#Minwu

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[wyverncult]

those fantasies

[mashias]

DFFOO: MINWU

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Minwu and Gogo

Left-handed sketch of two of my favourite FF characters!

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[adalheidis]

In 2019 I started what ended up becoming a fun redesign project of the FF2 cast* out of love for the game and its characters. I took breaks of varying lengths in-between but I finally finished the last ones so I compiled them all in one! You can all find them individually through this tag!

 (*Guy was drawn by my boyfriend who did an incredible job.)

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Just some of my favorite photos of of Wonwoo and Mingyu 🥰

[ends-of-the-wayward-storm]

Spoilers for Act 4 Chapter 2: Part 1 (Part 3)

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I am getting such Endwalker vibes from this. (When will we get more FFXIV content in this game?🥲)

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minwu collectacards

[iylisss]

the ff man ever.

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Dissidia Opera Omnia : Force Weapon partner connection (PART 5/?)

PART 5 compiled the FRs released in March 2022. The one with bold purple is FR user and the black one is the partner.

Just click on "fr partner" tags if you want to read full list.

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Minwu - Kurasame (Life Connect) : Masked men. 😷 Sacrificed their life force for something greater and believes the younger generation will lead the world to brighter future.

Minwu used all of his power, cost his own life to open the seal in Tower of Mysidia to help Firion obtain Ultima's Tome. Minwu stated that the fate of the world rests on Firion's party in the end of Soul of Rebirth together with Ricard, Scott and Josef, believes the future of their world are now in good hands.

Kurasame offered his life force to help Caetuna summon the Verboten Eidolon, Alexander during Battle at Big Bridge which lead to Rubrum's victory. Near his last moment, Kurasame stated that Class Zero are strong and believes they will be able to keep walking toward the future.

Ironically, Kurasame also sacrificed himself in the prequel novel to became a L'cie to summon Knights of Rounds.

Vaan - Machina (Rapid Chase) : Protective to their childhood friend who are also their love interest. Their older brother died and blame their death to others.

Vaan and Reks were taken in by Penelo's family and is protective to her. They started dating at the end of Revenant Wings. Reks died from the wounds he got during the battle in Nalbina Fortress and when he met Basch, Vaan blamed him for Reks's death but has let go his hatred and realize Reks's death is a part of Vayne's schemes.

Machina is protective to Rem since she suffered from illness and both are survivor from their village. They are married some time later after the war is over and Orience is free from the crystals. His brother, Izana died during Milites's invasion to Akademeia and after he learned "the truth", started to blame Class Zero for Izana's death. Unfortunately, Machina was too late to apologize…

Hope - Eald'narche (God's Vessel) : Interaction in Arc 3 Chapter 3. APTX4869 Adult trapped in younger body.

Hope was used by Bhunivelze as his vessel and spent 169 years molding him into a perfect "pure and innocent" host by regressing him in age to meet his standard.

Eald'narche's aging stopped the moment he came in contact with Mothercrystal thus acts as "the younger brother" to hide his true motives.

to refresh your memory and a spoiler : Eald'narche desires to restore the balance of the world by strengthen the power of darkness. He returned Hope and Caius's slit in Chapter 3 and planned to use Hope due to power inside his slit but his plan ultimately failed in Chapter 10 caused 'Hope' did the opposite.

Celes - Basch (Change the Air) : High-ranking military officer who were branded as traitor and imprisoned. Fills the "tank" role in Opera Omnia.

Celes betrayed Gesthalian Empire after she learned Gesthalian Empire is evil, imprisoned in South Figaro and scheduled to be executed but freed by Locke who was infiltrating the town.

Basch was framed as the traitor of Dalmasca and the king-slayer though the fact Gabranth impersonate him. He was announced executed but remains imprisoned in Nalbina dungeons and freed by Balthier, Fran and Vaan on their way to escape the prison.

Aranea - Fang (Speerstoßwelle) : Female "dragoon" with independent and straightforward personality. Both are the leader of their own group.

