You are what you fangirl.

[terra]

Firstly: I've been on kind of a serial adding rampage, so hello new people, welcome to my hell :D I don't have an intro post or anything, but it's a livejournal, you know how this works. Also, shogunate, I was going to comment something about my deep secret love of Tokugawa Japan and how this relates to your new username, but it said I was banned from

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[proglution]

But Alex, how can you resist the sheer powah of the male midriff? It calls to you.

...LOL, Sion. That's all I can muster.

[terra]

I AM POSSESSED OF AN IRON WILL.

Sion is truly the Nomura's platonic ideal of character designs.

[matsu]

How are you banned from commenting? I'll look into that right now. I'm sorry about that! D:

PS. Nomura really does make his characters the same way. Sion could very well be Sora's father, looking like that.

[terra]

I dunno :O But I thought I should let you know, hahaha, and it was hard because I couldn't comment :P

I would not wish a connection with The Bouncer on anyone, but the bad guy is THIS DUDE, basically Rufus Shin-Ra in a different colored coat. He is also the president of an evil cooperation. :/

[zidane]

Oh holy god I had never seen those Nintendo Power scans before! W-what did they DO to Palom and Porom???

Sadly, this looks like the work of the same artist who did some rather awesome Legend of Zelda & Secret of Mana art.

I'm not a habitual fan of villains, but sometimes it's just fun to champion evil in the consequence-free environment of fiction. There's a dark, violent, human desire to do whatever you want without regard for the repercussions--which, I suppose, is why one of my favorite villains is Kefka. He's doing it all for the lulz and when he zaps a village from his deathtower, I can't help but laugh along.

I can't laugh along with Sephiroth weeping in a corner over his mommy issues.

But then I never laughed along with Sephiroth, anyway.

[terra]

The Nintendo Power scans are pretty much my favorite thing ever, because, well, I consistently ruin everything I love.

There's a dark, violent, human desire to do whatever you want without regard for the repercussions
Yeah, that's definitely true, and why some games give you the choice of playing good or evil.

I'm actually not a huge villain person either, though I have a weak spot for a lot of hot fictional douchebags a la Delita Hyral. For me, Kefka was such a successful villain because, well, I really wanted to punch his face in.

Sephiroth is definitely someone you laugh at and not with

[zidane]

Mmm. Delita. I love me some double-crossing, scheming bastards.

[terra]

Marrying him may be worse for your health than freaking Daredevil, but for him I would do it anyway ♥ And that's why I wrote him a song that one time.

[seraphjewel]

Well... I'll admit that I first liked Lezard because his voice actor did such an amazing job in the first game. He sounded so proper, which made his creepy/evil/crazy moments that much more awesome.

But you've got a good point. He is very human compared to the others. I tend to like the villains in most of the stories/games I get into because of their faults. So yeah: I liked Satan in PL, I liked Kefka, and probably some others I can't think of. I never really thought about why either but I could probably go on and on if I wanted ^^;

[terra]

Oh, that's definitely a part of his attraction. I think style is an important part of the videogame villain package, and Lezard has that in spades. The awesome VA is a huuuge part of it.

I liked Satan in PL as a character, but I didn't see him as the hero of the story, unlike a few people in my conference. Kefka I just really, really wanted to kill, hahahah, which to me made him a successful villain :P My favorite mainline FF villain (that isn't the ShinRa corporation) is Kuja.

[seraphjewel]

True, true. ♥

Well, no, I don't think of Satan as the hero either. Though our professor did give us that pitch while we were going through it. What can I say, I like the crazies ^^; Yeah ShinRa does kick ass :D;

[lassarina]

I neeeeeed to get/play VP2.

Also, Ashley's ass is still the reinforcements. Oh, Vagrant Story, you have so much crazy (eeeeeee priestess dancing OMG.)

I am pretty sure Satan *is* actually the hero of Paradise Lost. But that might be my obsessive love of WW's "Demon: the Fallen" talking!

[terra]

I really liked VP2-- it has such a unique visual style. Plus, lots of asskicking girls in heavy armor. Have you played the original VP?

AHAHA, new icon.

I'm sticking with my story-- that's just how I read Paradise Lost BUT I am interested in this "Demon: The Fallen" business if you'd elaborate.

[lassarina]

Icon love!

Demon: the Fallen is a tabletop roleplaying game predicated on the idea that Lucifer was the brightest and rebelled because rebellion was best for humans, and the Host that fell with him did so because they loved the humans more than they loved God. It's a very dark and mournful game with a setting that focuses on suffering for that which you loved most, and fighting back against the torments of Hell.