#yuna lenne 1000 words

[twin1twina]

I've had FFX-2 on my mind, so I drew the 1000 Words scene 🌩🌧🌩🌥⛅🌤☀️

[starvingtongue]

I want you to know since doing that ask for Leblanc I've had "Real Emotion" playing on loop in my head.

I DIDN'T EVEN LISTEN TO IT. I WAS JUST GOOGLING LEBLANC AND OFC HER SHOW AS YUNA CAME UP AND NOW IT MOVED IN MY HEAD AND WON'T LEAVE

"That's what great talent will do to you, darling." there was a smug arrogance about her tone, as her ego inflated ever so slightly. "Some people don't recognise it when they see it, but I'm glad someone here does." not that her ego needed inflating, but sometimes it was nice having her talents be recognised. it was a shame nobody would ever believe it was Leblanc's doing. irregardless, it had been fun to mess with the Dullwings at the time. it was one of the few times that Leblanc had seen Yuna stand up for herself and perhaps that was the point of the whole charade.

[faythsang]

tag dump

[toggle1-mrfipp]

Opera Omnia Burst Theme 4/?

In the first three posts I covered all the songs that were used for characters tht were able to receive their respective BTs, as well as put up my own suggestions for ones that had not gotten them. The rest of these posts will be more or less self-indulgence on my part as I list characters that could have gotten into the game, as well as songs that might have been used for them.

Final Fantasy I Matoya: Matoya's Cave

Final Fantasy II Gordon: Dungeon Josef: Escape! Ricard Highwind: Ancient Castle

Final Fantasy III Sara Altney: Jinn, the Fire Cid Haze: Sailing Enterprise Aria Bennet: Aria, Maiden of the Water Doga: Let Me Know the Truth Unnei: Let Me Know the Truth (Remake) Luneth: Boss 2 (Remake) Arc: Dungeon (Remake) Refia: Battle 1 (Remake) Ingus: Forbidden Land Eureka

Final Fantasy IV Tellah: Tower of Zot Cid Pollendina: Hey, Cid! Zemus: Final Battle (Pixel Remaster) Scarmiglione: Battle with the Four Fiends (Pixel Remaster) Cagnazzo: Battle with the Four Fiends (Dissidia) Barbariccia: Battle with the Four Fiends (FFXIV) Luca: Dancing Calcabrina Harley: Edward's Harp Gekkou: Battle 1 (Pixel Remaster) Izayoi: Mount Ordeals Tsukinowa: Into the Darkness (Pixel Remaster) Zangetsu: Battle 2 (Pixel Remaster) Maenad: The Eidolons Shackled

Final Fantasy V Ghido: Library of the Ancients Boko: Go, Boko Go! Enuo: The Decisive Battle Final Fantasy VI Umaro: Umaro's Theme Gogo: Gogo's Theme Banon: The Returners Ultros: Grand Finale Ghost: Phantom Train

Final Fantasy VII Red XIII: Red XIII's Theme Tseng: Shinra's Full Scale Assault Elena: Hurry Up! Hojo: J-E-N-O-V-A Loz: Beyond the Wasteland Yazoo: Battle in the Forgotten City Genesis Rhapsody: The SOLDIER Way Nero the Sable: Fight Tune: Messenger of the Dark Rosso the Crimson: Fight Tune: Crimson Impact Azul the Cerulean: Fight Tune: Killing One Another Elfe: Theme of Elfe Roche: Ignition Flame

Final Fantasy VIII Ward Zabac: Silence and Motion Kiros Seagill: Ride On Edea Kramer: FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC Adel: Lunatic Pandora

Final Fantasy IX: Blank: Vamo'alla Flamenco Marcus: Sword of Fury Lani: Battle 1 Mikoto: Bran Bal, The Soulless Village Black Waltz No 3: Battle 2 Thorn and Zorn: Jesters of the Moon Garland: Master of Time

Final Fantasy X Rikku: Start or YRP, Fight No. 1 depending how her kit is built Gunner Yuna: YRP, Fight No. 3 Yunalesca: Challenge Leblanc: Let Me Blow You A Kiss Logos: Infiltration! Leblanc's Hideout! Ormi: Anything Goes For Leblanc! Baralai: New Yevon Gippal: Machima Faction Nooj: Youth League Lenne: 1000 Words (FFX2 Mix) Shuyin: Their Resting Place

