#King Noctis Lucis Caelum

[ethernalium]

King Noctis in FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS

[ipromptography]

scrunkly scrimbo

[fire-of-the-sun]

I can't believe we only got one short, full cgi, movie quality cutscene of this beautiful man...

[bluemoonkh3]

He wants to give you a fish he caught!

[prince-charmless-nightlight]

NOCTIS CONCEPT ART POSTED BY YUSUKE NAORA

[rojaceartandgaming]

I don't see enough angst about King Regis knowing his son was doomed to die. Knowing that Noctis would never get a full life. Idk. A father's grief over a son that hasn't even died yet. I'm gonna have to write the angst fic myself aren't I.

[reflectionsofacreator]

so anyways xv has something to fucking Say about the kings of Lucis but it can't seem to actually form a fucking coherent thought to save its life.

The fact that all the kings we know the name of and see their faces are characterized by physically helping their people, either by sidequesting (Noct) sealing away daemons (Regis) healing (Ardyn) or performing quarantine (Somnus) seems to indicate that this is by design and intentional. This is further exacerbated by the main gameplay loop and draw of the game BEING the sidequests and exploring the open world, exploring every little thing and going around helping people.

So you would fucking think that this ties into how the kings of Lucis are perceived and how the game talks about them, right! You'd think that this would play into the fact that in XV the divine right of kings is worryingly literal with the fact that the Caelum house has access to magic and battle prowess that the normal person simply cannot have!

It's even worse too when you juxtapose Regis against Noctis because Regis is noted as being a rather conservative king. He's playing a losing game for the ~25 years of his rule and 'hiding' behind the New Wall, whereas the entire time you control Noctis as the new King (ch 2 onwards) he's defined by helping his citizens in times of need. He does menial tasks, and also hunting dangerous creatures that normal people can't have a hope of surviving against! A noble endeavor that highlights the themes of the game: ""many have sacrificed for the king now the king must sacrifice for all" right, right?

WRONG. This concept is NEVER FUCKING TOUCHED UPON, and yet it would be the easiest way to make the shitty plot point of Noctis dying make sense! Nevermind the fact that the game gives you very little reason to care about the world itself, let alone Insomnia and simply lacks weight about any of it's worldchanging events.

If they took even an onze of effort to connect the tie of the main gameplay loop to the narrative crux, it could've hit so much harder and better. Instead you just get told “hey Noct has to die to save the planet from the sick darkness lol” Make it his choice, rather than being told this is something he has to do by the questionable wisdom of a god who stole his face. (seriously bahamut looks almost creepily like Noctis take that as you will)

I still cannot believe the devs legit said oh yeah we knew the narrative was crap. hhh gnaws on this piece of media it sucks but i'm fucking obsessed with it.

[bitchsince1976]

Replaying Final Fantasy 15 again (curse you PS4 Pro and corrupted files) and came up with this little Promptis plot bunny.

Noctis has separation anxiety due to his 10 years stuck in the crystal.

Prompto has been away for 10 days in the now deserted Niflheim Empire gathering all the dirty little secrets, since his barcode tattoo is the key to the city.

Ignis walks into the throne room, and takes the picture.

Pictures are not mine, but the plot bunny is.

[haomnyangz]

chocobros vs the mystic (joint slay)

[necronominomnom]

I trialed my wedding hair, based on Lunafreya Nox Fluret! I need to curl my bangs and fringe pieces, but it looks like a decent take on it!

[verseleth]

“A hand, Highness?”

“No? What about this hand instead?”

“Still no? Very well, I shall give you both hands then~”

[bestboyignis]

Ignis: Tsk. 😮‍💨

Noctis: What's this? You like seafood, don't you?

Ignis: When it gets this big, the taste is no longer as good.

Noctis: Is that what you were worried about?

[ipromptography]

it's still all about him

[smallest-turtle]

Fics where Noctis is trans are really funny in the grand scheme of things like

Congrats! The prophecy of your fated death respects your pronouns!!!

[glitchdecay]

Birthday Flowers of FFXV: The Chocobros

(according to 季節の花300, a Japanese flower website) [x]

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Ignis Scientia (February 7)

Thunberg fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii, previously Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii) [x]

(image credit: titanium22 on Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)

A member of the Liliaceae (lily) family native to Central Asia. The bulb of this flower 浙貝母 (zhè bèi mǔ) is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, among other indications.

Hanakotoba (Japanese flower language): A modest heart.

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Gladiolus Amicitia (April 2)

Reeves' spiraea (Spiraea cantoniensis) [x]

(image credit: KENPEI via Wikimedia Commons)

A member of the Rosaceae (rose) family native to China. Known as ko-demari (小手毬) in Japanese as its clusters of small flowers look like the patterns on temari, children's handball toys that are also symbols of great loyalty and friendship.

Hanakotoba: Friendship. (You know what else means "friendship?" Gladio's last name.)

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Noctis Lucis Caelum (August 30)

Tiger lily (specifically Lilium lancifolium) [x]

(image credit: Maja Dumat via Wikimedia Commons)

A member of the Liliaceae (lily) family native to China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East. The species name, lancifolium, refers to its leaves looking like polearms (i.e. lances). Its showy black-spotted orange flowers have made it a popular ornamental plant.

Hanakotoba: A wise person.

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Prompto Argentum (October 25)

African milkweed (Gomphocarpus fruticosus) flower [x]

(image credit: Bernard Dupont via Wikimedia Commons)

A member of the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family. Native to eastern and southern Africa, the plant is also found in Australia and New Zealand, where it is known as narrow-leaved cotton bush. Its thorny fruit pops when mature in late fall, producing cotton-like seeds.

Hanakotoba: A hidden ability. (I see what you did there, Square Enix!)

[prince-charmless-nightlight]

I AM WEAK

Thanks Bazztek