#ovelia atkascha

[adalheidis]

Final Fantasy Tactics fanart I drew last year for @fffanthology

[hazaelis]

[snippity]

did you get your end in all of this, ramza?

[cyberphuck]

I’m gonna be real with you guys, I’m very much feeling the “everything was horrible forever and one of the people who tried to make it right was set on fire” mood of Final Fantasy Tactics right now. If you know someone with depression, reach out to them and tell them you love them.

This scene is more symbolic than canonical in that I don’t really think Queen Ovelia was wandering down the street one day like “hey are you guys having a cookout OH MY GOD”

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[ethernalium]

[venatohru]

I just think they're neat (and they should meet)

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Something I noticed about this scene during my current replay: The song playing here isn't Alma's theme (which played in the scene immediately prior to the fight with Zalmo), it's the first half of Ovelia's theme (the allegro section in F sharp). We don't learn that the Virgo stone arrived at Orbonne with Ovelia until a little bit later, so the song choice is a nice bit of foreshadowing for how Alma would even know this, i.e. through their friendship.

But now I also like to read this scene in parallel to the one where Ovelia laments her role as a princess.

Ovelia's theme plays in that one as well—specifically the andante second half in B flat. B flat major is an open and bright key, but also a contemplative one; that particular arrangement of Ovelia's theme, with its slower tempo and low woodwind carrying the melody, accentuates the latter trait. Ovelia misses the only friend she's ever had, and one of the rare few that she could be certain had pure intentions towards her. Her nostalgic reminiscence of Alma is tinged with longing for the past and anxiety for the future.

In this scene, on the other hand, where Alma reveals to Ramza that she's seen Virgo at Orbonne, Ovelia's theme in F sharp major is at its brightest and most optimistic. (In classical music, F sharp major is also considered a "triumphant" key.) The music selection is a good choice in general, because it characterizes Alma well—she's humorously teasing her much more solemn brother; she's manipulating the situation so she can stop feeling useless and actually do something, and her gambit works; the higher woodwind brings to mind Alma's chirping flute from her own theme—but when you consider to whom this theme belongs, it implies that Alma isn't just conveying a fact she knows. She's actively reminiscing about Ovelia.

The use of this half of the theme suggests to me that Alma's memories of their friendship are, on their surface, more straightforwardly affectionate. I think that's partially because Alma seems to take more things in stride than Ovelia does, but also, Ovelia isn't Alma's only friend. Tietra's friendship casts a much larger shadow over Alma. For obvious reasons, sure, but as to the framing, the immediate preceding scene had Alma inquire about Tietra by name, and express fresh dismay upon learning that she did not make the same miraculous recovery Delita did, and the music used in that scene was Alma's theme, placing Tietra much closer to Alma's heart (notably, the last scene Alma's theme was used was during Tietra's introduction, at Alma's side). Alma's friendship with Ovelia must seem so uncomplicated compared to what came after, it's almost a relief to get away from all this and revisit the monastery where she grew up.

You could also say, given the arrangement's faster tempo and the surrounding story context, that thoughts of Ovelia are what drive Alma into action. Ramza and Delita have both compared Ovelia to Tietra; it's not a stretch to consider that Alma might be doing the same.

However... as Ovelia is the loneliest character in the game, I don't think you can use her theme, even the lightest part of it, without invoking loneliness. At this point in the story, Alma has been dragged to Lesalia by her brothers, the ones she's not particularly close to, while they wage a war against her childhood friend. That would feel incredibly alienating, I think.

There are so few relationships between women in FFT, and while Alma is central to most of them, she never gets a moment to talk about a really important one. Alma's the invisible connective tissue between Ovelia and Ramza, and Ovelia and Tietra. It's nice to get these little musical hints to remind us of Alma and Ovelia's importance to each other—and also of Alma's thoughts and feelings, elaborations on which are frustratingly few.

[daily-rayless]

Happy Birthday to Princess Ovelia Atkascha from Final Fantasy Tactics. But who in that game ever gets a happy birthday?

[jkjones21]

I don’t expect this one to make much of a splash, but I do love Final Fantasy Tactics and wanted to try adapting a couple of Akihito Yoshida’s designs in my own style. I took coloring cues from the cel-shaded style the updated cut scenes use in the War of the Lions remake, although I think I’m incapable of doing a cel-shaded rendering. Anyhow, Lady Agrias is one of my original sword ladies. She’s great and sad and has lots of regrets that she failed to protect Ovelia.

