#incorrect ff16

[ffxiii-et-al]

[Conversation while Clive, Jill, and Joshua ride chocobos together]

Jill: Do you think that we ought to think of a name for each of Ambrosia's companions?

Clive: Perhaps we should.

Joshua: I already know what mine is called.

Jill: You've got a name for her already, Joshua?

Joshua: I do.

Clive: And?

Joshua: Her name is ‘Kweh’.

Clive: [with distain] You've named your Chocobo “Kweh”?

Joshua: [Looking proud and mischievous] I certainly did not. I asked her what her name was and that was her reply.

Jill: [charmed laughter] You're adorable, Joshua.

Clive: [Long suffering sigh™]

[diremore]

Ultima: We will not tolerate this kind of insolence from you, Sons of Fire. Joshua: Is there a kind of insolence you’d find more acceptable, then?

[mothonice0]

The Elwin one just made me depressed

[hopefully-helpful-daemon]

Clive: Cid, I beg of you. Please, PLEASE go to the doctor.

Cid: Hey, I'm sorry. Is this OUR stab wound?

[zukazukazuka]

2025 Show Announcement: Hanagumi (Flower Troupe) to perform "CASTLEVANIA: Awakening in the Moonlight" alongside "Ai, Love Revue !" , starring Towaki Sea and Hoshizora Misaki.

The Castlevania play will be an original story and production based on the classic video game by Konami Digital Entertainment, written and directed by the revue's Suzuki Kei.

Performance dates:

Takarazuka Grand Theater in Takarazuka, Japan: June 7 - July 20, 2025 (Tickets on sale May 17)

Tokyo Takarazuka Theater in Tokyo, Japan: August 16 - September 28, 2025 (Tickets on sale July 13)

PSA for Castlevania fans not familiar with Takarazuka but interested in seeing the show under the cut:

unless weird copyright things happen, the Takarazuka revue almost always releases the majority of their performances on Blu-Ray / DVD before the end of the Tokyo run. You can purchase them on sites like CD Japan and Rakuten.

Since 2020, Takarazuka also does livestreams of the last performances in Takarazuka and Tokyo. You will need a VPN to buy tickets and watch the shows, which typically air at 1 or 1:30 PM JST.

If you'd like to see the show in person, please note that tickets can be very difficult to obtain and probably even more so for this show, but it's not entirely impossible! Some tickets will be available through the revue's English language website, but you can also purchase through their regular website (in Japanese), but need a Japanese phone number to sign up.

Many current foreign fans will be happy to give more info about both livestreaming and ticket purchasing processes, there are some guides already here on tumblr, but don't hesitate to ask for an update on anything that might seem outdated.

[vixenofthemist]

A collection of silly tweets bc I'm procrastinating

[incorrectndyingflamequotes]

Jote: Joshua kissed me! Terence: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Jote: It was unbelievable! Terence: Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Jill: Okay, we wanna hear everything. Terence, get the wine and unplug the phone. Jote, does this end well or do we need tissues? Jote: Oh, it ended very well. Terence: Do not start without me! Do not start without me! Jill: Okay, alright, let’s hear about the kiss. Was it a soft brush against your lips or was it like a, you know, “I gotta have you now” kind of thing? Jote: Well, at first it was really intense, you know? And then, oh God, and then we just sort of sunk into it. Jill: Ohh... So, okay, were they holding you? Or were their hands on your back? Jote: First they started out on my waist and then they slid up and then they were in my hair. Jill and Terence: Ohhh. *meanwhile* Joshua eating pizza in their house: And, uh, and then I kissed them. Clive: Tongue? Joshua: Yeah. Dion: Cool.

[xkzuka]

Joshua: I can take bahamut

Clive: In a fight, right?

Joshua: ...

Clive: In a fight, right?!

[incorrectffqts]

[mothonice0]

YUTGYHUYGUJOULYG man is confused 😭

@mothonice0 your edit made me make this XD

[crossroadsdimension]

FF16 Song Title Translations (into English)

I find the choices for some of the song titles in FF16's soundtrack interesting. Especially the ones that are clearly Greek.

For example -- take "Tonitrua ex Machina." It's the song that plays when we first meet Cid, as he's walking out of a lightning-created dust cloud after sending all those Ironblood to the afterlife.