Aranea worked as mercenary and hired by Niflheim Empire as the Commodore of Airbone Unit but resigned after Diamond Weapon attacked Gralea to help the refugees and reformed her mercenary group.

in Lightning returns, Fang is the leader of group of thieves based in Dead Dunes called Monoculus with the goal to find the holy clavis.

Fang's Limit Break in XIII and EX Skill in dffoo shared the name with Aranea's surname.

Dorgann - Auron (Future-weaving Sword) : The previous generation of heroes that "stopped" the main threat and stayed in different world as the observer.

Dorgann is the member of Dawn Warriors who fought and sealed Exdeath thirty years before the event of FFV. He stayed in different world (Bartz's world) to protect the Wind Crystal and watch over the world.

Auron serves as guardian during Braska's pilgrimage to fought Sin ten years before the event of FFX. To fulfill his promise to Jecht, Auron stayed in Dream Zanarkand to watch over Tidus.

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WIP Wednesday: FF2

Slightly belated.

Playing Final Fantasy II, and I have thoughts about some of these characters. This one is Guy and Minwu, shortly after Guy starts learning his first few magic spells.

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He remembered Minwu looking surprised when he cast his first spell, forming a golden shield around himself with a wave of his arms. "Had you truly never used magic before, Guy?" he had asked.

"No," he said, tilting his head. "But… Guy watch others. As child."

"I see. I find it somewhat surprising that they never offered to teach you."

Was there pity in his voice? Guy thought for a moment, not wanting to answer if he was being pitied, but… no, he didn't have that sad look in his eyes, like he was looking down at something small and pathetic. If anything he just seemed curious, and he didn't mind curiosity. "Magic part of them," he finally ventured, still not sure exactly how to explain, but willing to try. "Like when they run or fight. Not taught."

"Is that so? I've heard of such innate magical talents, outside of the usual two paths. Though I've never seen them in practice…." He hummed, still in thought. "Perhaps once all of this ends, we can discuss this further, if you don't mind? Obviously I have focused on the White arts, but I must admit to retaining an interest in other forms of magic."

"Guy can," he said, perking up. "Guy have lots to say."

"I thought as much." Minwu chuckled quietly, reached out - Guy almost flinched back out of reflex, before remembering that he'd seen people do things like that before in the village. Hand-shakes, they called them. They meant that people respected each other.

Guy took his hand - carefully, since it was smaller than his - and shook it up and down the way he remembered. He couldn't help but smile. It was nice to be respected by someone new.

[wyverncult]

☝️ WHO ELSE loves this guy :)

[mashias]

i loved when he said this

[superthatguy62]

Final Fantasy II: Memory of Heroes novel differences

I’ve done I and III (though the latter may need a touch-up later). Might as well do II as well.

Compared to the other two adaptations, II sticks more closely to the actual plot. There’s still some differences, though.

- The adaptation starts with Firion being resurrected, although he has a flashback to what happened: The party flees, Leon realizes that fleeing is hopeless and turns to fight, Firion joins him while Guy protects Maria. Firion falls just as Guy has his back slashed open and the last thing he hears is Leon giving a war cry, with the implication that Maria was attacked.

- We’re given a smidge of background on the orphans in this version: Rather than in Fynn proper, their hometown is a village on the border of it, they’re explicitly mentioned to have lost their parents in a fire, their father tells Firion to take care of his siblings, and the four apparently imagined themselves as rebels, which they reflected on with shame after they were forced out of their home.

- Firion is furious and wants revenge when he asks to join the rebels. 

- The task of infiltrating Fynn is recognized by Firion as a test of their self-control. Maria almost tries asking a couple in a house about the man taken to the tavern, but Firion and Guy hold her back.

- While accompanying Firion’s party, Minwu mentors them in a number of ways. When Firion brings up Gordon, Minwu states that he needs the strength to stand on his own and that Firion’s party is more likely to help with that.

- Cid is a lot more jovial and less gruff here.

- Josef is far ruder in his initial interaction with the party. He doesn’t even tell them what’s wrong directly: He covertly shoves a map of the Mythril Mines at the party before forcing them out the door. It’s only after they go there that they start figuring out what’s happening.

- Also, Minwu believes Josef strong enough to have handled the imperial forces himself (of course, then they learn Nelly was kidnapped).