Final Fantasy XI Zeid: Fury Volker: Battle Theme Star Sibyl: Heaven's Tower Semih Lafihna: Battle 2 Ajido-Marujido: Battle in the Dungeon 2 Trion I d'Oraguille: Battle in the Dungeon Curilla V Mercu: Ronfaure Maat: Tough Battle Shadow Lord: Awakening Aldo: Battle 3 Gilgamesh: Battle in the Dungeon 3 Ulmia: Onslaught Tenzen: Isle of the Gods Naja Salaheem: Mercenaries' Delight Luzaf: Black Coffin Razfhad: Hellriders Cait Sith: On This Blade Lady Lilith: Goddess Divine Larzos: Kindred Cry Morimor: Steel Sings, Blades Dance Teodor: Monstrosity Balamor: Clouds Over Ulbuka

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[of-nyon]

Yuna doesn't 'become a pop star with no explanation' in Final Fantasy X-2. She becomes a sphere hunter, which is why the gunner is her default outfit she spends 98% of the game in, and, you know, on the box art.

Of the two big scenes of her singing, one is immediately revealed to be another character impersonating Yuna, and the other is to give Lenne's backstory, and if you're hating on 1000 Words then I don't even know what to tell you.

Thirdly, when Tidus said 'people die and Yuna dances,' do we think he means 'therefore Yuna can never be allowed to dance again even when Sin is defeated and she can live freely.'

Finally, Yuna is haunted by a dead pop star who sometimes manifests herself through her clothes. Please get it right.

[magistera]

The dream isn't over yet Though I often say I can't forget I still relive that day “You've been there with me all the way” I still hear you say

[finalfantasytrivia]

1000 Words/1000 no Kotoba

WARNING! FFX-2 SPOILERS AHEAD

In the English version of the 1000 words FMV, Yuna transforms into Lenne and later performs the song together with her. In the Japanese version, Yuna changes to Lenne form and back to her original self repeatedly, but the two are never seen performing side by side. There are some differences in choreography, visual effects and scenes shown as well.

For direct comparison, watch this handy video (uploaded by  Rhobar2):

Which version do you prefer?

Info and picture source: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/1000_Words

[mishyoona]

[painepentaghast]

people with bad taste: paine is a moody b*tch paine, in actuality:

has all the time in the world for actual mischief (stealing the sphere/sneaking into chateau leblanc) but no patience for menial tasks (stealing uniforms, fetch missions)

readily admits when she was wrong (burning besaid temple) or when something she didn’t want to do pays off (tobli’s rewards)

pays clear attention to those around her and bestows her trust willingly to those who earn it despite her recent trauma (“you’ve earned a lot of respect points” / “despite how it looks, i am having fun”)

respects the privacy of others as much as she expects her own privacy to be respected (“so what’s so special about that spring?.....nevermind, forget I asked”)

hey stop me before this becomes an essay ok

subtly cares about the emotions of her friends despite her reserved nature (verbally checks in with yuna several times after touch missions, is seen to hold yuna on the shoulder a couple of times when she’s clearly distressed i.e in a chamber of the fayth - doing so without question even though she doesn’t truly understand what’s going on, literally beats rikku to comforting yuna after 1000 words)

is extremely protective of those she holds dear and serious about what she cares about (her offense any time the gullwings are slighted / “no one hurts my friends” / “woo no more climbing!” “could you please focus?” when trying to defeat Vegnagun / her intervention and distress being the reason gippal/baralai/nooj survived the den)

is extremely loyal and always wanting to believe the best in her friends (how eagerly and quickly she accepts that nooj’s actions weren’t his own, and how she phrases the original incident as ‘a mistake/accident’, unwilling to believe the obvious explanation, and just as happy to realise baralai is also not in control of his own actions)

Is a mischievous tease (“maybe she’s getting old” / “minus four respect points, rikku” “how many do I have?” “forty-seven” / “ex-summoners come in all flavours”)

has a very strong sense of empathy (always speaking up when talking about lenne’s unspoken emotions and words and supporting yuna with her plan to bring these to shuyin)

forms extremely strong bonds and is very sensitive to loss (constantly questioning nooj’s deathseeking to the point where near the end of the game he actually says “see you later” rather than his usual morbid goodbyes, is just as worried as rikku when yuna falls into the fayth, talks about how singing the hymn with the whole of spira helped her in her darkest moments)

won’t tell a lie just to protect a friend’s feelings but is rarely actively mean about it (challenging Baralai and Nooj over their politics/Vegnagun, telling the Gullwings when she thinks something is a bad idea)

