Board 8 > Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters Special Edition: Day 5 [smfffc]

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Rules:

- You personally (No bots/scripts/lending of accounts) can save 2 characters per hour.
- A character needs 3 votes to be saved.
- 3 unique users need to save a character for that character to be saved.
- Ambiguous (i.e. "Cid" or "Cloud") or "If X, then Y" saves will not count.
- Last character unsaved is eliminated.
- No alts, no rallying, no post deletion/editing (unless correcting an update), no spoiler tags.
- If you want to update, make sure it's accurate.
- Only LeonhartFour can start up new topics.
- Community Rule is in effect. Deliberate rules violations will result in bans.

THE LIST [21]:

Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca
Auron
Balthier
Barret Wallace
Celes Chere
Cloud Strife
Delita Hyral
Jecht
Kain Highwind
Kuja
Laguna Loire
Lightning
Noctis Lucis Caelum
Squall Leonhart
Tidus
Tifa Lockhart
Vivi Ornitier
Wiegraf Folles
Yuna
Zell Dincht
Zidane Tribal

ELIMINATED [4]:

22. Locke Cole
23. Zack Fair
24. Ramza Beoulve
25. Ignis Scientia
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Cloud
Vivi
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Vivi
Auron
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Delita
Wiegraf
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Tidus
Tifa

auto trading Tifa x2
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Tidus
Squall
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Vivi
Celes
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Zidane
Kuja
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Kuja
Ashe

Zidane

Cloud
Jecht
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Kain
Lightning
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Squall
Noctis
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Lightning
Yuna
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Barret
Cloud
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Lightning
Wiegraf
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Kain
Kuja
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Noctis
Laguna
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Squall
Laguna
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still auto trading Tifa x2. anyone?
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I'll take one for Auron if that's cool
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Auron

still one left
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THE LIST [16]:

[1] Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca kateee
[2] Auron Bane_Of_Despair, Xuxon
[0] Balthier
[1] Barret Wallace th3l3fty
[1] Celes Chere mnkboy907
[1] Delita Hyral VeryInsane
[1] Jecht TexWolf_1729
[2] Kain Highwind WhiteLens, Janus5k
[2] Laguna Loire Bane_Of_Despair, ecksgem
[2] Noctis Lucis Caelum pjbasis, Bane_Of_Despair
[2] Tidus Xuxon, Lopen
[1] Tifa Lockhart Xuxon
[2] Wiegraf Folles VeryInsane, DoomTheGyarados
[1] Yuna Robazoid
[0] Zell Dincht
[2] Zidane Tribal Mewtwo59, red13n
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Barret
Delita
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Auron
Barret
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Mewtwo59 posted...

Auron
Barret

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Yuna
Tifa

for Yuna
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Yuna
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Laguna
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Zidane
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Celes

trades celes
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THE LIST [11]:

[1] Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca kateee
[0] Balthier
[2] Celes Chere mnkboy907, GuessMyUserName
[2] Delita Hyral VeryInsane, Lopen
[1] Jecht TexWolf_1729
[2] Kain Highwind WhiteLens, Janus5k
[2] Noctis Lucis Caelum pjbasis, Bane_Of_Despair
[2] Tidus Xuxon, Lopen
[2] Tifa Lockhart Xuxon, Snake5555555555
[2] Wiegraf Folles VeryInsane, DoomTheGyarados
[0] Zell Dincht
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Celes
Delita
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chris would you like a save
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Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca
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Balthier
Noctis
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Zell
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Tifa
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Jecht
Tidus
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Zell
Kain
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Balthier
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zell
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Ashe
Jecht
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wiegraf
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Leading man, exit stage right
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oh I thought there was gonna be another update once we got below 10
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well the round went pretty quickly once we got under 10
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5. Balthier (Final Fantasy XII)

The Good: Balthier's "Leading Man" gimmick is probably the best one in the entire series. One of my favorite things about Final Fantasy XII in general is how the other party members repeatedly undermine Vaan's attempts to be the protagonist, but Balthier does it better than any of them. He's got one of the best voices in the series, too. Gideon Emery's performance is masterful. Balthier is a weird hybrid of Han Solo and Captain Jack Sparrow. He's a lovable rogue who always manages to stay calm under pressure, and he's not as bad of a guy as his reputation suggests. He's actually a good man deep down, but he also makes no attempt to correct the misconceptions about him either. He's fine with however others choose to perceive him.

The Bad: Balthier likes to keep people out of the loop. He's perceptive and quick to catch onto things (He sees through "Lamont" almost immediately, for instance), but he never really feels inclined to share what he knows with others. Also, true to sky pirate form, he tends to act detached from everything and claims to act only in his own self-interest. Balthier doesn't seem to be all that interested in the overall plot of the story (though to be fair, I'm not sure I was either because it felt like it was all happening somewhere else). It's not until later that you learn it's largely a facade.

The Best: Once Balthier actually does decide to let you in, his backstory and characterization are really great. I love the scene in the Phon Coast where he tells Ashe about how he ran away from all his father wanted for him. "All that running, and I got nowhere." Then there's the confrontation with his father at the top of the Pharos Lighthouse. That last line is just so bittersweet: "Was there no other way?" Both of them recognize that there was no chance of reconciliation between them because they refuse to change their minds on what they believe, but they both hate that fact. Then there's that great final line in the ending: "I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man. He never dies."
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Two top 5s finishing bottom 5
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3 of the top 6 are already gone

even in a contest of this nature you guys are bad at this
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