What the smurf is Brahne?

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In a wold that has aadvark people, rat people, genome-monkey people, hippo people, a man who's not a fish but a FISH MAN, and whatever the smurf Cinna is, JUST WHAT THE smurf IS BRAHNE?

Why is she blue? Why does she dress like the love child of a clown and a prostitute? How did she give birth to such a beautiful daughter (I mean, the original Garnet was her twin basically, so)?

Alternatively, how do you say her name? I used to say "bran" until I realized it's probably "brawn" because she's brawny. ]

Any thoughts on Brahne?

I really have no idea! There are some really ugly "people" in this game :P

Maybe her parents are a shoopuf and a hypello!

Perhaps with the dressing she's trying to be pretty. It's not working D:

As for Garnet (SPOILER)she's not her biological mother - her real mother is called Jane and is seen escaping from Madain Sari on the boat at the beginning of the game

I always pronounced it "BrAHne" but that doesn't mean much as I also thought it was TIEdus not TEEdus, CHOCobo not CHOcobo, AYEris instead of AIRris, Celes as is "Sells" not "Celeste" etc.

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As for Garnet she's not her biological mother - her real mother is called Jane and is seen escaping from Madain Sari on the boat at the beginning of the game

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Yes, I know. And I mention that in the first post.

She is Quina's mother/father. :3 It is the only explanation for everything.

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Originally Posted by Cloudane

As for Garnet she's not her biological mother - her real mother is called Jane and is seen escaping from Madain Sari on the boat at the beginning of the game

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Yes, I know. And I mention that in the first post.

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Ohhhh right, the original Garnet. I forgot she was a replacement for basically looking "identical". Maybe the shoopello people have really bad eyesight!
Or maybe she was originally beautiful but had an affair with Cid, and Hilda made her look like that.

Oh, I also pronounce is "Bran". Makes sense to me. :}

I love her. I think she's an excellent character, plus she's got one killer theme.

Final Fantasy IX OST - Queen of the Abyss ~ Brahne's Theme - YouTube

Br-AR-n. Br-AH-n is fine, though.

If I remember it right, Brahne used to be beautiful but was corrupted by her greed and anger.

Queen Brahne is epicness reincarnated. She is living (or dead, depending how far you are in the game) proof that you can look both ugly and awesome at the same time. She is a beacon of light in a land of darkness, seeing how merely one glimpse of her can put a smile on a person's face (granted it's from how funny she looks, but a smile is a smile).

And according to Rantzien, she's somehow related to the Chestire cat...

As for how I pronounce it, it's "brawn" to me.

I say it Bra-nn. I guess brawn, but whatever.

I have no idea, great question. Perhaps it's all makeup or something, like the suntan lady thinks she's pretty but everyone hates her.

I pronounce her name like the paper towel and I thought it was clear what she is. Kuja tells us.

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I pronounce her name like the paper towel and I thought it was clear what she is. Kuja tells us.

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elephant woman?


My question is, she had a daughter right?
Who would consent to sticking their woohoo into her chacha?

with
Harle-y Davidson
and
Hypoallergenic Cactuar
The corruption is literal in her case (greed, anger so forth)
and how DID she have a kid?

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and how DID she have a kid?

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Very carefully. :)

I say "BrAHne" as well. Did realize there was disagreement over the pronunciation, lol.

And obviously, she's the target of the Tantalus' kidnapping scheme. :kakapo:

according to finalfantasywikia, yes it's supposed to be Brah-ne. That's how I always pronounced it. also linking here from the poster thread I noticed the url doesn't change itself to smurf.

Brahne's one of many human victims of FFIX's committee of character designers. Like Amarant, she's got blue skin; like Steiner, her eyes have no irises. I reckon there were simply too many different artists involved in creating Gaia's population; it can't even manage a consistent idea of what counts as human. The only passable fanwank explanation I can concoct is the idea that there's been a lot of inter-species breeding in FFIX's world, leading to various traits being shared between races and nationalities over the years.

not having read must analysis on the subject, I wouldn't read too much into it. It's just the design style. It's not realistic like FF8. Amano was the character designer, right? I guess they just had some fun with some of the characters I guess. Whatever. She's not the only one to look weird/cartoonish. Baku (sort of), Steiner, Zorn, and Thorn all look silly. But whatever I was cool with it. I need to play this again it's been a couple years.

I love Amano's original character designs - they're in his distinctive style, and just as importantly the style's consistent. It's the final, in-game depictions that rankle me a little. I don't at all mind inhuman or demi-human character, or a cartoony style; FFIX just bugs me in the way it can't maintain a consistent look.

yea that's how I felt originally, but I got used to it eventually. I can't imagine Steiner looking different so I grew to accept it with him, and the other cartoony characters like Brahne, well she doesn't get enough screentime for it to continue to bother me.

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I love Amano's original character designs - they're in his distinctive style, and just as importantly the style's consistent. It's the final, in-game depictions that rankle me a little. I don't at all mind inhuman or demi-human character, or a cartoony style; FFIX just bugs me in the way it can't maintain a consistent look.

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I wasn't able to find any info on this. Do you have a link to the original artwork? I'd like to see it.

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And according to Rantzien, she's somehow related to the Chestire cat...

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I don't remember whatever this is referring to, but it sounds entertaining. Link?

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I love Amano's original character designs - they're in his distinctive style, and just as importantly the style's consistent. It's the final, in-game depictions that rankle me a little. I don't at all mind inhuman or demi-human character, or a cartoony style; FFIX just bugs me in the way it can't maintain a consistent look.

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I wasn't able to find any info on this. Do you have a link to the original artwork? I'd like to see it.

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Amano's Brahne.

BRAIN!

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Amano's Brahne.

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Hmmm
Anyone else think from that image that she was just meant to have a fat greedy rich stereotype look, and the game designers just took his artistic styling a little too literally?
She looks pale there, but not necessarily blue, I think it's partly just how she looks against the bright red dress.

She's pretty much human, and I'm sure she was probably better looking in her youth but even real life people can dramatically change, especially if they add 200ibs to their ass and start dressing like their starring in an elementary school production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, you would look a little scary too. :D

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JUST WHAT THE smurf IS BRAHNE?

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A queen. :monster:

That's some powerful smurfing corruption.