A romantic at heart: “I think Lenne’s final words might have been happy ones: ‘I love you’”

Has very clear and legitimate reasons for being prickly with new people and secretive about her past (was literally a fugitive, was betrayed by one of the people she trusted most as well as Spira’s ruling system)

i can go on but i just need to take half an hour to cry about how much i love her ok

[fantasyresident]

My Favorite Final Fantasy Themes Across The Franchise

Final Fantasy games tend to have a history of expressing powerful themes to the player regarding a variety of topics including love, life, death, brotherhood, family, and more. I wanted to reflect on the themes that impacted me the most, highlighting the defining moment of each theme and why I treasure its presentation so much.

Final Fantasy 4: Light, Darkness, and Repentence

Final Fantasy 4 is one of my favorite FF titles to date, which is no surprise to me considering it has one of my favorite themes in video game history. Final Fantasy 4 harbors 3 characters in particular who contribute to this virtuous message, being Cecil, Kain, and Golbez. Each of these characters struggle with light and darkness, but from first glance, Golbez just seems like an evil guy in armor with no limits to his barbarism. Kain becomes wrapped up in his web, making him seem as if he’s gone down the same path. Meanwhile, Cecil seems to have all but forgotten his dark past stepping fully into the light after his journey to Mt. Ordeals. But the way the game shakes up these positions is staggering and why I revere this game’s storytelling to the extent that I do. We learn that Kain and Golbez were both pawns of their own inner darkness, controlled by Zemus. 

These characters were truly good at heart, yet struggled with their own dark emotions that made them so vulnerable to the grips of darkness. Kain’s jealousy of Cecil having the love of Rosa, while Golbez was devastated about his mother’s passing due to the birth of Cecil. The shame these two felt for their actions stemmed from these emotions, causing a deep sense of shame within them. Both Kain and Golbez assumed a new identity to hide this shame, (Hooded Man and Man In Black) not desiring any attention or respect for the acts of repentance they would take part in to try to heal the world they tore apart. Meawhile, Cecil who the player is convinced has already gotten over his ordeal (no ff4 Mt. Ordeals pun intended) actually ends up being the last one saved from his darkness, while both Kain and Golbez are giving their all to make up for what they have done. FF4 teaches us that no matter how deep we end up in our own darkness, for whatever reason we fall to it, there’s always the light of forgiveness waiting for us if we’re not expecting it of others. To do acts of kindness like Kain was doing for Ceodore, Cecil’s son, without the want or need to be recognized, that is true heroism. If one does an act of kindness expecting a public eye to witness it, they are not doing an act of good for the world, they are only doing it for themselves.

Final Fantasy 6- Loving Your Enemies and Renewal

In Final Fantasy 6, we witness the world become ravaged by the game’s villain, Kefka Palazzo who desires to become a god. Terra on the other hand, refuses to accept this as the world’s fate. While she is obviously an opposing force to Kefka, she does not express hatred towards him, even after all he done to her as a Magitek Knight. This as a player impacted me greatly and its one of the reasons I love Terra so much. She can look into the eyes of someone like Kefka, who anyone else would label irredeemably evil, and see humanity’s struggle in them. Terra sees a bit of herself in Kefka, a man who like her, was trapped in the clutches of Magitek energy, an energy that can warp the mind and personality of the user. Terra alone teaches the player that love is the true essence of life, even if sometimes its buried deep within us.

 Her ability to finally understand love for herself despite being half esper and mind controlled for much of her life is truly inspiring. After the world is ravaged by Kefka, the characters of Final Fantasy 6 express hope in the world being built anew. Once something is destroyed or gone, it always comes back in another form, sometimes unrecognizable to the naked eye. That is the true message of FF6. Nothing is ever truly gone when you appreciate the underlying value of life itself.

Final Fantasy 9- Our Days Are Numbered

The ending of Final Fantasy 9 hit me like a truck full of tin bricks, and for good reason. This game throughout its entirety leads up to FF9′s main theme: we don’t live forever. But at the same time, while our lives are limited in number, they are not limited in the way we live them. By helping others (regardless of whether if we have a reason to help them or not), we make our lives worth the limit. By impacting someone with a kind deed, like Zidane trying to save Kuja, his mortal enemy prior to this, you make a chain of impacts that changes the world for the better. No matter how sour the villain, like Queen Brahnne or Kuja, everyone deep down just wants to feel the essence of kindness. Those who lack that experience tend to be more prone to the darker path in life, but if we light a candle for these people in our lives, we can truly make a difference from selfless acts of good. This is why no matter how many times I see Zidane go back for Kuja in the end of FF9, it always makes the tears flow. 

