#noctis' thoughts

[our-heartless-angels]

Maturing is realizing that George's Sephiroth voice and Tyler's Sephiroth voice are both equally amazing and that neither are better than the other.

[our-heartless-angels]

such a mood

-looks at @theghostavocadoe -

Most blessed type of fandom experience tbh

[the-prima-vista]

Well... what can I say? You guys... are the best.

[grandwitchbird]

Ardyn Izunia dragging himself through the blighted world he tried to save by taking all its pain into his own body. A healer crucified for millenia for the crime of healing his people. Causing as much chaos as he can because his own gods cursed him to carry the weight of their mistakes. And when he fought back they tortured him into something like defiant compliance. So he becomes a genuine monster perfectly crafted to destroy the world. Because now his fate and the fate of the world he tried to save rests in the hands of yet another chosen sacrifice. One he can’t save. One that wears the face of his first and worst betrayer. One that can hopefully kill him.

[tiffanyelectricity]

Behold, the most non-threatening mob to grace our screens... The Moo from Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

They usually just walk around without a thought in their head.

Hey look, this one seems like it just wants a hug!

[our-heartless-angels]

this is so funny KYFYDKTDKGZKGX

I saw this golden edit on twitter and I couldn't think of any better analogy of how some folks feel about the awards and nominees selected at TGA.

[flowers-of-tenebrae]

there's something about rdm noctis that doesn't sit right with me

like the vibes aren't there. maybe it's cos i can't see him wearing red, let alone a red hat or cape

or maybe it's too fancy and floral and shit

[our-heartless-angels]

List of fun facts about my Seraph au Sephiroth:

He is an undiagnosed ADHD and Autistic being

He has separation anxiety and attachment issues

Sephiroth learned he had the ability to mimic things when he learned how to mimic the sounds and behaviors of cats at a young age

Speaking of cats, because Hojo got tired of the young seraph's meltdowns from being isolated too long, he gave him a kitten to keep him company, but because this was Hojo, Sephiroth went through a lot of different kittens before he just stopped giving him cat friends (you can guess why)

Because he's been with Lucrecia for a short while as a baby, he remembered what she sounded like and remembered her last name, but nothing else

He adapted Lucrecia's last name when he was older to spite Hojo

He is VERY into anime and manga thanks to Glenn. His first anime when he was a kid was Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Sephiroth's favorite anime/Manga is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It's one of his special interests. He has infodumped Genesis once.

Sephiroth is self taught both in cooking and artistic endeavors and is extremely talented. He taught himself these things because no one would teach him.

Sephiroth has always wanted kids of his own. He thinks they're really cute and the idea of being a parent is interesting to him. (No, the remnants don't count.)

If there's more i remember , I'll make a part 2

[ertrunkenerwassergeist]

Ok, but out of nine conspiracy theories you mentioned, three are actually canon and four are correct within your stories.

(No idea about Tenebrae and the hundlegs.)

Just, Noctis accidentally stumbling on all the shit Bahamut tried to hide from the world, except nobody believes him.

My funny bone was taking a break, so I was floundering a bit for ideas there XD

But yeah, that Noctis is stumbling over the truth is part of the Thing. He's just tearing though the Archives (trying very hard to hide from Marcella the archivist - that woman is scary) and in the hidden corners he's finding the wildest shit. He's never made this much progress this fast leaarning Ancient Lucian.

He shares the truth and becomes known as a conspiracy theorist in large part because he can't really say 'I found this cool parchment in the royal archives'.

I'm now also of the opinion that he's copying the stuff that's really brittle and hard to read over, partly by taking pictures of it. Document preservation, yay!

[potionwine]

Thinking about Margrace as Joshua's name post-Phoenix Gate.

Mar-grace.

In FFXVI the Undying choose their own names (Cyril explains this in-game), and many of them have names drawn from Final Fantasy XII, including their leader 'Margrace' himself, from Al-Cid Margrace. The page for Al-Cid notes that Margrace is likely an alternate form of the title 'margrave', an old title for military commanders on the border.

That aside. This is the name chosen (by the boy himself?) for the boy who should have rightfully been known henceforth as 'Your Grace', 'His Grace'.

Grace (style of address), from the Oxford English Dictionary:

With a possessive adjective: a title of respect, esp. for a person of royal or noble rank. Frequently (in 'your Grace') as a form of address. Now archaic or historical. Formerly (in England until the reign of Henry VIII and in Scotland until 1707) used for a monarch or prince; now replaced by Majesty or Highness. Even so, "Majesty" for the sovereign of England was not used exclusively; it arbitrarily alternated with both "Highness" and "Grace", even in official documents, until "Majesty" finally became the official style to the exclusion of others (source).

Grace (other meanings):

1. Divine favour, benevolence, or providence bringing about worldly benefit or advantage. 2. A person's lot, destiny, or fate; luck, fortune. 3. The quality of being pleasing; attractiveness, charm; esp. (in later use) refined elegance of manner, expression, form, or movement, esp. regarded as natural or effortless; gracefulness.

