#Zagi ToV

[hopeisour4letteredword]

guy who likes men and swords

[starofaurnion]

every time i replay this game (which has been a lot), i think about this scene (and zagi in general) a lot. i have a lot of thoughts and headcanons about zagi as a whole, but i think a lot of zagi's interactions with yuri did stem from wanting to have some form of companionship. it was at nordopolica that became clear, i think (after yuri commented on zagi's strength on ragou's ship, i believe).

that's really not to say he went about it the right way, or that yuri was ever obliged to reciprocate, though part of me wonders whether zagi even knew how to properly make friends/companions, and his only means of communication was through combat (a running comment between my friend group being zagi's love language is sparring) — looking into further interactions (tarqaron comes to mind, where zagi was desperate to be the most important thing for yuri to focus on, even if it meant dooming the entirety of humanity). i often wonder if, to zagi, he perceived their fighting as a sign of strengthening their bond, and thought that yuri reciprocated the enjoyment he got from it. that clearly wasn't the case, but i think it adds a layer of tragedy to it: a one sided friendship (or relationship, depending on how you interpret zagi's comments) that meant a lot more to zagi than it ever did to yuri.

then again, i think there's a lot of tragedy behind zagi's character as a whole. i can, and will, ramble about that later on, though. it's also fitting my first proper post is about this damn cute assassin that occupies my mind more than he should.

[satan-is-a-furry]

Tales of Vesperia more like Tales of Gender Envy holy fuck

[luciftixs]

the bitches are back

[tales-of-sweets]

Nearly finished rewriting "With Friends Like These..." my sympathetic fix-it fic for Zagi's death scene that I first posted about a year ago.

I wrote it in one sitting in the middle of the night while sleep deprived and uploaded it (still unedited and full of typos) and have regretted that ever since since I didn't expect people to actually read it and resonate with it. My biggest fanfiction regret... 😅

I'm not really in the Tales fandom atm, but I've wanted to rewrite it for a long time so I'm finally doing so! Will hopefully finish editing and upload it tomorrow :D

[tiyi-cuso4-5h2o]

[kilfeur]

Tales of Vesperia memes

Me

Search for the aqua blastia that was stolen Save the princess

I am a healer but

When Yuri commits a murder

Let the Vesperia guild take care of the mess. Appear at some points and be cryptic, then give the sword to Yuri The cataclysm is coming!

Well done to you all, but Estelle is in another castle.

Rita with Estelle, Rita with others

Aren't you dead?! You asshole!

Only 5000 gald ? I'm worth more than that !

[myachiart]

ZAGI from ToV DOODLES, sorry my caps lock was stuck. I honestly don't think I can dislike drawing Zagi; if I were to commission someone, it'd definitely be fanart of him. oh and Kayn from League of Legends is here, too. I couldn't tell you what he said to get that look in response.

[windor-truffle]

just noticed recently that compared to other tales games, graces doesn't have many long-lasting antagonists besides the obvious final bosses (richard/lambda and the little queen/fodra). there's no subordinate group of the main antagonist like you see in Xillia, Berseria, or Abyss with the Chimeriad, Abbey Legates, and the God Generals respectively. There's no recurring rivals like Ivar(ToX), Zagi (ToV), Chalcedony(ToHr), Zaveid(ToZ) etc. (although there IS an optional second boss fight with Bryce as a sidequest in graces f). The rest of the bosses or antagonists are either monsters in a local area or only last for an arc (Cedric, Kurt) rather than getting a buildup across a significant chunk of the game like Alexei from ToV or the Renan lords from Arise. I don't think this is a bad thing, im not sure what it means other than that a majority of of graces's conflicts stem from individual situational crises rather than massive overarching goals. what can i say it's a friendship-driven game

[blondemenfight]

cursed question does Zagi ToV count as a blonde man

I mean we let Akira in so yeah he does

[transflynnscifo]

putting another thought under cut for the sake of my sibling who only just finished act 1 of vespy and i would die if i spoiled them thank you.