The kind of mortal greatness that Zidane holds as a character makes me truly believe in the goodness of our hearts, especially when he could have ended up just like his beloved brother. My favorite lesson of them all.

Final Fantasy X/X-2- The Bounds Of Love and Sacrifice

Final Fantasy X and its sequel have very powerful narratives regarding love and the meaning of sacrifice. X teaches us that everything must eventually come to an end, and really gives us a front row seat to the grief that our losses causes us. In X, characters like Yuna were bound by Yevon, a belief that many of the characters believed they must follow to the ends of the earth regardless of the consequences. But as Yuna learns, this isn’t the right solution. In the end of X, sacrifices are made and the loss is felt especially when Tidus must disappear right before Yuna’s eyes. This encourages Yuna to go through a major change in X-2, deciding that she wouldn’t be bound by the rules and expectations of others no more, given that Yevon was the cause of much pain, a relgiion that made everyone lose sight of what was truly precious to them. Yuna dedicates her newfound freedom to helping others and bettering the world, while she looks for Tidus who, due to a special sphere recording, she believes is possibly still alive. Through the introduction of the characters Lenne and Shuyin, the player witnesses the endless bounds of time and space that love can transcend through the 1000 words scene, and their spiritual reunion at the end of the game. Yuna, however, still doesn’t have the love she has been looking for, but in the “bad” ending, she realizes that maybe this is for a reason. Perhaps this journey of hers filled with heartbreaks and laughs was a lesson, that maybe love isn’t always a material feeling, it doesn’t require the one you cherish to be standing there in the flesh. As long as they are in your heart, there is no distance that those 1000 words cannot travel.

What was your favorite lesson or moment in Final Fantasy history? Reblog and share your own favorites! :)

[thechocobros]

what are you thoughts on the theory that real emotion in ffx-2 was actually written by lenne, and yuna/leblanc is actually performing lenne's song on behalf of her

It could be, I mean 

according to FFX-2 canon (which said that Lenne wrote and sang “1000 words” and other songs), it looks like in the old Zanarkand early-2000-J-pop was pretty popular.  

Imagine Tidus listening to Lenne’s hits during his time as a dream in the old Zanarkand

[mezzopurrloin]

Mezzo Plays Final Fantasy X-2: Part 19

Yuna crosses the threshold. The war machine awaits.

From here on out, the location bar just reads 'Vegnagun'.

Nooj: "Both Baralai and Vegnagun belong to him now."

He noticed that Shuyin needs a body to act through. Thus, he plans to shoot Baralai, aiming to injure rather than kill, and lure Shuyin into his own body. Then, he will die.

Just the sort of plan a Deathseeker would come up with.

Nooj: "Exactly."

"Your plan is awful. Think about it. It's no different than what we did two years ago."

"We didn't have a choice then. We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt like to watch them die? Right before my eyes? It was the only thing we could do. It was the only choice we had."

"I thought I'd be able to go through it without ever doubting myself. But I... It hurt so much."

Fayth: "Forgive us."

"There were too many smiles to count. And I know that I was smiling, too. But now...when I look back..."

Jecht: "We had no choice."

"Always 'we had no choice.' Those are our magic words. We repeat them to ourselves again and again. But you know... The magic never worked! The only thing we're left with is regret."

Jecht: "Yuna... I'm sorry."

"No, I don't want this anymore."

"Nooj, I know what you say is what you mean to do."

Paine: "Light?"

Yuna: "That's Plan B. But first... Hey, Rikku."

"So we can take it apart, right?"

Nooj: "What about Shuyin?"

Yuna: "Plan B. Love."

Nooj: "The ultimate illusion."

The colossus begins its activation sequence.

Jecht: "It's just bluffing."

Auron: "This relic's getting rusty."

Braska: "Yuna, you have your friends."

Everyone moves into position.

Rikku: "Time to kick some tail!"

Vegnagun's tail opens with Noli Me Tangere, a tail swipe that hits the whole party and can easily cause a full wipe to the unprepared. Using high HP jobs like Warrior and Dark Knight is a good way to endure it. It can also fire lasers from the tip.

