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WIP, around 2-3 hours today. Stopping, because I'm going to tackle Celeste's clothes another day. Maybe finish up this weekend when I have more time since I have a bad habit of rushing a piece the closer I get to finishing.

WIP, 6 hours maybe?

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List of fundraisers that have reached out to me. I'll be updating with new ones, but won't be keeping track of goals. Please go through the list and donate to families throughout the list, as many still aren't at their goals or needed to increase them. Dates are to indicate when these fundraisers have been updated.

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1. mohammed2alwadiya | Verified, line 1013 on The ButterflyEffect Project - 14,506/35,000 USD

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Matching couple stamps :^)

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It's been raining a lot recently.

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Sazh is a photographer in LR and post-LR, so now Celeste can do fashion photoshoots with her very capable husband and even post them online. :heart emoji:

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Princess wearing knight's armor.

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Celeste Katzroy - V1 Outfit

Yayyy I finally designed Celeste <3

Celeste primary colors are red/orange/yellow to complement Sazh's colors being green/blue/purples.

The second version, I wanted to be feel more business-like/outdoorsy? Actually, I don’t know what I was going for. I included it since this was the most complete, before I scrapped it. I like the shape of the skirt at least, so I'll save that for a future design.

Same about the hairstyle. I’ll reuse it for sure, because I really like the shape. The good thing about sketches (which, not shown here), I can always revise them later. The final is just her “default” design.

Gave her a little purse on her belt for to keep her business cards. I want to give her a new occupation, but haven't yet decided what I want it to be yet. She works as a freelancer though.

She enjoys dressing up day-to-day – it's her favorite way of expressing herself! She tends to lean towards patterned and/or bold colors for daily wear.

Forgot to add: she is 5’ 5”, but she typically wears heeled shoes, which adds 2-3 inches.

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ALSO, he’s the only existing l’Cie in the world! He should be a multi-role monster! He should be able to use every other skill in his Crystarium! Imagine how cool that would be!

Snow being DLC-locked behind the hardest fight annoys me so much.

Like to start: Snow is a Sentinel monster in a game where Sentinels aren’t really necessary, beyond just providing a role bonus. XIII-2 is an easy game. None of the main story or optional bosses come close to any of XIII’s.

Second, he isn’t particularly outstanding despite all the effort that requires earning him. He has high HP, but is outperformed by an invested monster in the same role, because monsters have access to better skills and abilities. And since XIII-2 is easy, monsters that can enable offensive strats are better.

By the time you unlock Snow, you’ll have defeated most of the game. You’ll have access to better and already invested-into monsters. You’ll have either a maxed and/or optimized Serah + Noel. And if you actually beat him without resorting to cheese strats, you don’t need to rely on a Sentinel.

So, like. What is there for him to do? He’s basically a trophy husband.

This wouldn’t be so much a problem if he was easier to obtain, possibly being able to use him closer to the beginning; OR XIII-2 had a new game+ where you could carry over all your monsters, but their progress would be wiped.

I just want my stupid trophy husband 😭

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Snow being DLC-locked behind one of the hardest fights annoys me so much.

Like to start: Snow is a Sentinel monster in a game where Sentinels aren’t really necessary, beyond just providing a role bonus. XIII-2 is an easy game. None of the main story or optional bosses come close to any of XIII’s.

Second, he isn’t particularly outstanding despite all the effort that requires earning him. He has high HP, but is outperformed by an invested monster in the same role, because monsters have access to better skills and abilities. And since XIII-2 is easy, monsters that can enable offensive strats are better.

By the time you unlock Snow, you’ll have defeated most of the game. You’ll have access to better and already invested-into monsters. You’ll have either a maxed and/or optimized Serah + Noel. And if you actually beat him without resorting to cheese strats, you don’t need to rely on a Sentinel.

So, like. What is there for him to do? He’s basically a trophy husband.

This wouldn’t be so much a problem if he was easier to obtain, possibly being able to use him closer to the beginning; OR XIII-2 had a new game+ where you could carry over all your monsters, but their progress would be wiped.

I just want my stupid trophy husband 😭

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Good night, star bright.

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Just thinking about how Snow is the very first Eidolon battle again. :) Very cool that the game’s first Sentinel is the first to fall into despair over his powerlessness. :) And he has to prove his determination to protect the ones he love, by defending against his Eidolon’s attacks. :)

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Scan: Final Fantasy XIII by Yoshitaka Amano

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Scan: World of Final Fantasy Coaster - Snow

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Scan: Dissidia Final Fantasy NESICA Sticker - Snow

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War of the Visions FFBE The Art Works II - Final Fantasy XIII Scans

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Oh my god I'm finished. Estelle – Lightning Returns design. She works as Snow's bodyguard for the first... how ever many years he's been appointed Patron.

It's hard to see, but she's wearing Serah's earrings. Snow has the necklaces, while she kept her earrings.

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Estelle kissing the back of Serah’s neck when they reunite in the new world, because she had a mini-breakdown when she realized she couldn’t remember what the back of her neck looked like. 💕

I feel like, fundamentally, Estelle should dislike Lumina, because she has tried to killed Snow. Playfully. Not seriously. But certainly not helping things.

On the other hand, I think Estelle envies her childish acts of whimsy, even if they are a little murder-y and antagonistic. Besides, she finds it hard to dislike a child that resembles Serah. And since she’s at her wits’ end by the time Lumina appears, any reminder of Serah is like a balm to her.

One of her greatest fears is forgetting what she looks like, after all.