Forsaken Lover
04-19-2016, 06:58 PM
So a couple things inspired this idea.
1. A lot of people replaying IX on Steam. One forum I frequent asked about why Zidane was so popular. I pointed out it was possibly his cheery demeanor when compared to the previous two protagonists. I think their differences are accurately summed up in their portraits, which I take as sort of a snapshot of the character's personality. Cloud has this determined scowl or glower, Squall just looks meh and then comes Zidane, smiling in a sort of casual, happy go-lucky way.
2. I'm playing FFVI and as I have never come close to beating it, I know very little of the plot or characters. Also I don't think the version I played last time had portraits at all. As such, I am intrigued by them and am trying to use them to gauge the characters. Edgar with his head held back looks all regal and kind of haughty, Celes with her head hung low looks dejected and depressed, and that's about all I got. I have no idea what Terra's expression means.
And so that's where I came up with the idea for this topic. Do you have any ideas on what the various character portraits say about the characters?
Also, I dunno if I'm remembering right, but I think Snow and Vanille are the only ones who smile in XIII. Sazh might but it's less memorable to me than Snow's big, goofy grin and Vanille's little cute smirk. And of course Lightning and Hope looked all grim.
1. A lot of people replaying IX on Steam. One forum I frequent asked about why Zidane was so popular. I pointed out it was possibly his cheery demeanor when compared to the previous two protagonists. I think their differences are accurately summed up in their portraits, which I take as sort of a snapshot of the character's personality. Cloud has this determined scowl or glower, Squall just looks meh and then comes Zidane, smiling in a sort of casual, happy go-lucky way.
2. I'm playing FFVI and as I have never come close to beating it, I know very little of the plot or characters. Also I don't think the version I played last time had portraits at all. As such, I am intrigued by them and am trying to use them to gauge the characters. Edgar with his head held back looks all regal and kind of haughty, Celes with her head hung low looks dejected and depressed, and that's about all I got. I have no idea what Terra's expression means.
And so that's where I came up with the idea for this topic. Do you have any ideas on what the various character portraits say about the characters?
Also, I dunno if I'm remembering right, but I think Snow and Vanille are the only ones who smile in XIII. Sazh might but it's less memorable to me than Snow's big, goofy grin and Vanille's little cute smirk. And of course Lightning and Hope looked all grim.