It's a pretty basic fight, and doesn't take long to deal with.

Further ahead, Leblanc's team is in trouble. Time for the Gullwings to lend their support.

Gee, thanks.

Paine: "Leblanc never stood a chance against this thing."

Rikku: "Well, we've got a leg up on her."

Yuna: "Save the jokes for later."

Vegnagun's leg is supported by the three colored nodes on its body. Attacking them changes their color and intent, but they're too far away to be hit with melee. Red nodes have physical immunity and fire missiles, green ones cast healing and support spells, and yellow ones cast attack spells and have magic immunity. I used an item to grant Reflect to the team, as the magic attacks were easily the biggest threat.

It's nothing that a few good casts of Ultima can't solve, anyway.

With that down, we can see how the torso team is doing.

Sounds like they could use some assistance.

Gippal fires a blast from his cannon at it.

And receives an appropriate response.

Paine: "We'll finish it."

Yuna: "It's so big!"

Rikku: "Woohoo, no more climbing!"

Paine: "Can we please focus?"

The core is accompanied by two more legs, but they're just distractions. If you attack the core with a physical hit, they'll counterattack. If you use magic, they'll drain MP. Use a special ability, and they'll do both. They can also cast status spells such as Bio, Doom, and Break.

Nuking the field is always a good strategy though.

The core has its own special that it'll use later on.

Ouch. Boy am I glad this game has an autosave function.

Let's try that again.

Got you this time.

Is that it?

Okay, that's a no then.

The Gullwings climb up the legs to reach the head.

"Come, Vegnagun. Let us purge this repulsive world."

If you lose this fight, a special scene plays.

Welp. So long, Spira.

Okay, now let's do this fight for real. The left and right redoubts need to be taken down first, then we can go for the face.

Meanwhile, they'll blast us with powerful magic attacks. I used another item to grant Shell to the party, which helped quite a bit.

And of course, we have powerful magic attacks of our own.

As its health gets low, it unleashes its final attack, Nemo Ante Morten Beatus.

Ouch. Shell helped everyone live through this one too.

Shortly after, the machine was brought down.

"Shuyin."

"And I'm grateful... grateful that you stayed with me until the end."

Lenne & Yuna: "Rest."

Shuyin walks closer to Yuna, leaving Baralai's body.

"You are not Lenne!"

Looks like we're fighting him after all. Shuyin doesn't just look like Tidus, he fights like him too. He uses the same attack animations, and his specials are based on Tidus' Overdrives, though they have slightly different names.

Unfortunately, this also includes the endgame multi-hit Overdrive I never got for him in X-1.

Apart from that, though, he doesn't really have much else.

If you have Yuna as Warrior, it becomes a bit of a mirror match, since she also uses some of Tidus' animations. He can be a bit frightening, but overall, he's pretty easy to take down.

"This moment's enough. I don't need anything else. Just knowing how you feel is enough. Shuyin, let's end this. Let's go home. That was all a thousand years ago. We've come too far to look back now. Rest, Shuyin. Rest with me."

They fade away together.

Yuna walks back through the Farplane Abyss.

"We would sail a ship, with me as its captain. In time, I became that captain. I found a new ship with new friends."

Gippal: "You know, I realize I'm like a lot of you people. We want a captain. And we want a ship to ride, but more important than that..."

Baralai: "There are some things you can't do alone. But they become easy with friends beside you."

Nooj: "This was the lesson that we learned when we launched those ships."

Baralai: "It was power... And we misused that power. We turned our friends and followers against each other."

Baralai: "Somehow we forgot. There's a much larger ship out there. One that we've been riding since we were born."

Nooj: "No one knows just where our voyage will lead us. But we do know one thing: One way or another, we will get by. We'll go on living. The Calm will continue."

Gippal: "Just one more thing:"

The crowd cheers.

Gippal: "Yeah, you all know who I'm talking about. We really hoped that she could be here today."

Gippal: "So farewell, but not goodbye."

The Celsius takes off.

"So much has happened. And I'm sure it's only the beginning. Through the smiles and tears, through the anger... and the laughter that follows. I know that I'll keep changing."

"It all began when I saw this sphere of you."

We get to listen to an orchestral version of 1000 Words as the credits roll past.

And there you have it. I know I didn't do everything, and there are plenty of events and dresspheres I missed, but I think this is still a good conclusion to Yuna's story.