- The commander is far less impressive here: The text notes that the cavern is decorated in a ‘desperate’ attempt at making the cavern luxurious and Minwu makes a plan that catches the imperials completely off-guard.

- For the plan to destroy the Dreadnaught, Minwu gives Firion the leadership role.

- Upon learning that Borghen is overseeing development of the Dreadnaught, Firion considers straight up ending him right then and there, before deciding that, with how work on the Dreadnaught’s going, he’s harmless. Then they find the Dreadnaught done ahead of schedule and Firion curses that they should’ve done it.

- Firion actually fights the Dark Knight (who roasts him for his poor on-the-fly plan) where the first clue of his true identity pops up: The Dark Knight is described as having a unique, self-taught style (which he uses to disarm Firion quickly) and that it’s one Firion recognizes Leon.

- The Sunflame quest is totally different:

-- Gordon joins the party as they leave Fynn

-- The Sunflame takes the Goddess Bell’s place at the bottom of the Snow Cavern. Gordon already has Egil’s Torch

--  Gordon is captured by Borghen towards the end of the cavern. Borghen himself makes no mention of being executed by the Empror for failing, instead focusing on his glory and legacy as well as reclaiming his status as a general.

-- On a related note: the game is a bit ambiguous regarding Borghen’s feelings towards Leon the Dark Knight. Here, he’s explicitly dismissive of him.

-- Gordon ends up throwing the torch, causing Borghen to hesitate long enough for Maria and Josef to take him out (Firion catches the torch).

-- Borghen’s trap isn’t just a boulder, but to cause the cavern to collapse. Josef holds up the roof long enough for the others to escape, but ends up crushed afterwards. Gordon naturally feels guilty, but Firion does too for not killing Borghen back in Bafsk.

-- Nelly is portrayed as mature for her age, which shows in the scene where she tells the heroes to keep fighting, hiding her sorrow until her last line of asking them to do it for Josef.

-- Also, the woman outside of Josef’s house doesn’t exist in this version of the story.

- The scene where the party rides chocobos to chase after the Dreadnaught is the only time Guy’s affinity with animals comes up, I believe. The novel also states that Chocobos have a strong homing instinct, explaining why they flee as soon as the riders get off.

- While the game glosses over the realization for simple foreshadowing, here the party actually realizes that Leon is the Dark Knight when he confronts them in the engine room. As a result, the party considers whether or not Leon is brainwashed and Firion wonders if he’ll be able to fight him.

- The Lamia sequence is heavily toned down 0/10 worst adaptation ever: Hilda’s eccentric behavior is replaced with her acting shell-shocked and the seduction sequence doesn’t happen. Instead, when Firion tries to ask her to lead again, she dismisses his concerns as trivial before telling him to come closer.

- Firion actually does almost get killed by the Lamia before Maria and Guy barge in and the former shoots it, giving Firion a chance to finish it off. Maria then chastises Firion for being so careless.

- The party fights the Behemoth, Maria using magic while Firion and Guy use physical strength. When Guy gets knocked aside, Gordon takes the opportunity to stab it in the threat, with Firion adding his own sword to the forehead.

- The Emperor has a jester in this adaptation and he’s present for the arena sequence. When the Emperor turns out to be an illusion, it’s due to the Jester’s influence. On that note, the Dark Knight is absent in this sequence; the party falls for a trap door.

- The recapture of Fynn happens offscreen. We do get Hilda give a speech to the worried populace, though.

- I neglected to mention this earlier, as you may have noticed, but Leila has the dubious honor of being the only guest party member to not appear in this adaptation 0/10 worst adaptation ever. She’s replaced in the Mysidian Tower trip by a generic male captain and she’s not present for the earlier shenanigans like the Lamia. This has the added effect of making Gordon the only guest (not counting the replacement captain whose fate after Ricard leaves is ambiguous) to survive to the end of the story.

- Ricard’s a bit more playful here, at least until he learns that the Dragoons were wiped out by the Empire from the captain. The revelation that they were all poisoned, and he was stuck in Leviathan, causing him to lose it and become desperate to escape. In the end, the group use gunpowder to cause Leviathan to spit them back out.

