FFXVI highlights free will from a human perspective for a reason. We are supposed to compare our free will to that of the past generations, to the goblins and animals of the world, to the images of gods we create, to the actual gods and reality that we live in. And to our shadow selves.

I love Clive’s response to Barnabas because Clive himself agrees that free will may be a cage in and of itself. But Clive argues that because humankind knows that, they always a have a choice to go against the chain. Which to Clive, is more free than the puppet who never challenges the chain.

If you see this, QTP with your favorite Final Fantasy characters.

A tough call, but FFXVI is jam-packed w/ great characters.

And even though I've only ever played FFXIV up through Heavensward, Midgardsormr's, "Men die, and their children forget," is unforgettable. Too true, dragon bro. Too true.

I like how Clive is the one who struggles with his emotions while Jill is the one that reels him in during the dominion. I don’t think a lot of people see how she is arguably more controlled in the 3rd act than Clive is. That and how she contrasts Barnabas. Barnabas eerily takes Cid’s spot.

FF16二周年おめでとうのテマぴ絵をアップするのを忘れていたので投げにきました

I always like seeing other peoples takes because it makes me reevaluate why I took the story the way I did.

But it’s about her deserving a better life which is why the focus changes from dying to living on one’s terms? Besides that every dominant is given similar treatment which is why Barnabas points out no matter how much he severs, humans only seek their fates more.

A simple drawing of FFXVI's Ifrit and Ultima's nearly identical eikon form. Ifrit is throwing his hands up in anger, saying "You made me in your image, these are YOUR tits!!"

Bonus: My shitty purple dad that I hate

An illustration of FFXVI's ifrit looking at the camera with an exasperated expression in response to a user comment (with Ultima's face as an icon) reading 'Cover them up slut', drawn based on the original tiktok video

#vespianart | #ffxvi

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sketch of charon from ff16 | ffxvi

charon!

I find how it contradicts his earlier statement that only the almighty can change their nature through force of will alone, interesting. In the context of the Nadia Narrow, Barnabas means the almighty cannot stop the blight… unless the almighty can use the vessel mythos.

bet you didn't know i had those kinds of photoshop skills. take a look at my other work

🧵Something that FFXVI addresses but that I feel isn't adequately talked about is the idea of parasitic faith.

Anyone with a halfway decent head on their shoulders will likely agree that associating with someone on a personal level only for what you might get out them is...not great.

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You’ve been such a great servant for ultima, Dion, so be proud. After all, fighting in a war is what you’re best at.

FFXVI but instead of Clive seeing the beautiful night sky at the ending, he sees thousands of Ultimas descend from the sky in a horror like fashion.

We’ve talked about it a lot but the developments in character and relationships feels so different in JP. JP Ultima’s characterization of viewing themselves as the world law(literally) is left almost entirely out. Only existing through subtext.

I feel this is more apparent in the echoes dlc where Clive and the hideaway separate themselves from the fallen despite the similarities.

Happy 2 year anniversary Final Fantasy XVI!!

I got the sketch done!

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"This fandom is so dead"
"I need a new fandom"
"No one cares about this thing anymore"

JUST LIKE THINGS
YOU CAN JUST LIKE THINGS

“I gave myself unto Him.”

🔥 Fulminate: A #FFXVI Zine 🔥

This was supposed to be for The Rising Tide’s anniversary but I wasn’t satisfied with it so having finally finished we’ll say it’s loosely related to #Mermay instead 😅 #FFXVI

The Vessel - FFXVI

I can't even begin to explain how involved this was, but damn if I'm not proud of how it turned out - particularly Ifrit. For someone who doesn't draw creatures very often, I may have found a new specialism... 👀

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The place it’s based on or the ingame version? The website(www.konami.com/games/silent...) has some screenshots along with the twitter account posting images with captions.

If you count his pecs he technically does have a 16 abs

Honestly no one talks about how primogenesis/post crystalline dominion leaves little in numbers of human population. From all the remaining towns there’s only a couple hundred to a couple thousand left. Really depressing reality.