Beating the game unlocks New Game Plus, allowing you to carry your items, dresspheres, abilities, and story completion to a new run. I probably won't go through with that, since it'd be pretty dull. There's also a subgame called Last Mission, which I also won't be doing because it confuses me to death.

This marks the end of Yuna's story, and of Spira's, for now at least.

[autumnslance]

top 5 songs!

I can’t. I literally cannot pick only 5 favorite songs from anywhere and everywhere, so I am sticking to Squeenix music for the sake of my sanity.

1. Eyes on Me. I love the way it’s woven into the world of FFVIII itself, not just a theme song tacked on, but a major part of the story.

2. Dearly Beloved - AmaLee’s version. I think these lyrics fit the world, story, characters of Kingdom Hearts well.

3. Oblivion (Never Let It Go version). From the Duality album for FFXIV. My absolute favorite version of Lady Iceheart’s theme song. Orchestrion roll when, Sokken?! (also this vid mixes still shots and video of Shiva’s battle vs the Gration beautifully)

4. 1000 Words - I unabashedly love FFX-2. Yuna’s (and Lenne’s) concert on the Thunder Plains is one of my favorite scenes ever. I love the full version of the song best.

5. Answers. Picking a 5th is hard because I love so many of the theme songs from the FF series, and related games. But it was a friend showing me the “End of an Era” video that first piqued my interest in FFXIV, and the song keeps cropping up even in later expansions, it’s music and lyrics a constant thread throughout the story. So it holds a special place.

[boristhepineapple]

And a thousand words, One thousand confessions, Will cradle you, Making all of the pain you feel seem far away, They'll hold you forever.

[atopearth]

Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster Part 4 - Chapter 5, Ending and Overall Impressions

I found it so funny when the commsphere Shinra dumped into the hole to the Farplane was fixed by Gippal and he asked Nooj what he’s gonna do about Leblanc since they’re risking their lives there to save Baralai from Shuyin and Vegnagun, and right when Nooj answers, the connection dies, so Leblanc doesn’t get to hear it hahahaha. Good thing is that Leblanc is a straightforward person though, so even if she didn’t get to hear it, then she’ll just go straight to the Farplane to ask him, gotta admire her spirit and her love for him! Hilarious when Brother was talking about his love for the Yuna that keeps facing forward and doesn’t mind that his feelings will never be reciprocated and then tells Barkeep that they’re cool bachelors and then Barkeep is like “Speak for yourself, sonny” in his Hypello way hahahhaha and then a female Hypello comes along LOL. Funniest thing was if you talk to Paine, she’s like, I think I saw two Barkeeps, then she thinks she needs more sleep hahahaha! Buddy talking about how he and Brother formed the Gullwings when they went all the way north to some ice place to find the Celsius (airship) and ended up being guided by a gull and also surviving by eating a gull too LOLL, I guess the gull sacrificed itself for a good cause, because without it, they wouldn’t have formed the Gullwings and then Yuna wouldn’t have joined and saved the world once again haha.

Visiting Zanarkand first since there was apparently a bug in the original game where you might not get the episode complete if you came here last, that would suck! Anyway, not surprised Maechen was an unsent considering him always popping up anywhere he wanted and knowing so many things, I wonder how it feels to live for 1000 years just to tell stories of the past to people and experience so many things. It’s crazy to think how important that handshake was in the beginning of the game, since he was actually the one in that sphere recording who was so happy to have been able to shake Lenne’s hand 1000 years ago! And now that he shook Yuna’s hand, it reminded him of the fact that he’s actually already dead. Glad to know he had a happy long life.

(I don’t know what I did wrong but I don’t think I’m getting 100% and at this point in time, I honestly don’t care anymore because I’ve spent more time being frustrated than playing this game so whatever lol) I still don’t like Beclem btw, so I don’t really care that he’s leaving Besaid lol, the only thing I agree with is that they really do need to work the Besaid Aurochs to the bone! They’re pretty bad lmao. Wakka thinking carefully about what he should name his son was nice, a name is very important, so I think taking your time is good, I’m glad Lulu really wanted him to be the one to name him. I’m surprised Wakka doesn’t think Lulu relies on him at all, like dude! She’s ready to have a baby with you, I doubt she’d do that if she didn’t think you were reliable at all! Have more confidence in yourself, Wakka! I guess everyone is getting back together, lol at Dona having practised her lines so many times for trying to get Barthello back to live with her, since he’s been at Kilika temple all this time as a New Yevon supporter. Your beliefs are important, but so is your partner, so it’s good that everyone has stopped fighting and people can come together again regardless of their beliefs, it’s about time they stopped fighting and whining lol.