- The four crystals in Ultima’s chamber in the Mysidian Tower are woven into the plot: Namely, they’re II’s equivalent of the elemental crystals (which the game itself hints at) much like I and III. While they aren’t explicitly called such, the crystals stressing that darkness is spreading over the world, that the world cannot exist without Light and telling the Warriors to “bring Light to all” along with blessing them with their powers and the four feeling Light within them..., the four are made Warriors of Light in all but name.

- Deist happens off-screen. Ricard leaves the group after the Crystals’ blessing to see Deist for himself and returns with the Wyvern. He mentions Elina and Kain as he explains what he found at Deist.

- The Emperor initially uses another illusion on the throne in the Cyclone, but this time Maria grows wise and snipes the jester making the illusions. The Emperor himself then appears behind the party.

- The Emperor uses explosive and, interestingly, light magic. Firion is forced to shield Maria to give her a chance to cast Ultima, giving Ricard a chance to leap at the Emperor. Emperor parries the leap, but his scepter gets destroyed, which lets Firion and Guy end the battle.

- Also a neat little detail: The Emperor is shocked to see one of the Dragoons alive.

- Unlike the game, Firion and co. don’t forget about the Dark Knight and even note his odd absence. Then the news comes...

- Cid is never explicitly said to die, although with the shape he’s in, it’s probably pretty obvious.

- I made a post about Leon’s speech earlier. The general gist is that the speech is expanded, with Leon feeling that the only way to get out of the cycle of oppression is to stand at the apex of power. Firion notes that Leon used to believe that power should be to protect the weak and Leon claims to have discovered the limits of that approach.

- The Emperor emerges from Leon’s shadow (It’s symbolic). The novel also gives something of an explanation for Leon losing his helmet: The Emperor shatters it when he whacks him on the head. Interestingly, while the “there’s only room for one Emperor” line is there, the part about wanting to destroy everything isn’t.

- Ricard implores Leon to reconsider his path and transfers his Light over to him. The Light ends up being a factor in Leon turning face.

- The Jade Passage and most of Pandemonium is skipped: Leon aims the airship down what may as well be the passage and guns the engine. He winds up crashing the airship into Pandemonium’s top floor, with it stopping in the throne room.

- While I haven’t mentioned it until now, Hell in this adaptation is consistently referred to as “The Underworld”. Not sure why, as the characters say stuff like “Damn” elsewhere.

- The Emperor actually calls out Leon for siding with the heroes after just recently trying to kill them. Leon shoots back that he’ll do anything to protect the world from the Emperor.

- As the Emperor is on the verge of losing, he has a breakdown only to save face when he notices the Warriors’ light. The party reaffirms that they’re not just doing it because it’s their job to stop the darkness, but that they’re doing it for all those who have died and for those who are left to have a better future, etc.

- While Maria tries to stop Leon from leaving, Firion has the feeling that they’ll see him again someday. Leon himself feels a similar way, but blames it on the light Ricard passed on to him before leaving on his own adventure.

- BONUS: The ending of the FFI adaptation implies that the Warriors of Light reincarnate across all three stories. This would generally mean

Firion = Setro (is the leader, although with growing pains and self-doubt, and is very hot-blooded here. Also uses himself as a human shield at one point like Setro and Luneth)

Maria = Flora (Maria does get tutored by Minwu, which is a factor in her wielding Ultima, a spell classified as White Magic in FFII)

Guy = Teol (Arguably the weakest connection of the four; Guy uses his physical strength leaving Maria as the sole magic user, and him being good with animals is only mentioned briefly. Him being quiet and dependable is probably the only consistency between the two)

Ricard/Leon = Zauver (A bit hard to spot given that both only appear towards the end of the story, but Ricard is portrayed in a more playful nature and, like Minwu and Gordon, they both act as the number 2 to Firion. Leon also acts a bit more rational than Firion towards the end of the story (though that’s partially because he actually knows where Pandemonium is rather than being fooled by the projection) and he pilots the airship to the underworld. That said, the mention of Ricard’s Light influencing Leon makes it very obvious as well).

[adalheidis]

Minwu (FF2)