Whatever the etymology of margrave, the name Margrace in-game is probably meant to call to mind the meaning of 'mar' as in damaged, spoiled, ruined. All the grace that ever belonged to his family, his home, his birthright—marred, of course.

Mar+Grace, the last heir of the oldest unbroken ruling dynasty in the Twins at the time of the opening events of the game**.

The living ghost, carrying the desecrated corpse of his legacy in his new name. Introducing himself by his humiliation: "Hello, I am Margrace", "Hello, I am the ruined dignity of my house." "Call me Margrace", "Call me the wreckage of one fallen from divine favour." "My name is Margrace", "My name is blemished fortunes and diminished nobility".

It's appropriately brutal and dramatic for such a character, especially since the game is frustratingly silent on how Joshua personally feels about the loss of his duchy which is a rant for next time.

**Footnotes:

In the Year 860 (Prologue year/Phoenix Gate), Rosaria is about 260 years old (est. Y600). Older, if you count from the time of the Rose Alliance (est. Y550). The Rosfields have been on the Rosarian throne since the inception of the duchy in Y600, and prior to that House Rosfield was already known to be the chief of/the preeminent house of the Seven High Houses that united to found the duchy. House Rosfield has held ruling power for 260-310 years at a minimum.

For reference, England's longest-reigning dynasty was the Plantagenets, who held on for 300+ years. Rosfields aren't doing half bad!

Veldemarke would have been older had it not been overthrown by Barnabas; therefore Waloed is the youngest nation state at the time of the prologue (only 17 years old). Also we do not know much about the governance of Veldemarke, although as a 'kingdom' it was likely some type of monarchy.

Sanbreque was formed 100 years after Rosaria, and at any rate is not actually a hereditary monarchy. The Holy Emperor is voted into office by his fellow Cardinals, likely the five who form the Council of Elders. We are also explicitly told that Sylvestre 'won his throne' in 865; there is no indication either way that his predecessor emperor was a Lesage. The wording suggests the throne is not Sylvestre's by lineage or birthright. How this is supposed to relate to the concept of Sanbreque having a 'crown prince' (Dion) is unclear and contradictory, since an emperor by election should probably not have the authority to unilaterally decide on the succession of the throne, and his issue—legitimate or no—should not automatically be in the line of succession.

Dhalmekia is a republic with elected officials.

The Iron Kingdom apparently has a royal family, but nothing else is known apart from it being impotent and sidelined by their state religion.

The Northern Tribes likely do have hereditary rule, and Jill is referred to as a princess, but once again little is known.

Ergo—and I am ceaseless in this propaganda—Clive and Joshua are really, properly posh! Absolutely baffling that Anabella would allow anyone to put down the pedigree of her sons when they are so blue-blooded precisely because she is! For someone with such entrenched ideas of blood purity she should not stand for it, no matter how she feels about her eldest.

[insomnianoctem]

Just occurred to me that the armiger in FFXV implies that Noctis has to put himself inside the armiger and use his sword he summoned as the anchor that he uses to summon himself back.

When he was first learning how to do this, who do you think would have pull him out if he got stuck inside the armiger? Gladio? Cor?? His dad???

[chocobrohs]

thinking about cozy chocobros all cuddling in the tent on a rainy and cold night. i love them so dearly

[our-heartless-angels]

Nothing about Seven and it's attached games (plus movie) are anything REMOTELY black or white in perspective. It's all about the shades of grey, and how much of one extreme causes the effects of another extreme, with complex morals and that the true villain isn't the man who stalks the protagonist, but the corporation that made the man how he is now.

Just because one character is portrayed as an "antagonist" in a story's light, doesn't inherently mean they are the spawn of evil. The source of all evil is Shinra. Pointe Finale.

"Genesis killed people so he's bad!! Avalanche is different!!" hon. honey. he's doing the exact same thing Avalanche is doing except with an army. And far more bombs. You do not get to criticize him but then turn around and call Avalanche heroes for blowing up a mako reactor full of innocent workers. they both had good intentions. but they still both killed people. ff7 has NEVER been about black and white "good and evil." stop calling genesis "bad" just because you personally don't like him and then calling avalanche "good." thank you for coming to my ted talk

[thelvadams]

passing the torch 🥲

[monachofworms]

Regis at one point probably had meetings about his own funeral arrangements so Noctis wouldn’t have to plan it.

Like realistically other people would have done the bulk of the work but Noctis would have had to sign off on the final decisions and if Regis just took care of it he could spare his son some of that pain

[our-heartless-angels]

I think people who shit on Sephiroth fans like this should be the ones doing the growing up, because only an immature individual would make such a claim. Especially behind an anonymous mask.

I think Sephiroth fans need to grow up 🙄

I really? I think Sephiroth needs a fucking bottle.