[niratheraven]

The princess and her kinght.

[maiabomb]

Tactics sketches I did when I was watching a playthrough

[adalheidis]

A little Ovelia I drew for the ffladieszine's collaborative sticker sheet. Be nice to her, she's trying her best

[fictional-birthdays]

Happy Birthday, Ovelia Atkascha! (Final Fantasy Tactics)

[cyberphuck]

Not gonna lie though if you REALLY think Orinus Atkascha is the True King of Ivalice then you’re a little bit sus. Friendly reminder that Orinus’s claim to the throne was shaky AT BEST because he was probably conceived through his mother’s infidelity (and again, it’s not WEIRD to tell married women, even in real life, that a child conceived with lies and betrayal by a wife whose womb belonged to her husband should have had no other destiny than to go cold in the crib).

Ovelia Atkascha had ALREADY been named heir BY THE KING (and if any of you had ever READ A BOOK then you’d know Kings have the divine right to rule over and make decisions for the lesser people of his kingdom, and that’s just as true in Ivalice as it is in real life) and the rumor that she’d been “switched at birth” was baseless hearsay anyway (AND people who lie burn in Hell for all eternity). SHE was always going to ascend the throne and if her female weaknesses made her an inferior ruler than a true trueborn son of the King would have been, at LEAST she was SUPPOSED to be there and wasn’t a BASTARD.

But by the grace of God she became the wife of Delita Heiral who, though he was of a much lesser House, was neither the fruit of a greedy mother’s cockle nor tainted with the unworthy blood of a commoner. Delita took Ovelia’s weak and confused womanly hand and ascended the throne as her husband and King, allowing her to fulfill a woman’s true purpose of bearing and nurturing children (and more people IN REAL LIFE should remember that, but they’re too busy liking gross and morally bad things like age gaps and incest).

Delita had come from humble but pure beginnings as the third son of a minor lord, but God saw his honesty and goodness and guided him first to the service of Baron Grimms, then to his ultimate destiny as destroyer of lies and corruption. He was a good husband to Ovelia, protecting her from all those that sought to harm her. And since he wore the Crown honestly, and not through lies and deceit, he was a good and just King.

And the TRUE King, if you even care, but I’m sure you’re too busy shipping Reylo (ugh) to understand how REAL LIFE works.

[ninjakirby1322]

OBL Preview - Ivalice Alliance

Record: 14W - 32L - 4T

League: 12th, Fantasy Division: 4th

To say that nothing went well for the Ivalice Alliance in their first season would be mostly accurate. Only 2 batters hit above the league's average of .226: outfielder Ritz Malheur (.250) and catcher Basch fon Ronsenburg (.259). They replaced 2 pitchers over the course of the season as well due to poor performance, replacing starter Babus Swain with Llednar Twem and relief pitcher Montblanc with his brother Hurdy.

But there was some life in the team as well in their hard-throwing pair of gunslingers: Balthier and Mustadio Bunansa. Both pitchers nearly won as many games as they lost, keeping games close in each of their starts. Balthier in particular played a very convincing leading man for the Alliance, finishing 2nd in the league with 103 strikeouts over the course of the season, and with an Earned Run Average of 1.62, quite a bit lower than the league average of 2.54.

Now, the team looks to bounce back in Season 3. Hurdy has decided to step away from the field and act as a cheerleader for the team, necessitating a new player. Under the direction of captain Ramza Beoulve, the team has decided to move Cidolfus Orlandeau to a relief pitcher, and Ramza has convinced Delita Heiral to join the team, hoping the power in his swing will provide a needed spark for the Alliance offense.

Lineup

Adelle, 2B

Luso Clemens, LF

Frimelda Lotice, 1B

Basch fon Ronsenburg, C

Delita Heiral, DH

Ramza Beoulve, SS

Ritz Malheur, CF

Marche Radiuju, 3B

Vaan, RF

Bench

Cid Revgaji, IF

Fran, OF

Ashelia Dalmasca, OF

Agrias Oaks, C

Starting Pitchers

Balthier

Llednar Twem

Mustadio Bunansa

Cid Randell

Relief Pitchers

Mewt Randell

Penelo

Cidolfus Orlandeau

Ezel Berbier

Ovelia Atkascha

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Ok fine I will hop on the bandwagon.

Anyone who wants to do it, consider yourself tagged. And @ me if you make ur own poll so I can vote in it!