Lolll at Rikku being the culprit for the hover crash at Mi'ihen highroad hahahaha! She legit didn’t even notice that the hover crashed because it was trying to dodge her and when she jumped down a ledge, she fell on a machina and that’s why it went crazy lol. She caused so much trouble on the highroad without even realising lolll. Guess it’s good that Rin only made her clean all the rubbish on the road haha. Luca…was really just Yuna walking around reminiscing the memories of spending time with Tidus here, which is nostalgic and nice. Who doesn’t miss Tidus? XD It was kinda cool that we got to fight Lucil, always thought she was pretty cool, I liked her speech and think that she’s a very strong and worthy leader. She knows how to unite and lead people. Even without Nooj, you can tell that the Youth League will be fine with her there.

That Djose machine experiment was very interesting, don’t wanna dig to repair and make it stronger though😢 Lmao at Tobli’s success now when he was in so much debt before, I guess Yuna’s influence can just make everything go well lol. Having Tromell lead the Guado is the best choice. Considering all that the Guado had done and all the reflection they’ve gone through most of the game, with the Ronsos looking forward instead of back as well, it’s for the best that we let go of the past and hope to improve the future instead. I feel like Cid had a very crappy role in this game lol, I liked him in FFX so I’m kinda disappointed that his character is rather…questionable now with the things he did to Zanarkand and not really playing a role to redeem all that. Seeing O'aka and Wantz bond again and take care of the Macalania agency together was heartwarming though, nice to see that these brothers are still doing well and are hopeful for the future!

After finding all the cactuars (lmao at the tenth one being with the “wrong crowd” aka the rogue cactuars that don’t want to fulfill their duties) and lolll, never thought I’d see a Jumbo Cactuar! Easy fight but nice to see it lol. If only it had a moustache hahaha. That boss you have to kill afterwards though, he had so much life! Luckily it was a simple fight and I earned so much AP from it lol. Legit just used two Dark Knights using the darkness skill alongside Yuna Curaga-ing haha, all I did was hold the ‘x’ button to win XD Good to see everyone respect Kimahri again and understand that he’s wise and caring. It’s nice to see that Yuna doesn’t need Kimahri to protect her anymore, so he can now protect his tribe, and although things were a bit rocky, it all worked out! Now on to some annoying sidequests! Accessing the secret chocobo ranch dungeon was easily the most tiring and annoying thing ever. It was SO time consuming. I spent so long looking and capturing chocobos in the Thunder Plains to get 4 that had a max level of 5 zzzz. Then, I had to level them and fight 7 random battles in between until they were all level 5 AND THEN the dungeon itself was annoying because it doesn’t have a map omg. I just googled a map because I couldn’t take it lol. The only good thing about it was getting the AP egg so now one of my characters can earn triple the AP yay! Otherwise, legit so tired lol. Especially since I did the Mi'ihen dungeon as well with all the wall bombing to proceed zzz.

Anyway, things just get more tedious. Was digging at the Central Expanse for the Desert key and to upgrade the machine experiment in Djose and gg, could not find the key at all so I gave up lol. I tried to fight the machine without being properly prepared using my crappy dresspheres and I died hahahaah. I learnt my lesson XD Needed the last two crimson spheres so went to the Via Infinito and dang am I getting motion sickness with all that jumping. My head hurts so much lol. Think I need to level and use my mascot dresspheres though, the elder drake kills me hahaha. Btw, the mascot dresspheres are so cute lmao, Yuna as a moogle, Rikku as a Cait Sith and Paine as a Tonberry is hilarious to look at, I’m going to enjoy using them in battle hahaha. Really cute to see Paine opening up and show her feelings and how much she appreciates Yuna and Rikku being her friends and trying their best to talk to her, it was a funny but nice scene. I never knew/remembered that when Yuna uses the warrior dressphere, her sword is the Brotherhood! That’s so sweet to see!