The more common, well-known version of the phrase is "Deux ex Machina," which means "the god in the machine." In Greek plays, this was usually the term used for divine intervention to get the protagonist back on track towards victory, rather than a continued downward spiral. It's basically the ancient version of a maguffin.

But here, in FF16, the name is different. And if you run "Tonitrua" through google translate or other translation software, it comes out as various synonyms for thunder.

So, instead of "the god in the machine," it's "the thunder in the machine." Very fitting play on the phrase, considering what Cid does when he shows up!

I'll keep the rest under the cut because we'll start to get into spoiler territory for...well, the whole game, really. Forgive any incorrect guesses as to when these songs play -- it's been a couple weeks since I completed the game and I'm working off the soundtrack list!

The next song in the soundtrack is "Catacecaumene," which is Greek, and it plays during the fight with Typhon. According to translation software means "burnt land" or "burnt country." This one took a little bit of digging to find because it's actually the name of a region in ancient Turkey, once called Lydia...and they spell it "Katakekeaumene." So, replace the C's with K's and you've got an old name for a region.

It's definitely an interesting choice, considering that the fight is against Typhon, who mostly uses unaspected magic, but as I'm writing this and chewing it over...the Blight makes the entire land look like it's been scorched in a raging wildfire, doesn't it? Covered in black ash, nothing grows or lives in its silence...and considering how alien it sounds, it's really starting to make me think of the Blighted world Ultima left behind. The world he gave up on trying to "wake up" and remind it of what it used to be, as Cid was attempting in the Hideaway.

Except now, something blooms in fire here. Clive -- Mythos -- has made an appearance.

The third song, "Màtham Sanomh," doesn't come up as anything I'm familiar with, other than some name sites trying to tell me what "Màtham" means. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say this song was named using the Ironblood language that was invented for the game, rather than any we're familiar with. Especially since it plays when Jill and Clive are approaching the worshipping Ironblood priests at their altar with their human sacrifices in front of the Mothercrystal.

A couple songs later, we get "Hamartia." How many Percy Jackson fans just perked up at that one? Because it's Greek for "fatal flaw." Considering that Ultima believes Clive to be flawed, and this plays during the Typhon and Liquid Flame fights, I believe Ultima is looking for Clive's -- Mythos' -- flaws here, and is preparing to burn them out as necessary.

"Fenris Kindir" comes a few songs later -- I'm reading Scandinavian vibes right off the bat with this name, rather than the Greek of other ones. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess this means "kin of Fenrir." As this is the song that plays when Torgal first transforms while rescuing Jill, it's not hard to see why!

"Vive l'Empire" and "Fanfarrado de Chocobo" are easy enough to figure out -- one is a theme for Sanbreque ("long live the empire" or something similar), and the other is a brief fanfare for getting on Ambrosia.

Later on, we get "Miséricorde," which plays in the cutscenes following the fight against Bahamut, means "mercy" or "forgiveness." I forget who this one plays for, but considering how extremely tense it is, and how it comes right after "Kinslayer," this is either the moment that Dion lets his emotions get the better of him...or when Anabella slits her own throat, thinking to wake up from a dream.

"Furor," which is probably what plays during the fight with Sleipnir or the cutscene following with Barnabas, just means "rage." Considering the entire city of Kanver's fallen to Waloed's Akashic horde, Clive's feeling pretty mad right now. Fitting!

"Eschaton" is another Greek word -- dictionary software implies it's the last part of a divine plan, usually referring to an "end-of-the-world" scenario. I believe this is what plays when Origin is pulled up from under Twinside and Ultima starts to put his final phase into motion. Again, very fitting.

The last two songs that pull from Greek are "Logos" and "Holos." The first of these, "Logos," essentially means "logic." If you're using it in a communicative setting, it's "the appeal to another's sense of reason," which is a definition I'm familiar with after having taken a Speech class in college. Appeal to Logos, Pathos, and Ethos -- which are logic, emotion, and ethics, respectively. Clive has seen reason, but Ultima has not, and Clive is going to force Ultima to see the truth of things whether the so-called god likes it or not.