tov spoilers below folks

so the thing with sodia is that she is MEANT to be a foil to yuri. my good friend jean (love u jean if youre reading this) also brought up her being a parallel to zagi too. and then separately yuri and sodia and yuri and zagi have parallels and its so very interesting. this post isnt about that though

like noone is telling you to like sodia or that shes Girlboss or whatever for doing what she does in the game but so many people read her in polar extremes (and most of the time ppl read her as The Dreaded Woman to Get in the Way of Fluri lmao) when people forget to consider her entire perspective as someone who’s been working with flynn for a very very long time

and obviously flynn is way too guarded to mention his entire thing with yuri to his coworkers. estelle the exception until the start of the game. the dnk novels, the last bit of the second one, actually goes into the time flynn and sodia met. wish i could read it properly

sodia does unfortunately have the moment of her character relying heavily on flynns but at the same time her character is more than surface-level opinions to me. i think a LOT of people forget how sodias demeanor changes drastically in part 3, including her being THE ONE to insist flynn goes with everyone else when theyre in aurnion. which leads to flynn finally becoming a permanent party member

i dont have an end thought to this i just think sodia doesnt deserve to get as bashed as ive seen her get

[hopeisour4letteredword]

hot mess city

[ID 1: A one-panel image of Flynn Scifo and Sodia from Tales of Vesperia, colored in grey scale. Flynn and Sodia are seen from above, lying on a bed, covered up to their waists with the sheet. Flynn is flat on his back and turned slightly away from Sodia, eyes closed. He looks tired. One arm is across his own waist and his other arm lies along his side. Sodia is curled up next to him, one of her arms wrapped around Flynn’s and the other hand reaching up to touch his face. She is pouting. Top text over the image reads, “this could be us” and the bottom text reads, “but you’re not the perfect idealized version of yourself i had in mind before we started talking” ID 2: A one-panel comic with characters in white on a red gradient background. Yuri and Zagi from Tales of Vesperia are depicted full-body, shaded in pink. Yuri dives at Zagi with his sword, hair whipping around himself and expression grim. His eyes are shadowed. Zagi, dodging under him, looks gleeful and is blushing. The tip of Yuri’s sword is the focus of dynamic lines and the gradient background. A text post from tumblr user koideres is outlined at the top of the panel, and reads, “guy who keeps trying to make u wanna kill him bc he finds your bloodlust hot” ID 3: A one-panel image of Patty Fleur and Yuri Lowell from Tales of Vesperia, with flat-colors on a pink gradient background. Yuri is shown from the knees up, one hand on his hip and the other lifting Patty up to eye-level by the back of her coat’s collar. He looks annoyed. Patty, dangling, has pink hearts floating around her head as she shoots finger-guns at him. She winks as she speaks a tweet by twitter user OmeoMusic, which reads, “ur ex and u didn’t work out cause ur meant for me lmao wussup” /End ID]

[starofaurnion]

casually decided that i will expand on what tales of vesperia didn't and give zagi more of a spotlight after realising that he could have been one of the best antagonists in the game (especially as a recurring one from start to finish) and could have had a huge impact and presence other than being "that one guy who keeps showing up and annoying the cast". i have so many thoughts on him and what could have led up to the events of ToV that i think kinda make him more interesting and far more sympathetic (whilst still keeping him in line with the zagi we're all used to). basically, looking into him more than a one dimensional character and expanding on the idea that zagi was more tragic and burdened by his talents than anything else. if i ever feel inspired enough, may make a fanfic off of the things i'll post.

i'm also a sucker for au's, and considered writing one out that's very near and dear to me for a bunch of reasons (some i may explain later tbh) where zagi does survive their final battle and actually aids the party in confronting duke and saving the world, because i feel like that has a lot of potential. i kinda wonder if anyone would be interested in seeing that too, though.

[satan-is-a-furry]

Tales of Vesperia AU where everything is the same except Zagi interrupts literally every single boss fight

[luciftixs]

fem!zagi but in a "bamco doesnt know how to give women adequate clothing" kinda way

[tales-of-sweets]

Click for full res!😈

I cannot draw today for some reason so here's a doodle. How about a tall, long-haired Zagi and flustered Yuri for fun? 😌

Zagi is like 2 feet tall with messy hair in my mind but he can be tall and pretty just once as a treat 💞