#dffnt

[lockescoles]

@pscentral event 14: your url ↳ LOCKE COLE from FINAL FANTASY VI

[magitekelite]

✦ @godsrondo :    Draped across his outstretched hand is a beautiful silk fabric, floral in pattern, with a variety of spherical, pearlescent baubles in various hues. It was not a gift, but a meager, materialistic example of but a few treasures he could offer by her pledged fealty.

"Surely such endowment provides allure. No other can offer as much as I."

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐍 feels akin to sort of a challenge , tempting her with riches and refinement , testing the 𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚄𝙴 that she was before with the 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙳𝚄𝙰𝙻 she strives to be .  the weight of the monarch’s gaze bears down on her , inviting yet intimidating to the senses .  she knows better than to fall prey to his deception ; in many ways , he brings mind to the enemy of her home world , yet whereas kefka sought her power , the emperor appears drawn to control , to control ... her ... and it is her say in the matter where they differ .  gladly would the madcap place a silencing crown upon her brow than hear her resisting cries , but the despot seems to want 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 , 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 , for it to be 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 .  perhaps it is that peculiarity that has always pulled at the invisible strings between them , within her , tightening and unraveling , much like the cycle they are all caught in .

❝ it’s beautiful ... , ❞ terra admits , simply because it is the truth .  it is a beautiful adornment , and this emperor of a different land and distant time is might just be the wealthiest person that she knows , which says much when she is friends with a 𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 and a 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙴 .  he could probably offer her all of the luxuries she could ever want and all of the gil she could ever need , and all she would have to give up is the very thing she had just reclaimed : herself .  she couldn’t ...  she won’t .

❝ ... but you can’t buy me .  or my loyalty . ❞

all the esper can offer him is the truth in return .  camaraderie and friendship , devotion and trust —— they are 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 , aren’t not ?  not bribed or bartered .  and if he expects her to be so easily swayed by trinkets , then surely he must think 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 and 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 of her ... ...

it saddens terra .  it disappoints her far more .

[superthatguy62]

I was in the midst of writing up my crackpot theory regarding the SoP-DFFNT connection, when I found something that threw everything into a loop (spoilers for Dissidia and Stranger of Paradise up to DLC 2, by the way):

Ok, so, in DLC 2, one of the many conversations you can have is with a Bomb named Bang. Bang does some snooping into the Lufenians and finds some papers related to Neon. But the interesting bit is where he found them:

The kingdom of Lufenia vanished without a trace. Used to be in a place called The Wing of the Hawk, though.  Rumor has it, there’s a big hole there.  Like someone scooped a whole country out and made it go poof. …Or like the whole place just up and floated away.

This itself is actually a reference to Dissidia: In the reports, as Cid's wife returns to Lufenia, she realizes that they are trying to use a levistone to lift the entire town:

I arrived in the town on the Hawk's Wing, where my tribe still lived in the middle of a forest. They were trying to use one of my husband's levistones to elevate the whole town in order to escape the shadow that appeared so suddenly.

Keep in mind that both of these conflict with the actual FF1. maybe. Lufenia is on the surface world in FF1, though there is a significant gap of land right next to it. This would imply that the Lufenians: Lifted their town, turned it into the Flying Fortress (or perhaps, it was the fortress itself), got booted out by Tiamat and created a second village right next to it.

Maybe that was obvious and I am a slowpoke for realizing it. In my defense, nothing in the PSP version of FF1 at least alludes to this.

But then comes the other aspect: The war between Lufenia and Cornelia. According to Neon's story, Lufenia was winning the war until they abruptly vanished. In Dissidia, "The state" was losing the war to "the neighboring country" due to their summons and Omega: Which is why the manikin project, more specifically Chaos, was important for the Lufenians to complete. Even then, it's implied that Chaos was unruly, only listening to his mother - which is why Cosmos was created to control Chaos.

After my "crackpot theory on how SoP relates to Dissidia", stay tuned for my followup: "crackpot theory that OG!FF1 and Stranger of Paradise are a split timeline".

[jjinpang]

I... I am aware of Kingdom Hearts guys, it didn't make the list because it is not technically under the FF7 umbrella.

just like:

DFF, DDFF, DFFNT, FFTS, FF9, FF10, FF13, FF14, smash bros, parasite eve, xenogears, yokai watch, resident evil, the Simpsons Game, hare+guu.... you get my point.

Or Ehrgeiz.... EHRGEIZ!!!!

EHRGEIZZZZZ!!!!

[ethernalium]

[icyanz]

The MOST sonboy ever

[ravenoire]

Here Comes the Clown

with a merry crown on his head and a big grin on his face the jilted jester comes to town

with a snap of his fingers and he lets out a cackle the world starts tumbling down

hee, hee, hee! everywhere is burning haw, haw, haw! everyone is screaming

down, down, down!

— R. Yonaga

Prompt:

[Twitter] darklines | [#383] clown

Image Credit:

Kefka Palazzo (Dissidia Final Fantasy NT) © Square Enix/Team Ninja.

[sankakuzone]

dissidia nt | 0 HP

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ゾディアックライダー

[sine41]

Wolf Zenos

[lockescoles]

@pscentral event 06: favorite characters/performers ↳ LOCKE COLE from FINAL FANTASY VI

[cocopark]

> tifa’s abs

[sorcery-saga]

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (2015, 2018) - “Main Theme” from FINAL FANTASY (Arrangement)

[nyaawn]

Why he can have this outfit in Dissidia NT but not in his own game? ( ಥ_ಥ)

[00323z]

NT! - Final Fantasy XII : The Zodiac Age

Gabranth

Congrats Gabranth!! I cannot wait for DFFNT’s next update :’)

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