Kinda surprised that when you go to the Den of Woe, they figure out that Shuyin was the one controlling Nooj and that’s why he shot Paine, Baralai and Gippal when they escaped two years ago, and that now Shuyin is in Baralai’s body. Thought they established that already and that the den made people crazy because of his extreme depression and feelings of having to relive Lenne’s death with the pyreflies since they practically replay strong memories. Anyway, that’s done and dusted so time to finish levelling and go through the Via Infinito? XD Annnnd I gave up on the Via Infinito lol! Got to like level 60 (I think) but I cbb with the way stats work in this game and how you can’t max it etc, so you’re reliant on garment grids, switching dresspheres to get the most benefits such as going past 9999 HP and damage and the accessories, and the tower itself was tedious (and motion sickness inducing LOL, why am I weak) and you don’t even get much out of it (after defeating Penance in FFX and feeling no sense of accomplishment, it’s just so not worth my time lol), so yeah I can’t be bothered😬 Aaaand I spent so much time getting most dresspheres to 100%, I’m tired😖 And lol my characters are like level 99 or close to there because I was so tired of levelling myself….so I kinda cheated and stuck a rubber band on the analog stick to move it to the left and another rubber band with a battery on it to stay on the x button and voila! DIY levelling machine lmao. I just threw Yuna at the Thunder Plains and made someone constantly heal and the rest use skills to max the (annoying) Mascot dresspheres and others lol, yay.

Anyway, Vegnagun! Yes, Leblanc never was the type to just wait there quietly for Nooj to come back haha. And yes, Vegnagun is a machina created by humans so technically, it should be possible to be destroyed without it killing everyone in Spira. But anyway, the best thing was Yuna’s speech to everyone when Nooj suggested to sacrifice himself to kill Vegnagun and Shuyin. I was touched with her words tbh, because she’s right, it was so difficult to see all the fayth die in FFX because they had “no choice” and that they had to “accept” that this is what they had to do, and Yuna did accept it and do it, but in the end, she’s only left with regret, pain and the loss of people that should be beside her that aren’t. They need to stop sacrificing people in order to win, because it’s not really a win when you lose so many before it. And although it’s cheesy to have everyone combine their powers to take down each part of Vegnagun, it’s very sweet too because it feels like the spirit of the game, and it feels like we should get to finally have a happy ending. So weird to see Shuyin use all of Tidus’ skills but just with another name lmao. And as expected, Lenne comes out of the dressphere (pretty much) and so Shuyin finally gets to talk to her properly and fade together with her and rest in peace😊

And omggg the fayth appeared and asked Yuna at the flower field/farplane whether she really wants to see Tidus again! Guess I got 100% completion??? (Edit: I got 99% zzzz) I’m happy that New Yevon (Baralai), Youth League (Nooj) and the Machine Faction (Gippal) can finally unite together and understand that they’re all a part of Spira and really don’t need to fight, although I do think that the fighting between them was rather awkward? They had differing perspectives but they resulted in physical fighting and kinda like war so prematurely without really thinking about it, you really can’t blame Shuyin for being pissed that Spira is still like how it was 1000 years ago lol. Anyway, everyone’s happy now so yay. Yuna really did have another long journey in this game to save the world, so she really should and deserves to go back home to Besaid. Always great to see Yuna and Tidus get to reunite at Besaid just like how he first came about, and to reunite with everyone at Besaid too! That’s where they can both truly call home so yeah that was nice. I YouTubed the perfect ending scenes and yeah, I prefer the normal more, I don’t think it was necessary lol.

Overall, I still have mixed feelings over FFX-2. On one hand, it was nice to see Spira after the Calm and the problems that come with that alongside a new Yuna that has lost the chains of responsibility with the happy Rikku and stoic Paine that has a background that unfolds alongside the plot of this game, and just see them go on pretty carefree adventures and have fun. On the other hand, I wasn’t really a fan of the garment grids or the dresspheres but it was still okay, but I guess it just felt like since it’s supposed to be more of a fan service game, I should have enjoyed it more? But instead I thought it was kinda boring? And the 100% completion attempt (that failed) killed me lol. I guess the story wasn’t very appealing, it’s good that it was light hearted and it was fun to follow the girls around and see their perspective of things, but I guess it lacked the fun and adventure that a lot of games have, instead it was kinda just like a short story about nothing that wanted to talk about something (saving the world again) when the only thing that really resonated with me was the last bit with Yuna when she said she had enough of people sacrificing themselves for peace. Basically, all right game but not very satisfying if you wanted something more from FFX (until you see Tidus at the end I guess) and not very interesting as a standalone imo.

[curaja-caster]

yuna and lenne really went in on the orchestral version of 1000 words