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Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ciddies Final Fantasy Awards... with style! |
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As part of the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary celebrations, Eyes on Final Fantasy decided to get some of the best members and artists to work together to create an awards event unlike anything you've seen before! This wasn't just a standard awards event where you vote and then someday someone tells you who won, and that's that... no, this event was created as an elaborate show within the Final Fantasy 'multiverse', and it's our delight to present the results to you. Please, follow the below links to find out who won what award, who sang what newly-created song while playing their guitar, who saves the day and more!
This event was created with the intention of saying a massive thankyou to Square-Enix and Final Fantasy. From the fans - all of us!
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If you want the condensed version without any member comments/posts, follow this link.
Originally Posted by LadyJuxtaposition
How dare they steal our Ciddies!
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Rinoa Heartilly: During the run of our adventures, we have faced some astounding villains, some scary, some sexy and some just plain creepy. I was even possessed by a monstrous villain, an evil sorceress set out to destroy time, and tear holes through the fabrics of reality itself. And that wasn’t the greatest experience of my life.
With that in mind, we can reflect on what facing these villains taught us, it taught us to stand up and fight for what we believed in. To fight for our world and our people, to fight for ourselves and to fight to protect those we love. It taught us to fight for love.
Through fighting these villains, we battled our own inner demons along the way and learnt things we never knew, and did things we never believed we could do.
Emperor Mateus attempted to reach World Domination, and would do whatever it took, including using demonic forces to succeed in his attempts.
Kefka Palazzo was the maniacal clown that gave us all nightmares with his Magitek destruction!
Kuja was the Genome intent of harnessing all of the power of the mighty Eidolons to wreak his revenge on those that created him.
Rufus Shinra and the Shinra Corp were the force behind destroying Gaia and it’s lifestream, terrorists and corporate evil at it’s finest.
Sephiroth, a villain with some serious strength and evilness. He killed Aeris in the Temple of the Ancients, and showed us all what true evil looked like with those mako filled eyes.
Seymour Guado had greed, and wished to become Sin, destroyer of Spira. He wanted power and tormented the young heroine, Yuna, to try and attain it!
Sin, created by Yu Yevon it was a destroyer and curse on the world of Spira until it was finally destroyed by Yuna and her Guardians at last, freeing Spira.
All of our villains are worthy of the title, they are all misunderstood, and perhaps had things been different, they’d have been the heroes.
And afterall, there is no story without the two halves; good and evil. There is no battle, and there is no path.
So, without further ado, I’d like to announce the winner...
And the winner of “Best Villain” is...
Sazh Katzroy: Well, hey everyone. Looks like me and my little pal are here to announce the winner of a Highwind Award!
Dahj Katzroy: Why is it called a Highwind Award, Dad?
Sazh: Well, it's name after Cid Highwind, the guy who made this entire show happen.
Dahj: But why not call it a Ciddie?
Sazh: Oh, well, that's quite simple. This award isn't for a normal person like you and me - these awards are for the Gods.
Dahj: Do Gods need awards, Dad?
Sazh: Well... Well, nah, not really. They'll always go on doing their thing. But that doesn't mean that you can't give them a little praise every now and then, you know what I mean?
Dahj: Yeah, I guess so. Who wins!?
Sazh: *chuckles* Well, we'll get to that. We have to announce who's up for this award, first!
Dahj: Oh!
Sazh: Alright. Let's see if you can read the names.
Dahj: *looks at names* These names are really weird. Why do Gods have such weird names? They should be given sensible names like Cloud or Squall.
Sazh: I guess so, kiddo. Here, let me help you - the first nominee is Hiroyuki Ito. You can just call him Ito, it's nice and easy to remember!
Dahj: What does he do?
Sazh: Oh, Ito, he's one of the big daddy Gods. He tells the other Gods what they need to do, he tells them how he wants it done, and he designs entire lives and worlds.
Dahj: *shock* He designs lives!?
Sazh: Yeah!
Dahj: *awe* Wow!
Sazh: And next up is Masayoshi Soken. Now, Soken is a god of music. You know how when you walk around, there's almost always music playing? Almost like it fits your mood at the time?
Dahj: *nods* Yeah.
Sazh: Well, that's Soken's doing. He plays music for the entire world, all day long, all night long.
Dahj: What about when it's quiet? Sometimes it's quiet. Is he going to the toilet or something?
Sazh: Uh... Oh, look, it's Naoki Yoshida next! He's nicknamed Yoshi-P. He's a pretty new God, I have to say, just like Soken. But he's making a big impact. Yoshi-P finds worlds that are in trouble, and he makes them better. He basically does similar things to Ito, but he is known for doing it for already existing worlds. Sort of like a repair man!
Dahj: He should visit the World of Ruin, I think they need him.
Sazh: Ha! *laughs* Yeah, I guess so.
Dahj: *excited* Who else? Who else!?
Sazh: Ah, Nomura! Tetsuya Nomura. Now, Nomura, he does similar things to Ito - he tells the other Gods how things should be done. You know what, he's also been known for making people, too. You remember meeting Cloud and Red XIII earlier? I think you liked them. Well, Nomura created a lot of people in their world.
Dahj: Cool... I like Red XIII. He looked awesome. Monura did a good job on him.
Sazh: It's Nomura, son.
Dahj: Nomura...
Sazh: Yeah! That's it. Oh, hey, next up is Yoichi Wada. Well, he's the top dog at the moment. Wada's responsible for all the Gods. He's basically president of them! The big, big daddy!
Dahj: Sort of like you?
Sazh: You're a great kid, you know that?
Dahj: Mmmhmm. Hurry up, though, Dad... Everyone's watching us, it's kind of weird.
Sazh: Alright, alright, let's see... Ah, Yoshinori Kitase. Now, Kitase is the God of Gran Pulse and Cocoon, where we're from.
Dahj: Kitase is Maker!?
Sazh: Uhm... Yeah, you know what, maybe Kitase is Maker. I suppose that makese sense. We'll go with that for now.
Dahj: Just one more to go, Dad!
Sazh: Okay, let's see - oh, Amano! Amano is pretty old. I think he's been around since the beginning of time. Now, if you look around you, chances are you'll see a lot of his work. He creates people, he puts colour into the world. If you ever start looking around and thinking about how beautiful things are, you can thank Amano. He's pretty good at what he does!
Dahj: Yeah!
Sazh: Oh, hey, no more Gods left to tell you about for now...
Dahj: Aww. *pouts*
Sazh: Don't you worry, Dahj. There will be more of them talked about soon enough in the next award, which is for the old Gods who have retired.
Dahj: Yay! I love you, Dad, you're the best.
Sazh: I love you too, kiddo. Okay, now, let's see if you can remember how to read those names. I want you to say ""And the winner is"" and then read out the name you find in this envelope. Got it?
Dahj: Got it!
Sazh: On you go, then.
Dahj: And the winner is...