:

Paine SASB

Aria SASB

Leila SASB

Serah SASB

Leila CSB

Water Banner 2 Missing Relics

From banner 2, I’m missing the following relics:

Meia SASB

Gogo SASB

Gogo AASB

Arc AASB

Meia CSB

Arc G+

Meia G+

Arc LMR+

Water Banner 1 Pulls Results List

1/11 Paine TASB

1/11 Tidus AASB

3/11 Bartz TASB, Serah AASB, Aria G+

1/11 Tidus AASB dupe

1/11 Paine G+

1/11 Bartz TASB dupe

Water Banner 2 Pulls Results List

1/11 Gogo LMR+

1/11 Meia TASB

1/11 Gogo LMR+ dupe

1/11 Tidus SASB

Water Banners 1 and 2 Pulls Results List Combined

1/11 Paine TASB

1/11 Tidus AASB

1/11 Gogo LMR+

1/11 Meia TASB

3/11 Bartz TASB, Serah AASB, Aria G+

1/11 Gogo LMR+ dupe

1/11 Tidus AASB dupe

1/11 Tidus SASB

1/11 Paine G+

1/11 Bartz TASB dupe

Looking at it like this, it’s really easy to see just how bad all these pulls were. They were all 1/11 except for the lone 3/11. What were the odds of that happening? Even ended up with 3 dupes. How utterly disappointing, depressing, frustrating, infuriating - eh, you get the point. Sigh. Eff this game.  

Selection A Pick

10 pulls equals 500 mythril = Stamp Sheet 1 complete.

Now I can pick a relic from Selection A. Too bad this doesn’t include any of the Syncs. The best relics from the list are the Awakenings. 

Decided to get Meia’s AASB to go with her TASB. Maybe someday I can get her SASB too as well as her other relics.

In conclusion, eff this game and these banners. Fest is coming soon and I’m at 0 mythril. Looks like I’ve no choice but to skip it. At the moment, don’t really feel like doing anything on this game anyway. Just feel so disappointed and frustrated. It’s maddening. Unless Genesis gets a new relic during fest, not gonna bother. Doubt that’d happen anyway. He just got his TASB, after all. So I guess I have nothing to worry about. Still furious though. 

Notes:

pics are from Amazon.com; links shown above

screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper Japanese game account

[snowflake-of-destruction]

What are your ff ships?

Final Fantasy IV:

Cecil/Rosa

Edge/Rydia

Final Fantasy V:

Bartz/Faris, though Bartz/Lenna is cute too 

Final Fantasy VI:

Edgar/Terra

Setzer/Daril in backstory, though that may be like saying Cyan and his dead wife?

Setzer/Celes

My mind says to say Sabin/Cyan. I think it pulled that out of thin air

And none for Locke Cole byyyye

Final Fantasy VII:

Zack/Aerith

Cloud/Tifa

Cloud/Aerith

Aerith/Tifa

Barret/Tifa

Zack/Cloud

Gen/Angeal/Sephiroth

Sometimes we just need some guilty pleasure, unhealthy Sephiroth/Cloud

I used to have some feelings about  Vincent/Lucrecia, but I would have to replay the original before I could say whether I still agree with my past self.

I also remember having opinions about Reno/Yuffie when I was much younger, but I cannot remember where that came from. Not that I think ships need to have a “reason.” I just don’t have an opinion presently. It’s only worth mentioning in case someone else ship this and wants to try and trigger a memory.

Final Fantasy VIII:

Seifer/Squall

Seifer/Rinoa

Selphie/Irvine

Laguna/Raine

Squall/Rinoa 

Final Fantasy X:

Tidus/Yuna

Wakka/Lulu

Barthello/Dona

Final Fantasy XII:

Balthier/Fran

Vaan/Penelo

Basch/Ashe

Final Fantasy XV:

Noctis/Luna

Gladio/Ignis

Noctis/Ignis

Noctis/Prompto

All four Chocobros together. So I guess I should also put Gladio/Noctis but I don’t usually get into them as a ship unless it’s just as completing the polycule.

Nyx/Luna