"Holos," on the other hand, is not short form for "hologram" no matter what the internet is trying to tell me. In Greek, it means "entire" or "whole," which...considering it plays in the cutscene after Clive defeats Ultima and when he casts that final spell? It signifies that Mythos is complete. He is whole. Clive has all the power he could ever gain (minus Leviathan, if we ever get any DLC for that), and he has everything he needs to change the world as he sees fit.

How ironic, then, that his body couldn't actually hold all the power Ultima gave him, or handle the aftermath of the spell cast. Then again, maybe the vessel was never intended to live past its intended purpose...

(To be clear, I'm in the "Clive survives but loses a hand" camp, but I could certainly see Ultima casting the vessel aside when he was done with it.)

I wouldn't be surprised if there are other songs on the bonus disc that have other names that might need a little translation work, but I'm not getting my copy until September. Still, this was pretty fun and interesting to look into!

[ffxiii-et-al]

Joshua: [bursts into Dion's tent, pointing at Terence] I've heard that you're quite the opponent, Sir Terence!

Terence: [looking confused at Dion] who the hell is this guy anyway?

Joshua: My name is Joshua Rosfield! And I am Dion's first evil ex-boyfriend!

Terence: You're what?

Joshua: Dion's first evil ex-boyfriend! Prepare to battle!

[Terence's eyes whip to Dion]

Dion:.... Anyone need a drink or....?

Terence: [looking back to Joshua] We're fighting because of Dion?

Joshua: [completely deflates] Didn't you get my Stolas explaining the situation?

Terence: I may have um...skimmed it.

Joshua: YOU WILL PAY for this insolence!

Dion: Joshua, what is going on with your outfit? Are you a pirate?

Terence: [looks at Joshua's outfit] Are you a pirate?

Joshua: [defensive] Pirates are in this year!

Terence: [glancing at Dion] You really went out with this guy?

Dion: Yeah, we were 9, we fought a bunch of constructs in a fallen ruin. Joshua was the only other dominant my age in the entire kingdom, probably the whole of the Twins! So we joined forces and took them all out. We were one hell of a team. We held hands once, then we left the Remembrance ceremony and a year later our soldiers murdered him and his family. WHICH! I did not know about at the time! So...it seemed like a bit of a done deal after that.

Joshua: [pointing at Dion] We technically never broke up, so....

Doin: Joshua, you DIED! Can we focus?! What the hell are you doing here?

Jote: [from the back] It's a bit from a play that he likes. Your grace, maybe you should just tell him why we're really here?

Joshua: Yes, I suppose so, Jote. Hi Terence, lovely to meet you, my sincere apologies, I didn't mean to frighten you, I'm sure you're lovely. Dion, I don't know how to put this lightly, so I'll just say it: God is trying to kidnap my brother, is there any chance that you can help me out?

[diremore]

Clive: We have a god to kill. Any suggestions? Jill: You, Joshua, and Dion go to Origin while I stay behind for health reasons that apply to me but somehow do not apply to Dion. Not to mention, I'd have been another powerful ally, and if you failed, I and everyone else would be dead anyway. Clive: That's an awful idea. I am taking suggestions from everyone but Jill now. Dion: I fly us to Origin, and when Ultima threatens your life, I shall sacrifice myself to save Joshua so that he can rescue you, even if Ultima would not have really killed you, and we'd actually be better off dodging instead of tanking their attack. Clive: A terrible plan. I am now currently taking suggestions from everyone but Jill and Dion. Joshua: Instead of forming Ifrit Risen and dealing with Ultima together while one of them is still imprisoned within me, I wait for them to break open my chest first and then I surrender the Phoenix to you and die in dramatic fashion. Clive: Ugh. I am no longer taking suggestions.

[mothonice0]

[hopefully-helpful-daemon]

Cid: BE A BETTER PERSON!

Clive: WHY?!

Cid: BECAUSE SOMEONE NEEDS TO HAVE MORALS IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, AND IT SURE AS FUCK AIN'T GONNA BE ME, STARLIGHT!

[nocjl]

im usually one to like. defer to peoples opinions on stuff, yeah? very much like, ok if you didn't like a thing i liked thats your opinion and we just don't vibe on the subject

that said

if you think ff16 isn't a fucking amazing game you are categorically incorrect and i have to fight you. if you have played it you're lying or didn't pay attention and if you haven't you're jumping on an incredibly narrow minded and out of touch idea of what a game should be just because older titles in the series went a certain way.